Repugnus

Useless Transformers News:
Ben picked up for me, the last of the Titan masters: Shuffler and Repugnus.

Shuffler and Repugnus.

October USA Trip Items

Useless News:
Susanna and I went to Ogdensburg on the holiday Monday.  Stores in the US were open while everything was closed here.  We hit the Walmart and the Price Chopper.  I was hoping to find alot of different stuff than what I have here, but I didn't find too much on this trip that caught my eye.

Latest USA Items.

Highlights:
- Halloween Popcorn Balls.  Never seen this up here, and I've never tried it before.
- Ranch dipped hot wing Doritos.  New flavour I need to try.
- FlipSide pretzels.  One side is pretzel and the other side is cracker.
- Mint chocolate chip gum.  Tried it today.  Not good.
- I Can't Believe it's Not Butter Spray.  Had this before.  It's handy and tasty.
- $3 for 12 pink snowballs!
- Elf Snot.  It's a bottle of green slime for gifting gift cards in :)  They also had Reindeer Poo, but it was just brown slime.

Long Weekend Report -> Happy Birthday Uncle Chin

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE CHIN!!!

Food this weekend ->
Picked up a Jerk Chicken dinner meal from NU Caribean on Friday night.  Excellent meal and very filling.  The chicken is very good. 

Jerk Chicken Dinner Meal.

Went to Montreal for the Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend, but we went for our uncle's birthday.  We had a whole roast suckling pig at lunch time.  It was good and juicy with lots of crispy skin.

Whole Roast Suckling Pig.

Soon later we went out for dinner at Chinese restaurant for a big meal.
Started with fish maw soup.

Fish Maw Soup.

Deep fried shrimp and pork sausage wrapped in tofu, with pickled daikon and carrot.  The pickles worked perfectly with the meat.

Shrimp and Pork Sausage.

Birds nest.

Birds Nest.

Seafood with Chinese greens.

Seafood and Greens.

Steamed fish.  I found it over cooked.

Steamed Fish.

Shrimp paste patty.  So-so.  Needed more sauce.

Shrimp Paste Patty.

2 Lobsters in lobster sauce.  The lobster seemed small, but the sauce was very good.

Lobster in Lobster Sauce.

Sweet and Sour Pork.  Standard dish, but came too late.  We were all already pretty full.

Sweet and Sour Pork.

Fried rice.  I was near full when the fried rice showed up.  BUT I ended up eating 3 bowls of rice mixed with the lobster sauce.  It was a perfect combo that was really delicious and made me (and Linda) eat more.

Fried Rice.

Chow mein.  The must-have birthday noodle dish.

Chow Mein.

Dessert was next.  Cakes and fruit.  Dino got 2 cakes from Les Delices Lafrenaie.  She got a Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake and a Lemon Raspberry Cake.

Dessert!

I tried both.  I prefer the Lemon Raspberry, but both were good.

Cake Cross-Sections.

Useless Toy News:
Picked up some Lego sets on Friday because I wanted the exclusive Bricktober Lego Batman Movie set that was only available this weekend and limited to 50 per store.  It good that the gas station set was 50% off, so I didn't have to pay full price for Lego.

Latest Lego Additions.

Useless Transformers News:
Picked up the Walgreens Exclusive Titans Return Clone set from EB Games.  Got the last set out of Kanata.

Exclusive TF Clones.

Found Some Razors...

Dinner today -> Discount T&T Food.
Susanna and I went shopping after work today.  I picked up some discount food from T&T.  I got some bakery good, 50% off double yolk moon cakes, and some egg rolls.

Discount T&T Food.

Useless Transformers News:
When I was parked outside of Sobey's, I noticed the truck in front of me had something unique.

Autobot Truck.

It's got an Autobot symbol!  It reminded me that I should stick my Autobot shields on my car too.

Susanna and I were at the Revlon Warehouse sale tonight ,at the Nepean Sportsplex.  I picked up some cheap wipes and...

Transformer Razors!

Transformer razors!!!  Got both Prime and Bumblebee versions.  They were $7 each.

