We only live once, I always believe that you do what you can to make the best of it:

Live life interestingly, but do cover your butt.


insect cook out at my house, yums!

In the past few years, I can single out a couple things which are worth a highlight when it comes to doing something not exactly conventional, nor were they particularly risk-free.

The insect cook out (with video) was definitely one of them. After tasting the professionally cooked (I use the word “professionally” quite liberally) insects at Bangkok, I decided that it’ll be interesting we do it ourselves. So we did, and as it turned out, my version actually tasted better than those from the land of the smile!

Thank goodness, none of us came down with food poisoning. So cover yourself, make sure the insects are well cooked. 😀


boating at taman jaya lake during chap goh meh, 2006

The other perhaps crazier thing I did was to convince horng to go on a boating expedition with me at Taman Jaya lake during chap goh meh (15th day of Chinese New Year) back in 2006.

What basically happened was that we used a fiberglass fish tank as a boat, with squash racquets our makeshift oars and paddled ourselves to the middle of the lake and  collected loads of mandarin oranges. These are oranges with phone numbers on them, single girls looking for partners!

Of course, we did a proper proof of concept at a friend’s in-house swimming pool to make sure the whole idea works and that we won’t drown.

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one crazy photogrpher at grand canyon

However, I don’t think I’ll ever do something as crazy as this photographer at Grand Canyon though!

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  • September 22, 2009 at 1:11 pm
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    u can do something less crazy. like… buying a meerkat! 😀

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  • September 22, 2009 at 1:31 pm
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    Given the strong wind @ Grand Canyon. I don think the photographer can actually stand still on the rock and also jump over the cliff … I bet this is a cut and past by using the photo shop.

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  • September 22, 2009 at 2:11 pm
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    share whr u bought the insects and recipe, pls. Meerkats – crazy but a corn king snake is fun.

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  • September 22, 2009 at 2:57 pm
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    cheesie,
    Hahaha maine coon for the win!

    TZ,
    That might be true, but there are some crazy people out there though.

    foodcrazee,
    Insect’s from pet store, and i’m actually looking at maine coon, not meerkats, don’t trust cheesie 😛

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  • September 22, 2009 at 3:05 pm
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    Hahaha… next crazy thing you gonna do is getting a huge ass cat that’s bigger than a dog!! Life is interesting & crazy some times, especially to have a friend like you!

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  • September 22, 2009 at 3:45 pm
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    Rachying,
    It’s a secret! 😛

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  • September 22, 2009 at 7:32 pm
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    Haha! The boating one looks like a lot of fun. Makeshift indeed. 🙂

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  • September 22, 2009 at 7:34 pm
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    BTW, that photographer has balls of steel. Talk about a leap of faith!

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  • September 22, 2009 at 8:53 pm
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    Huai Bin,
    Ya that was nuts, quite smelly too lol

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  • September 22, 2009 at 11:33 pm
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    I would love to see KY jumping across that canyon!

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  • September 23, 2009 at 12:56 am
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    eiling,
    Hahaha don’t be nuts!

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  • September 23, 2009 at 12:58 am
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    i only can say bravo , never thought will do things that u do.. hahaha cos it is simply crazy !!!! oh ya u can sell the mandarin oranges 😛 or sell the numbers … 😛

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  • September 23, 2009 at 9:13 am
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    Jess,
    Hahaha I shall keep that in mind!

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  • September 24, 2009 at 1:04 pm
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    well, from all the mandarins collected – none of them turns out to be your sweetheart…. hmmmm…

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  • September 24, 2009 at 1:40 pm
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    imantulen,
    Tragedy. LOL

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  • September 26, 2009 at 12:41 pm
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    Bizarre but freaking funny! BTW were you after the mandarin oranges or the phone numbers?

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  • September 26, 2009 at 11:40 pm
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    canyan..jump interesting. i don’t think i can even stand.

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  • September 27, 2009 at 1:32 am
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    fraulein,
    Hahaha i wasn’t. 😛

    Matthew,
    Ooo interesting!

    Myhorng,
    Same. LOL

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  • September 28, 2009 at 4:03 am
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    the pet shop cricket doesnt looks clean . . should keep them for few days at least . . .on a diet of grass . . .diu

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  • September 28, 2009 at 9:33 am
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    foodcrazee,
    Just be brave 😛

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