Friday:
Made more wings for dinner tonight. Mixed them in my home-made hot sauce. Ate them Egg Bread and some Greek Yogurt. I saw the Greek Yogurt in the store and was inspired by Peter eating it everyday, so I had to try it out. Thicker than normal yogurt, but not bad stuff. Goes well with the hot wings.
^ Hot Wings, Egg Bread, and Greek Yogurt.
Found out today that in Tokyo a new Karaoke Bar is opening. The bar is modeled after Luida's Bar in Dragon Quest (aka Dragon Warrior in N.America)! Pics here. Neat idea, but I've never played Dragon Warrior on the NES... though I'm still tempted to go and check it out.
Saturday:
Went to T&T early in the morning. Not as many people there as I expected on a Saturday morning. I didn't have to wait in line for cooked food. Got some cooked Chow-mein Noodles and Pork Belly for lunch there. The pork belly was really good. Also picked up some Portuguese egg tarts. Fresh out of the oven ones too! I didn't forget them in my car trunk this time either.
Will and Thi were in OTT this weekend for family business. They dropped by in the afternoon to hangout in my basement and watch MTL lose to OTT in OT :(. I finally got to give them their Christmas presents, and they brought me a coffee mug with a work excuse on it.
^ Coffee Mug.
Sunday:
I lost cable and internet Saturday night at 12:30am. I got TV back in the morning, but didn't get internet access back til 4:30pm today. It was really annoying. Did anyone else lose it from Rogers?
Steamed Large Head Fish for lunch. This must be the only fish I like cooked well done. Prepared it with cooked oil, soy sauce, fish roe, and green onions. So good.
^ Steamed Large Head Fish.
For dinner I made Beef with Chines Greens on Rice. I added the leftover fish sauce from lunch into the sauce for the Beef and Greens. Not bad, but gave it a little fishy aftertaste; but I didn't mind it. Still tasted good. Made a big batch so I can have it for lunch on Monday too.
^ Beef and Chinese Greens on Rice.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wanted -> Old Board Games
BUMP
If anyone is planning on throwing out any old board games or find any cheap ones at garage sales/flea markets, let me know. I may want it. It doesn't need to be complete. I only want the board and a few the pieces. Planning for a project I will be working on.
(BTW: the board needs to be in Mint or Near-Mint condition.)
If anyone is planning on throwing out any old board games or find any cheap ones at garage sales/flea markets, let me know. I may want it. It doesn't need to be complete. I only want the board and a few the pieces. Planning for a project I will be working on.
(BTW: the board needs to be in Mint or Near-Mint condition.)
Charge Numbers
Stayed late at CMC today... mostly because I was waiting for a charge number from a manager in MTL. When I got it, it wasn't available in my Time Sheet, so I had to wait for another one. It took another 1/2 hour for the new number to show up in my Time Sheet.
In my opinion, we should use 1 charge number for all SQA (or OCM) duties; and all projects should automatically set aside a % of their budget, into a pool, for this. All projects have to use SQA (and OCM), so we shouldn't need to get specific charge numbers for this process. It's a really big pain and waste of time looking for charge numbers. Just my rant.
*Cough* Jim if your reading this, try and implement this *Cough*
*Cough2* If this idea wins bonus money or a trip somewhere, you have to split it with me :) *Cough2*
I forgot to go to Metro and buy steak today. I wanted to make Sliced Beef with Chinese Greens on Rice. So I altered my plans and made tuna fish filled onigiri (riceballs)
^ Tuna Fish Onigiri
In my opinion, we should use 1 charge number for all SQA (or OCM) duties; and all projects should automatically set aside a % of their budget, into a pool, for this. All projects have to use SQA (and OCM), so we shouldn't need to get specific charge numbers for this process. It's a really big pain and waste of time looking for charge numbers. Just my rant.
*Cough* Jim if your reading this, try and implement this *Cough*
*Cough2* If this idea wins bonus money or a trip somewhere, you have to split it with me :) *Cough2*
I forgot to go to Metro and buy steak today. I wanted to make Sliced Beef with Chinese Greens on Rice. So I altered my plans and made tuna fish filled onigiri (riceballs)
^ Tuna Fish Onigiri
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Dinner today -> Sandwiches
Felt like making something quick tonight, so I put together a couple sandwiches. Hoogie buns from FarmBoy, marble cheese, mock chicken, and romaine lettuce. Didn't use as much lettuce as the Lettuce King's Stefano and Peter, would have liked ;P
^ Sandwiches.
Why quick sandwiches? Because I just finished downloading today's "AKBingo! 1hr Special" and want to watch it right away :)
The girls performed in the studio, the intro song to Majisuka Gukuen wearing their yankee costumes.
^ "Majisuka Rock 'n' Roll" Studio Performance.
(ripped from youtube)
^ Sandwiches.
Why quick sandwiches? Because I just finished downloading today's "AKBingo! 1hr Special" and want to watch it right away :)
The girls performed in the studio, the intro song to Majisuka Gukuen wearing their yankee costumes.
^ "Majisuka Rock 'n' Roll" Studio Performance.
(ripped from youtube)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Dinner today -> Wings and Wontons
Deep fried some more wings today and mixed them into my home-made hot sauce (melted butter + Kraft Chicken & Rib BBQ Sauce + Tabasco Sauce). Good stuff. Ate the hot wings with some Egg Bread.
^ Hot Wings with Egg Bread.
Then I deep fried a pack of Shrimp and Pork Wontons. Ate those with some Plum Sauce.
^ Deep Fried Shrimp and Pork Wontons.
