Maa man!

Thanks to Antares for his assistance & hospitality, and some doses of insight. He lives in a Temuan village on the road to Fraser’s Hill.

Car floor, Day 1

Took my time gettin to d destination.

No shit

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Giant statue, Buddhist Monastery

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Happy dog, monastery

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My trusted partner

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Water from earth. Tastes different

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Do it! Jump! At ancient Bailey Bridge high over Chilling River

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Trekked down to have food under d bridge. Wild boar curry. Mm mmm mmhh!

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Finally arrived at d village and got attacked by 8 psycho pups. Got teeth marks all over me

D cutie from my last visit still around, BrownSugar

Next morning ditched the wheels in KKB town before sunrise to walk back to the village.

Da road, with the silhouette of the monstrous dam wall in the background

Had three dogs for company for awhile. Friendly dudes. Shared some food

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A long walk

View-istic

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Chillin at a fucking high bridge. Great spot for bungee

View from fucking high bridge. The river is superb for rafting. Class 3 & 4 rapids

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Scene of a forest fire just a few weeks back. The forest regenerates real quick

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Had a drink outta every stream i met

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Butterfly gang

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Got back to my hut to another charge by d welcoming committee

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Enjoying a breakfast-in-hammock

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Breakfast view

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Hut

Hut's fire-escape hatch, complete with fireman's pole

My pad. D lampshade's an ol straw hat. Haha

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Found many great quiet spots upriver of the village to chill at. Skinny-dipped too

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D closest 'fridge' for miles

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"Get me outta here!" Not smiling anymore eh? Gave d pups a bath coz they had fleas

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Givin pathetic look

Who's next??

Dis dude suffered bath trauma. Scared n tried to hide from me for awhile cos i gave him a bath!

Lil fuckers soon recovered n took their revenge on my flops

Unfortunately for me, d pups are available for adoption, so they’ll probably be gone on my next visit.

Was great knowing them.

For five days, i never knew the time. Haha. Liberating.

Was supposed to hang only three days. Had to peel myself outta there.

Maybe tx to dis movie, Into The Wild.

Either way, its been sumtin dats been waitin to happen. Laterz.

Bliss

Always luv da road

So bought a few beers n hit da road with Joyce. Got there in time to observe d makan session being set-up. Was happy to see dat a whole new bunch of pups have been born. Different mum, but they look d same like d last bunch. Same dude must be bangin all d bitchis in da hood.

Da pups are at d stage where they luv playing n running, but are shit when it comes to balance. Hilarious!

Chilled with a whole bunch of pups. Eight dis time. 12 in d last batch

(Been havin many problems figuring out Wordpress so some pictures are real narrow - being chopped from the sides, so u gonna have to click on those u wanna see properly.)

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The spread

Humans werent d only ones feasting.

Bitch being sucked dry

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My current fave

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Antares digging in

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Ur gonna be a star, kid

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The chalet-like houses

Decided to crash over at the Bamboo Palace for d night.

Woke up to a beau morning,...

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… & some Asli kids chillin outside our room…

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... a dog sunbathing, ...

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... a spider sunbathing,...

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... a coupla cats doin wat they do best, ...

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... Joyce doin wat she does best, ...

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... and d pups wakin up.

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Our pool area for d day

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But its unclear if this would involve organized events, or be based purely around advertising and promotion.

Diageo has positioned Guinness as one of the most recession-resilient drink in its portfolio. Alcos are downing da black shit mercilessly.

Be merry

As it is, Guinness is pretty heavy with Ireland’s traditional St Paddy’s Day, which is in a couple of weeks! Its comin up on March 17.

Disgusting. Am all for recycling, but dis way too far bitch.

The fuckers should be caught & forced to drink pitchers of stale beer, well-blended with rotten eggs and big-ass cockroaches.

Beer, piss or both?

Quote: “There are groups that buy expired canned beer in bulk for 10 sen a can and then sell the old beer that had been bottled at market price.”

