Crystal and Mineral (not water) collection ....

... TADAAA ... Presenting the finer specimens of the KK Collection of Crystals and Minerals to the public for the first (and likely last) time


My fascination with minerals and crystals began when I was presented with a Lapis Lazuli which my mom gave me as a good luck charm during exams


Lapis lazuli /ˈlæpɪs ləˈzuːliː/ or /ˈlæʒuːlaɪ/ (sometimes abbreviated to lapis) is a deep blue semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.
Lapis lazuli was being mined in the Sar-i Sang mines^[1] and in other mines in the Badakhshan province in northeast Afghanistan as early as the 7th millennium BC,^[2] Lapis beads have been found at neolithic burials in Mehrgarh, the Caucasus, and even as far from Afghanistan as Mauritania.^[3] It was used for the eyebrows on the funeral mask of King Tutankhamun (1341–1323 BC).^[4]

The Early Years

My Lapis Lazuli .... well not mine but similar lah - my one broke into a million pieces protecting me from evil spirits

Evil Spirit

Lapis Lazuli ...

Establishing a collection

Fast forward 15 years later .... zzzz I have amassed the glowy crystal below which was a gift from a friend ...

and then I progressed to crystals that were functional and cool .... 

This one can drink water out of ...

Dragon oso I got ... 

At the time of writing my massive collection holds all - most - some of the awesome crystals above.

Conclusion

There are no other interesting specimens in my collection.  I have no containers to keep them in.

Meanwhile, if you are thinking <WTF> is this guy (or girl) on ... - the truth is - go to this other blog to see a REAL crystal and mineral collection (incidentally he donated the glowy orange one to me) .... some say the biggest in Kota Damansara and Bandar Utama >_<

http://www.devonbuy.com/crystal-and-mineral-collection/

... and no I am not on anything

3M Privacy Filter for laptops

Lol .. there isn't really much to talk about when it comes to Privacy Filters for computers .. they either work or um ... they don't!

In this case - it does (i.e. it shields all your dodgy stuff you do at work - Facebook, Twitter etc etc from the eyes of people who sit around you) but this filter is not without it's flaws (but I suspect MOST privacy filters also have the same deficiencies.

RLOD (Red Light Of Death) on a PS3

I own a first generation fatty PS3 (upgraded to 120 GB .. waaaaah (at that time lah)) for about 4-5 years now and so far - I have encountered
1) YLOD (Changed the laser and it was fixed)
2) RLOD (happened recently about 1 month ago)

These issues are apparently less prevailent in newer PS3's but since the PS3 super slim hasn't been out that long - I can't guarantee these problems do not occur.  I didn't have the RLOD issue for the past 5 years and only happend recently.

Puma Drift Cat 3's !

WARNING! Tthis post has nothing to do with members of the feline family doing an Initial D in a Toyota AE86!  If you were expecting something like this - please move on or go read about my See Yau Kai post.

Recently I treated myself to a new pair of driving shoes. 

Village Roast Duck @ BV1, Bangsar

Ok - if there's something I enjoy eating; it's RICE.  Curry rice, White rice, Briyani rice .. you name it!  In cantonese I am what you would call a "Fan Tong" (i.e. rice bucket!).  My current record is 5 big plates of rice at one seating (the fact that I ended up with a fever due to indigestion is another issue altogether!).

myBurgerLab @ Seapark, Petaling Jaya

Ok - admittedly; as much as I enjoy fast food like the next guy, I am not a huge burger fan.  I enjoy the occasional quick bite at McD's or Carl's Jr. but I typically won't go out of the way to eat a BURGER. 

Usually when it comes to more 'premium' burger joints in KL - Fat Boy's would come to mind (mine at least).  However - a couple of months ago I heard about myBurgerLab from a food aficionado (let's call him "Y") and his raving reviews - it piqued my interest.