My Cup Of Tea ....

I am more a tea-drinker than a coffee drinker. That is not to say I will not drink coffee, but between coffee and tea, I much prefer the latter. What I deem as the perfect tea, or rather, my cup of tea, is when the tea is dark brown in colour, not too thick that it is still runny, and not too thin that it is almost transparent.

In other words, my cup of tea is one that is runny enough to be slightly translucent, yet at the same time thick enough that I cannot see the bottom of the cup through the brown liquid. It must have a slight aromatic smell, and I will add in two cubes of white sugar and enough milk to turn it an opaque wheat colour.

That, to me, is a perfect cup of tea. So far, the only time I have come across a perfect cup of tea is at Prive, the restaurant at the new (not so new already) Keppel Marina. All other teas I have come across simply do not cut it.

Maybe that is why I apply the same standard in men. When it comes to feelings or relationship, he is either your cup of tea or not. The person can be so good-looking, or so capable, or so rich, but that does not mean he will be my cup of tea.

The main thing I look for is reliability and keeping of promises. As in, if he says yes, means yes, no means no. Do not keep people hanging in between, wondering if it is a yes or not. Do not talk big about nice things and sweet talk, yet in the end never gets anything done. In other words, no empty promises!

It is hard to pinpoint reliability. There are some people whom you can tell by first instance if they are reliable. There are some who needs to go through some trials before they prove themselves to be reliable. Yet there are many who show their unreliability at the first instance. No wonder it is so hard to find someone you can trust and depend on nowadays!