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*Comments are moderated, so you won't see them right away.*Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2450125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-79945507596111515782019-12-15T23:58:00.003-05:002019-12-15T23:58:16.154-05:00Weekly Report -> PC Chicken Sausage Rolls are Bad<b>Food this week -></b><br />
Went to Montreal on Tuesday with James and Michael. On the way back we stopped by the Montreal bakery and I got a couple cakes including a Nutella Crepe Cake. So good with all the layers and whipped Nutella.<br />
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CMC Christmas Party was this week. It's the first one we've had in years. It was held at the Nepean Sailing Club. They dining hall is pretty nice. The roof is actually and upside down wooden boat hull. Very cool idea.<br />
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There were alot of door prizes, including 1 prize of an extra day of vacation. <br />
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Andrew won the vacation prize. If I had won, I wouldn't have picked that. I have too much vacation already. <br />
I did win a Godiva Chocolate basket. I thought it was a good prize at first, but when I opened it later the basket only has 8 pieces of chocolate, 1 pack of hot chocolate, and 2 bags of chocolate covered mini-pretzels. It also came with a giant brown flower pot. I told the organizer not to get this basket again (which I think came from Costco).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bad Godiva Chocolate Basket.</td></tr>
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There was lots of food at the Christmas party made by the club chef. The bacon wrapped scallops were amazing! We had so much food, people were encouraged to take home doggy bags.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of Good Food.</td></tr>
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Even with the doggy bags, I still packed 16 boxes of food to take back to work for the next day!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Lots of Leftovers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And More Leftovers.</td></tr>
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Tired out the new Big Mac this week because they are $3 for a limited time! The new Big Mac has more sauce, meaning it has sauce on the upper and lower halves. Before it was just on one of the halves (don't remember which half). The probably with this is that when you bite the Big Mac, the middle bun and burger now slides out easily. It made a mess. BUT the burger upgrade and bun change is good.<br />
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Went to Rideau Restaurant with the guys from work. We ordered 8 dishes. The General Tao Chicken dish was changed back. The sauce was changed and it was very bad. It's been fixed since the fall.<br />
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I think the Schezwan Beef was mostly fixed too. The beef slices are now bigger and sauce was change back too. The sauce is still not as spicy or "tangy" as before, but much better than the summer.<br />
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Went to Farmboy Saturday morning. I got some bacon and sausages from the Breakfast Bar. Went home and made eggs and toast to go with it.<br />
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I got some PC brand sausage rolls from Loblaws on Saturday. I cooked a box in the oven. They tasted bad! The sausage had a weird taste.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very Bad PC Brand Chicken Sausage Roll.</td></tr>
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I noticed afterwards that I bought a <b>Chicken</b> sausage roll box. Never again! Problem is, I bought 2 boxes because it was on sale :( I need to dump the extra box.<br />
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Made a roast pork shank on yellow potatoes and carrots. The pork shank was pre-cooked from Costco, so I only needed to roast it for 15 minutes. <br />
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The pork is really good. It shreds like pulled pork. The sauce/drippings caramelized and were soaked up by the vegetables.<br />
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The roast pork shank comes in a 2 pack and Susanna took the other package. I'm definitely getting more of this. <br />
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Breakfast "round 2" on Sunday morning. Scramble eggs with leftover bacon, sausage, and some disgusting chicken sausage rolls.<br />
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<b>Useless Gaming News:</b><br />
I had a huge headache on Sunday, but I really wanted to finish Luigi's Mansion 3. I was on floor 15, the last floor. The level was pretty easy but the 2nd last boss battle against Hellen Gravely was tough. I think it would have been really easy to do with 2 players, but in single player and switching between Luigi and Gooluigi makes it hard. I died once.<br />
Then the final boss battle against King Boo was super hard! I died 4 times before I beat him. Before these 2 bosses, I only died once in the whole game.<br />
Overall the game is pretty good. The first 3rd of the game is better than the last two 3rds. Mainly because you get the elevator buttons in a non-linear order. After level 5, the elevator buttons are gained in order. It would have been better to get them in different orders. Multi-player looks good, but I haven't tried it yet.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-54142787534251879232019-12-08T23:30:00.000-05:002019-12-09T01:16:05.889-05:00Weekly Report -> Lay's Spicy Crayfish Flavour<b>Food this weekend -></b><br />
Went to KNH with Ed and Steve this week. I got the medium Pho #15 (a little bit of everything). It hit the spot. I everything including all the broth. Lot of meat in the bowl, so I could have used abit more noodles.<br />
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Made a couple steaks on Saturday. Sliced it up to eat over several meals/snacks. Ate some with microwave chicken rice and frozen veggies. <br />
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<b>Useless Food News:</b><br />
Susanna and I went to the new Adonis at St.Laurent on Monday night. It's the 2nd week its been open, but it wasn't busy at all on Monday night. The layout is exactly the same as the other Adonis's. The prices seem abit high for the cooked food. We were looking for fresh sugarless pitas, but we only found 1 pack of regular pita that was fresh. They don't have a pita machine at this location.<br />
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I also got a tub of Kopanisti dip (feta and red pepper) for Ed, a bottle of L'orange Maison, and tried out some paella. The paella was meh. The guy scooping kept scooping the bits of rice at the top of the bin and not scooping the fully loaded rice at the bottom of the bin. Not buying this again.<br />