Whats goin on? In d first place, why dehell are there beers being left to expire?? Drink up u beerholics! Leave nothing behind.

Only 10 sen a can eh? Dats $2.40 per crate.

Hmmm.

Time to find out where.

Its funny how one guy was so psyched about it, mainly coz they wont have AIDS. Haha!

Robochic (pix from Wired)

Then this piece in Asylum opens up a whole new debate - is sex with a WD-40-drinking robohooker being unfaithful? Its almost like being with another woman / man, but it’s still a toy.

Or is it just considered pleasing yourself with a souped-up vibrator?

Tough one.

There’s supposedly a difference between having sex and gettin laid. Pleasing yourself is sex, but doing it with another person is gettin laid.

Hmmm.

Anyway, have any of u guys shagged a rubber doll? Pls share wat its like. U’ll remain anonymous!

Uncle Chillis serves uncomplicated, good quality Western, and Chef Carloz recently created a new a la carte menu.

Starter was a mojito, and moved to a Classic Caesar. Pretty good, considering i’ve never had a salad before. Thankfully there were bacon bits in it, which i aimed for like a sniper.

My first n maybe not last salad

The mojitos were comin, then this dude from QGuides, Frat Mustard, decided to up the stakes.

Glen, a good choice

Frat Mustard & his twin

After whacking a rich n creamy crab bisque and several whiskies, it was time to choose d main course. i went for Uncle Chili’s Burger ($25.30), which is accompanied by salad (that word again), fries, spicy salsa and some green shit. Guacamole probably.

Mouthful

It was so goddam huge that i needed it cut in 4, and tapau-ed some extras.

Other guests at the table had these -

Braised lamb shank

Tomato-glazed black cod, who's actually white

Uncle Chilli’s has been renovated and is lookin pretty good now. There’re good options in terms of seating, with casual as well as fat cat set-ups.

Cushy

A band entertains sometime after 9pm

There’s a good deal goin on, but only till March 15: on most nights, there’s A Table for Three, A Bill for Two - order three items from the burger, sandwich, pasta or pizza menu and get d lower-priced thing for free. There’s happy hours as well.

Checkout menu here.

Dont confuse Uncle Chilli’s with American Chili’s tho. The former is run by five-star hoteliers, the latter by five-star chimps.

Brain damage: 7/10

Roboexotica is a festival, the brainchild of a group of Viennese techno-artists called Shifz, which started the event in 1999, reasoning that if robots were ultimately supposed to interact with humans in everyday life, then turning them into bartenders was a natural step.

They sure got a long way to go tho.

Auto mojito-maker

Festival organizer says “I like to mix critical art and technology.”  Interesting idea, as reported in Wired.

They called barbots. There’s a Bender-lookin one too. Most are garage-made for fun & still very crude n crap. Here are some ‘09 models.

I wouldn’t call them robots tho. More like duct-taped novelty gadgets.

Asahi (beer of Japan) also created a simple beerbot in ‘06, and gave away 5,000 units in a competition.

Push the robot’s start button and it opens the can, tilts the glass, and pours the beer with a perfect head every time. The refrigerator section of the robot can cool six 350 ml cans and two beer mugs.

Would whoop R2D2's butt anytime

Well, it’s a start! I do enjoy mixing drinks, but someday we might all have our own bitch to chill, fetch & mix our drinks without fuss.

The only problem is, i dont trust goddam bartenders dat dont drink.

I mean, u wouldnt trust a chef dat dont eat.

Lookin for a candle-light gig? Fuggedaboutit do d champagne brunch featured below. I guess i’m romantic like dat. Haha

Salud

Most likely will remain in KL this time, tho its hard to predict. Last year found my ass in goddam Kluang. (If ur ever there, besides coffee, u GOTTA do the nasi ujang. Dope.)

Enjoy them oranges, ba kwa, shandy, beers and cognac!! If u feel i should have some, just drop me a mail!

Now!