Kampua Talk

Actually it was just breakfast and had nothing to do with the Audrey Hepburn’s movie. I went to a kopitiam called Sin Poh Poh (Ban Hock Road) for their so-called (in) famous kampua yesterday.

Not bad…that’s totally kampua. Hahaha!!! But that’s not the highlight of the breakfast. I simply love this!

Kiaw (Piansip/Pianik) in clear soup with a tinge of RED WINE. Yummy! I loike!

Should have posted this up a long time ago (as in, last week) but Procrastination is my middle name which I do live up to. I am not as proud of it as I sound.

I bet a lot of you already know that Kenny Sia’s secret project is Level Up Fitness, a gymnasium.

Eh, why your hand so fair but your forearm so dark wan?

On the first day of its soft opening, I went to have a look (and to exercise as well lah) since I can fully utilize the whole place for free for two weeks. All the photos in this post was taken on that very day.

The gym is located at the Everrise building (Wisma Everrise) at Padungan (behind HSBC). After being Kuchingized, I drove all the way to the entrance of the gym to look for the nearest parking space so that I did not have to walk more than 5 meters from my car to the reception

Fortunately, a car parking right in front of the entrance of the gym was leaving so I signaled, parked and walked 5 meters to the reception counter

After greeting the friendly GENERAL manager slash bartender slash mountain and sea hampalang also do (that’s what she said), Cherlyn, who gave me a towel and key to my locker, I was free to roam and play with any gym equipment available. As I have mentioned earlier, it was the first day of soft opening so there was a crowd at the gym. It was pretty chaotic but under control.

I spent 15 minutes on the treadmills

Such short time was due to the music being played that night. For extraordinary reasons, they decided to play Beyonce’s song which, for me, was not that suitable for gym. (Checked! They changed songs already )

15 minutes on the bicycle

And 15 minutes on this what-you-call-it-Kenny’s-favourite equipment

It’s been a long long time since I last exercise and after all the feat, I could not move a muscle anymore. Therefore, I roamed about taking pictures and exploring the gym.

The signs are as big as yours truly

Suggestion:

• Please put signs on the wall where they are visible to people approaching the washroom as well. I have had 3 guys walking into the ladies’ at different time when I was having a blowjob (will explain later)

Lockers in the men’s room

I sneaked in to take the picture. And no, I did not see anything funny. The men’s room was empty.

Lockers in the ladies’

Suggestion:

• Please install some handle on the door of each locker because it is hard to open the locker door without breaking my fingernails. (Checked! I went on Monday and the handles are already installed)

Bathroom with rain shower and also heater

After showering, you can have a blowjob with these high-powered salon-quality hair dryer

Suggestion:

• There is no hand dryer or tissue paper available for drying hands. I don’t think we can use the hair dryer to dry our hands, can we? (Checked! I went just now - 28th Oct, 7.15pm - and there are tissue dispenser for drying hand)

All of those mentioned above are on the first floor except the reception counter which is on the ground floor. After I was done with the blowjob, I loitered upstairs to the second floor.

Ah~ dance studio for classes like Yoga, Pilates, Aerobics, Belly Dancing, Body Combat, Body Pump, etc

I went for the Pilates class (pronounce Pee-lah- tay) on Saturday and it was G-R-E-A-T!!! Since it was too early, only 4 people attended the class. I brought my best friend, Cheryl, to this class and guess what? Kenny’s mom was in the class as well The Pilates instructor is a Russian lady called Kate. She has an amazingly toned body! (In other word, HOT!) I am sure if there were any guys in the class, they would be ogling and gawking at her when she bent over or spread

Okay, you can stop the mental picture now

Anyway, I peeked at their management office and found Kenny in there talking to someone out of view. I curi-curi took a picture lor! Before I managed to snap a picture, Kenny caught me taking a shot and he struck a pose! wtf

Sempat smile and pose summore

Then I ran off to check out the ground floor. There is a juice bar next to the reception counter.

Until now I do not know what was served at the bar.

Suggestion:

• Menu leh?

My verdict?

I am impressed with all the details and effort they put into Level Up Fitness, i.e. hair dryer, juice bar with tables and chairs, good quality equipment, wireless audio thingy on every machine, T-shirt, backpack, towels, etc.

Suggestion:

• Free WIFI

I did not take pictures of the weight and other equipment on the ground floor because that area seems to be a GOLF area. You know, Gentlemen Only, Ladies’ Forbidden. Once I stepped into the area, all eyes were on me that I froze instantly as if I accidentally stepped on a mine bomb. I suggested to Kenny to put up a sign in that area that says: “NO OGLING” which he said testosterone level is the highest in that area but they will get used to it soon wtf!

