I saw this feline based ex-life form (at least I think it used to be a cat - it was missing its head) splattered across the road on my way to work this morning, no doubt the unfortunate victim of a high velocity impact with a horseless carriage.
Its entrails were splattered across the road...
Pizza Hut latest promotion is the Cheesy Lava 3 stuffed crust pizza. There is a life-sized cardboard cutout of a regal looking man holding the new Cheesy Lava 3 pizza and it comes with the accompanying text "Endorsed by Cheese Experts". The Cheesy Lava 3 pizza comes with the tagline "Trigger your senses with 3 cheese flavors in one bite".
The Cheesy Lava 3 pizza promo comes with a now standard Pizza Hut themed spinner game. The game board is called the "Gooey Spinner" and features a long swirl of free items that can be obtained by spinning the game board. You can get a maximum of three spins if you don't like what you got in the first or second spin. We got the deli wings after the third and final spin.
The promotional literature goes "Heavenly! The new Cheesy Lava 3 Stuffed Crust Pizza. With Mozzarella, Parmesan, and Cheddar in the crust, experience a cheese explosion in every bite. Savor it with any topping of your choice."
There are three different types of cheese in the crust - Mozzarella, Parmesan and Cheddar. It tasted nice and gooey. I like stuffed crust pizzas - it encourages the crust to be eaten instead of thrown away. :)
I'll like to take this opportunity to introduce Siaw Chin, our new Accounts Executive.
I also took the liberty of inventing a new Pizza Hut Cheesy Lava 3 pizza - Introducing the Cheesy Lava 4 - basically, just a Cheesy Lava 3 pizza with grated cheese on top. ;)
Sibutramine is a compound that is chemically different from the amphetamine group of drugs but produces similar effects but via a different mechanism - instead of releasing norepinephrine, serotonin and dopamine like amphetamine type compounds, it inhibits the reuptake of the neurotransmitters instead.
I managed to get Reductil (sibutramine hydrochloride monohydrate) for RM 175 for 2 blister packs of 14 capsules. It comes in a box and each capsule contains 10 mg of sibutramine (technically 8.37 mg). Reductil is one expensive pharmaceutical - it clocks in at RM 12.50 per capsule.
Sibutramine is used in "management of obesity" i.e. weight loss, but as we all know, most pharmaceuticals that fall in this category has amphetamine like properties. ;) The unusual 14 capsule per blister pack configuration is meant as a daily regiment for weight management.
The back of the blister pack has days of the week (Monday to Sunday) listed at the back of each corresponding capsule and then back again for a fortnight regiment of medication. The box of 2 x 14 capsule blister packs is meant as a month's supply of sibutramine.
Naturally, us recreational drug users don't take pharmaceuticals chronologically...the concept is foreign to those who are used to a dose-based consumption technique. ;)
Here's a look at the front the sibutramine blister packs. The Reductil 10 mg tablets are visible through the blister pack and the capsules are rather large in comparison to other pharmaceuticals capsules.
This is a single capsule of Reductil 10 mg. It has a long yellow base with "10" printed on it and a blue cap which says "Reductil".
I opened up one capsule to see what was inside. The Reductil 10 mg capsules by Abbott is filled to the brim on the yellow capsule base with white powder. I have taken sibutramine alone and sibutamine with tramadol (which gave me impressive cranial pressure - avoid combo) but those experiences were with the oral route of consumption.
I could not resist attempting to insufflate the resulting powder when I opened up the Reductil 10 mg capsules. I snorted a small amount of powder with a rolled up RM 50 dollar note and BAM - it just hit me. There was a huge instantaneous and euphoric rush like insufflating methamphetamine except the onset was much faster. It hit instantly.
Conclusions:
Sibutramine can be used recreationally by insufflating the white powder contained in the capsules. I insufflated a line of the powder when I opened up the capsule to inspect the contents and was floored - there was an instant rush to the head, a very strong but short lasting initial euphoric rush and a burning sensation to the sinuses after that. Naturally, cardiac activity skyrocketed...
