This is for those who cannot decide to spit or to swallow.

Seminal liquid is made up of:

150 mg. protein
11 mg. carbohydrates
6 mg. fat.
3 mg. cholesterol
7% US RDA potassium
3% US RDA copper
3% US RDA zinc
300 million spermatoza

Related: How many calories are there in an average male ejaculation.

And some people just don't know when to stop asking questions.

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Cubes that you buy from Toys 'r' Us won't break any records for you. They're tight and hard to turn and "sticky". Sometimes they jam when you're turning them too fast thus breaking your concentration. Good news is, you can easily modify those cubes so they're easier to turn so you can go through your moves faster. It's also less frustrating because smoother cubes are less prone to jamming and they're easier on the fingers.

First you'll need to disassemble your cube. Turn any face 45 degrees and lift the middle piece up. It may take some force but don't worry, you won't damage your cube. If they can put it together, you can take it apart.

Take out all the pieces. Rotating the cube will speed up the disassembly process.

Next, put all the middle pieces together. We'll need to file off some plastics from these pieces. You can use 200 grade sandpaper or a wood file. I personally prefer the wood file because it's way faster.

You'll need to trim these areas. Make them lower by 1-2mm.

This is the face that you must sand/file. See the score/wear marks? They're there because the parts are rubbing together. By removing a bit of material from there, we can greatly reduce the friction.

After you're done filing all the middle pieces, gather all the cube pieces together. We're now going to use silicone lubricant (check the automotive section in any hyperstore) to lubricate the pieces so they won't generate so much friction when they move against each other. The good thing about silicone lubricant is that it is not oily so your fingers won't slip on the cube.

I aligned the pieces so the sticker face won't come in contact with too much silicone lubricant.

Make sure you lubricate all sides of the pieces except for the sticker side.

Then put your cube back together again. Make sure you put it back in the SOLVED position. If not, you'll never be able to solve your cube. Your cube will feel LOOSE but it will not fall apart. More importantly, it will be easier to turn and you'll notice that you can cube faster. Congratulations! You now have a speedcube! Perhaps it's time to read Solving Rubik's cube for Speed?

Unrelated:

Speed brakes activated while coming in to KLIA.

Naturally, after climbing a mountain, we went to grab something to eat at Lundu town and then headed off to Lundu's Pandan Beach.

ET posing for the camera.

High tide. We went looking for a place with more sand.

Story behind the log?

We found it washed up to shore so we pushed it back in. Works as a float.

Love is in the sand.

The spades we bought for the trip put to good use.

See how blue the water is? It's blue because it's deep. How deep?

Tan and Kin Chern are standing on ground. Where I am, I couldn't touch the bottom with my feet.

We were at a cove-like area on the beach where the water is relatively calm and waves are almost non-existent. It's deep so it's good for swimming but the sand is quite rough so attempts to build a sandcastle were not successful.

Pandan beach is a nice place because it's no commercialized so the beach is very much untouched and there's not many people. Good place to wind down and enjoy.

You don't mess with the Kin Chern. That's a coconut in the air. Probably on it's way to Mars right now.

Then it started getting dark and we had to go back to Kuching.

There are 2 places to shower at Pandan Beach. I recommend the one further away from the beach (about 20 steps further, with tiled floors) because it's clean as opposed to the one near the beach which is overgrown with algae. Will cost you 50sen for unlimited shower time.

Was craving for KFC since getting down from Gunung Gading so we went to the Sarawak Plaza KFC after a good shower at home. The lady behind the counter was probably high on something because she was finding it hard to concentrate on what she was doing, pausing all the time to figure out what to do next. When we wanted to customize our order (spicy thighs), she blanked out. In the end she managed to get some of our orders right.

As predicted, I had to rest 2 full days to get the pain out of my legs. My kneecaps felt like they were going to pop out. Next stop: Bako.

People involved: me, Tzy Shih, Tan, ET, Kin Chern.

Our Bako National Park plan was canceled because of fears of capsizing boats. There have been recent incidents and we're not taking our chances especially during the monsoon season so we opted to go somewhere that didn't require the use of a boat.

We decided on Gunung Gading National Park instead.

After a long breakfast with Jas and Angela at Golden Arches (laksa totally overrated), we headed off to buy some spades. And then it was off to Lundu to the Gunung Gading National Park.

Gunung Gading trails. The trails lead to waterfalls and the summit.

The main purpose of the trip was to go hiking. Me and Tan decided to take the trail to the summit of Gunung Gading which is 950m above sea level, compared to Santubong Mountain which is only 810m. Since we have conquered Mount Santubong twice already, we figured that this should be just a bit harder. Damn wrong we were.

The start of the trail to the waterfalls and the summit.

The reason why Gunung Gading is more difficult is because it took us only 2.5hours to get to the summit compared to 4 hours for Mount Santubong. The path was very steep and slippery. It was tiring as hell. Didn't stop much to take photos but there are a few here and there when we stopped to rest.

We're in the clouds. This was taken near the summit.

A very big tree.

We actually took the longer way up, passing by the Sesco water dam, which was the restricted area. The restricted area sign shown in the previous post was located at the end of the trail. So we've went in and came out of the restricted area before knowing that it was a restricted area.

Dam for catching rain water. The water is then piped down through pipes. You can actually hear the water gushing inside.

Gunung Gading Summit, 3.8km from the base camp.

Didn't have much time at the summit because some bees turned up and we decided to make a mad dash down the mountain. I decided to slide down some parts of the trail because it was easier to do so. I'll definitely bring a wok next time for that. I also managed to get ourselves lost because I was descending too fast and didn't keep an eye on the markers on the trees. But we backtracked and managed to find the trail.

While coming down we stopped by waterfall 7.

A waterfall shot with a "rockpod".

And to complete the trip, a macro shot.

We started climbing at 11:50am and reached the top at 2:15pm and got back down at 4:30pm. Total time taken is about 4.5 hours. Seriously, I will not lug around my D40 and the SB600 the next time I go serious mountain climbing. I'll bring chocolates/food and drinking water instead. And studded boots.

But overall the Gunung Gading Summit trail was a good adventure. Not for the faint-hearted though. If you really want to get the thrill of climbing a mountain, go for this. My advice: start early and take your time. Bring lots of water and make sure you have enough food. Travel light.

Coming up: so what happened next?

I've been busy yesterday. Some photos of things to come (probably tomorrow):

A car?

Distance from Kuching?

Mountain?

Restricted areas?

Walking on pipes?