A little whisper in the dark

Where has all the music gone

Typical commute home.
Maddening traffic.
Slowpoke drivers.
Drivers who don't signal.
Traffic lights.

Safe in my air-conditioned cocoon, I turn on the radio. Talking voices. Flip another channel, DJ cooing away, so in love with his own voice. Hit the channel again, two voices trying to make a debate out of some inane topic. Try another station, its an advertisement that tries to sell me something I don't really need. Seriously, can radio stations just play music?

I switched to playing my MP3s. Repetitive they may be, but at least I don't need to hear voices.

posted by Chung Leong @ 3:02 AM 0 comments

Single Malt, or Johnnie Walker?

I'm quite a big fan of my Johnnie Walker, and recently my brother tried to switch me to single malt whiskey. He had a taste of it while chilling out at a beach resort, and liked it enough that he practically insisted that I give it a try. Its smoother, he says, its not as harsh as JW is.

So when I got back from an overseas trip, instead of my usual bottle of JW, I went and bought a random bottle of single malt Scotch whisky instead. All I noted was that for the same money, I got a bit less alcohol, and a 2.5% less alcohol content (which was still a not-inconsiderable 40%).

And so now on my table sits a shot of Glenfiddich. Alright, a sip then.

Hmmm. Tastes about the same. It is also not like the other bottle of single malt in the house, The Macallan. That one was quite tasteless and flat. No body to the flavour at all. But then again, I've not had JW in a while, maybe I forgot how it tasted.

So what's the big fuss about single malt, then? At least Johnnie Walker sponsors the McLaren F1 racing team...... and I like fast cars.

Okay. So I've tried single malt, and I still don't see what the fuss is about. At least now I've been there, done that, and can bag on it with some authority.

posted by Chung Leong @ 1:03 AM 0 comments