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ask for less sugar lah...

ima not tat young as u thought... lol...

yrly do checkup... result tokong till doc dunno how to explain... my body breaks down sugar and fats bery efficient.....

i need my sugar rush.... i cannot so fast use up 吃奶的力 due to kaya... will bery fast kong ka kiao.....

lol... i daily make my 3in1 kopi i add one teaspoon of sugar in somemore...

吃死人了leh... how not to action action abit.....

The shop is also giving out 200 free cups of bobo tea this weekend. Chinese tea chain Heytea spawned an insane two-hour-long queue when it opened last month at Ion Orchard, all for its cheese foam-topped fruit teas. They are apparently the first brand in the world to offer cheese teas, but their drinks are mostly served without pearls as the Heytea folks reckon their fruit teas are “best tasted naked”. But if you prefer your drink with some chewy pearls, Heytea is launching their first bobo tea series this Wednesday (December 12). Bobo is a Chinese slang term for ‘pearls’. There are two flavours available: Brûlée Bobo Tea ($4.50) and Oreo Bobo Tea ($4.80). You can choose from a base of either Cow Head fresh milk or red milk tea for your drink, and customise the sweetness level as well as the amount of pearls. You can also buy additional toppings like Bobo Pops (crunchy white pearls, $0.60), Brown Sugar Bobo ($0.70), crushed Oreos ($0.90) and Brown Sugar Milk-sicles (milk pudding cubes, $0.90) for your bobo tea. 1/3 Brûlée Bobo Tea, $4.50 This is Heytea’s version of the brown sugar pearl milk drink that’s all the ragenow. A dollop of tapioca pearls slow-cooked in brown sugar is added to your choice of fresh milk or milk tea, and the drink is topped off with a layer of brown sugar crème brûlée that’s seared to a caramelised finish upon order and sprinkled with more brown sugar. If you want extra crème brûlée in your drink, simply request for a free top-up. Heytea recommends drinking your Brûlée Bobo Tea by tasting the top layer of crème brûlée with the small spoon provided, and then mixing the pearls and brown sugar with the straw before sipping. 2/3 Oreo Bobo Tea, $4.80 Think of this as brown sugar milk loaded with brown sugar pearls and a layer of crushed Oreos. It sounds much sweeter to us than the Brûlée Bobo Tea ’cos of the chocolate cookies — we reckon this one’s for the folks with extra calories to burn. 3/3 Lobang alert The bobo teas will be available from December 12, and it’s buy one get one free on that day. If you can’t make it down to Ion Orchard this Wednesday, Heytea also has a promotion mechanic for you to score some free bobo tea. They are giving away 200 cups of bobo tea this Saturday and Sunday (that’s 100 cups per day on December 15 and 16, 2pm-6pm) to people spotted wearing polka dots near their Bobo Truck outside Ion Orchard, so it's time to dig out your dotty tee. Heytea, #B4-29 Ion Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn, S238801. Open daily 10am-10pm. Last orders at closing. www.facebook.com/heyteaofficial

