Weekend Report

Friday:
Went to Phu-Yen for lunch with the Kanata SQA group. I don't think I've been back there in 2, maybe 3 years? Why? It was not that good the last time I went and... it still hasn't changed x_X.
I got the Pho soup with rare beef, well done beef, and meatballs. The rare beef in the bowl was NOT rare. Maybe it was rare when they put it in, but by the time I got it, it was cooked all the way through. Also for the same price, I would have had a bigger bowl with more ingredients any place else. The only thing I liked was the broth.
The others got "chow mein". I quote it because this is was NOT real chow mein. It looked like rock hard fried ramen, covered in bok choi, some seafood, and CELERY! (and everyone knows how much I hate celery and how it doesn't belong in Chinese food.) And the portion size was tiny! I almost laughed when I saw it.
We are going to Rideau Restaurant next time, and I will show them REAL chow mein.

Went to T&T at 9:30pm with Susanna. Not much left in the cooked food section, but I scored some discounted Egg Tarts and Portuguese Tarts in the bakery. They must have changed the recipe to the egg tart, because it tastes better than before (but still nowhere near as good as the ones from Montreal Chinatown).


^ T&T Egg Tarts and Portuguese Tarts.

Saturday:
Picked up some new Power-Core Transformers at Walmart. The race car one is called "Leadfoot", but his ability is to turn invisible. To be consistant, they should have just painted it blue instead of orange, and called him "Mirage".


^ New Transformers.
Still missing Animated Ironhide and Hotrod.

Lunch today -> Beef and Chinese Greens on Rice.
I made enough of the beef and greens for dinner today and lunch on Sunday.


^ Beef and Chinese Greens on Rice.

I almost drowned Saturday night. I was sipping hot green tea, when some of it went down the wrong way! I was coughing and hacking really hard for probably 5 minutes straight! It was really loud coughing and my window was open too. I'm sure my neighbours must have thought someone was dying! lol.

Sunday:
Wasted my Sunday. I planned to do abunch of things, but I downloaded a new free RPG on my iPhone and it ate up all my time. The only productive thing I got done was mowing the lawn. I didn't even go out to the grocery store to make that dish I wanted to make.

Useless Idol News:
Tuesday is the big JanKenPon Tournament for AKB48. All members will participate and only the top 16 winners will be in the 19th Single as Senbatsu (main singers). The #1 overall winner will be the center of the song. I think this is a neat idea for AKB48.

Moldy Blueberries

Dinner today -> Steak, Mixed Veggies, and Rice


^ Steak, Mixed Veggies, and Rice.
Been making steak alot, since it seems to be on sale all the time, but I need to make something different soon. Getting tired of it. Maybe I'll make that "food thing" I talked to Steve about on Wednesday... :)

I bought a pack of Blueberries a couple days ago at Farmboy. I opened the pack today and there was furry white mold growing on some of them. I picked the "furry" ones out and washed the rest. I ate afew, but some of them tasted moldy.


^ Remaining Moldy Blueberries?
I probably shouldn't have, but I proceeded to eat 1/2 the bowl before chucking the remaining blueberries (above). I hope I don't get sick...

Correction for yesterday's Chinese Word of the Month:

"Steve is planning to drive to Toronto at 5am in the morning." Moot point, he's still chee-seen :p

Useless Idol News:

Lately, I've been reading the translated blog entries of Sashihara Rino (AKB48 member, aka "Sasshi"). Her entries are really interesting and hilarious. I usually find them more entertaining than Yuko's blog entries (except when Yuko argues with her stomach about what food to eat... and loses, lol. ). Sasshi's personality is "quirky" and she is a total wota/otaku/gamer. This helps make her entries funny.

If you have free time to read it, I recommend checking it out.
I check out Kasai's blog sometimes too, but she is always "chiyuu" this and "chiyuu" that. It's her thing.
(Sasshi translation credit to Blesseddisgrace.)
(Yuko translation credit to Gideon.)

Chee-Seen!

Dinner today -> Steak, Peas, and Rice.


^ Steak, Peas, and Rice.

Chinese Word of the Month:
Everyone, try and use this Chinese word as much as you can this month. The word is "Chee-Seen". It means "crazy"!

Let's use it in a sentence:
"Steve is planning to drive to Toronto at 4am in the morning. He's chee-seen!"
or
"How do Care Bears walk on clouds? They should fall right through them. That's chee-seen!"

So, for the rest of this month try and use this word as much as you can. You'd be chee-seen not too :)

Useless Idol News:
Official Homepage of the AKB1/48 game here.


^ Short News Clip of AKB1/48 Game.
(Ripped from Youtube)

The "First Print Edition" ordered :)
Question is... what am I going to do with 48 pink PSP battery covers??? @_@??

Cheese! It's Tuesday.

Dinner today -> Kraft Dinner.
Basic KD modified with a blob of Garlic Butter and a blob of Onion & Herb Cream Cheese. Got to eat it right out of the pot too.


^ Modified KD.

Useless Idol News:
To be released on Dec 23, 2010; an official AKB48 PSP Game called "AKB1/48 Idol to Koishitara..." (aka "AKB1/48 If I was in love with an idol...").
It's a "Dating Sim" game featuring ALL 48 AKB48 girls, with fully voiced dialogue, videos, and over 10,000 pics.
The game concept is that all the AKB girls are in love with the player, and the player needs to reject 47 of the girls and pick only 1 to romance.


