Whenever I need to fill up my stomach quick and on the go, the default is always a Snickers bar. It is a habit that I have since college days.
Snickers! 
Not only this condense pack of energy is really convenient, it also tastes awesome. Caramel and plenty of roasted peanut resting on a bed of soft nougat wrapped around with delicious milk chocolate. The distinct sweet and slightly salty flavor is the yums!
Snickers bars are also perfect for traveling, especially to somewhere remote. It’s always wise to keep a few bars in the luggage for the late night hunger attacks when you’re at somewhere without a convenient store or room service.
Anyway, Snickers is now having an online game called “Hungry for Football” at http://www.snickersgame.com. And as with any contests, lets start out by looking at the prizes:
Pretty good if you ask me! There’s no need to send in any receipts or use any codes found on Snickers packaging to enter, simply go to the website, register yourself, and start playing!
the Snickers “Hungry for Football” online game
The game is actually pretty simple. First type the highlighted letter that spells out SNICKERS, and when the energy bar on the right hits maximum, press on space bar to score goal (avoid the goal keeper!). Go through 3 rounds and score them all as fast as you can to get the highest score. Rinse and repeat.
Good luck folks, now head to http://www.snickersgame.com and do it already.
Following the successful previous contest (with cash prizes up to RM 5ka piece, I always love cash prizes!), Mister Potato is at it again. Only this time it is even bigger, with grand prize being a gold bar worth RM 88,888!
GOLD BAR! I’ve heard about these mystical thing when I was young, we called it “Kim Tiau” in Hokkien. Those old TV series with the rich tycoons playing with gold bars sitting behind their desk, it was so bling, so surreal.
And now you’re telling me there’s a chance I can win one of these babies? (not the actual picture of the prize)
I think I’d use it as a door stop *evil grin*
If I win the gold bar, it doesn’t mean there’s nothing left for you, my dear readers.
There’re 3 x RM 8,888 first prize, and another 100 x RM 888 consolation prize winners. These are all cold hard cash, and with over 100 winners it’ll be quite unlucky if you actually don’t win.
The contest:
Sherlock Homes’ deductive skills is utmost important here. There are clues on the website as to how much these characters weigh in. Let me give you some tips (I shall not share all for I want the gold bar!)
Now excuse me while I go get some Mister Potato, the contest runs from 1st Jan till 31st March 2010, so hurry!
A couple of weeks ago I posted Mr. Porky pork crackles, one of the best and most sinful snacks ever. Well, my stance on that claim is still true, but today, I want to introduce a healthier alternative that is almost as tasty, and actually halal too! Enter fried salmon skin!
RM 3.90 a pack, whole afternoon’s worth of almost-healthy snacking
You can get this at Isetan KLCC’s sushi counter for RM 3.90 a pack, it is not available all the time nor even everyday, but if you see them, grab one! Sushi Tei at Tropicana City Mall is another place that offers fried salmon skin on their conveyor belt.
Much like pork scratchings, fried salmon skin is crispy with an underlying bits of fat still intact. The best part of salmon skin comes from the belly area. They’re just so yummy, and since it is fish, it shouldn’t be quite as bad for your body. (disclaimer: I am not a doctor I’m just talking out of my ass)
Tips: even though this is a Japanese snack, using it to go with porridge would be quite excellent!
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got Blackberry, no life!
Before Cheesie got her Blackberry from Xpax, she was always “why do you always play with your BB?”. Apparently that was because it is sort of a habit that whenever I sit down, the first thing I do is to whip out the BB and check on my twitter feeds, emails, etc. I guess it’s not a very good thing to do when you are among people who aren’t addicted to their phones.
But look who’s talking now. This girl can’t even leave her phone while walking! One of these days she’s going to walk into some smelly dudes with wet armpits, just wait.
When it comes to food, I classify myself in the rather adventurous category. Give me something that another person could demonstrate eating, and I usually wouldn’t have any problem doing the same. (I wouldn’t eat protected/endangered species though).
Then Cheesie decided to be nice and shared a box of Bean Boozled she got from a friend who came back from UK.
picture shamelessly stolen from Cheeserland.com
Bean Boozled is basically jelly beans that come in multiple color with each color having 2 completely different flavors. Depending on your luck, you might get something normal like peach, or vomit flavor. There’re also juicy pear vs booger, coconut vs baby wipes, cafe latte vs ear wax, and so forth. Kinda like the candy described in Harry Potter.
And we decided to record the tasting session on video. Check it out.
Seriously, the rotten egg flavored jelly bean is now officially the worst tasting thing I’ve ever put in my mouth. It was so disgusting and felt like something straight out from a garbage bag that went through an elephant’s digestive system. It was horrendous.
I also had the (dis)pleasure of tasting toothpaste and black pepper flavored beans but they weren’t too bad. According to Cheesie, baby wipes and vomit were really terrible too.
This Bean Boozled thing is officially the worst crap I’ve tasted so far.
p/s: Happy Birthday to me.
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you might know that I keep koi fish and have a koi pond at home. And if you have been loitering in this space for more than 3-4 years, you would also know that the pond was built by these bare hands with a lot of help from Horng and other friends in 2005.
the koi pond building project in various stages
It was a lot of hard work over a period of some 3 months for the over ambitious building project that first started out as an idea to have a little blue pre-fabricated fiber glass pond in the ground.
Work started on early June 2005 when we kicked off by digging the garden. Then we built a roof, poured concrete foundation, erected the brick wall, plastering it, completed the top, and waterproofed the pond. Plants were then added and the filtration system installed after we put up a waterfall for the pond.
the koi pond and garden, completed and matured in 2007
Upon completion of the koi pond, I had built up quite a bit of strength and probably lost a couple KG off the midsection too, it was well worth it.
Having a pond had been a dream of me for a long time, the idea came when we were building one for my high school’s Aquarium Society (which I eventually became the president), it was a lurve affair came true. It was an awesome! Little did I know that the pond would eventually land me in a newspaper article too.
Lurve served up by Mr. Chef
Today, other than the little time spent each month on maintaining the pond and the garden, I had all the luxury in admiring the fish and the garden sitting on the bench while munching some snacks. Since this whole koi pond thing is a rather healthy hobby, a good snack to go with today’s topic would be the healthy snack – Lurve, multigrain chips with no artificial coloring or preservatives.
Lurve – nom nom nom
That’s my lurve affair with my koi pond, do you have something (or someone) you are passionate about? You can participate in the Lurve’s “What’s Your LURVE Affair?” Contest.
The shortlisted top 3 bloggers get a 3-4 minute spot on 8TV Quickie (imagine pimping your blog there!) and Grand Prize winner walk away with MacBook Pro 2.66Ghz 13″ (GIVE ME PLEASE!). The contest runs from 23nd June 2009 till 12th July 2009, and all you have to do is:
For more information and T&C, visit the Lurve Affair site.
