Wonderful

Wonderful Man, wonderful hand.

Also, bought some Penfolds with my recent poker winnings.

MySource Mini Launch

Mr. G giving a demo

The Team

Here's a link to Jonathan's blog about the system. "The future of CMS" wow!

冤家牌

I played Texas Hold em with Lisa yesterday, I lost, Lisa 5: Me 4. She kept asking me 欠扁問答題 as the game progresses. Then told me stories happened at her workplace, also kept topping up my red wine. But I don't account those for my defeat.

Because the hand was
Me: 3, 4
Lisa: J, K

Flop: 2, 5, 10
Turn: A
I got a straight (A2345) here, but I checked to act cute in order to bait her, she also checked and can see next card for free
River: Q
She got a stronger straight (10JQKA) here, and I freaking went all in, she called


I cried

0rsm Ape

picture credit: 0rsm (http://0rsm.com/)

Japan 08 - Day 3 - Shinjuku

Wonda Coffee


I sampled Wonda coffee because the drink vending machines were everywhere ("left side, right side, many whelps"). We saw the ads at the subway station and took this pic. It looks really good and I reckon Asahi should pay me for promoting their drinks.


Ekiben & Jack

Bullet train from Osaka to Tokyo, we bought some ekiben. Marwan told me his fave TV show is Lost, and I got 2x Jack from the blind boxes, so I decided to give him one of the Kubrick as he is doing my alchemy transmute while I am travelling. Cost $5, cheaper than the bento.


Hyatt

We stayed at Hyatt for a day. It was a nice stay because it was free! What happened was, Hyatt was doing a "stay 2 nights, get 1 night for free, anywhere" promotion earlier while Lisa was on assignment at Brisbane. So IBM paid for the "stay 2 nights", we used the "free night" at Hyatt Shinjuku. Sometimes, SAP consultants make me jealous.


Izakaya Snack Bar

Izakaya (居酒屋) is a popular kind of snack bar in Japan, salary man and office lady like to hang out there after work. The one we went to was very small, only about 1/3 the size of a normal shop, but it was highly recommended by our friend.

Now, how many snack can you name in Japanese? The answer for me was "none". That's why when the shopkeeper asked us "what you want?", our answer was "random 5". The snacks were so good, so we ordered another "random 5" when the 3rd snack was served. The shopkeeper asked "you eat intenstine?", hell yeah! The salted pig liver was a highlight (see animated gif below).

If you looked at the slide-show very carefully, you may wonder, how come only 6 out of "random 10"? The answer is, "too delicious la, forgot to take pic".

The middle-aged bald man that was sitting next to me ordered a sake (or shoju, I cannot really tell). The shop-keeper poured this mysterious liquid into his sake, and the sake turned pink. OMGWTF! (it turns out to be a bottle of plum syrup). Note: you can see his shiny bald head in the 2nd pic of this section, pay extra attention to the light reflection.


The middle-aged man sitting next to Lisa ordered a soup. This is the soup from the pot in front of the shop they use to cook food, so the flavour must be very 勁. Our friend also recommended it so we have to try it.

Me: Can I get 1 soup?
Shopkeeper: Just 1? (looking at me curiously)
Me: Yes.
Shopkeeper: It is free.
Me: I want 2.



That's it for Day 3, stay tuned for Day 4.

Renew Passport

I have to renew my passport before CNY holiday. Here's the epic story.

Day 1

• There was a KIPPAS kiosk that scans your thumbprint, id card and passport, take $300 then issue a receipt for next-day-collection. I was like, "OMG IMPROVEMENT"
• The Q was not moving for about 15 min. Turns out the machine will crash after reading 2-3 submissions, has to restart and wait. ONLY 1 MACHINE in the whole fucking area.
  
• Finally it was my turn, but CANNOT DETECT PASSPORT, smart chip in the passport = failed.
• The officer took my passport out, bended it, and DPS (hit) it very hard on the table, and CAN DETECT PASSPORT, miracle! (you have to spank it so that the chip stays smart)
  
• Now, CANNOT DETECT ID CARD. Unfortunately, you cannot DPS id card to make it work, so I have to renew it before I can renew my passport.

Day 2

• It takes 2 weeks to renew an id card, unless you do it in Putrajaya.
• Massive government buildings left side, even side at Putrajaya
• Submitted everything, Putrajaya and the gov worker there gave me really good impression.

Day 3

• Went to Putrajaya to collect new id card.
• Went to Immi Department to renew passport.
• Officer at Immi told us, we cannot renew passport there, even though their building is massive, they do not have the ability to renew my passport.
• I have to go back to Subang (40 min drive)
• Reached Subang, no people at the Kiosk, very nice.
• Need to photocopy new id card first, need $0.40, but I don't have change.
• The guy made me wait, until he gets some small change.
• waited like 10min, fed up, ask him to photocopy and gave him $1 and keep the change
• went to the Kiosk, door locked, LUNCH BREAK 11;30AM - 1;30PM, WTF (also, FUCK the photocopy guy without small change)
  
• 2 HR OF FUCKING BREAK, no concept of SHIFT WORK mie?
• no choice, submitted my application manually without the kiosk, the whole process finished @ 1;45pm, kiosk was reopened

Application form: $1.00
Pen (no pen at the desk where you fill in the form): $1.20
FUCK IT, TAX PAID GONE WHERE? Need to eat small money like this and make people fed up mie?

Going to collect new passport tomorrow. God bless me. If something fuck up tomorrow, I am going to get an Aussie passport.

Like what my dad said when we found out about the 11;30am-1;30pm break: "Boy 我看你還是拿澳洲 passport 好啦，留在這個國家沒有前途"

Japan 08 - Day 2 - Osaka

Sorry, if some of you wait until flower also withered.

Here's Day 2.


Early morning, my friend made breakfast, so delicious, kid also wanna rob me. So I have to hide in the kitchen while consuming it.


Because I brought many many present, my friend treat me eat nice udon for lunch. You can order 2x, 3x, 4x extra portion without extra charge. Delicious too.



Also tried Peko's pudding and takoyaki @ Dotonbori (道頓堀).


Found an "Engrish" example.

Finally went to Matsuyamachi (松屋町), where we bought toys last time. Reached there quite late, so shops were all closed. Lucky enough, we found the snack and bought 3 big packs.


Because I brought many many present, my friend treat me eat dinner as well, plus nice dried fish and shoju. It was a happy night.