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I got a bag of Lay's Spicy Crayfish chips from T&T. These chips were really good. They don't taste like the disgusting USA Lay's Cheapskate Crab. These actually have a shellfish shell flavour, like in a lobster bisque. You just have to try it if you like seafood. I'll be getting the family size next time. Also, these are not spicy.<br />
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Got a pack of Strawberry Rolls from Sobey's. They look really good and soft, but they aren't. They were not that good. The sponge cake was way too firm and dense. The cream filling was too sweet too. Better to get a box of Twinkies instead of these.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not Good.</td></tr>
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Susanna and I went to the Carp Christmas Market on Friday night. We bought some kimchi, delicious scones, and these amazing apple cider donuts.<br />
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These donuts were so good. It had a good apple cider flavouring in the donut and was covered with plenty of cinnamon sugar. $5.50 for box of 6. Totally worth it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing Apple Cider Donuts.</td></tr>
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<b>Useless Gaming News: </b><br />
Board games at Anthony's late Saturday night. We played Cave Paintings (I won) and Settlers (Anthony won).<br />
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I also did my monthly boardgames at Sheridan's on Sunday. James won Terraforming Mars (in 2.5hr game for 3 players), and both games of Gizmos. I then won Cave Paintings to finish the afternoon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-77705512606931612002019-12-01T23:30:00.000-05:002019-12-02T00:52:07.114-05:00Weekend Report -> Black Friday<b>Food this week -></b><br />
I made a mushroom cheese dip on Wednesday night. I got the recipe from Becky. It uses 3 cups of white mushrooms (about 1 Costco size white mushroom pack) and 1 & 1/2 cups of Monterey Jack cheese. I chopped everything and cooked it all in about an hour. The recipe calls for it cool over night and then heated in the oven for 30mins to finish. I brought it over to Julie's place on Thursday to eat while watching the "Nailed It: Christmas season 2". We dipped slice baguette, prosciutto, roast beef, carrots, and pita crackers in the mushroom cheese dip. It was so good! This is what I will be bringing to Anthony's Christmas party.<br />
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I cooked a roast on Friday night. I got the roast from Loblaws for $5! It was on sale and 50% off. I seasoned the room temperature roast with salt, black pepper, garlic powder and onion powder. I cooked the roast with the 500F degree method (#lbs x 5mins then off for 2hrs). Since it was a boneless roast, I only let it cook for 1hr40mins. <br />
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I should have did 1hr30mins as it came out a little more cooked that I like. But it was still pink and moist. The potatoes and carrots were well cooked and soaked up most of the juices.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still Pink.</td></tr>
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<b>Useless Transformers News:</b><br />
Went out for Black Friday. Went to Toys R Us and picked up a couple Transformers I'm missing: Direct-Hit, Powerpunch, Ratbat, and Rumble. They were 20% off.<br />
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I also picked up a pack of blue gum. I haven't tested it yet, but I'm hoping it turns your mouth blue :)<br />
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<b>Useless Gaming News:</b><br />
I also went to Out of the Box. They had 20% off all boardgames and 10% off all supplies. I picked up an expansion for Mansions of Madness, the last 2 EXIT games to finish the set, and some sleeves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Friday Board Games.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-40212756568589948582019-11-24T23:30:00.000-05:002019-11-25T01:34:01.029-05:00Weekend Report -> KNH Buffet<b>Food this weekend -></b><br />
Went to the Kanata Noodle House Buffet on Sunday for Susanna's birthday lunch. I ate so much. I had 4 plates of food, including about 18 big shrimps with head on and 3 rice wraps. They no longer have mini-rice wraps. They now serve full size rice wraps, but you have to ask for them. The fresh pad thai was good too, but it was even better with stir fried beef instead of the chicken. I'll have to order pad thai with beef next time at KNH.<br />
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I also ate 2 bowls of the coconut milk drink with jelly, red beans, and green beans. It's way easier to eat this drink in a soup bowl instead of a glass.<br />
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The food was excellent, but the service was horrible. The 4 waiters/waitresses on duty didn't bring water refills the whole time we were there (1pm to 3pm) until I went up to interrupt their group chat to ask for water (the water brought was luke warm too). This really annoyed me as the place wasn't that busy. <br />
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<b>Useless Gaming News:</b><br />
The plan was to play 6 player board games at my place on Saturday, but Gen and Garth had another commitment to go to, and Julie wasn't feeling well. So only Arseni, Jeremy and I played. We played Tapestry and Cloudspire. I rocked Tapestry in one game with almost 300 points.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-79675232909348679022019-11-17T22:41:00.000-05:002019-11-17T22:41:48.562-05:00Weekend Report -> Silent but Deadly<b>Food this week -></b><br />
Went to KNH with Reza, Steve, and Marc on Wednesday. Reza told us about all the great perks of his new job and company. It sounded amazing. We have nothing compared to his new company.<br />
It was cold on Wednesday, so I order a hot pho bowl. I got the #15 Medium. It was super tasty with lots of meat :)<br />
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Made chicken stew on Saturday. I boiled 4 chicken legs in water with yellow onions, garlic, dashi, fish sauce, and yellow potatoes. I thickened the stew with rue made with milk, flour and butter. When it was mostly cooked, I shredded the chicken legs so there was chick in every bite.<br />
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I served it over leftover chicken rice. The stew was so good and had a great flavour. I think it was mainly due to the dashi and fish sauce.<br />
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<b>Useless Underwear News:</b><br />
