A Blustery Day

On vacation on this super windy day today, or as Winnie the Pooh would call it a "Blustery Day". As I was looking around outside, I noticed alot of my neighbour's roofs had shingles flipped up! Some of them looked really bad. I checked my roof and I have 3 shingles flipped up :( I also have 2 pieces of siding falling off from Tuesday's windy day.
Everyone should check their roofs for damage.

Dinner today -> Deer Sirloin Steak
I was at FarmBoy getting groceries and noticed they had deer steak on sale. I got one. It was really tender, but tasted the same as beef. I also made garlic butter zucchini and a lettuce salad (my little tribute to Stefano :P ).


^ Deer Sirloin with Garlic Butter Zucchini and Lettuce Salad.

Danger Room Psylocke

Dinner today -> BBQ Duck Congee
I'm still in the mood for congee, so I made another batch with BBQ duck.


^ BBQ Duck Congee.

Useless TV Info:
Did anyone watch the Season 15 premier of South Park Wednesday night? The episode makes fun of Apple's iPad with the "HumanCENTiPad". It is the most disgusting episode I've seen in a long time, but funny too :)

Useless Comic Info:
I picked up my limited edition "Danger Room Psylocke" statue from Comic Book Shoppe. It's bigger than I thought, but so cool.


^ Danger Room Psylocke.

Useless Hockey News:
MTL lost to BOS 4-3 in OT. MTL is out :(

Bone Marrow Congee

There was an Easter Egg Hunt today at CMC. I was busy, so I only found 3 eggs.


^ CMC Easter Eggs.

Dinner today -> Bone Marrow Congee.
It took me 2 days to make this "Bone Marrow Congee". Why? Because yesterday I needed to boil the soup bones until the marrow was cooked and until the flavours were boiled out. Then I put the broth into the fridge overnight to solidify the fat that had floated to the top.

Today, I removed the solidified fat and was left with a tasty clear broth.


^ Broth with Solidified Fat and Without.

After, I took the marrow out from the bones and chopped it up with the remaining meat on the bones. Finally, I added the rice, some chopped BBQ pork, and a couple sliced preserved eggs. This made a really superior tasting congee :)


^ Bone Marrow Congee.

Useless Idol Info:
Gavin and Emi got me a manga magazine from Japan that included a pullout 2011 AKB48 Calendar. It's still good for 8 more months :)


^ (OoO) Kasai!

Useless Hockey News:
MTL beat BOS 2-1 in Game 6 tonight. Game 7 Wednesday night!
Go Habs!

Symbol of Hope

I've been feeding Marc's/Jes's cats the past few days. They "meow" at me alot when I prepare their food. It seems like they are saying, "Hurry up fool" lol.


^ Marc's and Jes's Cats.

Japan Info:
A 1,000 yr old Sakura tree that survived the tsunami and earthquakes is now blooming. It's a symbol of hope. Read it here.


^ 1,000 Year Old Sakura Tree.

Dinner today -> Roast Beef, Baby Bok Choi, and Rice.
Leftover roast beef, baby bok choi, and rice from the party. The roast beef is extra good because the roast beef drippings have soaked into the meat :)


^ Roast Beef, Baby Bok Choi, and Rice.

Long Weekend of Food

Alot of gaming was held this long weekend. Some boardgames and Magic, but I forgot to take pics of the boardgames and only remembered for 2 Magic games :(


^ 4 Player Magic.
Gavin says to point out the "50% less salt" chips. They were good.

This weekend was also Amie and Houston's Baby Shower. As usual with our family, there was aton of food.


^ Appetizers.
(Shrimps, cheese, prosciutto rolled in cheese, crackers, smoked salmon, eggrolls, pot stickers, chinese pastries, probably more stuff I can't remember)


^ Main Courses.
(atleast 8 BBQ ducks, tofu, chicken, chow mein, singapore noodles, roast beef, fish, oyster mushrooms, veggies, shrimps with head on, and more. )


^ Desserts.
(cakes, watermelon, and fruits)
I ate lunch and dinner there, and then took alot of food home too. There was so much food there.

The kids and I drew some 3D Art with chalk. If you have some Crayola 3D Polarized Glasses, or some other kind of polarized glasses, you can see these pics in 3D:


^ 3D Bike (Pink pops out) by Fongpay and 3D Face (Blue pops out).


^ 3D Squares and 3D X-Men Shield.

Food this weekend ->
Other stuff I ate this weekend.


^ Steaks with Veggies and Rice.


^ Fresh Corn.

Ben, Jane, Susanna, and I also went to another auction this Sunday in Kanata.
This one was held by "Giant Auctions", an auction company I haven't been to before.
The auctioneer this time was awful. He was slow, dragged out item bidding by begging for bids, and made lame jokes and inappropriate comments.
It was suppose to be "no reserve", but the auctioneer wouldn't take just "any" bids and selectively heard bids.
Anyways, we won a few items and I got a projector alarm clock:


^ Projector Alarm Clock.
I got it for $10, but I don't think the projector works :(

They had some mini-bikes there and they only went for $200 each! I kind of wanted one, but where would I ride it?


^ Mini-Bike.

Happy Easter!!!

Happy Easter!!!

