I finally figured out why it took me so long to do my taxes on Friday night. It seems that the fine people at Inland Revenue Board has “upgraded” the filing systems term from 69 Mbps to 60 Mbps. Oh wow. :p
Interesting
Mysterious mysteries: The Narcotics police bought me a burger instead of me paying them off
Hot damn! I went to the friendly local neighborhood Ramly Burger stall and ordered a Double Chicken Special Cheese (RM 5.20) for my supper. I was prepared to fork out that amount coz I’m a little sick of eating bread with marmalade every meal.
Anyway, while the dude was flipping my burgers, this van pulled up with a PDRM insignia in all its glory emblazoned on the side of the vehicle. The car plate was WXX 28XX and it offloaded four (4) people – one in police uniform. The others were drunk, judging from their gravy stained shirts and the offhanded way they were consuming their lok-lok.
Well, one of them struck up a conversation with me – small talk, mainly about burgers and stuff. I found out that they are from the Narcotics Division of Bukit Aman (I shit you not) and they acted like they owned the place. I was a bit miffed when the burger guy served them first, and was about to voice out my displeasure at the preferential treatment when the alpha male slapped a RM 50 note down and said everything is on him.
There were about 7 people there – the four police (high ranking ones judging from their attire and attitude), myself, and two kids. The top dog paid for all of us, making a circular gesture with his forefinger to indicate that everything is on him. I wanted to pay my share but the burger guy refused payment – “Boss belanja“, so I reckon they must be regulars as well.
Thus, I nodded at the man who paid for my burger and said thank you. He smiled (in a rather inebriated manner) and waved it off with a shrug.
In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, you don’t pay the police in the Narcotics Division. The police in the Narcotics Division pays YOU!
(or at least buy you a burger)
I love KL!!! =D
What did you say about my mother’s pillow?!?
Okay, I’ve seen a lot of wacky celebration days but this just takes the cake. Did you know that there’s an International Pillow Fight Day? I kid you not, Google it, and ye shall find the answer (complete with photos of hundreds of people bashing each other up with soft, fluffy pillows).
Well, such interesting events are not limited to the States anymore. Does everyone remember the KL Freeze in Unison flash mob? It was awesome – I didn’t get to participate in it (coz I wasn’t in KL at that time) but it was featured on Astro. Mainstream television!
Anyway, the great mind(s) behind the first flash mob in KL is organizing another event – just as zany, and twice as fun. Pillow fight, anyone?
Lucky for us, Corntoz is sponsoring the Corntoz Pillow Fight. It is happening on our very shores on the 4th of April 2009 at 4 pm.
Now, a lot of us have been deprived of the simple joys of slapping each other silly with a feather stuffed piece of fabric since sleepovers are not exactly common over here. It’s great fun, especially if the pillows are made with real feathers and it all comes out. Just like in the movies. 😉
Now, since I don’t have a bedroom sparring partner (okay, that didn’t sound right coming out) I have re-enacted a pillow fight…with miscellaneous action figures and fluffy toys.
Poor Panda: Ouch! You did not just do that. I’m going to get my team to give you a proper pillow smack down.
Belligerent Bear: O rly? You and what army? Those miniature Gundam figurines?
Poor Panda: Nope, this huge Spiderman.
Belligerent Bear: *gulps*
Anyway, if you’re interested in the Corntoz Pillow Fight, you’ll have to jump through some hoops to get at the details. The location of the Gathering Point will be revealed at the Corntoz Pillow Fight website on the 2nd of April (tomorrow) at 2 am.
It’s all very hush-hush. The Gathering Point is not the venue of the pillow fight, but rather a rendezvous point. The actual venue will only be revealed on the day itself so be there at 4 pm on the 4th of April 2009. You’ll be split into two groups and battle it out. There are 60 cities around the world participating! Don’t forget to bring your own pillow.
You know the best thing about Corntoz Pillow Fight? It’s organized by the same people as KL Freeze in Unison so who knows which media station is going to show up? Fancy your ugly mug on the TV?
I do. I’m going!
(and I’m sure going to stick to the cameraman like peanut butter to the roof of your mouth)
Corntoz Pillow Fight 4 April 2009 from RandomAlphabets on Vimeo.
Look ma, I’m on TV! =D
I’m a Musicon Celebrity thanks to Maxis Broadband
You motherfuckers can never do it like I can do it. Don’t even try, you look stupid, do not pursue it.
I’m going as Eminem.
I’ve never really liked Eminem coz I grew up listening to West Coast gangsta rap like Tupac Shakur (Makaveli the Don!) and the only white rapper I knew was Vanilla Ice and you all know how the Ice Ice Baby’s career went – the one-hit wonder, relegated to being a euphemism for methamphetamine users.
