Leading the wild into the ways of the man…
This Islamic summit is going on from the 11th to the 18th of October. It can lead to interesting conversations, such as this:
Boss: Why you late?
Me: OIC…
Boss: OIC.
Okay, so that conversation didn’t happen, I woke up nice and early
and got into the office 30 minutes before official work hours coz I
thought there would be road blocks and traffic jams so I used the
LRT/bus.
I’ve been wanting to use that snippet of conversation the past week…what a lame sense of humor I have. 😉
Kimarie @ Sungai Wang
Meet my hairstylist – MC (initials of her name) of Kimarie Hair Academy at Sungei Wang (she has Tuesdays off).
I finally got a haircut yesterday after putting it off for weeks. I
went to Sungei Wang and looked around and found that RM 25 seems to be
the base price for haircuts around there. I went into Kimarie and asked
how much it costs and was told it’s RM 25 by a hairstylist and RM 48 by
a professional. I said I’ll go for the hair stylist, seeing as to how
my bank balance is dismally low and how I have to pay excess bandwidth
fees every month, and I was not disappointed. 😉
Getting my hair cut.
This is a closeup of MC. It’s taken from the mirror reflection
(obviously – haircuts limits your mobility) so the quality isn’t
optimal.
What my non selekeh hair looks like now.
There was a My FM event called Infusion going on at Sungai Wang at 3
pm this afternoon. I don’t listen to radio (or watch TV) but my
housemates were going so I went along since I was going to get a
haircut anyway. I don’t know any of the DJs here so I was just there to
take photos and I stayed about 5 odd minutes before leaving. Here’s the
photos:
Fun Pin and Vivien Tok.
Another photo of them.
Here’s the last one. I heard from my housemates that another guy
called HS Lee was there too, but I had already gone home then. I think
the event was for Fun Pin who released an album and book or something.
Rasa Ayamas @ Pusat Bandar Damansara photo
I’ve never eaten at one of the Rasa Ayamas outlets before. The only
previous contact I’ve had with the Ayamas brand is their cold storage
mini drumsticks and of course, the chilli sauce. There is no Rasa
Ayamas outlets in Sibu or Sarawak to the best of my knowledge.
We had Rasa Ayamas Saver Meal B – which came with two thighs of your
choice, a plate of stir fried vegies, spring rolls, rice, soup, dessert
and drinks for two.
This is a picture of the meat area.
The place seems to be popular during lunch time.
The workers were suitably, er…industrious and the turn around for
food is the same as you’ll expect in a fast food outlet. The spring
rolls came out later though, probably a 5 minute wait.
Here’s a photo of the Rasa Ayamas interior.
This is “Saver Meal B” for RM 17.90 (minus spring rolls).
We had Golden Roaster and Pepper Roaster for the chicken. My
apologies for the out of focus picture, I didn’t realize I did not have
macro mode on until I got home.
This is the chicken rice and the soup (which has bits of fish (meat?) balls in it).
The vegetables were stirfried with a suitably low heat – resulting
in a nicely fresh taste being imparted to the dish. Er…what I mean to
say is, they didn’t “murder the vegies” as a common saying goes back
home.
Here’s the mini spring rolls…it was okay, nothing to write home about.
Dessert – nata de coco and lychees served chilled.
Rasa Ayamas has chicken that tastes surprisingly good and the price
is cheap for a meal for 2 in KL, considering what they’re offering.
It’s also salty and full of MSG and hey, that’s good enough for me. 🙂
Never be late again! Pictured above is KL’s finest taxi driver, the best of the best – he’ll get you where you want, when
you want. This is the second time he’s actually saved me from being
late…I knew it was him from the way he was still accelerating while
pulling up to me and from the tyres screeching to a halt just in front
of me. You want fast? You’ve got fast.
I need to wake up at 6:30 am in order to take the LRT/bus combo
(plus a 25 minute walk), so anytime after that requires me to enlist
the services of a taxi to arrive on time. I woke up at nearly 8 am
today (curses) and the taxi arrived at 8:07 am and got to Jalan Sultan
Ismail at 8:21 am. I shit you not, it’s a time lap that’s worth of
entry into the Guinness Book of World Records. Well, maybe not that,
the Malaysian Book of Records then.
He sure needs to be commended anyway. The way he weaves through the
tightest spots and liberally applies his horn and glares at cars who
even dares to inch a little bit closer to the lane that he wants to
change into. The way he bores down on errant pedestrians who did not
know better and got into his way, even going so far as to make one girl
go “Arrggghhh” and jump out of the way. The way he ignores the traffic
police directing traffic and rushes through anyway.
I got to the office and punched in. 8:26 am. I didn’t think it was possible. Thanks, crazy taxi!
I saw these Tim Tam (one of my favorite things to eat when I have
the munchies in Melbourne) biscuits on the shelves of a Giant
supermarket and was very puzzled at the visible difference in
packaging. The wrapper is different and the size of the pack is
different from the ones I’m used to seeing.
Upon closer inspection, I found out that these ones are made in
Indonesia instead of Australia. It was going for RM 2.69 at Giant (the
supermarket). I don’t know how much imported Tim Tams are, I’ve never
bought them myself here but in Coles it was A$ 2.55 (or A$ 1.98 on
sale).
Product of Indonesia
Developed especially for South East Asia market.
Not for sale in Australia or New Zealand.
I don’t think it would taste the same though, so I didn’t get any.
The outsourced ones always seem to taste mediocre from experience.
