No Compromise for Mister Potato Fiesta 2009

Have you ever eaten potato chips which have been left out in the open without the can being properly closed? I have had my share of eating such things. Sometimes, it was when I was craving for some crisps and had imagine it on my mind the feeling of such crispy potato chips to invade my mouth. The disappointment of the potato chips being uneatable or even soggy can be really overwhelming sometimes. I would then go looking for a fresh can to make up for that type of disappointment.

I thought I am the only one having this problem in my household but it seems that other than us humans (my wife and I), our cats also hate potato chips which are not crispy. It shows that how much importance should be give to crispiness of potato chips. Look at Cookie face when I gave her some of these chips which have been left in the open and is quite soggy :

It is my fault for leaving the can to open the night before and I forgot to close the can properly. Usually, I will have my Mister Potato with my evening tea like this :

 Mister Potato crisps are never soggy if it has just been open. They have ensured quality all the way. Do you know that they are having a contest now?

The #1 Mister Potato Contest consist of 8 stages of games where you take on a role of humble potato peeler in the Mister Potato’s organization. You have stumbled upon a series of secret steps to climb the corporate ladder and set to be the #1 Man in the Mister Potato Empire!

The first step you’ll have to do is to register for an account. Once you’re done with that, you’re one step closer to win the following prizes;

• 1st Prize – RM5,000
• 2nd Prize – RM3,000
• 3rd Prize – RM2,000

Now that the cash prizes have got your attention, we’ll share what else you need to do to win the prizes. There will be 8 different challenges in the #1 Mister Potato Contest which will give you a brief idea on how the crispy chips of Mister Potato are made. They include plucking potatoes,

Slicing potatoes,

Chip crunchiness audio test,

…and many more! At the end of the challenge, you’ll be given a chance to upload a picture of yourself dressed up as Mister Potato! Dress to your best as this will be a very important task to win the cash prizes! Once you’re done, you’ll need to wait until 29th November where the gallery page will be open for public voting until 5th December. During this period, rally your friends and family to vote for you as you’ll need all the votes you can get to attend the grand Mister Potato Fiesta of the year!!

50 contestants with the most votes by the end of the voting period will be given a pair of invites to join the Mister Potato Fiesta 2009 where the best 10 contestants will be pitted against each other to be crowned the grand winner for the #1 Mister Potato Contest! Go to Mister Potato website to enter.

I actually have completed all the stages in the contest but when they want me to dress up like Mister Potato, I lack the facial hair. Maybe I can grow my mustache and try to enter later.

As for now, let me enjoy my crispy Mister Potato's crisps with my evening tea...

Blog posts as press statements

Remember the time when you have to chase a certain somebody all over the country to get a sound bite from him? When he wouldn't give his time of the day as he is too busy attending to his 'work'? Either the work is attending events where he or she has to cut ribbons or those work where he or she has to go and meet his or her boss or another of his or her contemporary (for the highest boss of the land). Most of these people are labelled as 'politicians' and some are 'aspiring' politicians. Chasing and being chased are just some of their job descriptions.

Nowadays, if you want some insight into the mind of a politician or what a politician has to say about certain matters, be it some irrelevant matter to his portfolio or the one which can make or break another politician career, look no further than the internet. Or specifically the politician's blog which will tell you all you need to know and then some.

It may not be the same as interviewing these politicians and catching them off-guard with some direct questions but even the mainstream media seems to use these blogs to get some news to feed the masses. Some of the politicians have even published their blog posts in the form of press release. It is easier for the media to sift these releases in order for them to make into published articles.

Like the courtrooms where lawyers now like to send in their submission by writing them than present them to the judges through their oral acrobatics, maybe politicians of the future can convince their constituents that they are good in representing them in Parliament or Congress by the ideas they present through their writings....