Bubble tea has seen some ups and downs in Singapore. The takeaway bubble tea shop first appeared circa 2001 and then, pardon the pun, the bubble burst a few years later when there was a surplus of chain stores, mom-and-pops ones, even hawker stalls. But now, the trend is back with a vengeance, the latest craze centred around brown sugar pearl milk. The beverage — a blend of fresh milk, brown sugar syrup and pearls — was created in Taiwan, the birth place of bubble tea, where customers queue for up to a crazy three hours just to buy brown sugar milk from Taiwanese bubble tea chain Tiger Sugar. The brand recently launched its first outlet in Singapore at Capitol Piazza to much fanfare and hour-long queues, with a second outlet opening this Saturday (December 8) at Chinatown Point. And suddenly, we see brown sugar pearl milk everywhere. What’s its appeal? As it’s made from purely fresh milk with rich brown sugar boiled to a caramelised finish and no tea, this drink doesn’t contain any caffeine. It’s also very pretty — the brown sugar syrup trickles in to form trippy patterns in the milk. Drinking it is also a fun experience: some brands like Tiger Sugar recommend that you shake the drink precisely 15 times to blend its ingredients before sipping it, while others like Chinese bubble tea chain MuYoo encourages you to taste their warm pearls and cold milk individually to experience the contrast in flavours before mixing it all up. Brown sugar milk is also creamier and packs a higher sugar content than the average bubble tea, ’cos the brands offering the drink do not allow you to customise a lower sugar level, unlike your usual bubble tea order. Considering that the Ministry of Health is recently considering a total ban or taxation on high-sugar drinks (Singapore has the highest prevalence of diabetes among developed nations), we wonder if the bubble tea craze here may soon see a clamp down. But if you're planning to sparingly drink only one cup of brown sugar pearl milk in the interest of health, we've made the choice easier. We tasted 12 brands from all over Singapore that offer the beverage — and ranked them from meh to yum so you can make that one cup count. Caveat: due to the logistical challenge of gathering 12 different drinks in one place, some of them were delivered to us, some tapow-ed and brought back to our office, others freshly prepared and slurped up onsite at the shops. Without further ado, here are the results, ranked from our least fave to favourite (scroll to the bottom for #1). 1/12 Koi Thé 12. Brown Sugar Milk, $4.70 Koi is usually our reliable go-to for a good cup of bubble tea, but oddly enough, they miss the mark when it comes to their version of this faddish drink. The brown sugar syrup had a disconcertingly artificial taste, and when mixed with the diluted milk, reminds us of… chendol with melted ice and gula melaka syrup coagulated into a soggy pool. The sugar overpowers the milk’s natural clean, creamy taste, and we couldn't manage more than a few sips. Instead of the usual black tapioca pearls, Koi uses golden pearls (tapioca mixed with golden brown sugar) that is firmer-textured than regular pearls. So if you’re used to pearls with a softer bite, this will not be the brown sugar pearl milk for you. 49 outlets including #B2-37C Ngee Ann City, 391 Orchard Rd, S238872. Tel: 6815-5488. Open daily 10am-10pm. 2/12 Eat 3 Bowls 11. Brown Sugar Pearls with Fresh Milk, $3.80 This cute classroom-themed cafe specialises in Taiwanese food. Specifically, lu rou fan (braised pork rice) and Taiwanese-style mee sua. Incidentally, it also serves its version of brown sugar pearl milk made with Magnolia full cream milk. We find the drink rather bland; there is barely any whiff of brown sugar syrup and the tapioca pearls are overcooked. But perhaps that is because the drink was delivered to us. To be fair, the cafe doesn’t specialise in selling bubble tea, so we can hardly expect the same kind of standard that we get from specialised chains. #01-61, 462 Crawford Lane, S190462. Tel: 9154-8191. Open daily except Mon, 10am-9pm. 3/12 True Boss 10. Brown Sugar Bubble Milk, $4.40 This new Taiwanese import at Yishun’s Northpoint City mall mainly offers fruit vinegar tea, but it also has a number of milk-based picks, like this Brown Sugar Bubble Milk. The milk tastes watered down, and the flavour of brown sugar is too mild. The pearls in this are also harder and more sugary compared to the other bubble tea brands'. #B2-134 Northpoint City, 1 Northpoint Dr, S768019. Open daily 11am-10pm. 4/12 Kungfu Tea 9. Pearl Milk with Brown Sugar, $3.30 The bubble tea brand from Taipei features pearls cooked with caramelised brown sugar, which perk up the otherwise unmemorable blah-tasting milk with a weak hint of brown sugar. #01-02A 51@Ang Mo Kio, 51 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, S5699922. Tel: 6747-6003. Open daily 11am-10pm. 5/12 Winnie's 8. Black Sugar Fresh Milk, $5.50 Also hailing from Taiwan, this rather obscure bubble tea brand opened its first outlet in October this year at Fusionopolis. Unlike the brown sugar that other bubble tea shops use, Winnie’s adds Taiwanese black sugar in its milk drink. Black sugar, made by boiling cane sugar till it becomes a thick dark syrup, has a more intense flavour compared to brown sugar, which is why we could detect a more intense, fragrant caramel note in this drink. The Meiji full cream milk used here comes with a dollop of bouncy house-made honey pearls, which are sadly too cloying for our liking. #01-34 Galaxis,1 Fusionopolis Place, S138522. Tel: 8128-8802. Open daily except Sun. Mon-Fri 11am-8pm; Sat 11am-2.30pm. 6/12 LiHo 7. Brown Sugar Pearl Fresh Milk, $3.60 Local bubble tea outfit LiHo follows the same recipe as its bubble tea counterparts for its brown sugar pearl milk. That is, fresh milk + brown sugar syrup + brown sugar pearls. We tried this freshly prepared, and it is not bad, from the caramel-spiked Farmhouse brand full cream milk to the al dente pearls. But it is also not mind-blowing. In case you forget they are the folks who first introduced cheese foam tea in Singapore, they also have a Salted Egg Lava version of the brown sugar pearl fresh milk, as well as an Avocado one. We gamely tried the salted egg drink. While the savoury salted egg yolk has a to-die-for sandy, viscous texture, it really has no business being in a milky drink. Back to custard buns you go, salted egg lava. Meanwhile, the avocado flavour reminds us of the famous avocado milk you could get from Alexandra Village Food Centre, only richer and with pearls. We couldn’t get used to this odd pairing, though. Over 60 outlets, including #B1-03 Wisma Atria, 435 Orchard Rd, S238877. Open daily 10am-10pm. 7/12 Kurotaki Chabann 6. Brown Sugar Milk with Pearl, $3.90 This under-the-radar Chinese bubble tea chain has over 1,700 outlets worldwide, and two in Singapore. It’s known for its tea that’s infused with Taiwanese brown sugar, though their milk version is also pretty yummy. The ratio of fresh milk to fragrant caramelised brown sugar is quite perfect, and not too sweet, plus the bouncy pearls are good to chew on. Kurotaki Chabann, two outlets include #B1-49 Citylink Mall, 1 Raffles Link, S039393. Tel: 8823-8800. Open daily 10am–10pm. 8/12 SuperTea 5. Brown Sugar Boba Milk, $4.90 SuperTea is the sister brand of Chinese bubble tea chain R&B Tea, also on this list. We were told by the company’s PR rep that the brown sugar pearl milk from the sister brands are the same, except R&B Tea’s version comes with an optional layer of cheese brûlée foam. Our takeaway brown sugar milk still tastes pretty fresh and creamy even after making the hour-long trek back to the 8 DAYS office, with a thick layer of brown sugar syrup still attractively perched atop the chilled Meiji full cream milk. Rich and fragrant with delightfully bouncy and caramelly pearls . 9 Raffles Blvd, Millenia Walk #01-75, S039596. Open daily 10am–9pm. 9/12 MuYoo 4. Dirty Drink, $3.90 We guess this drink is so named ’cos it’s a ‘dirty’ version of milk with the brown sugar syrup drizzled on it, and it’s also a more sinful drink compared to MuYoo’s signature light fruit-infused teas. Even after sitting around for a while, our fresh Farmhouse milk remains rather rich and moreish with a decadent dose of melted brown sugar and slightly warm brown sugar pearls (which MuYoo's staff said were served that way for a softer bite). We enjoy savouring the warm-cold contrast of the ingredients before we mix everything up to slurp. The Chinese brand’s attractive packaging with a cute, squat cup and colourful carrier also scores points with us. Three outlets including #B1-67 Raffles City, 252 North Bridge Rd S179103. Open daily 10am-10pm. 10/12 Bobii Frutii (8 DAYS Pick!) 3. Childhood Memory, $4.80 Hailing from Taiwan (where else?) with local actor Nat Ho as a Singapore franchise co-owner, Bobii Frutii’s selection of bubble teas involves fancy names like this Childhood Memory. Though we think only kids now will remember guzzling on brown sugar milk with brown sugar pearls as, er, kids. That said, we have good memories of sipping on this. The caramelised sugar syrup packs a lovely smoky-sweet flavour and is not overly saccharine, while the fresh Meiji milk is full-bodied. The icing on the cake (or cup, ha ha)? The faintly sweet house-made brown sugar pearls are served slightly warm and boast the right amount of chewiness. Two outlets including #02-376 Suntec City, 3 Temasek Blvd, S038983. Open daily 11am-10pm. 11/12 R&B Tea (8 DAYS Pick!) 2. Brown Sugar Boba Milk with Cheese Brûlée, $5.80 We have found the secret to fabulous brown sugar pearl milk: cheese foam. While Chinese chain R&B Tea’s rendition is already very good on its own (fresh Meiji full-cream milk laced with dark, swirling globs of caramelised brown sugar and softly chewy pearls). Stir in a layer of cheese foam (available only at its Marina Bay Sands, Oasis Terraces and Toa Payoh outlets), which the staff sears with a blowtorch upon order, and the drink becomes even creamier, with a smoky finish. Complex, delicious and worth the steeper price tag. Six outlets, including #B2-50 Rasapura Masters food court, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Ave, S018956. Open daily Mon-Sat 10am-9pm; Sun 9am-9pm. 12/12 Tiger Sugar (8 DAYS Pick!) 1. Brown Sugar Boba + Pearl with Cream Mousse, $5.30 The ‘winner’ among all the brands we've tried. Tiger Sugar created the brown sugar pearl milk drink in Taiwan, and drew hysterical crowds when it arrived in Singapore recently last month. And we think there's substance behind the hype. Brown sugar, Meiji’s 4.3 Deluxe milk (a more premium offering from the dairy brand) and a mix of gigantic chewy tapioca pearls (called boba here) plus tinier, softer pearls mingle to form this beautifully striking drink with brown stripes like a tiger’s coat (hence, Tiger Sugar). Before you down your cup, you’re advised to shake it a total of 15 times. Why 15? “We did research and found it’s the ideal number of times to shake to blend the drink perfectly,” says Tiger Sugar MD, Trevor. For dairy lovers like us, this drink is just wonderful: indulgently creamy milk spiked with the sweet, earthy flavour of caramel syrup. The blend of big and small tapioca pearls adds fabulous texture. We also like that the mousse, made by whipping cream with an electric whisk, makes the drink extra luscious, yet not as jelak as we expected. Fun to slurp till the last drop. Our only grouse is the long queue at their shop, though we hope the crowd will be less insane once it opens its second outlet at Chinatown Point this Saturday (Dec 8). #B1-32 Capitol Piazza, 13 Stamford Rd, S178905. Open daily 11am-10pm.