It is remarkably similar to insufflating amphetamine and methamphetamine but perhaps it's better compared to cocaine due to the short duration of the initial rush.
Pall Mall recently redesigned their flagship brand of cigarettes and most places have three display pieces (Full Flavor, Milds, Menthols) to promote the new packaging. I managed to convince them to part with the promo packs coz I liked the packaging. The text promotes the new PALLM PAC (as in PALLm MALL).
The text on the red full flavored packs goes "PALLM PAC - Easy on your pocket in more ways."
The text on the milds and menthols are similar - "PALLM PAC - We don't cut corners. (We round them)".
The new Pall Mall PALLM PACs are designed with contoured edges and all new Pall Mall production cigarettes has rounded edges on the boxes now.
The promo PALLM PAC cigarettes have the promotional taglines on one side and it looks like regular Pall Malls on the other. It also has a cardboard insert which reiterates the new design change.
The foil on the promo packs (not sure about the regular ones) also has PALLM PAC inscribed into a circular structure.
The cigarettes are still the same though...I just wanted to get the promotional packs. Pall Mall is hands down the most active tobacco company in making promo packs, that's for sure...
I saw this Gen2 parked at the car park and didn't notice it until I saw the stickers adorning it to publicly declare the owner's affiliations.
There is the TAK NAK anti-smoking campaign sticker on the driver's side window...
The back has a corny sticker which declares that the driver is not religious but he/she has one fuck of a crush on Jesus. The infatuation with the 2000 year old man is admirable if the owner is female, and rather disturbing is the owner is of the XY variant...
However, the sticker that irked me the most was the one on the passenger side mirror which has a "SAY NO TO DADAH" (SAY NO TO DRUGS) sticker on it.
Jesus Christ, this is one self-righteous car... ;)
This is a box containing 500 tablets of brand name Atarax tablets in the form of 20 blister packs of 25 tablets containing 25 mg of hydroxyzine hydrochloride each.
Atarax seems to have an unusual configuration of 25 tablets per blister packs (usually even numbers are the norm). However, it makes sense considering the box is with 500 tablets (even number) is sold for RM 120.
The blister packs retails for RM 7.50 each, making it very affordable. I got several blister packs from the pharmacy to further my studies into Atarax as a possible benzodiazepine potentiator.
I have read that Atarax is very soluble in water, making it a cause for concern for drug facilitated sexual abuse. I have had Atarax [sixthseal.com] before, but that was with a generic version. I decided to get the Atarax branded ones to experiment with the solubility of Atarax in water.
Atarax tablets are white long tablets containing 25 mg of Hydroxyzin (as it is spelled on the blister packs) each. It's unremarkable in the sense that there are no imprints on it but both sides are scored, much like generic APO manufactured lorazepam.
Cold water solution
I put 4 (four) tablets of Atarax into cold water and it fizzled for a bit but was not readily soluble. It did not dissolve further and retained the basic shape of the tablets.
Cold water solution - agitated
The next step involves shaking the mixture to see if that would facilitate the solubility of Atarax. The water turned murky and the tablets dissolved slightly, but still managed to maintain the structural integrity.
I drank the water used in the experiment and the insolubility of Atarax in cold water is glaringly obvious here - the tablets can be seen at the top of the mineral water bottle as I finished the liquid.
Warm water - extremally soluble
I decided to try with warm water from the water heater for the next step. The results of this is surprisingly positive - the Atarax tablets readily and rapidly dissolved into the mixture.
However, the resulting liquid is extremely bitter...I would not concern myself with the viability of Atarax for drug facilitated sexual assault unless the victim was already drunk and cannot differentiate such a bitter mixture from his/her drink...
I was driving home from work last night when I happened to bump into (not literally) this unusual horseless carriage. I thought it was a souped up rich kid's toy bike at first, until I noticed the warning sign attached to the road legal vehicle near the license plate.
It goes "AWAS! PEMANDU CACAT" which roughly translates to "DANGER! DISABLED DRIVER".
