On the Prowl

Yes, I'm on the prowl looking for new targets. Targets like the below. Slurps!!


Actually, I've always been doing that, so that's not something new. Lol.

I'm looking into the future now for property investment. Surprisingly, the first thing I wish to get my hands on is not a car but a house. I ran some figures over and I think I do have what it takes to buy a house providing that I eat bread for the rest of my life.

I'm kidding. I can always rent the house out to others to ease my financial commitment but the deal ain't gonna be as smooth as those twinks out there.

What do you guys think? A guy whose not even 25 thinking to purchase a house. Is it a good idea or a bad idea?

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Tomorrow, I'll be prowling to Malacca for their delicacies such as satay celup, nyonya dishes, chicken rice ball and of course durian. Yummy!!

I wonder if there are 'extra' delicacies for me at night. Lol. I did some check on the Internet and found that the fab life in Malacca is as bad as Ipoh, which means, lots of uncles and no cuties. However, I also read that weekends tend to attract the Singapore crowd and the last I checked, Singapore does have a fair amount of fabulous people. Lol.

I'll let you know if I have anything yummy.


Doubt such quality would appear, but let's cross our fingers, shall we?

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I've been pampering myself a lot lately. Got myself a new affordable wallet from DKNY, bought a nice sweater, ate a nice meal at Chili's, have a few shag here and there, and etc. Basically, I'm upgrading my life little by little.

And let me reveal something very unsexy about myself. I didn't care for underpants and socks. I wore cheap underpants and socks from god knows where (pasar malam most likely, *shrugs*) ever since I was young till recently that I started to shop for something more.. presentable. Lol.

I think I fell in love with mini trunks underpants. Like the one this guy is wearing below.


Please tell me some of you are like me previously, someone who didn't care about how his underpants look to others? Lol.

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I feel like my social life is a bit limited due to the fact that I don't enjoy sports. True enough I'm considered healthy due to my gym sessions, but gym routine are somewhat a loner activity. It's not the same as playing rugby (ahh, guys piling on each other, lol!), futsal, badminton, tennis and others where you get to socialize with others.


Hmm.. seriously considering rugby if all of em are to look like this one here.
I'm thinking of starting to play sports. But what could be the right one for me? Do take note that I stay in Setapak and I don't drive.

Any recommendations, peeps?

I can't swim by the way. :(

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Well, that's the wrap as I'm going to Malacca the first thing in the morning tomorrow. Do surprise me with your comments if you can as I'll be anxious to read it once I get back. ;)

Cheers
Robb

Snippets

I kinda like the the style where I blog about few things that happened in my life separated by dashes. I think I'll keep that up.

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I think you guys are right. I should appreciate the fact that my dad accepted me for who I am. After all, he still talks to me and we still hang out together laughing and stuff like that.

But beneath all that, I know that he's uncomfortable of my sexuality, but in due time I think he'll get over it. My act of wanting to bring Zach along was due to the fact I wanted things to happen faster while I guess the discomfort zone my dad is having just couldn't take the sight of his son with another guy yet.

So all in all, I think my act was for good intention but just merely at the wrong time. My dad was merely expressing his discomfort which is the rightful thing to do.

Thus, I made up my mind, I'll be going back to Ipoh next weekend for a get together with my family since my sisters are on holiday as well. My parents will be delighted to have all their 3 children back at the same time. It's truly wrong of me for not giving them this happiness if I don't go back just because I had ill feelings due to dad's inability to accept Zach yet.

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RPM classes rock big time! I just lost another 2kg! Let's hope I keep this up and I get my ideal body soon!

By then, I'll just look into the mirror and wank. Lol. Yes, I'm narcissistic.

On a side note, Fitness First at Menara MBF kinda sucks for the lack of variety of gays. I've seen sissies most of the time and a few non sissy ones. But sadly, there were hardly any gays with a good face. For me, I think facial features comes first, then body, then the personality.

Yes, I'm shallow.

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I'm deprived of durians. Last Friday we canceled our trip to Shanghai 10 as we accidentally slipped our mind that our new colleague has restriction to consuming food in non-halal places (Shanghai 10 sells pork dishes). That kinda made me upset a little but I went ahead and asked for a takeaway of durian pancake but it was just alright.

