Pethidine (meperidine) IM injection experience report

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pethidine ampoule

Pethidine is also known as meperidine a.k.a Demerol, an opiate agonist used for moderate to severe pain, with an equivalency of 7.5 mg of pethidine to 1 mg of morphine in parenteral administration. Pethidine/meperidine has a duration of 2 hours so it’s a pretty short acting opioid. I was out doctor shopping the whole of last night and didn’t get a hit out of the five medical establishments I went to. I guess six is my lucky number coz I managed to get a pethidine IM injection from it. =D

pethidine flash

This is Injection Pethidine Hydrochloride 50 mg/ml made by DuoPharma (Malaysia). I have never tried pethidine IM injection so imagine my glee as I made this happen. 😉

Doctor: You were here for DF-118 last time right? The medical record says you have a bad back.
Me: I actually had a slipped disc (actually, I don’t ;)) and it slipped again for the second time.
(makes “ouch face”, grimaces and made as if my spinal cord was killing me)
Doctor: Do we have DF-118 here? (talking to nurse)
Nurse: (after rummaging through the restricted access medication cabinet, they don’t have it, I know that coz I’ve been here before) No we don’t, but we have Voltaren.
Doctor: Do you want something else? I can give you another pain-killer.
Me: (Hell no! It’s opiates or nothing) Doctor, I hope you can help coz I’m in a lot of pain right now. Can you write a script or something?
Doctor: Okay, do you have a medical history of your slipped disc?
Me: Yeah, I had an MRI and X-Ray done in KL, where it happened (which didn’t happen, of course ;)) and the prognosis was a slipped disc, which I slipped again just now (*grimace of pain*)
Doctor: Do you have it with you?
Me: No, I’m sorry doctor, I left the medical documents in KL…
Doctor: Okay, well since you have a prior here, I’ll script you. Is there anything else?
Me: (pushing my luck, deciding to go for gold) Hey, I know this is a strange question, but I’m in a lot of pain right now, do you have anything to help me get through tonight? Can you give me a morphine shot? (Prays to God he doesn’t go amok)
Doctor: Morphine…hmm…well, we do have morphine but we don’t give it to outpatients. I think we have pethidine though, do you want that?
Me: Is pethidine an opiate? (Knowing full well it is, but no harm in playing the dumb patient)
Doctor: Yes it is.
(Writes Pethidine 50 mg IM stat on my medical record)
Me: (looks) (tries not to grin) (tries not to grin again, perhaps somewhat unsuccessfully) Thank you very much doctor.
Doctor: Alright, just lie there and I’ll prep the shot.
Me: (puts on a show of painful lying down and bolts straight up, apparently with a good back again) Hey, I’m sorry doctor, another unusual request, can I take a photo of the pethidine vial?
Doctor: Why?
Me: It’s just an interest of mine. (starts photoshoot of the IM pethidine 50 mg snap off ampoule) Thanks doctor.
Doctor: Okay, I’m going to inject you now. Turn over.
Me: Er…can I take the IM injection in my arm? (I don’t want the doctor to see my thigh, which is the best place to bang shit if you’re holding down a professional job – full of scar marks and bruises from injections – he would have known for sure I’m an IDU – Injecting Drug User).
Doctor: (Grips my arm) Seems to be okay here.
Me: (starts filming the procedure)

pethidine shot

Script from pethidine injection video:
Me: Is it in? Pethidine 50 mg?
Doctor: Mmm…
Me: Okay, IM, sixthseal.com (Jesus Christ, I should not have said that in the video but it just slipped out).
(sounds of pethidine injection process)
Me: Yeah, that’s the place.
Doctor: Hmm…why do you have some bruises here?
(OMG those are my IM injection spots when I was injecting ketamine)
Me: Er…uh…they’re some just bruises, ya know. I probably hit something.
(Quickly changes subject)
Me: So, is that pethidine 50 mg?
Doctor: Yeah.
Me: Thanks.

pethidine video

Download: Pethidine IM injection video [sixthseal.com]
(24 MB .MOV file zipped. Requires QuickTime)