I realized then that it was a normal motorbike modified for special needs. A very special motorbike for a very special person.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and with that in mind, we decided to make pure pudding (it's more like jelly) moon cakes for the Kitchen Project (TM). There is a bakering supplies store that's pitching this new pure pudding moon cakes with 10 different flavors from blueberries to snozzberries.
I'm kidding, but they do have ten different flavors, including blueberries. We decided to go for the honeydew flavored one though. This is the premix contained in Exhibit A pictured here. I'm still not sure how the thing works, but apparently, we just needed to buy Exhibit A and Exhibit B for the pudding and add a can of Ideal milk (evaporated milk) for the recipe.
This is Exhibit B, the pudding base. Exhibit A contains the honeydew mix for the jelly and Exhibit B contains the generic pudding base. You can get 10 different flavors of Exhibit A but Exhibit B comes in only one variety. I'm not sure what to make of this mystery mix recipe, but decided to have a go at it and see how things work out.
We also got some plastic moulds in the shape of traditional moon cake designs. There is the standard round shaped moon cake mold and also the more familiar square type moon cake mould, all with auspicious characters imprinted on them, of course. The reason this component is essential to the recipe is obvious - without the moon cake moulds, you'll just have pudding. ;)
One pot of water was set to boil in anticipation of the first mix (Exhibit A). The amount of water in the pot is based on guesstimation (otherwise known as agak-ration or the alternative spelling aggaration).
The honeydew pudding mix (Exhibit A) is emptied into the boiling water in the first process of this dual process mooncake pudding recipe. The liquid is stirred constantly while the powder mix is being added and during the entire process.
This is what the honeydew mixture looks like after about two minutes. The liquid is transferred into small mini-mooncake plastic moulds for setting.
It has a distinctive mellow green tincture, much like absinthe. La Fee Verte!
The entire plastic tray is put into the freezer to force set it by chilling the mixture. This is what it looks like after 15 minutes in the freezer.
Here's a closer look at the mini-mooncake after it's been set and forcible ejected from the plastic moulds. I don't know what the Chinese character printed on the mooncake is, but I'm sure it's something very auspicious.
The honeydew mini-mooncakes tastes like honeydew pudding. The recipe calls for it to be put into the larger moulds, which is a bit of a shame, considering they taste great!
The square ones goes into the larger square mooncake moulds and the round ones goes into the round mooncake moulds as seen here.
Next, Chemical B, I mean Exhibit B is emptied into another pot of boiling water (which we put on while waiting for the setting process to be completed).
The entire mixture of pudding mix (Exhibit B) and boiling water was vigorously stirred before 3/4 of a can of Ideal milk (evaporated milk) is added to the liquid.
The pudding liquid is then poured into the moulds containing a small mini honeydew flavored pudding mooncake from the previous arrangement.
Each mould is filled to the brim with the pudding mixture, covering up the small mooncakes and for all intents and purposes, making a mooncake within a mooncake.
The entire batch of pudding mooncakes is then sent to the refrigerator for setting. This took about an hour.
This is what the pudding mooncakes look like after an hour in the freezer.
Here's a closer look at the mooncake-within-a-mooncake (I think the smaller mooncake is meant to be the "egg yolk", emulating a traditional mooncake).
This is a cross section of the mooncake - it tastes good. The dominant flavor is the pudding covering the mini honeydew mooncake, but the honeydew flavor shines through mid-bite. It's great!
Mooncake Festival is approaching...these newfangled (well, to me anyway :p) pudding mooncake offers a nice and refreshing chilled alternative to traditional mooncakes.
Alladin Lemon Chicken Flavored Instant Noodles is a Vietnamese product that retails for the very affordable price of RM 1.60 in 7-Eleven. The Styrofoam container depicts a delicious meal of noodles with generous slices of chicken and fresh looking lemon pieces. It's for illustration purposes only, naturally. ;)
I opened up the shrink wrapped Styrofoam container and was surprised to see the generous amount of packages inside this humbly priced instant noodle in a cup. It contains a transparent packet of dehydrated vegetables, a rather large sachet containing powdered seasoning, a sturdy sealed pack of chili oil and a folded form. I certainly didn't expect it to contain a disposable plastic fork, that's for sure...
