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chinkiasu
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01-Aug-2007 16:03
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actually $$$, I love kenyan tea... (kericho tea.. IMHO world's best).. drink in any form is really excellent.. particular for our climate as ice tea... |
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chinkiasu
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01-Aug-2007 16:00
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oh datuk baseer ... based on your eating/drinking habits may I conclude you are not exactly slim? your waistline would be 34 inches? |
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baseerahmed
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01-Aug-2007 15:17
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Manikamaniko : ...err.. do I count ? ... I mean.. I like tea with milk : ) chinkiasu : .... agree that sugar content is greater in some fruits....but,like I said..I prefer apple anytime ...no peeling , no residue , I munch everything including the core ...only thing I don't eat are apple seeds....hahaha ! .... one apple has almost the same calories as one tablespoon of refined sugar .... besides fruits come along with fibre and vitamins and minerals ...no caffine like coffee.... ( i am currently munching on a packet of ligo raisins while reading the posts here ... ah oh yes...i am not desk bound ...always up and .. walking up and down ...hahaha! ) |
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EastonBay
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01-Aug-2007 15:14
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as I type, I'm sipping tea.. Earl Grey... too much talk for coffee, decided that I will have tea today.. |
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EastonBay
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01-Aug-2007 14:54
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plus wu liang ye... it may work.. |
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Manikamaniko.
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01-Aug-2007 14:47
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Why no tea lovers here?...
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chinkiasu
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01-Aug-2007 13:06
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this one you need Irish Whiskey.. Bushmills Single Malt... double shots..and 2 pints Guiness, plus moutai...etc... |
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EastonBay
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01-Aug-2007 12:58
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ok... we need all the coke, coffee , very strong caffeinated drinks and other sinful drinks now to resucitate ST Index... haha |
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maxliukt
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01-Aug-2007 11:47
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Thanks chinkiasu and fairygal. |
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Manikamaniko.
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01-Aug-2007 11:34
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The Dow appears certain to continue it's downtrend, since the third bottom is lower than the previous two bottoms... These are hardly signs of a "triple bottom"... rather more a "broken bottom"... Ominous, as stated before ... |
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chinkiasu
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01-Aug-2007 11:07
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yes Elfinchilde... I noted this too... just a while ago another down wave... can buy fibrechem at 1.42 which I did a little nibble... while doing the coffee post in the meanwhile... good to know that the NYSE started in a coffeehouse in Wall street...... |
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chinkiasu
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01-Aug-2007 11:02
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yes maxliukt... also you can get a cuppa in Coffee Club in Holland Village... the little street in front of hagen das.. the coffee club is located at the end of street near Holland Road... |
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elfinchilde
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01-Aug-2007 11:00
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ooh. we've got ourselves a perfect storm. dow dropped major last night; today's T+5 contra trap. The contras have to sell; but almost no one's buying: look at market depth. Queue low and force a throw. ie, squeeze the contras. there's blood on the streets. anyone buying yet? hehe. go slow and go small tho. bit by bit. esp margin players. take care, ppl! caution always better than overrisk. kilroy wrote a very good post (in the bentan thread) on risk/trade management, and the value of knowledge. fully agree with him there. need to understand concept of risk vs reward. You do not risk 10,000 for 1,000. one always must keep in mind the larger objective. cheers and good luck to all! :) |
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chinkiasu
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01-Aug-2007 10:58