Doctor: Are you driving?
Me: Er…no. (actually I am)
Doctor: This will cause the usual opiate side effects, drowsiness etc. so be careful.
Me: I will, my friend is just outside (actually no one is outside, I don’t take friends on doctor shopping expedition after a disastrous incident where I lost a good doctor coz me and my friend was stoned and high on meth and she had a laughing fit).
Doctor: Okay, here is your script. You’re not a drug addict are you?
Me: (*coughs and nearly chokes*) Of course I’m not. I hate drugs. 😉 (I didn’t wink, I’m just winking on the blog)
Doctor: Good.

pethidine bill

Price of 50 mg pethidine vial: RM 10
Price of surgical consumable items (that means the syringe and swabs): RM 0.40
Price of boosting a pethidine shot: PRICELESS! =D

pethidine charges

Pethidine Experience Report:
(10 minutes after the shot)
Me: I’m not feeling it yet, doctor? How long does it take to kick in?
Doctor: It’s not going to be so fast.
Me: So we can’t IV pethidine huh?
Doctor: (gives me a strange look) No, it’s for IM.
Me: Okay, thank you very, very much doctor.
(Shakes doctor’s hand very vigorously, perhaps too enthusiastic to be unsuspicious)

pethidine shot after

T+ 0:30: A general feeling of elation and well being. Don’t know if it’s the pethidine or the euphoria of getting away with a shot of pethidine just like that.
T+ 0:45: Cigarettes smokes well, like on opiates but it’s nowhere near as strong as dihydrocodeine. It does give a rather pleasant high though – kinda chill, but still motivated, I’m typing this as we speak, which I usually don’t.
T+ 1:00: I think this is the peak – it’s nothing special – I could compare it to a cross between tramadol and codeine if that makes sense. It feels like tramadol + codeine…and er, it seems a wee bit hallucinatory, I don’t know how to explain it, it’s like the feeling when you get a hit of LSD and is about to come up and trip, but it never happens. I just mentioned it coz I saw the cigarette smoke drifting off. Perhaps a more apt description would be a very mild case of Ambien induced hallucinations.
T+ 1:30: Hey, I’m feeling a little of that opiate warmth now. It’s nice but too mild for my tolerance.

50 mg of phethedine wasn’t enough to get me off, but I did feel good – which part of it is the phethedine and which part is the elation of pulling this shit off is subjective. I’m full of glee though. 🙂

pethidine vial

Pethidine IM feels a lot like a combination of tramadol and codeine at doses of 100 mg and 300 mg respectively. There is a general feeling of well being and slight stimulation but with some of the jitteriness of tramadol (very mild). It’s more like a cross between tramadol and codeine. The opiate warmth is present but mild. At my tolerance level, 50 mg of pethidine isn’t much, but at least I can feel it…and I’m STILL feeling st0ked about pulling this off! =D

Hail to the King, baby! =D

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Serious Shit

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serious shit toilet

This is some Serious Shit (TM) right here…

There is hard, compacted stool from my methadone using days, the more liquid form of excretion during withdrawals, constant use of DF-118 (dihydrocodeine) and the small compacted shit that you see underlying the rest.

There is even a log in there the size of an 8″ dildo after a colon blockage from extensive and excessive use of opiates (three week’s worth of shit backed up) that hurt like HELL coming out. Now I know how it feels like to be ass fucked. 🙁

The yellow goo is new, fresh from last night and this morning’s offerings to the porcelain throne.

I think there should be a lot of puke in there too – projectile vomiting from excessive drinking and general throwing up…and deep, deep down, if you care to look (even the police wouldn’t) there should be about 5 points (500 mg) of methamphetamine in 5 straws and a meth pipe (plus several syringes) down there (if it hasn’t turned into shit already) during a moment of paranoia when I tried to flush it, pulled too hard and broke the damn thing.

…and what did I do? I shat on it, that’s what I did. I figured no one would want to dig through all that shit (easily a year’s worth, no shit) so I’m good and safe eh? 😉

BTW, does anyone know a good plumber?

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Kingdom Hearts – Kurt Zisa

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kingdom hearts

I have been playing a lot of Kingdom Hearts for the PS2 lately. I know I’m slow, but I like to do things in sequence – I’ll play Kingdom Hearts on my PS2, then Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories on my GameBoy micro before playing Kingdom Hearts 2 on the PS2 again. I’m a big fan of Square (now Square-Enix) RPGs and the fusion of the Final Fantasy worlds with Disney worlds is amazingly appealing.

