Night at the Sahara

Wow, I was so busy I actually had no time to write about what I did these past few weeks. Anyway, here what’s happened 2 weekends ago. We celebrated the birthday of a friend that is called "the uncle", "the german", & sometimes "the gunner", but I call him a good friend. He is mature-minded (hence "the uncle"), he speaks in a tongue sometimes we do not understand (so, he is "the German") and he is a crazily loyal Arsenal fan (that's why "the Gunner"). But whatever he is, he is a good friend to me and to many of us, so the good people that are friends with him decided to celebrate his Big Day to mark his progress in age and to certify him as an official uncle. But the problem was, we did not know what to do or where to go until the very last minute (haha, sorry uncle) but thanks to Prasad, he suggested to dine in a place more foreign and exotic, to a place far from the normal dining fare of steaks, Italian or Chinese. We went to the Sahara. Yes, being the billionaires that we are, we chartered a flight to the Sahara just for the night and splashed the cash for champagne fantasies and caviar dreams.

Actually, it's just next to Jalan Bukit Bintang. Yup. But anyway, the place was called the "Sahara Tent" and the food was unique (Arabian food), the atmosphere was cheery (Prasad, Sue, Val, Lorraine , Siew Ling and me joined in) and the drinks were truly "refreshing". When I say refreshing I really mean 'jolts from the thunders of Thor' refreshing because I had the Arabian Coffee and the Tea, and good God, the taste of the coffee and tea was so full of flavor, it was as though they were liquid kicks in the teeth from the hind-legs of an Arabian horse. In other words, they were hot liquid lavas of flavor. Good delicious God. But in my opinion, I would not indulge on it on a weekly basis, thank you very much.

Anyway, after the food, coffee and tea (and Prasad had the shisha) there was a little surprise for our birthday boy. No, it was not a belly dancin’ Shakira (very sadly), but it was a repertoire of cakes for all of us to choose and indulge!!! 7 slices of different cakes with 7 candles for 7 different people. Nice icing for a happy night out. But to make it a surprise, that was a bit difficult. Val, Prasad and I had to distract Uncle while the cakes were being taken out from the fridge, put into a tray and serve to him while he is facing away from us, otherwise there’s no surprise. Luckily, things worked out and a feast of cake-swapping in hi-speed mode ensued and the cakes were gone (mostly thanks to Val with her sugar sweet appetite).

After the dinner, we wanted to sing 'K' but most places were full or had a waiting list, so we skipped the idea and went to a mamak stall instead with Uncle, Val, and Prasad in SS15 Subang. Watched Man Utd beat Birmingham and chit-chatted until 3am and adjourned for dreamland after that.

Hulk 2 Smash!!!

Remember the ‘Hulk’ movie way back in 2003 by Ang Lee? I disliked it because it was way too drama and not enough action in it. I mean, it’s the Hulk rite: he should do more smashing and less of trash talking. Well, it seems that the good folks at Hollywood sensed this need for more smashing, and ‘Hulk 2’ is well on its way. Just over the weekend in Harlem USA, an epic action scene from the movie was being filmed and the scene has stuff exploding, cars flying and people running. Apparently the scene involves either the ‘Hulk’ or ‘Abomination’, or both, laying waste to everything in sight, and for me it’s a glorious sight indeed. Admire the carnage below:

Explosion scene:



Chaos in the streets:



Filming of people running:

Coke and Me...

Whoaaa!!! You know, I always liked Coke (and I mean the soda. The other one’s another story). I always had a fondness for Coke since a kid so, as a tribute to my childhood love, here’s a compilation of stuff that you can do with coke. And here’s one of my favorite. Take a bottle of coke (the plastic ones would be best) and add some dry ice into it. Wait a minute or so and then let your inner demons take over:


Dry Ice - Awesome video clips here

Here’s another one I tried as a kid, but somehow it didn’t really work for me. Maybe I’m doing it wrong? Well, apparently you can start a fire with a Coke can. Can this be true? I tried it and didn’t work but maybe you can do better. Check it out and try it (but always use caution!!!) FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!!


