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Nestle Trophy ice cream promotion contest

Nestle has a range of "premium" ice cream under the Trophy brand which is considered a poor man's Magnum [sixthseal.com]. They are running a two day promotion at Wisma Sanyan in Sibu to promote the Trophy ice cream, in particular its latest strawberry flavored Trophy.

I was at the shopping mall with my gf just now and decided to get an Almond Choc Ace Trophy and the new strawberry flavored Trophy. The Trophy ice cream by Nestle is based on the concept of Magnum ice cream and comes with the cringe inducing tagline "You deserve a Trophy". *groans*

The promotion is anchored to an instant draw prize collection (or "Sure Win" as they so eloquently dub it) for every purchase of RM 5 worth of Nestle ice cream OR two Trophy ice creams. Our Trophy purchase entitles us to one "Lucky Dip". I was so excited I nearly creamed my pants, pardon the pun.

The list of prizes in the instant draw box starts from a Mountain Bike and ends with a Sarsi Frizz in descending order of monetary value. The last three items are Nestle ice cream products. The entire promotion boasts a payout amounting to the grand total of RM 1,000!!! Talk about big budget promotions!

I wasn't surprised when I stuck my hand into the "Lucky Dip" box and came up with Sarsi Frizz. The box probably has Sarsi Frizz printed on almost all of the little pieces of folded paper. It's one of the lowest priced Nestle ice cream products - a frozen ice water stick vaguely tasting of sarsaparilla.

Oh well, it's better than nothing...

(and the promotion DID keep its word about every instant draw being a sure winner)

P/S - My apologies about the sarcasm laden post. I just bought a Nintendo GameBoy Micro on an impulse and I can't wait to check it out. I'm not a big fan of consoles or handhelds but it looks so amazingly small that I couldn't help getting it. It's cheap enough for impulsive purchases and yet packs enough value for a few hours of fun. Full review coming up soon on sixthseal.com. :)

Posted in Sibu by Huai Bin at 10:35 PM Permalink | Comments (17) | TrackBack

The Kuching International Airport (KIA) Smoking Room

I'm stuck at the Kuching International Airport while my 5:30 pm flight back to Sibu is being retimed to 6:05 pm. It's like a cascading effect, once one flight gets delayed, the others get retimed and I would hate to think that this is another reoccurrence of one of those gnarly 9 hour constant re-times that MAS is fond of doing as of late [sixthseal.com]. I'm on a business class ticket and the worst thing is the business class lounge is UNDER RENOVATION so I lack the privileges my premium ticket affords me, leaving me no choice but to sit here with the rest of the sardine class proletariats. ;)

I'm kidding...

Anyway, I'm on a lot of opiate agonists now and also a (too) liberal dose of benzodiazepines and I think I took too much alprazolam (Xanax) and midazolam (Dormicum) coz I'm seriously nodding off now...

...and I need a smoke. Where the fuck is the smoking lounge?

Found it...

...just to discover that it's just a small room with just ONE ashtray. Sheesh...

Oh well, at least the ventilation is good, unlike KLIA.

I read a blurb in the papers (NST p.21) - some feedback "Letter to the Editor" column about "Malaysian Lab Rats" addressing the recent announcement that Malaysia is keen on pharmaceutical companies conducting trials here due to the racial diversity that we're blessed with for more accurate cross-culture data.

The person who wrote in wasn't too keen about it, something about "using Malaysians as lab rats". Hey buddy, speak for yourself...some of us would love to get into those pharmaceutical clinical trials. I'll run to get the nearest pen and sign the liability waiver for any potential side effects and you don't even have to pay me for my time.

I wouldn't mind being one of the the first people in the world to check out the latest benzodiazepine or opioid during the clinical trial stage before it even applies for FDA approval and patents and way before the potential pharmaceutical hits the commercial market. It might never even get that far and I'll be one of the first to experience a research only substance.

Hell, I'll give an arm and leg to get into the trials.

Anyway, I'll be in Sibu for the long Labor Day holiday...

Have a great Labor Day weekend, everyone! =D

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KFC O.R. (Original Recipe) Chicken Chop

KFC's latest promotion is the KFC O.R. Chicken Chop. The O.R. seems to be standard notation for KFC's Original Recipe now; much like how Kentucky Fried Chicken has been truncated to KFC.

The KFC outlet at 3rd Mile Kuching is filled with promotional material for the KFC O.R. Chicken Chop. The walls of the franchise are plastered with promotional stickers for this latest product.

The KFC O.R. Chicken Chop marketing spiel comes with the tagline "Treat Yourself Every Day".

The cardboard triangular holders for chilli sauce and ketchup on the tables have been replaced with the new KFC O.R. Chicken Chop promotion, in line with all previous promotional items.