I’m up to Hollow Bastion now, finished the first trip to it and am trying to beat the optional bosses. I’m working on Kurt Zisa in Agrabah – I’m Level 59 and I nearly kicked that mecha looking boss in the desert’s ass (Blizzara works great as well as the Ragnarok ability – if you can hit him with it – it really drains the HP bar). I woke up at 2:30 am last night and gave it three more tries – nearly did it once, with the help of Tinkerbell (the Summon – essential to keep you alive) before going to sleep again.

Kurt Zisa got me thinking – it was a fan contest to have an optional boss named after him/her and a Caucasian or Jewish sounding name would probably be alright since it melds with the theme of the game, but what if I won? The mecha desert boss name would be Poh Huai Bin which wouldn’t fit into the general naming scheme and theme of the game. The same goes for most Chinese and Japanese names so I was wondering…do they filter out certain candidates?

Anyway, just some nonsensical “first thought of the day” thing, I’m actually really busy these few days with work so forgive the lack of updates. I’ll make up for it – promise. Cheers!

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My doctor reads my blog

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df118 120 script

My doctor reads my blog and I screwed it up big time with the Duragesic post…I’m not getting any fentanyl patches coz “it would be gross negligence for me to prescribe it to you after all I know”. Which is fine, seriously. I’m cool with that. Everyone has an ass to cover and you’re doing just that. It’s cool with me.

df118 120 side

Thus, we entered discussions of what a secondary taper plan would be (dammit I should not have written about fentanyl that day :p) and we discussed morphine (MS-Contin 30 mg) which he nearly prescribed before thinking twice and just decided to fall back on Old Faithful (DF-118 not OxyContin, the latter causes a lot of phone calls for verification and takes about 1 hour to process).

df118 120 show

I told him I’m serious about quitting and told him my actual maintenance dose (which is at least 30 tablets of DF-118 (900 mg of dihydrocodeine) which is equianalgesic to 270 mg of MS-Contin (about 9 tablets of 30 mg morphine) which didn’t shock him much, being my old doctor and that (and partly why he dared to put me on Duragesic fentanyl patches in the first place, I would have OD if I didn’t have an opiate tolerance).

He gave me one last prescription for DF-118 (120 tablets) staggered by 10 days (basically a dated repeat Rx script) authorizing 60 tablets today and 60 tablets 10 days down the road. He basically put me on DF-118 30 mg x 2 (60 mg) three times a day (240 mg per day). That is not enough to even stave off my withdrawals so I had to renegade on my promise and despite this being the last prescription, I think I’m going to take it (in a non-recreational but non-withdrawal inducing manner ;))and then go on methadone.

You can tell I’m not serious about quitting. 😉 Like I said, I’ll quit when I’m good and ready, hey, I smoked and injected crystal methamphetamine for several years (abusively and compulsively) and quit just like that *snaps fingers*. I’ll do that same with opiates…when I’m good and ready. I’m thinking about Methadone Replacement Therapy (on the condition that only my opiate problem is being treated and not my benzodiazepine issue) when I run out of opiates from the Sibu Connection.

Me: Can I get both the prescription filled, so that I can have 120 tablets instead of just 60 tablets and come back again in 10 days just to refill the script coz this place is kinda far from where I stay?
(after calling my doctor to verify the script, oh boy, he must not be happy to hear I’m getting all 120 at once)
Pharmacist: Sure, I’ll make that arrangement for you.
Me: Thank you very much, I appreciate that.
Pharmacist: So you took time off work today?
Me: Nope, I had a client somewhere near here so I just happened to pass by.
Pharmacist: You must be pretty hardworking.
(wondering wtf that question meant)
Me: Well, I get the job done.
Pharmacist: Where do you stay?
Me: Tabuan Jaya.
(which is not really where I stay)
Pharmacist: Yeah, that’s a bit far.
Pharmacist: Anyway, the prescription is ready. 120 tablets of DF-118.
Me: Thank you very much, I always get a lot of problems with cashing in the script due to the nature of the medication.
Pharmacist: No problem. Glad to be of service.
Me: Thanks! You have a nice day, now.