Checked out the "Lazy One" pop-up store at Bayshore. It's a PJ and boxer shorts store. This one caught my eye "Silent but Deadly". My Chinese zodiac is "snake" and it fits my fongpay ID name. I didn't buy it, but I think I will go back and get it. I think it was 50% off too.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-83750727433762445442019-11-10T23:27:00.000-05:002019-11-10T23:46:08.147-05:00Weekend Report -> Softball Party<b>Food this weekend -></b><br />
Susanna and I went to Chinatown on Saturday morning. We got some freshly made Vietnamese Subs.<br />
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Threw out the green stuff (coriander) in my subs. Nasty stuff :)<br />
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I also got some BBQ pork buns and deep fried curry buns from Kowloon Market. They were fresh and hot out on the display.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BBQ Pork and Curry Buns.</td></tr>
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The last thing I got was some BBQ pork and a whole soy chicken. I put them together in a tray for the Softball Party Saturday night.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fresh BBQ Pork and Soy Chicken.</td></tr>
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Softball party was lots of fun. Tons of food to eat and drink, fun games, and heard some embarrassing Stefano stories.<br />
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<b>Useless Transformers News:</b><br />
Picked up a couple new Transformers from Baseline Walmart last week. I got Bluestreak and Thundercracker. Didn't see any Soundblasters left of the 35th Anniversary Transformers Display. I found these 2 on the shelf.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-23877256663628729532019-11-03T23:30:00.000-05:002019-11-04T00:33:17.693-05:00Weekend Report -> A Week in Review<b>Food this weekend -></b><br />
Got live blue crabs from the Asian grocery store in Kanata. They were a medium to medium-small size this week, so 5 made a good snack. They only came to $7.05 too.<br />
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I also got some Rideau Restaurant takeout on Friday night. Got an order of beef chow mein and shrimp in lobster sauce.<br />
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The shrimp in lobster sauce was so good mixed with white rice.<br />
Dessert was a discounted apple pie. I can't believe I ate the whole pie in 2 days.<br />
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<b>Useless Halloween News:</b><br />
Celebrated Halloween at work on the 30th. I figured we would get a sugar rush early and not get all the sugar on just the 31st. I called it "Merry Halloween Eve". We had 200 chocolates, chips, popcorn and even a cake. All for only $60. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halloween Treats.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halloween Cake.</td></tr>
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<b>Useless Transformer News:</b><br />
Got the exclusive Transformers: Siege Smokescreen from Toys R Us in the mail. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smokescreen.</td></tr>
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EB Games had the exclusive at first, but only ordered enough for pre-orders. I didn't pre-order, so I'm glad TRU took over the exclusive. <br />
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Got the ComicCon exclusive BotBots in a different package. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ComicCon BotBots.</td></tr>
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Still missing 2 BotBots from Series 2: #22 and #24. <br />
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<b>Useless M:tG News:</b><br />
Also got in the mail, the exclusive 3 My Little Pony Magic: the Gathering cards. It was $50 but $30 of it went to charity.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Little Pony Magic Cards.</td></tr>
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<b>Useless Gaming News:</b><br />
Picked up the new Luigi's Mansion 3 on the Nintendo Switch. This is fun. You play as Luigi searching a haunted hotel for Mario, Peach, and 3 Toads, all the while solving puzzles and capturing ghosts. I'm still on the first 5 floors of the 15 floor hotel.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luigi's Mansion 3.</td></tr>
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Also picked up a new board game: Tapestry. Out of the Box had an extra copy and held it for me. It's sold out everywhere!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tapesty.</td></tr>
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6 Player games at Anthony's on Saturday. We played Fibbage 2, One Word, Telestrations, and then more Fibbage 2.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-25948975795810220372019-10-27T22:49:00.002-04:002019-10-27T22:49:09.350-04:00Weekend Report -> More Poutine<b>Food this weekend -></b><br />
Went back to World of Poutine on Friday with Ed, James and Marc. I got from Golden Fries the award winning 2019 Toronto Poutine: Bacon and Lobster.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meh... Bacon and Lobster Poutine.</td></tr>
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It wasn't that good. Actually it didn't work for me at all. The lobster and brown gravy didn't go well together. I didn't get much bacon either. AND the gravy and fries weren't hot enough to melt the cheese curds. Not sure how this truck won. I saw that another truck also had lobster poutine, but he used a white gravy. I think that would have worked better with seafood.<br />
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On Saturday, I went back again with Julie and Arseni. I got a Brisket Poutine from BBQ Babes. It was $18 but totally worth it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meaty Brisket Poutine.</td></tr>
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As you can see, there was lots of brisket meat topping. The gravy was good as was the BBQ sauce. The fries and gravy were hot enough to melt the cheese curds too.<br />
We also shared a blooming onion and deep fried cheese curds from the Golden Onion truck. I forgot to ask them where they normally locate their truck :(<br />
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Sunday, I made a curry stew. I roasted the stewing beef and vegetables (mini potatoes, carrots, onions, and garlic) in the oven Saturday night. Then I cooled them in the fridge over night. On Sunday morning I boiled the meat in a simmer for 30 mins before adding the veggies and the Japanese curry roux blocks. Served it over fresh white rice.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curry Stew on Rice.</td></tr>
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<b>Useless Gaming News:</b><br />
