Leading the wild into the ways of the man…
This is the scanned photo from Valentine’s Day when I went to eat Pizza Hut’s SweetHeart Pizza
[sixthseal.com]. I received a call just now on my cell from an unknown
082 (Kuching) number, answered it and the Pizza Hut guy asked where I
was. Told him I was in Padungan (where I worked) and a guy came in 5
minutes to give me the photo. Thus, this is me eating alone on
Valentine’s Day (afternoon, went out with friends at night) in Pizza
Hut, Kuching.
This is Lau Siong Pork Leg Rice at Yam Seak Cafe in Padungan. They
serve pork leg rice as their main feature and also has chicken, duck
and curry rice.
This is a photo of the proprietors preparing (chopping up basically)
your order. I was there for lunch just now. My apologies for the
underexposed photo – there was a strong backlight and using flash would
just show the people and wash out the food details at the back.
Here’s my order. Lau Siong Pork Leg Rice serves three sauces with
every order. There is the standard black sauce that the pork leg is
cooked in, a curry that’s REALLY good when it’s hot and belacan.
A closer look at the dish – there’s the sliced up pork leg, some
intestines, and BBQ chicken. It’s alright, but my favorite pork leg
rice is this home cooked stall near the place I stay. Does anyone know
of a better pork leg rice stall in Kuching?
Remember the Choki Choki tubes of chocolates we had as kids? It’s
all grown up now, and wants to be referred to as ChocShots. “Choki
Choki, have some please, Choki Choki for all your kids” this is not.
This is Choc Shots by Cadbury.
Just look at the naughty look on his face as he fists himself to an
ecstatic finish. Puberty is a hard time (no pun intended) for
confectionary too, you know.
Choc Shots retails for RM 1 for five of these brown phallic tubes.
Here’s how it works for people who haven’t eaten an equivalent
candy. Basically, you squeeze it and well…stuff comes out. And you
eat that stuff.
There is something very wrong with the printed instructions at the backs. It says:
Picit ke dalam mulut.
Pencet dan masukkan kedalam mulut.
which translates to:
Squirt into mouth.
Squeeze and put it into your mouth.
That comes with a face wearing a shit eating grin as he takes the
ejaculatory substance of something from a tube. Oh, the corruption of
the fragile little minds out there…
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar…but look at the messy load he shot on my papers! I feel violated…
My apologies for the lack of updates yesterday…I had to take sick
leave due to food poisoning. I was throwing up the whole night and sat
on the porcelain throne for longer than I cared for. I called my CTO at
7:30 am to tell him I’m going to see a doctor and headed out to search
for a clinic.
I didn’t know what caused the food poisoning coz I ate:
1. Pork leg rice
2. Kampua mee
3. Mee Jawa
No, seriously, I ate all three (at different times, obviously) during the course of last night.
Anyway, I intended to head to the Saberkas area to look for clinics
but I took a wrong turn and ended up somewhere else (where exactly, I
will not reveal due to reasons which will be clear later). I tried to
drive back when I noticed a clinic. Why not, I thought, and I went in
and told the doctor about the food poisoning. He gave me some pills for
diarrhea, colic, antibiotics and milk of magnesia together with a sick
leave certificate.
Now, there is a discrepancy between the medications I just mentioned
and the ones in the first photo. 🙂 The other two are shown above. =D I
figured it wouldn’t hurt to try and hit the doctor for some
benzodiazepines so after he gave me all that stuff for my food
poisoning and wrote me the MC, I brought up the issue. Please note that
I didn’t plan ahead and just wore a T-shirt (visible tattoos, usually a
no no while doctor shopping here) since I didn’t decide to ask for
benzos till the last minute. To my great delight, it was fucking easy,
excuse the profanity, I’m exalted at the permascript I got from this
doctor. 🙂
Me: Oh, yeah, there’s another thing. I just came to Kuching
from KL and I’ve been on benzodiazepine therapy for 4 years. I’m
running out of medication and I was wondering if you could help with
this.
Doctor: Benzodiazepines? Yeah, I have those. What did you take?
Me: I take 2 mg clonazepam mornings and 5 mg nitrazepam at night.