(at the prescription counter)
Pharmacist #2: Mr. Poh?
Me: That’s me.
Pharmacist #2: 120 tablets of DF-118. Wow, do you mind me asking what ailment you’re suffering?
Me: I have a bad back and migraines. I’m opiate tolerant so the basic NSAIDs and triptans don’t really work on me.
Pharmacist #2: Really? What were you on?
Me: Well, I was put on Paralgin Forte (a 30 mg codeine preparation) at a very young age.
Pharmacist #2: *nods unconvincingly*
So who is you primary care doctor?
Me: (uh oh, I have scripts from literally dozens of doctors cashed in this fine medical facility) Well, it’s Doctor X (who died from cancer).
Pharmacist #2: Okay. We’re not supposed to give out so much DF-118 at once but we’ll make an exception this time ok?
Me: Thanks, I appreciate that…and do you know that you’re the only place to stock DF-118 in Kuching? (That’s me getting all chatty and shit) Timberland, they have morphine and fentanyl only. Kuching Specialist, they only carry morphine and Duragesic.
Pharmacist #2: Really? Why don’t you try those instead?
(wtf?!?)
Me: Er…I’m 25, who’s going to want to prescribe me morphine and fentanyl? *smiles*
Pharmacist #2: Oh, okay yeah I get what you mean. Thank you and have a nice day.
Me: You have a nice day too, and take care…and you know what, can you put down a note there that says I’m opiate tolerant, not opiate dependant, just in case, God forbid, I get run down by a car and checks into this fine medical facility, I just want to be on an equianalgesic dose, ya know.
(at this point most of the pharmacists look at me quizzically – some were smiling, some were not – but at least the girls were smiling)

Wise guy till the end. 😉 I’m not doing mosaic on the medical facility anymore – they’re the only ones carrying DF-118 anyway, and referring to the previous comment about whether it is from Normah, well if it looks like it’s from Normah, tastes like it’s from Normah and smells like it’s from Normah…then it probably came from Normah!

You don’t go eating something that looks like shit, tastes like shit, and smells like shit and go “Mmm…this here is some mighty fine chocolate pie” do you?

Jesus Christ…

Oh, and in other news, I lost RM 3,500 on football over the weekend…

…and that girl in the Miri fight video (the assailant with the blue scrunchie) is fucking hot! Can you call me at 013 811 2088 if you’re reading this? I’ll fly over to Miri for some S&M action if you’re up for it. 😉

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Lundu Children Amusement Fun Fair

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lundu funfair road

Lundu is a town about an hour’s driver from Kuching. I headed there with my friends one night during a drunken impulse to eat seafood there (Lundu is renowned for its cheap and delicious seafood) and so we drove down in the middle of the night in search of food.

lundu funfair town

Well, we didn’t find food coz all the seafood restaurants were closed, but some coffee shops were still open so we got more beer and drove around the place. We figured we might as well scout around since we’re already there.

lundu funfair entrance

It turns out that there was a local Fun Fair going on there – the Lundu Children Amusement Fun Fair so we decided to check it out. The entrance free was RM 2 and it looked so inviting while inebriated so in we went. 😉

lundu funfair carousel

There were carousels with pretty ponies going round and round, with a glass mirror facade in the middle and the handrails that feels so familiar from childhood days…

lundu funfair ferris wheel

The obligatory Ferris wheel was slowly spinning around with the bright neon lights covering the cages producing a swirl of florescent colors…

lundu funfair games of chance

The games of chance that various booths ply to lure in the crowd was also there in abundance, offering gifts of soft toys if you could just toss the ring into the steeple, roll the ball down a nail obstacle course, or dart a space the size of a postage stamp from three feet away to get the prize instead of just a congratulatory sweet…

lundu funfair tarp

…and then all of a sudden, one booth pulled up the tarp on their setup. The carousel music that was playing in the background started to mute. The Ferris wheel lights dimmed and then ground to a halt. OMG! The fun fair had closed and we haven’t even gotten on a single ride! 🙁

lundu fun fair bumper cars

However, loud techno music started to reverberate through the fun fair grounds as the other rides and booths shut down for the night. The bumper cars! The ride was still open! It seems that everyone was at the bumper car place getting on the rides so I got a bunch of credits and started to get into the bumper cars.

lundu funfair bumper cars people

The credits goes for RM 10 for four (4) tokens and each ride on the bumper cars took two tokens so it’s RM 5 for a one minute ride. I spent RM 50 on tokens anyway, coz I have fond memories of our local semi-dilapidated safety regulation hazard fun fairs. 🙂

lundu funfair bumper cars cheng

It was fun driving the bumper cars around, making it go fast, watching the contact wires spark on the mesh ceiling like lighting as you drive around, bumping into other cars. It certainly did bring back many fond memories.

lundu funfair bumper cars video

Download: Bumper cars scene video [sixthseal.com]

lundu funfair bumper cars pov video

Download: Bumper cars POV video [sixthseal.com]

The bumper cars were fun and even though that was the only ride we got on at the Lundu Children Amusement Fun Fair, we drove the one hour commute back to Kuching laughing happily (ever after).