How To Create Fire From A Soda Can! - The funniest videos clips are here

And this is how you cheat coke machines. Well, the video shows American machines but I used to cheat Coke machines using almost the same principles (insert coins, choose drink, insert your hand into the hole where cans are dispensed, grab whole of can before it reaches hole, machine thinks can is jammed, machine refunds coins, withdraw hand with grabbed coke can, take refunded coins and enjoy free coke). Too bad those machine are gone, ‘cause I think they know about this. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. Anyway, here’s how the American’s do it…


Tricking Coke Machines: The 2 For 1 - Click here for more blooper videos

Now this below I didn’t not do. I mean I tried the mixing diet coke with mentos thingy (and it works). But I did not try shooting it like a sniper from Counter-Strike. Anyway, this guy did just that and I just love the sound of that boooooooooom……



BOOM! - The best bloopers are here

Speaking of mixing of diet coke with mentos, I tried it a long time ago and it really sizzles and pops. All I can say is that diet coke and mentos is the rocket fuel for our future. Who needs oil???


Mentos & Diet Coke ROCKET MISSILE - The most popular videos are here

Coke with mentos. Don’t be a fool like him:


Coke And Mentos In The Face !!! - More bloopers are a click away

And finally, a little trick that gets rid of the exploding gas whenever you have either dropped it or shaken it. It could save your life from the gas exploding in your face and prevents melting your eyeballs. But anyway, it will work if you tap it correctly enough. Give it a try:


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The Attack of the Vader

I was surfing the net the other night and I bumped into this video which I think was freaking hilarious!!! It's about Darth Vader from the Star Wars movies walking around and stalking the bewildered people of America. I mean, I love Star Wars and seeing Darth Vader walking around town and asking people to join the Empire just makes me burst out laughing silly. Makes me wanna join the Empire immediately!!! OH DARTH VADER, COMMAND ME LORD!!!! Darth Vader wants you too:

The Employees Strike Back

Is your boss giving you too much preassure? Is your office wearing you down? Are your colleagues giving you a hard time? All things bad are happening to you, and all you need is a nice cold beer to calm things down. You want it now, but are still in the office. What do you do, what do you do??? But in fact, you can have beer in the office!!! How, you ask? Read on, dear reader, for your thirst quenching answer...

What beer? There's no beer...

I still don't see no beer...

Oh this is gooood....very very good....

Food, Glorious Food...

Weekend of 15th & 16th Sept.

Last weekend didn’t really do much, except to eat, eat & eat. ‘Cause there were so MANY food promos out there, which most people didn’t even realize it existed. For example, did you know that all restaurants in Nikko Hotel are offering 50% off if you charge your bill to ‘Citibank’ credit card? Heck, that’s a pretty good deal if you ask me. There’s a Jap restaurant in Nikko Hotel called ‘Benkay Japanese Restaurant’ which I tried a few weeks ago. The food is not that great (standard stuff if you ask me), but if it’s 50% off, I mean, that makes it great dammit!!!

But if that was great, then wait ‘till you hear this. Just opened at Damansara Uptown was a second branch from ‘Izzi Resaurant’ and for its opening promotion, it offered 75% off total bill when you use ‘HSBC’ credit cards. Needless to say, I took a bunch of friends over there and raided the place like we were cops on a ecstasy drug bust. Downside was, we had to queue for almost an hour to get in there, but it was freakin’ worth it. The food was Italian fare, i.e. spaghettis & pizzas, but the choice was quite numerous and the drinks were bottomless. In the end, total bill stood at RM 160 (4 pax) before discount and after discount it was just RM 42. So each of us only paid RM 10 for a whole stash of food (check out the bill for the food we ordered). Hallelujah and God bless promos:

Yup. Saved on the wallet, but added on the weight. Oh well. ‘Izzi’ was on Sunday using ‘HSBC’. Saturday, it was ‘Citibank’s turn at ‘Planet Hollywood’. Yes, more promos, this time it was 50% off on selected dishes. I had the Chicken Fajitas which was good, but my friend had the Fish & Chips which I stole a few bites and I think it was fantastic. Definitely recommended!!! Total bill was RM 80 (3 pax) from an original RM 150. Delightful. And during the meal, we met an English bloke on vacation in KL, and he was a Spurs fan. It was Arsenal vs. Tottenham on telly, and Arsenal trashed Tottenham 3-1 from a goal down. Needless to say, that bloke went mentally pissed off. Damn I love English fans.

