no.504 140917 Thank you for the macaron day

Not a huge fan of coffee but it was a good complement to the sweet macarons

It was indeed a "macaron day" for me. I started my day off by picking up a pack of macarons at a small patisserie. I like to bring something small when I am invited for a meal by a friend, and today I was craving a sweet dessert so I went for these pretty little cookies to share. In the late afternoon, I had a date with a friend who just came back from UK. She is a coffee lover and since she came back from one of the biggest tea drinking countries, we decided to check out a relatively new coffee shop that we haven't been to. Unfortunately, the place we went to specialized in coffee only - no teas or tea lattes which was disappointing since I prefer tea over coffee. However, it gave me a chance to try something different. So I shared 9 macarons today - all in different flavours that I like. That's the most macarons I've ever had in a day I think. I'm thankful for not only the delicious delights but more for the time and the conversation I had with these two people I met up with.

no.185 131101 Thank you for a good start to November

A warm cup of caramel macchiato to start my day!

Happy November!

I had a good start off to November. I met up with a couple of friends from high school at Starbucks this morning for a skype date with another friend in New York. I arrived a little bit early, so I got myself a drink first while I waited for my friends to come. I was having a problem with my Starbucks app on my phone, so I stood a far from the counter since I didn't want to block other people from ordering. I thought I was standing pretty far from the counter but I guess I wasn't, because two people that came while I was waiting for my phone to load, asked me if I was in line. Anyways, I told them that they could go first because I wasn't ready. I was kinda frustrated because my app wasn't loading, and the lady who I let her go first told me to order before her. I said I'm fine but she insisted I go first, so I just ordered my drink hoping that my phone is ready for scanning. Thankfully, the cashier was able to scan my barcode in time. When I asked him if I could use my coupon, for some reason, he wasn't able to pull it up. I told him not to worry about it, but the lady behind me said to the cashier that he should just give me a free drink because I was nice to her earlier. I guess the cashier felt bad since he couldn't pull up the coupon. So I got a free cup of caramel macchiato. Hmm, I'm not sure what I did for the lady behind me can be called an "act of kindness" because, practically speaking, I really didn't do anything for her. Anyways, this made me realize that I should be nicer to people, just in general. In the end, the lady behind me was happy, and I was happy. It was a win-win situation I guess! It's gonna be a good month (let's hope!).