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Dig your own hole

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dig your own hole df118 rx

I’ve been really sick for the past few days due to The Bird Nesting By My Windows Part III (long time readers will know what I’m talking about) it’s been giving me sinus problems, diarrhea, pains and aches over by body, fever and insomnia (despite my healthy regiment of benzodiazepines). I wake up everyday feeling like shit and the thing is, I don’t know if it’s avian flu (very low probability) or I’m just dope sick (opiate withdrawal – symptoms sound familiar to you? ;))

dig your own hole df118 today

It’s a good thing that I managed to get 60 tablets of DF-118 (dihydrocodeine 30 mg tablets) scripted just now. I kinda messed up my story a little but this doctor knows everything about me, hell, so does the other, they’ve been seeing me for two years, it would take a fool to not see that I have a drug problem (the doctor was not fooled when I accidentally injected methamphetamine into an artery and told him I snagged my wrist on a rusty nail).

dig your own hole df118

(after scripting me the 60 x DF-118)
Doctor #1: *sigh* Huai Bin, you know you have a problem right?
Me: Yeah…I’m trying to sort things out but work is kinda hectic, you know…
Doctor #1: *sigh* Huai Bin, I really hope you can get off of these. It’s not helping you know.
Me: I know doc (actually I don’t ;)) but thanks for scripting me anyway, yeah? I appreciate it.

(after consuming all of his two new DF-118 500 tablet containers he ordered for me)
Doctor #2: Huai Bin, you come here several times a week and I’ve been through your medical records and I’m thinking that you’re not on maintenance anymore but you’re escalating your doses.
(This is the doctor who’s been treating me for years and has given me an infinite supply of maintenance benzodiazepines – Dormicum, Xanax, and Rivotril but is starting to get worried about my opiate use)
Me: You know doctor, work has been very stressful, and the opiates really help me get through the day.
(This doctor has scripted me Oxycontin before and also knows about my drug problems)
Me: I mean, the plan for this is for off-label harm reduction use right? I don’t want to go back to getting alternative non-pharmaceutical opiates (a euphemism for street heroin)
(We don’t actually talk about the fact that I use drugs intravenously – we walk around the issue – but he knows I’m safe about it – no sharing, one needle for each hit etc plus I have an excellent blood work record at his place, no transmissible diseases)
Doctor #2: You’re a really intelligent person, Huai Bin…I just don’t understand how someone like you would get yourself into this. I’ve seen kids coming in trying to get Nospan (Dextromethorphan – DXM a cheap high for the lower income folks) but you’re not like them.
Me: I’m just trying to get through the day, to smooth the edges a little…
Doctor #2: Don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think you have any intention of maintaining the dose – you’re increasing the dose. I know you’re on other opiates and I don’t want you to get involved in alternative non-pharmaceutical opiates in the interests of harm reduction. Don’t go down that road again, Huai Bin. I’ve run out of DF-118 and I cannot prescribe you any more opiates coz I don’t want you to dig a larger hole than you’re already in. I know you can get opiates elsewhere but I want you to think seriously about MRT.
(MRT = Methadone Replacement Therapy, recently initiated and only available in KL and I would have no problems getting into the program coz of my drug arrest and a letter of recommendation from my Case Officer in PDRM Narcotics Department, which I’m still close to)
Me: I can’t get away from work for long periods of time. How long will it take?
Doctor #2: I can write a letter of recommendation for 2 months. I think it would take that long for you to taper off…
Me: I definitely cannot go for rehab (MRT is a self-check in rehab with no restrictions e.g. you don’t have to stay in there for a fixed period but you can check yourself out anytime) for that long. Can you allow me to taper myself off? I’m interested in fentanyl patches (Duragesic patches) – the lowest dose is .25 ucg and you wear the patch for the whole day, much like a nicotine patch. Can you do that for me doctor?
Doctor #2: That is for cancer patients with terminal pain but I can accept a harm reduction taper program. Give me an honest answer…how long do you think you will need to be on it?
Me: Two weeks. It comes in a box of 5 patches so probably 3 boxes of Duragesic.
Doctor #2: Alright, I’ll make an Indent Order for that. But after this, there’s no more opiates alright? Just benzos, I can accept that due to your anxiety issues but no more opiates ok? This will be the last taper course.
Me: Okay doctor, I promise.
Doctor #2: Okay, I’ll get them in for you next week. Take care of yourself Huai Bin, I hope you can get off it by this.