It's the latest promotion to hit REAL News (the lighted menu) together with KFC Colonel Rice [sixthseal.com].

KFC O.R. Chicken Chop Combo meal comes with 1 Chicken Chop, 1 large fries, 1 serving of coleslaw and 1 carbonated drink for RM 10.90. The KFC O.R. Chicken Chop is also available separately (Ala carte) for RM 9.90 each.

The KFC O.R. Chicken Chop has been described in the official KFC press release as "a piece of boneless whole chicken leg breaded and pressure cooked, topped with mushroom gravy, with sliced thin button mushrooms and with raisin coleslaw and golden crinkle-cut fries as side items."

KFC has dedicated a whole platter on their warmer just for the chicken chop, ensuring uninterrupted supply lines. The chicken chop is actually a long standing menu item in hawker stall style "Western Food" stalls. It's a drumstick that's has been de-boned and flattened to form a large footprint chicken piece.

This is what the KFC O.R. Chicken Chop combo looks like. The mushroom gravy (which looks a lot like the gravy they use for mashed potatoes with sliced button mushrooms added) is served on the side for the user to pour according to their tastes. I thought this was a nice touch...

Here is a closer look at the KFC O.R. Chicken Chop. There is a side of regular KFC coleslaw augmented with raisins (which tastes great!) and a side of large fries. The chicken chop retains the end of the drumstick and the other part is pure de-boned breaded chicken drum meat. =D

The gravy is served in the take-away coleslaw/mashed potatoes containers that KFC uses and it doesn't look like much...

...but adds a lot to the KFC O.R. Chicken Chop. It is canonical to have gravy served on a chicken chop (the "Western Food" hawker style stalls usually use black pepper sauce) and chicken chop without gravy of any sort would be quite unpalatable (and essentially undifferentiated from a regular drumstick).

The KFC O.R. Chicken Chop tastes great! I didn't expect it to, but its comfort food to the max. The large cut fries (which is standard in Australian KFC outlets, of which I'm not a big fan of) surprisingly adds to the experience when eaten with the gravy.

The chicken chop concept is certainly "heavily inspired", shall we say, from the age old "Western Food" stalls in hawker stalls and given a price hike (and a bit of a facelift) by KFC to be resold as something new. However, KFC has contributed to the evolution of the chicken chop in its own way.

KFC O.R. Chicken Chop really does taste good.

It's great comfort food...

Posted in Fast Food Inc. by Huai Bin at 09:49 AM Permalink | Comments (26) | TrackBack

Disney Cookies - Winnie the Pooh, Mickey & Minnie, Mickey

These are "Premium Quality" Homemade Disney Cookies featuring several iconic Disney characters. There is an enterprising company here that sends out product promotion flyers to companies and delivers FOC, saving the time of employees who doesn't have time to shop. I'm not sure if they have a license to use the Disney characters though...

The Disney Cookies retails for RM 14.90 each and has three nicely designed tins containing three different cookie types. There is Winnie the Pooh Butter Cookies, Mickey & Minnie Chocolate Chip Cookies and Mickey Chocolate Cookies which comes in 300 gm cans. They offer free delivery to your office, so I got all three for the office to share.

Winnie the Pooh Butter Cookies comes in a green tin that has an image of Disney's logo and the Winnie the Pooh character. There is accompanying text which goes somewhere along the lines of "Sing Ho! For the life of a bear! Sing Ho! For the life of a Pooh!"

The can contains 4 individually wrapped packets of cookies in different colored "Disney" text. Winnie the Pooh Butter Cookies comes in a blue text foil package and contains butter cookies in the shape of Mickey's likeness. It tasted alright, but I'm not a big fan of butter cookies in general, due to over consumption of the Dutch version when I was young.

Mickey & Minnie Chocolate Chip Cookies comes in a pink can with the flagship characters of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse as a couple. The text goes "Isn't it amazing, how you look at me, and you say nothing at all. But I can understand every word being spoken through your eyes." Hmm...

Mickey & Minnie Chocolate Chip Cookies comes in orange Disney text foil and contain regular chocolate chip cookies. The chocolate chip cookies are basically butter cookies with chocolate chips embedded into the cookies. It's a little crumbly and it tastes rather like the lower price range commercial chocolate chip cookies. It didn't taste "homemade" to me at all.

Mickey Chocolate Cookies comes in a yellow can that has the Mickey Mouse character on it and two words I haven't heard in a long time - Roller Skate. The text goes "The highest truth comes to light as I roller skate down the highway and watch pickles fall out of a refrigerated truck." I guess no one told Mickey that roller skating has gone out of vogue but kudos to him for sending a message to the kids that roller skating down highways is cool. ;)

Mickey Chocolate Cookies comes in the classic brown color characteristic of chocolate cookies. The cookies are also molded into the likeness of the Mickey Mouse character. Mickey Chocolate Cookies tastes the best from the batch of cookies. However, the cookies are not "premium quality" by any standard and the packaging doesn't seem to suggest that it's home made.