buy kopi also not enough ar.... lol....

Vladimir Putin was 33 when he received this Stasi ID card A Stasi ID pass used by Vladimir Putin when he was a Soviet spy in former East Germany has been found in the Stasi secret police archive in Dresden. The Russian president has expressed pride in his record as a communist KGB officer in Dresden in the 1980s. His Stasi pass was found during research into the close co-operation between the KGB and Stasi. Mr Putin, then a KGB major, got it in 1985. It got him into Stasi facilities, but he may not have spied for them. In a statement on Tuesday, the Stasi Records Agency (BStU) said that Mr Putin "received the pass so that he could carry out his KGB work in co-operation with the Stasi". Stasi was actually the nickname for East German Ministry of State Security (MfS) agents. It was notorious for its meticulous surveillance of ordinary citizens, many of whom were pressed into spying on each other. "Current research gives no indication that Vladimir Putin worked for the MfS," the BStU statement said. The stamps are proof of Mr Putin's years co-operating with the Stasi in Dresden Mr Putin signed himself "Wladimir Putin" using German spelling Mr Putin, born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg), was posted to East Germany in 1985, aged 33. His two daughters were born during that posting. He is now 66. Mr Putin was a KGB officer in Dresden up to and including December 1989, when the communist East German regime collapsed amid mass pro-democracy protests. His Stasi pass was renewed every three months, as shown by the stamps on it. It is not clear why he left the pass in the Stasi files in Dresden. This building was the KGB's headquarters in Dresden during the Cold War He witnessed protesters occupying the Dresden Stasi headquarters, while communist security forces came close to opening fire on them, on 5 December 1989. Jubilant East Berliners had already breached the Berlin Wall in November. Mr Putin was fluent in German at the time and has said he personally calmed the Dresden crowd when they surrounded the KGB building there, warning them that it was Soviet territory. During his KGB service in Dresden Mr Putin was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1989 he was awarded a bronze medal by communist East Germany - officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR) - "for faithful service to the National People's Army", the Kremlin website says. After returning to Russia, Mr Putin rose to become head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) - main successor to the KGB. He became Russian president in 2000. In June 2017 Mr Putin revealed that his work in the KGB had involved "illegal intelligence-gathering". Speaking on Russian state TV, he said KGB spies were people with "special qualities, special convictions and a special type of character". A once top secret agreement between the KGB and Stasi, seen by the BBC, shows that the KGB had 30 liaison officers in East Germany who worked directly alongside the Stasi. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov shrugged off the emergence of Mr Putin's old Stasi card. "The KGB and the Stasi were partner intelligence agencies so you probably can't rule out an exchange of such identity cards," he said.