^ Yuko is promoting the game in her Blog entry, and she doesn't want to get rejected...
(There's an english article about the game here with additional details.)

If I'm not able to pre-order this game from my sources for a reasonable price, maybe some people going to Japan this Christmas season will get me a copy *cough*Gavin*cough*Emi*cough*. Sorry... I had an itch in my throat just then ;)
Also, maybe these nice people will be able to get me the "Premier Special Pack Single Print Run Version" with all the bonus stuff minus the PSP *cough*Gavin*cough*Emi*cough*. I should go take some cough medicine now :)

Update:
Available at HMV Japan, here.

Duck! It's Monday.

Lunch today -> BBQ Duck on Rice.
Went home for lunch today, as I had 1/2 a BBQ Duck leftover from T&T. I put 1/4 of the duck on rice and stuck it in the microwave. Mmmm... Nuked food.


^ 1/4 BBQ Duck on Rice.

Dinner today -> BBQ Duck on Rice Part II.
Put this together with the remaining 1/4 BBQ Duck and Rice. Since I had more time, I made some Chinese Greens to go with it.


^ 1/4 BBQ Duck on Rice with Chinese Greens.

Useless Idol News:
Got a package in the mail today. A box full of AKB48 stuff from HMV Japan :)
Box included:
Oshima Yuko Photobook, Switch Mook, AKB48 Jan-ken-pon Guide, and French Kiss CDs with bonus photos (but no random autograph ones).
I was disappointed the Yuko photobook wasn't hard cover.


^ AKB48 Stuff.

FYI:
101 version of Rock-Paper-Scissors. Kind of neat.

Weekend Report

Friday:
Been feeding Marc and Jes's cats after work, while they were away. The wet food they are eating smells good, and makes me want to rush home to make dinner. The cat food sort of smells like Spam mixed with tuna fish.

Dinner today -> Steak and Egg Noodles.


^ Salt & Pepper Steak with Cold Egg Noodles.

Saturday:
Got some Subway for lunch, and I noticed they have a new automatic change machine. It is really cool. It automatically dispenses the correct change without the cashier needing to count. The last time I saw this change machine was in Japan! If your in Kanata and plan on going to the Subway near Alcatel, check out the machine at the cash.

CMC Strike Fighters lost our 2nd playoff game, 11-12. We were easily handling this team, winning 11-5, until the last inning and we fell apart. I can't believe we blew our lead! A great regular season, ended in a quick exit in the playoffs :(
FYI: When I was catching, the ball was fouled straight back over my glove and shoulder, and right into the umpire's upper groin area. LOL

Sunday:
Went to the Flea Market in Stitsville. Gordon reminded me there was $1 Magic Rares from a shop there. I was there last year and there wasn't really anything good. But this time they had abunch of good rares. I bought "48" rares (it was pure chance I ended up with 48 ^_^) Too bad some kids showed up and proceeded to go through the cards I haven't gone through yet, and took all the Clones!
I still scored some good rares: Mirror Entity, Seedborn Muse, Sunscour, Earthquake, Starstorm, Jester's Scepter, and a single Clone.


^ 48 $1 Rares.

Dinner today -> Liver and Onions on Rice.
Saw some fresh chicken liver at Farmboy. Had to get it. Liver is so tasty :)
FYI: Must never be over-cooked, and should be a little rare in the middle.


^ Chicken Liver on Sweet Onions. (Rice not pictured.)

CMC Strike Fighters 0-1 in Playoffs

With Transformers and GI Joe episodes on every night (Ch284) at 12:30am through 1:30am, and me not being able to fall asleep til 2am (partly because I'm watching Fantastic Four after those 2 shows), I'm starting to feel tired in the mornings. Even though I've seen the episodes before, I'm compelled by some mysterious urge to watch it :)

CMC Strike Fighter's 1st playoff game was a late game tonight, out in a wet and cold night. We weren't able to field a full team and had alot of errors. We lost 27-10 :(
We should have been able to beat this team! They are not that good.
I was 4 for 4, but without some of our missing sluggers hitting behind me, I was only able to score once.
Our next playoff game is on Saturday. We must win to move on.

Dinner today -> Pork Belly on Ramen.
Last of the left over pork belly I got from T&T on the weekend. Made some instant ramen to go with it.


^ Pork Belly and Ramen.

Useless Japan News:
This is a cool little article about a shooting prize game. Next time Gavin and I are in Japan, we'll know what to do, but I'm already a marksman at the BB Gun Game at Sega's Joypolis Amusement Centre in Odaiba :). I shot down alot of Tofu Plushies. Gavin's got the skillz in the UFO games.


^ Tofu Plush Prizes and Sonic.
Not sure why we shot so many down? Must be that need to have a full set each and, you know, boys and guns... :)

Useless Transformers News:
The new Drift figure is pretty neat. He's got 2 short swords (hidden in the doors) and a 2-handed sword. Very poseable too.


^ Drift.
Still looking for TF: Animated Ironhide and Hot Rod.