Then yesterday I decided I should just eat the real durian instead of all these substitutes of the real thing after my gym session. Much to my horror, it was raining when I was done with RPM and weights. With durian in my mind, I endured the raindrops and headed for a bus to go home.

Guess what?

The durian stall was not open because it was raining! FML

But, Miao informed me that there's this damn jeng durian buffet in Melaka and said we could head over there during our trip to Melaka. However it's RM35 per adult which is quite steep.

But hey, look at the varieties of durian served in their orchard! They even have Cibei No 7! Yes, they serve Cibei! Lol.

But I'm not sure if my dream will come true as half the Nuffies are against this. :(

*Crosses my finger that this will materialize*

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A friend of mine has been rotting in Ipoh for 2 months and asked if I could go back Ipoh and accompany him as he's dead bored. I understand that it's always mundane to be in Ipoh but wondered why would he be in Ipoh for such a long time. He told me that he'll be in Ipoh for quite awhile and uncertain when he would be leaving.

At first I thought he lost his job or committed a crime in Singapore (he was working there the last I heard) so he's hiding in Ipoh or something. But it turned out to be something bigger.

His dad was diagnosed with liver cancer at terminal stage thus he's spending all the time with his family nowadays.

I felt sorry to hear the news. As I'm not good with consoling words, I told him that I'd be coming back the next weekend so I'll be able to talk to him in person.

This literally reinforced what I believe in life all the time.

Life is short, You should enjoy every single moment of it with everyone you care if you can. That's the sole reason why I live my life to the fullest every single day. However, I think have not been spending enough time with my family.

From now on, I'll start to think more of dad, mum and my sisters and try my best to get back regularly, yea? :)

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I think I grew a little these few weeks (Not my dick size, I think it's fixed unless I go for penile enlargement which I don't think I need to) and I think the credit goes to you, my dear readers for giving such wonderful opinions on my life's happenings. Many many thanks. :D

P.S. I have a plagiarizing-Mahathir syndrome now. I use snippets as titles for entries like these from now on, okay? Lol.

Cheers
Robb

My LURVE Affair with Durian

If you don't know that I'm an avid fan of durian, you must have just started reading my blog.

Durian has always been the taste that I crave since I can remember anything in my life. In fact, the first memory of my life is eating durian with my family members at a Petronas gas station! That's how prominent durian is in my life.

Back in Ipoh, my dad and relatives have always been experts in buying durian. Without throwing out any penny or effort, I got to eat the most delicious durian for all I want. However, that changed once I left home to pursue my education and of course, now when I'm living in KL to work.

I found out that durian cost a bomb to eat. Being stingy and not exactly a very good durian buyer, I kinda stayed away from purchasing any (Zach's loathing towards the smell is another factor too). Thus the early days of my student life outside of home has always been dedicated to my longing for durian, which was apparent in my hairstyle.


Nevertheless, I did find good replacement for durian in other forms in KL. Such as... Durian Pancake!


Despite being equally expensive (or even more) I do think this shit is wonderful! It's the closest thing ever from the real durian. My favorite is no doubt the ones available at Shanghai 10 Avenue K. Yummy!

Other than that, there are other durian flavored food that I do like. They range from durian egg tart (John King), durian donuts (JCO and Big Apple), durian cheesecake (Secret Recipe) and etc.


However, I do look forward for the day I get to join KY and Mell for a trip to Durian SS2. I had to FFK them last Sunday due to unforeseen circumstances. As this weekend I'm heading to Malacca, let's just hope that the schedule is clear for the next weekend for Mell and KY.

Now you must be wondering why am I so motivated to profess my lurve for durians? It's because I'm taking part in the Lurve Affair contest by Lurve.


It's a snack unlike no other because it's a multigrain chip snack! That means it's a much healthier snack unlike the rest which are bound to make you fat. Ho ho ho. Now I can snack and at the same time don't have to worry about gaining fat. On top of that, I even have a shot to win a MacBook Pro from this! Woohoo!!

My favorite flavor is no doubt Spicy at this moment, but I'm crossing my finger they'll come up with a Durian flavor, please!!

Do you have an LURVE Affair or an obsession you'd like to share? Share it with LURVE and you might just get yourself a MacBook Pro or even a chance to be on national TV! Check out here for more information.