The two cosmonauts will spend about six hours outside the ISS Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are engaged on a spacewalk to investigate a mysterious hole that caused a loss of air pressure in August. The cause of the hole on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft, docked to the station, has not yet been established. However, Russian officials have said they believe it was caused by a drill and may have been deliberate. Oleg Kononeko and Sergei Prokopyev will spend about six hours on the spacewalk. Nasa said that Kononenko will use a knife to cut through insulation and the protective covering of the Soyuz to locate the outside of the hole. Samples will be taken to be sent back to Earth. The operation will be complicated because the spacecraft, unlike the ISS, is not designed to be repaired while in space and has no railings. "There's nothing, that's the problem," Kononenko said earlier. Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia's civilian space agency Roscosmos, described the spacewalk as "unprecedented in its complexity". The hole was discovered after crew members traced an air leak that was causing the minor loss of pressure on the ISS. The Soyuz capsule had been used to deliver a new crew to the laboratory 400km (250 miles) above the Earth in June. Crew members used tape to cover the hole and experts speculated that it could have been caused by the impact of a high-speed rocky fragment flying through space. However, that theory was later ruled out. Photos of the hole from inside the spacecraft circulated online. A space industry source told Russia's Tass state news agency that the spacecraft could have been damaged during testing at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The mistake might have then been covered up. "Someone messed up and then got scared and sealed up the hole," a source speculated, but then the sealant "dried up and fell off" when the Soyuz reached the ISS. Sources quoted in Izvestia newspaper said that if sealant is found on the hull during the space walk then the hole was probably caused when the spacecraft was on the ground. In September, Mr Rogozin said that a production defect was possible but "deliberate interference" had not been ruled out.

The forklift truck drivers could face up to five years in jail Singapore has charged two Chinese migrant workers with soliciting one-dollar bribes from lorry drivers. The forklift truck drivers allegedly took S$1 bribes (£0.58; $0.73) multiple times, in return for not delaying the loading and unloading of vehicles. If convicted, Chen Ziliang, 47, and Zhao Yucun, 43, face up to five years in prison and a S$100,000 fine. Singapore takes pride in its reputation as one of the world's least corrupt countries. Both drivers allegedly committed the offence while working at the Cogent Container Depot. Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau said in a statement that employees are expected to work "fairly". "Even if the bribe amount is as low as $1, they can be taken to task," the agency said. "Bribes of any amount or any kind will not be tolerated." The island nation consistently ranks among the least corrupt countries in the world, ranking sixth on Transparency International's 2017 Corruption Perception Index.

