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Commuting using the London transport system may not be particularly pleasant at times, especially during the rush hour with inconsiderate people poking newspapers into your head, treading on your feet and my pet hate is people reading over my shoulder! Bring your own paper! :-)  I came across a post on Joe Sharkey’s blog of what you could do if someone is really annoying you on a train/plane but I probably wouldn’t if I were you!

If you are sitting next to someone who irritates you on a plane or train.
Follow these instructions:Quietly and calmly open up your laptop case.
Remove your laptop.
Start up.
Make sure the guy who is annoying you, can see the screen.
Close your eyes and tilt your head up to the sky.
Then hit this link:Click here: http://boortz.com/mp3/archive/countdown.swf

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Today I decided to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon making a popular Malaysian dessert called Ice Kacang.  Ice Kacang is basically just shaved ice with rose syrup, condensed milk, red beans, black jelly, coconut cubes and anything else that you may want to add to it such as sweet corn, tinned fruits etc.  To make it, I first put sweetened red beans, black jelly and sweet coconut cubes in a bowl (see photo below) - these can all be bought from Japanese/Chinese supermarkets.

Black Jelly, Coconut Cubes and Red Bean

My friend sent me an ice shaving machine that she bought in Malaysia to make the shaved ice (see photo below).  It is a manual ice shaver and very easy to use - just load it with ice blocks made from special moulds provided, turn the handle and hey presto, you have shaved ice!  If you can’t get hold of an ice shaving machine abroad, I have seen some on ebay

Ice Shaver Machine

After filling the bowl with shaved ice, drizzel rose syrup (this can also be bought from oriental supermarkets) and condensed milk over the ice.  If you have a sugar called gula melaka which can be bought in Malaysia and I think you can probably find it in a Chinese supermarket, then you can use it to make a sweet brown syrup by mixing it with water.  This can then also be drizzled over the ice.  As the shaved ice is so fine, the syrups are absorbed into the ice and spread evenly rather than settling to the bottom.  Finally I added some more red bean and black jelly on top of the ice so see below for the finished product!

Ice Kacang

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Well I’m back from Tokyo and still a bit jet lagged but I did promise that I would update you with my holiday.  This was the 2nd time I had been to Tokyo and I was accompanying my boyfriend on a work trip so as I’d seen most of the sights already, I mostly spent my time shopping, eating and relaxing in the hotel spa!  We were lucky to have been staying in a suite at the Grand Hyatt in Roppongi with a great view overlooking the city and a few shopping centres nearby.  It was also a great location for getting to several main shopping areas including Shinjuku, Shubuya, Ikebukero and Ginza.  As you may already know, I am absolutely obsessed with green tea food so I took a few photos below of what I managed to find in Tokyo!

Green Tea Bun With Redbean

Green Tea Cream Puff

Green Tea Eclair

Green Tea Flavoured Sweet Made From Beans

Green Tea Snow Ice With Red Bean and Rice Cake

Green Tea Jam, Biscuit and Madelines

Green Tea Truffles

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Well I’m off to Tokyo for a last minute spur of the moment 2 week trip tomorrow and will be back in London on the 17th September.  Will update you with all the weird and wonderful things that I come across during my holiday when I get back!  Sayonara!  Just hope I can find my way around this subway map!

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