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December 16, 2004
tea with james and dan
so i'm working from home this morning, and i made myself a cup of tea. except the only tea we have left in the house was the english blend. so i made myself a cup, with milk and, unusually, two sugars. i almost never take sugar in my tea or coffee.
being back at my desk, working, reminds me of james and dan during our last year at ravensbourne. at the time, we were living in a house together, in bromley. by the third year, we hardly went into college at all; we had our dissertations to research and write and our final projects to finish.
james, dan and i would be working in our individual bedrooms, and it was a important to have tea next to us, cups within reach, yet out of the "danger zone" where a spill would mean a fizzled harddrive and running ink on paperwork. we would take turns making tea, each of us knowing exactly how we take our tea: yasmina milk only, dan and james milk and two sugars. delivering the teas to its respective drinker, allowed us small conversations between heavy bouts of dissertation writing or flash-coding or storyboarding.
every couple of hours, we would have tea breaks, snacking on whatever was in the cupboard, and smoking our marlboro light cigarettes and bitch and moan about the work and how we were looking forward so much to graduation.
*yes, i used to smoke back in college, it was a good companion for those late-night sessions or all-nighters*
so that's why this morning i miss james and daniel. i wonder if they're in london now, sitting at their desks, drinking tea, remembering those final days of our degree.
Posted by Yasmina at December 16, 2004 11:41 AM
Comments
drinking tea in london ? very english :-)
anyway, how does your tea taste with milk ? is it like teh tarik from malaysia ?
yasmina says: wah, i don't know what teh tarik tastes like. gue biasanya sih minum green tea kok. gue tetep simpen english blend buat kalo nyuguhin tamu, dan ada variasi, siapa tau mereka ga suka green tea kan berabe...
Posted by: irene at December 17, 2004 10:18 AM
Yasmina, thanks for dropping by at my weblog. Belajar di mana ya bisa bikin blog kayak bananeira gini? Keren banget!!!
Btw, pengalamannya bikin gw inget cerita masa2 ngerjain tesis kemaren juga... kadang2 gw juga kangen masa2 tinggal sama ke-2 roomate gw dulu... apalagi krn kita semua cocok bgt satu sama laen... Those final days of my degree were filled with lack of sleep, bitchin', moanin', 'puffing' and coffee... ;-)
Posted by: Lely at December 19, 2004 06:58 AM
Aduh ngga lah...Itu cuma..em...ungkapan...
Posted by: Nana at December 19, 2004 04:04 PM
