Project Blender: The Ultimate Juice is the quest to achieve V8 quality vegetable and fruit juice. It requires the below:
Green apple
Pear
Bitter gourd
Broccoli
Carrot
Dragon Fruit
Oranges
Grapes
Plums
Banana
Celery
Kiwi fruit
I went grocery shopping with my mom and bought the vegetables and fruits for about RM 50. That’s a lot of quasi V8 juice. 🙂
One plastic receptacle was used to store the sliced and diced fruits and vegetables before going into the blender.
The fruits and vegetables were prepared and put into the awaiting receptacle.
This is what it looks like when it’s done – there are 12 different items in there!
The blender (it’s a juicer I found Googling for a list of the top juicers actually) does a good job at producing
juice out of all these weird and zany combinations (although the banana
got stuck coz it’s too mushy). You just have to put them in one by one.
To my surprise, the blender only had enough juice for two mugs. The one on the left is the original one (which tastes great and healthy) and the mug on the right is added with milk. It also goes surprisingly well with milk.
I shall go forth and find zanier and zanier ingredients to put into our juicer coz it’s fun!]]>
Year: 2006
Nite Devil and Spooky Halloween Limited Editions
I was at Ta Kiong (the local import specialist shop) today buying avocado (tell you about it tomorrow) when I stumbled upon nite [sixthseal.com]. I remember Cherie getting it in KL and now it seems like there are two new limited edition Halloween bottles. The two Limited Edition Halloween bottles complement each other – hot and cool.
Nite Spooky Cool
Experience the deadly chills of citrus flavored blend with a shadow of lemon juice.
Nite Devil Hot
Unleash the beast with a fiery mix of playful exotic fruit flavors.
Nite Devil and Spooky tastes a lot like the Pepsi Fire and Ice [sixthseal.com] concoction. Nite Devil “feels” warm to the mouth but has an intense fruity flavor. Nite Spooky on the other hand is very cold and refreshing. It is interesting to note that Nite Devil has “Warm agent” and Nite Spooky has “Cooling agent” listed as its ingredients.
It tastes great and I like seasonal promotions so I got a couple of them to keep.
]]>Borneo Cultural Festival
Hello! My name is Sam and I went to the Borneo Cultural Festival just now coz I like bright, shiny lights. I don’t like crowds though but mom and dad was with me so it was OK.
This is a Heng Hua stall that my daddy told me is my heritage. I tried to eat one of the pastries and it’s actually pretty good. I got a boo boo though when I fell and scraped my knee while trying to take photos.
I heard sounds coming from the stage so I left mommy and daddy and went to watch some girls almost bo cheng sa one. I don’t know why but I felt funny down there after looking at the girls.
My hands were also shaking so the photos are blurry. I don’t know if it’s from the girls or coz Huai Bin kor kor didn’t give me any pills today. There are a lot of stalls at BCF with ethnic segregation e.g. Melanau, Chinese etc.
The stage show then changed to guys so I don’t want to see anymore.
I went to walk around and saw this girl so I touch her nen nen. I don’t know why, but she scolded me and ignore me after that.
I was hungry after all that grabbing action and got myself rice cooked in bamboo to eat.
There was a man making popcorn and I ate that too.
I also bought four (4) SIM cards coz I’m retarded.
016 885 3221
016 864 7478
015 885 1428
014 680 7844
Seriously though, I’m think about maintaining just two (2) lines, one for business and one for friends. I had a really good number (016 869 0110) but tardiness made me lose that one. I’m using 014 680 2348 right now.
Which of the four numbers above is the easiest to remember? 7478 and 7844 means something in Chinese but I don’t like the prefix. I want to just maintain one.
Suggestions anyone?
]]>Lormetazepam (Loramet) benzodiazepine review
Loramet is a benzodiazepine that contains lormetazepam (also marketed as Noctamid) made by Wyeth. It is a rather rare benzodiazepine and should not be confused with lorazepam or loprazolam which are different benzodiazepines. Loramet contains 1 mg of lormetazepam and I took 35 tablets (35 mg) this morning.
The pills are oval and scored, with the Wyeth imprint on one side. It is a nice benzodiazepine, it chills me out really quickly and it seems to have active metabolites coz I’m still feeling very relaxed. Lormetazepam is marketed as hypnotic but I’m not feeling sleepy (high benzodiazepine tolerance) at all. It is nice and sedating though…
I’m putting this in the same class as medazepam; it’s as nice as medazepam on high doses. I would guesstimate that 1 mg of lormetazepam (Loramet) is equivalent to 2 mg of lorazepam (Ativan) but it should be noted that the two benzos feel completely different. There is a mild euphoria on Loramet.
