Sushi

Took vacation today and slept in.
After I finally got up (around 11am :) ), I went shopping at Costco for salmon and Canadian Tire for some wood chips/mulch.
After I got home, I mowed the lawn and did some yard work before it rained.

Dinner today -> Sushi
Made some maki rolls with the salmon I got. Made a salmon, cucumber, and egg roll. I wanted to add avocado too, but they weren't ripe yet.


^ Sushi

Useless Idol News:
Morning Musume is in Paris, France right now, for the 2010 Japan Expo. Info here. Looks like they will be performing a full concert, not just a few of songs like AKB48 did last year.

While some members of AKB48 are in LA right now, for the Anime Expo.
I was thinking about going to this when I first heard about it, but after reading about the mess it was last year when Morning Musume was there, and that you have to buy VIP Anime Expo tickets, and you have to stay at a certain hotel to get concert tickets, and the "meet and greet" was a $100 (this recently got changed to be free for 32 random people from a draw of 500; which to me is worse than paying $100); I decided not to go as it got too expensive.

Emi tried to help me order the AKB48 cards, but after filling out the order form we found out that the delivery of the cards was COD. My Japan Delivery Service doesn't accept COD, so I can't get them :( Maybe Yuko and Kasai card boxes will show up on ebay. Thanks for the help Emi.

Illusion

Today I was running on 3.5 hrs of sleep, and I wasn't tired at all. Last night, I just couldn't fall asleep. I went to bed around 1am. Layed there til about 1:30, and turned on the TV. I watch bits of Conan The Destroyer and Sister Act 2, I think I dosed off around 4am. I then woke up at 7:30am, 2 minutes before my alarm!

My dad got his 35yrs of service award at CMC today. He got a Sony Blue-ray/DVD Home Theatre System! The box was huge.
Ethan got his 5yrs of service award. He got a digital camcorder. It was about the size of an iphone.
Sandra also got her 5yrs of service award too. She got a telescope.
These gifts are way better than my 5yr award. I got a stupid luggage bag. My 10yr one better have some good stuff to pick.

Useless Soccer News:
Japan lost to Paraguay today in the World Cup. It was a 0-0 game after extra time, and Japan lost 5-3 in the shootout. Really too bad. It would have been cool to see Japan in the final 8.


^ Optical Illusions...

StrikeFighters Take Another Loss

A makeup game for the CMC Strike Fighters today. We lost 21-10.
We normally have 5 pitchers on the team, but not a single one could make the game today. We had to make due with what we got.
Also, the 2 girls that played today, took injuries for the team. Both of them got hit in the legs/ankles and weren't very mobile after that.

Dinner today -> PC Seafood Lasagna.
Took it out of the freeze and straight into the microwave for 25 minutes.


^ Seafood Lasagna.

Nothing else going on today, so here is a Mario Kart pic I found:


^ "Look out, Blue Shell!!!"

Weekend Report

Friday:
Ben and I discovered that Transformers: War for Cybertron's Co-op Campaign is not playable for offline multiplayer! We thought it was split screen for 2 players. Neither of us have Gold Membership on XBox Live so we won't be playing the multiplayer parts on the game. That really sucks! It's also not very bright of the creators/designers to not include offline multiplayer. It's really to bad too, as the game play is really fun and the graphics are very well done and detailed.

Saturday:
I wasted half the day playing Tranformers. Each mission takes about 3hrs. The levels are so long. Omega Supreme was so tough to beat! I died so many times.
I wasted the other half of the day downloading about 18GBs of Shukan AKB: AKB48 in Guam. The funniest part was during the Wake-up Pranks and Mariko drew on Yuko's face while she was asleep.


^ Yuko has Unibrow and Eyeballs on her Eyelids. LOL

Sunday:
Went to "Little Sheep" Mongolian Hot Pot with Stefano, Mallory, Tyler, Tanya and for lunch. Mallory, Stefano, and I were talking about coming here for alittle while and we finally went. We were there for almost 2hrs and filled up on alot of meat (4 plates of beef, 4 plates of lamb, and alot of chicken). I forgot to take pics of the food. I think I need people to remind me to take pics.