Gaming at Anthony's on Friday night with just 3 players: Anthony, Jeff and myself. Ben has been "wha-pa!" and couldn't go. We played a couple rounds of Draftosaurus, a couple rounds of Point Salad, a game of Quacks with level 4 books, and short game of Robo-Rally to finish the night.<br />
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On Saturday, I was suppose to have 6-player gaming at my house after poutine lunch, but only Julie and Arseni could make it (and Sherlock the dog). We played <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/286096/tapestry" target="_blank">Tapestry</a> first. Arseni backed it on Kickstarter and brought it over to try out. This is a really good game! Only 5 turns in the game, but there is lots to do. Many different ways to get points and win the game. It now tops the list of the next boardgame I need to get. <br />
We also played Mansions of Madness 2nd edition. The app makes this game so easy to setup and play. We just barely won the 1st mission (the easy beginner mission). Arseni and I were rolling really bad, but Julie was giving us re-rolls with her character's ability as well as rolling really well.<br />
The 2nd mission we played had a bigger map but seemed easier. We didn't take as much damage as the first game.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mansions of Madness and SwordCrafters.</td></tr>
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We finished the night by trying out Sword Crafters. It's a drafting game to build a 3D sword. Neat idea for a game, but it lacks something. We only played it 2 players, so maybe it's better with more players?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-13746657363029916452019-10-24T23:27:00.005-04:002019-10-24T23:27:36.320-04:00World of Poutine 2019<b>Food today -></b><br />
The World of Poutine Championships started in Kanata today. It runs until Sunday 7pm, with hours of 11am-9pm Fri and Sat. I went to check it out at 1:30pm today when, as I expected, it was quite.<br />
There are alot of poutine trucks there. I think it was about 15 trucks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trucks,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">trucks, </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">trucks,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and more poutine trucks!</td></tr>
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There was also a mini-donut truck. I think it's the same one from Ribfest where Ben bought a re-fillable bucket of mini-donuts for $5.<br />
BUT the one truck I was looking for was the Blooming Onion truck and it was there!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golden Onion Truck.</td></tr>
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I ordered one around 3:30 for a late afternoon snack/early dinner. Fresh, hot, and soooo good. It's $13 but totally worth it. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fresh Blooming Onion.</td></tr>
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<b>FYI:</b> Don't put it on your car like I did for the pic. The grease went through the wax paper and through the paper plate.<br />
I'm planning to go back every day for poutine, so I'm thinking I will get mini-donut bucket too.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-58666190610558843752019-10-20T23:55:00.001-04:002019-10-21T00:15:03.126-04:00Weekend Report -> Sweet Blue Crabs<b>Food this weekend -> </b><br />
Got some blue crabs from the Asian grocery story on Hazeldean. I got 5 of them and the price only came to $6.17! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheap Blue Crabs</td></tr>
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They weren't super big, but together they made for good snack. I got 2 females and 3 males, but I thought I picked out all females. I boiled them for 10 mins. The meat inside was sweet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 Cooked Blue Crabs.</td></tr>
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I also got a Sausage Egg McMuffin Meal on Sunday morning with 2 extra hash browns. No pic, but I got 3 instant wins: 1 medium fries, 1 small fountain drink, and a cheeseburger.<br />
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<b>Useless Food News:</b><br />
Susanna got me a pack of the "Zombie Skittles" from the Syracuse. They are popular for Halloween this year and abit hard to find. They are regular Skittles with a few mixed in camouflaged "BBQ feet" flavoured ones (That's what I read it tastes like).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zombie Skittles.</td></tr>
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<b>Useless Gaming News:</b><br />
Monthly gaming session with James and Sheridan on Sunday. We played 2 games of Scythe, 2 games of <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/257987/towers-arkhanos" target="_blank">The Towers of Arkhanos</a>, and 2 games of Reef. I won one game of each different game.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-21458131906445302222019-10-17T23:40:00.001-04:002019-10-17T23:49:50.171-04:00$5 Monopoly Winner!<b>Snack today -></b> Crab Roe Flavor<br />
I got these 2 bags of Crab Roe Flavor Broad Beans and Sunflower Seeds. <br />
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They don't taste like Crab Roe, but they do taste really good. There are individual packs inside each big bag, and it's currently 2 for $5 at T&T. The Sunflower Seeds is better than the Broad Beans.<br />
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<b>Useless Food News:</b><br />
Got coffee with the boyz today. We went to McDonald's today instead of Tim's because of the Monopoly promotion. I won $5 at The Bay! Not sure what you can get for $5? Socks? Chocolate bars?<br />
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AND Ed won $20 for Skull Candy too!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-49479904058860775252019-10-14T23:52:00.003-04:002019-10-14T23:55:45.918-04:00Long Weekend Report -> Happy Thanksgiving!!!<b>Food this week -></b><br />
Bake sale at CMC on Thursday for United Way. I made 2 cheese cakes: Lemon cheese cake with toasted coconut and a Cherry cheese cake.<br />
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I had one of each cookie and 2 rice crispy squares.<br />
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Ed, Steve and I went to Ox Head at the Centrum on Friday. The Ox Head Vermicelli was excellent. Lots of meat (thick cut this time) and grilled nicely. Their vermicelli is still better than KNH.<br />
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Defrosted beef roast I had from last December. I made the roast using the 500C technique. <br />
I covered the room temperature roast with salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. I cooked it at 500C for 32mins then turned off the heat and let it sit with the door closed for 2hrs.<br />
