Gym 27

Bicep curls dumbbell (combined)

Set 1 12kg 10 reps

Set 2 12kg 10 reps

Set 3 12kg 10 reps

Set 4 12kg 10 reps

Set 5 12kg 10 reps

Set 6 12kg 10 reps

YES! a very slight increase

Tricep pulldown

Set 1 10kg 10 reps

Set 2 10kg 10 reps

Set 3a 15kg 5 reps

Set 3b 10kg 5 reps

Set 4 10kg 10 reps

Set 5 10kg 10 reps

Set 6 10kg 10 reps

Tried to go up on 3rd set but failed

Shoulders (dumbbell front raises, dumbbell bent over lateral raises and dumbbell side raises - combined)

Set 1 8kg 10 reps

Set 2 8kg 10 reps

Set 3 8kg 10 reps

Struggled with side and back shoulder raise. and finally found out the real terms of these exercises

Bench dumbell press combined

Set 1 20kg 10 reps

Set 2 15kg 10 reps

Set 3 40kg 10 reps

Set 4 50kg 10 reps

Set 5 50kg 10 reps

Stoked.

Dead lifts - Smith machine

Set 1 20kg 10 reps

Set 2 20kg 10 reps

Set 3 30kg 10 reps

Set 4 30kg 10 reps

Set 5 40kg 10 reps

Rarrrr. I wish that similar-sized girl was around to see me out-lift her!

Running on treadmill

Ran for 2 minutes and quit. Lol. Will attempt again next week

Blog 2.3 The new Laksa King, Flemington

Melbourne's famous Laksa King restaurant relocated down the street on Racecourse Road to Pin Oak Crescent. So I took this opportunity to send out 4 up-and-coming food reviewers to report on the Grand opening.

L-R: Passion, Hops, Nat Chan and Suzuki

Passion drove the crew to the restaurant, Hops was in charge of photography while Nat Chan and Suzuki took care of reviewing the food.

It is very rare to have a restaurant (especially an asian one at that) to give out free food for an entire day. This clearly shows how good business is for Laksa King. Laksa King was closed for about 4 days and reopened its doors from 12 to 8pm. Free food by invitation only - but it appears that anyone walking in can help themselves to the food. Laksa King is now licensed to serve alcohol. Also, the review crew missed out on the Lion dance later that night.

The interior design is very chic and modern. A big change from the old Laksa King.

The restaurant is very much bigger and can now accommodate plenty more customers. No more sitting out in the cold!

Those who frequent Laksa King alot will be taken back by the dramatic change.

I love how the yellow lines on the wall 'extending out' to become lights

According to the review crew, this man in the black suit is the restaurant's manager.

The manager keeping an eye on the food..

The springrolls and curry beef are from the previous menu.

Roti canai was also from the previous menu. However, as all asians know... only the creators, the Indians make the best rotis. A fine example, is the Rich Maha restaurant located along Little Bourke Street in the city but very very pricey.

There was also fried chicken but until the new menu is available, I do not know if this will be on the menu... but most likely not.

A favourite of Suzuki's, fruit and prawn salad

Suzuki hated the curry puff, while Hops like the unique curry puff.

Anel bum's joined the crew later and the Singapore noodles were her favourite.

The return of Fried flat rice noodles... look at the big chunks of chinese sausage... must be a grand opening day thing.

In conclusion, I give the review crew a 3 out of 5 for their review/report... marks deducted for taking pictures of chicken bones and not giving me enough details to do a proper foodview. I also wish Laksa King congratulations on their big grand opening and hope that their food will keep me entertained and satiated. My foodviews on Laksa King to come soon!

Blog 2.2 BB 207 Gundam GP03 Dendrobrium SD

As Britney once said, "Oops!... I did it again". I bought another Gundam kit... with no intention to put it together. lol. This time its the Gundam SD GP03 Dendrobium BB 207 from Hobby Link Japan (~AUD30). Like I said before, I like interesting SD gundams and the SD Dendrobium is one of them. By the way, I actually watched the Britney youtube. lol.

To conclude today's blog is a joint mini-foodview between Mr. Nat Chan and myself.

Bon Gateaux French Cream Cheesecake from Woolworths

Comparison of product to image of product on carton.

Breadcrumb base very very crumbly. Poor form.

Consistency is a little thicker than whipped cream.

Mr. Nat Chan : Very slight hint of tangy lemon.

Mr. Jaystin Unicorn : Is that all you have to say?

Mr. Nat Chan : My skinny jeans is making my leg cramp

Overall : This product is as the saying goes, 'you get what you pay for'. So AUD4 for 2 cheesecakes, that is a steal. There is indeed a tint of lemon in this cheesecake but there isn't any hint of cream cheese in this cake. I like how this cake is not overly sweet. If it wasn't on special I will not buy this cake.

Combined Taste : 3 out of 5

Combined Value : 5 out of 5

Available this week at Woolworths

Gym 26

I was chatting to the current Australian FIFA10 champion, Mr. Nat Chan and his new BFF, the current Spanish FIFA10 2nd place runner-up, Mr. El Vino.

Mr. Chan : So I read Jaystin Unicorn's gym blog the other night and I must say he is rather weak.

Mr. Vino : I concur... I can do 12.5kg per dumbbell for my bicep curls.

Mr. Chan : You're very much stronger than Jaystin but weaker than Mr.P.

Mr. Unicorn : I'm like here.

Mr. P : Yea, I got nice calves.

So today's workout was short and I have mixed feelings about today's workout.

Since I am using so light weights, I decide to superset alternating my triceps and biceps.

Bicep curls (Combined)

Set 1 10kg 10 reps

Set 2 10kg 10 reps

Set 3 10kg 10 reps

Set 4 10kg 10 reps

Set 5 10kg 10 reps

Set 6 10kg 10 reps

Tricep pull down

Set 1 10kg 10 reps

Set 2 10kg 10 reps

Set 3 10kg 10 reps

Set 4 10kg 10 reps

Set 5 10kg 10 reps

Set 6 10kg 10 reps

Sigh

Seated row

Set 1 20kg 10 reps

Set 2 30kg 10 reps

Set 3 40kg 10 reps

Flat bench dumbbell press (Combined)

Set 1 20kg 10 reps

Set 2 30kg 10 reps

Set 3 50kg 10 reps

Set 4 50kg 7 reps (FAIL)

Set 5 50kg 6 reps (lol)

Blog 2.1 Wasted

I was in the city on sunday and saw this dude displaying his mad skills along bourke street. I wish my gundams would look like that.

No gym today because I was assisting my neighbour in building a gate and the rest of the day was pretty much wasted.

Stinky Skype upgraded itself without my permisssion and hangs every 30 seconds when I am in a conversation. I hate you skype.

Pete's got tap tap revenge 3 (an iphone app) and I cannot break his score, which ticked me off. I can only thank Anel Bum for misleading me into thinking that I was Melbourne's greatest tap tap revenge 3 person. To top it off, Pete was teasing my poor tap tap revenge 3 skills, called me a girl and gave me a box of tampons.

I have been a loyal follower of the world's first lady of gundam, Prime92. Yes, I too thought she was a he. Anyways, she is awesome! It was thanks to her that I found out about bootleg gundams. Anyhoo, so she is doing a 'let's build a gundam' part by part video on one of the largest High-grade 1/144 gundam models I have ever seen and costs just as much (~AUD347), the Drendrobium. Refer to wiki for definition of gundam dendrobium. This model is just impressive. It's just the thing to re-ignite my passion and desire for gundams again.

Mmm, yea... no. If I have to pick up another robot... it be the Samsung Navibot SR8855 (~AUD1000) robot vaccuuum. Here is possibly the world's worst reviewer ever... even makes my reviews looks ten times better. This lady does NOT actually tell us anything about the Navibot. Where are the answers to the questions that potential customers like myself want to know eg. What is the dust capacity volume?, how long it actually runs on a single charge?, how to actually use the 'virtual guard' that comes with it, and so forth... and who in his/her right mind would sweep the floor with a feather duster.

Oh my gosh, I'm giving this reviewer 0 out of 5 stars. No class at all. That's right, I am reviewing a reviewer. I reckon this is forbidden in the world of reviewers, but she wasted my bandwidth... and I don't have a lot of bandwidth to waste.

Gym 25

Comment: A girl who was about my size came in and was out-lifting me in the deadlifts department. Not wanting to lose, I went up to 30kg on my first day back... in the end she out-lifted me. Sigh. However, it was good she came in otherwise I'd stop at set 3. I will have my revenge, you similar sized girl. Also I will initiate 15min runs on the treadmill. I have asked everyone's favourite rival, Mr.P how far he could run in 15 minutes and set that as my target.

Overall, I am so weak!!! I will shoot myself in my foot if I ever stop going to the gym again.

Dumbbell Bicep curls (Combined)
Set 1 4kg 10 reps
Set 2 4kg 10 reps
Set 3 8kg 10 reps
Set 4 8kg 10 reps

Tricep pulldown
Set 1 10kg 10 reps
Set 2 10kg 10 reps
Set 3 10kg 10 reps
Set 4 10kg 10 reps

Smith machine Deadlifts
Set 1 20kg 10 reps
Set 2 20kg 10 reps
Set 3 20kg 10 reps
Set 4 30kg 10 reps
Set 5 30kg 10 reps
Set 6 30kg 10 reps

Shoulder dumbbell front lifts? (gosh I forgot what this exercise is called)
Set 1 10kg 10 reps (combined weight)
Set 2 8kg 10 reps (combined weight)
Set 3 8kg 10 reps (combined weight)

Shoulder dumbbell Side lifts? (what the heck... I still cannot recall the names)
Set 1 10kg 10 reps (combined weight)
Set 2 8kg 10 reps (combined weight)
Set 3 8kg 10 reps (combined weight)

Shoulder dumbbell back lifts? (can't be bothered... will find out next time)
Set 1 10kg 10 reps (combined weight)
Set 2 8kg 10 reps (combined weight)
Set 3 8kg 10 reps (combined weight)

Gym 24

MY 100th post. I honestly thought I'd quit blogging by then. Anyways that nagging pain in my left elbow that was injured last year is getting more noticeable. Just when I start mending my ways, a road block appears on my path to wearing tight shirts again. So I have to be more cautious, again. Now my whole routine is different since May. It is impractical for me to gym Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and every other Sunday- (another road block - I will not be detered by this!) which leaves me with about 3-4 times a week in the gym. Meaning slacking off is no longer an option, and meaning I absolutely need a very effective weight training routine. Sigh.

Bicep curls (Combined total weight) - Followed immediately by Tricep pull-down

Set 1 4kg 10 reps

Set 2 10kg 10 reps

Set 3 10kg 10 reps

Set 4 10kg 10 reps

Tricep pull-down (Combined total weight) - Followed immediately by Bicep curls

Set 1 10kg 10 reps

Set 2 10kg 10 reps

Set 3 10kg 10 reps

Set 4 15kg 10 reps

Flat bench press dumbbells (Combined total weight)

Set 1 20kg 10 reps

Set 2 20kg 10 reps

Set 3 30kg 10 reps

Set 4 40kg 10 reps

Set 5 50kg 10 reps

Set 6 55kg 6 reps - Fail

Hopefully on Monday, I can find a good instructor in the gym and he can write up a good routine for me. Sigh. Otherwise, chest is progressing well. Yay. I did attempt dead-lifts but had to stop it as I had a engagement to get to. Sigh. Also can still keep up with 30 seconds interval. Yay.

Foodview 2.1 Rose Garden, Melbourne

I've been wanting to do this foodview for a while now. So one cold winter day in Melbourne, a random asian person X were to say to another random asian acquintance Y,

Person X: Hmm, I'm feeling very peckish and I'd like to eat chicken ribs.

Without a doubt,

Person Y: "Rose garden, mate, Rose garden".

That's right. Rose garden is famous for its Spicy Chicken ribs. Without fail, on 435 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, nearer to the corner of Franklin street in the city, is Rose garden, where you will find tens of people queuing up to eat there. It is always full. Seriously.

There are tons of dishes available here but I will always order Spicy Chicken ribs. Let's see the pictures. Pictures are nice.

Presentation is simple and looks heavenly.

Crispy batter and meaty chicken. Bow before the almighty MSG!

Usually the first bite or two (especially the crispy bits) sends me into heavenly ecstasy. I serious feel like I've died and gone to Heaven and come back and gone again (with every bite).

I do not recommend you take away. The heaven-sending effect will have dissipated by then. I fully recommend you eat at their tiny restaurant.

Rice usually goes with chicken. duh. Oh chinese tea is free flowing and hot. I love chinese tea.

Another favourite dish of mine is Vermicelli noodles with salted fish and chicken.

I usually ask to have this dish cooked without onions. I hate onions. The big ones, especially in my Hungry Jacks.

I don't think many chinese restaurants offer this type of dish. I know Laksa king only offer vermecilli noodles with its curry laksa.

Overall

Taste : 5 out of 5 stars

Value : 5 out of 5 stars

This restaurant is simply amazing. Reasonably priced and good service too! Just waiting for a free table and lining up in the queue that kills me.

Now I previously did a foodview on Pacific house's version of chicken ribs. So in a head-to-head battle of the chicken ribs, what would be my verdict?. It's a tough one, but I have to say, Rose garden.

Gym 23

Hi, my name is Jaystin and I am a gym-slack-oholic. The last time I went to the gym was on the 3rd of May 2010.

I can clearly see that I can't wear my tight T-shirts yet I didn't do anything about it. Thank goodness, its winter now so I can 'hide' my withered body in my authentic bear-fur lined jacket. Months of effort and dedication went down the toilet. My body hates me. I am sorry.

So today I am back in the gym. Restart my 2010 resolutions. I must persevere and fight the evils of laziness! Since its been xx days, today was a warm up.

Biceps

2.5kg dumbbells bicep curls

set 1 30 reps

set 2 30 reps

7kg dumbbells bicep curls

set 3 10 reps

set 4 10 reps

Chest

set 1 10kg dumbbells flat bench press 10 reps

set 2 12.5kg dumbbells flat bench press 10 reps

set 3 15kg dumbbells flat bench press 10 reps

set 4 17.5kg dumbbells flat bench press 10 reps

set 5 20kg dumbbells flat bench press 10 reps

set 6 22.5kg dumbbells flat bench press 10 reps

set 7 25kg dumbbells flat bench press 5 reps (FAIL to reach 10 reps)

set 8 25kg dumbbells flat bench press 5 reps (FAIL again at second attempt at 10 reps, SIGH)

Comments:

It always feels GOOD to be in the gym. No matter how long and how far I stray away from Gym, it always welcomes me back (provided my membership is still valid, lol). In a way, Gym is like Jesus. He forgives all my sins, just like gym's forgiven all my slackness.

Anyways with biceps had to stop because that nagging elbow injury from last year is still around. Better watch it and strengthen left elbow with triceps and biceps. SIGH.

Anyways very pleased with first day back in the gym after xx days. Today's plan of attack is to keep going until I tired out. Next gym session is on Friday. OH YEA!. I miss you so much, gymmy. Now must fight to stay in shape so that I can beat Mr.P at the next tight shirt competition.

By the way, Mr.P won the Spirit of Maribyrnong race by default as the Italian scallion and myself, wimped out. I think I will start jogging on the treadmills at the gym as well, I quit that race, but I have not given up.... yet.

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Foodview 2.1 Ichiban Delicious Instant Bowl Noodles

Today I will be reviewing something that is close to my heart and stomach. Instant noodles. Speaking of which, I will be moving soon to my new address, which y'all can start bookmarking and favouriting at instantmee.blogspot.com. Sweet as.

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Ichiban Delicious Instant Cup/Bowl Noodles is one of the premium instant noodles of the millions on the asian grocery market scene. Depending on where you shop, it starts from AUD3. Pretty steep.

There are many flavours to choose from obviously but today's pick is "Beef flavour". I might be wrong because I am purely guessing the content purely from looking the packaging, which by the way, is very well done. As you would have guessed by now, I am very happy when makers put effort into the packaging.

Tip: Rip the plastic cover then open the lid HALFWAY only, as per directions on the lid.

From left to right:

a) Meat and its sauce (that's right, vaccuum packed meat. I love the fact that meat is included but you might not so it's a hit and miss with this; I wish I could read chinese and look at the packet for the meat - 10cm!!!);

b) Hot chilli sauce - if you like it hot then put this in!;

c) Dehydrated vegies (mainly peas - all three of them); and last but not least,

d) The sauce for the noodles. - Looks like poo. SPicy even without the chilli sauce

e) Noodles - 9cm wide. Pretty big noodle cake. For $3, they better give a big noodle cake.

The bowl is deep, I recommend you follow the instructions and fill up the bowl with water.

Rip and pour or squeeze all sachets into the bowl. Now put a kettle on and boil some hot water.

Look at that... so pooey. Better not taste like it!

My goodness, it does look very unpleasant.

Very impressed with the meat portions.

Here it is after 5 minutes. (It did say 3 minutes but I nearly forgot about my noodles).

This is one of the meat pieces that I scooped up as it all sank to the bottom of the bowl.

Value : 4 out of 5 stars

Taste : 5 out of 5 stars

Overall comment

Well, this instant cup (bowl) noodles definitely makes my top ten cup noodles list (currently no.1), but for how many weeks can ICHIBAN DELICIOUS stay at the top? Honestly, I dont think any other brand can knock it off its top spot. For AUD3, its rather expensive but its worth it. I finished the soup, that's how good I thought it was.

Stay tune same badminton channel and badminton time for the next instant cup noodle review. I already got the next contender all lined up. Its gonna be a doosy.

Review 1.0 Kristal Hotel, Pondok Indah, Jakarta, Indonesia

Welcome to Hotel kristal

The hotel is on the right. Another hotel is on the left of this picture. This picture may look like a busy road but its not! There is only one supermarket that sells overpriced items... and a pharmacy and thats about it!

Security is tight. this is how Obama feels like.

Nice tropical trees all over the hotel.

Main entrance to hotel as well as to the pool.

So if you walk to the right at the hotel entrance you will see the pool entrance.

The views from the pool

The hotel design both interior and exterior is dated. Feels like I'm on the set of Survivor.

Nice kois at the pool entrance.

If you walk out from the hotel, you will come to this supermarket, HERO. Hang on... 'the fresh food people'??!? Where have I heard that from!?!?!? Hmmmm.

Coming back from 'the fresh food people'. the view of the hotel kristal. Actually, Hero sells tainted meat.... so I dont think they are really the fresh food people. No. Fail indeed.

Now on to Jakarta in general:

01. PRIVATE DRIVER. You must absolutely know someone in Jakarta. So get on facebook, add a random Indonesian friends and become their best friend. In return for your friendship, they will provide you with great local knowledge... such as recommending me to a private local driver. We tried two drivers, one guy's car was stinky & was an average driver and the other guy's car was clean and awesome & I believe he is the Indonesian Champion king of drivers. I remember that we paid around AUD70 a day... meaning he would drop us at a shopping mall like Block M, WAIT til we had enough and drove us to another shopping mall. We had him drive us like 6am to 12 midnight. So this is a must.

02. TRAFFIC. I've been to Thailand and Malaysia and I thought the traffic jams were horrendous but I changed my mind once I stepped out the airport in Indonesia. Every time we left for a destination, we'd get stuck in traffic for 2-3 hours. No joke. Also you must not be afraid to die, you must learn to cut in and fight your way through intersections keeping your own lane or forever get stuck. Lastly, I advise to bring a big 2L wide-mouth empty plastic bottle with a cap.

03. MASSAGE CENTERS. I say, one must definitely get a massage in Jakarta. It's completely different than getting a massage in Thailand. It's softer (less painful) and I reckon it focused more on aromatherapy. Anyways, its just different and a must experience.

04. SPEAK INDONESIAN ONLY. Fortunately for me, I lived in Malaysia for a year and so I could speak the Malay language which is similar to the Indonesian language. No one here speaks English (same as with Thailand)

Now onto HOTEL KRISTAL

First things first is that I didn't plan this trip to Indonesia, and just went with the flow with the person who orgnised this trip. So unlike my well-planned Bangkok trip, I will try to be as detailed as possible (and leave out all my complaints).

On the way to the hotel, we passed by a suburb called Pondok Indah. Lots of mega wealthy people live here. The houses shouldn't be classified as mansions but like forts or castle or the White house.

We finally arrived at the hotel, with the driver weaving about the crazy traffic. At the entrance to hotel, there was tight security. Guard dogs, under-car mirrors to check for bombs, bullet-proof vests, the works... all one needed was some gun-fight or explosions. After that, passed the hotel car park. The hotel on the outside looks very polished, clean and nice and gives a good impression. At the lobby, there is another security check. The lobby looked very well, proper and grandish.

There is a massage center - not recommended at all, it was expensive and was not happy with the service.

There is a gym - never seen hotel gyms so packed before. As if I was at a local gym. I do weight training at my local gym in Melbourne and I can say the hotel gym makes the grade. There are personal instructors too.

Nice huge swimming pool and a hot pool too. There was a bar at the swimming pool. Didnt get a chance to visit it. The pool area was big and spacious and very clean. Lots of other guests were relaxing and having fun.

Unfortunately, didn't get a chance to sample the hotel's restaurant food - no free complimentary anything! Poor form.

Since I was travelling with a big group, we stayed in the 3 bedroom apartment. As we made our way to the room, the corridor reminded me of the corridors of condominium or high rise flats back in Malaysia. Rather weird observation but I didn't feel like I was in a hotel.

Upon entering the room, the living room was HUGE and clean. There was a big dinning table, sofas, big lcd TV and the TV unit. The balcony looked out to the road which we came in from. There was split unit air-conditioning in every room.

Cupboard in the single bedroom

Single bedroom. Its super cold in here - tiny room and a split unit in your face.

The single bedroom - I slept here.

Double bedroom 2

Each room had a wardrobe. Very spacious.

Table counters. Only the master bedroom had its own LCD TV.

Also the master bedroom had its own bathroom and toilet.

The kitchen area had a electric hot plate, microwave, fridge, kettle and a water cooler (staff would come and refill the water - smart people dont drink tap water over here!).

Kitchen area. Water cooler. Electric hot plates. Microwave. The hotel does provide washing detergent. Fridge.

The dining area. We took the chairs out to another room.

View from the corner of the room. This 3 bedroom is huge.

Tv area.

View from TV area.

Main door entrance.

There was a master bedroom (queen size), a double bedroom and a single bedroom. The master bedroom had a nice big bathroom while the other bathroom was small and cramped. The shower cubicle was unfortunately not clean. There was hot water every time someone had a shower though.

There are absolutely no shops in walking distance. There is only one supermarket, shoe shop and a pharmacy - which is adequate for most travelers. However the supermarket, HERO is overpriced and I bought 'fresh chicken' from the meat department which turns out to be tainted and had the world's worst food poisoning ever. You can see my name in the Guinness book of records for achieving this feat. If I was still there, I'd complain to every possible authority known to all Indonesian men!

Whenever we wanted to go out to the big shopping malls, as I said we had to deal with the traffic jam. It is just ridiculous how long we were stuck in traffic. Again.. always travel with a big empty plastic bottle and sit at the back of the van.

I am on the fence about recommending this hotel. The room rates at this hotel is not cheap (for me personally anyways), the location was not great (I know there is always a car or taxi to takes us to the shopping malls)- but what I mean is that, for me personally, I also like to walk out of my hotel and be able to go to nearby shops and restaurants.... not only just the same one and only supermarket. But please note that there were lots of other tourists that were staying at this hotel.

Overall impression.

Room 3.5 out of 5 stars

Price 2 out of 5 stars

Location ? out of 5 stars

The location of the hotel bugs me the most. I didn't know where the main shopping mall were so until I do more research and planning if I ever go on another trip to Indonesia... I cannot give a recommendation if its the most convenient located hotel.