Happy Easter Weekend!

Sunday is the season finale of The Walking Dead.  I hope it will be good.  The prison arc plot was dragging on too much for me.  It could have been done 3 episodes ago and start on something new.
Sunday is also the Season 3 Premiere of Game of Thrones.  Since I don't get HBO, I'll either need a source to give it to me or download it.
The finale of AKB0048 was this week too.  I have to watch the sub version soon before I read people spoiling it.  I found AKB0048 Season 2 much more interesting than Walking Dead Season 3. 

Food this weekend ->
The last of the rib steak.

Rib Steak.

I didn't know what to eat for lunch on Saturday.  So I made a 3-egg cheese omelette.  Then I decided to cut it in half and throw it into a couple of sandwiches with some mock chicken.

Omelette Sandwich.

I made some Mabo tofu.  I rewatched an old episode of AKBingo! to remember how to make it.  I used too much pork or too little tofu, but it was really good.  Ate this big batch all day on Sunday with rice and bread.

Mabo Tofu.

Useless Gaming Info:
4-player gaming at Ben's.  We played Magic, Get Bit!, and Cave Troll (I like this game.  Once everyone knows the rules better and some strategies, it will just get better.).

Cave Troll.

Then we played Legendary, and Tsuro.  Tsuro was alot of fun and a great fast game.  The last game: Ben, Paul, and I all ended up at the last space, while Gordon was safe and free in his own zone.

Tsuro jam-up.

Useless Idol Info:
Got a package on Thursday.  It was my AKB48 Music Box.  It was the Aitakatta version from the same series as my RIVER music box.

Aitakatta Music Box.

Win #4

Useless Softball News:
We got win #4!  CMC Strikefighters beat A-Team 5-3 today.  We won through excellent pitching by Mark and great defence.  Good job team. 
I hit 2-for-3 with 2 singles.

Useless Idol News:
From this weeks AKBingo! Special: GIVE ME FIVE! with Kasai on lead guitar!

Weekend Report: CMC and Batman

That's all I did this weekend. Work at CMC during the day and then play Batman late into the night. I'm off to CMC MTL on Monday.

Food this weekend ->




^ Beef and Chinese Greens on Rice.

Had dinner with parents, Susanna, Ben, and Jane at Hockey Sushi. I think we ordered too much sushi and should have ordered more rolls and sashimi. I filled up on too much rice.


^ Hockey Sushi.


^ Little Caesar's Supreme Pizza.

Useless Toy News:
Picked up the new Canadian Tire Exclusive McFarlane NHL Figures Series 2. I only got Gionta, but I may pick up Ovechkin if they go on sale.


^ Gionta.

Useless Idol News:
New AKB48 Card Game on Gree. Are the cards real or virtual? They look pretty good.


^ Yuko and Mayu Cards.
(Haha Gavin. Mayuyu only has 1 fist :P)

Last week's AKBingo! was dodgeball and it was really entertaining. Maeda hasn't been on the show in ages, but she stole the show. Download it here and watch it!
Highlights were:
- Eat spicy curry,
- Eat rice weevel/earwig bug,
- No laughing game.


^ Takamina's Teeth - What does it say?

Beef Rib Fingers

Dinner today -> BBQ Beef Rib Fingers.
I picked up some Beef Rib Fingers from Sobey's on Tuesday after softball. Rib Fingers are the meat cut out from between the ribs. It's like boneless short ribs. I didn't know you can get a cut of meat this way!
I marinated them for 48hrs in Korean BBQ Sauce for Short Ribs.
We BBQed them today at my parent's house with sausages, Chinese eggplant, and mini-burgers.


^ BBQ Food.
The Rib Fingers were really tasty and slightly chewy, but that's how rib meat is and the way I like it :) The 48hr marinating made the meat really savoury and a little sweet too. If you like ribs, I recommend you get some rib fingers.

Useless Idol News:


^ AKB48 "Flying Get" - AKBingo! Version.
FYI: Kasai at the #3 position.

Weekend Report: Tons of Magic

Family went to ChuShing in ChinaTown for my Grandma's Birthday dinner.


^ Fish Maw Soup and Lobster.


^ Taro Duck and Fried Crispy Fish.


^ Imperial Steak, Garlic Chives with Liver, Roast Chicken.

Susanna made 2 kinds of Rice Krispy Squares: PeanutButter and Nutella. The Nutella version is really good. She made 1 batch for my Grandma and 1 for me :P


^ Nutella & PeanutButter Rice Krispy Squares.

Useless Japan News:
Japan beat the USA in the Women's World Cup of Soccer Finals on Sunday. It was tied 2-2 ofter extra time and Japan won 3-1 in penalty kicks.