However, I have to admit that Eminem slowly started growing on me. I can relate to the lyrics a lot more coz I can’t claim to “cut your young ass up, leave you in pieces, now be deceased” but I certainly can connect with “all these bitches on my dick, that’s how dudes be getting sick, that’s how dicks be getting drips, falling victims to this shit“. 😉
Erm…not that I’ve ever contracted gonorrhea or any other STD/STI before though. *cough*
Granted, I can’t rap like he does…this would probably snag the mystery prize for the The Most Uninspiring Blogger Award.
…but still, who wouldn’t want to be him?
I would have a harem of girls attending to my every need. I believe the term used in this industry is “hos”. 😉
I’ll need some fine hydroponics of course…you can’t claim that “smoking weed was an everyday thing in my household, and drinking liquor till you’re out cold” if you don’t actually hit the bong. Gotta keep it real.
Disclaimer: This is a very old photo I took in the veritas days.
I’ll want a selection of the best firearms…
The Cx4 Storm Assault Rifle.
The IMI Desert Eagle .50AE, made by some bad ass Hebrews. Fucking-A!
Glock 17 9 mm.
Beretta 92FS .45 caliber.
You can’t be riding and strapping unless you’ve got the gear. You gotta get people to feel you (not that kind of feel, the “feel” in Ebonics terminology).
JC himself condones it in Luke 22:36: He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
It’s straight from The Good Book (TM). 😉
P/S – I’m going to bleach my hair blond if I get the invite and wear the suit in The Eminem Show (complete with replica handgun).
Don’t Drift and Drive
I met with a rather untimely accident on Friday night while driving back from Suanie’s house. We were at Mist on Friday night and got home at around 4 am Saturday morning. If you recall, it was raining Friday night and the roads were wet.
There is a stretch of road from Suanie’s place that I always have the urge to drift. Yes, it is possible to drift on automatic transmission; you just pull the emergency brake. I’ve always made it a point to drift at this particular stretch of road coz the curve is beautiful. I usually keep my speed at a safe 60 kmph while doing that though.
Always one to tempt fate, I was driving home on a wet road when I hit that stretch. Instinct kicked in and I pulled the emergency brake. Alas, I did not realize that I was driving in excess of 140 kmph at that time and the road conditions were not favorable to stupid stunts like this.
I felt the car drift and spin out of control. I went a full 360 degrees before my rear hit the sidewalk, went up and landed in a ditch. I didn’t actually feel much inside the car so I thought I just hit the sidewalk and thanked Aries (inside joke) that nothing untoward happened to me.
I tried to drive out but it seems that my rear wheels were not gripping anything at all so I went down to investigate this peculiarity.
It turns out the entire rear of my car was in the longkang. Sheesh!
I shall draw the sequence of events as it happened:
Well, there’s nothing left to do so I called Suan and asked if she knew a tow truck. She said she’ll find out but before that a roving car assistance squad (WTF?) came to my rescue. I didn’t even know such things existed.
Apparently, some enterprising soul thought it would be good for business to send out roving squads of cars in search of traffic accidents. They provide all sorts of assistance with a hard sell to get you to send the car to their workshop. I declined and asked for a tow truck instead to get me out of the damn ditch.
The tow truck couldn’t attach the cable to the back of my car since doing so would cause unimaginable damage to the car while pulling it out. Thus, he came out with this ingenious idea of attaching the cable to my front right tire rim (!).
It worked. Check out the video.
Damage: RM 160
I’m officially broke this month. I mean, seriously. My car is surprisingly sans visible damage but I haven’t crawled under to see what can of whoop ass I’ve opened up to the suspension and other stuff underneath the car. 🙁
The mysterious physics behind my vehicular self-accident
I’ve always trusted in my judgement when driving, despite my less-than-stellar history of vehicular safety. I have, in my slightly-more-than-a-decade-long driving experience, ran down a person, totally crashed my car, and have a static road sign pole run into me. Nevertheless, I’ve always believed in the rule of “If the front can pass, the side can too”.
That theory was put to the test yesterday evening as I was making my way out of my lunchbox sized assigned parking lot. I’m located next to a pillar and have had no beef with said pillar in my three months of parking here. I pulled out of the parking spot, clearing the front, just to hear the sound of concrete scraping my car. I tend to accelerate so the scraping sound continued for a rather long time before I realized it.
I got down to inspect the damage – it seems that the close encounter with the concrete pillar requires a trip to the workshop this weekend. It took a whole piece of paint off, revealing the alloy underneath. It also “repainted” the side of my car, making it a distinctive shade of yellow that doesn’t go very well with the black paintjob.
I’m still pondering about the physics behind the unfortunate event.
Kame Hame Ha – sixthseal.com style!
Here at sixthseal.com it has been established – a heritage even – that we go above and beyond the call of duty. 😉 These are my Kame Hame Ha videos for the DBZ: Evolution screening. I tried a couple of flammables:
This is Zippo lighter fluid, otherwise known as naphtha. It doesn’t burn at all. I found that rather strange, considering I spent RM 6.90 on it. I guess it just evaporates on concrete once it’s been poured out of the receptacle.
…with this Dragonball…I’ll take my vengeance – upon the Earth.