Mr. Kuching/Sarawak (or Malaysia), Dexter is one of the personal trainer at this gym. I saw a lot of guys at the gym trying to build up their upper body. I am not a fan of bulky guys though so there’s nothing to ogle Haha!

Anyway, my best friend who went to Pilates with me was so impressed with the gym (especially the hair dryers) and the offered price that she JOINED! On the spot! 0.0!!!

Fortunately my fingers are not affected and I can still type this post pretty well. Apart from that, I can hardly move without feeling painful Too long no exercise *sigh*

PS: In case you are wondering, I am not paid do write this review

Sidenote:

Today is one of the rare Mondays that I do not experience any discomfort due to Monday blues In fact, Monday never felt better. ManUre kena trashed kao by Liverfool, padan muka to lansi ManUre supporter(s) who talk cock so early that ManUre will NEVER lose! PTUIH!!! *evil laughter*

When I was having lunch at Satok area last Friday, one ah beng came over and passed me a flyer which looked something like this:

Seluruh muka surat dalam Bahasa Malaysia

I looked up and saw him walking away without giving any flyers to the other customers at that kopitiam along the way.

WTF!

I was instantly insulted Dude, do I look like I do not know English?

Ling wai yi mian shi yong hua yu (Another page in Mandarin)

I think I look like I am weak in English. If not, how do you explain this bizarre occurence?

Hmm…maybe I can take the flyer to the tuition school and ask if they are hiring English tutor

Making mental note:
To avoid confusion in the future, I will dye my hair and eyebrows blonde, wear blue contact lenses and speak ang moh at all cost. Cis!

A peculiar phenomenon took place in Kuching recently and it happened at tHe Spring.

There was a promotion at Big Apple Donuts & Coffee on Saturday (17th October 2009) where 31 new flavours were introduced. It was only RM13 for a dozen of donuts when normally it costs RM2.70 per piece (don’t know about the price of a dozen though). All you had to do was to cut out a coupon from The Borneo Post and presented the coupon when paying for your donuts in order to get the RM13 per dozen deal.

We went to tHe Spring at about 11.00+ am with the intention of getting the donuts as well. But what greeted us when we approached the shop

really put us off so we went to check out the new Camry at the Toyota roadshow instead

Fat, unhealthy and immobile Kuchingites leap out of their comfortable couch, grab their car keys and family members (sometimes pets as well) and thronged the place.

Long queue blocked by credit card booth with annoying promoters!

Queue ended at the girl in black on the bottom right corner of the picture which was right in front of Ta Kiong Supermarket.

Can you imagine that?

Well, such bizarre phenomenon happened whenever and wherever cheap food is concerned.

Some bloggers boasted about their shisha-smoking activities. “It is not as if I am smoking a cigarette or something. So I am safe,” added the bloggers. HAH!!! Speaking of talking with misleading information/no common sense, this is a good example.

Unfortunately, shisha is still dangerous, and even more harmful than smoking cigarettes. When the tobacco is burnt using charcoal, it produces high levels of carbon monoxide and cancer causing chemicals than conventional cigarettes.

Contrary to popular belief, even when the smoke passes through the water, the harmful substances are not absorbed. In addition, because people tend to use shisha smoking to socialize, the one hour you spend in a shisha parlour will result in you inhaling 100 to 200 times the amount of smoke produced by a single cigarette.

People should do their research first before defending themselves lah… Geez!

In the mean time, have a nice weekend and Happy Deepavali!

When I first heard of Monkey Cup, I was laughing so hard because, in my head, I was picturing bra-wearing apes swinging from tree to tree. Of course I know that is what they called the pitcher plant but the image of bra-wearing apes came into mind first before the picture of monkeys using pitcher plant as cup (to drink from or to pee in, I wouldn’t know…). Ah, the beauty of active mind!

For the uninitiated, this is what a pitcher plant looks like:

[Picture: rwsphoto.blogspot.com]

Anyway, some Sundays ago, while walking around a coffeeshop at Premier 101 to decide on my lunch, I saw one of the stalls (the stall that sells roti kiap like hot cakes!) selling these

Pitcher Rice

I remember seeing this on a documentary on Astro introduced by some Taiwanese girl who visited Sarawak. The adventurous mode in me kicked in and I bought one for trying. This was how mine looked like:

Cost me RM 1.80…

Only because I saw it on TV…

You gotta peel the plant open in order to eat the glutinous rice inside (DUH!)

My verdict? Taste wise, the pitcher rice that I had was a bit bland to my taste - not salty enough, too much santan taste, not enough ikan bilis taste, would taste better with sambal belacan dip, etc. Rice structure wise, good enough. Overall, it would be perfect if it has enough taste and less peanut.

The Pitcher Rice can be found at: Yeow Kee Cafe (corner shop, last block, after Boon Khai Rojak if you are coming from the road in front of Pos Laju), Premier 101, Kuching.