And the foodie promo extravaganza didn’t stop there. ‘Sushi King’ had a promo recently with their Privilege Cards, offering RM 2 on all dishes from the Kaiten belt. I went on a weekday, and yes, the main target was definitely the salmon/smoked salmon, and I had 8 plates on my own, not counting other dishes. After that day, fishes would be scared shitless of me. Dead salmons in supermarkets will slither back to life and crawl away from me. Bbbwwahhaahhaah. And I like it…Spent RM 35 bucks there, but it was all worth it…God bless promos.

'Heroes': Season 2

I love ‘Heroes’ to bits, I mean I watched it religiously on Astro every week and then I downloaded the same episodes from the net. And watched it daily. Yes, besides Jack Bauer from ‘24’, Hiro rocks my balls for some reason (not in a gay way, mind you). Probably he reminds me a little of myself: I know I can do great things, but I’m just scared of it. Sigh. Anyway, ‘Heroes’ Season 2 is about to premiere in America and I caught a clip of the advert. Here it is (Claire still looks great, in fact, hell everyone looks great. God I miss this series):



Can't waitttttt.....

Some Juicy Indiana Jones News..

News just broke regarding a little of what Indy 4 has in store from:

http://www.edmondsun.com/local/local_story_260175820.html

The highlight of it is that:


"Apparently, the Soviet Army was searching for a crucifix skull in the jungles of South America and Indiana Jones was searching, as well.

The Russian Army tries blackmailing Indiana Jones to help them find the crystal skull by threatening to kill Karen, his old flame from the Lost Ark.

Actress Karen Allen of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” fame returns to play Jones’ love interest Marion Ravenwood. Cate Blanchett was cast as the Russian interrogator.

The Soviet Army took Indiana Jones hostage and managed to find the skull. Afterward, other Russian soldiers rejoice in the jungle by wildly dancing and singing to Russian balalaika folk music beside a roaring campfire.

On a particular scene, the film crew were filming inside a tent and in it was Harrison Ford strapped in a chair being interrogated. They were holding this big crystal-looking thing in the tent and a crytal or crucifix skull was being mentioned.

In the movie, Indiana actor Shia LaBeouf plays Indiana Jones’ son. Jones learns of this and falls in love with Ravenwood again."


Whooaaaaaa, sounds plain-o lame-o. God, I hope this movie turns out right. I really, really do...

Indiana Jones & The Official Movie Title

The news is EVERYWHERE, so i might as well hop onto the Indy wagon. It's oficial, it's verified and it's the truth: Indiana Jones' IV title will be:

Yup. Honestly, it sounds abit corny but...'Transformers' sounds lame too but it rocked. Hard. So, we got the tile, but have we any clue to what the heck is the latest Indy advanture is all about? Well according to stuff being published on reputable websites, it's basically:

"The crystal skulls turn out to be alien skulls, underneath a Mayan or Aztec pyramid that takes off and thus reveals itself to be a mothership of sorts."

Again, sounds corny. But with Steven Spielberg directing and George Lucas producing, we may still have a gem of a crytal on our hands...

And the guys and girls in the movie are Harrison Ford (of course), Shia Lebeouf, Cate Blanchett, Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone, John Hurt & Karen Allen. Sounds like a solid cast, hope the movie is just as solid.

Of Bali and Rambo

I'm back from Bali, and it was a major blast (and i mean it the fun way, not a bomb blast darn it). I was there from 28th Aug to the 1st Sept (5 super days!!) and i'll tell about it later in my upcoming blog post, 'cause now i'm waaaaay too submerged in playing catch-up with work. Anyway, here's a peak into what i've seen in Bali, taken from my Cam, and man, that place was beautiful. It's a Paradise blessed with welcoming people, and touched by God's inspired hand:


But enough of that mushy niceness!!! While I was away relaxing, Johnny Rambo seemed to be quite busy and he even put up a trailer for his upcoming movie. Here’s the scoop just to share it with you guys. So let there be bullets, carnage, body amputations and fountains of blood!!! Go Johnny go!!!



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