Thus, I have some Duragesic patches coming in next week. Fentanyl, baby! =D

(The patches are injectable too if you get out the fentanyl)

w00t!

Anyway, I’m going on-site for work now. Will reply all the comment later.

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Stone Ice review

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stone ice

Stone Ice is a popular iced dessert and rojak specialty outlet that has been operating for years at the top floor of the commercial portion of Saberkas building. The shop occupies almost the entire area and the name stems from its initial foray into iced desserts and the decor.

stone ice seating

Stone Ice has seating arrangements made of solid rock in a part Roman part prehistoric theme. The tall pillars leading up to the ordering counter is decorated by the random tall brush and small decorative areas with creeping vines and stones. It’s like a small Zen garden in the austere shopping mall.

stone ice bar

Stone Ice is a self-service eating establishment – there are different sections on the long bar counter for ordering. The two main flagship products are located in the iced dessert (ABC Special or Ice Kacang) section and the rojak (fruit salad) section.

stone ice counter

This is the iced dessert and rojak section. Stone Ice pioneered the open kitchen concept long before the term was coined. There are selections of fresh fruit, dried nuts, and other items on display here. The user is given a bowl and chooses the ingredients they want in their iced dessert or rojak.

stone ice dessert platter

The iced dessert containers have the usual suspects like cendol, sweet corn, mixed fruits and various colored jellies. You choose the stuff you want in your iced dessert from this section and put it into your bowl.

stone ice dessert dried fruits

There is also an additional section for the users who wants to spice up their iced dessert with unorthodox ingredients – there is a variety of dried fruits and herbs you can opt for.

stone ice dessert choice 1

This is the stuff I put into my bowl – there are peaches, corn, black jelly (a jelly made from herbs), and miscellaneous jellies to add texture to the final product.

stone ice dessert choice 2

I also added some dried fruits to the bowl coz I like eating stuff with different tastes and textures. The bowl is charged a standard price and it’s passed to the attendant on duty for processing.

stone ice dessert attendant

The attendant puts shaved ice on top of the ingredients and tops it with a healthy pouring of evaporated milk and sugar syrup.

stone ice dessert

This is what the finished product looks like – the ingredients are all at the bottom of the bowl just like what a local shaved ice dessert should look like.

stone ice dessert done

Here’s a closer look at the shaved ice dessert. There are an infinite number of different variants which you can make due to the user customization of the ingredients that goes into the shaved ice dessert. It’s a great concept!

stone ice rojak choice

The rojak here is what Kuching citizens usually go for. Stone Ice is famous for the same reasons it’s renowned for good iced desserts – the rojak is customizable from an array of different platters of fruit, tofu and even lok lok (deep fried seafood).

stone ice rojak mango

The customer is given a container and you fill up that container from the ingredients that’s on offer. I like my rojak to have plenty of fresh mangos…

stone ice rojak jambu

…and jambu batu (a water soaked local fruit) as well as pink guava.

stone ice rojak selection

Here’s a closer look at the my container – it’s filled with fruits and I also added some deep fried crab sticks (at the bottom left) and some squid (bottom right) coz I like zany ingredients with fruit. Can you see why Stone Ice is a stoner paradise now? 😉

stone ice rojak weight

The rojak is sold by weight…the container is put on a weighing scale and the amount charged according to how heavy it is. Fruits like nectarines are lighter and so is tofu but I really don’t like tofu so I just add a little of it.

stone ice rojak assembly

The rojak you selected is sent for further processing after the weighing process. It’s like a mini assembly line. This is where the rojak is cut and mixed up with rojak sauce and peanuts and chilli (if you opt for it) for the final product.

stone ice rojak attendant

The attendant will start cutting the selections into bite sized pieces and mix it in a large bowl (which happens to be a stone bowl, and could be a possible etymology of the establishment’s name) with grounded peanuts and rojak sauce (a sweet dark sauce).