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sorry I mispelled, it should be Kaffa... more on the origin of coffee... The Story Of CoffeeThe story of how coffee growing and drinking spread around the world is one of the greatest and most romantic in history. It starts in the Horn of Africa, in Ethiopia, where the coffee tree probably originated in the province of Kaffa. One story has it that an Ethiopian goatherd was amazed at the lively behaviour of his goats after chewing red coffee berries. What we know with more certainty is that the succulent outer cherry flesh was eaten by slaves taken from present day Sudan into Yemen and Arabia, through the great port of its day, Mocha, now synonymous with coffee. Coffee was certainly being cultivated in Yemen by the 15th century and probably much earlier than that. Mocha was also the main port for the one sea route to Mecca, and was the busiest place in the world at the time. But the Arabs had a strict policy not to export any fertile beans, so that coffee could not be cultivated anywhere else. The coffee bean is the seed of the coffee tree, but when stripped of its outer layers it becomes infertile. The race to make off with some live coffee trees or beans was eventually won by the Dutch in 1616, who brought some back to Holland where they were grown in greenhouses. Initially, the authorities in Yemen actively encouraged coffee drinking as it was considered preferable to the extreme side effects of Kat, a shrub whose buds and leaves were chewed as a stimulant. The first coffeehouses were opened in Mecca and were called 'kaveh kanes'. They quickly spread throughout the Arab world and became successful places where chess was played, gossip was exchanged, and singing, dancing and music were enjoyed. They were luxuriously decorated and each had an individual character. Nothing quite like the coffeehouse had existed before: a place where society and business could be conducted in comfortable surroundings and where anyone could go, for the price of coffee. The Arabian coffeehouses soon became centres of political activity and were suppressed. Coffee and coffeehouses were subsequently banned several times over the next few decades, but they kept reappearing. Eventually a solution was found when coffeehouses and coffee were taxed. The Dutch were also growing coffee at Malabar in India, and in 1699 took some to Batavia in Java, in what is now Indonesia. Within a few years the Dutch colonies had become the main suppliers of coffee to Europe. Today Indonesia is the fourth largest exporter of coffee in the world. Venetian traders first brought coffee to Europe in 1615. This was a period when the two other great hot beverages also appeared in Europe. Hot chocolate was the first, brought by the Spanish from the Americas to Spain in 1528; and tea, which was first sold in Europe in 1610. At first coffee was mainly sold by lemonade vendors and was believed to have medicinal qualities. The first European coffeehouse opened in Venice in 1683, with the most famous, Caffe Florian in Piazza San Marco, opening in 1720. It is still open for business today. The largest insurance market in the world, Lloyd's of London, began life as a coffeehouse. It was started in 1688 by Edward Lloyd, who prepared lists of the ships that his customers had insured. The first reference to coffee being drunk in North America is from 1668 and, soon after, coffee houses were established in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and other towns. The Boston Tea Party Of 1773 was planned in a coffee house, the Green Dragon. Both the New York Stock Exchange and the Bank of New York started in coffeehouses, in what is today the financial district known as Wall Street. |
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Fairygal
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01-Aug-2007 10:58
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You can buy the beans at Coffee Beans. |
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maxliukt
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01-Aug-2007 10:55
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chinkiasu, is Ethiopian coffee sold in Singapore. Or where to get a cuppa? thanks |
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Fairygal
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01-Aug-2007 10:55
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A good cup of coffee to a coffee drinker is gold! To a non-coffee drinker, it's an additional cup to wash! Hee hee! Like wine, Prof Cks, you do spend big $$$ on them, right? For me, Rieslings (sweet) will be good enough for me, cos I have not master the skill to fully apprecaite it yet. But coffee..........I can smell it from far....even the smell of good coffee is luxury.... |
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chinkiasu
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01-Aug-2007 10:47
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I really beg to differ, Datuk Baseer... I will certainly go for the coffee.... Do you know that you can have too much sugar taking certain types of fruits... and I would avoid taking too much rambutans for example... |
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chinkiasu
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01-Aug-2007 10:43
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yes drinking coffee in Ethiopia is an art for centuries.... and very much like the tea ceremonies of china and japan... it is a very elaborate business.. btw, best coffee beans for me come from east africa.. and ethiopian coffee is rated very highly.... do you know that coffee originates from a little town call kaffe, in ethiopia.. then it moved to Arabia where because of the arabs becomes an international/global drink |
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baseerahmed
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01-Aug-2007 10:39
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if u have an apple(or a slice of watermelon, or a wedge of papaya ,or rambutan or duku or peeled orange ) , a cup of tea , a cup of coffee or a can of soft drinks ... i will grab the fruit ...thank you ... : ) |
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