It went down well in the office though....

Posted in Snacks by Huai Bin at 10:33 AM Permalink | Comments (19) | TrackBack

Joel What?

Joel (who is one tall dude, look at the door in comparison ;)) was kind enough to send me a much needed package of reinforcements. It is from the call for assistance regarding the lack of opiate agonist during a difficult time. He came in person and passed me a package addressed to Encik Satirev Foaf which seems benign enough to the person that collects the mail...

...but is actually veritas spelled backwards appended with FOAF (Friend of a Friend - a common drug user scene term).

The package contains a letter (thanks Joel!) and two blister packs of Nurofen Plus [sixthseal.com] - a codeine containing preparation that is the first opiate agonist post ever made on sixthseal.com.

The Nurofen Plus blister packs comes in packs of 12 caplets (which are non-splittable) x 2, in the form of a box of 24 caplets of containing 200 mg of Ibuprofen + 12.8 of codeine per caplet.

It is nostalgic indeed to revisit the N+ codeine love...I took 22 tablets for 281.6 mg of codeine just now. Thanks for everything Joel! Have a safe flight back to Manchester.

(and sorry for butchering your name in the title)

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TAO Lifestyle Cafe and Gallery review

Tao is one of the newer concept cafes in Jalan Padungan in Kuching with an emphasis on Taoism themes. The place has been reviewed by other bloggers in Kuching before but fish fish [blogspot.com] who is a fellow food blogger, hasn't been there yet, so we went there at 6 pm last night for drinks.

Tao Lifestyle Cafe and Gallery is painted a very distinctive red, with a lot of glass and brass contrasting textures and colors. There is a nice sandblasted sign right beside the door and the door knob is fashioned into an open Buddha palm. The back of the door has a wooden chime which produces a peaceful knocking sound upon entry.

There is a deity of Hindu or Buddhist origin on the right side of the entrance and the see through mirror allows a glimpse of a Buddha figurehead inside Tao Cafe as a sign of things to come. The theme of religious deities is a predominant feature in the decor of Tao Lifestyle Cafe and Gallery.

The ordering counter is located to the left of the entrance and the chalk board menu lists a wide repertoire of drinks ranging from health oriented blends and juices to gourmet coffee.

Deli food is also available in the form of pies, salads, sandwiches, and a range of cakes. The price of food and drinks in Tao Lifestyle Cafe and Gallery is slightly higher than Starbucks and other related franchises due to its concept cafe origins.

Here's another view of the Tao bar area. The counter is remarkably similar to bing! [sixthseal.com] with similar chalk board menus and neatly arranged arrays of bottled drinks and coffee machines. The staff also wears a standard issue Tao t-shirt.

There is a wide range of seating arrangements available in Tao cafe and even an al fresco area at the back for smokers. There is a lot of experimenting with the interior seating with different tables and chairs, sofas, and even a bean bag pile for patrons.

The ambience of Tao is remarkably chill with soft diffused lighting and Eastern style music permeating the environment. There are pieces of art highlighted by focused beams of light and Buddha figureheads placed prominently in various arrangements.

The "Gallery" part in "Tao Lifestyle Cafe and Gallery" lies in the various artwork and Buddha statues featured in Tao. There is a fresh flower (replaced daily) in the palm of this Buddha figure.

Tao also features sparsely spaced windows which offers a glimpse outside, and this presents a contrasting view of the place, with the person soaking up the Zen like ambience inside while the world goes by in the old town Jalan Padungan district of Kuching outside.

The incandescent lighted paper drums seem to have some significance to the decor and can be seen near windows, often accompanied with a Buddha statuette.

The tables are decorated with lotus plants, a piece of flora of some significance to Buddhism/Taoist roots (pardon the pun).

Tao also has a well-stocked magazine rack (with a stone Buddha watching over it) for people who are interested to catch up on news or read some magazines with their health drinks.

The walls of Tao are adorned with embedded ceramic faces of Buddha and the Zen like ambience of Tao Lifestyle Cafe is almost palpable...

There is an arrangement of abstract art highlighted with well placed direct lighting accompanied with a lighting stand that produces soft swirls serving as a guide of sorts into the al fresco area at the back.

The al fresco area has natural lighting courtesy of a partial retractable sun roof. The largest Buddha statue in Tao is located at the back. The statue seems to be larger than life-size, or maybe the man is just a big dude, I don't know. ;)

The back of Tao is dominated by a water feature on one side. The soft, cascading water flowing down into a shallow pool is very calming and the soft music conducive for conversation.

Coils of incense hang from the ceiling of Tao and there is a small second floor which serves as the administrative area of Tao Lifestyle Cafe and Gallery.

