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Well I finally got one back on my friend from the Esc Gaming escapade and got myself some Chicken Flavoured Koka Noodles from a local shop. Im not usually partial to noodles of the potted variety and I dont really like Pot Noodles either but both my brother and my friend thought they were awesome so I just had to try them out. They tasted awesome! Haha Fat take that I have my own supply of Koka noodles and you dont! Finally a photo to rub it in!

Koka Noodles

Besides my forays into the world of captured noodles (potted lol) I have been indulging in my love of tea recently. I decided to buy myself a bamboo tea tray for my glass Gong Fu tea set. I got it from www.jingtea.com and might I just say that their service is top notch! Whenever I order from them I get my packages next day (I live in the UK) and the site has a few videos up showing the different types of tea wares they sell and how to use them. The owner is quite famous I think since he has been mentioned in newspapers such as the Financial Times.

Anyway I digress. I tested out my new tray and yes it holds the waste water from my tea making without spilling! It looks pretty epic in the glass cupboard with my glass gong fu tea set perched on it (also from Jing tea). Today I am a happy tea enthusiast.

Also I decided to get some more Blackcurrant and Hibiscus tea at the same time as getting my tea tray since I just love it soooo much!

A picture of the tea set in question accompanied by a certain tea tray .

Gong Fu Tea Set

I was in Glasgow the other day to visit Esc gaming since I was recommended to visit it by a friend after I mentioned my visit to Microplay. Its on 166 Hope street just up from Glasgow Central station so it wasn’t too much of a walk for me to go .

When I got there I was pleasantly surprised. The place was brightly lit and the guys working there were really nice. We (me my friend and my brother) decided to have a look at the snacks they had on offer and found that they sold POT NOODLES and KOKA NOODLES! I was amused but my friend was excited at the prospect of having noodles while gaming.

After the noodle ogling we decided to have our accounts created and pay for a couple of hours game play. Being our first visit we automatically got an hours free gaming. We decided to pay for an extra hour since we intended to play for around 2 hours. By the time we had sat down one of the workers brought over my friends noodles ready to eat, he was ready for anything in counter strike now!

We enjoyed ourselves at Esc gaming but one thing I didn’t like was that we had quite a bit of lag while playing Counter Strike Source but that could have been due to many reasons. The other niggling point was that the keyboards were fairly bog standard and the mouse and headsets were OK too but they pale in comparison to those provided in Microplay. These were the only downsides to Esc gaming and we only played one game remember, you can also argue that fancier gaming peripherals don’t make that much of a difference (Esc gaming did have Razer Krait gaming mice). One BIG upside to going to Esc gaming is that they are currently charging £1 an hour! compared to Microplay’s £2 an hour which is a plus! Double the gaming for the same price. Also the staff at Esc gaming I felt were a lot more friendly making you feel more comfortable. I think Ill be giving Esc gaming another visit in the near future! (I still have 1 hour left on my account!!!) You can visit their site at www.esc-games.com .

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