LURVEs Durian
Robb

Thank You, Eccentricity, Malacca & Stuff

Thanks everyone for sharing your views. I really appreciate it. As much as I'm a good analyst for situations and scenarios of communication, I tend to fail to analyze my own at times due to involvement of emotions. Should this scenario happen on another person and he sought my opinions, I'd have known what's the appropriate thing to do.

The appropriate thing to do is no doubt take it slow and try selling Zach's good side bit by bit to my parents whenever I do spend time with them. That I believe in good time will tame the wild heart of my dad but when would be a mystery for me to uncover in the future. True enough, I cannot force things to happen quick despite the fact it's for 'the greater good'. That would have sounded like Hitler.

Thank you everyone once again for everything. :)

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I noticed that most of my dearest readers tend to comment more when I write about serious issues rather than my camwhore self. I'm starting to think that at times, pictures don't do all the talking after all. But at any rate, the absence of pictures of random cute guys in the blog has been awhile. Do you guys want 'em? Drop a comment to let me know.

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I'm an eccentric person. You know that when you find a picture of me shitting which was taken by my own self. I've also dressed up as an angel and walk around shopping complex alone, shouting at public places (definitely eccentric).

However, I find my rule for eccentricity defeated by HamletsHero. Check out what he did - imitating Lady Gaga.



He wasn't exactly cross dressing but the wig totally nailed it. He's one daring dude to imitate Lady Gaga. After winning a HP Notebook from Tiger Standout party for invading One Utama as Spartan warriors, now this? This is really really out of my league. I think I should be his disciple or something.

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I'm going Malacca next weekend for a road trip with the Nuffies. The main idea of the trip is just eat and eat and eat. Fuck I'm going to be fat. But I'm still interested to check out if there's any queer life in Malacca. Anyone has any idea? Share please.

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RPM classes in gym rocks. I've just joined for a week (5 times a week RPM) and I've lost 2kg. I hope this continues so my dream body will come true. On the other hand, since I'm spending more time to lose weight by cycling some of my muscles are not that buffed anymore. Fuck, I need more time in gym but I've limited time to spend there. :(

Does RPM classes work for you guys to lose weight?

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This post ought to be weird since I've started to blog about different things in my life in section. Nevertheless, I like expressing it this way because I get to talk about various things in 1 post.

Cheers
Robb

Discriminated

In case you didn't know, I'm openly gay.

And by that, it doesn't mean that I go around kissing guys and molesting them in public. No, that's not openly gay, but perverted (though I admit I might do that if it's the last day of my life).

What I meant was, everyone that is acquainted with me knows of my sexuality. Be it my friends, housemates, colleagues, clients whom I've worked closely with and my nucleus family. Meaning - dad, mum, sisters, dogs, mosquitoes inside my parents' house and the lizards on the wall.

The process of letting my parents know I'm gay went better than what I've expected. My mum seemed to be able to accept it while my dad was totally disappointed and had some hidden rage in him that I turned out queer. However, my dad got over it as time passed and he just ignored the fact that I'm gay and happily living with my boyfriend/lover/life partner, Zach. Every time I tried to bring in Zach into the conversation, he ignored it and pretended that I didn't said anything. Else wise, everything was just fine as it is.

Denial and pretending that something didn't happen while it did doesn't solve anything, as far as I've learned in my life. My dad is more than 30 years wiser than me but I'm not sure if he shares the same sentiment in this opinion for this case.

Recently, my elder sister graduated from medical school in Russia. She's now a full time doctor serving at Penang. As usual, a new doctor works like a donkey but gets paid handsomely which means they have quite a bit of money to spend but no time to do so. After spending 7 years in Russia alone, she kinda long for some family get-togethers and it's understandable which I made an effort to join in the fun one of the past weekends by going back to Ipoh.

As my siblings and I are all working now and we have responsibilities to shoulder daily. Thus, whenever we can, we'd try to schedule a time to get-together. My younger sister who is a trainee nurse gets a week off for each half a year. Her holiday is coming somewhere in July and I thought why not we have a family get-together to Penang.

Reason being Penang, my elder sister works there, she doesn't have to be too far from her workplace in case of emergencies and I have super huge cravings for Penang food as I've not been to Penang for over a year. I also thought it would be a perfect time for the family to accept me for who I am and Zach as a person who's important to my life thus I thought of bringing Zach along for this trip. Zach could also be helpful to show us around what's nice to eat and where to go and etc.

