My Deadly Craving and my saviour !

Growing up in an Asian country like Singapore gives me the best of both worlds, we have the asian upbringing but same time are exposed to the western culture. From Paul, he feels that asians are more adventurous with their taste buds and he derives that from me from my likes for Prawn Crackers and Fish tibits.

I enjoy food and I am open to the various options which are available to me. But as compared to my friends, I am not as hardcore like them. I enjoy escargot but I detest oysters. I like Pig's blood but I don't fancy pig's feet. Regardless, my favourite passion is tibits and desserts. At times I would subsitute dinner for tibits and gosh, there are so many varieties available in Singapore. But I always have a soft spot and a deadly addiction for my favourite tibit, I call it the fish roll ! At any mahjong gathering, as long as there is my favourite fish roll, I am a happy and satisfied mahjong player. Infact I look forward to the company and the tibit as compared to winning the money.

So here's the tough part, when I am here in US, my tibit is totally unheard of ! No one can even believe that fish is incorporate fish as an ingredient in a tibit ! I am sad and the craving for my favourite tibits is driving me mental and slightly delusional, it's like drugs to me and I am deprived of it. The craving gets more intense day after day and despite my attempts to distract my craving towards potato chips or ice cream, it just doesn't feel the same, something is missing !

Then one fine day, the postman ring the door and pass me a parcel. I was excited cause it was something for me but I am estatic when I saw my favourite tibits all packed neatly in the box ! A total of 5 packets of my WORLD'S FAVOURITE TIBITS !! Yooohoooo !!!! Guess what, it's from my WORLD'S BEST FRIEND - Cecilia !!!

I am beyond touched and if she was here with me, I would be hug her and squeezing her tight, laughing and screaming all at the same time. It's like she brought part of Singapore to me. She brought me memories of our mahong sessions, memories of our laughters and it hit me. After 31 yrs, she taught me the meaning of "It's the thought that counts."

As the tibits is affordable about $1.50 per packet but the postage is insane. Just 5 packets of tibits, the postage is $33 and personally I feel that it is not worth the shipment. But she did it for me. And she done it not once but TWICE !!! I mean she send me 2 parcels twice !!!! So how can someone not love and be blessed to have a friend like her ? She did it just so I can be happy, which I am estatic. She did it just so I can satisfy my craving, which I have. She did it just so she can bring a piece of home to me, which I am grateful and treasure. She did it just cause she thought of me and know I would like it. For that I am touched and speechless. It's a kind of feeling that you know you have a friend who would be your Best Friend for life.

This is my friend, my WORLD'S BEST FRIEND, whom I don't know what I would be today if it wasn't for her ! She taught me the meaning of "It's the thought that counts".

THANKS AGAIN, Cecilia ! I don't know how I can thank you so this page is dedicated especially to you ! Thanks for Everything ! =)

P/S : I am the winner !!! For those of you who know Cecilia, you know her trademark of writting any card. It would be "Happy Birthday, Love Cecilia". She doesn't even bothered with adding a "Best Wishes". But on my birthday card, she actually wrote and filled the complete card with her own words which is more than "Happy Birthday" ! Oh yes, it's unbelieveable and it's record breaking and I am the record holder Hahhhhahahah. Oh, BTW, the card is sticked to my fridge door as a remembrace that I am the record holder ! =)