I’m shedding skin like a reptile from the sunburn I got in Krabi. I left flakes of skin at the office and today Fresh and Cindy was kind enough to exfoliate all the excess skin. >.<
I feel like a new man. 
Interesting
Starcraft II SUCKS BALLS
I was waiting in anticipation while the installation screen brought me through the grand memories I had playing Starcraft and Starcraft: Brood Wars. Jim Raynor! Sarah Kerrigan! Mengsk!
I quickly dropped the sad excuse of a manual in the SEA version and rubbed my hands in glee as the game finally installed and the grand sound effect loudly proclaiming that YES, THE GAME IS INDEED READY – with the Play button blinking seductively, begging to be clicked.
I moved my mouse cursor and did just that. It proceeded to start downloading a host of patches that took about 45 minutes. No worries. It’s a small price to pay to get my grimy paws into the meat of the game.
The starting cutscene which was released as a teaser last year came on and I watched it – fascinated with the detail and armed with a refreshed memory of the storyline in the previous iteration and it’s expansion pack.
I couldn’t wait to play the game and see what happens next! I was so excited I could jizz in my pants!
I eagerly entered my Battle.net login and was confronted with:
I tried and tried and tried again and still couldn’t get it.
I had the urge to shout at someone. Loudly. With lots of profanity. I called Blizzard’s support number and told an incompetent dumb fuck my problem with the game. Do you know how hard it is to recite a CD key through the phone?
It makes me want to commit seppuku!!!
After the person on the other end got it wrong fro the 5th time I went from F for France to F for fuck. *rage
He gave me a whole lot of runarounds before admitting that a number of users have this problem and they’re working on it.
I tried changing my Battle.net password and trying again after 30 minutes.
I tried using the Guest Pass to register under a new Battle.net account.
It still didn’t work.
I was told it would take days for them to fix. DAYS!!!!!!!
I can’t play the damn game coz it’s my first time running it so I can’t even go offline mode since I haven’t even created my Battle.net character name for Starcraft II.
It. Will. Take. Days. To. Fix. It.
I can feel my fever returning already. Or maybe it’s a heart attack. Or a stroke. Perhaps even a brain herniation. Odds are, it’s all three in one. >.<
Do you have a shy bladder?
I don’t. I can piss anywhere. In full view of incoming traffic. At the urinal while chatting with the guy beside me (much to his discomfort, I’m sure). Hell, I’ve even let loose from a penthouse suite in the balcony once in Melbourne. Contrary to popular belief (as most Asians who haven’t truly met Caucasians and think they are the epitome of the Son of God incarnated) it’s quite common to take a leak in an alley. It’s not “an uncultured Malaysian thing” (sorry to disappoint you girls, you just haven’t met that many Caucasians if you think that) but something that happens all over the world.
However, do you think it is culturally acceptable over here to piss like a racehorse when there are no toilets in sight?
Baking pizza at Linda’s place
I don’t know exactly how the subject changed so considerably from taking underwater shots to cooking but that was what happened one fine day when I was on MSN with Veen Dee. A relaxing weekend cooking (although as it turns out, I didn’t do much of that) at Linda’s place.
Thus, she rallied the rest and I was one of the first to arrive at Linda’s place (which does not appear on my GPS) together with Fresh. Rachel came after that. Anecdote time! Did you know that Rachel’s aunt used to own the Royal London Circus? I remember going to that as a little kid and standing on top of the bench (coz we could only afford to sit at the extreme back). There was an old man behind me who I totally blocked the view off, but he was so kind about it. T_T
Anyway, this is Rachel who practically grew up in a circus and can regale you with tales of housekeeping staff coming out from unearthly realms to haunt good people in hotels.
Veen Dee bounced in after that (gotta love this girl, she’s very entertaining to watch) with some groceries. (I was the Cup Bearer so I brought alcohol. ) and the rest soon dribbled in and Michelle started cooking.
It seems that we ran out of mushrooms somewhere in the middle of the cooking session though so Linda drove me and Veen Dee to go get the mysterious fungi.
I say mysterious coz neither one of us know what kind of mushrooms they want and Veen Dee Twitpic a photo but no one replied her FOL so we just got what we thought was right and went back!
I remember discussions about the merits of dicing vs cubing but I think Michelle and Firdy did the bulk of the cooking. Heh!
All captions with exclamation marks now!
Don’t do it Veen Dee!
The making of pizza!
Real bacon!
Bright radioactive colored chilli peppers!
Too many cooks spoil the broth!
Grating cheese!
Veen Dee with cheese on her face!
The curious chef!
The Taste Test (TM)!
Chopping garlic!
While the witch was bending down, Hansel and Gretel pushed her into the oven and cooked her!
DND! Baking in progress!
A cooked pizza is a delicious pizza!
Actually the pizza was damn good lor and the soup that went with it (what soup is that?) FUIYOH, it really hit the spot!
Playing Wii bowling!
