On strange herbal concoctions. Quest and I were standing next to a herbal drink dispenser at the Takashimaya basement food court when we noticed the sign over it. It translated roughly into: "24 blah-blah herbs/ 26 blah-blah herbs" where "blah-blah" could be substituted for all manners of key words like nutritious/ potent/ healthy. But since there was only one dispenser, where could the extra 2 herbs come from if a customer chose the 26 herb mixture? We pondered briefly over this, and Quest finally remarked that they probably had to put the 2 extra herbs into the cup before pouring in the 24 herb mixture, somewhat like a tea bag concept. Hmm.

On the other hand, I'm falling in love with this soybean canned drink called "Bu Shuang", or "Bei Song" (in Hokkien). The name roughly means "not happy or contented", and there is nothing flashy on the can except the name written boldly along it. This is really reverse advertising at its cleverest. What do you mean you won't feel happy after drinking this? What do you mean you won't fall in love, make lots of money, get your dream job and look gorgeous after drinking this? How dare they make a drink just a drink?! That really makes me smile.