Here's My Story

I was searching on the internet regarding casus belli in the game (yes, I did resume my campaign ) when I came across this particular thread  in the Tale Worlds forum about why players hate the Swadian king. I laughed so hard at this particular post: Not only is a feast lover, but a greedy man. My experience with Harlaus was a bit weird:  Swadian Soldier: My king, khergits attack our lands with an extremely big army! Harlaus: Fine, lets do a feast to prepare "a plan"! Swadian Soldier: My king, the player character alone managed to defend our lands against the big khergit horde! Harlaus: Fine, lets do a feast in his honour! Swadian Soldier: My king, against all odds, the player character alone managed to capture Halmar! Harlaus: NOW IS MY CITY!! THROW THE PLAYER CHARACTER AGAINST MORE ENERMIES!!!   Ended with rebellion. Hahahahaha.

One hot day, Ban and I was circling around, in his car, trying to find space to park and have lunch at our usual chapfan shop. Alas, despite 3 rounds, no space was found. At this point, usually we would park back at his place and then walk to lunch. However, it was hot and I was hungry and so I suggested going to Andez , which Ban readily agreed. I had a hunch that they might have set lunch since their old management had it. And it was true: their set lunch was RM 12 all-in (i.e. about RM 10.91++), consisting a meal and a glass of ice lemon tea. Guessing that the set lunch would be of smaller portion, Ban decided to order their spaghetti pork bolognaise again. I ordered from their list of lunch sets the Signature Butter Rice with Thai Style Dory: It would seem the portion did befit the price but with an ice lemon tea thrown in for free. So it was still a value meal. Hmmm I wonder whether they have a fully-priced version of this dish and how it would differ. The ri...

This what extinction looks like.  No meteor from outer space, no unstoppable pandemic, no heroic, ultimately futile last stand. Instead poor sperm, weak knees and ovarian cysts mark the end of a lifeline cut short by human greed, ignorance and indifference.  With just give northern white rhinos left on earth, the animal's end is inevitable. - AFP

Andez is a restaurant that has been around before I relocated to KL. It used to serve Western Asian fusion food. It was a place that Ban and I rarely go. Once a while, his family chose that place for its lunch set meals but that was years ago. At times Ban and I did bring friends to have dinner there before our pen-and-paper RPG games but again it was rare. About a year ago, Andez's shop was refurbished and had a change in management and staff. I vaguely remember the food there was not bad (think I had rosemary roasted chicken) and had wanted to try it again but for some unknown reasons I kept forgetting. Finally, recently, I managed to remember close to dinner time and after a few change of plans (Andez -> Tropicana City Mall -> Paradigm Mall -> Andez), Ban and I finally dined there. I had their Atlantic Pasta (RM 17.90): What immediately surprised me was the inclusion of poached egg in such dish. Smoked salmon and fried salmon skin completed the dish....

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I've been eyeing this for quite sometime. It's just that usually I'm at the mall to have proper meal (lunch or dinner), not snack. RM 6.90 but still a snack. So one day, while waiting for Ban to finish his workout session at the gym, I decided to try this: Yes, it was really in a cone shape. It did really taste like a pizza! It was delicious and surprisingly quite filling. The major problem was how to eat it...safely. I tried taking bites on its side and then the top but whenever I did the latter, hot flaming liquid burst out from its inside and burnt my tongue...at least twice. It was no wonder they claimed that it would stay hot for sometime. I don't mind having this again but only if I can figure out a way to eat it safely. Any suggestion?

I chanced upon these screenshots in my Temp folder and thought they looked beautiful to be posted. Turned out that I had already posted it here lol. Ooooh they should look even better with my newer laptop that I bought 2 months after that post. Yes, I'm thinking of continuing the campaign of upgrading Galadriel from "Queen of Kelethin " to "Queen of Caladria" :) Offhand, I remember the biggest threat was the Nords and that I had to reload a game due to a crushing defeat to them. Hmmm. So yah, I think I'll load this soon. Currently I'm playing Duel of Champions and occasionally Guild Wars 2, Defense Grid 2 and Dungeon Defenders. Perhaps after I finish my current actuarial project? Hmmm.

Had my cholesterol level tested recently:                                       Jan 2014           Jan 2015           Ref. range Total cholesterol            5.9                     6.0                      < 5.2 HDL ("good")                1.67                   1.43                    > 1.04 LDL ("bad")                   3.8                     4.1                     < 2.6 Triglycerides         ...

I've observed the following regarding people who wanted to get (back) into the share market: When a crisis has a significant chance of happening (e.g. debt default by Greece): "Oh, better don't buy shares now. Market is likely to go down." When the above crisis does happen: "See, I'm right! Better hold on to my money and wait out the crisis." When situation improves but still not out of the wood: "Can suddenly get worse. Better hold on to cash." When crisis is clearly over: "Market is too expensive now. Will wait till it drops." Rinse and repeat.