Chess with David!
I don’t know why I’m holding an onion with Anne and Yee Hou!
Sara and her bf!
Our host for the evening – Linda!
All photos and videos taken using Sony Cyber-shot TX-5!
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Drinks with Veen Dee
I am going to miss the Coffee with Nuffies – Veen Dee session at the Nuffnang office this Friday, so a couple of us got together at Linda‘s place and made pizza! I had something stronger than coffee though.
Full post coming up! 🙂
Photo of me and Veen Dee taken with the Sony Cyber-shot TX-5.
A bottle contains more philosophies than all the books in the world
I got this acrylic painting from Jerine as a present. I managed to meet up with her just now at 1U and she drew me down to a T. Heh!
Guest writer taking over:
(coz she says I write too much like a copywriter)
Ahahahaha… WTF man! I don’t even have time to blog on my own blog now I have to write here? Oh well… That’s one of my recent masterpiece. The story goes back to when I wanted to paint one for my boss then he (HB) said “Eh, draw for me also lah”. Since he’s so nice, I can’t refuse his request. I’ve already done thousands…. oh no… I’m exaggerating… maybe a hundred of such paintings for friends. Normally, I just draw my friend with a hint of that person’s personality. But HB is like sooooooooooo random and he has sooooooo many interests, I had a hard time to draw this one. Should I draw him with casino chips? Or him with exotic foods? Or him with all the six seals sign of the end of the world? Like what they say, alcohol probably is the most inspiring thing in this world. There was a bottle of beer right in front of me. And the voila!!! You have that painting of HB with a bottle of beer in his hand!
I really like this one and it’s moving with me along with Jammie’s table. I’m going to hang it on the wall of my new place. I do wish that artistic liberty was taken to make me look better though.
Ear cartilage piercing – photos and videos
I had a sudden and inexplicable urge to get a piercing while having supper the night before, after a long day discussing Family Matters (TM).
I can’t go for extreme piercings due to the nature of my work so I settled for a simple ear cartilage piercing.
It cost RM 50 and it’s healing well so far (which is rare – I pierce a lot of places and the ear is the hardest to heal for me). Next up: Rook piercing! Heh!
The Cave
No, this is not the movie or any natural structure. The Cave is a concept cafe for couples. It’s designed to look like an actual cave.
I was a bit taken aback when an ex coworker asked me if I wanted to go there for dinner. I thought she was hitting on me. *perasan*
…but the truth is much more mundane. She just likes the pasta there.
This was back when I was still at my previous company. I only remembered about The Cave when I got a text from her. She is using Xpax so I wouldn’t be surprised she’s taking advantage of the XXL bonus.
I think the decor and ambience is great.
The food was pretty bland though and since The Cave has super powerful industrial strength Godzilla air conditioning, it gets cold REALLY FAST.
It’s great for couples if you want privacy and all that, but honestly, the food is nothing to shout about and you better be a really fast eater coz it gets cold in like…3 seconds.
I won free unlimited flights for 1 year!
I am getting FREE (as in free beer) flights from Air Asia from now till December 2010 thanks to a Twitter contest I joined a couple of months back. I can’t remember my slogan but it was something along the lines of “Sweden – coz I want to stay at the Ice Hotel and it’s out of the way and not commercialized” to a question about where the next route should be.
It took all of 30 seconds for me to draft that and now, just like the mother who gave birth on the plane, I’m getting UNLIMITED free flights (sorry, let me gloat can?) for a whole fucking year!
It gives me half a mind to take 2010 off so I can travel around.
However, what holds me back is the fact that I still have to pay airport tax and accommodation but it’s still a sweet prize right?
Now all that’s left for me to do is plan carefully where I want to go next year so I can live my dreams and travel to as many countries as I can.
I’m planning to be like Jack (of Lost) and just fly somewhere every weekend e.g. Macau just to eat Portuguese Tarts and then fly back on Sunday.
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Best prize ever.
Since this post has no photos I embed the official Heineken Festive Shout Out! video here and check out Aza’s blog – Random Ramblings of a different Kind. 😉
Breakfast @ Mandarin Oriental and a police escort
Seasonal fruits with berries with a papaya smoothie.
Basket of croissants, Danish pastries, lemon poppy seed muffins, breakfast rolls served with preserves, honey and butter.
Creamy scrambled eggs on toasted bagel with chicken ham, scallion cream cheese and grilled asparagus. This is also known (unofficially) as Pamela Anderson bagels. 😉
I had breakfast at MO last weekend before driving down to Damansara. We had vouchers to spend for drinks and snacks and I got Xpax reloads instead coz I wanted the XXL bonus. Heh!
However, the best part is driving with a police escort (something you REALLY have to experience). The police stopped all traffic and even created a third lane out of a two lane road so we can speed through the middle.
I think this is the first and last time I’ll ever feel like a VIP. Now that I know what royalty feels like, I can die in peace.