FYI: Shrimp and Pork Wontons are on sale at SuperStore this week, 5 packs for $10.
If your lucky maybe you'll find a can of Dehydrated Water for sale too :)
^ Can of Dehydrated Water. LOL
I was told today that the "Smoke-Meat Sandwich" from the Costco take-out stand, tastes just like Schwartz Montreal Smoke-meat. Can anyone confirm this? I need to know. Maybe someone who lives near Costco can buy one and find out for me, *coughStevecoughBencough*.
^ Hot Wings with Egg Bread.
Then I deep fried a pack of Shrimp and Pork Wontons. Ate those with some Plum Sauce.
^ Deep Fried Shrimp and Pork Wontons.
FYI: Shrimp and Pork Wontons are on sale at SuperStore this week, 5 packs for $10.
If your lucky maybe you'll find a can of Dehydrated Water for sale too :)
^ Can of Dehydrated Water. LOL
I was told today that the "Smoke-Meat Sandwich" from the Costco take-out stand, tastes just like Schwartz Montreal Smoke-meat. Can anyone confirm this? I need to know. Maybe someone who lives near Costco can buy one and find out for me, *coughStevecoughBencough*.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Dinner Today -> Cheap T&T Food
When to T&T again :). Picked up dinner from them. It was some Toro Salmon Sushi (Medium-Fatty Salmon) and some Chinese Sausage Rice.
^ Toro Salmon and Chinese Sausage Rice.
The Toro Salmon was really good. Totally worth the $5.50. Not as good as Otoro Tuna (Super-Fatty Tuna), but still very good.
The Chinese Sausage Rice was surprisingly very flavourful. I wish I bought more. It was so cheap too. Maybe I'll just make some myself this week... but that involves me going back to T&T and buying some Chinese sausages.
I also bought some Egg Bread; the non-sweet kind. I've been looking for this for awhile now. The bread was good too (no pic, maybe tomorrow).
Currently downloading AKB48's Majisuka Gakuen ep3 subbed here. Can't wait to watch it :)
While waiting for the download to finish, I discovered that LetMeWatchThis.com has every-up-to-date episode of Bleach (anime); and most with fan-subs! YTV stopped at the end of season 6. So I've got Seasons 7-13 to watch.
^ Toro Salmon and Chinese Sausage Rice.
The Toro Salmon was really good. Totally worth the $5.50. Not as good as Otoro Tuna (Super-Fatty Tuna), but still very good.
The Chinese Sausage Rice was surprisingly very flavourful. I wish I bought more. It was so cheap too. Maybe I'll just make some myself this week... but that involves me going back to T&T and buying some Chinese sausages.
I also bought some Egg Bread; the non-sweet kind. I've been looking for this for awhile now. The bread was good too (no pic, maybe tomorrow).
Currently downloading AKB48's Majisuka Gakuen ep3 subbed here. Can't wait to watch it :)
While waiting for the download to finish, I discovered that LetMeWatchThis.com has every-up-to-date episode of Bleach (anime); and most with fan-subs! YTV stopped at the end of season 6. So I've got Seasons 7-13 to watch.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Weekend Report -> Return of Nintendo Thumb!
Friday:
Watch ep3 of AKB48's "Majisuka Gakuen". This JDrama is great. It's great because it's so lame, full of stupid jokes, and full of bad acting. That combination just makes for a really entertaining show. Also, Oshima Yuko is awesome in it :)
Best part in ep3 was Acchan's single super-punch on Sae, that started in the afternoon and ended in the evening. LOL
I think I prefer Mendol over Majisuka Gakuen, but both are entertaining. Awaiting fan-subs for ep3 now.
Saturday:
Wasted the whole day reading some manga, watching TV, watching a Morning Musume concert, watching a bunch of AKB48 TV shows (in Shukan AKB, they made the girls play a drink-spicy-soup competition, where the losers eat bugs. lol), and watching Code Geass R2 anime. Didn't do much else.
(link credit to AKB48 Online)
Sunday:
Ben, Jeff, and Jeff's friend Gavin came over for some gaming. We played Super Mario Wii. I bought the game awhile ago, but never got around to playing it because of Dragon Age.
We played from World 1 through World 4-mid Boss. It's hard with 4 players. We get into each others way and die alot, but it makes it more fun.
After we finished playing, I noticed my left thumb was abit sore. It was the return of my Nintendo Thumb! I haven't had this affliction to my thumb in a long, long time.
AKB48's 4 day Concert "Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010" at Shibuya AX ended today. It was shown simulcast at the AKB Theater and select Movie Theatres in Japan.
This years Top 5 through fan voting:
#5 - RIVER
#4 - Oogoe Diamond
#3 - 10 Nen Zakura
#2 - Kimi No Koto ga Suki Dakara (b-side song from River single)
#1 - Iiwake Maybe (link to old post with video)
IMO Iiwake Maybe is a good choice for #1. It's a catchy song and I like it.
Susanna's favorite at #4 :p
My notables:
"Korogaru Ishi ni Nare" moved up from #32 to #15 this year. Team K's signature song.
"BINGO!" dropped from #19 to #39!!!
"Bird" dropped from #4 to #10.
"3 Seconds" (Persona/no3b - from Mendol TV Drama) made #9.
Full results here.
For dinner today, I broke out my deep fryer. I deep fried some Vietnamese Crab Egg Rolls and some Wings. Made 2 sauces for the wings: BBQ Hot sauce and Garpar sauce.
^ Vietnamese Crab Egg Rolls.
^ Crab Egg Rolls with BBQ Hot Wings and Garpar Wings.