It’s all reverse messed up chronological videos in this post – the first one is the naphtha fluid, which is a massive FAIL since it didn’t ignite.
I promptly used methanol spirits (don’t ask me why I have a spare bottle in my car coz I can’t answer that) and it came up as a blue flame.
We adjourned for dinner and I decided I wasn’t satisfied with the results so I got RON 92 gasoline from the nearest petrol station. I told the attendant my friend ran out of gas in SS 6 and I needed 1.5 liters of the Good Stuff (TM). I don’t think he quite believed me coz he told me if I was gonna Molotov Cocktail a house, I was not to say that I got it from that particular gas station. LOL!
We went back and did it for a third time with RON 92 gasoline and that’s the first video. It’s awesome! =D
Thanks to Hitomi for helping me get the videos done! 🙂
Ignition! They call it an obsession, but I think it’s kinda bitchin’…I think it’s kinda neat!
Bling on my tongue
I went and re-pierced my tongue just now. Contrary to popular believe, no, I did not reuse the old stud, although I love it to bits. I’ve been looking to get another black one with a gemstone on top, but alas, the piercing shop does not carry it.
Thus, I decided to go for the bling factor and went gold like the tongue piercing I did in 2006. It cost me RM 130 at 1Utama, which is higher than what the good people at Bukit Bintang charge.
Hitomi shot the video, we were at 1U for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
This post is to reassure you that I did not reuse the old stud, S. 😉
I didn’t even have my tongue piercing on Saturday.
Thanks Charlz for a great weekend! =D
F&N Free Party – Last minute preparations
I have posted about my attempts to win myself (and you) a free party here and here. It has come to my attention that there’s no possible way I can drink so many cans of F&N drinks in such a short time, so I magnanimously shared it with all and sunder. I even gave some to the condo security guards. Anyway, I noticed something about the F&N cans after having opened so many cans:
I’ve discovered a method where you can get a smiley face (!) on the can by removing the pull tab in a certain way. Hold the can and twist the pull tab to a 90 degree position. Do not make contact with the opening. This is very important. Pull the tab upwards without excessive force and gently remove the tab.
Do you see the F&N smiley face with the eyes (two dots), nose (the pull tab fastener) and smile (the opening)?
It even has a halo on top, like an angel. I’m getting a good vibe about this.
Looks like someone up there loves me. 😉
I shall be sending in my entries on Wednesday. I’ve gotten a bunch of the contest forms and will be posting them via regular mail with two pull tabs each. I’m bracing for the postal charges since it seems that I will have to send it in one by one.
Pos Malaysia, here I come! =D
James was kind enough to email a friend of his in F&N and direct her to my post so I’m hoping they will take notice of this. Help me spread the word my fellow bloggers! Unite!
They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our FREEdom!!!!!! 😉
Free Party, FTW!
I have decided to go all out for the F&N Free Party contest that I mentioned in a previous post. I went to Jusco just now and purchased about RM 300 worth of F&N Fun Flavors to increase my chances of winning. Look at where the left hand (of God) is pointing – the contest is advertised in Jusco too! The contest ends on the 31st of December 2008 so there’s not much time left to pull this thing off.
I shouldn’t be going to Jusco @ 1 Utama on a public holiday…there is no parking and we spent 20 minutes waiting for our turn at the cashier.
I’m not a very patient person and despite learning to be Zen-like from one of my co-workers, it still takes time to implement it. Avoid 1U during public holidays at all costs!
Anyway, the cashier at Jusco seems intent on scanning it in one by one, which resulted in a loooooong receipt (and a long wait for the unfortunate people behind me).
The whole fiasco is quite funny in hindsight – I ended up with a three-meter receipt!!! Behold! The Great Scroll of Jusco!
It seems that there are 10 free parties to be given out and there’s a complicated system to choose the winning theme for each particular region so I’m going to play the numbers and divide them equally into the themes I really want.
What I’m planning to do is to send in the contest entries and all the pull-tabs wholesale e.g. in a single HUGE envelope to the good people at F&N with my written petition and a printout of my post. I’m going to print out a hard copy of the people who have linked me too in support of my endeavor so I hope this is going to show them how dedicated, nay, committed I am to winning this contest.
However, this brings us to a serious logistical problem…how am I going to drink all those cans of F&N in such a short period of time without getting diabetes?
I’ve been cracking my brain for a way to get around this problem and I’ve finally found the solution. I’ve just started work and there are quite a lot of people in my office, a very cool bunch, all of them. Thus, I’ve decided to bring the F&N drinks to the office, and get all my co-workers to start drinking them.
I’ll post a handwritten note – FREE! Drink as much as you can BUT put the pull-tabs in this container.
I’m going to encourage them to binge on the drinks so I can collect all the pull-tabs in time for the contest. Problem solved! =D
Thanks to the people at Nuffnang and all Nuffnangers for the support in making the previous post #1 on Innit.
I will need all your support again in linking this post for more leverage on my end to appeal to the people at F&N.
One more time? 😉
