Milo Supporter

Since I was young, I always enjoy drinking Milo. In fact apart from Milo, I do not drink much tea or coffee. If there is no Milo available and I have to choose between tea or coffee, then I would choose tea. But I do not really like tea at all. For instance if a set meal includes tea or coffee, then I would usually ask the waiter or waitress if I can have Milo instead. There were some rare occasions where I would get to drink my favourite beverage during those set meals.

A lot of people think that Milo is created in Malaysia but it is not. Nestle, the company behind the Milo brand is a Switzerland based company. I heard that some people purchase Milo on their way back from studying or vacationing in Australia because the Milo there tastes better than Malaysia. Can it be that ingredients there are fresher?

Today I had three servings of Milo at work. I always have a cup of Milo with my breakfast. Then at 11am I was getting hungry so I had my second cup with some biscuits for morning tea. At 3pm my stomach was getting hungry again and I had my third cup. I never add any sugar with my Milo. I like the original taste. I have not taken any sugar in my Milo since twenty years ago. Also, I like my Milo hot with no ice added. I cannot remember the last time I had ice Milo outside. If I am home, then I like to add some fresh milk in it. Besides Milo, I also drink at least 1.5L of water during office hours.

If I did not have enough sleep, I cannot take coffee to help me stay awake. When I was young, I was not allowed to drink coffee. And I never bother to find out how coffee tasted like until one day before my Higher School Certificate examination. I was determined to burn midnight oil and in order to be able to stay awake; I decided to drink coffee. I only drank a few sips and the whole episode backfired on me. Instead of staying up, I had severe headache and ended up going to sleep early. Since that time, I never try taking coffee ever again.

Milo still suits me anytime!

(I digress – talking about burning midnight oil, the other and only time I managed to do that without the aid of coffee was the night before I had to give a presentation during my study days. I was not well versed in the topic I was supposed to present and I think I was given the hardest topic in my tutorial class. I did not finish typing my presentation until early morning and after my shower, I went straight to my department to photocopy my presentation to give out to my tutor and fellow tutorial mates.

The tutor happened to be the Head of Department and after my presentation, he fired me with so many questions that I just made up most of my answers. I could see my tutorial mates really pitied me because I was one of the unlucky ones who was queried when others did not have to answer many questions during their presentation. I felt so humiliated.

After my presentation, I decided not to stay for another class in the afternoon and went straight home. Yes I decided to skip my class because I would face the same tutor/lecturer again eventhough it was for another subject. I was in no mood in seeing him again that day and I wanted him to know no matter how conscientious I was, I still had feelings.

But the most unexpected thing happened at the end of that session, I was the only one who got an A for my presentation. I could not believe it. I was so happy!)