Watch ep3 of AKB48's "Majisuka Gakuen". This JDrama is great. It's great because it's so lame, full of stupid jokes, and full of bad acting. That combination just makes for a really entertaining show. Also, Oshima Yuko is awesome in it :)
Best part in ep3 was Acchan's single super-punch on Sae, that started in the afternoon and ended in the evening. LOL
I think I prefer Mendol over Majisuka Gakuen, but both are entertaining. Awaiting fan-subs for ep3 now.
Saturday:
Wasted the whole day reading some manga, watching TV, watching a Morning Musume concert, watching a bunch of AKB48 TV shows (in Shukan AKB, they made the girls play a drink-spicy-soup competition, where the losers eat bugs. lol), and watching Code Geass R2 anime. Didn't do much else.
(link credit to AKB48 Online)
Sunday:
Ben, Jeff, and Jeff's friend Gavin came over for some gaming. We played Super Mario Wii. I bought the game awhile ago, but never got around to playing it because of Dragon Age.
We played from World 1 through World 4-mid Boss. It's hard with 4 players. We get into each others way and die alot, but it makes it more fun.
After we finished playing, I noticed my left thumb was abit sore. It was the return of my Nintendo Thumb! I haven't had this affliction to my thumb in a long, long time.
AKB48's 4 day Concert "Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2010" at Shibuya AX ended today. It was shown simulcast at the AKB Theater and select Movie Theatres in Japan.
This years Top 5 through fan voting:
#5 - RIVER
#4 - Oogoe Diamond
#3 - 10 Nen Zakura
#2 - Kimi No Koto ga Suki Dakara (b-side song from River single)
#1 - Iiwake Maybe (link to old post with video)
IMO Iiwake Maybe is a good choice for #1. It's a catchy song and I like it.
Susanna's favorite at #4 :p
My notables:
"Korogaru Ishi ni Nare" moved up from #32 to #15 this year. Team K's signature song.
"BINGO!" dropped from #19 to #39!!!
"Bird" dropped from #4 to #10.
"3 Seconds" (Persona/no3b - from Mendol TV Drama) made #9.
Full results here.
For dinner today, I broke out my deep fryer. I deep fried some Vietnamese Crab Egg Rolls and some Wings. Made 2 sauces for the wings: BBQ Hot sauce and Garpar sauce.
^ Vietnamese Crab Egg Rolls.
^ Crab Egg Rolls with BBQ Hot Wings and Garpar Wings.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Lord Vader
I went to Best Buy today and found Darth Vader there. He was trapped in a near-invisible force field, and hanging from a hook. He must have used his dark force powers to make me pay his bail and rescue him from his Best Buy prison.
^ I was forced to rescue Lord Vader from Best Buy.
When I got home, Princess Peach came to my rescue! She drove down in her Mario Kart and shot a homing Red Shell at Vader. It knocked his helmet off.
^ Princess Peach to the Rescue.
Lo and behold, Darth Vader turned into a 4GB USB Flash Drive! :)
Japanese Idol News:
The full Promotional Video for AKB48's new single "Sakura no Shiori" was released today. I was going to rip it from Youtube, but it was already blocked when I got home. The low-quality torrent is available here:
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?a ... rent=25192
When I get a better quality version I may put it up.
I like the video. It fits the song... or maybe I just like the video because the AKB girls look cute, walking around Tokyo, wearing their Angel Winged-Kimonos? Still, the song is only so-so.
^ Winged-Kimono AKB Girls.
^ I was forced to rescue Lord Vader from Best Buy.
When I got home, Princess Peach came to my rescue! She drove down in her Mario Kart and shot a homing Red Shell at Vader. It knocked his helmet off.
^ Princess Peach to the Rescue.
Lo and behold, Darth Vader turned into a 4GB USB Flash Drive! :)
Japanese Idol News:
The full Promotional Video for AKB48's new single "Sakura no Shiori" was released today. I was going to rip it from Youtube, but it was already blocked when I got home. The low-quality torrent is available here:
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?a ... rent=25192
When I get a better quality version I may put it up.
I like the video. It fits the song... or maybe I just like the video because the AKB girls look cute, walking around Tokyo, wearing their Angel Winged-Kimonos? Still, the song is only so-so.
^ Winged-Kimono AKB Girls.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Japanese Sword Chopsticks
I found some unique Japanese Sword Chopsticks on HLJ.
Date Masamune
Sanada Yukimura
Maeda Keiji
I pre-ordered a couple pairs of the Date Masumune chopsticks.
Went to T&T tonight and got some good munchies: Pot Stickers, Fried Squid Tenticles, Meat filled pastries, and 1/2 a BBQ Duck. I missed out on some Portuguese Egg Tarts by 20 seconds. Some lady bought the last 6 before I got to the bakery, d'oh!
Lots of Chinese New Year's stuff was out on display. I found a Chinese, candy filled, light-up Money Tree for my mom.
^ Money Tree (pic is abit dark).
Date Masamune
Sanada Yukimura
Maeda Keiji
I pre-ordered a couple pairs of the Date Masumune chopsticks.
Went to T&T tonight and got some good munchies: Pot Stickers, Fried Squid Tenticles, Meat filled pastries, and 1/2 a BBQ Duck. I missed out on some Portuguese Egg Tarts by 20 seconds. Some lady bought the last 6 before I got to the bakery, d'oh!
Lots of Chinese New Year's stuff was out on display. I found a Chinese, candy filled, light-up Money Tree for my mom.
^ Money Tree (pic is abit dark).
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Unicron!