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It came out a juicy and moist medium. I cut it up into columns and it mostly fit into 2 boxes. Ate it with fresh white rice.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sliced up Roast Beef with Carrots.</td></tr>
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<b>Useless Gaming News:</b><br />
Gordon, Brian, Ben and I played a new scenario of TIME Stories. It was the <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/213099/time-stories-lumen-fidei" target="_blank">Lumen Fidei</a> expansion. We finished it in 1 go and only ran out of time once. It took us 4hrs. The game was pretty good. It had 1 puzzle that stumped us, but it made sense if you remember all the uncommon names the story text used. The puzzle wasn't difficult once you find the right place to look.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-65763378383479302972019-10-06T23:30:00.000-04:002019-10-07T00:21:19.205-04:00Weekend Report: Gold Rush Ottawa 2.0 Cancelled?<br />
<b>Food this weekend -></b><br />
I bought an 8 pack of steaks from Walmart for 50% off and it was only $14! I pan fried a couple in a buttered with abit of salt, pepper, and garlic powder. I ate them with leftover fried rice.<br />
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I got The Fry on Saturday for dinner. I got the Half & Half Fried Chicken special: 1/2 with Sauce and 1/2 with soy and garlic. This Korean style chicken is so good! I'm also 3 coupons away from a free large chicken.<br />
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<b>Useless Gaming News:</b><br />
Ben, Jeff, Anthony and I were planning on playing Gold Rush Canada 2.0 all weekend to try and win the $40K, but apparently it was cancelled... or we assume it was. I never got an email of the map, or an email notification of cancellation, find any official posts on their website/facebook about it being cancelled. Someone posted on their facebook with a pic of the cancellation email. We assume it was real. I sent them an inquiry email, but no reply. Apparently they've gone dark. Sounds like Montreal 2.0<br />
We ended up playing boardgames and Fibbage 2 Friday and Saturday nights instead.<br />
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Note: my Fibbage title for Benedict Cumberbatch's chocolate statue was "Choco Mc Choco Face". Jeff and I were cracking up hard LOL.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-3890149902040358452019-09-29T23:56:00.004-04:002019-09-29T23:56:52.007-04:00Weekend Report -> Happy Birthday Uncle!!!<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>HAPPY <span style="color: orange;">BIRTHDAY</span> <span style="color: lime;">UNCLE!!!</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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Food this weekend -> <br />
Went to Montreal on Saturday for my uncle's birthday. <br />
We started feasting at 3pm. It was mix-match of different foods. There was tempura shrimp, chicken, bbq pork, roast pork, egg tarts, fruits, mushroom chips, creme brule, macaroons, and various buns.<br />
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We went to Chinatown for a 7pm dinner at <a href="http://www.restaurantchinatownkimfung.com/" target="_blank">Kim Fung</a>. When we got there, we were told the reservation was actually at 6pm... BUT since my uncle knew all the staff and owner like a boss, they kept our tables.<br />
We started with Fish Maw Soup. My favourite :)<br />
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Then the main dishes started arriving:<br />
Yellow Chicken (I know how to make this now).<br />
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Tender Beef on Gai Lan.<br />
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Lamb, Mushroom, and Tofu Curd Hot Pot. This was very good. We used the sauce on the fried rice later.<br />
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Shrimp and Fish Loaf. It's like meatloaf but with shrimp and fish paste.<br />
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2 Ginger and Onion Lobsters! You've never had lobster until you had lobster made like this.<br />
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Shrimp on Baby Bok Choi.<br />
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Yei Mein.<br />
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Steamed Fish. I didn't like it. It had a slight after taste of sweet "Vicks". Not sure if it was the fish or if they used too much "something/mirin" in the sauce?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fish.</td></tr>
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Fried Rice. Wasn't fried enough (Not as good as mine too).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not Very Fried Rice.</td></tr>
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Dessert was orange slices, mini "boob" buns, and redbean soup.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Desserts.</td></tr>
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We also had cake from <a href="https://lesdeliceslafrenaie.com/" target="_blank">Les Delices Lafrenaie</a>. We had a <a href="https://lesdeliceslafrenaie.com/product/fruit-cake-2/" target="_blank">Fruit Cake</a> and a <a href="https://lesdeliceslafrenaie.com/product/lobstertail-2/" target="_blank">Lobstertail Cake</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birthday Cakes.</td></tr>
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<b>Useless Food News:</b><br />
My parent's got me some "Horse" dessert from a pasty shop in Chinatown before dinner. It's so sweet, sticky, soft and chewy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Horse".</td></tr>
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<b>Useless M:tG News:</b><br />
Picked up my pre-ordered Throne of Eldrine Booster Boxes on Friday. I got a couple powerful Buy a Box Promo cards and the Pre-order bonus Collector's Packs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Throne of Eldrine.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-37993881048594764452019-09-26T23:55:00.000-04:002019-09-27T00:12:19.481-04:00Happy Birthday Mom!!!<span style="color: orange;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>HAPPY <span style="color: yellow;">BIRTHDAY</span> <span style="color: red;">MOM!!!</span></b></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>HAPPY <span style="color: magenta;">BIRTHDAY</span> <span style="color: purple;">JEREMY!!!</span></b></span></i></span><br />
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<b>Dinner today -></b> Ratatouille with Shrimp<br />
Since my mom didn't plan anything on her birthday, I went to Jeremy's Birthday dinner. His gathering was at <a href="https://savoybrasserie.com/" target="_blank">Savoy Brasserie</a>. Nice place. I wanted to try the Ratatouille au Poisson, but it was changed to Ratatouille au Shrimp.<br />