Useless Idol News:
New AKB48 cards are out July 31. Each box contains a set of 45 cards of the member you want + 4 random rare cards.
I need to figure out how I'm going to get these.

Happy Birthday Charin!!!

Happy (early) Birthday Charin!!!
Charin's Birthday is Saturday

Crazy Horse

Went to "Crazy Horse" steak house for James' Birthday Lunch. On the way out of CMC we saw that "The Works" had setup a mini-BBQ in the CMC parking lot. They were getting ready to give out FREE The Works Burgers for CMC employees!!! But we still went ahead as planned to Crazy Horse... I can't believe we passed up Free Works Burgers.


^ The Works at CMC.

At Crazy Horse, the rumour is that there are hot waitress working at the steak house; and there are... but as luck would have it, we got a male waiter! We blame Steve.
I ordered "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Burger". It was pretty good. Almost as good as a Works burger, but not quite there. I should have ordered a Stone Grilled Steak, and cooked it myself at the table. The stone grilling is their special feature. That looked really good.


^ "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" Burger.

Useless Japan News:
Japan beat Denmark in the World Cup match today, 3-1. Japan now qualifies for the final 16.

Useless Idol News:
Got a package from "CD Japan" today. It contained my AKB48 Sheet Music, and my Morning Musume CDs and Single V from their latest single, "Seishun Collection".


^ AKB48 Sheet Music and Morning Musume CDs.

Found this clip on YouTube: AKB48's version of SDN48's song "Yuuwako no Garter". SDN48 is AKB48's older sister group, who performs more adultish songs. This version has Yuko, Mariko, and Kojima performing. I'm sure the garter belt they throw out at the end to the crowd, is worth tons of $$$.


^ "Yuuwako no Garter" - Yuko, Mariko, Kojima version.
NOTE: You can now expand the video to full screen...
(ripped from YouTube)

Earthquake!!!

A 5.7 scale Earthquake was felt in Ottawa today, around 2pm.
The CMC building rattled for about 10 seconds. I thought it was just some big guy running with a heavy cart upstairs. I only realized it was an earthquake when my R2-D2 and other toys fell off my computer monitor. It was actually pretty cool.
Did anyone outside of Ottawa feel it?

I wonder if any of my stuff fell down at my house? For sure all my Mario Kart figs rolled off my computer monitor. Maybe my anime figs fell over too. Hopefully none of my Transformers: Animated toys fell, as they are setup such that if 1 falls, it would cause a domino effect to knock them all down like bowling pins @o@Ahhh! I guess I'll find out tonight.

Update:
Good old sturdy house :) Nothing fell over. Not even these (not so sturdy) anime figs on my shelf.


^ Standing Anime Figs.

Happy Birthday James!!!

Happy Birthday James!!!

Cybertron & Maids

Useless Tranformers News:

I got "Transformers: War for Cybertron" for XBox 360 today. I got it from Best Buy as it was $39.99 with the Jazz exclusive. I went to EB Games before hand, to see if I can get the Shockwave exclusive, but they were charging $64.99 for the game! To me, Shockwave isn't worth the $25 difference in price.

^ XBox 360 - Transformers: War for Cybertron.

Useless Idol News:
Kasai Tomomi and Shinoda Mariko was on the latest episode of "G.I.Goro Great Inventor". It's a variety show about inventions, hosted by a SMAP guy with abunch of comedians and a couple AKB48 girls as guest participants. This week's episode was about Ninja Weapons. I usually watch it on Youtube, but this one is worth downloading. BTW: All the female guests are usually dressed up as maids. Don't know why? :)


^ Maid Kasai :)


^ Kasai and Mariko weren't in maid outfits very long, as they had a ninja battle to win!
(Credit to Hello!Online)

Useless CMC News:
FYI: Don't forget Free BBQ Lunch at CMC on Wednesday.