Useless M:tG News:
I picked up my M12 Magic cards on Friday: 2 Booster Boxes and 1 Fat Pack. I got 2 copies of the new Jace, but I didn't get the new Gurruk or Chandra.


^ Fongpay's M12.

I built a couple of new decks and Gordon, Ben, and I played some Magic and Pandemic on Sunday. No pics of the Magic games as I was too involved in the games to remember to take a pic of the games in progress. I did get a pic of Pandemic.


^ Pandemic with Pandemic 2 expansion.
Gavin, your totally missing out on some Magic fun.

Other Food this weekend ->


^ McDonald's Deluxe Angus Third Pounder.
Got this burger during our Magic break to go to Wizards Tower. I tastes just like a Burger King Whopper.


^ Dry Fried Spaghetti with Shrimp and Chinese Greens.


^ Vietnamese Sub and Portuguese Tarts from T&T.
The V.Sub is really good from T&T. It's really loaded with meat, and pickled carrots and daikon. The lightly pickled cucumber gives a nice crunch too. Ofcourse I threw out the parsley.

Useless Idol News:
Coming this Wednesday on AKBingo!


^ Miichan + Clothes Pins + Golfball = Hilarity!
It's a dodgeball episode. Download it from here on Thursday afternoon.

Update: 1st Home Run.

Useless Transformers News:
Today, Transformers 3 sponsored the Live Lunar Eclipse Streaming today. The Lunar Eclipse happened at 3:13pm (EST). I forgot and missed it when I went to talk to Steve :(


^ Post Lunar Eclipse.

Useless Softball News:
CMC Strike Fighters played Lockheed Martin tonight. We won 25-19. We are now 5-1 for the season.
Stefano, Mal, and Mark weren't able to make the game and they missed me getting an in-the-park Home Run!!! My 1st homer in 3 seasons!

After the game Marc and I went to the new Sobey's for some freshly squeezed orange juice.


^ Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice.

Lunch today -> McDonalds.
Picked up some manga at Chapters during lunchtime. Dropped by Walmart's McDonalds afterwards and got 3 Double Cheeseburgers and a Large Fries for lunch.


^ 3 Double Cheeseburgers and a Large Fries.

Dinner today -> Sliced Steak, Mini-Tomatoes and Rice.


^ Sliced Steak, Mini-Tomatoes and Rice.

Useless Idol News:
I need to watch today's AKBingo! They dressed some of the girls up in Fat Suits to run an obstacle course and to play other games!


^ Today's AKBingo! Getup.

Update:
Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7, 4-0.
Congrats Charin. Your team won!

Hot Lab

Dinner today -> Leftovers.
I spent a long day in a hot lab today running tests, so I didn't feel like going to the store and getting groceries to make burgers or something.


^ Leftover Turkey Drumstick, Potatoes, and Sweet Potato.
Not much else going on today, as I fell asleep while watching TV right after eating dinner. Woke up around 8:30pm to watch The Real Ghostbusters on Teletoon Retro and to download this week's AKBingo! (OK episode, but next week is a 1hr special and it looks like they made Kasai cry!)

Raw OctopusTentacle

Dinner today -> Fongpay's Sweet & Spicy Garlic Drumsticks with Potatoes.
I seem to be eating alot of potatoes and sweet potatoes lately, and I think I'm going to buy more this weekend.


^ Fongpay's Sweet & Spicy Garlic Drumsticks with Potatoes.

Useless Idol News:
So I watched this week's AKBingo! and it was Dodgeball again :) This episode was mostly about food punishments.
Sasshi was the 1st to be eliminated and faced the punishment of eating raw baby octopus tentacle. They pulled a live baby octopus out of a tank and chopped up it's tentacles for her to eat (it was so cruel..., but eh; it's food). The tentacles were still moving and sticking to her lips when she ate it!
Download the episode here or watch it on YouTube (watch it before it gets removed). Octopus part is from about 01:45 to 03:10.


^ BTW: Yuko was awesome during the Roasted Salamander punishment, "Yay!". Kasai was funny in the Melon Miso Soup punishment too. (FYI: Kasai is the oshimen of the Assistant Director. She has to sample all the punishments he invents.)
Next week: a new game!

Chocolate Covered Blueberries

Breakfast today -> Nachos with Cheese and Meat Salsa.
The breakfast of champions :)


^ Scoop Nachos + 3 Cheeses + Meat Salsa =


^ Nachos with Cheese and Meat Salsa.

Spent most of my day today cleaning the house and playing on my iPhone. I'm pretty much done cleaning the basement and the main floor. Most of the upstairs left to clean, and that's where the biggest messes are. I'm also debating weither or not to get an "H2O Mop"? Have people tried it? Does it work well?