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When everyone else was getting their food, they had huge plates of food. When I got the Ratatouille, it was small :( I should have gotten the braised lamb shank. It Ratatouille was good, but I was still hungry. Still, I'd like to come back and try a different dish.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-70159380541471745092019-09-25T23:30:00.000-04:002019-09-26T00:21:27.534-04:00Costco Shitake Mushroom Crisps<b>Dinner Tuesday -></b> Chicken Liver with Garlic Chives.<br />
Garlic Chives were on sale at T&T and picked up a bundle. They taste great with liver. I also caramelized a yellow onion in the mix too. Good stuff.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicken Liver, Caramelized Onions and Garlic Chives.</td></tr>
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<b>Dinner Wednesday -></b> Costco Wings.<br />
Did abit of shopping tonight and I hit Costco on the way home. I got a 30 wing bucket for $20. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bucket of Wings.</td></tr>
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The Kanata Costco Food Court has a new system now. You pre-buy your order at a machine, wait for it, then pick it up when called. It's just like in Japan... 10 years ago! We are only catching up now...<br />
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<b>Useless Food News:</b><br />
Picked up a bag of Shitake Mushroom Crisps from Barrhaven Costco last week. They are OK. The mushroom chips lack the shitake flavour that come from drying it. The shitake flavour is very suttle. $8 for the bag is not a bad price.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shitake Mushroom Crisps.</td></tr>
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<b>Useless Transformers News:</b><br />
Got some Transformers Selects in the mail last week. I got Zetar and Nightbird.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zetar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nightbird.</td></tr>
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I also got from Amazon the Fan Vote 3-Pack. It includes Holo Mirage, Aragon, and Impactor.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fan Vote 3-Pack.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-44341543223769549032019-09-22T23:49:00.000-04:002019-09-22T23:49:00.927-04:00Weekend Report -> 3 Refraktors<b>Useless Food News:</b><br />
Susanna and I went to T&T on Friday night. She picked up a bag of Salted Duck Egg Chips to try out. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Salted Duck Egg Chips.</td></tr>
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To me they taste like regular chips. I don't get the salted egg flavour.<br />
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<b>Useless Transformers News:</b><br />
Picked up the latest wave of Transformers. I got Red Alert, Brunt, and 3 Refraktors (need 3 for camera mode).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Transformers.</td></tr>
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<b>Useless Gaming News:</b><br />
James and I went to our monthly gaming session at Sheridan's house this Sunday. We played Terraforming Mars and Planet. I finally won my first game of Terraforming Mars after about 10 tries. Excellent game, but long.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-53530880850848090312019-09-18T23:54:00.000-04:002019-09-18T23:58:13.152-04:00Softball Finals 2019<b>Useless Softball News:</b><br />
CMC Strike Fighters put a good fight in the softball finals, but fell to Pitchin Power 14-6. We still finished 2nd place, so we did very well for this season.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd Place Strike Fighters.</td></tr>
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We did get to pose with our Mid-season tournament trophy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-77768711681327964412019-09-16T22:21:00.000-04:002019-09-16T22:21:01.284-04:00Softball Semi-finals 2019<b>Useless Softball News:</b><br />
Strike Fighters faced Packing Dingers tonight in the semi-finals. I was surprised we were facing them. That means they beat the top team in our division to be here. I got to the game late as I was buying pizza for the team, but we were already leading 6-0 going into the 2nd. Mark was on his pitching game again, keeping their hitters guessing and hitting into our defense. Our bats did the rest and we won 18-10. <br />
We are now in the Finals on Wednesday night against either GDC or Pitchin Power.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-57171392339184136392019-09-15T23:30:00.000-04:002019-09-16T00:21:08.869-04:00Softball Playoffs 2019<b>Useless Softball News:</b><br />
Softball Playoffs started on Friday. CMC Strike Fighters played Batmen in the 1st round. They had beaten us in all 3 games this season and they were mostly high scoring games, but that doesn't matter in the playoffs. We shut them down and beat them 12-2. Mark's pitching was on fire and he only gave up 1 homerun for them to score their 2 runs. Our bats were hitting lots of green.<br />
I hit 1-for-1 with 1 single and 2 walks.<br />
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We played Packing Dingers on Saturday morning for Round 2. We beat them, but I don't remember the score. Mark's pitching shut them down again but he had to leave after this game. I also got badly hurt in the last inning where I pulled my left calf muscle. I'm out the rest of the playoffs.<br />
I hit 2-for-4 with a pop fly, single, single, and fielder's choice.<br />
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Pitchin Power was Round 3. They schemed their way to a tie with us last Tues, which gave them 1 point lead over us in the standings, which meant we needed to play higher seeds. We played them using Tyler as pitcher because Gary fractured his thumb (and it was a meaningless game). He hasn't pitched since last year and only for 1 inning. He gave up 6 runs in the 1st inning, but got his rythme down after that. Their pitchers were also throwing illegal pitches (knuckle balls from the 1st pitcher, and illegal spins from the 2nd pitcher). The ump let them go because we called them too late and they were struggling to get the pitches over the plate. I don't think he should have let them go. He's the umpire and he is suppose to follow the rules. In the end we lost in Overtime 15-14. We still advance to the semi-finals as we need to lose 2 games to be eliminated. Semi-finals are Monday night, and the Finals are Wednesday night.<br />
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<b>Food this weekend -></b><br />
Team went to Boston Pizza after the 3rd game for dinner. I got the Big Dipper sandwich. It's a steak sandwich with au'jus dipping sauce to dunk the sandwich in. It's very good. Real steak too. Not the machine slice roast beef other places serve.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Dipper Sandwich.</td></tr>