I know it's early, but I won't be posting Thursday night (I'll be on vacation Thursday and planning to be playing Magic at Gavin's house Thursday night.)


^ AKBunnies.

Dinner today -> Mussels with Greek Pita.


^ Mussels with Greek Pita.

Looking for Deck Builder Contractor

Can anyone recommend a contractor to build my deck? I'm looking for quotes for an elevated 10x12 wooden deck.

Dinner today -> Devil Tongue Noodles with Quail Eggs.
Wasn't sure what I wanted to eat today for dinner. So I heated up some Devil Tongue Noodles with some Chicken Ramen flavouring powder and added some quail eggs. It was OK. I think the Devil Tongue Noodles taste better cold.


^ Devil Tongue Noodles with Quail Eggs.

Expired Food

Dinner today -> Spring Salad and Crescent Rolls.
I got some discount "Spring Salad with Bacon and Roast Chicken" from Metro. It was $2 off as it expires today. It was a pretty good salad, but I found that there was too much bacon (really!).


^ Spring Salad with Bacon and Roast Chicken.

I also made 2 packages of "Pillsbury Crescent Rolls" that I had forgotten I had in the fridge. The expiry date was Feb 11, 2011. They looked and tasted fine to me.


^ Expired Pillsbury Crescent Rolls.

Useless Idol Info:
AKB48's 21st Single "Everyday Katyusha" ("Everyday Headband") is out May 25th, and the Limited Editions are already sold out on HMV Japan and CD Japan! I didn't get my order in early enough, and I only got the normal editions :( I figured I should have ordered earlier, as this CD comes with the 3rd AKB48 election voting tickets.

AKB48 was on Music Japan this week (I don't know what timeslot they moved this show to on Rogers), and they performed the full version of "Beginner".


^ "Beginner".

Weekend Report: 3D Deck

Happy Birthday Isabella!!!

I started designing my deck using Lowe's Deck Designer. It's a free online tool I found really handy. At the end of the design, it generates a report with everything you need. But the neat part is that it generates a 3D image of the design!


^ Fongpay Deck Design.
It's a 10x12 detached, pressure treated wood deck, elevated about 6 feet off the ground. I wonder how much this will cost?

Food this weekend ->


^ Japanese Gyoza.


^ PC Apple Upside Down Cake.
I can't believe I ate the whole cake over the weekend. It's just so good :)


^ Beef and King Oyster Mushrooms on Black Pepper Spaghetti.

Useless Hockey News:
Congratulations to "Chuck Norris" who won my hockey pool. The finals matchup was really close with "Crashers" just losing 5-4.

Montreal is up 2-0 over Boston. Game 3 is Monday night and Game 4 is Thursday night.

Staring at the Fishies

I can't help but stare at my aquarium since I've cleaned it and got the new fish. It's so cool and calming. It's even cooler in the dark.


^ Fongpay Aquarium: Day-Shot & Night-Shot.
I added a couple leftover lobster claws and a half a lobster head to the tank. The fishies like to swim inside the claws and the head to nip at the tiny particles of meat. I added the skull ornament today, but I think I want to replace it with another plant or the Krusty Krab Restaurant :)

Dinner today -> Omelete Rice.
Used my new wok to fry some leftover rice with some frozen veggies and chopped BBQ Pork. Topped it with a 3 egg omelette and shaped it like Pac-Man :)


^ Pac-Man Omelette Rice.
It's only shaped like Pac-Man because I ripped the omelette getting it out of the pan.

Update:
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 2-0 in Game 1!

Useless Idol Info:
I finally finished watching Disc 1 through Disc 4 of "AKB48 2011 Request Hour Best 100 LIVE at SHIBUYA AX". Still have Disc 5 "Making of" to go.


^ Ax 2011 #1: Heavy Rotation + Yuko Closing Remarks.

Sportsplex Sales

Ben, Susanna, and I went to the Nepean Sportsplex for the Paderno Kitchenware sale and the Revlon Sale.
We got some great deals on the kitchen stuff. I got a new non-stick wok, a chef knife, a stock pot with strainer, and few other little things.


^ Paderno Kitchenware.

At the Revlon Sale, I got some 36" bath towels, and a couple of toilet mats (for those people who miss ^_^).


^ Revlon Bath Stuff.

Dinner today -> Fongpay Jucy Burgers.
Barbecued 3 Jucy Burgers on Ben's BBQ. They came out pretty well.
Susanna cut her's in half, and all the melted cheese gushed out. This time I stuffed 4 slices of cheese in each burger :)


^ Fongpay Jucy Burgers.

Batman and Mickey Mouse Spotted.

Took another vacation day today :)
I went to Big Al's Aquarium and checked out the fishies. I got some Batman Platies and Mickey Mouse Platies. They are call this because the spots on thier tails look like Batman's head and Mickey Mouse's Head.


^ Batman Platy and Mickey Mouse Platy.


^ Fish in Aquarium.

Lunch today -> Ikea Hotdogs.


^ Ikea Hotdogs.

Dinner today -> Burgers, King Oyster Mushrooms, and Veggies.
I got an 8 pack of beef patties from Farmboy. I cooked 2 patties for dinner and made 3 cheese filled Jucy Patties with the remaining 6 patties.


^ Burgers, King Oyster Mushrooms, and Veggies.