This is the Hot Chocolate that fish fish had. It comes with a tablet biscuit on the teaspoon and features intricate swirls of chocolate patterns.

This is Detox which is a mixed vegetable drink concocted with spinach, green bell pepper, celery and lettuce. I always get this drink when I go to Tao - it's great stuff! It tastes great and it's gotta be nutritious with the stuff they put in it. :)

I also had Immune System Booster which is an iced fruit and vegetable blend with pineapple, tomatoes and celery. It tastes like V8 and the best thing about Tao is that the juice is served undiluted (except for the ice cubes) which results in a thick blend.

This is a photo of me (Huai Bin) and fish fish (who does not want her face to be revealed due to privacy concerns). She just came back from Japan and gave me a limited edition Japan only Kit Kat bar as a souvenir.

L-R: fish fish, Buddha, Huai Bin (me)

Tao is a great place to hang out and chill out. The ambience is very Zen-like and the seating arrangements are comfortable.

Update: Read fish fish's review of the place here [blogspot.com].

Download: Tao video tour [sixthseal.com]

This is a one minute (1 min) video tour of Tao which you can download. It shows the entire interior of Tao Lifestyle Cafe and Gallery starting from the front.

Ohm...

Posted in Food reviews by Huai Bin at 12:15 PM Permalink | Comments (40) | TrackBack

The fight that spilled from the streets into a 7-11 store

There was an incident involving a huge group of people which most people would have seen (another one of my co-workers was there too and no one knew what was going on) if you're around the 7-11 outlet near Hilton in Kuching at around 2 - 3 AM last night (technically, this morning). It ended after several police patrol cars dispatched MP5 assault rifle armed officers to diffuse the public affray.

Nepasavaler offers this explanation:

anyway we was out tonight, having ourselves a ball at a certain club in kuching when last calls came and we was left with nowhere to go. so it was decided that we would find something to eat, or something like that. trailing my 2 other friends's vehicles, i was led to the road leading down to hilton. then everyone stopped and went to the side of the road.

on the opp. side of the road was parked this wira in an unsightly manner (kuching 45 degrees style) and there was a huge crowd of malays mostly crowding the streets. from inside of the car me and my friend could hear shouting and the people was like having a mini riot or something on the streets. much like mardi gras without the drag. taking cue from the occupants of the vehicles in front, we went down to witness this strange and amazing event. not everyday do you get riots on the tranquil streets of kuching.

Download: 7-11 incident video Part 1 [sixthseal.com]

on getting down, i noticed a gold kancil parked in the middle of the road causing obstruction and basically shutting off our escape routes. having no options but to watch the chaos unfolding, we went to the safe haven of the sidewalk and joined a couple of curious bystanders. on the streets, people was running about shouting and a couple of them seems to be the catalyst for the whole even, chasing each other back and forth and trading shoves (in kuching i've never seen them punch, only shove). one guy who was obviously inebriated and deeply angry was lashing out at the kancil, kicking the side panels with much gusto. my car being parked just 2 metres away, i felt a slight tinge of worry.

the shouting and chaos continued, until a police car turned into the road. the kancil made a quick exit (miraculous, nothing short of). and then the S&C continued. the police car had it's lights on and everything going wooaaaahhhhwooaaaahhh and when it passed the spot in front of hilton carpark, one of the main offenders (mr. kick kancil) unleashed his fury on the patrol vehicle. i didn't think he scathed the vehivle though, must have been adidas trainers those.

Download: 7-11 incident video Part 2 [sixthseal.com]

the first patrol car made a quick exit and he must have called backup for within a few minutes came like 3 patrol cars. a couple of CIDs and cops with mp5s emerged and it was still chaos with nobody knowing what was going on. a guy with a torn tee ran towards the cops, and general cussing could be heard. the crowd converged around the patrol cars and no, nothing like what happened in france. it was just general loud debates and then a couple of them went into 7-11 shouting and all that (in video).

Download: 7-11 incident video Part 3 [sixthseal.com]

the scene continued for a while, and then the fun was gone. everyone dispersed and an indian came over laughing saying no more fun when we was 'interviewing' the 7-11 staff. and that was that.

Thanks to Nepasavaler for the detailed narrative! Cheers! :)

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Ramen, cold beer, and Haagen-Dazs ice cream @ 3 AM

I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't get back to sleep...I looked at the clock. It said 2:56 AM. I always remember the time if it's close to a certain hour e.g. high digit 50 minute to the next hour. I felt like getting something to eat. There is nothing to eat at my place, so I thought about which establishment would be open at this hour. I wanted:

Instant noodles (ramen) in a cup (craving for it for some reason)
Cold beer (nothing like a cold beer in the middle of the night ;))
Haagen Dazs ice cream (or just any ice cream, but Haagen-Dazs would be good)

These are not very easy criteria to meet at 3 AM in the morning in Kuching. I wanted a place with seating arrangements too (the F&B industry calls it "tables and chairs").

