One Step Closer to the Maxis Om Nom Nom Race

Confucius once said, "If you ain't gonna nom nom that burger; Imma do it for you."

Oh haven't you heard? Nom nom's the word! Sorry Peter Griffin, the bird isn't the word anymore. This can be firmly established by the Maxis Om Nom Nom Race that is specially brought to you by Nuffnang and Maxis.

I have to confess, you wouldn't like me when I'm hungry. As cheezy it may sound; it's true. When I'm hungry, I'll go around yelling ridiculous movie lines and throw tampons at people's face. That's one nobody liked me when I'm hungry, particularly my mum, coz her tampons kept running out. But I don't do this all the time lah. In fact, I haven't done this for a long time.

Now when I'm famished, I will - in a very civilized manner - go high and low hunting for edible articles that I can chomp and feed on. I can virtually achieve the impossible in my hunt for food in times of starvation.

I don't mind running a 42km marathon if there is a plate of savoury hot char koay tiaw with 3 extra large prawns waiting at the finishing line. I don't mind swimming across Melaka Straits if there is a piquant plate of nasi lemak nicely served with fried chicken, rendang beef and a heavy helping of authentic sambal waiting on the shores of Indonesia. I don't mind hiking Mount Everest if there is a bowl of icy and scrumptious durian cendol with thick gula melaka waiting on the peak.

Correct what, if the cendol is left on Mount Everest then it won't melt ma, duh. What, you think I'm able reach the peak from the mountain foot in 5 minutes izzit? Pffft.

Ah yes, I know it sounds a tad too exaggerating. But that basically describes my zeal for food when I'm hungry. To make it sound more realistic, I would like to share my experiences on the extent I went to get good food despite being really hungry.

1. 1. Took a 1 hour train ride to Port Klang, half an hours of super bumpy boat ride followed by 2o minutes of walking just to eat some nice seafood in Pulau Ketam. Found out the island wasn't actually made of crabs. Felt so cheated.
   
   
2. 2. Embarked on a 2 hours journey to Melaka with a bunch of buddies just so we could have chicken rice balls and nice cendol. Saw the bunch of Portuguese punks who tried to conquer Melaka again and we threw rice balls at them. Right, just kidding.
   
   
3. 3. Took a muddy half an hour hike in some unknown plantation just to eat nice durian. Nearly got hit by a falling durian, well, at least that's what I think.
   
   
4. 4. Walked a few kilometres of night market in Taiwan and ate for 3 hours non-stop, literally. From mee sua to juicy oversized chicken chop to tubs of bubble milk tea. My tummy was so bloated that some African tribesmen actually took drumsticks and repetitively struck my belly.
   
   
5. 5. Waited in a 45-minutes queue just to buy a bowl of shaved flavoured ice. By the time I got my bowl of shaved ice, my moustache and goatee grew by an inch - it was my turn to shave.
   
   
6. 6. Took a flight all the way to Scotland just to kill the Loch Ness and make sashimi out of it.
   

Well, everything except item 6 happened, of course. When it comes to food, it's just like the saying, hell hath no fury like Vin Tsen on a food hunt. I am more delighted to take long trips, walks or even hikes if it promises me a good meal. Believe me, I am destined to be a part of the Maxis Om Nom Nom Race. When there is good food, I will find it no matter what it takes.

Pumped with adrenaline and burning passion, this Amazing Race for good food is my type of game. Even if that means I have to an hour of train ride, half an hours of boat ride and 20 minutes of walking! Besides, with my arsenal of wacky ideas and witty choices of words, I will be able to write out the killer review for every food that slips pass my esophagus!

And despite my overwhelming eating habit, I have a really high metabolism rate, thus the small size. A t-shirt of size M fits me perfectly. And no, I'm not bragging about how freakishly skinny I am.

Well, having determination alone is not enough if you really want to reach good food - you need positioning aid. Thankfully, in the Maxis Om Nom Nom Race, participants will be equipped with a technology so powerful that Power Rangers actually use it to fight giant ugly monsters - the iPhone 4!

Together with a powerful app called the Finder301(http://itunes.apple.com/my/app/maxis-finder301/id375530216?mt=8#), we foodies can suavely navigate ourselves to any restaurants, cafes and mamak stalls of our choice! No more getting lost when we are looking for that bloody hulu super tasty curry mee stall situated somewhere in Bukit Kayu Hitam! With Finder301, we can get the direction, contacts and even reviews before heading to that makan place we all so desire.

Not forgetting one of the most powerful Wireless Broadband (http://www.maxis.com.my/personal/broadband/wireless_allplans.asp) that Maxis had ingeniously brought to us food lovers, we can now guide ourselves to fantastic food all over the world with a touch of a button screen (iPhone 4, let's not forget)! Damn powerful right?

And ya, did I tell you that we can use the iPhone 4 to defeat giant ugly monsters easily? Teehee.

By the way, may I introduce my team?

Ladies and gentleman, the Black Eyed Peas of Southeast Asia! Well, we're almost alike lah. Ignoring the skin tones.

Alright, we are team RANDOM! We're so random that we were the ones who put the letter 'R' in the word 'random'! Heh. Team Random consists of Simon, TikkoSS and Xing!

So Maxis Om Nom Nom Race, here we come.