Partners in Crime @ ...

If any of you were wondering why most of us students were draped in shawls and jackets, it's because the place was freezing cold.

After the first session last Sat, Kaz, Alice and I streamed out of the room shivering like junkies. After lunch with our team members, I suddenly remembered that I brought three packets of Robert Timms coffee along with me - in case of emergencies.

Now, you may wonder what kinda emergencies would innocent workshop participants face in the seemingly safe and benign college rooms. Well, besides freezing our tushies off, there is the danger of nodding away to Never Never Land especially after a heavy and delicious lunch.

I mean, how often does LiveWire ChargeUp! Conference come about? It'll be positively sinful to miss out on a single moment, right?

Hence my ammunition.

But, and here's a big BUT - it ain't fun to drink coffee alone in the midst of a group. I needed more partners in crime. And so after a quick query amongst the team members, two sheepish people raised up their hands.

"Hi, my name is Alice and I love to drink coffee."

"I'm Kaz and I used to be crazy about coffee. But I'm trying to cut down." Ah, haven't we all been there in the land of Cutting Down?

Man, it was almost like being in an AA meeting.

They say it only takes one imp to corrupt the whole flock. They were right.

Alice took one packet without any guilt while Kaz hemmed and hawed. I evilly waved the coffee packet in front of her face. Her beautiful green eyes were transfixed upon it and I could see her defences crumble. It took about a minute but she finally succumbed to temptation.

The problem was, we had coffee bags, we had hot water but where's the sugar lar? No sugar could be found! All that effort to tempt Kaz was wasted!

Ah, but we soon made our way to the cafe at the rooftop of the building and in no time at all, the three of us were inhaling Nescafes like there was no tomorrow. I lost count of how many times we made trips up to the rooftop cafe during our weekend there. We had Nescafe, every single time.

Two of us would feel a twinge of guilt for consuming so much caffeine and would declare to the others that they are gonna be good this time and order Milo or tea instead. And then a coffee lover would place an order for Nescafe and within the blink of an eye the other two changed their minds and ordered Nescafes, too.

Ah yes, it only takes one imp.

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