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I also got Kickin Onion Rings for the table. These are amazing with the dill mayo sauce.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Onion Rings.</td></tr>
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I finally used up all the leftover white rice and cauliflower rice I had from Gen's wedding. I've been making fried rice every day with bits of BBQ pork and egg. I'm kind of getting tired of it, but the fried rice is especially better when I mix garlic hummus and tzatziki in it. Gives it a creamy texture and some crunchy rice.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-20682139818138051452019-09-10T23:24:00.001-04:002019-09-10T23:24:19.952-04:00Kanata-Opoly<b>Useless Toy News:</b><br />
Found this new game at Centrum Walmart "Kanata-Opoly". It's Monopoly with Kanata properties!<br />
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On the back of the box, you can see the board and it lists all the big name landmarks in Kanata. The only place I don't know is "Small Pony Barrel Works". I may pick it up, but I think this will go on clearance or atleast drop to $20 before I pick it up.<br />
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NOTE: A.Y. Jackson High School is the cheapest property! LOL Earl of March High School (my school) is worth more! YES!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-4615114902220559902019-09-09T23:47:00.002-04:002019-09-10T00:46:38.802-04:00Vacation Over and I Didn't Mow the Lawn.<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><i>Congratulations </i></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><i>Gen and Garth!!!</i></span></b></span><br />
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Been on vacation for the past week. Spent most of the time shopping and getting ready for Gen and Garth's Wedding.<br />
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<b>Tuesday: </b>Took it easy on my 1st day of vacation. Hit a bunch of Walmarts, EB Games and Toys R Us' looking for new Transformers. I only found Alpha Trion from the Cyberverse line. Didn't mow the lawn.<br />
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<b>Wednesday:</b> Went to the dentist to get my cracked tooth fixed. The only thing he did was pull out the cracked half. He said he needed the gums to heal before he can fix the rest. I'm going back next Thursday. On the way home I picked up Portuguese tarts from T&T and a lamb shank meal from Jimmy the Greek. Didn't mow the lawn.<br />
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<b>Thursday:</b> Went shopping with Julie for her bridesmaid's shoes and hair accessories at Bayshore. We stopped for a snack at the new Crepe place. The place is expensive, but the portions are large. I got a nutella, banana and strawberry crepe. I didn't realize it came in a plate until they brought it out. I thought it was Japanese style where they fold the crepe and you hold it like a cone, so you can walk and eat. Too bad.<br />
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We went to Gen and Garth's house afterwards to help them make the table center pieces. Julie made a ghetto curry and I was making the rice for dinner. I forgot to press "cook" on the rice cooker. We ate a very late dinner. Didn't mow the lawn.<br />
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<b>Friday:</b> Went in to CMC to help organize a Shawarma Lunch. I was on vacation but I went in to just eat :). We got way too much food: 6 family platters. I took a whole tray of rice home and ate half of it for dinner.<br />
I went to Tip Top after lunch to get a new shirt. The wedding was a purple themed wedding, and I had to change my Autobot tie to a Decepticon tie. That made the dress shirt I was planning to wearing no longer matching the tie, so I had to get a new shirt to match Decepticon "purple".<br />
I got a couple Transformers Siege sets in the mail: Phantom Strike Squad and Alpha Strike Counterforce. Didn't mow the lawn. <br />
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<b>Saturday:</b> Went grocery shopping in the morning with Julie. We needed to get ingredients for our dishes for the wedding potluck. I was making a simple rice with BBQ pork dish, but I had to get the BBQ pork in the morning before they run out at Kowloon Market. I was lucky. I ordered 5 Chashu (2.4lbs) from the butcher which seem to be most of the bbq pork left on display. The guy after me wanted 2lbs. Not sure if there was enough left for him. Then we went to a bunch of Indian Grocery stores for Julie's dish and picked up her dress.<br />
Julie spent all afternoon and into the evening making her Chana Masala Curry at my house. It took so long because she was making it from scratch and there was alot of simmering to get the chic peas to absorb enough water to be soft and mushy. She made a huge batch and it wasted very good. Not too spicy, but had a nice kick to it. It was very good on rice. Didn't mow the lawn.<br />
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<b>Sunday: </b>The outdoor wedding was at 11am, but I got there at 9am to help Garth set up. It was a small wedding with maybe 65 people and it was potluck lunch afterwards. There was lots of different kinds of food, but way too much food. Could have easily fed 200 people.<br />
Instead of a wedding cake, Gen and Garth had wedding cupcakes. The top tier was still make and decorated with a BB-8 and BB-9E toppers (Star Wars music was used during the wedding march). Didn't mow the lawn. <br />
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<b>Monday: </b>Was planning on mowing the lawn today. I slept in and got up at noon. Made fried rice with BBQ pork and eggs from the wedding leftovers for lunch. I ate it while watching some new episodes of Running Man. Took a power nap around 2pm and got up around 5pm. Watched Beverly Hills Cop 2 on TV. Ate some ice cream and watched more Running Man. Didn't mow the lawn.<br />
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I probably need to mow the lawn soon, as it's been 2 months. But the grass doesn't get long... so it can wait.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-42131524415370025322019-09-02T22:37:00.005-04:002019-09-02T22:37:47.472-04:00Long Weekend Report -> Happy Birthday Dad!!!<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>HAPPY <span style="color: yellow;">BIRTHDAY</span> <span style="color: lime;">DAD!!!</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<b>Food this weekend -></b><br />
I poached a couple whole chickens in teriyaki marinade, mirin, and corn syrup on Saturday. The process to make the chicken really soft and juicy is to boil it with the lid on for 10 minutes, then turn off the heat and let it sit for 50 minutes. Doing it this way the chicken was just cooked.<br />
