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:

• Get the unique SMS code from the 75 or 160 gram Mister Potato contest edition pack.
• Guess the combined weight (in KG) of Mister Potato, Ortega, the three Mariachis (Unos, Dos, Tres), and the sack of 100 potatoes. Send in via SMS with unique short code)
• Submit as many entries as you like, but each short code is only valid for 1 entry
• for more details go to misterpotato.com.my

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!)

• Mister Potato himself – 33 pounds heavier than a baby elephant (at 105kg), with 2.2 lbs = 1 KG. A simple calculation should put his weight at 120 kg or so.
• Ortega – profile puts him at “about” 132 lbs but definitely below 134 lbs. That’s between 60-65 kg.
• Tres – 40 kg (from the clue given)
• Dos – Dos + Mister Potato = 170 kg, so that should put him at around 50kg
• Uno  - with the Mariachis averaging 48 kg, Uno should work out to be around 54 kg
• sack of 100 potatoes – not gonna give you this one, work it out yourself!

Now excuse me while I go get some Mister Potato, the contest runs from 1st Jan till 31st March 2010, so hurry!

Tags:  lunch money,  snacks

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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.

Tags:  cheesie,  Japanese,  salmon,  snacks

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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.

Tags:  cheesie,  crazy,  snacks

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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:

• Write a blog post titled “My LURVE Affair with XXX” in your blog.
• Upon completing your blog post, kindly send an email to lurveaffair@nuffnang.com with details of yourself such as your full name, IC number and the permalink of your written blog post.

For more information and T&C, visit the Lurve Affair site.

Tags:  koi,  lunch money,  snacks,  twisties

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The first time I’ve heard about Corntoz was the pillow fight thingy appearing on facebook and twitter updates some weeks ago, and since then I’ve discovered that it is actually a rather tasty snack that goes very well as meal replacement movie companion.

Crunchy and full of that flavor you’d expect from a bag of goodness that gets you through the night. You know that feeling when you just have to munch on something.

And speaking of movie, well, whenever there’s movies, there’s commercials. And since most of us aren’t exactly movie producers, we can always start small by being advertisement directors and actors first. So I hereby duly announce the Corntoz – Express Yourself competition!

The key objective is very simple – get a pack of Corntoz from 7-11 or your favorite convenient store, go to corntoz.com.my, register and use the online tools (with a webcam and microphone) to make a video of a whacky and unique way of devouring Corntoz, …… and WIN!!

The prizes are actually very attractive, instead of certain products that might or might not interest you, they are COLD HARD CASH (everybody needs them in this economy)

• First Prize – RM 8,000
• Second Prize – RM 5,000
• Third Prize – RM 2,000

Winners to be determined by a panel of internal judges (so you know it’s not mere popularity contest, but actual creativity shall be rewarded instead)

If you’re using a webcam to shoot your video, then you can use the tools on Corntoz site which is quite interesting! You can change your environment (safari, aquarium, etc) and add props to pimp up your video to make it ever more whacky.

If you don’t have a webcam, what you can do is to use a video recording device to record your video, post it up on youTube and upload it on Corntoz site.

I decided to see what I can do without any tools and came up with the video above, awesome isn’t it!? Check out others too at Corntoz video gallery page.

Here are some cool celebrity videos on the Corntoz site! Check them out!

• Jaclyn Victor - Malaysian Idol winner (First Season)
• Faizal Tahir – Runner up of One in a Million and a famous singer in his own right
• Stacy – Akademi Fantasia Season 6 winner
• Nabil - Raja Lawak Astro Season 2
• Ajieb - Host on Murai, Editor of Murai

So if you wanna win big bucks with minimal investment (a pack of Corntoz, that’s all!), make it happen already!

Tags:  lunch money,  snacks

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