The Susu Strikes.

I have discovered an alternative sweetener called Splenda that tastes exactly the same as sugar yet doesn't leave that strange aftertaste on the tongue. The calorie content is 1/10 of normal sugar. Unfortunately, it is not available here. If you've got frens who flies down to UK, kirimkan.

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One of my new year's resolutions is to cut down on food that could raise the possibilities of contracting me diabetes or anything could make me grow fatter. Hey! As age catches up, we ain't gonna spend too much time working out to burn calories instead of sitting back and relax are we?

Then I saw the news in yesterday's Malay Mail regarding Malaysian's high consumption of teh tarik which contributes to rising stroke disease cases.

It's so appalling to learn that Malaysia is actually the no. 1 condensed milk consumer in the world. What??? Of course India is not the real no. 1, they use fresh cow or goat's milk in their drinks and they work very hard.

Don't you wonder.... if we were to request for the statistics of condensed milk consumption be zoomed down by every state of the country, which one would have the highest rate?

I remember during my primary school years, when we go back to Kelantan for Hari Raya, the kids are in charge of sending buah tangan to all the neighbours on the first day. This will continue until we run out of our own food. So what do we do? Tok Wey (grandma) will go to the back room and pull a huge basin full of many many cans of condensed milk. She'll wrap each of them nicely with the newspaper, arrange four cans on a small tray and harness the set with a square white cloth so we can hold the top tied part to pass over.

To my surprise, Tok Wey said that even when there's no occassion, this is quite a standard item used as buah tangan. Sometimes, it is two cans of condensed milk and two cans of Laici.

As I grow older, the practise had seemed to fade.

I am still very curious to know, which state has the highest consumption, Kelantan ke Penang ke KL (for having so many mamak outlets)?