I emptied the three sachets of stuff into the noodles...
...and filled it up with hot water from our office water cooler, still not getting over the fact that this RM 1.60 container of instant noodles contains more stuff than premium products.
I "just pour in boil water and cover for 2 minutes"...
...and it's "ready to serve" just like the instructions promised.
It tastes great! I couldn't for the life of me see how this flavor can be described as "lemon chicken" but it tastes like chicken and it's spicy. Very nice...
The Moro brand of chocolate bar is one of Cadbury's product lines that's being slowly phased out (or so it seems). That's a shame coz it's a great chocolate bar. It's Cadbury's answer to the Mars bar and it's one of the puritan chocolate bars...I like old skool chocolate bars which contains a milk chocolate outer layer and just soft nougat and plenty of caramel in the middle.
The Mega Moro chocolate bar is a huge 100 gram bar retailing for RM 4.95 that'll satisfy all but the most hardcore chocolate lovers out there. It's pictured beside a blister pack of Atarax here for a size indication. The Mega Moro bar is a pleasure to hold and eat - it's long enough for a nice, good grip while allowing huge bites to be taken out of it as well. It's perfect.
Dairy Milk Milk Chocolate Coated Caramel & Nougatine Whip - High Impact Energy On The Go.
You just can't go wrong with that. :)
Lotte ALOE is a small green can of aloe vera juice with aloe vera pieces inside. It retails for RM 2.20 and it's made in Korea.
Lotte ALOE is billed as a "Healthy Drink" on the can, which I'm sure is not just some marketing ploy. *cough* I think we're all aware of the purported benefits of consuming this weird plant with scaly points on the sides.
Personally, I've had close encounters of the physical kind with this plant when I was young - it was applied liberally on burns/scalds to aid in the healing, or so traditional wisdom goes. We even had a pot growing in our backyard.
I had bak kut teh for breakfast yesterday, as well as a plate of roti planta with kaya and condensed milk (damn good stuff). I also noticed that the bak kut teh stall was selling what looked like savory cups filled with various stuff.
I was told that the edible cups are made from flour and comes in two variants - the vegetarian one featured above...
...and another with savory filling. They were going for RM 4.50 per plate and it sucked to be honest. It looks good though. ;)
Nur Islamic Cafe is a place I fondly remember frequenting on Fridays with my father when I was in primary school. We used to go for the great nasi briyani. I decided to go and revisit this relic from my childhood yesterday - it's now called the New Nur Islamic Cafe.
This is the proprietor manning the roti canai - I ordered a roti canai kosong with lamb curry, the lamb curry is very good here.
Here's the kneads of pliable dough ready to be made into the various configurations of roti x...
...and the visibly hot rotund plate to cook it on.
This is the man doing his thing, kneading the dough into a large circle before putting it on the hot plate. This is just a side dish. We ordered nasi briyani as well.
Here's what New Nur Islamic Cafe's nasi briyani looks like - larger than life. It's served on huge plates. Also pictured is the requisite teh tarik to go with the meal.
This is a closer look at the nasi briyani. To be honest, it's not as good as I remembered it was...perhaps that's due to me being around a lot since primary school and having my fair share of (better) nasi briyani.
The place does serve a rather generous portion of meat with the nasi briyani though...
My apologies for the quick entries and the admittedly sporadic comment replies...I'm on an opiate holiday right now. Cheers! :)
Opiate holiday. :)
I have to go back to Sibu later coz of a problem with my ATM card. I asked a co-worker to help me withdraw some money coz I was in a rush to finish a project and can't spare the time to go to the ATM machine. She accidentally used the wrong PIN three times and the ATM machine ate my card. It's not anyone's fault, naturally, but I have to tell you, banking procedures are a pain in the fucking ass.