However, I've got a certain feeling that Zach's presence to the family get-together might not be welcomed and thus I checked with my younger sister about it. She doesn't seem to welcome my idea as she felt that dad might be uncomfortable (upset would be a better word) about it. She asked me to check with dad's opinion first before making any further plans about this.

Thus, I ranged my dad and told him about a get-together to Penang. He seemed happy that I had the intention to suggest such a thing and said he don't mind going for it. However, when I brought up the suggestion that Zach tags along his voice tone changed into a hostile one and said "NO".

I further asked why not and he gave me his most used answer to assert his authority in my years of growing up.

"NO MEANS NO!"

I gave up trying to ask why as he sounded totally hostile when he said that. Then I told him I'll check for my schedule before I revert for the get-together. But I've made up my mind that I'm not going for such a get-together.

Reason?

My boyfriend/lover/life partner is being discriminated by my very own dad. I even got a feeling that I'm being discriminated by my dad. Reality check, I wonder if my dad would have reacted this way if Zach is Zena (in other words, a girl, which makes me a straight lad)? Would my dad be upset of my girlfriend going along with a family trip? Or, would my dad be upset if my sister's boyfriend tag along for one?

I really have no idea, but being someone who tends to be negative towards his family, I'd said no. My dad would not be upset if I'm straight bringing a girl nor my sis bringing their boyfriends to a family trip. I might be jumping to conclusions here, but I'm human alright? I'm upset due to the fact that I felt discriminated against by my very own family even though it's not a proven fact yet.

I understand that my dad is uncomfortable of my sexuality. But sooner or later, he has to accept it and learn to deal with it, right? My intention was, why not start earlier so I can relate to my family more and felt loved by them? But it seems that my dad felt that avoiding this topic as long as he could would be a better option.

If there are any parents reading this, I'd really appreciate it if you can give me a view or two on this matter.

• What if your son is gay?

• What if your son wishes to introduce his boyfriend/lover/life partner to you?

• Will you be able to accept his boyfriend/lover/life partner as you'd have for a girlfriend/daughter-in-law?

I just need an insightful view on this as I don't feel very comfortable at the moment.

Felt discriminated,
Robb

Pan Mee Shop, Mee Jawa Cashier, Selling Assam Laksa

I'm sure most of us (in Malaysia) have seen a cash register with a digital display which welcomes you to the store/stall while displaying the name of the cashier. For example;

WELCOME TO KFC
I'M DIYANA

Recently I was blessed enough to find a stall with a very quirky cash register display. Check it out.


So just from the register itself, you'd think that the name of the store/stall is Pan Mee. But wtf is the person's name Mee Jawa for? Upon reading that, I immediately looked up and check out the cashier's face. No, it wasn't a plate of Mee Jawa that can walk and talk that was serving me. Lol.

So I went ahead and asked if the cashier's name is Mee Jawa. He just smiled and didn't answer me. He was a foreign worker. Wanna have a look at Mr. Mee Jawa?


There you go. He might have originated from Jawa, but he sure doesn't look like mee. Lol. And the best part as you might have noticed, they sell Assam Laksa in that stall as their signature dish.

The stall is located at Pavilion KL's food court. We gave the Assam Laksa a try due to its eccentricity in visual. As usual, a meal in Pavilion is never cheap in general. The assam laksa cost RM7.30 if I'm not mistaken which some Penangites might roar with anger to find this out while they only charge less than RM3.50 for a bowl in Penang.


The price is reasonable judging that the rent in Pavilion is definitely expensive and if they don't have a price that's good enough to bring in profit, that wouldn't be a business to begin. To compensate on its high cost, the assam laksa is indeed large in portion with sufficient fish meat to spare. Taste wise, it's nothing compared to Penang's laksa but it's still good for KL standard since I've not successfully find any laksa in KL which is any good.

Check out this Pan Mee shop with Mee Jawa cashier for its Assam Laksa the next time you visit Pavilion. It's still one of the cheaper alternatives for food in the shopping complex.