I drove out in the direction of my office (while under the influence of a cocktail of benzos, namely, alprazolam (Xanax), clonazepam (Rivotril), and a lot of midazolam (Dormicum)). I suddenly saw the light - C-11!

C11 is a 7-11 clone in Kuching. It's supposed to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, 10 years a decade, 100 years a century, you get the idea...

Not all of them do, though. Ironically, some close at 10 PM but the one right after the Simpang Tiga Flyover (King Center roundabout bypass) opens 24/7 AND has tables and chairs outside too.

I parked and entered the establishment. It was a little after 3 AM.

I randomly grabbed a Styrofoam container of instant noodles...

...opened up the cold drinks fridge and grabbed a can of Skol beer.

...and went to the Haagen-Dazs freezer

...and picked up a mini tub of Cookies and Cream ice cream.

Sorted!

I paid at the counter (and got the C-11 graveyard shift people to pose for me)...

...filled up my instant noodles using the self-service hot water dispenser.

...and went outside to dig in. Instant noodles, beer and ice cream. This combination is great, take my word for it.

The C-11 outlet right after the Simpang Tiga flyover even has a projection TV system showing some Chinese serial.

One of the staff came out and asked me if I wanted to watch another channel. I said I didn't mind and he probably thought I was on something coz he switched to MTV and turned down the lights ("Is this better?").

Damn good service, I tell you. Minimum wage workers at the equivalent of a 7-11 going out of their way to please a customer coming in at 3 AM in the morning.

...albeit a customer that wonders around the aisles blankly, forgets the change from a RM 50 note (which they kindly returned to me), and leaves his keys at the table (which they kindly reminded me of as well). Three cheers for the three friendly staff!

Back to the question:
Where can you get a meal of instant noodles, cold beer and Haagen-Dazs ice cream at 3 am in the morning?

Nowhere.

...er, I mean at C-11, that's where. The service is great to boot!

(and they don't mind if you come in looking fucked up)

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sixthseal.com 4th Birthday!

sixthseal.com was officially launched on 19th April 2002. :)

sixthseal.com celebrates it's 4th anniversary today! It's been up to close to half a decade and still going. There were several setbacks this year, mostly due to a drug possession case which severely restricted the nature of my posts so I'm going to do one last experience report to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the site (which is a traditionally unlucky number in Chinese culture, and certainly is an unlucky year for me).

Ecstasy pill name: Red apples
Pill color: Pink with red specks
Circa: KL, Malaysia 2006 (er...I mean 1906, sorry about the date confusion ;))
Suspected contents: MDMA with ketamine (qualitative findings, not reagent tested)
Other substances consumed: Yes. ;)

MDMA and ketamine pill combinations are actually pretty common in Malaysia. These are nicely pressed pills (hard) with beveled edges and a solid, high quality imprint of an apple. These are nicely done pills, not a shoddy home kitchen pill press product.

The subject (male, 60 kg) and a companion (female, 50 kg) swallowed 1 1/2 pills each (crushed up) on an empty stomach and interesting dissociative effects characteristic of ketamine started to manifest, so the decision was made to powder the remaining pill and insufflate it.

Subjective characteristics associated with MDMA (empathy, initial "Ecstasy coming up rush", blurred vision) started to manifest so the remainder powdered pill was split into lines and selective sensory deprivation (scientists refer to it by the technical term "switching off the lights and turning up the music" ;)) was initiated.

Nystagmus and mild hallucinations started setting in at the peak (T+ 0:45) and the lines were insufflated over an unknown period of time (snorting the powdered pills produced a "speedy" rush with dominating ketamine qualities e.g. confabulation and time-space disorientation).

Cannabis was smoked at about T+ 1:30 and throughout the next few hours which mellowed out the trip (not an intended effect) but the visual anomalies and nystagmus and CNS MDMA effects lasted until T+ 3:00 before tapering off. Subject's companion also reported similar experiences. Other substances consumed:

Erimin 5 (nimetazepam)
Xanax (alprazolam)
Alcohol

Rating: 6/10
(The "pig" imprinted pills circa December, 2005 from Kuching seems to have a higher MDMA content)

Thank you for allowing me to make one final experience report of a substance consumed in...er, 1906. ;)

Without further adieu, here's a recap of the troubled history of sixthseal.com during the past year:

I got arrested, everyone knows that by now, so I won't go through any drug or pharmaceutical posts.

