McDonald's (Sibu), grainy B&W photo in ze papers and NO DRUGS!

I went to McDonald's for lunch today. I wanted to get those Sega mini handheld games they're having a promotion on - RM 5 (A$ 2.50) for each one with the purchase of a meal. Unfortunately this is what we saw upon arrival:

There goes my hope of getting every one in the collection. :) Hmm...come to think of it, if anyone happens to have a spare one that's still inside the shrink wrap, I'll be more than happy to get it off you, email me and name a price. Well, we had lunch anyway since we were already there.

I had the Quarter Pounder with Cheese meal while my girlfriend had the Spicy Chicken McDeluxe meal. It seems that the Quarter Pounder has finally arrived (it says "New" on the menu anyway) and I haven't seen it the last time I was back home. I also asked the girl behind the counter about the mini handheld games and she said they get sold out on first day they're available, so I guess I'll have to queue up before opening hours on Thursday. It's not like I have much to do until my results come out on the 17th of July anyway. :)

Anyway, the Quarter Pounder here is pretty sad...they are still using the standard size buns, so the meat patty was visibly overflowing from the bun's edges. It tastes pretty much the same though, except for the over mustard-ization of this one. Unfortunately, the fries here are still very dismal. I have eaten at McDonald's (and other fast food joints) in Malaysia (various states), Singapore, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia and no one came even close to the QUALITY fries in Australia's McDonald's (though Singapore's shaker fries at McD's gave it a run for it's money). I don't know about the other states, since I've only eaten at McDonald's in Victoria and New South Wales, but damn, the McDonald's fries in Australia is absolutely melt in your mouth delicious. The fries of the McDonald's in Malaysia tastes like the ones in Burger King/Hungry Jack's in Australia - very unremarkable. ;) While we're on the topic of fries, I've also eaten the most obscene ones in Australia - at KFC's, which is why I can count the number of times I've eaten at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Melbourne over a three year period on the digits of one hand. I would have gone to a fish and chips shop instead if I wanted fries of that size and girth.

Well, on another topic, I saw a group photo of the candidates and photographers from the Miss Photogenic photo shoot yesterday in Sin Chew Daily, a local Chinese newspaper. It was on the top of Page 8 of today's edition, which I've scanned here:

I can't translate the captions because I can't read the language, sorry. I can speak it fluently though (this is something I always feel the need to add). Anyway, I'm the second one from the right in the photographers group photo. The one in a t-shirt and slacks, biting my lower lip like I always do while on stimulants. Gotta have something to keep me awake at that ungodly hour. Of course, when I say stimulants it always means caffeine or another legal substance, while when veritas says stimulants it's probably something else - can't be too careful when I'm in Malaysia. ;)

Which reminds me, don't call my cell phone number asking for drugs, I'm not a dealer. I don't mean to be rude or anything, it's just that I can't sort you out, so you're wasting your time. I also have to add that there are two authors on this blog, the Digi number in one of the posts below is mine, and I put that up for friends and/or important matters. To the girl from KL who called this afternoon, what I've told you on the phone is correct, please don't comment about anything here as this is a publicly viewable medium. This goes for everyone who has privileged information as well. Thanks! :) My apologies if I come off as being discourteous, again, I don't mean to be rude.

Anyway, here's two views from inside McDonald's in Sibu:

Link: Brain rewiring during learning boosted by drug [newscientist.com]

Thanks to Haggas for pointing this out. Very, very interesting read about a study on the use of amphetamines in enhancing learning.