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I just came back from a really enlightening conversation about life and relationships in general to a dark house and picked up two pieces of mail - one was for my car insurance premium for RM 1,704.60 (=_=!!!) which I have to pay before next month and the other was a padded largish envelope.



The writing at the back says "Sorry it took so long, but here you are". It's the autographed copy of The Star from two months back with a feature of me by Nicole on sixthseal.com.



I have read the article in the online version of The Star and was surprised at the more positive key in the actual paper.



The front page Saturday Metro text has "Drug blogger turns over a new leaf" which is a much better angle than the "Former drug blogger comes clean about his past" headline that the online version features.



I asked Nicole for an autographed copy of the paper and she finally got around to sending it to me. ;) The article is an interview about sixthseal.com and my experience as a drug blogger in the past and how I've turned my life around.



Nicole wrote "To Huai Bin, Hope you continue to thrive in life, be happy in whatever you do" on the top of the article...



...and autographed the bottom with "You've been Nicolekiss-ed!!" :)

Thanks for sending me the papers Nicole, much appreciated! I like the article in the off-line version, it's much more positive.



Well, at least it can't get any worse than this. ;)

[Image from Harian Metro Ahad]

I have been contacted by the authorities and I've agreed to delete all drug and pharmaceutical related posts in two days (before this Saturday - GMT +8). I will not write about drugs and pharmaceuticals in the future on this blog.

I hope that all of you understand why I have to do this - the alternative is very unsavory. I will still continue to write about other things (alcohol and tobacco is still okay, as is all legal things) on sixthseal.com and I hope that you can understand and accept the decision I've made.

RIP to the first drug blog in Malaysia with photos and videos.

2002 - 2005

It was good while it lasted...

Thanks to:
Sashi [sashiweb.com]
Lainie [tabulas.com]
John Kuan [johnkuan.com]
mahagurusia [blogspot.com]
Shaolin Tiger [shaolintiger.com]
mmulibra [blogspot.com]
annabella [xanga.com]
Applegal [blogspot.com]
asiapundit [asiapundit.com]
cyber-red [blogspot.com]
laineylashes [laineylashes.com]
Lainie [tabulas.com]
loquterz [msn.com]
kimberlycun [kimberlycun.com]
Terenceg [terenceg.com]
Silly Wabbit [sstwo.net]

and everyone else who showed their support during this difficult time. Thank you everyone - from the bottom of my heart, as always.

Viva la veritas!

I got a letter today from the Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC).

It has the Red Ribbon Media Awards logo in the upper right corner of the envelope so I knew it was about the RRMA Media Awards [sixthseal.com], where I was nominated for the Main Award Winner for the Non-Traditional Category - Blogs category.

There was a card inside with a see through window cut into the cardboard with the words "Thank You Luncheon".

Here's a closer look at the invitation. It's for a Thank You Luncheon at the Pacifica Grill and Bar at Mandarin Oriental, KL at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm this Saturday (2nd October 2004). It's an invitation for two - it goes "Poh Huai Bin & partner", and although I would very much like to go, I won't be able to make it, so I emailed back to tell MAC so.

I work on Saturdays so I'll have to take leave if I were to go and I already applied for leave later in October. I appreciate the gesture though and I'll like to say a big Thank You for Ely Azyze for everything that she's done for me. Thanks! :)