Thinking to change his name to Durian Pancake
Robb

How Pyramids Are Built

Not long ago I shared with you guys that I played and is replaying a game called Pharoah. It's a civilization building game which is similar to Zues, Settlers and Emperor which are all made by the same company. It's a city building game unlike Sim City but pretty easy to learn in nature.

I have to say I learned a lot throughout my adolescence's years of playing games. For example, I learned about the ancient religions of the Egyptians where various Gods are worshiped. Osiris, Ra, Ptah, Seth and Bast are a few that I can recall. I also learned that what are the basic needs of a society and rough idea how the a civilization evolves once a certain need has been satisfied. Architecturally, I learned how pyramid was built visually, though not exactly the real procedure, but it was no doubt helpful enough on how it came about. Did you know that pyramids are not first built a 100% steep and sharp like what we know?


The above is the first form of pyramid. It's not exactly very pretty, but it's made of pure plain stones with hundreds of thousand slaves' hard work.


Then, it evolved into a second form of pyramid which is shown above. It's made of limestone blocks in its outer layer and plain stone blocks as its core. it's not the true pyramid yet as the early architects still had problem with the foundation of the building somehow. Thus it looks more like a retarded pyramid if you ask me.

Next come the real thing. But I'm going to show you that it's a lot of hardwork for the Egyptians, especially the slaves to build it first.


As opposed to the image where the slaves were pulling 4 blocks at once, the blocks are actually pretty huge in real size and 1 of it requires at least half a dozen people to pull it. Then, upon brought to the site, a few stonemasons are required to lay the block in its rightful place with the right building connecting liquid (not sure if they have cement back then). As the monument grows higher, it will require carpenters to build ramps made out of wood. The higher it goes, the more wood it requires to ensure they can sustain the weight of the blocks getting pulled up there.


Upon laying the final block on the top of the pyramid, another task arise where stonemasons will have to carve out the blocks of stone to make the pyramid's outer layer look perfectly like a pyramid. Don't ask me how but that's what I understand from the game. Lol. I could have been fooled. *Shrugs*


Tada~ it's done.

Here's a sphinx as well.


My civilization built it and this one requires lots of wood for carpenters to use and cost a lot of stonemasons' lives. I know it's pretty ugly, but the deal is to show how a monument is built, alright? :)

I hope you enjoy the pictures because the process of building these monuments actually took quite awhile. Lol.

Loves playing good city building games
Robb

Flashing is Bad

Probably not the first time you see this.

Just can't help but to share it with my dearest readers. XD

Not a flasher yet
Robb

Urbanscapes 2009

OMFG!!! Free tickets to Urbanscapes 2009!!!


That was my facial expression when I found out. (Ignore the fact that I didn't have sufficient sleep, apparent from my eyebags)

Okay, I'm not gonna let you know how you're going to get the free tickets. Sue me if you want. xP

If there's anyone who haven't heard of Urbanscapes, you're either not living in Malaysia, or not very in tune with the latest happenings in Malaysia.


Urbanscapes is the city’s annual user-generated all-day creative arts festival which is organized by the good people from KLue magazine. Set to rock the house at KL Performing Arts Centre, everyone's excited about the possibilities this year! As usual, Urbanscapes 2009 will offer all the best from KL ranging from music, arts, film, theatre and fashion, marketplace vendors and more. It gets better, because YOU can have your say and dictate how the show goes on! Find out more at www.urbanscapes.com.my

Okay, I know the above paragraph seems very generic (you can read from their homepage as well) but that's the best way to describe the event to newbies. For those who already know about it, this is the time to give our local talented artists the recognition they deserved.

Among the acts and performances I'm looking forward to are;
- Twilight Actiongirl who will be spinning tracks for the Disco
- 40 Winks and Pop Shuvit who will be rocking the X Lawn
- The ever sweet Zalila Lee who will be entertaining us with her sweet melody at The Box
- And my favorite, the Cinescapes Stage!!

I'm going to write a paragraph at least for this. Lol. You see, most of us enjoy watching movies. But somehow, many of us have the perception that American made movies are better than ours. Sure, if you compare in terms of budget spent, their effects and production qualities are no doubt better. But if you really watch our locally made movies, you'll be amazed with what you can find (there are exceptions, nevertheless). At the Cinescapes Stage, you'll be able to watch all the best movies our local producers ever made including Sepet, Sumolah, Anak Halal and many many more!!


