Together Thoughts Back Putting

I have several things I need to get settled. Specifically, I need to reassess what I really want now, in my future, and in my lifeline. I need to ask myself again who am I.

Oh, and I seriously need to clean my bedroom. And beg my dad to buy me a new mattress or I'll never get sleep.

Nite peeps.

Oh, and Happy Malaysia Day eve.

Horror Just Isn't My Thing, Just So You Know

Slept relatively well yesterday. I just woke up once, but it didn't seem to affect me that much. Body recovery is still slow, so I'm taking plenty of rest days.

Today, I was browsing through some horror games since I am fascinated by the game mechanics (but I seriously cannot bring myself to play any of those). I don't really watch horror movies too if I can help it (except maybe Black Swan, which many people say doesn't count as one). Take a look at these few if you are a big fan of this genre (regardless whether you are a gamer/gaymer or not:

Please proceed with caution, the clips are quite daunting...

Slender.

Slender is based on a cult mythical creature that seems to have a slight popularity boost recently with the launch of this game.

SCP: Containment Breach.

SCP is a fictitious organisation which tries to contain ünknown items and individuals. Go check their official Wiki out, all content is completely fan made and is actually has quite freaky write ups.

My third and last suggestion is a website, which has several interactive horror point and click horror adventures. I found this when I was in college and the creator made a few more after the pilot version.

You can find it here: sinthaistudio

I don't know why I'm even blogging about this, considering I hate horror and it will illicit some kind of fear before sleep.

Nothing to do here.

The weekend is almost here! (Kind of...). Thanks for the comments, I seriously don't know how you cope with me.

Sleeping Through Sleepless Sleep

I haven't been having proper sleep the past 2 days, despite my effort to sleep on time. My body seems to be waking up a few times in the night, interrupting a much needed restful slumber or stage 3-4 of the REM cycle.

I'm praying I sleep well tonight.

Celebrated my godbro's birthday yesterday. Just a cozy dinner at Ben's Independent Food Store, where we ordered an entire roast chicken, which wasn't that bad.

Work has also required me to come in early these few days, and it is not helping with my sleep problems.

Good night world!

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Lost much. This is my new start, let's go places I don't know!

8th September 2012.

Complacent Squatter

This week has been relatively lax at work. Although it is a good to facilitate rest for me, I
m scared that I have become complacent and lazy. Ugh.

And squats are the bane of my existence. Going back to leg days after surgery is hell.

Phoneless, Sleepful, and Basically a Lesson on Refrigeration

Yesterday and today, I left my phone at home when I went to work. Both happened so similarly. Yesterday, I basically forgot my office keys at home, because I'm just used to leaving the keys in my work pants, but it is the start of the week, and I probably haven't gotten used to the working routine. So upon reaching the office (which fortunately is only 5-7 minutes away), I turned around to get my keys. Then when I got my keys, I somehow left my phone on the table. Today, I wore shorts to work, but I was supposed to bring my work pants along in my bag for emergencies, so I also forgot my keys and pants at home. When I went back to take my key and pants, I left my phone there.

I'm seriously getting too old.

I'm getting enough quality sleep (with me being disciplined with sleeping early enough), and my body really cranks so much more better. I even managed to go tho the gym today, albeit in the evening.

Okay, now for the main article of today:

Refrigerating Products in Malaysia

I think most of us has grown to use the fridge to keep everything to the point that we think that anything in the fridge can last forever (for the freezer it probably is true, but still). There are some products that really shouldn't go into the fridge, so save some space inside for things that actually matter, and save some trouble too:

1. Peanut butter and other spreads with a high fat content (but not cheese and dairy products). It spreads better at room temperature, and the high fat content and the preservatives of most commercialised spreads keep it safe outside the fridge.

2. Preserves, but not jams and marmalades. Preserves have been cooked down with enough sugar to render them quite hardy. Jams and marmalades are more pure and have a higher moisture content that would be better in the fridge after opening.

3. Hot Sauces and mustard. Most sauces (chilli and tabasco especially) are usually pasteurised and the acidity keeps them from spoiling. For ketchup, read the label for instructions, not all are made equal.

4. Potatoes and tomatoes. Potatoes change form in the fridge, and the starch changes to sugar, and not in a nice way. Tomatoes become mushy and the taste changes, and is better off left outside to ripen more (tomatoes in Malaysia tend to be bought under-ripened).

5. Bananas. In the fridge they turn mushy inside, and the skin turns an unsightly black.

6. Citrus fruits. Left outside, they ripen just like tomatoes, and they also dry up in the fridge and the skin becomes hard due to the dehydration effect.

There's a lot more, but you probably can Google for the information.

As for freezing, do not freeze huge chunks of meat just like that (it makes defrosting slow and troublesome). When buying meat, remove as much moisture from the meat with a clean dry cloth, then cut into the portions that you will be cooking them in. Wrap the individual portions with cling wrap and you are done. If the portion is huge (like a huge batch of chicken pieces), lay cling wrap on a flat surface and spread the meat in a way that it forms a single layer. After that cling wrap the top, using your fingers to press into small cavities and valleys in between each piece. You can then roll the cling wrapped layer into a roll and freeze.

Done.

I seriously need to stop eating canned food, especially canned tuna. It's just so expensive and technically troublesome to purchase, cook and eat fresh fish.

The Daily Weetabix

A few updates.

My elder sister was mugged today at a bus stop near her place in Sydney. There were people around, and fortunately the mugger only targeted her phone (which wasn't exactly super high-tech or anything). At least she is safe and sound.

The one month of not working has put me back quite a lot financially, so I'm gonna be stingy and all if I can help it.

Body is still relatively weak. Throat still dries up easily, especially in my office where the air-conditioning is brutally frigid and the air stagnant and stuffy. Easing into my gym routine is painful, because I don't push that hard, but it still felt like I did so on the following day. Diet control is also still not up yet, although somehow I have developed my sister's liking for Weetabix type biscuits, especially for breakfast. I cheat though, by applying a moderate amount of chocolate spread and peanut butter in between two biscuits.

Phone has cracked (so much for Gorilla Glass) some time back (but thankfully it doesn't crack like Apple screens). Not bothered to change the screen yet since it still functions perfectly fine. The only thing I use my phone for is normal calls and messages, Whatsapp, and other social apps anyway.

The one thing that has never changed is I still sweat like a sponge oozes water. It's seriously not funny.

As for my tonsils, it's about 99% healed. There's still a tiny part at the back of the throat which isn't fully healed, but it should be okay in due time.

Finito.

Might be meeting elder sis in Singapore if her company sends here there in October. Also planning to go with my godbrother and several other people to Penang in December.