(That’s not my actual dose – I didn’t want to shock and awe (and alienate) the doctor with my real dose.)
Doctor: Hmm…your dosage seems quite high.
Me: Yeah, I’ve been on it for 4 years so…you know, there’s the tolerance issue…
Doctor: I understand. Well, I don’t have those here, I only
have Valium…if you want the ones you’re currently taking, you’ll have
to see (psychiatrist name). But I can give you Valium if you want.
Me: Diazepam…yeah, thanks doctor, that would help, appreciate it. Do you have any other benzodiazepines?
Doctor: Unfortunately, I only have diazepam…oh, and I’ve got phenobarbitone too.
Me: Oh great, can I have the phenobarbitone to replace my morning dose and diazepam to replace my night one?
(Phenobarbitone aka phenobarbital is a (very weak) barbiturate which
I’ve taken before, but never done a review on, and taking only diazepam
from this doctor would be a little boring, so I went for the pheno as
well. :))
Doctor: Sure…so I’ll give you 30 mg of phenobarbitone and…how much temazepam did you say you were taking again?
Me: Er…I was taking nitrazepam, not temazepam. 5 mg. The equivalency would work out to be…around 10 mg diazepam.
Doctor: Hmm…alright, but I usually replace nitrazepam and
temazepam with a same milligram, but I’ll give you 10 mg diazepam
tablets, try taking half and if it doesn’t help, then take the full
tablet. I’ll still give you 14 full tablets just in case.
Me: Thank you very much doctor. So…I’ll see you again in two weeks to get a refill?
(Testing to see if the script was permanent)
Doctor: Yup, just come to me in two weeks and I’ll give you
more tablets. Or you could just give your card (the ones that they give
registered patients) and tell the nurse to refill it without having to
come in. I’ll write a note in your history.
Me: Thanks again, I really appreciate your help doctor.
Doctor: No problems at all.
🙂 This is doctor shopping #3 (first one is the nurse bribing
fiasco, second one is for clonazepam and lorazepam which I haven’t
written, third is this, which was unplanned for, but worked out fucking
well, pardon my French).
Anyway, these are the tablets for diazepam – generic APO-DIAZEPAM 10
mg tablets. I shall find out the LD50 values for phenobarbitone and see
if I can dump 420 mg at once. I didn’t take that much last time, but
then again, I didn’t have a high benzodiazepine tolerance then, which
IIANM is cross-tolerant with barbiturates. I will also have to find out
equivalencies and see if I have to wait two weeks for 840 mg for a
reasonably recreational experience, since I forgot all about
phenobarbitone dosages. That would happen on the only day I have free –
Saturday night, so report next week on castitas.com.
The wonders that can occur during a wrong turn while driving. 🙂
Regarding my food poisoning, the throwing up has eased up though I still have to sit on the porcelain throne every hour or so…
This is the famous sugarcane coconut drink in Kuching, first featured in mum-mum
[mum-mum.info]. The sugarcane coconut drink is a wonderful combination
of fresh sugarcane juice and fresh coconut juice, with the flesh of the
coconut swimming in concoction.
This drink can be found at the Ching Chang Drink Stall in Padungan.
I went there for lunch just now. I usually go there for lunch due to
the proximity.
That stall is located at Song Kheng Hai Ground Food and Recreational
Center, which is quite a mouthful. Thus, it has become acceptable to
refer to the venue in its abbreviated form – sohai food center. 😉
This is the joint Singer – Ngiu Kee fashion show at Saberkas
yesterday night. The clothes were by the brands carried by Ngiu Kee, so
don’t expect any outstanding outfits from the minds of a fashion
designer. This is mass produced clothes modeled by just a few male and
female models. I’m putting up just a couple photos, I really can’t
justify the bandwidth for this “fashion show”. 😉 Here there are:
The heroin chic look…or something.
Models Wanted For Fashion Show in Kuching
Any female or male can apply. Ngiu Kee and Singer has a strict policy
not to discriminate – no applicants will be rejected for aesthetic
reasons.
Literally “at home with Singer”.
This is best of show.
