Free Big Mac

Can you say the "Big Mac chant" in four seconds? If you can, then get ready to win a free Big Mac!

McDonalds is running a "Big Mac Chant Challenge" promotion- with every McValue meal, you get an "entry coupon". You pass the entry coupon to the person behind the counter, and if you can say the Big Mac chant under four seconds, you win a free Big Mac.

Here's the chant:

Two all-beef patties,
special sauce, lettuce,
cheese, pickles, onions
on a sesame seed bun.

Would you do the Big Mac Chant? I think it's a little silly to do the chant, but it is free food, after all.. sort of.

Read more at the official site here.

Bootfighter Windom XP SP-2

Yesterday, I was visiting Fariz's blog, and read his review of "Bootfighter Windom XP SP-2".


After reading, I just knew I had to get that game- it's a "OS x Gundam" 3rd-person versus game, and comes with my high recommendations. A must-play for mecha fans. Thanks for introducing us Fariz! xD

Read Fariz's review here. How to get the game is also at his blog, so go visit him.

BTW- should I be calling you Fariz? Asuka? or Fariz Asuka instead? ^^;

Obese Monkeys

When people go to the zoo and start feeding the animals, this is what happens. It's probably why they have the "DO NOT FEED" sign up. ^^;

Source: Alafista.

Seeing that reminds me of a novel I read a long time ago, titled, "The Life of Pi" (a very interesting read).

At one part in the novel, Pi was talking about the zoo he worked in his father owned that has some relation to him but I can't remember what. He says that he hears lots of people saying that the animals must be sad being confined, but proceeds to bring out an interesting point.

Quoting from memory...

Here, the animals have food brought to them everyday, and they're safe from harm. They don't have to hunt for their food and do not need to worry about their survival. It's like staying in a hotel free-of-charge instead of being out in the streets.

That's probably very far off from his words, but you get the point.

Comrade Links

Wasn't sure if my comrades list (at the sidebar) was noticeable enough, so I've added another link list. ^^;

Clicking on the "Links" banner(thumbnail?) will lead to a list of links with "details" of each blog.

Currently, there are no proper details yet (lol), except for an image. The images are based on something I have seen on your blog (egs. a header, profile picture), and if you've any problem with the image I posted for your blog, or are simply not satisfied, let me know, and I'll make appropriate changes.

Back to the point- I'd like it if you, my comrades, could send me a short description of your blog, so I can add it to the "details" bit of your link. You can either post in under a comment here, or mail me at jarylchong[at]yahoo[dot]com. If you're going to mail me, please include your name so I know who you are. ^^;

Also, I'd like to ask- what else should I put under the "details"? Any suggestions?

BTW- tag (label) thumbnails coming soon. An idea I shamelessly ripped off of Danny Choo and Gordon ^^;

Piracy 2

Some of you *might* remember the Starship Galactica playground I posted about? (post here)

Here's something I didn't catch sight of that time.


So original of them, don't you think?

Vietnam Kitchen

I often hear that the thing people miss about Malaysia is the local food.

But of course, there is also foreign cuisine available, and this Vietnam Kitchen is one of them.


Quite obviously, they serve Vietnamese food. One thing about all the Vietnam Kitchen restaurants over here.. they tend to be rather dim lit (and orange-reddish lights). Is it some Vietnamese thing? or is it just Vietnam Kitchen?


Similar to Chinese restaurants, they have some snacks on the table ready before the main dishes come. Most of the time, these snacks are peanuts.


A while later, and the first dish arrives- Vietnamese Spring Rolls. Didn't get a chance to try this, since it was quickly consumed by relatives ^^;


Then there was this Popiah-like dish. Am not too sure, but I think this is called the Summer Roll..


To eat it, you just take this piece of rice paper, apply some water, then put in the fillings (pictured below) of your choice. Then, you wrap it up, and eat. (lol)


More dishes- Lotus root. Didn't try this either.


Chicken with sesame seeds. This is quite good.


Meat cakes. Not too sure what meat, since I didn't get to try this as well. orz


(Clockwise from top) Fried fish, tofu, and eggs and pork in coconut juice. The fish was nice, and the tofu was good (though the taste was a little too strong for me).


Besides rice and dishes, there is the option of À la carte meals. Like this bowl of beef noodles.


They had some rather unique drinks available- like this "Six Treasures".


Or, "Basil Passion" which, incidentally, tastes like a cocktail I made some time ago.. Note that my cocktail was composed from random ingredients and a Mentos mint


If you've no mood to try new drinks, there is always the norm- Coca-Cola. Yeah, call me an idiot for ordering that.


Total cost of the meal: RM 270+ (for 12 people)

The prices for each dish (as I noticed) were about.. RM20-30 each? The food isn't too bad, but is just a liiittle pricey.

BTW- to say, "Let's go and eat" in Malay, you say, "Mari kita pergi makan"

Literally:
Mari = come
kita = we/us
pergi = go
makan = eat

No Oral Me

Some of you may remember Gordon's post about the toothpaste brand, "Oral Me" (read about it here). I had tried looking for the brand that week, but failed to find it. I continued to search for it the next week, and thought I took some pictures of other brands, but still failed to find "Oral Me". orz

So, until recently, I'll truthfully say I forgot about it ^^; Sorry Gordon.

But anyway, so far, I have failed to find Oral Me.. (lol) As a consolation prize, here are some other brands that contain, "Oral" ^^;



BTW- Colgate over here has "Pokemon" toothpaste. Used to keep bugging my mom to buy it, even though the only difference was the packaging (and toothpaste color I think).


Will continue my hunt for Oral Me.. Have not tried asking the cashier for it though.. am too scared to do that. xD Will get around to that one day..