Magic Maze

Dinner today -> Red Curry Chicken.
Made some red curry tonight.  I added sliced boneless chicken thighs, mini red potatoes, organic carrots, red onions, and coconut milk.

Red Curry Chicken.

Ate it over fresh white rice.  Uber good.

Dinner.

Useless Gaming News:
Tried 4-player Magic Maze today.  Its a unique co-op game where there are no player turns to move the pawns around the map, because all players can only do certain actions.  ie move north, or move east, or search.  The object is to move the pawn around and explore a shopping mall, then steal equipment, and finally escape while flipping a 3 minute sand timer.  The hard part is nobody can talk or gesture.

Magic Maze.

It was pretty fun.  It gets abit frustrating because not everyone thinks the same way and sometimes you don't "see" what to do.  This co-op game can only be played with friendly player groups with no "quazi-alpha male" types trying to force it to become a 1 player game.  Those groups shouldn't play this, while everyone else should try this game out.

Buttery Gravy Flavour

Lunch today -> Soup, Chips, and Pears.
Tried some Chunky Beef soup.  It wasn't good.  I think there were only 4 pieces of meat in the whole can.  The rest was weird tasting carrots and plain potatoes.
Got the mini pears from Reza.  He picked them from his pear tree in his backyard.  These pears were soft, juicy and sweet.

Lunch.

Tried out the "mystery flavour" Pringles.  It was very good and savoury.  I didn't know what the flavour is at first, but it tasted like a very buttery gravy mix.  When I looked it up, the flavour was "Philly cheese steak".  I think I will get some more from Sobey's before it disappears.

Dinner today -> Schwartz's Montreal Smoke Meat.
Found frozen Schwartz's at Costco the other day.  I bought a box.  It was $17.99 for 6 packs of meat.  I made a pack in the microwave.  It only takes 1:30 to cook, but it was still frozen in the middle.  I nuked it for another minute and it was good.  Bought some rye bread from Sobey's and added some butter and yellow mustard.  Topped 5 slices of rye with 1 and 1/2 slices of meat.

Costco Schwartz's

The meat was OK.  You can tell it was machine sliced thin and wasn't fatty enough.  Real Schwartz is much better than this.  This seems to be more like Ruben's style of smoke meat (aka not as good at Schwartz).

Useless Transformers/DVD News:
Found the new Seaspray mini-bot at Walmart.  Didn't find Cosmos or the new Titan Masters.  BUT Ben found the Titan Masters for me at the Super Walmart.

Seaspray and Ranma 1/2 DVDs.

I also picked up the Ranma 1/2 OVA & Movie collection from Walmart.  I was missing this from my Ranma DVD collection and never got around to ordering it.  It's different packaging from the rest of my set, but I can live with it.

Weekend Report -> SNES Classic

Food this weekend ->
On Thursday for a snack, I tried out some Jelly Donut Oreos.  They are pretty good.  Initially they taste like a fruity Oreo cookie, but the aftertaste is just like a grape jelly donut.  I think I will get more the next time I'm in the US.

Jelly Donut Oreos.

Went to Farmboy Friday morning and picked up some breakfast bar eggs, sausage, bacon, and potatoes.  I also got some pita wraps and made my own breakfast wraps.  It cost about $11.  Farmboy also sells pre-made breakfast wraps, but they cost $3.99 each.  I made 6 wraps for $11.

Farmboy Breakfast Bar Food.

Went to T&T on Sunday.  I picked up a sushi party tray for $25.  It's not bad.  It tasted really good at first when I was hungry, but later in the evening, my stomach wasn't feeling that great...

Useless Gaming News:
Woke up early Friday morning and drove to Toys R Us to get inline for the SNES Classic.  I got there at 7am and I was #25 inline.

25th in Line.

The TRU flyer stated that each store had a minimum of 50 units.  So I got one and played it all Friday and Saturday.

SNES Classic.

Useless Toy News:
I got my Hascon exclusive shipment.  I got my My Little Pony D&D Dice, Arcee (black box), Powerbank Prime, and the 3 Magic card set.

Hascon Exclusives.