Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen: Cuban

First, let´s get drunk and then, I ll tell you a bit about myself. For this particular occasion, I chose :

TRADITIONAL CUBAN MOJITO:

prep time: 10 minutes

60 ml White Rum (I used Havana Club Aňejo Blanco)
2 tsp brown sugar
1 fresh lime
15 big fresh mint leaves
1 cup ice cubes

In a mortar, crush the sugar with mint leaves. Cut the lime into four parts and add to the mortar. Lightly crush, until the juices come out. Add the rum and mix well. Transfer to a big glass. Crush the ice cubes in a mortar and add to the glass. Stir and enjoy.

(Cannot decide which one is worse. Gosh, we were out there, when we were making these, right Tompa?)

So, why all this fuss? Well...

First of all (standing up, raising my cup), I would like to toast to Meeta of What´s for lunch, honey? and her Monthly Mingle Food Event, whose this month theme 'Liquid dreams' came right in time... Great event idea, cannot wait for the round-up to enrich my cocktail recipe collection.

Secondly, I´d love to toast to Saju of Chachi´s Kitchen, who tagged me with a MEME. I love the way she explained the actual meaning of this ´game´. Since this is my very first time being tagged, she made it a lot easier for me to participate. The rules are:

Before you post the answers, you have to:

...list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of their middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.

When you are tagged you need to write your own blog-post containing your own middle name game facts.

At the end of your blog-post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag.

Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Since I do not have a middle name, I ll have to give myself one. Yes, I could use my blogging name, but Zuzana Zlamushka sounds silly. My first name Zuzana gets mispronounced or misswritten all the time (haha, Saju, believe me, I take no offence at all), so creating a new ´middle name´would be even more complicated. Therefore, following my tagger´s example, I am choosing a name of my family member and that is my beloved newly-wed sister GABI.

Her official name is Gabriela, but nobody calles her like that. In Slovak, we shorten it to Gabi, and sometimes add -ka at the end to make Gabika (or Gabrielka) - a ´cute form´of her name.

Similarly, Zuzana can be shortened to Zuzi, Zu, Zuz, the cute form would be Zuzka or Zuzanka.
But, as I said, many people (especially abroad) call me Sue, Zee, Zuss, Susanna, Susi, Suzanne, Zana... etc. In China, I would be 苏菲雅 Sufeiya.

So, let s go down to business:

G - Globally Growing
Growth or growing is an ongoing process happening in my life. By growth I do not mean actual body size, even though, I am pretty tall (175 cm), but a personal growth. I cherish my life and welcome every day of it. Get up at five, cook, read or write, go, run, dance, sing, eat, drink, shop, socialize, talk, think, make love, sleep or just relax. By everything I do, I try to learn something new and leave something nice behind.

A - Air And Atmosphere
I am a picky person. I pick on my food and I pick on my friends. Atmosphere for me is a crucial element in order to be a true happy Me. I cant live or work in an environment, where there is tension or hatred in the air. Excuse me for being selfish, but I need to breathe...

B - Blabby Buddies
This terms very well describes my socializing needs. Blabby Buddies - smart people that make me laugh, all those goofballs you like to have a coffee with. I am a sociable parasite that would probably extinct if left completely alone. I am therefore very grateful to have found my voluntary victim, the Best Blabby Buddy I can always talk to, my Beloved Tompa (hugs).

I - International I
Traveling, experiencing different cultures, meeting new people and learning new languages have had a great impact on today´s Me. I have lived 2 years in China, half a year in Thailand, 4 months in Arizona and currently, stuck (said with love) in Sweden. I traveled all over Europe, South-East Asia and Southern US. My next planned destinations are India and Africa.
I speak Slovak, Czech, English, Chinese and German. Currently learning Swedish.
I have spent 5 days hiking on 黄花城 Huanghuacheng - Beijing´s only non-renovated part of Great Wall of China, walked some 7000 steps up the 泰山 Mount Tai, hiked for a week through Fengdu, the ´ghost town´ and rice paddies in Chongqing, from where its people had to be relocated, so the great Three Gorges Water Dam could be build up. Met Dalailama, had a rat sitting on my cheek, ate grasshoppers and pig brains, dove in Andaman Sea near Thailand ... and much more. I don't know how long I am going to live, but as long as it gets, there always will be something to explore...

BUT NOW! it is time to hear more about YOU: