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<pre>warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for '11.0/DST' instead in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ahbeng\modules\node.module on line 1158.</pre><pre>warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. 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We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for '11.0/DST' instead in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ahbeng\modules\node.module on line 1158.</pre><pre>warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for '11.0/DST' instead in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ahbeng\modules\node.module on line 1158.</pre><pre>warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for '11.0/DST' instead in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ahbeng\modules\node.module on line 1158.</pre><pre>warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for '11.0/DST' instead in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ahbeng\modules\node.module on line 1158.</pre><pre>warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for '11.0/DST' instead in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ahbeng\modules\node.module on line 1158.</pre><pre>warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for '11.0/DST' instead in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ahbeng\modules\node.module on line 1158.</pre><pre>warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for '11.0/DST' instead in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ahbeng\modules\node.module on line 1158.</pre><pre>warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for '11.0/DST' instead in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ahbeng\modules\node.module on line 1158.</pre><pre>warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for '11.0/DST' instead in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ahbeng\modules\node.module on line 1158.</pre><pre>warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for '11.0/DST' instead in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ahbeng\modules\node.module on line 1158.</pre><pre>warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. 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 <title>ahbeng.net needs upgrade</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/299</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;To all regular visitors of ahbeng.net, ahbeng knows that he has been slack with updates... but there are reasons why!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ahbeng.net runs on a hacked version of &lt;a href=&quot;http://drupal.org&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Drupal&lt;/a&gt;, an open-source system. Why did ahbeng hack it in the first place? Well, while Drupal had most of the features ahbeng needed, it wasn&#039;t exactly how ahbeng wanted it. Furthermore, the HTML it generated at the time wasn&#039;t great or search engine optimised. So ahbeng hacked away, not really touching the underlying code but rather how content was presented.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ahbeng has not updated Drupal since ahbeng.net was lauched, and now trying to do so has proven to be a nightmare.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, ahbeng has decided to redo ahbeng.net, and just go with the defaults. ahbeng will import the existing content into a new drupal installation, and just customise the things the original developers of drupal meant to be customised. No more hacking and slashing. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This would mean some functionality (such as the calendar on the right) will be either changed or lost, and search engines like Google may not like ahbeng as much.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It may take some time, but ahbeng will try his best to stick to the K.I.S.S way of doing things... &lt;b &gt;K&lt;/b&gt;eep &lt;b &gt;I&lt;/b&gt;t &lt;b &gt;S&lt;/b&gt;imple &lt;b &gt;S&lt;/b&gt;tupid.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:32:52 +1100</pubDate>
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 <title>Hongkie Celebrities Spotted!</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/298</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;During ahbeng&#039;s recent trip in Asia, ahbeng came across a couple of celebrities. Of course, ahbeng barely recognised some and didn&#039;t even know some of the others, but whenever ahbeng could he would tell them he was their biggest fan in Australia. Miranda was the one who spotted most of them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first celebrity ahbeng came across was veteran Swiss army knife &lt;a href=&quot;&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Nancy Sit Ka-Yin&lt;/a&gt;. She has just about done everything a celebrity could do on TV, except sex scenes, not that ahbeng spent time researching on this. When Miradan approached ole Nancy for a photo, she was very obliging and commented that Miranda was a pretty girl. She didn&#039;t say anything about ahbeng&#039;s fantastic physique, that&#039;s why ahbeng didn&#039;t bother to photoshop her infamous mole off.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;clearfix blockImg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/hkcelebs-1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/hkcelebs-2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft noMR&quot;&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;In Hong Kong, at Time Square, there was a Chinese New Year exhibit featuring pigs, 2007 being the year of the bacon of course. This actress, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/tong_angela.htm&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Angela Tong Ying-Ying&lt;/a&gt;, was having her picture taken among with the ham. ahbeng walked past, took one look at her and thought that she was some has-been Cathay Pacific stewardess but Miranda told ahbeng that she starred alongside &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/kwok_roger.htm&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Ah Wong&lt;/a&gt;, one of the celebs ahbeng actually hoped he could meet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The next celebrities ahbeng saw were the twin rojaks (Eurasian) &lt;a href=&quot;&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Soler&lt;/a&gt;. ahbeng was waiting for Miranda to get her hair done and was killing time in Timesquare checking out a free concert organised by some producer called Cash. Everyone that performed were professional, although ahbeng didn&#039;t know who they were. As ahbeng was drinking his liong-char (herbal tea), these 2 rojaks walked past him and ahbeng saw that they were pretty cool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Then when they got up to perform, everyone knew who they were except ahbeng. Turns out Soler&#039;s an up and coming group, and they were very good performers. Unfortunately, ahbeng didn&#039;t have his camera with him so he didn&#039;t take any photos.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finally, whilst shopping in Louis Vitton, mainly to have an idea of what the real stuff looked like so he could compare it to the fakes in Mongkok, ahbeng realised Twins (the group Twins, not the real rojak twins Soler) were also there. Both Ah Giu and Ah Sa were dressed in trackies &amp;amp; sneakers but had makeup on. They&#039;re not known to be best of friends, so they were probably working.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No one noticed them except for Miranda. She had seen them in person before, so she recognised them right away. She held ahbeng back from approaching them himself, and to ahbeng&#039;s disappointment only asked Ah Sa for a photo. Ah Sa was not overly friendly but wasn&#039;t rude either, and turned on her smile for the camera.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng then told Ah Sa that he was her biggest fan in Australia, and Ah Sa simply said &quot;Thank you&quot; but gave Ah Beng a genuine smile.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In Ah Beng&#039;s haste to have the picture taken nicely, Ah Beng accidentally got mixed up and swapped positions with Ah Sa, thinking it would make a better picture. Unfortunately, Ah Beng got on his non photogenic size, hence the double-chin and winkles.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng did not get to meet the celebrity he really, really wanted to meet, the Indian TVBJ guy.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:08:26 +1100</pubDate>
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 <title>Ah Beng&#039;s Back... Alright!</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/297</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/ahbengisback.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgRight&quot;&gt;ahbeng&#039;s finally back from a 3 week long hiatus which saw him travelling from Sydney to Indonesia for 6 days, then Singapore for another 5 and finally to Hong Kong for 7 more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ahbeng went to Indonesia primarily because his best friend Simon was getting married, and who better than to be the bestman than ahbeng (who&#039;s naturally the best). &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Simon cruelly tricked ahbeng into going to Indonesia way too early. His wedding was supposed to be on the Saturday, but he wanted ahbeng to be there for the wedding rehersal. ahbeng discovered that in Indonesian church weddings, the bestman doesn&#039;t have to do anything at all. The maid of honor is the one who takes care of the rings and everything else in between.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ahbeng did not want to go to Indonesia so early, but Simon nagged him for weeks, and assured ahbeng that he would be taken care of and entertained. Simon said that he would have all his wedding preparations done by the time ahbeng arrived, hence he would spend time taking ahbeng out for sight-seeing, good food and other cheap thrills (AUD$1 bowling and 50 cent pool).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But Simon&#039;s ahbeng&#039;s best friend so ahbeng predicted accurately that Simon would not uphold his end of the bargain and leave things to the last minute. So when ahbeng turned up in Indonesia, he went for the wedding rehersal and all ahbeng had to do was to walk down the aisle and sit down on the left side. And at the end, ahbeng had to take a bible from Simon (a church tradition there) and that was it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ahbeng spent the rest of his time in Jakarta doing absolutely nothing. Simon left most things to the last minute and wanted to visit every auntie he had, so that was what ahbeng did.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Simon and Cicilia&#039;s wedding was great fun though. There were dramas in the morning but once that was resolved everything else went smoothly. ahbeng will be making a dedicated post about it soon featuring photos from the wedding.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To make things worse, something Simon&#039;s mum bought for ahbeng to eat made him sick and gave him the runs for 7 days, which ruined ahbeng&#039;s Singapore time. ahbeng wanted to not only show Miranda Singapore, but to catch up with friends and eat the Singapore cuisine which he missed so very much. But in Singapore, the only sights ahbeng was interested in seeing were clean toilets. ahbeng also had to limit meeting times with his friends to 2 hours as he had to go back to the hotel to lau-sai, and of course ahbeng ate mostly congee (jook), not satay, rojak, roti prata or ice karchang.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So Simon you si-gi-nah... ahbeng gave you 6 days of his life. Why did you have to take 7 more? ahbeng will never forgive you for this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other highlights of ahbeng&#039;s holiday was spotting Hong Kong celebraties, including old time favorite &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/sit_nancy.htm&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Sit Ka-Yin&lt;/a&gt;, asking &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlene_Choi&quot;&gt;Ah Sa&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eegmusic.com/artists/details.aspx?CTID=c89c4103-ee23-49c5-b8e2-1a80751f9521&quot;&gt;Twins&lt;/a&gt; for a photo, and a quick public live performance from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.solermusic.com/&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Soler&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ahbeng promises there&#039;s more to come so please stay tuned.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:26:48 +1100</pubDate>
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 <title>What&#039;s Going On Ah Beng?</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/296</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Many of you have been asking Ah Beng what&#039;s going on? Why haven&#039;t there been any updates? Why the long hiatus? Where&#039;s the Christmas greeting?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Firstly, Ah Beng wishes all his visitors and friends a belated Merry Christmas. If you&#039;re wondering why there has been no presents under your tree from Ah Beng, it&#039;s because this year Ah Beng made the decision not to buy anything for anyone apart from his immediate family. But Ah Beng is a strong believer that it&#039;s better to give than to receive. Hence, insteading of giving presents to his friends, Ah Beng gave himself a super present instead... a Nintendo Wii console.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How good&#039;s the Wii? Ah Beng doesn&#039;t know. His mum had taken the Wii and now has claimed ownership over it. Ah Beng has been told that the Wii&#039;s graphics are not as good as the Xbox360 but the games are different. Bowling and golf from the Wii sports pack is Ah Beng&#039;s mummy&#039;s top picks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To compensate, Ah Beng has been playing Gears of War on the Xbox360. Very good game, very tough and while the ending was disappointing it was a good game overall. And if you want to borrow it from Ah Beng, get in line.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But back to why there have been no updates from Ah Beng. If you noticed, most Ah Beng&#039;s friends who have their own blog have not been updating, with the exception of Becky (who only blogs about how much she eats). It seems the &quot;no mood to blog&quot; bug has caught up to Ah Beng.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But for a quick rundown of what Ah Beng has done since he last updated ahbeng.net, Ah Beng once again finished another MBA subject at UTS. Ah Beng got his lowest mark ever, which was still a credit, but Ah Beng cannot call himself the 69er anymore.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng&#039;s still doing salsa lessons. Ah Beng&#039;s doing lessons with Miranda now and so had to start from scratch. Ah Beng&#039;s instructor is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.salsasuave.com.au&quot;&gt;Becky Lee&lt;/a&gt;. She doesn&#039;t quite understand why Ah Beng likes incorporating ladies styling into his dancing though.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng also was Wayne T&#039;s best man. Naturally, cause Ah Beng&#039;s the best... man. Since Ah Beng didn&#039;t take photos, Ah Beng will shamelessly post a link to &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.mac.com/jimeedoo/iWeb/jimeedoo/dublog/B5074551-E7FB-44A6-9214-B601D7C20D19.html&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Jimmy Du&#039;s&lt;/a&gt; coverage of the day. Keeping Du-ing what you do Jimmy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More to come from Ah Beng in a later post. Ah Beng will get personal and evaluate 2006, and will announce his new goals for 2007.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:32:32 +1100</pubDate>
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 <title>Ahbeng&#039;s on Voda</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/294</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng&#039;s sorry that he has not updated ahbeng.net in a long while. Ah Beng has been busy working on his MBA assignments, organising parties (if you have not been invited there&#039;s a reason) and keeping key people in his life happy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Major Update: Ah Beng&#039;s now on Vodafone. As of the 1st of November 2006, Ah Beng told SimPlus to kiss his rear end and headed to Vodafone. Ah Beng&#039;s on a cheap $30 plan and is paying an extra $10 on top for a new Sony Ericsson W850i. Of course, the $30 plan doesn&#039;t have generous call rates and only $30 credit, but since Ah Beng has been paying for the calls for the past 2 years, he has no intentions of calling anybody.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So you Vodafone people... if you don&#039;t call Ah Beng from now on Ah Beng won&#039;t friend you anymore!&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:13:00 +1100</pubDate>
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 <title>During U2 Concert...</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/293</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;At a U2 concert in Glasgow, Bono asks the audience for some quiet. Then in the silence, he starts to slowly clap his hands.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Holding the audience in total silence, he says into the microphone &quot;Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A voice from near the front pierces the silence; &quot;Stop doing it then.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:19:33 +1000</pubDate>
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 <title>Not White But Nerdy...</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/292</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://sjl-static5.sjl.youtube.com/vi/rWs1FF-BS7c/2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgRightNo&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Some things never go out of style... good food, hot chicks and of course Ah Beng. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weirdal.com/&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Wierd Al Yankovic&lt;/a&gt; is also part of that list.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to his latest music video from his album &quot;Straight Outta Lynwood&quot;, Ah Beng is not white but nerdy. Why? Because while Ah Beng can&#039;t kick much butt in ping pong, he plays badminton and is also fluent in Javascript. He used to have a business doing web sites, and Ah Beng gets called when his friends need some code.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Check out the video on YouTube.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:51:36 +1000</pubDate>
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 <title>Strawberrynet Sells Fakes!</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/291</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/stawberrynet.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgRightNo&quot;&gt;Stop the press! Ah Beng&#039;s favorite online skincare/cosmetic retailer has been accused of selling fake goods!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today Tonight did a report on the whole thing. Apparently, this chow ang moh woman bought $800 worth of Dermalogica stuff from them last year and got all sorts of allergies. TT said the offending online retailer was &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.strawberrynet.com&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Strawberrynet.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;TT then interviewed other &quot;experts&quot; who said that alot of online retailers either sell watered down, fake or expired goods. They even interviewed a representative from Dermalogica.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng has bought stuff from Strawberrynet.com for years, and have had no problems with them. Ah Beng has bought a range of products from different brands, including Shiseido, Murad etc. Strawberrynet.com generally sells things at 20% less than Australian retail prices, they give you free shipping and even gift wrap your purchases. In addition, they have been highly rated and may even be the biggest online retailer in the world. But, they don&#039;t give samples!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They also have a loyalty scheme in place. Ah Beng and his sister has finally reached the maximum level and can get 15% off but now, stupid Naomi Robson from TT had to ruin everything.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After some deep consideration, Ah Beng has decided to continue buying things from Strawberrynet.com. Ah Beng can only base this on his past experiences, which have been good.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Plus, Dermalogica isn&#039;t all that great. They make good skin cleaning products, but their toners and moisturisers ain&#039;t that special.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Perhaps, if you want to buy from a trusted online retailer, try &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.betterskin.com.au&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;betterskin.com.au&lt;/a&gt;. In fact, betterskin.com.au &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.betterskin.com.au/salon/fake.cfm&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;took the opportunity to earn some brownie points&lt;/a&gt; by emailing this out to everyone on their mailing list.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Good thing about betterskin.com.au? They give samples. Ah Beng has been there for facials and they have drawers full of samples. Ah Beng was tempted to reach in and grab a handful.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng thinks the whole story was a big ploy by Australian retailers, who have seen their sales shrinking and have arranged for the report to be shown to scare everyone into buying from them. Ah Beng will not fall victim to this evil smear campaign!&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:38:58 +1000</pubDate>
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 <title>Rob&#039;s 21</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/290</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/rob-21.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;bbq ribs&quot; class=&quot;blogImgRight&quot;&gt;Rob turned 21 on September 12. Rob works part-time at Ah Beng&#039;s company, and started when he was fresh out of high school. He also studies Commerce at UWS on the side.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rob has changed incredibly from the first day Ah Beng met him when he was 19. He&#039;s one of Ah Beng&#039;s gym buddies, and lifts 30% more than Ah Beng does. He also joins Ah Beng&#039;s cardio classes once a year as that&#039;s his birthday gift to Ah Beng.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rob had his 21st on Saturday and he invited Ah Beng (Ah Beng&#039;s so happening everyone wants him to be at their parties). The dinner was at The Green Grill, a restaurant owned by the husband of another one of Ah Beng&#039;s work mates. It&#039;s on Stanley Street at Darlinghurst. The Green Grill&#039;s aim is to serve normal unhealthy food but to make them healthier. Ah Beng had ribs (as he always does) and he didn&#039;t feel bad or that he had to run for 30 minutes after to work it off. They are probably the most healthy ribs in Sydney. Their chips are hand cut and their steamed vegetables are awesome.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For Rob, Ah Beng got him a book, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Mens-Health-Body-Time-Have/dp/1594862435/ref=pd_sxp_grid_i_2_2/102-0979339-1548957?ie=UTF8&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;The Body You Want In The Time You Have&lt;/a&gt;. Rob wants a body that seems to require alot of work but complains he has no time, so Ah Beng hopes this book will help him achieve his goal.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rob also got a whole bunch of other books from his other friends, titles such as &quot;Steroids Shrinks Your Balls&quot; and &quot;Real Men Wear Tights&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Happy 21st Birthday Rob. At this time next year you won&#039;t be able to but for now... count your age with your fingers, toes and what-is-in-your-pants.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;10 Fingers + 10 Toes + 1 Kukujiao = 21&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:25:40 +1000</pubDate>
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 <title>The Red Lantern</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/289</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;No the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redlantern.com.au&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Red Lantern&lt;/a&gt; isn&#039;t the latest superhero, but a restaurant that&#039;s been very popular for some time. The Red Lantern shot to fame when it was featured in an ABC documentary about restaurants doing what they can to win those Good Food Guide hats.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng liked the story of how the Red Lantern got started. The owner, Luke Nguyen, learnt how to cook from his parents. Then he and his sister started the restaurant. The sister&#039;s husband was the main chef. While the brother-in-law slogged away in the kitchen, Luke just ran the restaurant.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But, Luke&#039;s parents made him swear to keep the recipes secret, or so Luke says. Hence, his poor bro-in-law continues to slog away in the kitchen, and apart from knowing that he has to add 2 teaspoons of soy sauce with marinade &quot;A&quot;, he doesn&#039;t know what is actually IN marinade &quot;A&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But the best part of the story is... Luke&#039;s bro-in-law is a chow ang moh. Hardy har, har, har... those Viets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Any hoo, Ah Beng went to the Red Lantern a couple of weeks ago. While not being overly priced compared to other restaurants with Good Food Guide Hats, Ah Beng found the price to be way too high for Vietnamese food.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;clearfix blockImg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/red-lantern-1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/red-lantern-2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft noMR&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/red-lantern-3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImg&quot;&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng ordered the quail, salmon salad and roast duck. The quail was actually good value, as most Chinese restaurants charge $10-$12 each for just one, but it was only $18 for two at the Red Lantern. Roast duck was sensational, and the salmon salad was pretty unique, crunchy and tasty.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng saw Luke at the restaurant and had a chat with him. Luke told Ah Beng where his parents&#039; restaurant was at Cabramatta, so Ah Beng made the hour long trip there last weekend to check it out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The restaurant was closed down! Ah Beng was furious, thinking Luke played a mean joke on him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;clearfix blockImg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/red-lantern-4.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/red-lantern-5.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft noMR&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng shot off an email to Luke, and got this reply.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&quot;So sorry you were unable to dine there. My Parents recently had a Grandchild (not mine) and suddenly felt they were way too old to be working anymore. So they decided to sell up. It was for the best, they worked so hard all their life and that&#039;s all they knew to do. So now its just hangin out enjoying life to the fullest. &quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng was hoping he could get to eat the same Red Lantern food at Cabramatta prices, but Luke was one step ahead of him. Now the family secrets lie only with Luke.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So what&#039;s Ah Beng&#039;s verdict of the Red Lantern? Ah Beng was very happy with the food, and would definitely go again, again and again. Bookings are essential, so call early.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And don&#039;t bother trying to do the &quot;eh Luke I&#039;m Asian too man you gotta hook me up with a nice table&quot;. The bastard said &quot;no problem&quot; and sat Ah Beng outside, next to the entrace.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:50:16 +1000</pubDate>
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 <title>Mr Ah Beng 2006</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/288</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;As Ah Beng accurately predicted, HT Goh has been crowned Mr Ah Beng for 2006.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng expected HT to win convincingly but HT narrowly through with 2 votes more than Edgar and Clinton, who both tied for last place.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Give it to me hard big boy... yeah, yeah, yeah...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;clearfix blockImg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/surf-school-4.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/fantasy-25.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft noMR&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/ht-1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImg&quot;&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Now, Ah Beng knows alot of you had viewed the post, so why did the Mr Ah Beng poll only attract 11 votes?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is why Australian Idol never goes as planned. Everyone expects someone else to vote. But voting on ahbeng.net is free.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:07:37 +1000</pubDate>
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 <title>Farewell Ramsey...</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/287</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Is this for real? Ah Beng has finally featured a guai lo on ahbeng.net.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Meet Andrew Ramskogler or Ramsey (as everyone at Ah Beng&#039;s office calls him). Ramsey is a guai lo, and proud of it. In fact, Ramsey goes around telling everyone half asian he&#039;s a guai lo without hesitation and with much pride.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ramsey used to work at Ah Beng&#039;s company, but last Friday was his last day. He has left for greener pastures, leaving behind friends and cabinets full of dusty old papers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ramsey has many traits of most Asian men. He looks 5 years younger than he really is, and he knows how to handle his money better than the average Joe. Ramsey has got his daily costs down to the lowest he can. He eats sushi everyday for lunch because they provide the best bang for buck and are reasonably healthy compared to happy meals (Ramsey finds the soy sauce fish containers a good substitute to the toy that comes with the happy meals).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ramsey has also made the decision not to leave home. He realises that by staying at home, he can have endless supplies of good food and clean laundry daily. A very forward thinking guai lo... Ah Beng hopes many others will not learn from Ramsey else there will be no more sushi left for him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ramsey worked at Ah Beng&#039;s company for 12 years, hence a special presentation was planned in recognition of him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;clearfix blockImg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/ramsey-1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/ramsey-2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft noMR&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ramsey always wanted to be the ham in the sandwich, so the rest of the boys granted his wish.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since it was Ramsey&#039;s last day, Ah Beng and a few of his collegues decided to take Ramsey out... Ah Beng style. Instead of wasting money at the pub, everyone had free drinks and chips at work. Then it was off to World Square for Bread Top. Ramsey liked the Chicken Puff very much, but wisely decided not to replace sushi with it for he realised it wasn&#039;t very healthy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This was followed by 2 hours of karaoke at World Square. Ramsey has never been to a karaoke joint before, and had the pre-conception that he had to sing in front of a full restraunt, Jujus style.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rams was pleasently surprised when he found that it was in a private room, but then once again got it wrong as he thought he&#039;d be enjoying the company of ladies hired by the hour. Ah Beng explained that that was not what happy hour was for, but Ramsey was content with the free drink he got.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rob was the Michael Hong (mike hog) for the night, and improvised and asianised every song.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;clearfix blockImg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/ramsey-3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/ramsey-4.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft noMR&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The rest of the guys just paid to hear us sing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kristy was quick to enter in the Hong Kong Top 40 hits before everyone else.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Matt found it difficult to follow the lyrics of &quot;Yue Ding&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;clearfix blockImg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/ramsey-7.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImg&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&quot;Boom boom boom boom! I want you in my room...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:45:17 +1000</pubDate>
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 <title>Mr Ah Beng 2006 Contestants</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/285</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Inspired by the recent Mr Hong Kong, and to compete with&lt;br /&gt;
Cleo&#039;s 50 Most Eligible Bachelors Of The Year, Ah Beng decided to officially annouce his &quot;Mr Ah Beng&quot; competition. Each year, 3 lucky contestants will be hand-picked by Ah Beng himself to compete in this prestigous event.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng would love to have swim suit competitions and talent shows etc, just like Mr Hong Kong, but unfortunately not everyone is confident to strut around in tight speedos, apart from Ah Beng and HT of course.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hence, there will be 2 photos. One would feature a solo shot of each contestant, while the other would be of the contestant being accompained by Ah Beng himself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You will have to vote on who you think would be the best Mr Ah Beng, should Ah Beng himself somehow disappear from the scene.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The winner of the Mr Ah Beng competition will be immortalised on ahbeng.net, and will earn bragging rights till he is toppled next year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng chose the following guys cause they either can match or rival Ah Beng in something he does regularly&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b &gt;Clinton&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Clinton is Ah Beng&#039;s Offensive badminton partner. Together with Clinton&#039;s Defensive, they have lost almost every game. But they make so much noise in the process, they will always have the last say.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;clearfix blockImg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/mr-ah-beng-sk6-1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/mr-ah-beng-sk6-2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft noMR&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b &gt;Edgar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Edgar, who&#039;s based in Hong Kong now, didn&#039;t make it for Mr Hong Kong 2006. So Ah Beng gave the wild card entry to him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;clearfix blockImg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/mr-ah-beng-sk6-3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/mr-ah-beng-sk6-4.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft noMR&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b &gt;HT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Give it to me hard big boy! HT is the only guy who dares to walk around in the tightest pants. HT is no stranger to bike shorts and speedos, and has revealed his bare ass to just about everyone he knows.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;clearfix blockImg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/mr-ah-beng-sk6-5.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://users.tpg.com.au/adslf3c3/images/mr-ah-beng-sk6-6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;blogImgLeft noMR&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng predicts HT (giveittomehardbigboy) will win in a landslide victory, as a major portion of ahbeng.net&#039;s visitors are huge supporters of his.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:17:38 +1000</pubDate>
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 <title>SimPlus Calling</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/284</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng just got a call from SimPlus. SimPlus is an Optus reseller, and as most of you know, Ah Beng has been paying too much for his late night booty calls. Ah Beng has cut down on his calls signficantly though, and has 3 months left on his contract.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today, Marko from the SimPlus Upgrade department called. He spoke in Canto and Ah Beng told him to slow down as his Cantonese was barely half past six. So Marko started talking in English. He was a Hongkie but spoke pretty fluent English.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Marko: &quot;We noticed you have 3 more months left on your contract and you&#039;re averaging about $109 a month in calls. We&#039;re making you an offer to get out of your contract early...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng: &quot;Yeah! Yeah! You&#039;re a life saver man. Get me out! Ah Beng hates your company. Everytime Ah Beng calls up you guys never resolve his problems.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Marko: &quot;Wait, wait you&#039;ll have to take up a new plan.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng: &quot;Eh man, how come like this? Ah Beng thought you said you were going to give him a chance to get out of the contract, not into a new one.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Marko: &quot;I am. SimPlus has a new range of phone plans that are very suitable for you. We have &#039;Talk Time&#039;, where you can nominate a phone number and phone it for free 24 hours a day Mon - Fri for the first 5 mins. We know you call this number alot 041x-xxx-xxx so that should cut your bills down significantly. I really want to help you so I think one of the new plans should be good. We can also offer you credit on a new phone. Were there any models you liked?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng: &quot;Yeah Ah Beng likes those Samsung 3G phones. Ah Beng wants one of them.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Marko: &quot;Oh these plans are not on the 3G network.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng: &quot;But still can use as normal phone right?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Marko: &quot;I can&#039;t say for sure but you can get other phones with better cameras and mp3 players.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng: &quot;This cannot! That cannot! What can Ah Beng do then?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Marko: &quot;If you went for a Nokia 6820 for example...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng: &quot;Eeee! So ugly!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Marko: &quot;You could add a sd card and have additional storage for your mp3s &amp;amp; photos.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng: &quot;And porn too. Hehe you know what Ah Beng is talking about don&#039;t you? Eh Marko, can throw in a 2G sd card for Ah Beng or not?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Marko: &quot;Err... depends on which plan you choose we could work something out.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And basically, Marko had a rebuttal/comeback line for everything Ah Beng said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng: &quot;Marko, you so smooth man. Is your system recording this? You should play back to your supervisor.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Marko: &quot;So does that mean you want to go for it?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng: &quot;Of course not man. SimPlus&#039;s call rates are so high, and you still have the cheek to call Ah Beng and tell him his average call spend is $109 a month?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng: &quot;Why didn&#039;t you call Ah Beng 4 months earlier, when he needed you most? Now Ah Beng hardly calls anyone, cause no one calls him. Ah Beng hates all his friends.&quot; (note to readers: This is not true. Ah Beng loves you.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Marko: &quot;Err.. so does that mean you need more time to think about it?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:12:54 +1000</pubDate>
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 <title>Weekend In Review 13 Aug 2006</title>
 <link>http://www.ahbeng.net/node/283</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng hasn&#039;t done a weekend in review for quite a while, so Ah Beng will do the past 2 weekends in this entry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Saturday, Ah Beng went to watch &quot;The Boy From Oz&quot;. Kelvin organised it, and was able to get seats that were close to the center. The seats were terribly expensive at $149 a pop, and they were the 2nd worst seats in the house. They were so far away even Hugh Jackman didn&#039;t bother waving.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Boy From Oz is a cheh-kai musical and Ah Beng didn&#039;t think much of it at all. While the costumes and some of the scenes were loud and coloful, overall the story sucked. Ah Beng doesn&#039;t care much about some bisexual chow ang moh from the country who made it big at some stage in his life. Sounds like that guy who came runner up in the first Australian Idol to Guy Sebastian.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng would have been very disappointed if Hugh Jackman wasn&#039;t the big boy in &quot;The Boy From Oz&quot;. He was a very good performer and he worked the crowd real well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So does Ah Beng recommend you go see it? Only if you go for Hugh, not the other boys from Oz in the show.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng also had cousins from Malaysia visting this week. In fact, they just left for the airport a few hours ago. Ah Beng&#039;s cousin Shook Ling and her husband Geoff followed Ah Beng to the city almost every morning, so it was nice having some company on the bus/in the car.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ah Beng &amp;amp; Miranda brought them to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hurricanesgrill.com.au&quot; rel=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Hurricanes&lt;/a&gt; for dinner on Wednesday. Ah Beng can finally declare that Hurricanes has the best rack so far. While their bbq sauce wasn&#039;t very strong in zesty flavor, their ribs were very nicely prepared. The meat was tender and would slide off the bone... so tender that Ah Beng had to eat them with a knife and fork instead of just using his hands.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On Saturday, Ah Beng &amp;amp; Miranda went shopping at Bondi Junction Westfield, then went to Paddington for dinner at Tokos. Tokos is a sushi train place that looks hip and appear &quot;fusion&quot; in nature. While their waiting staff are ang mohs, the Japs are in the kitchen preparing the food, so it&#039;s the real deal. Quite expensive and the stuff on the train tend to get boring after a while, but when you order off the menu you won&#039;t be disappointed. Ah Beng recommends the Roast Duck soba noodles as no one else have them, although the noodles have gone down in taste compared to the last time Ah Beng was there.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today, sick of being bullied at badminton, Ah Beng brought Geoff along to help him out. Geoff is a pretty good player, but unfortunately Ah Beng isn&#039;t, and in the end, Geoff dropped Ah Beng and teamed up with Stephen instead. However, Clinton (Defensive) teamed up with Ah Beng (Offensive) and took on Scuba and Old School (Colin). Of course, Clinton and Ah Beng lost 15-5, but they made so much noise it was hard to tell who the winners were.&lt;/p&gt;
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