Dinner Today -> Hamburger Helper.
The box says "Serves 5", but does it really? I think it serves 2 maybe 3, or 1 hungry person.


^ Hamburger Helper.

Gavin and Emi introduced me to these tasty Dark Chocolate covered Blueberries (available at Costco). They are so good. The dark chocolate perfectly balances the sweetness of the blueberry. I recommend people try it out.


^ Dark Chocolate Covered Blueberries.

Useless Idol News:
So it was announced that AKB48's "Beginner" will be heavily edited for content. All of the video gaming action will be removed because it is too violent. I guess national idols can only be cutesy and sexy, but not violent... phssh please, there is more violence on the News than in a 4 minute music video.
I really want to see the original version now. Maybe it'll get leaked...


^ Beginner - AKBingo! Special 6 Version Formation Remix.

Update:
I just watched the re-hashed PV for Beginner on youtube and it isn't very good compared to what it could have been. The above AKBingo version is better than the PV. Atleast the 2 B-Side song's PVs for MINT and DIVA are good.

Sorry

Sorry people about not posting on Thursday and locking the blog. I had some material on my site I needed to edit. The material I removed/edited was not meant to offend or mislead. It was meant to praise how great and competent the people are at what they do, and that they do it really well.
This is also a fun blog about neat stuff I've encountered or discovered, nothing super serious... unless it's Ryu vs Ken. Then that is super serious... Hadouken! Shoryuken!
(BTW: Did people atleast learn how awesome my cooking, Japan, CMC, and AKB48 is by reading all the posts?)

Poll Results:
I'm disappointed. Only 5 people voted about Liver Sashimi. Actually only 4 people, since I voted too. I'm pretty sure I know who the 1 person who's tried liver sashimi is. I really want to try it soon, and I'll post about it when I do.

Poll:
New food poll on the Left. It's something easier accessible to tryout in restaurants: Chicken Feet.


^ I like the BBQ Chicken Feet from Dim Sum.
I don't like the white steamed/pickled version. With that version, the texture is too natural. You can feel the little bumps on the chicken feet skin in your mouth, which is kind of gross.

Useless Idol News:
This week's AKBingo! is another round of punishment dodgeball. (Download it here and join with HJSplit.) It was hilarious! Highly recommended to watch, even if you don't know Japanese.


^ Yukirin's punishment with the smelly smoke was really cool and had me LOL so hard.
(Download link credit to AikyiTaizne's Journal.)

Useless Tranformers Question:
Does anyone know if the new Tranformers toys are out yet in Ottawa? Or when they are released? The new Power-core series of combiners from Hasbro look kind of stupid, but I'll get 1 to see how it is. Maybe my first impression is wrong about them.
I'm mainly looking for the transformers made from the War for Cybertron game (Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, and Soundwave) and a few others.
Also looking for Voyager-size Seaspray too.

Thursday of Sword Blade Catching!!!

I didn't turn on my computer all day today! Only turned it on to make this post, check an email from Gavin, and to pay my Rogers bill.

I also took today off from work. Just because I can :)

Ran some errands at Comic Book Shoppe, T&T, Toys R Us, Walmart, Canadian Tire, and FarmBoy.
I noticed that there are alot of scary bad drivers out there during the day. An asian lady in a mini-van almost sideswiped me! She didn't shoulder check to change lanes or signal! Due to my Mario Kart reflexes, I survived the day :) I should have shot past her, and finish her off with a banana peel ;)

Saw some neat new RC Helicopters at TRU. Almost bought the new SharpShooter Helicopter. It can fire missiles! But it's $50. I'll wait for it to go on sale for $20.


^ RC Sharpshooter Helicopter.


^ RC UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter.
Doesn't quite look like the Black Hawk I worked on..., but it's on sale for $20.

In the afternoon, I did some yard work, mowed the lawn, and almost used up a bottle of Weed-B-Gone on my weeds.
My Lilac plant is blooming well.


^ Lilac Blossoms.

Useless Idol News:
Gavin and Emi got me a copy of "Ponytail to ShuShu" from Tower Records in Osaka. Gavin sent me a pic of the bonus: a photo of Yuko and Mayu.


^ Tower Records Bonus.

I watched this week's AKBingo! today. They played dodgeball and most of the punishments were hilarious. A recommended watch! Highlights include: Sword Blade Catching, Larvae Omelet Rice, Smelly Tofu, and Sucking on a Lemon. I laughed so hard watching the sword catching punishment! It was epic!
Torrent it here (704x396) or here (1280x720).
(credit to AKB48 Online)