1st Day of Summer

Today is the 1st day of Summer and the longest day of the year. Just an FYI :P

I discovered some cool new channels on Rogers cable today.


^ Channel 204 - Cottage Channel.
(You can hear loons and frogs in the background).


^Channel 205 - Aquarium Channel.
(This tank is way cleaner than mine...)


^ Channel 206 - Sunset Channel.
(Ocean shore sounds in the background. I find it kind of bright.)

Dinner today -> Chicken Rice.
I marinated the chicken drumsticks with some salt for a few hours and then cooked the chicken directly in the rice cooker with the rice. The chicken comes out moist and the rice absorbs all the chicken juices and saltly marinade. Good stuff.


^ Chicken Rice in Rice Cooker.

Useless Tranformers News:
"Transformers: War for Cybertron" game is out Tuesday. It's $39.99 at Best Buy ( for Jazz Exclusive). I'm going to try get it at EB Games for the Shockwave Exclusive, but it lists for $59.99. If it is that price, I'm getting it from BestBuy.

Useless Japan News:
7000+ fish killed at the Niigata Aquarium! Someone screwed up big time! Article here, but there isn't much there unless you know Japanese (and have access to youtube).

Useless Idol News:
The Skylark Restaurant chain (in Japan) created an idol group to sing about their food, for their 40th anniversary. The group is called SKL39. The 39 means "Thank You" (San-Kyuu). Details here.

Update:
At first, I thought this SKL39 idea was pretty cool. That was until I downloaded the mp3 of their 1st single. It's OMG pretty bad... x_x I don't think they will be challenging AKB48 for top idol group.

Weekend Report

Friday:
James is getting into Disc Golf now. I lent my Discs to Ethan so he can play with James during lunch today (as I went to Comic Book Shoppe). Ethan lost my Driver Disc in the hedges on the 1st hole... @_@

Picked up the new M:tG ArchEnemy Cards today. Got all 4 decks.


^ M:tG ArchEnemy Decks.

Also bought Steve Jackson's "Zombie Dice" game. It's a fast, fun dice game for 2+ players.


^ "Zombie Dice" Game.

Saturday:
Woke up early to watch "Transformers" on Teletoon Retro, but I ended up watching Japan vs Netherlands in Soccer instead. Japan lost 1-0. It's too bad, as Japan played pretty well.

Went out for my Birthday dinner with Jeff, Linda, Everett, Ben, and Jane. We went to Le Buffet du Continent. I only ate 3 plates! My mistake was eating too many ribs. They were really good and I ate about a dozen+ of them. I wanted more crab legs and dessert stuff, but I was full of rib meat.


^ My Plate...


^ Everett's Plate... the baby can really put it away, hehehe.

Went back to Jeff and Linda's place afterwards for some gaming: Zombie Dice, Bohnanza, and Ticket to Ride: Europe. Anthony showed up later for some gaming too.


^ BDay Gifts from Jeff, Linda, and Everett. Thank You!

Sunday:
Went out for Dim Sum at Chinatown with the family. The occasion... Ben was showing off Jane to my parents and grandparents... woooo the big "meeting the parents" step :P.
Forgot to take pics of the Dim Sum food, because the restaurant was too hot and I was sweating while eating.

Also, my mom kept ordering food nobody wanted to eat.
It went something like this:
Ben: "I want the fried wontons."
Mom: "OK, 1 fried wonton plate... and a plate of fried shrimp balls and shrimp rolls too."
Ben, Andy: "I don't want the shrimp balls or the shrimp rolls. Order it if your going to eat it."
Mom: "Look, egg tarts! Lets get 3 plates."
Andy, Grandma: "I don't want egg tarts."
Mom: "OK, 2 plates than."
etc...
... time lapse to end of meal...
Mom: "Andy, eat a shrimp ball..."
Andy: "I already ate 2 because I had eat it..."
Mom: "Then eat the egg tart..."
Andy: "I don't like the egg tarts from here, the tart shell are not flaky like ones from MTL."
Mom: "Ben, Jane, Mom (grandma) eat the egg tarts."
Ben, Jane, Grandma: @_@ "... fine..."
etc...

Peanut Butter on Burgers

Dinner today -> Peanut Butter Burgers.
Was planning on "Hamburg Rice" today, but I was in the mood for peanut butter. So I decided to Peanut Butter Hamburgers. I used toast since I didn't have any hamburger buns.


^ PeanutButter Hamburgers.

Useless MtG News:
New Magic cards are out on Friday: Archenemy. It's 4 pre-constructed decks with 20 over-sized cards. It also comes with new Multiplayer rules using the over-sized cards; and the decks are made for 1 vs many games.

Useless Idol News:
Check out the promotional AKB48 Veggie drink flash site. After it loads, you can share a juice box drink with one of the girls :) Click one of the girls to see her short video. This site was so made for their fans.
(I have no clue what vegetable some of the girls are dressed up as too.)

Win by Default

Strike Fighters softball game was called off due to rain and due to the other team not showing up. Most of our team showed up at the diamond, but no one from the other team appeared. By 6:30pm the rain had become a light mist, and we could have played. I think we will win by default. Our record will be 5-1.

Dinner today -> Rideau Takeout.
Since the game was cancelled, and the diamond was near Rideau Resturant, I went there to pick up some Chinese Takeout. I got Beef Chow Mein and Dry Fried Rice Noodles with Beef. I haven't had Rideau in awhile and it was so good.


^ Beef Chow Mein and Dry Fried Rice Noodles with Beef.

Useless Japan News:
ANA Airlines will be creating a special paint job for one of their Boeing 777s. It will be painted with Gundam art! The aircraft will be unveiled on July 1st. Full article here.
I'll post some pics around July 1st. Peter and Charin will hopefully be pointing me to some good shots of the art from their suggested site: Airliners.net

Creamy Yoke Eggs

Dinner today -> Eggs and Toast.
I saw on a NHK Japanese science show called "Science for Everyone", that to make the egg yoke really creamy, you need to do a few things:
1 - crack the egg carefully into a bowl, by not letting it drop very far. (Dropping the egg more than 10cm will damage the yoke cells.)
2 - spoon out the yoke and cook it for a few seconds before pouring the white back over it.
3 - add a couple spoons of water into the pan and cover.
I tried the above out and the yoke did seem to taste creamier, but I also over cooked the yoke more than I like. I'll have to try it again.


^ Creamy Egg Yoke and Toast.

The show also showed how to make inverse hard boiled eggs (aka yoke on the outside and white in the middle.) I'll try it out before posting about it.

Buy Any Burger and Get One Free at Harvey's

New Harvey's promotion started today. It's called, "Free Burger Week in Canada". Buy any burger and get one free. It lasts from June 14 to June 20.
Details here.
(Don't think it's valid in Quebec.)


^ Harvey's Free Burger Promotion.

Fongpay's Birthday Bash

Went to The Works with the CMC gang for my Birthday lunch.
I got the Malibu Meltdown on Elk meat. The big onion ring on the burger was full of 3 kinds of cheesy goodness. The is definitely one burger I will get again.


^ Malibu Meltdown Burger with Sweet Potato Fries.

BTW: Found out that there are FREE fries re-fills.

Useless World Cup Soccer Info:
Japan beat Cameroon, 1-0 today in Group E play! I didn't think Japan would get a win the whole tournament.

Happy Birthday Fongpay!!!

Happy Birthday Fongpay!!!
(That's me!)

Weekend Report

Friday:
Free Tim Horton's donuts and coffee at CMC today, courtesy of the buildings superintendent. Scored my favorite Boston Cream donut. Got a 2nd one later that was sugar covered. Steve, you totally missed out :p

Game 1 of the Softball Tournament was today. I can't believe we lost!!! The 1st game was verses a D-Division team too! The final score was 9-8. That means we are playing in the D-Division for the rest of the games.

Saturday:
Game 2: We lost again 12-26, against another D-Division team!!! Our defense was horrid, and we underestimated their girls' hitting power. We should have pitched to them like the guys.

Game 3: We won 17-5. By the 4th inning, it was 16-2, and one of our players suggested we ease up and not run up the score. There weren't very good.

Game 4: We just lost 10-9. I think the umpire made a few bad calls in this game and it cost us.

The Highlight of the Tournament: In Game 4, we had a streaker in middle of the 3rd inning! She was a looker too. Jeno rated her an 8/10.

Dinner today -> Roast Pork and Brie on Baby Portabella Mushrooms with Chinese Greens.
Made another batch of Baby Portabella mushrooms for dinner. I used some Roast Pork from T&T instead of bacon this time. Adds a different flavour but still really good. Didn't feel like making rice, so I made some Chinese greens to go with it.


^ Mushrooms and Greens.

Sunday:
Went out for dinner with my family, for my birthday. We went to Hockey Sushi. We ordered alot of items from the menu, and my initial plan was to only eat sashimi and sushi (aka only raw stuff, nothing cooked). BUT through an ordering mix-up by Susanna, we ordered 7 teriyaki steaks! She thought it was ordered by the piece, but we got 7 plates of steak!!!


^ Sushi and Steak.

Afterwards we had cake... Black Forest Cake, my favorite. I like the cheap kind from Metro too, not the expensive ones from cake stores. The simple ones tastes the best.


^ Black Forest Cake.

Thursday Night Magic

Some 4-player Magic gaming tonight, with Ben, Gavin, and Gordon.
Before we started, Emi showed us baby Yuto's sitting ability. Then, Ben made Yuto cry! Seems like Yuto doesn't like it when Ben touches his hand or try to hold him :P

We played about 5 hours of Magic. In that time, I think we only got about 8 games in. I won the 1st game, even after I mulliganed my starting hand down to 4 cards :) After that, I won a couple more games with various decks. I think we all won atleast 1 game.


^ The Mighty Fongpay is dead (bottom right), and the Battle Continues...

Yuko is #1

Dinner today -> Steak and Rice.
Went to T&T with Ben and Susanna. I picked up a bunch of food, but I had to cook the steak in my fridge first, as it was going to go bad tomorrow.


^ Steak and Rice.

Useless Idol News:
Morning Musume's 43rd Single "Seishun Collection" is out today, and is the Daily #1. The song is pretty good, but nothing special. They really need a big hit song soon, if they want to challenge AKB48. I may post the video later.

The big news today, and on almost every morning news channel in Japan, is the AKB48 Election. It ended today and Oshima Yuko was voted #1 by the fans ^_^ This is huge, because she beat out the "Face" of AKB48: Maeda Atsuko (who got #2).

The election results and # of votes:
(data from Stage48)
40 Ishiguro Atsuki - 1603
39 Matsubara Natsumi - 1854
38 Yagami Kumi (S) - 1909
37 Katayama Haruka - 1935
36 Yamauchi Suzuran (RS) - 1945
35 Takayanagi Akane (KII) - 2030
34 Yonezawa Rumi - 2171
33 Fujie Reina - 2460
32 Umeda Ayaka - 2499
31 Satou Sumire - 2591
30 Komori Mika - 2613
29 Nitou Moeno - 2693
28 Shimazaki Haruka (RS) -3076
27 Ishida Haruka - 3235
26 Hirajima Natsumi - 4106
25 Masuda Yuuka - 4137
24 Oya Masana (S) - 4634
23 Kuramochi Asuka - 5355
22 Oota Aika - 6145
(#22 to #40 are the "Undergirls", and will be featured on the B-Side of the next single. #41+ are "Theatre Girls".)

21 Miyazaki Miho - 6371
20 Nakagawa Haruka - 6567
19 Sashihara Rino - 6704
18 Sato Amina - 6921
17 Akimoto Sayaka - 8049
16 Kitahara Rie - 8836
15 Ono Erena - 9468
14 Minegishi Minami - 9692
13 Takajyou Aki - 11062
12 Kasai Tomomi - 11080
11 Matsui Rena - 12082
10 Matsui Jurina - 12168
09 Miyazawa Sae - 12560
08 Kashiwagi Yuki - 15466
07 Kojima Haruna - 16231
06 Takahashi Minami - 17787
05 Watanabe Mayu - 20088
04 Itano Tomomi - 20513
03 Shinoda Mariko - 23139
02 Maeda Atsuko - 30851
01 Oshima Yuko - 31448
(#1 to #21 will be featured in the next single, and Yuko will be in the center position; aka gets the most screen time.)


^ Oshima Yuko is #1.


^ Election News Clip.

War for Cybertron Exclusives...

Which "Transformers: War for Cyberton" pre-order exclusive should I get? Jazz or Shockwave? (Demolishor doesn't count as he isn't G1.)


^ Jazz - Best Buy Exclusive.


^ Shockwave - Game Stop Exclusive.

They're both pretty cool, but I'm leaning towards Jazz. I'm hoping there will be a way to download both, and maybe other Transformer skins? The game is out June 22.

Monday Audit

Completed my TRR and external audit today, and everything passed! YES! Now, only 2 days of Formal Testing left, but that's the easy part.

Today felt like a really long day. Mainly because I was pretty antsy about the audit. Also, it didn't help that I didn't get much sleep last night because:
1) I kept thinking of questions the SQA guy might ask me, and alot of questions I did not know the answers to,
2) I had to wake up at 3am to watch NHK, because "Wednesday J*Pop" (which is on Sundays?) had AKB48 on as the special guest.

Useless Idol News:
The "Wednesday J*Pop" performance was a live mini-concert. It was pretty good, I think?... I was half-asleep while watching it. I'll have to download the show to re-watch it, but I found some YouTube clips:


^ AKB48 - Ponytail to ShuShu (Wednesday J*Pop Verison).
Camera jumps around too much to my liking. The wota/fan "chants" are hilarious and loud. Nice body waves when they sing "Ponytail". I hear it's almost as good as Stefano's. LOL
FYI: Maeda drops mic around 3:15.


^ AKB48 - Aitakatta (Wednesday J*Pop Verison).
Iconic AKB48 song.
FYI: Maeda breaks formation early and recovers around 3:00, lol.
(Both videos ripped from YouTube.)

Weekend Report

Friday:
Scrambling at work these past few days. Lots of documents to be released, and audits to be performed and closed. Why? On Monday I have a TRR and then an external process audit by our customer's SQA. My 1st external audit and I'm not sure what to expect. I hear the SQA guy is very thorough and picky.

BTW: No "Shukan AKB" today, because of the news conferences and specials about the Japanese Prime Minister resigning.

Dinner today -> Fried Rice with Corn, Bacon, and whole Straw Mushrooms.
Didn't know what to cook today. I looked in the cupboard and spied a can of corn and straw mushrooms, so after a little "Iron Chef Macgyvering", I whipped this up :) Made it abit spicy with some Cayenne Pepper.


^ Corn, Bacon, and Straw Mushroom Fried Rice.

Saturday:
Dinner today -> Fettuccine Alfredo with Shrimps and Sliced Steak.
I was really hungry when I started making this. Because of that, I think I made too much food. I have enough left for lunch and dinner on Sunday.


^ Fettuccine Alfredo with Shrimp and Steak.

Sunday:
Attended a wake today for Gavin's Grandma. Spent the rest of the day watching "Life" on Discovery Channel and preparing for my audit.

Useless Cartoon News:
New Thundercats cartoon by Teletoon in the works. Article here. I think if they re-make it like they did for He-Man, it could be good.

T-Bone Steak

Dinner today -> T-Bone Steak and Toast with Lemonade.
Bought and made a quick and simple T-Bone Steak today with Montreal Steak Spice on it. Added an impromptu sauce made from Ketchup, Mustard, and Wasabi. Side was Toast spread with Miracle Whip. All washed down with Lemonade.
Was planning on going to T&T for food, but Susanna didn't reply to my texting and calls.


^ Steak with Toast and Lemonade.

Useless Idol News:
Donations needed and accepted for the Fongpay Foundation :) Please insert change in my BumbleBee Bank. Why you ask? Because of this stunt AKB48's Team Dragon will pull for their CD release on July 21!!!
Team Dragon will release 11 different versions of the "Dragon Ball Kai" themed single. 9 Limited Versions and 2 Regular versions. The limited versions are a different cover and DVD track for each of the 7 girls and 2 for Team Dragon.
Also, each limited version CD has 1 of 3 different cards (3 of each girl or team) in it to collect. So in order for a collector to get everything, min buy is 29 CDs! This is another huge money-making marketing scheme.

Details from Stage 48:
Limited A: Maeda Atsuko ver. (Team Dragon jacket, Maeda Trading Card (1 out of 3 types) and After-Recording Maeda ver.)
Limited B: Takahashi Minami ver. (Team Dragon jacket, Takahashi Trading Card (1 out of 3 types) and After-Recording Takahashi ver.)
Limited C: Watanabe Mayu ver. (Team Dragon jacket, Watanabe Trading Card (1 out of 3 types) and After-Recording Watanabe ver.)
Limited D: Oshima Yuko ver. (Team Dragon jacket, Oshima Trading Card (1 out of 3 types) and After-Recording Oshima ver.)
Limited E: Itano Tomomi ver. (Team Dragon jacket, Itano Trading Card (1 out of 3 types) and After-Recording Itano ver.)
Limited F: Kojima Haruna ver. (Team Dragon jacket, Kojima Trading Card (1 out of 3 types) and After-Recording Kojima ver.)
Limited G: Kashiwagi Yuki ver. (Team Dragon jacket, Kashiwagi Trading Card (1 out of 3 types) and After-Recording Kashiwagi ver.)
Limited H: Team Dragon ver. (Team Dragon jacket, Team Dragon Trading Card (1 out of 3 types) and After-Recording Team Dragon ver.)
Limited I: Dragon Ball ver. (Original Miracle Battle Card (1 out of 3 types) and After-Recording Team Dragon ver.)

Regular A: Team Dragon ver. (Team Dragon jacket)
Regular B: Dragon Ball ver. (Dragon Ball jacket)

Because I want the cards, I'll probably end up buying from HMV Japan Yuko (D) and Takamina (B) versions. Big maybe for Yukirin (G) version. Lesser maybe for Maeda (A) and Team Dragon (H) versions.

Strike Fighters Lose!

CMC Strike Fighters lost our 1st game of the season today :( We lost 16-15 against a B-division Team (We are C-division).
Going into the last inning down 16-10, we came back and almost won. We had the tying and winning runs on 3rd and 2nd too.
It also didn't help that I stuck out with bases loaded in the 3rd inning... Aurgggh!

So Gavin sent me an early birthday present yesterday. He won it for me in Japan from the UFO arcades, and here it is:


^ Innocent Box with a Maid on it...

... once the box is opened correctly...


^ Jelly Cups! (Yogurt Flavour)

Baby Portabella Mushrooms

Dinner today -> Baby Portabella Mushrooms topped with 2 Cheeses and Bacon.
I pan fried the baby portabella mushrooms in bacon grease, topped them with brie cheese and sharp cheddar cheese, and then added slivered bacon. They were unbelievably good! They oozed with cheese and bacony-goodness!


^ Portabella Mushrooms, 2 Cheeses, and Bacon.


^ Plated Mushrooms on Toast and Orange Wedges.

Not much else going on today. I did receive a package from Gavin with my "Ponytail to ShuShu" CD (with bonus pic), and an early birthday gift. I'll take a pic of my gift and show it in tomorrow's post :P