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I chopped up half and poured sesame oil and oyster sauce on it. It was really, really good. I'm totally making chicken this way now.<br />
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On Sunday we went to the <a href="http://kanatanoodlehousebuffet.com/" target="_blank">Kanata Noodle House Buffet</a> for my dad's birthday It's the only Vietnamese buffet in Ontario. It's all the way out in Gloucester on Innes, near Big Al's Aquarium.<br />
It's got a very good selection of food. I got a alot of meats on my first plate: Shrimp rolls, pork rolls, salt & pepper shrimp, salt & pepper fish, shrimp on a stick, grilled beef, grilled pork, vietnamese egg rolls, salt & pepper calamari, and meat pancakes.<br />
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The problem was when I chomped down on the shrimp on a stick, I crack my tooth that I just got my root canal on. At first I thought it was a piece of shell stabbing my gum but it was a third of my tooth pushing around. I ate soft foods after that, and ate with the otherside of my mouth.<br />
There are 5 different pho broths at the pho station. You can add alot of different meats and seafood to the bowl and they add the noodle and broth (but no tripe or tendon). Ben made a bowl.<br />
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Good desserts too. I made a red bean, green bean, and jelly bowl with coconut milk. Sweet and yummy.<br />
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<b>Useless Gaming News:</b><br />
Gavin was in town this long weekend. Ben, Gavin and I played Magic and Camel Cup on Saturday night. Ben won 3 of 4 games and all 3 wins were due to him playing his new dragon, <a href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=466890" target="_blank">Drakuseth, Maw of Flames</a>.<br />
Then on Sunday, Gordon was free and we played 4 player Magic and JackBox (mostly Fibbage2). It was a blast. "towelette" LOLUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-54468378336800817912019-08-29T23:30:00.000-04:002019-08-30T01:19:40.334-04:00Siege Ratchet and Refraktor<b>Dinner today -> </b>Steak, Eggplant, Mushrooms and Rice.<br />
Steak is on sale at Sobey's. Got a couple and cooked one for dinner. I also cooked some Chinese eggplant with some mushrooms in butter and soy sauce. I used that to top some chicken flavour instant rice. Then I sliced the steak and add that to the bowl. Good stuff :) The rice soaked up all the drippings/butter sauce.<br />
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<b>Useless Comic News:</b><br />
Dollarama has started putting some expensive Graphic Novels on their book shelves. They are only $4. I got a bunch of Marvel graphic novels including X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, and Avengers. The thick Invincible Iron Man book has a suggest price of $40!<br />
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<b>Useless Transformers News:</b><br />
Found some new Transformers this week.<br />
First Toys R Us got the Transformers Siege Refraktor Hascon box set.<br />
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It comes with 3 Refraktors in camera mode and a Kremzeek. The camera is pretty cool; and 3 the weapons combine together to make the tripod stand.<br />
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Robot modes. I thought they were supposed to be diaclone colours but they aren't. 2 are the same and the middle one has a green chest with no Decepticon symbol.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robot Mode + Kremzeek.</td></tr>
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Ship modes are meh. The extra attachments don't fit in ship mode either. No point in transforming to ship mode. It's all about the camera mode.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meh + Kremzeek.</td></tr>
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I also got the EB Games exclusive TF:Siege Ratchet (FYI there are not Ratchets left in Kanata EB Games). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exclusive Ratchet.</td></tr>
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Repaint of Ironhide with a slight remold of some parts and a new weapon accessory.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ambulance Mode.</td></tr>
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The final new Transformer I got was TF:Cyberverse Gnaw. He's got a neat spin attach in robot mode.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gnaw.</td></tr>
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Sharkticon mode is good too. It only lacks move-ability for the arms (aka they don't move at all), but other than that, it looks like the movie sharkticons.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sharkticon Mode.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063589534176403959.post-53363409771562257452019-08-25T23:30:00.000-04:002019-08-26T00:53:01.382-04:00Weekend Report -> Root CanalGot a root canal on Thursday. My back bottom molar was dead (I'm pretty sure my dentist caused it when fixing a crack tooth.) The operation took over 2hrs. The operation involved alot of stabbing and cutting motions, a mini soldering iron, and alot of drilling. I didn't feel any of it, but I did feel the pushing. Also there was a operating guard put up to prevent stuff from falling into my mouth. BUT because of the guard, the assistant never suctioned any of the spit building up in my mouth, AND since I couldn't feel my lips I didn't know I was drooling until the drool hit my ear!<br />
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<b>Food this weekend -></b><br />
My tooth was mostly fine the same day. To test it out, I ate some fried chicken, flat breads, and sushi for dinner. I only had some discomfort the next morning when I was brushing my teeth as my gums were still tender.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sushi.</td></tr>
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Since I took Friday off for recovery, I went to The Fry and got some chicken and rice cakes. I got the half-and-half of chicken with sauce and chicken with soy and garlic. I also got regular rice cakes. This was spicier than last time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Korean Fried Chicken and Rice Cakes.</td></tr>
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<b>Useless Food News:</b><br />
Susanna and I went to Bayshore and in the Japanese store were some snack packs of fried mushrooms. I got one of each bag. I like them. It like eating chips, but it's mushrooms instead.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fried Mushroom Snacks.</td></tr>
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<b>Useless Gaming News:</b><br />
Games night at Jeff's house on Friday night. We played Sushi Go!, Roll for it!, FUSE, Ship Shape, and Quacks of Quedlinburg.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0