The ATM teller is from BCB bank and the ATM card is a Public Bank one. My account is based in Sibu, thus, banking procedure requires me to go back to Sibu to collect my card. This requires ID and my passbook. I think I lost my passbook so I'm going to declare an ATM card and passbook loss and just get a fucking new card issued out from the originating bank in Sibu. Pain. In. The. Fucking. Ass.
I'll be flying back to Sibu later, reply all the comments when I get there.
Atarax is the patented name for hydroxyzine hydrochloride and it's grouped together with the antihistamine category of pharmaceuticals. This makes it uninteresting for recreational drug users, and it passed my attention until recently. However, Atarax, or hydroxyzine hydrochloride is considered an atypical antihistamine and has a lot in common with the benzodiazepine group of drugs pharmacologically.
Hydroxyzine hydrochloride is the only antihistamine approved for use in anxiety, which is an important keyword for flagging drugs of interest. Atarax is in fact prescribed primarily for "symptomatic relief of anxiety and tension associated with psychoneurosis and as an adjunct in organic disease states in which anxiety is manifested". It is also a sedative another interesting keyword, and may potentate opiates like Demerol and barbiturates.
This information makes me think that it's long due for a personal evaluation of this pharmaceutical. Hydroxyzine hydrochloride is completely soluble in water (!!!) and has an -ethanol chemical ending. I won't go through the implications of the first part since that makes it open for abuse by certain unsavory characters in drug facilitated sexual assault (better known as the sensationalized term "date rape") which sixthseal.com is strongly against.
I decided to experiment with this unusual pharmaceutical and purchased several soft gelcaps of Atarax in the generic form of APO-HYDROXYZINE 25 mg capsules, which contains 25 mg of hydroxyzine per tablet. It requires a prescription but can be purchased in certain pharmacies if you have a relationship established. Medical literature suggested that the maximum daily dosage for hydroxyzine hydrochloride is 100 mg per day, a bit of information that I missed, and thus shall rewrite history by claiming that here at sixthseal.com we always like to push the boundaries of human pharmacology into the great beyond! ;)
I took 8 capsules the first time (9 if you count the one I opened up) which makes for a total of 200 mg. The inside of APO-HYDROXYZINE 25 mg capsules is filled with yellow goo, which makes it better in terms of insolubility in water. I noticed the characteristically dry mouth associated with antihistamines and noticed drowsiness about T+ 0:30. It manifested itself within 30 minutes - Atarax is a great, fast acting substance. I also noticed a profound lack of anxiety, which is uncharacteristic as I did not take my usual benzodiazepine regiment to fully evaluate hydroxyzine in the first experiment.
The second time produced the same results, but the environmental variables were changed with cannabis, smoked during the onset of the hydroxyzine effects, which I noticed happens very rapidly, usually within 15 - 30 minutes upon ingestion on an empty stomach. Anxiety was also strangely not present even without my usual benzodiazepine dose. It's very interesting...
The third and last time (ran out of capsules) I took hydroxyzine involved evaluating the medical literature which suggests a possible potentiation with barbiturates. I have a large supply of phenobarbital, which I use when I need long and uninterrupted periods of sleep. I decided to take a total of 300 mg of hydroxyzine with 300 mg of phenobarbital. I cannot remember much of that episode, except for a profound drowsiness that overtook me and periods of long sleep which lasted a total of two days. It does potentiate barbiturates, for I have never had experienced this unusual somnolence which seems to overcome me every time I woke up, forgoing hydration and food, in unfavorable hot weather, and drop back to the dark arms of sleep again every time I woke up.
Atarax (hydroxyzine hydrochloride) is an unusual pharmaceutical and I would love to experiment with it again. The anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) properties of this compound seem to work on me - it certainly reduces anxiety, even without benzodiazepines, something I have never experienced before. It is certainly worthy of further experimentation based on this aspect alone.
The Chewy Caramel Tim Tams from Australia are tops down my favorite confectionary of all time. The ones produced from other countries just don't quite cut it. It has to be from Australia to retain that rich, creamy Tim Tam taste. It's my favorite stoner food, as I've espoused with great enthusiasm in the earlier days of the blog when I was in Melbourne.