Would M.Nasir/Ramli Sarip be given the same treatment

I just saw Sir Bob Geldof being given a VIP welcome in the local television station. He was touring the place and was then seen having a discussion with a few of the senior management of the television station. The newscaster then said, he was there to share his ideas. He is in Malaysia to talk at the Youth Engagement Summit which was held for youth to interact with world leaders. Among the imminent persons who had given talks and answered questions among other were Geldof, Randi Zuckenberg of CNN, Biz Stone of Twitter and Malaysia's own Fernandes of AirAsia.

I did not attend this event although I wanted to as the fee is too much to pay for little old me. I actually am thankful when I didn't attend as the Twitter-feed I was reading when the event was going on showed speeches which can be read again and again in their books and other events. Some of the participants who was interviewed said they were inspired by getting to question their idol. There was this one guy who was trying to get Geldof to commit to a Band Aid type of event in Asia. He was actually considered to be rude and uncouth in his attempt to do such thing. I consider him to be brave although a tad foolish.

Who is this Geldof actually? He is a singer-songwriter and in short a rocker in the 70s. He had successfully organised a few events which are best known to raise money for Africa and one of the famous one is Band Aid where other band came and perform while they raise money for the famine in Ethiopia. It was considered a success. The current group MD of the Malaysian television station who had invited Geldof is well-known for his charity work. So, maybe that is why he invited Geldof to pick his brain.

Malaysia has its share of rockers and well-known person giving their all to charity. I am just wondering whether of them are singer-songwriters or even those who has anything to do with music to be as charitable or as inventive in trying to raise money for charity as Geldof. Here in Malaysia, among a few of the well-known musicians are M.Nasir and Ramli Sarip. I wonder how will they fare in fundraising.

Rainy days and Mondays

The Carpenter sang that when it rains and when it is a Monday, with a forlorn voice, the day would be a very sad day. But, I am just wondering, isn't that makes Monday more fun. I mean, everyone says they hate Mondays and to those who live near the suburb, having to drive into the city, it will be one long drive which will may even make you stuck in a traffic jam.

That is why I love living in the suburb and work in the suburb.

The only reason for me to be late for work on a rainy day or a Monday if I choose to pull the cover up and sleep a bit late. Just a bit....

ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........

2012 : Where old actors go to die....

It was a disaster movie which is just a recycle of all the other disaster movie. I would want to say it is the best disaster movie yet but there were others, by the same producer no less, such as Armageddon and The Day After Tomorrow. Roland Emmerich has practice a lot in destroying the world to bring us another one and boy, did he try to really make us feel the feeling of utter helplessness if these prophesies event ever come into being.

SPOILERS AHEAD :

It is the end of the world in 2012 if the Mayan calendar if to be believed and to be understood as not continuing more than 21.12.2012 as meaning to mean it is the end of the world.

Jackson Curtis (Cusack) is the one who raced from one city to another and then one country to another to save his family. And he succeed. While people were kill when Los Angelese were sliding into the ocean or Hawaii become a volcanic mess and Yellowstone spewed lava instead of just hot geyser. Yes, they even destroyed the White House by throwing a ship on it. While the ship is still in the water.

 

Chiwetel Ejiofor is Adrian Helmsley, who is the other main character who discovered the phenomena and was the one who started the ball rolling to build ships to save mankind. As the lead scientist, he managed to save more than what the government, being the evil Oliver Platt decided to sell seats on the ships.

But the real main character was the world being destroyed and tectonic plates all over the world being shifted.

Look at the name of these actors :

John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, with Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson.

Can you remember, when was the last time they had any hit film? (except for Chiwetel whom I think will emerge as the biggest winner in acting lottery here. I mean, he is going places)

All I can say, you know that you are in for a great disaster movie, which will rely on the special effect more than the acting when you see has-been actors are cast to be sacrificial lambs, one by one, to the great mother earth (some of them do survive...)

 

Don't know anyone of them? Some will just go down in flames...

Thanks to Nuffnang for giving me tickets to watch the world go down in flame and how the world will looks like if it is flooded like in Noah time. I did not even notice it was two and half hour when it was finished...

Go watch it for the effect and not for the acting...