]]>The holiest bible in the world
This is my sister’s old bible that I found just now. It was from her childhood days and it has a sticker that says “Get off my ass” (in not so many words).
There was just an ass (donkey) there and it just went “Get off my *picture of ass*”.
The second sticker shows a rather agitated man literally chomping at the bit to become an “Animal Lover”.
I’m glad we don’t have sheep at home.
It would be very traumatizing to watch Mr. Animal Lover do the horizontal boogie with animals.
I don’t think I want to be around him anyway, coz I always drop the soap. Soap is slippery. One mishandled grip and the soap would go flying. I don’t want Mr. Animal Lover to be behind me as I pick up the wayward soap.
No way, man.
]]>Lamictal (Lamotrigine) 50 mg
Lamictal is the brand name of lamotrigine manufactured by GSK. It costs RM 50 per blister pack and one dose (tablet) of Lamictal is RM 5.
This is the other medication I’m on now – it’s a mood stabilizer for bipolar people and it not just treats the manic phases but the depressive episodes.
I’m only taking 50 mg at 6 am and another 50 mg of lamotrigine at 6 pm (twice a day) so I’m not using it to control my mania (which I like) but my depressive episodes.
I’m adding this to my existing prescriptions [sixthseal.com] with the following changes:
Remeron 60 mg at night to sleep
Risperdal divided into two doses of 2 mg each at 6 am and 6 pm for better concentrations
Rivotril 6 mg for maintenance
RM 150 fish
This is a fresh water fish that sells for more than RM 13 per kilogram. It’s nearly in the same league as what the locals call empulau, the most expensive fish here, which will set you back about RM 2,000 for a fully grown fish.
(looks accusingly)
“I’m dead because of you!”
McDonald's SEGA 3 video games – BILLY'S GIANT EGG
McDonald’s just came out with BILLY’S GIANT EGG this Thursday and I just got one of the few remaining units. The packaging has a typo on it and only says BILLY’ GIANT EGG.
BILLY’S GIANT EGG is the second last electronic game in the Sega 3 series and I got a Cheeseburger Happy Meal but didn’t eat it (told the McDonald’s server that I only wanted the game, but I took the drink). 😉
The manual is printed like the previous iterations of the McDonald’s / SEGA collaboration – it’s a single sheet of paper with instructions on how to play the game – in this case BILLY’S GIANT EGG, another Sonic franchise character.
BILLY’S GIANT EGG also comes in a clamshell design and has two directional buttons in the shape of eggs. The premise of the game is to get Billy to collect fruits while the egg gets bigger and bigger (three sizes) while avoiding hazards.
Here is a screenshot of the action – BILLY’S GIANT EGG was way too easy for me. I finished the game on the first try and consistently managed to get through all three levels and hatch the egg. It was a total contrast to the previous unit’s hard gameplay.
Collect 20 fruits to advance a level and hatch the egg!
]]>CBTL Breakfast
Brek ‘O’ Day (RM 11.50)
Tasty Toast Treat (RM 9.50)
Wasabi Mango Salad (RM 12.00)
A new taste sensation – chunks of fresh mango, tomato, cucumber, and
red capsicum in a creamy Wasabi dressing that would make you say “Yum!”.
Salmon & Egg Muffin (RM 12.00)
Succulent slices of smoked salmon in an English muffin, topped with a poached egg and served with a fresh side salad.
I really like the poached egg…
…and the assorted nuts in the salad.
]]>I hate Sibu
It hasn’t been an hour since I arrived at Sibu and I hate it already. I’m sorry to say it, but I hate Sibu. I hate everything about it.
Sibu is just so…Chinese. I can’t read or write Chinese so the Chinese signs irks me. I’m starting to loathe this place and the people.
I don’t know why or how I got this way. Perhaps I’m in my depressive mood and the sheer Sibu-ness of Sibu just gets to me. I don’t think I can stay here and work.
It hasn’t been an hour and I already abhor the idea of staying here.
I don’t know if Sibu has changed (probably not) or it’s me who’s changed but I can’t stand it anymore.
I didn’t know it was possible to change someone in a month, Steph.
I hate it when Sibu people don’t wait until people get out of an elevator before pushing in.
I used to do that too coz I’m from Sibu and I’m supposed to be rude and uncouth (or did I pick up the elevator trick from KL?).
Did my Sibu-ness drive you away? I’ll never know coz you’re not answering my calls.
I hate Sibu.
The pure, unadulterated Chinese-ness of this place is depressing and it’s driving me insane.
…or maybe I just hate MYSELF.
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