Viagra (sildenafil tablets) vs. Cialis (tadalafil tablets) [sixthseal.com]
A tongue-in-cheek comparison between the two popular ED (Erectile Dysfunction) pharmaceuticals. Oops...did I just say "pharmaceuticals"? ;)

Water slide for shit [sixthseal.com]
A reminder to the kids that opiate dependency is Not Fun (TM).

The bird nesting outside my window [sixthseal.com]
Before the H5N1 avian flu hit, people were actually rooting for birds! No shit!

Turtle eggs preparation recipe and report [sixthseal.com]
Before the...oh alright, people have always been rooting for turtles.

I sneezed and my atomic bomb went off [sixthseal.com]
I still think this is the funniest post title for the last year. MapleSEA.com is another corporate time drainer - active in sixthseal.com via MapleStory since 2006.

The cough syrup that locals abuse [sixthseal.com]
In the name of science!!111

PPS Bash 2005 [sixthseal.com]
The Project Petaling Street Malaysian blogger meetup writeup. Quite a mouthful.

Google AdSense cheque [sixthseal.com]
sixthseal.com was doing good on Google AdSense (trial case study since the site involves drug and pharmaceutical content) until too many complaints flooded in (from other bloggers *rolls eyes*) and I was informed of it by my trial case handler after only the third cheque was received.

Gone fishin' [sixthseal.com]
sixthseal.com vs. South China Sea

Mount Kinabalu - The Summit Trail [sixthseal.com]
Mount Kinabalu summit - Climbing Lows Peak [sixthseal.com]
sixthseal.com vs. Mount Kinabalu

Snorkeling at Manukan Island, Sabah [sixthseal.com]
sixthseal.com vs. The Beach

Laman Web Dajal (Evil website) [sixthseal.com]
sixthseal.com vs. The Establishment
(sixthseal.com lost - "vs. The Establishment" is never a good nor fair, fight - I strongly suggest you avoid it ;))

Tongue Piercing - Photos and videos [sixthseal.com]
sixthseal.com goes tongue piercing (again)

Dragons Playing Pearl Fireworks Mines and Shots review with videos [sixthseal.com]
sixthseal.com in "How not to light a cake firework"
(but he does it anyway)

CNY firecrackers and fireworks roundup - a sixthseal.com Chap Goh Meh special [sixthseal.com]
sixthseal.com in "Playing with fire"

Jong's Crocodile Farm report [sixthseal.com]
sixthseal.com vs. Crocodiles.
A tribute to those of you who can identify with crocodile farms, reptilian or mammal. ;)

and the other "Noteworthy Post" in the sixthseal.com blog year from 19th April 2005 to 19th April 2006:

I won the Sports Toto 6/42 Jackpot! [sixthseal.com]
I won the 4D TOTO (Lotto) Jackpot!
...but only got RM 30 (USD 8) out of it.

Read more in the sixthseal.com archives [sixthseal.com].

Despite everything, sixthseal.com has managed to conquer sand, sea and surf during the past year. We'll see what challenges the next year provides. :)

sixthseal.com has been online for 4 years and counting and it won't stop until I stop.

The first anniversary of sixthseal.com can be viewed here [sixthseal.com].

The second anniversary of sixthseal.com can be viewed here [sixthseal.com].

The third anniversary of sixthseal.com can be viewed here [sixthseal.com].

A big "Thank You" goes out to all the readers of sixthseal.com. The support is very much appreciated, as always.

It's been great, guys! :)

Hail to the King, Baby!

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Waffles with butter and honey

I had the best waffles with butter and honey (which is available at most ice cream attachments e.g. the defunct Frostee Boy to SugarBun outlets) while I was in Sibu. SugarBun seriously has the best waffles in town - I don't know if it's nostalgia (used to eat heaps of it during my youth) but it's good.

It goes best with a banana split (which has degraded in quality but at least it doesn't come with stock vanilla ice cream, but flavors of your choice now).

The Peach Paradise is a great sundae as well...can't beat canned peaches when you're craving for sugar. :)

Posted in Sibu by Huai Bin at 08:32 AM Permalink | Comments (30) | TrackBack

OMG! I actually thought sixthseal.com's birthday is on the 16th instead of the 19th of April

I spent the weekend in the arms of opiate withdrawal, shitting bricks with my nose running to the ground and throwing up every time I eat anything. It wasn't pleasant...and reprieve was brought today in the form of 12 tablets of DF-118 (360 mg of DHC) which I had intentionally saved up - I'm just buying time Morpheus, I'll pay you back tomorrow.

I promise. I don't need to - you come and make me pay you back anyway. It's not like I can run and hide. *shrugswithazasinshrugz"

I had a dream last night. I can only remember bits and pieces of it, but I remember a dismal landscape, with only a girl there, of my age, who guided me through it. Except she wasn't helping me, she was just providing warmth and company through the journey and I was just getting more and more lost in the dreamscape. The strangest thing she said to me when I confronted her about that is that "I am you. You just don't know it yet."

