Kopi Susu

This is exciting...... it looks good. I have no idea whether anyone is actually going to read this, but it feels good writing it and that's the main thing for now.

Right now I am staying in a funny little hostel in KK (Kota Kinabalu). They probably think I'm weird as I spend an inordinate amount of time on the computer. So much so, that apparently now I qualify for free coffee. Let me just tell you about coffee in Sabah:

Kopi Susu (coffee with milk): A very rich, dark, strong coffee with an inch of syrupy, heart-stoppingly sweet condensed milk at the bottom.

Stir it up and you won't sleep for a week. They are big fans of sugar-based sustenance over here and I love them for it. Everywhere you go there is a bewildering array of cakes, biscuits and bread stuffed with sugary fillings. 'Dott's Egg Tarts' is my favourite at the moment, a little stall in Warisan Square, one of the large malls of KK. They sell just two things. Barbeque chicken puffs and little warm egg-custard tarts. One of each will set you back about 40p. Is it wrong to have exactly the same thing for lunch every day for over a week?

Oh who cares, it tastes amazing.

My new mantra is: 'Do What Makes You Happy'

A while ago, it was: 'Do What You Think You Probably Should or What Everyone Else Tells You, You Should' but Jane, best friend and travel partner convinced me otherwise. Damn it she's right too, it's been great ever since. If you don't follow your heart and do what feels right for you, then how can you be happy? I know its not necessarily quite that simple, and living a life of a wanderer is not exactly reality, my new mantra might have a hard time translating to life when I get home, but I still intend to use it as much as I can. I know I will never get this sort of time again, where I can just go where the wind blows me and believe me, I am grateful for every single second of it. Not a day goes by that I take for granted.