Asian Tiger

One of my cousins in the US is going to get her driver’s license soon after completing her Texas driver education course. What surprised me was that my uncle was the one who supervised and taught her driving lessons. Apparently, in Texas, you are allowed to coach your children after the parent taught driver education program was launched. Unlike here, we are required to register with a accredited driving training school and drive some old junk around before sitting for our practical tests.

Those of you who remembers the driver’s exams are going to shiver just thinking back. First, there was the hill test, then the parallel parking test, then the 3-turns test and finally the treacherous on-the-road test. Fail any of these and you can kiss your driver’s license goodbye. If I’m not mistaken, you can only apply for a re-test after 3 months.

The next thing that surprised me was when my cousin told me that you can start your Texas driver education at the age of 14, get a learner’s permit at 15 and get a full driver’s license by the age of 16. Wow!! That’s pretty young to start learning driving, in my humble opinion.  Well, cuz, good luck to you and when I get there, you’re gonna be my chauffeur.

I bought me a De Kuyper’s Strawberry Cream Liqueur and boy, was it tasty. Smooth and creamy, the liqueur is good to drink on the rocks. Alcohol content is only 15% unlike the vodka, gin, brandy or whiskey which contains 40% (good enough to be flammable).

De Kuyper is a distiller based in Schiedam, Holland. They produce a number of liqueur and this is the very first time I am tasting their’s and enjoying it. This strawberry cream liqueur is suitable for ladies except those who dislike dairy products.

Here’s what De Kuyper say about their Strawberry Cream Liqueur:

De Kuyper brings you the smooth and mellow flavour of strawberry with superb dutch cream. Enjoy straight, on-the-rocks or in coffee.

And if you’ll excuse me know, I think I shall retire to my bed. Feeling a bit tipsy.

I’m just wondering if any of you heard of Yahoo web messenger? To be very honest with you, I have not, until a friend introduced it to me this morning.

You see, I was experiencing some problems with my Yahoo! Messenger client on my computer. It intermittenly hung on me and sometimes hangs my whole computer. My friends were so fed up of seeing going online-offline-online-offline that they inquired.

Because of the problems I am facing with the native client, I’ve uninstalled it and am currently using the web-based messenger. Besides, it’s great to stay in touch with friends and families at places like the airport, cafes and shopping complexes.