stone ice rojak cut

The rojak is done individually and that adds to the appeal of the rojak over here. The antiseptic cleanliness of the bar doesn’t hurt either. You can see octopus legs here if you squint at my choices. Octopus legs with rojak rocks my socks off (no pun intended).

stone ice rojak mix

The mixing of the ingredients is done by dousing the stuff you chose with rojak sauce. The rojak is made by a wooden spatula slowly integrating the ingredients in a semi-uniform manner and allowing each piece to be covered by the sauce.

stone ice rojak

Stone Ice rojak is served on disposable Styrofoam containers with toothpicks and half a lime, topped with finely grounded peanuts and pork floss (by request).

stone ice rojak done

It’s great stuff…

Stone Ice is Stoner’s Heaven. 🙂

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Tequila lollipop with real worm review

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tequila lollipop wrap

I received a Saran wrapped package from the US with a tequila lollipop containing a real worm inside and a note which says “If he’s not in Jail, pass to 6 Seal at 016 8883166”. Thanks for the vote of confidence, Eddie [cooknengr.com]. :p

tequila lollipop single

The tequila flavored lollipop with a real worm comes courtesy of Eddie who came back from the US a while ago before heading back for work again. The lollipop is called HotLix and it’s called “Tequila Flavor with Worm” and lists Malitol syrup, Insect Larva, natural and artificial flavoring as the ingredients.

tequila lollipop worm

This is a closer look at the tequila flavored lollipop containing a genuine tequila worm inside. The tequila worm is listed as “insect larvae” and it’s technically a caterpillar that lives on the leaves on the mescal plant and it’s usually called an “agave worm”. There is no worm in tequila of course, but this marketing perpetuated myth has produced some interesting products. 🙂

tequila lollipop open

The tequila flavored lollypop with worm tastes great – but the syrupy lollypop kept on sticking to my tongue piercing stud. It’s a very sticky lollypop which smoothes out towards the end and the are hints of tequila flavor (agave) shines through after the initial sugary taste. The objective is to suck on it until the tequila worm comes out. The tequila worm (technically insect larvae) tastes great!

tequila lollipop worm lick

Oh, hello!

Mmm…tastes like chicken. 🙂

Scratch that…it actually tastes a little crunchy and has a deep fried texture to it; so I would say it tastes like deep fried chicken skin. 😉

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Nestle Kit Kat Strawberry Limited Edition (Japan)

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kit kat strawberry japan

Nestle came out with a limited edition strawberry flavored Kit Kat in Japan. fish fish [blogspot.com] kindly brought it back for me but I forgot to take it the first time and only managed to get it when I went out for dinner with her a couple of days ago. The Japanese Kit Kat box is very well designed with images of strawberries and a photo of the actual Kit Kat Strawberry bar printed in front.

kit kat strawberry japan box

Nestle Kit Kat Strawberry Limited Edition is packaged in the specially designed cardboard box pioneered by Japan that has evolved into the standard limited edition Kit Kat packaging now. The distinctive packaging is filled with kanji and hiragana characters and has a side perforation which opens up to reveal the individually wrapped twin bars that has become the benchmark for limited edition Kit Kats around the world.

kit kat strawberry japan bars

The Japanese Nestle Kit Kat Strawberry Limited Edition cardboard box contains 2 x 2 wafer bars in a nicely designed wrapper which features a pink color scheme and strawberry outlines in bright aluminum foil interspaced throughout the wrapper. The back of the individually wrapped twin bars is inscribed with “Have a break, have a KitKit” and it’s really nicely designed compared to Malaysian efforts.

kit kat strawberry japan open

Nestle Kit Kat Strawberry Limited Edition (Japan) opens up to reveal the familiar Kit Kat layout with a distinctive strawberry scent wafting out as soon as the foil is perforated. It’s amazing…they got the strawberry fragrance spot on, and I immediately felt like eating it! The bars are nicely pressed too, with speckles of bright red containing bits of strawberry pieces in a pink strawberry flavored coating.

kit kat strawberry japan bite

Nestle Japan Kit Kat Strawberry Limited Edition tastes great! The taste test does not disappoint – it seems that the wafers in the Japanese edition of Kit Kat is much better than the ones we get over here…it has an almost melt-in-the-mouth texture and the middle of the wafers is coated with strawberry paste too, making this one extremely strawberry-licious Kit Kat! 🙂

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