Anyway, I didn’t wait around for it to end, since there were only a
few models recycled for different outfits. I met up with Ah Boon, Ah
Ann, Ah Loon and his gf and two other girls (friends of Ah Loon, all of
whose names I promptly forgot, sorry, benzos) and we went to:
Point One Cafe for food.
Grappa. I think. I wasn’t very sober then.
AK47 (I think) when Grappa closed for the night. I was definitely inebriated at this point.
There you go…here’s a testament of my abstinence from illicits – I
went out despite the increased probability of raids due to the police
big wig coming into Kuching. Ergo, a logical mind would conclude that
I’ve really quit all illegal substance use since I was confident of
passing a urine test. So there. 😉
Oh, and another mark in the doctor shopping log – successful one
yesterday for clonazepam and lorazepam. The report will be written when
I’m free, posted on castitas.com and announced here.
I went to Pizza Hut for their Sweet Heart pizza after work. The
funniest thing happened while I was there, more details below. I work
half days on Saturday till 12:30 pm. I went alone, coz obviously it
won’t be right to go with someone else since I’m in a relationship. 🙂
That did not dissuade me from going to try their SweetHeart pizza
though. It’s a limited edition pizza, and the word “limited edition”
always activates my consumerism mentality. 😉 It’s a heart shaped pizza
too, how many times do you get to see that? 🙂
Show your heart this Valentine’s Day with Pizza Hut’s latest
creation – SweetHeart Pizza! Specially designed heart shaped pan crust
topped with Valentine’s toppings to spice up your romantic occasion.
I was the only lone diner there…
Anyway, it should be noted that 4 tablets of 15 mg Dormicum was
consumed right after work and I was Not Exactly Sober (TM) when I drove
there and walked in. I was a bit of an asshole to the girl handling the
seats (the place was full, and my patience is limited edition too) – my
apologies. Anyway, I soon got seated and ordered a SweetHeart pizza and
a mocha float.
My One & Only
Cherry
Lovebird
Chicken Meatloaf
You’re So Hot
Red Capsicum
Nuts About You
Almond Flakes
Sweetie
Pineapple Tidbits
Glazed with
Truly Yours
100% Pure Honey
Ala Carte Price: RM 28.00 (check out the hearts to replace zero)
The guy taking my order made a double take when I ordered that pizza
– it seems that only couples are allowed to order it. 😉 He did recover
and asked me if I wanted the pizza cut or served whole. I wanted it
whole. Well, two guys selling flowers came in after that and er…I was
a bit of a smartass with them too…
Guy #1: Hello sir, would you like to buy a flower?
Me: (looks pointedly at the empty seat opposite me) Tell me…does it look like I want to buy a flower?
Guy #1: Er…
Guy #2: Maybe you can buy it for your girlfriend?
Me: Nope, go ask someone else.
Guy #1: Thank you sir.
Now, that would have made me guilty for being rude, them thanking me
after my loud brush off, but my order came, so I shook away my
conscience and concentrated on the food. 😉 This is Pizza Hut’s
Sweetheart Pizza:
Pizza Hut’s SweetHeart Pizza for Valentine’s Day in pristine condition
It came with this card too:
Anyway, back to the funniest thing that happened. At this time, one
of the Pizza Hut’s staff approached me and said “Sir, do you mind if we
take a photo of you with the pizza?”
I don’t mind having my picture taken, so I said “Sure, go ahead.”
The guy then posed me a bit and moved the heart shaped pizza and then
asked me to smile. Now this is a pretty strange thing to be going on,
and you all would never believe me (my gf didn’t until I said I have a
photo to prove it). I asked him to hold his pose and let me take one of
him and he was very obliging. Here you go:
Anyway, I didn’t bother to ask what the photo was for. I didn’t
really care actually, since I always take public photos anyway.
However, as I dug into the pizza, the same guy approached me again and
asked for my address and phone number. Now this…this I’ll have to ask
what it’s for. He said they’re selecting photos of people eating in
Pizza Hut for a promo and they’ll send a copy of it to me and call me
if I’m selected for the print ad.