...and OMG! I just used up my opiate allowance for making a birthday post...but it's not due yet! ZOMG! GOM!111

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The long Good Friday weekend...

I'm back in Sibu for the long Good Friday weekend for a well deserved break...

...eating home cooked meats and greens.

Hmm...I haven't done this in a very long time. This has got to be one of the Top 10 Healthiest Posts in the history of sixthseal.com. =D

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Shrimp shots a.k.a. Drunken Prawn

...a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.

The legendary shrimp shots was created during an inebriated session in Luconia. Fresh, live shrimp somehow found its way into the bar and someone came up with the idea of putting it into shots of tequila. It started out as an experiment to see how long the shrimp would survive in the hostile, high alcohol content environment. We also wanted to see if shrimp would swim sideways when it got drunk.

The shrimp started swimming frantically, waggling its tiny little shrimp feet. Unfortunately, there was no sideways drunken prawn action. :(

The dare for someone to down the shrimp shot came...and yours truly bravely stepped up to slam the shot (with the live shrimp still inside).

Download: Shrimp shots video [sixthseal.com]

The next experiment came along (okay, we were just messing around) and I downed it again, to the aghast of most people. :)

Download: Drunken prawn video [sixthseal.com]

The drunken prawn lives!!!

(inside my stomach)

Credits:
Hope Foo
Cherie Foo
Poh Huai Bin
Jimmy
David

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An ode to DF118 (Dihydrocodeine 30 mg tablets)

DF118 [sixthseal.com] has got to be one of my favorite easily obtainable prescription opioids. It's great - in fact, it's so good that I just had to make a tribute to it. The 30 mg dihydrocodeine tartate (DHC) tablets are arranged to form the words D, F, 1, 1, 8.

There is a happy emoticon at the bottom too - commonly known as a smiley.

DF118 shares a lot of aspects with codeine, except codeine gives a better nod compared to DHC, which has a strange stimulant quality to it. DF118 is twice as strong compared to codeine and it's great for staving off opiate withdrawals (and getting off as well ;)) and the addition of hypnotic benzodiazepines like Dormicum (midazolam) can produce the much sought after "opiate nod". :)

Excuse me while I enjoy...er, I mean, force myself to consume this horrible medication which I have to take as an abortive migraine remedy. ;)

I shall reply all comments tomorrow.

Guess how many 30 mg DF118 tablets this arrangement contains? =D

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Hershey's Swoops - Irresistible slices of chocolate candy!

Hershey's Swoops is a relatively new product which is the epitome of chocolate research and psychological studies. Okay, maybe it's not that groundbreaking, but I still think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread! The official description goes "Hershey's Swoops are curvy, solid chocolate slices delivering an indulgent, mouth-melting experience".

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Swoops retails for RM 12.90 and comes in cardboard canisters containing three snack-pack cups, each containing six Swoops slices for a total of 18 slices of chocolate. Slices of chocolate. You heard me right. Hershey's Swoops is chocolate slices shaped and molded in the vein of potato chips (crisps). OMG!

The back of Hershey's Swoops has a photo of the delicious slices of chocolate in actual size. The text goes "Hershey's Swoops are the essence of your favorite chocolate candy. The unique shape envelops your mouth in chocolate bliss. Take a moment to experience Swoops...anytime, anywhere".

The cardboard box of Hershey's Swoops opens up to reveal three individually sealed cups containing 6 slices (slices!) of chocolate. I like the snack-packs design although I feel it's redundant since you can't just eat one!!!11oneone (as Lay's would put it...damn the person who invented potato chips / crisps).

This is what the Hershey's Swoops looks like. It looks like potato chip (crisps) shaped chocolate...and it's the same size as an average tongue so putting the chocolate slice in your mouth and letting it melt covers the entire mouth with chocolate.

It's an experience to behold...if you haven't had Hershey's Swoops yet, you haven't experienced the amazing difference the shape can do to the taste and sheer texture. It's like methamphetamine...you think insufflating (snorting) it is great, but wait till you smoke it! You think smoking meth is great, but wait till you bang (IV injection) it!

Hershey's Swoops is the IV method of eating chocolate in the analogy above. You put the tongue shaped chocolate slices into you mouth, close it, taste the rich, milky chocolate enveloping your entire senses and...chocolate rush! OMG!

Hershey's Swoops is really an experience to behold...it's amazing that a commercial chocolate manufacturer can come out with chocolate that would revolutionize the chocolate industry. The chocolate slices produces a totally different experience to eating chocolate.