Went to dinner tonight with Julie, Arseni, Sophie, and friends. We went to Little Sheep. It was good. Lamb in hot pot is the best. Ate alot of the Fried Dough covered with condensed milk too. Too bad I burnt my tongue and the roof of my mouth on a hot exploding quail egg :(
Julie got for me for Christmas, one of the only Tranformer's Statues I'm missing in my collection. It's the Unicron Statue.
^ Unicron Statue.
Thank you Julie. I'll put it together this weekend.
I gave Julie a rare collector's bottle of vodka... Dan Akroyd's Crystal Head Vodka. Quadruple distilled, the 4th time distilled through diamonds. The skull may have mystical properties too... ;)
Zoe's Brain Teaser (Mark's Alternate Solution) :
Instead of assuming the numbers are in base 10, assume they are in base 3. Move the least significant digit of 101 such that it becomes the most significant digit. I.e., move the rightmost 1 to the left of the two other digits.
Thus, 101 - 102 = 1 becomes 110 - 102 = 1.
110 (in base 3) = 1*(3^2) + 1*(3^1) + 0*(3^0) = 12 (in base 10)
102 (in base 3) = 1*(3^2) + 0*(3^1) + 2*(3^0) = 11 (in base 10)
and 1 (in base 3) = 1 (in base 10), of course.
12 - 11 = 1 is true in base 10, thus 110 - 102 = 1 is true in base 3.
Julie got for me for Christmas, one of the only Tranformer's Statues I'm missing in my collection. It's the Unicron Statue.
^ Unicron Statue.
Thank you Julie. I'll put it together this weekend.
I gave Julie a rare collector's bottle of vodka... Dan Akroyd's Crystal Head Vodka. Quadruple distilled, the 4th time distilled through diamonds. The skull may have mystical properties too... ;)
Zoe's Brain Teaser (Mark's Alternate Solution) :
Instead of assuming the numbers are in base 10, assume they are in base 3. Move the least significant digit of 101 such that it becomes the most significant digit. I.e., move the rightmost 1 to the left of the two other digits.
Thus, 101 - 102 = 1 becomes 110 - 102 = 1.
110 (in base 3) = 1*(3^2) + 1*(3^1) + 0*(3^0) = 12 (in base 10)
102 (in base 3) = 1*(3^2) + 0*(3^1) + 2*(3^0) = 11 (in base 10)
and 1 (in base 3) = 1 (in base 10), of course.
12 - 11 = 1 is true in base 10, thus 110 - 102 = 1 is true in base 3.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Dinner today -> Curry Rice
Dinner today was Curry on Rice. I boiled the beef yesterday and let it cool overnight and re-boiled them today. This makes the beef really tender and falls apart nicely (breaks the meat fibres). Added potatoes, carrots, onions, and bone-marrow soup bones. The curry was from Osaka.
^ Curry Rice.
Anyone know where I can buy bone-marrow butter? I saw it on TV and I need it!!! It was spread on top of a rib-eye steak!
AKB48's TV Drama "Majisuka Gakuen" episode 2 with english subs. Watch it while you can on Youtube! Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzsv9EhWt9I&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uMWeM4jKGw&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uMWeM4jKGw&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDUu8fhdHpU&feature=channel
(credit to Nizmo)
Zoe' Brain Teaser Solution:
^ Curry Rice.
Anyone know where I can buy bone-marrow butter? I saw it on TV and I need it!!! It was spread on top of a rib-eye steak!
AKB48's TV Drama "Majisuka Gakuen" episode 2 with english subs. Watch it while you can on Youtube! Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzsv9EhWt9I&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uMWeM4jKGw&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uMWeM4jKGw&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDUu8fhdHpU&feature=channel
(credit to Nizmo)
Zoe' Brain Teaser Solution:
101 - 102 = 1(move the 2 to make it 10 squared)
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Weekend Report -> World Heavy Weight Champion
Friday:
Pizza lunch with X-CMC people at Papa Sam's today. I found the Meat Lover's pizza kind of greasy and salty. The Cheeseburger Pizza was pretty good. Not amazing like Andrew said, but pretty good. Good to see the boyz again :)
Watched episode 2 of AKB48's "Majisuka Gakuen". It was entertaining. The plot is slowly moving along, and it seems like each episode will have a boss character for Acchan to fight, who is more powerful than the previous episode's boss. The boss of ep2 was Kasai. It was kind of funny seeing Kasai act all tough and powerful, as she is totally a girly-girl in real life.
Saturday:
^ Evan with the Flying Elbow from the top of the sofa! 1.. 2.. 3.. DING DING! Evan with the pin fall over Gavin! What an upset! The new World Heavy Weight Champion. LOL
(pic from Emi's Site)
Met up with Anita, Jane, Zoe, and Ben at their badminton tournament. The girls were visiting from Toronto.
After the tourny, we went to The Works on Bank St. for a late dinner. I ordered the Sk8er Boy (Peanut Butter, Jack Cheese, and Bacon) on Elk meat with Sweet Potato Shoe-string Fries. To drink I got the Strawberry Bananna Peanutbutter Chocolate Milk Shake. Over all the meal was pretty good. Could have used more peanut butter on the burger and less peanut butter in the milkshake (couldn't taste the strawberry). I also found the portion sizes at the Bank St. location to be smaller than the ones in Westbro and Kanata... or maybe it looked small because I was really hungry.
Zoe was the ambitious one who got the "Kamikaze" on Portabello Mushroom Burger. The toppings were jalapeno, chipolte peppers, banana peppers, cheddar cheese and hotter than hell sauce. I couldn't believe she was able to eat that with all those hot toppings.
Sunday:
One of my best friends, Will, was visiting OTT this weekend; but I didn't get a chance to meet him at all while he was here. I thought he was staying til Monday, so I thought I would have dinner with him and Thi today, but they were already driving back to Boston when I called them.
He did drop off a gift for me and Ben each:
^ USB Missle Launcher :)
Thanks Will and Thi. It's pretty cool. I set it up on my computer at home, but I may find it more useful in my cube at work. I can always use more anti-manager defenses.
Dinner today, I met up with Anita, Jane, Zoe, and Ben again at Kanata Sushi. We stuffed ourselves silly with tons of sushi. (I forgot to take pics of the food). Today the sevice was the fastest I have ever been served in any restaurant in my life! We made a huge initial order and stuff started coming out within a couple minutes!
Zoe's Brain Teaser:
(This puzzle stumped Jane, Ben, and I for a long time.)
Move only one numberical digit to make this equation true: (you cannot move the - or the = signs)
Pizza lunch with X-CMC people at Papa Sam's today. I found the Meat Lover's pizza kind of greasy and salty. The Cheeseburger Pizza was pretty good. Not amazing like Andrew said, but pretty good. Good to see the boyz again :)
Watched episode 2 of AKB48's "Majisuka Gakuen". It was entertaining. The plot is slowly moving along, and it seems like each episode will have a boss character for Acchan to fight, who is more powerful than the previous episode's boss. The boss of ep2 was Kasai. It was kind of funny seeing Kasai act all tough and powerful, as she is totally a girly-girl in real life.
Saturday:
^ Evan with the Flying Elbow from the top of the sofa! 1.. 2.. 3.. DING DING! Evan with the pin fall over Gavin! What an upset! The new World Heavy Weight Champion. LOL
(pic from Emi's Site)
Met up with Anita, Jane, Zoe, and Ben at their badminton tournament. The girls were visiting from Toronto.
After the tourny, we went to The Works on Bank St. for a late dinner. I ordered the Sk8er Boy (Peanut Butter, Jack Cheese, and Bacon) on Elk meat with Sweet Potato Shoe-string Fries. To drink I got the Strawberry Bananna Peanutbutter Chocolate Milk Shake. Over all the meal was pretty good. Could have used more peanut butter on the burger and less peanut butter in the milkshake (couldn't taste the strawberry). I also found the portion sizes at the Bank St. location to be smaller than the ones in Westbro and Kanata... or maybe it looked small because I was really hungry.
Zoe was the ambitious one who got the "Kamikaze" on Portabello Mushroom Burger. The toppings were jalapeno, chipolte peppers, banana peppers, cheddar cheese and hotter than hell sauce. I couldn't believe she was able to eat that with all those hot toppings.
Sunday:
One of my best friends, Will, was visiting OTT this weekend; but I didn't get a chance to meet him at all while he was here. I thought he was staying til Monday, so I thought I would have dinner with him and Thi today, but they were already driving back to Boston when I called them.
He did drop off a gift for me and Ben each:
^ USB Missle Launcher :)
Thanks Will and Thi. It's pretty cool. I set it up on my computer at home, but I may find it more useful in my cube at work. I can always use more anti-manager defenses.
Dinner today, I met up with Anita, Jane, Zoe, and Ben again at Kanata Sushi. We stuffed ourselves silly with tons of sushi. (I forgot to take pics of the food). Today the sevice was the fastest I have ever been served in any restaurant in my life! We made a huge initial order and stuff started coming out within a couple minutes!
Zoe's Brain Teaser:
(This puzzle stumped Jane, Ben, and I for a long time.)
Move only one numberical digit to make this equation true: (you cannot move the - or the = signs)
101 - 102 = 1(solution in tomorrow's post.)
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Dinner today -> Scooby Doo Mix
I was planning on making Spaghetti with Meat Sauce for dinner today, but after I started cooking the ground beef, I discovered I only had 1 small can of tomato sauce and no tomato paste left. That wasn't good. So I did a little "Macgyvering" and transformed the sauce in to a Scooby Doo Meat Sauce Mix. Turned out well, but I was really in the mood for spaghetti.
^ Scooby Doo Meat Sauce Mix.
Someone created subs for the 1st episode of AKB48's TV Drama "Majisuka Gakuen". Watch it while you can on Youtube! I find the show funny and entertaining. Links:
Part 1.
Part 2.
Part 3.
(credit to Nizmo)
^ Scooby Doo Meat Sauce Mix.
Someone created subs for the 1st episode of AKB48's TV Drama "Majisuka Gakuen". Watch it while you can on Youtube! I find the show funny and entertaining. Links:
Part 1.
Part 2.
Part 3.
(credit to Nizmo)
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Avatar 3D and Movie Site
Went with Kurt and Andrew to watch Avatar today, in 3D. We had to wear special 3D polarized glasses to watch the movie. They kind of looked like glasses that Steve Urkel wears... and they look pretty good on Kurt's face :) LOL
The movie is pretty good. Visually, the movie is incredible. The outdoor nature scenes looked beautiful.
The story of the movie was OK. The flow was very predictable, with tons of foreshadow.
The whole movie experience for me could have been better, if it wasn't for the DORK sitting behind me, coughing on me through the whole movie! If I don't get sick from the MTL trip on Monday, I'll probably get sick because of this dork >:(
People should check out this site. It has free streaming movies and TV shows (some can be downloaded too). My "To Watch" list:
Daybreakers,
Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures,
I wanted to watch Paranormal Activity this week, but I'm too freaked to watch it at night! Maybe this weekend, during the day.
The movie is pretty good. Visually, the movie is incredible. The outdoor nature scenes looked beautiful.
The story of the movie was OK. The flow was very predictable, with tons of foreshadow.
The whole movie experience for me could have been better, if it wasn't for the DORK sitting behind me, coughing on me through the whole movie! If I don't get sick from the MTL trip on Monday, I'll probably get sick because of this dork >:(
People should check out this site. It has free streaming movies and TV shows (some can be downloaded too). My "To Watch" list:
Daybreakers,
Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures,
I wanted to watch Paranormal Activity this week, but I'm too freaked to watch it at night! Maybe this weekend, during the day.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
AKB Drama and Portuguese Egg Tarts
AKB48's latest TV drama "Majisuka Gakuen". From the 1st episode, it seems to about yankee schoolgirl gang wars, and Maeda Atsuko (real name and character name) gets transferred to the school.
Maeda is the main character. She wears glasses and seems weak and passive. When the glasses come off, she is a fierce force of nature. Her character is like Clark Kent/Superman. LOL
^ Opening starts 0:30. Yuko looks cool with her gang around 1:40.
(ripped from youtube)
I bought some Portuguese Egg Tarts from T&T on Saturday. I couldn't find them when I got home. I initially thought I left them behind at the cashier, but then I found them in my trunk today! They are 3 days old, but they were still really good.
^ Portuguese Egg Tarts.
The difference be these Portuguese Egg Tarts and regular Chinese Egg Tarts is the tart shell is more chewy than flaky, the top of the custard is torched, and the custard tastes less sweet and is more smooth. I actually prefer these over to the normal Egg Tarts from T&T (which, by the way, taste weird in a bad way).
Maeda is the main character. She wears glasses and seems weak and passive. When the glasses come off, she is a fierce force of nature. Her character is like Clark Kent/Superman. LOL
^ Opening starts 0:30. Yuko looks cool with her gang around 1:40.
(ripped from youtube)
I bought some Portuguese Egg Tarts from T&T on Saturday. I couldn't find them when I got home. I initially thought I left them behind at the cashier, but then I found them in my trunk today! They are 3 days old, but they were still really good.
^ Portuguese Egg Tarts.
The difference be these Portuguese Egg Tarts and regular Chinese Egg Tarts is the tart shell is more chewy than flaky, the top of the custard is torched, and the custard tastes less sweet and is more smooth. I actually prefer these over to the normal Egg Tarts from T&T (which, by the way, taste weird in a bad way).
Monday, January 11, 2010
CMC MTL and Trains
Made a visit to CMC MTL today. Met with my boss and the other SQA team members. Basically a meet and greet.
I also met up with Natalie. She's about 3 months pregnant now and starting to get big. She showed me some cool ultrasounds of the baby. I could see the baby's brain! (FYI: it's a boy and due June 1st). She wanted me to say "hi" to everyone in Kanata (done), and for Thu and Stefano to get in-touch with her (you got that you two?).
I took the train back to OTT. Never been on a VIA Rail Train before, so I was looking forward to it.
^ View from VIA Rail Train #37, Cab #3, Seat 12A.
The ride was kind of bumpy, but overall it was OK. It's no Shinkansen. There was a food trolley that came around, but alas... no Riceballs or Boss Coffee :)
There was also free Wi-Fi on the train, but it wasn't very stable. Sometimes it was fast, but most of the time it was slow. I tried using it, but gave-up and went to sleep.
The highlight of the trip was ofcourse, the smell of "Poo-gas" coming from the open bathroom at the front of my train cab. The "delightful rotten-egg odour" drifted from the front of the cab all the way to me in the middle, and on to the back. It was about 10 minutes before a conductor showed up and closed the bathroom door.
I was starving when I got home, so for dinner today I made a quick oden. I bought an oden bundle from Uni, but I forgot to buy some Chinese veggies. I had to make due with some daikon and lettuce. I added instant dashi and soy sauce to make the broth. Again I made too much food, but it was good.
^ Quick Oden. My favorite is the cubed Fried Fish Tofu.
I also met up with Natalie. She's about 3 months pregnant now and starting to get big. She showed me some cool ultrasounds of the baby. I could see the baby's brain! (FYI: it's a boy and due June 1st). She wanted me to say "hi" to everyone in Kanata (done), and for Thu and Stefano to get in-touch with her (you got that you two?).
I took the train back to OTT. Never been on a VIA Rail Train before, so I was looking forward to it.
^ View from VIA Rail Train #37, Cab #3, Seat 12A.
The ride was kind of bumpy, but overall it was OK. It's no Shinkansen. There was a food trolley that came around, but alas... no Riceballs or Boss Coffee :)
There was also free Wi-Fi on the train, but it wasn't very stable. Sometimes it was fast, but most of the time it was slow. I tried using it, but gave-up and went to sleep.
The highlight of the trip was ofcourse, the smell of "Poo-gas" coming from the open bathroom at the front of my train cab. The "delightful rotten-egg odour" drifted from the front of the cab all the way to me in the middle, and on to the back. It was about 10 minutes before a conductor showed up and closed the bathroom door.
I was starving when I got home, so for dinner today I made a quick oden. I bought an oden bundle from Uni, but I forgot to buy some Chinese veggies. I had to make due with some daikon and lettuce. I added instant dashi and soy sauce to make the broth. Again I made too much food, but it was good.
^ Quick Oden. My favorite is the cubed Fried Fish Tofu.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Weekend Report -> Fish!
Friday:
Went to this Persian Restaurant with the Kanata SQA group today. The place is called "Shekarchi Restaurant" (398 Kent St.) and right across the street from my grandparent's apartment! The food was really good. The place is an expansion from LA.
I got the Settlers of Catan app for my iPhone. I'm playing it so much. It's only the original game, with no expansions like "Cities and Knights". It's still fun. The computer players play very differently than I do. Some like to go after Ports, others build tons of roads, while others buy alot of Development Cards.
Saturday:
I bought a nice section of a large head fish for dinner. I steamed it in soy sauce, cooked oil, oyster sauce, and some green onions.
^ Steamed Fish Before.
After 15 minutes, I scooped some fish roe on it and steamed it for another 10 mins.
^ Steamed Fish After.
Man it was good :) I should have bought a 2nd chunk of the fish.
Sunday:
I had to go into work to close a whole bunch of Actions for a project, because I found out Friday at 4pm, that some documents are due to be released on Tuesday. Took me about 4 hrs to close most of the actions, but it was a waste of my Sunday afternoon.
Got take-out from Burger King Kanata for dinner today. This must be the slowest Burger King in the world! It must have taken them 20 minutes to make my Whopper Combo! Also, they didn't have any Iced Tea left in the dispenser, so I got a Coke. The Coke tasted minty, so I didn't drink it. I should have went to Subway.
Got these cookies from T&T. They are imported from Japan. A bunch of different flavoured cookies in the box, and individually wrapped in pairs. I tried the coconut and honey one. They are pretty good.
^ Japanese Cookies. Delicate and tasty.
Went to this Persian Restaurant with the Kanata SQA group today. The place is called "Shekarchi Restaurant" (398 Kent St.) and right across the street from my grandparent's apartment! The food was really good. The place is an expansion from LA.
I got the Settlers of Catan app for my iPhone. I'm playing it so much. It's only the original game, with no expansions like "Cities and Knights". It's still fun. The computer players play very differently than I do. Some like to go after Ports, others build tons of roads, while others buy alot of Development Cards.
Saturday:
I bought a nice section of a large head fish for dinner. I steamed it in soy sauce, cooked oil, oyster sauce, and some green onions.
^ Steamed Fish Before.
After 15 minutes, I scooped some fish roe on it and steamed it for another 10 mins.
^ Steamed Fish After.
Man it was good :) I should have bought a 2nd chunk of the fish.
Sunday:
I had to go into work to close a whole bunch of Actions for a project, because I found out Friday at 4pm, that some documents are due to be released on Tuesday. Took me about 4 hrs to close most of the actions, but it was a waste of my Sunday afternoon.
Got take-out from Burger King Kanata for dinner today. This must be the slowest Burger King in the world! It must have taken them 20 minutes to make my Whopper Combo! Also, they didn't have any Iced Tea left in the dispenser, so I got a Coke. The Coke tasted minty, so I didn't drink it. I should have went to Subway.
Got these cookies from T&T. They are imported from Japan. A bunch of different flavoured cookies in the box, and individually wrapped in pairs. I tried the coconut and honey one. They are pretty good.
^ Japanese Cookies. Delicate and tasty.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Happy early Birthday Sandra!
HAPPY early BIRTHDAY SANDRA!!!
I hope you get a really big and delicious cake on Saturday.
Then you can bring left-over cake for me on Monday :)
UPDATE:
I'll be at CMC MTL on Monday. Bring cake on Tues :)
I hope you get a really big and delicious cake on Saturday.
Then you can bring left-over cake for me on Monday :)
UPDATE:
I'll be at CMC MTL on Monday. Bring cake on Tues :)
Thursday, January 7, 2010
New AKB48 Single
AKB48's 15th single "Sakura no Shiori" was revealed in this Wednesday's AKBingo! It's a Japanese style choir, school graduation ballad?...
^ AKB48 - Sakura no Shiori [partial song from AKBingo!]
(ripped from YouTube)
I'm not a big fan of the song. Maybe if I knew the words I may like it... maybe? The release date is in Feb. Anyways, I'm counting on the 3 B-Side songs to be way better, and I know they will be.
1st B-Side is suppose to be the theme song to their new TV Drama. The drama starts this weekend, so it'll be revealed then. The drama should be good too.
(BTW: Stefano - Have you watched Mendol yet?)
The other 2 B-Side songs are 2 sub-groups created to compete against each other for a prize (I think?) in Weekly Playboy magazine (not the same kind of PB magazine as in North America) and Young Jump magazine.
Team PB's song is called "Enkyori Poster". It's an OK song, and better than the single. No video as it was taken from Youtube before I could grab it.
Team YJ's song is called "Choose Me". I like this song and I also like it more than Team PB's song; and not just because Kasai Tomomi is in it ;)
^ Team YJ - Choose Me [partial song from AKBingo!]
(ripped from Youtube)
^ AKB48 - Sakura no Shiori [partial song from AKBingo!]
(ripped from YouTube)
I'm not a big fan of the song. Maybe if I knew the words I may like it... maybe? The release date is in Feb. Anyways, I'm counting on the 3 B-Side songs to be way better, and I know they will be.
1st B-Side is suppose to be the theme song to their new TV Drama. The drama starts this weekend, so it'll be revealed then. The drama should be good too.
(BTW: Stefano - Have you watched Mendol yet?)
The other 2 B-Side songs are 2 sub-groups created to compete against each other for a prize (I think?) in Weekly Playboy magazine (not the same kind of PB magazine as in North America) and Young Jump magazine.
Team PB's song is called "Enkyori Poster". It's an OK song, and better than the single. No video as it was taken from Youtube before I could grab it.
Team YJ's song is called "Choose Me". I like this song and I also like it more than Team PB's song; and not just because Kasai Tomomi is in it ;)
^ Team YJ - Choose Me [partial song from AKBingo!]
(ripped from Youtube)
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Dinner today -> Chicken & Potatoes
Didn't feel like making anything messy or fancy, so dinner today was leftover BBQ quarter-chicken and boiled potatoes. In the end, it turned out kind of fancy.
^ Chicken and Potatoes.
I watched the "SMAPxSMAP Dream Special" (Jan 4, 2010) today. AKB48 was the guest for "Bistro SMAP" segment.
^ 3 of 4 SMAP members and AKB48 on Bistro SMAP Segment.
SMAP made Kaiten Sushi for the girls. The sushi they made looked awesome. They also cut a whole new Blue Fin Tuna to use the otoro part (fatty tuna) in their dishes.
^ Fresh Blue Fin Tuna. Probably worth multiple hundreds of dollars.
The red SMAP member should have won. The links are already removed from Youtube. So if you can find it, I recommend watching it just for the food alone.
^ Blue SMAP Dish. Cool spoons :) If anyone knows where I can buy the "lady leg spoons", let me know.
^ Red SMAP Dish. Look at all that tasty salmon roe. My vote for the winner.
^ Yellow SMAP Dish. Winning dish. Not impressed with this. My Fongpay Makizushi would have beaten him :)
^ Chicken and Potatoes.
I watched the "SMAPxSMAP Dream Special" (Jan 4, 2010) today. AKB48 was the guest for "Bistro SMAP" segment.
^ 3 of 4 SMAP members and AKB48 on Bistro SMAP Segment.
SMAP made Kaiten Sushi for the girls. The sushi they made looked awesome. They also cut a whole new Blue Fin Tuna to use the otoro part (fatty tuna) in their dishes.
^ Fresh Blue Fin Tuna. Probably worth multiple hundreds of dollars.
The red SMAP member should have won. The links are already removed from Youtube. So if you can find it, I recommend watching it just for the food alone.
^ Blue SMAP Dish. Cool spoons :) If anyone knows where I can buy the "lady leg spoons", let me know.
^ Red SMAP Dish. Look at all that tasty salmon roe. My vote for the winner.
^ Yellow SMAP Dish. Winning dish. Not impressed with this. My Fongpay Makizushi would have beaten him :)
Monday, January 4, 2010
Packages. Better Late than Never.
Got some packages in the mail today. I thought I would have gotten this stuff before Christmas. But eh, what can you do?
^ AKB48 New York and Paris Photobook.
^ Re-issue Transformer Cassettes: Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak, and Overkill.
^ Japanese Temple Piggy Bank. You can pull the rope to ring the bells.
^ AKB48 New York and Paris Photobook.
^ Re-issue Transformer Cassettes: Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak, and Overkill.
^ Japanese Temple Piggy Bank. You can pull the rope to ring the bells.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
End of the Holidays.
Friday:
Post New Year's Potluck at Jeff and Linda's house. I made BBQ Korean Short Ribs. After eating, we played some Cranium and Taboo. When most of the guests left; Ben, Anthony, Jeff and I stay til about 3am playing Settlers of Catan.
^ Potluck Food.
Saturday:
Gordon and Ben came over for a few hours to play Magic. I lost every game. I guess that's to be expected when I have uber-powerful combo decks :) They had to team-up against me, to defeat me :)
Afterwards, Susanna and I went to T&T. I got some marinated "Scallop Skirts". It's the part that is around the circular scallop meat that is usually cut off during preparation. It's actually really good.
Also got a pre-made Vietnamese noodle meal and duck livers. The pre-made meal was only OK. Don't think I would get it again. But the duck liver was really good.
^ Vietnamese Noodles.
Sunday:
Spent the last few days of the holidays playing Dragon Age: Origins. I can't believe how huge this game is! The Ozammar part is huge! I'm about 120hrs in to it and only 38% explored. My main character is only level 18 too.
Made Ramen with Shrimp Wontons for dinner today. Added an Marinated Egg in the end. Good stuff.
^ Ramen with Shrimp Wontons and Marinated Egg.
Got to go back to work tomorrow. It'll be tough. My sleep pattern is completely messed up. I'm normally awake til 3:30-4:00am and I wake-up around 11am.
Post New Year's Potluck at Jeff and Linda's house. I made BBQ Korean Short Ribs. After eating, we played some Cranium and Taboo. When most of the guests left; Ben, Anthony, Jeff and I stay til about 3am playing Settlers of Catan.
^ Potluck Food.
Saturday:
Gordon and Ben came over for a few hours to play Magic. I lost every game. I guess that's to be expected when I have uber-powerful combo decks :) They had to team-up against me, to defeat me :)
Afterwards, Susanna and I went to T&T. I got some marinated "Scallop Skirts". It's the part that is around the circular scallop meat that is usually cut off during preparation. It's actually really good.
Also got a pre-made Vietnamese noodle meal and duck livers. The pre-made meal was only OK. Don't think I would get it again. But the duck liver was really good.
^ Vietnamese Noodles.
Sunday:
Spent the last few days of the holidays playing Dragon Age: Origins. I can't believe how huge this game is! The Ozammar part is huge! I'm about 120hrs in to it and only 38% explored. My main character is only level 18 too.
Made Ramen with Shrimp Wontons for dinner today. Added an Marinated Egg in the end. Good stuff.
^ Ramen with Shrimp Wontons and Marinated Egg.
Got to go back to work tomorrow. It'll be tough. My sleep pattern is completely messed up. I'm normally awake til 3:30-4:00am and I wake-up around 11am.
Friday, January 1, 2010
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