Here’s a close up of the SweetHeart Pizza (the middle part)
Strange huh, the things that happen in Pizza Hut. Strange, but nice. 🙂
Back to the pizza, it tasted really good. Was it salty or was it
sweet was the question that’s on my mind and the answer is…it’s
neither! The flavors all blended together nicely to a not sweet not
salty flavor. Very strange. I liked the combination of pineapple and
almond flakes with chicken. They compliment each other and flakes gives
the pizza a nice crunchy texture.
I ate the whole pizza…leaving only the crust. 🙂
How was everyone’s Valentine’s Day and did anything strange happen?
The photo above shows the enterprising people of Kuching setting up
stalls selling Valentine’s Day goods along the major roadsides to
remind forgetful people that today is V Day (and also serves a life
line of the tardy ones among us who waits till the last minute). It’s
along most of the city roads, there’s even cars stopping on roadsides
with speakers on full blast and the occupants selling flowers. It’s a
booming business, or so it seems. 😉
Anyway, here’s ours:
For Her
It’s one of those gigantic cards. I put the present in it, since it fits. 🙂
For Him
that’s a customized keychain with our names on it. 🙂 This is not
the present though, it would be a little late due to Amazon orders, but
it’s “Good Chemistry: The Life and Legacy of Valium Inventor Leo
Sternbach” – the hardcover book that came out recently that I’ve really
wanted! Thanks! =D Happy Valentine’s Day and I love you, Louisa!
Here’s a alternate link for those of you who do not like the commercialism of Valentine’s Day:
Sucessfully bribing the nurse after failed doctor shopping [castitas.com]
Here at sixthseal.com, our aim is to cater for everyone. 😉
castitas.com is still alive, I’ve decided not to let it go into
hibernation. I’ll post there under the “veritas” nick once in a while
and announce posts here, but only about legal things like
benzodiazepines.
Psst…let me tell you a story. A BreadStory. It’s one of the hottest stories going around.
It’s a story about Hand Parcels…
Hand Parcel
RM 2.50
Like its name, it’s wholly hand-crafted. Tender juicy chicken stewed
in a special gravy and bundled up with this special wrap. Please untie
parcel with Mouth only!
about Golden Pillows…
Golden Pillow
RM 2.50
A soft pillow of golden treasures like our very own creation of
sambal shrimps with chicken floss rolled into a delicious pillow.
and about Flossy Hotties.
Flossy Hottie
RM 2.60
A new taste of Spicy chicken floss specially prepared for this
exotic Hottie! Special spices with special cream, another BreadStory’s
Signature!
Chinese Barbecue Specialist. It’s a big name to live up to. This
outlet is located at the end of Jalan Padungan and it’s quite famous
for it’s barbecue offerings. I went there for lunch today. This is what
the stall looks like:
Apparently, the “e” has fallen off the sign, showing “Chin Se
Barbecue Specialist”, which puzzled me for a while since the shop sign
is Chinese Barbecue Specialist. This is the flagship of the coffee
shop, don’t go asking for steamed chicken or anything like that – this
outlet offers BBQ meat only.
As you can see, there are several BBQ stuff on offer. You can order
BBQ chicken rice, but to fully appreciate the wonders of barbecue meat,
you have to try the “mixed plate”. There are other BBQ staples like
char siew rice, pork ribs rice, etc. Basically just about anything you
see in the picture above is available in whatever combination you can
think of.
Your choice (in this case “mixed plate”) is prepared by the proprietor…and it’s delivered to your table:
There’s the fork and spoon with a napkin, sorry, i mean tissue,
broth, apologies, i mean soup (this joke is getting old, isn’t it? ;)),
sauces and a plate of mixed bbq stuff rice.
Here’s a closer look at the plate. There’s barbecue chicken (the
white stuff), crispy pork (the brown crispy stuff) and char siew (pork
cuts of an unknown origin). This is all lying on a bed of chicken rice.
It tastes really good, despite the simple appearance.
These are the two sauces – the BBQ sauce and the chilli sauce. You
want the barbecue sauce (the brown one). This is the secret to a good
BBQ meat meal…the sauce makes the dish (or something). Just liberally
apply the barbecue sauce and you’ll definately enjoy your meal. I like
this place, there’s a homely sort of feel to it, and they serve good
barbecue meat. Do they deserve the “specialist” title? Personally, I
think they do. 🙂