I distinctively remember my lecturer telling the class about Tim Tams during an aside from the lecture topic. He wryly commented that the "Refrigerate after opening" printed on Tim Tams are moot since who can just have one Tim Tam?
I totally agree...eating a single Tim Tam is heresy along the lines of eating a single peanut.
I'm not a fan of peanuts, or nuts in general, but I'm sure nut aficionados would gladly affirm this fact.
I had to take a sick day today, which is fucking unfortunate. I'm having chills, fever, cold sweats and nausea now for God knows why
I have to go to another place today to work with a bunch of new people for a presentation, which I was REALLY looking forward to. It's a great opportunity.
I would have crawled there even if I was sick for this opportunity. Alas, I keep retching and throwing up every minute or so I had to delegate it to another person
Fuck. Shit. I really wanted to go. I hate being at home - it's as hot as hell and there's nothing to do. Fucking hell. I think I've exhausted my expletive dictionary now. I'm going to throw up now. Bye.
Fuck!
Ocean Spray White Cranberry & Grape is an unusual drink in the sense that cranberry drinks are supposed to be red. I woke up last night with one fuck of a hangover and no water in sight, compounded by the heat wave we've been having for the past week. This combination of factors, as all alcoholics intrinsically knows, is a Very Bad Thing (TM). ;)
I rushed out to the nearest grocery store, parked haphazardly and began to skim the cold drinks aisle until I saw this gem - Ocean Spray White Cranberry & Grape juice, chilled for your drinking pleasure, in a hangover sized large bottle for RM 7.90. Due to the unfavorable weather conditions, the bottle has started sweating by the time I got home. Oh well...
The back of the bottle has a tagline that goes "There's definitely something in it" which I thought was a rather unusual tagline. There's something in it, eh? Wink, wink, nudge, nudge and all that. ;)
There's also another sub tagline which goes "Deliciously different...with a less tart taste". Tart, eh? Interesting choice of words again. ;)
It also has a statement that says "You've never tasted cranberry like this before" before going into the main marketing spiel that goes "We know what you're thinking...how can this be cranberry? It's not even red.", before going into something about white cranberries and grapes. I must admit that I'm not a big fan of liner notes, I didn't even read it before opening it up and drinking a full quarter of it in a single gulp.
It's surprisingly good! The tartness of the cranberry is reduced, producing a synergetic taste much like...er, cranberries and grape. It's seriously good!
Ocean Spray White Cranberry & Grape - Rehydration for a man sized hangover. ;)
This is a mop inside a bucket. It is meant for cleaning the toilet. Please refer to the toilet bowl located adjacent to it for verification. That is all. Thank you for your time.
This is a photo of taugeh mee (bean sprout noodles) that I had for lunch. I don't know why they call it "taugeh mee" over here in Kuching, coz I've always ordered this dish by requesting for "dry fried noodles" but apparently the term they use over here is "taugeh mee".
Today's inane and totally irrelevant post has been brought to you by sixthseal.com ;)
It is a little known fact that we have our own "Twin Towers" over here in Kuching, Sarawak. In fact, I'm working here...it's located 2 1/2 miles from the city proper. The question that must be lingering on all your collective minds would probably be "Why is there only a single tower?"
Word has it that the developer filed for Chapter 11 (go bankrupt lah) before the second tower (which is supposed to face the first tower) is completed.
Thus, we lay claim to the only "single tower Twin Towers" in the world. ;)
Honest, it's called Twin Towers Commercial Center and it was originally planned to be a two tower structure before the developer went belly up.
This is a durian crepe bought from a bakery. It's durian season right now, and this bakery apparently decided to capitalize from the availability of this fruit (durian season comes once a year) to make an innovative crepe.
The durian crepe is really delicious! It exceeded my expectations...the filling of the soft, thin crepe is pure durian. It contains just durian flesh and nothing else. It's like biting into a soft layer of thin crepe and into a huge conservatory of tender durian flesh. Divine!