That’s not to say Indonesia doesn’t come out with good, quality stuff
though. The legendary “X scores” were from Jakarta. Not that I would
know anything about that first hand of course.
The exterior of the clinic.
I did not go to work today on the account of food poisoning.
Diarrhea, throwing up, the works – so I went to the nearest reasonably
priced doctor (no more RM 150 bills) at Pusat Bandar Damansara. This
was also a polyclinic but judging by the interesting way they run
things here, I figured it wouldn’t be that expensive. Oh, that and the
previous guy before me just paid RM 20.
Anyway, there was no waiting room to speak of – the doctor’s
consultation room was in the same room was the waiting room, and just
partially cordoned off. You could listen to the interesting afflictions
of other patients if you’re so inclined. Definitely not a place to say
“Eh doctor, yesterday I have a go at this char bo hor, and today ah,
very painful when I piss lar…”. The acoustics of the room does not
allow this kind of indiscretion to go unheard.
Lopex 2 mg
“Not more than 3 times a day…later your stools get very hard and you get constipation”
Anti-emetic
One when required.
There was a large toy basket and a child running around with heaps
of toys strewn around the room too. Very interesting, to say the least.
Anyway, it was my turn soon and I told the doctor about my symptoms and
he pulled out his stethoscope for some reason and listened to my heart
for a good 3 minutes and ushered me out of the partially cordoned off
area. That was fast.
RM 25 instead of RM 150 this time.
Anyway, the doctor passed the nurse (whom I think is his wife and
the little girl running around his daughter) the MC (medical cert) with
everything written on it except my name and my company’s name. The
nurse gave me the two pack of pills and filled my name and company into
the sick leave certificate and charged me RM 25 and ushered me out.
Not very professionally done – looks mass photocopied and the doctor wrote on half of it while the nurse wrote the other half.
The domain of veritas – castitas.com is now ready for public viewing
after nearly a month since it’s inception. It is with great pride that
I announce sixthseal.com’s sister site – the award winning weblog about
drugs in Malaysia where it was voted “Blogger most likely to get raided
by the police”, “Blogger most likely to get roughed up by gangsters”
and “Best Malaysian blogger in the Drugs category” (no one else was in
contention) AT THE SAME TIME. Not to mention snagging the “You is
stupid to try this in Malaysia” and the “I give you 3 months before the
site gets shut down” special awards – I proudly present to you castitas.com – Better living through chemistry…for every problem, a chemical solution. [castitas.com]
Okay, so I made the awards up, just wanted to generate interest in the site…
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you’re offended by recreational drug use and the use of pharmaceuticals
off the prescription label, you would not enjoy what castitas.com has
to offer. If you hate drugs, you’re going to hate castitas.com. Please
exercise discretion and avoid clicking on the link if you fit the
criteria above. castitas.com is not meant for minors.
Disclaimer: I am not veritas (the author at castitas.com). The site DOES NOT
condone or “promote” drug use. It is merely a personal journal by
veritas to document his experiences with drugs. Please remember that
drug use is associated with very severe penalties in Malaysia.
sixthseal.com strongly discourages any activities which breaks the laws
in your country.
Movado female models lineup.
I went to Lot 10 exactly one week ago and caught the Movado fashion
parade in the afternoon. Here are the photos from the show last Sunday
(28/09/2003), I haven’t had time to post them up before today.
The models walking out with dry ice hissing. The show begins…
The first dry run.
A female and male modelling the watch.
Two of the models – apparently the general consensus of the group
(minus me) found that these two were the most aesthetically pleasing in
the lineup.
My vote went to this girl.
Here’s a photo of the only two male models in the lineup.
Here’s another shot of the two female models. It looks similar to the
one above, but it’s not. The pose is the same, but the attire is
different. Look closer, I was amazed by the commendable full posture
recall and reconstruction they had. Very versatile. 😉
And here’s another one of the guys.
The finale of the show – the final model lineup.
Chili’s @ bsc
This is the Chili’s (the Tex-Mex chain) at Bangsar Shopping Center.
This post is exactly one week late, went there last Sunday to celebrate
my first paycheck and was rather busy until now, though the Project
Manager did say to give me a break this week. 😉 We went there at had
to wait a while before a table was available. It was quite full even at
early dinner time.
Parking Chili’s Customers Only – Other cars will be crushed and melted. Sign at the waiting area.
Anyway, we were seated within 15 minutes and ordered.
Triple Play. A combo of our three favorite starters. Generous
portions of our Chicken Crispers(r), Wings Over Buffalo(r) and
Southwestern Eggrolls with sauces for dipping.
Presidente Margarita. Chili’s distinctive hand-shaken Margarita made
w/Sauza(r) Conmemorativo Tequila, Cointreau(r) & Presidente(r)
Brandy.
What is a visit to Chili’s without their flagship drink? 😉 I also had some cocktail which name eludes me right now.
Big Mouth Burgers – Old Timer. This one put us on the map … Our
original … mustard, shredded lettuce, tomato, pickle & onion. I
had it with chili and extra cheese.
This is some fajita which I can’t remember.
This is some soup of the day – forgot what.
This is something from the grill which eludes me.
This is some steak but the exact name escapes me.
There you have it. Margaritas and drinks on an empty stomach could
interact with other medications you may be taking which will result in
a poor ability to retain and recall certain events that transpired
during the night. I know I met Prem, one of the Project Managers at XM
at the bar area when I went to the toilet though.