Three people have been killed and 12 others wounded in a shooting in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. The gunman, known to security services, is on the run and is being hunted by police. "He fought twice with our security forces," said Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. The shooting happened close to a Christmas market near one of the central squares, Place Kléber. France's counter terrorism prosecutor has opened an investigation. Six of the injured are said to be in a serious condition, while six others suffered light injuries, police said. Confirming that three people had died, Mr Castaner said that border controls had been strengthened, with 350 security agents hunting for the gunman. He added that security at all Christmas markets would be stepped up. Armed police secured an area near the Christmas market where the shooting occurred Police said the 29-year-old suspect was born in Strasbourg and was already known to the security services as a possible terrorist threat. According to France's BFM TV the man had fled his flat in the Neudorf district of the city on Tuesday morning as it was being searched by police in connection with a robbery. Grenades were found during the search. Residents in Neudorf have been urged to stay indoors amid unconfirmed reports he has been tracked down and cornered by police in the area. The European Parliament, which is nearby, was placed on lockdown. The parliament's president, Antonio Tajani, tweeted to say it would "not be intimidated by terrorist or criminal attacks". French President Emmanuel Macron, who had attended a crisis meeting with cabinet officials in Paris, later tweeted that the "solidarity of the entire nation" was with Strasbourg, the victims and their families. Panic in the city The attack unfolded at around 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT) close to Strasbourg's famed Christmas market, which attracts thousands of visitors at this time of year. Eyewitness Pater Fritz told the BBC he heard gunfire and found a person who had been shot, lying on a bridge. He said he tried to resuscitate him but the man died. "There are no ambulance services able to enter the area, apparently," he said, adding: "After 45 minutes we stopped the resuscitation [attempt], because a doctor told us on the phone that it was senseless." Local journalist Bruno Poussard wrote on Twitter that there had been a dozen shots fired on his street in the city centre - one or two to begin with, then in bursts. Emmanuel Foulon, a press officer for the European Parliament, wrote that there was "panic" in the centre following the sound of gunfire and that police with guns were running through the streets. A shopkeeper told BFM TV: "There were gun shots and people running everywhere. It lasted about 10 minutes." British MEP Richard Corbett tweeted that he was in a restaurant in the city and the doors had been locked. The mayor of Strasbourg, Roland Ries, later tweeted that the Christmas market would be closed on Wednesday following events. He added that flags would be lowered to half-mast at the local Town Hall, where people could to pay their respects in a book of condolences.

What better way to spend Christmas than to eat a buffet while being surrounded by an ungodly amount of new furniture with rather hard-to-pronounce names. Here it is. IKEA is having a dinner buffet to kick off Christmas. The deal is exclusive to IKEA FAMILY members. This is the menu for the buffet. Here are the dates and timings. Date: December 21, 2018 Time: 5.30-7.30pm and 8-10pm And here is a sneak preview of the meal. From last year’s buffet. Merry Christmas.

The bus driver was subsequently arrested. According to a video uploaded to Facebook group SG Road Vigilante on Dec. 5, a 67-year-old cyclist was run over by a bus. Video and blood trail The video shows the bicycle and blood trail at the scene of the accident. The incident took place at Bukit Merah, at around 9.20am. This is the full video: Cyclist dead, bus driver arrested The Straits Times reported that cyclist was “dragged underneath the bus for several metres”. However, it is unclear how the bicycle got caught underneath the bus. According to the police, the cyclist was “pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics”. The bus driver was later arrested for causing death by a negligent act.

It looks like Malaysia has a legitimate reason to shut down the Causeway — even if it is for a while The Customs, Immigration And Quarantine Complex at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) and Johor Bahru (JB) Sentral Railway Station on Malaysia’s side will be temporarily closed for an exercise on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 from 12 midnight to 1am. This was announced by Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Travellers, especially those who need to travel urgently, have been advised to use the Tuas Checkpoint instead during that timing. What Malaysian police announced The Malaysian police announced in a news release that an annual evacuation exercise will be conducted between 12am and 2am on Thursday — about an hour longer than what the ICA said. “This is an annual evacuation exercise to ensure that the relevant government agencies are prepared for any possibility,” said the Malaysian police. As many as 150 personnel will be involved in the emergency preparedness exercise. Here is ICA’s advisory:

means u cannot teh ppl neh liao....

whereeeee got timeeeee

goat milk can or not?

u lactose intolerant?