I personally think Sepet is the best movie ever made in Malaysia. :P

If you wish to check out the entire itineary list, head to www.urbanscapes.com.my because my favorite picks are just a small group from what the real thing offers.

Ok thxbabai.





What? The free tickets to Urbanscapes?

Come on... Do I have to?

Alright alright I'll share it with you guys.

There are 200 free tickets to Urbanscapes available just for U.O.X./Xpax users!!! I'm not kidding!

All you have to do is just reload RM30 to your U.O.X./Xpax account and you'll be given a free ticket to Urbanscapes 2009!! A booth will be set up right next to the ticketing counter at KLPac and you can reload from there. Not an U.O.X./Xpax user? No problem! In case you're ignorant, you can now get a free U.O.X./Xpax starter pack just by purchasing a reload. Just purchase RM30 reload and you'll be given a starter pack right away! Cool, huh?

Unfortunately anything that is this good has its limits. Here, it is first 200 person who reload RM30 during Urbanscapes. If you're a person who likes to take your own sweet time in doing things, I'm pretty sure you'll most probably not make it as the first 200.

But, there's something else you can benefit from if you're an U.O.X./Xpax user but didn't make it as the first 200. You'll be given an RM10 discount voucher for your ticket purchase by just reloading a minimum of RM10 at Urbanscapes! Not too shabby for the latecomers, eh? :P

The good news do keep coming because there's a contest just for U.O.X./Xpax users in Urbanscapes itself. Let's not talk about the contest and just the prize shall we? Anyone interested in the latest, hippiest N97 as a prize for a click with your finger?


Got you interested, didn't I?

There's going to be an X-SNAPS! Contest which is literally a photography contest open to all U.O.X./Xpax users. Snap a photo during Urbanscapes 2009 in the following categories;

- Colour
- Fashion
- Music
- Design

You can do it with your big ass SLR, compact camera or even your phone's camera. There are 3 ways for you to send in your entries.

1. During Urbanscapes, at the booth at the 24hour KL booth area
Just find Xpax booth where there will be people to assist you in submitting your picture right on the spot.

2. After Urbanscapes through email
Just send an email with the image attached in it to xsnaps@xpax.com.my. Be sure to include your title of picture, category you're participating in, your name and your mobile number.

3. During or after Urbanscapes through MMS
Just MMS your picture to 26388. The subject of the MMS must include the name of the photo, category you're participating in and your name all separated by commas. For example - Obscene Banana, Colour, Robb Chew . :P

Once you've submitted your picture, you can check it out at MeTV.

The contest will start on 27 June and ends on 11 July 2009. There will be 4 winners, one from each category which means.... FOUR N97 TO BE GIVEN OUT!!!!! OMFG!!

Okay, I've spilled enough beans. I'm going to keep quiet on what my strategies are to win an N97 for myself. Don't bug me for ideas, I'm not sharing!! The N97 is mine!! MINE!!!

P.S. I don't even have to tell you that I'm definitely going to be at Urbanscapes 2009, right?

Aiming to win N97 at Urbanscapes 2009
Robb

Dumping Smelly Craps

Yes, this post is exactly what it means.

Hi, my name is Robb.

I'm a smelly crap dumper.

For those who don't know, the Nuffnang office in KL has 2 wings, east wing and west wing. Each wing has its own toilet but instead of separating the toilet into gender based, we do it - business based.

That means, if you're taking a piss, use the one of the west wing. Got dumping to do? Head to the east. The main reason? The west wing is where the boss sits and the east wing used to be deserted.

As our office grew, the east wing has to be populated and now, our technical team (programmers, designers) are all seated on the east wing.

Now back to my story of being a smelly crap dumper. Every time I take a dump in the office toilet, my colleagues never fail to evacuate to the other wing. They claim that my shit is the smelliest shit they've ever sniffed in their lives. I beg to differ since I can't smell anything wrong.

Now, I have reservations and think twice of shitting in the office toilet. I don't want to affect my colleagues' productivity in work. Damn! Why do I have to be so considerate?

Does my shit stink so bad?


P.S. My colleagues said that you guys are lucky smell doesn't transmit through visual. Lol.

P.P.S. Picture was taken when I was actually taking a real dump.

Cheers
Robb