Caffeine Surge

Haven't had coffee or anything with caffeine these past 10 days that my first intake gives me an unusual anxiety. At least it's only physical, though it may have been aggravated by my current thoughts and emotions.

I actually have to drink osmanthus tea to calm myself. This new favourite drink somehow soothes me, though I'm not sure if it actually has that effect or if it's just personal. I love sipping a hot osmanthus tea, which I usually brew with butterfly pea and honey. I'm having a plain one this time. This anxiety feels a little urgent. Or maybe I'm just being lazy.

It doesn't help that I haven't read from Mo Dao Zu Shi manhua's the current The Untamed episode that I am watching. And I don't remember this in the donghua. So the live-action was adapted from the novel. Now I'm a little itchy to read it. I hope it's available in WebNovel.

Reminds me though, perhaps the T2 matrix also keeps me tachycardic. I initially thought my duty will start on the 18th. Good thing I check our Viber group and found out I'm off for work tomorrow. No wonder the shuttle service schedule didn't match, with what I thought. I was hoping I could sleep late again tonight. Okay, I didn't sleep late. I actually slept a little past 4 o'clock. Talk about supposed normalizing my body clock. Perhaps I could learn from Lan Wangji.

I wonder what's in store at the borders tomorrow. By the way, my caffeine induced anxiety still lingers.

Now Playing: Do As Infinity - Fukai Mori

CBTL Cup

There's just something catchy about Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's paper cup. I said catchy because it draws my attention, like I could look at it for hours. Well, I am an INTP.

This makes me look forward to my next cup of coffee or tea from CBTL. I wonder when would that be.

Misty Rain

I've been wanting so much to write yesterday but the only thing I had in mind was my then physical condition. But looking at my previous posts, I thought it's kind of ominous to write consecutive entries about an impaired health so I delayed writing. I couldn't really think of something else besides something related to Seoul.

It was raining yesterday, which gave me much comfort from my uncomfortable condition. I love the rain though I usually wish it'd stop if it's about to wet me or my things.

Having a hot tea while looking at the rain, or listening to it when it was night time was almost a luxury. I took time to really just take pleasure from the rain because my discomforts have been pretty persistent. It's been days and they vary, which is of course annoying.

I'm naming this blog entry misty rain because of a recent memory. It was a poignant one.

Now Playing: Park Shin Hye - Pangako (Korean version)

A night of health, gluttony, anxieties, and beer

I think the last time I saw Angie was back in post-grad college, during our NLE review days. That was 2008. It really was a long time no see thing. Well, being the book lovers that we are, we met again at SM Megamall's National Bookstore. Actually, it was because I came first and was hanging out at the bookstore. 

We then headed for dinner at Shangri-La Plaza's Sentosa, a South and Southeast Asian cuisine (but there was no Filipino dish there). It was... it was a gluttony dinner. What we had were Thai Grilled Lemongrass Chicken, Seafood Omelette with Sambal Sauce, Nasi Goreng Fried Rice, Chrysanthemum Tea (Angie, it was chrysanthemum!), and Bandung Rose Milk Tea. Yeah, there were only two of us. Per Angie, which I also agree, Sentosa was a good choice for us to dine. We needed a quiet place to talk about things.

And talk we did, about things, about people, about me, about her, about the food, about anything. It was refreshing, yes the Badung Rose Milk Tea and the second serving of Chrysanthemum Tea were, being in a different environment and situation. I told Angie what has been bothering me at work.

Knowing that the night bore tons of feels for both of us, Angie and I decided to have some beer at Brotzeit German Bier Bar & Restaurant. It was my first time at Brotzeit and I loved their Preiselbier (Dunkel Hefe-Weissbier with cranberry juice). I think I'd be visiting again, alone or with company.