Disclaimer: sixthseal.com does not condone the use of Hershey's Swoops. It should be noted that eating Hershey's Swoops can be addictive to people with a history of drug and alcohol dependency. Please do not share Hershey's Swoops...it would be consumed faster than you can imagine. ;)

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Fresh Kaki (Fresh Feet) for sale @ RM 5 each

People with a foot fetish rejoice! Fresh kaki (kaki means feet in BM) is available for your licking, sucking, caressing, and worshipping pleasure for only RM 5!

I sampled a pair of fresh kaki and it still has a nice pungent smell and tasted great!

The sole of the feet is tender and pliable...

...while the ridge of the feet is rough, with bits of moss attached to it from a hard day's work.

Fresh Kaki - Only at Akira Sushi!

Alright freaks, if that turned you on, you're at the wrong site. ;)

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Drunk and Disorderly

He should have been on the cover of Drunk and Disorderly. =D

Behind the Scenes: The making of Drunk and Disorderly

The bottles are neatly arranged around the subject to resemble behavior consistent with binge alcohol consumption...

...and a prawn is added for a touch of authenticity. The prawn is an inside joke...more about that in the next post. ;)

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Duromine 30 mg (Phentermine HCl) capsules

Duromine is the Asia-Pacific brand name for Phentermine Hydrochloride made by 3M Pharmaceuticals (Australia). It's from the very same parent company that makes Post-it notes. :) Just as Post-it notes has revolutionized office work - so has Duromine. I take 3 capsules with my morning coffee to jolt me awake. Post-it notes made remembering important work related stuff possible and its partner Duromine provides that vital boost in CNS stimulation to translate that into productivity. ;)

Duromine does not contain the instant release formulation of phentermine and is for all intents and purposes similar to Ionamin [sixthseal.com] - as described in the product safety sheet, "Grey and reddish brown hard gelatin capsules with the caption DUROMINE 30 printed in white in the axial direction on each capsule half. Each capsule contains phentermine ion-exchange resin complex that releases phentermine 30 mg."

Hmm...I can't seem to shake off this depression...even writing about pharmaceuticals doesn't cheer me up anymore. *shrugs*

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5th of April, 2006 is my birthday

I celebrated my birthday yesterday (5th of April, 2006) by sleeping the whole day. I wasn't on anything...I was just depressed in general. I'm 25 this year. I think my birthdays are not meant to be celebrated, as is the trend as of late, if last year's birthday [sixthseal.com] is of any indication.

Louisa sent me a huge box filled with stuff from Sibu and a card (sent separately) which says "Our lives have taken different paths, but I still remember the days gone by...I think of you often and reminisce over the special times we shared. I will treasure those memories, but time goes on and things do change, the one thing that will never change is the warm feelings I have for you."

There is a blanket inside for me to use when I'm cold from opiate withdrawals...

There is a soft toy that sings "Happy Birthday" coz she's not here to sing it for me...

There is a box of apple juice (for my nutritional use, or for acidifying my stomach so oral opioids do not work so well, I would never know ;)), socks (You can never run out of socks. Ever.), a couple of DVD's to watch when insomnia hits me and large, black thrash bags (it's a bit of an inside joke, I can count the people who gets this with one hand).

Thanks Louisa! Much love, always and forever...

Thanks to my coworkers Penny and Siaw Chin for buying me a tub of Sunny Hill ice cream for my birthday on the 4th.

Thanks to the multitude of people who sent me SMS birthday wishes! My apologies for not being able to reply, my cell phone service has been barred due to a lack of prompt payment.

...and finally, thanks to my parents for never failing to send me a birthday card every year, for bailing me out of jail and the first thing that comes out of your mouth is "Did you have access to your medication during your time in jail?" with a look of pure concern, for never admonishing me or condescending me with a "I told you so" look after I was arrested after many years of using drugs, blogging about drugs, and fucking up in general, and for loving me for who I am.

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Herradura Tequila - Silver, Reposado, Anejo, Suprema

Herradura is one of the premium tequila brands from Mexico and is considered by many to be the best Mexican tequila in the market. It is near impossible to get it over here in Malaysia, but the Cooknengr [cooknengr.com] himself passed me the range of Herradura all natural 100% blue agave tequila samplers bottles the last time he came back from the United States.

Herradura Silver
This tasted spicy, with strong hints of pepper (?) which lasted into the after taste. Herradura is a great, high quality tequila - it's not something you down with a chaser. Herradura Silver is the lowest range of tequila (aged for just 40 days) from the legendary Herradura estate and it still beats other tequila brands by a long shot (no pun intended).

Herradura Reposado
The reposado or "rested" aged (for less than a year) tequila from Herradura has a more complex flavor compared to the plata/blanca "silver" range. There is a noticeable gold color compared to the Herradura Silver range and the taste is more mellow compared to the peppery taste of the former. It leaves a noticeable long but pleasant finish on the palate.

Herradura Anejo
Herradura Anejo is aged for 2 years (one year longer than the Mexican government reg