So another Friday, another week. This Friday was all about shooting pool :). Having not had a good drink in quite awhile, I felt like going to a bar and having a drink. With CS buddy and crew, we had a nice dinner followed by a trip to the billiards. Waited an hour and a half for the pool table, but it was fun as usual... never really good at it, but always fun to play.
It was a slightly posh place that we went to. Drinks were slightly more expensive, but they did taste pretty good...Ended up ordering quite a few drinks from the place over the night. For some reason I was liking the sweeter and fruitier drinks... they all had pretty funny names to it. Gladiator was one of the drinks that I had that I liked.. now that I think about it, it might be the same as a Sicilian Kiss... hrmmm...
Also realized I've lost my imagination for creating random drinks in my head... There was a time when I can conjure up a taste and the name of the drink would pop up in my mind...and if it didn't exist or I didn't recall the name, I could just run off the ingredients required and then voila, drink would show up in front of me, with the taste I had in mind... Nowadays, I find it hard pressed to even remember the names of my ol' time favorite drinks, let lone the taste of them...
On another note, seems like I have been going out for food and booze alot this week... should start looking at going out less for food and learning how to cook!
Friday, September 21, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Very Late Dinner/Happy Hour
Ever since I had gained the power to see all the specials from Happy Hour in the area, I have been looking for these deals... (Note: This was how the oyster day was found on Monday)
So after a seemingly long night at work (involving mostly walking around and talking :)... and real working of course), decided that we go for half price appetizers at McCormicks. The place sold me because they had oyster shooters for $2.50, and cheeseburgers for I think $2.00 after 9:30pm. With this having been a long night, it was peeerfect!
First time having raw oysters in a shot glass, it was pretty interesting. They put the oyster inside the shot glass, then put some red Tabasco sauce on it and some tomato stuff, then you just shoot it back. Pretty neat way to eat oysters... though I'd still prefer cold oysters on the shell :)
Another night, another round of oysters... yuuuum!
So after a seemingly long night at work (involving mostly walking around and talking :)... and real working of course), decided that we go for half price appetizers at McCormicks. The place sold me because they had oyster shooters for $2.50, and cheeseburgers for I think $2.00 after 9:30pm. With this having been a long night, it was peeerfect!
First time having raw oysters in a shot glass, it was pretty interesting. They put the oyster inside the shot glass, then put some red Tabasco sauce on it and some tomato stuff, then you just shoot it back. Pretty neat way to eat oysters... though I'd still prefer cold oysters on the shell :)
Another night, another round of oysters... yuuuum!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
King Crab Experiment
On my way home from work, I casually drove into my favorite store, thinking I will stock up on some groceries. As I walked the aisles, I noticed some very nice looking legs just jumping out of me in the seafood section...
Not knowing how to cook it, I casually stared at the legs until the person behind the counter told me how to cook it... some butter, some oil, some lemon, and steam the crab... He was a good salesman; cuz the king crab legs ended up being my dinner :)
Result: 1.43 lbs of king crab legs
Price: $15.18
Mmmmmm.... It was good.. but next time I need more butter!!!
Not knowing how to cook it, I casually stared at the legs until the person behind the counter told me how to cook it... some butter, some oil, some lemon, and steam the crab... He was a good salesman; cuz the king crab legs ended up being my dinner :)
Result: 1.43 lbs of king crab legs
Price: $15.18
Mmmmmm.... It was good.. but next time I need more butter!!!
Monday, September 17, 2007
Oyster Bar!!! @ Happy Hour
After an early day at work (4:00pm), I went about a few errands... On the way, I suddenly thought about a conversation I had earlier last week...
Result: An hour and a half later, I am sitting at Seastar, enjoying a glass of white wine and some very good $1 oysters... mmmm...
Looooove Happy Hour!
Result: An hour and a half later, I am sitting at Seastar, enjoying a glass of white wine and some very good $1 oysters... mmmm...
Looooove Happy Hour!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
99 Nights
Like the ever addicitng Dynasty Warriors... 99 Nights proved to be the exact same :).
3 hours later... I feel that much dumber as I lay on the ouch and hacked away at goblins w/ a sword... hahaha
Sure beats cleaning up my place! :)
3 hours later... I feel that much dumber as I lay on the ouch and hacked away at goblins w/ a sword... hahaha
Sure beats cleaning up my place! :)
Ray's Boathouse and 3am Setup
So on Saturday, I decided to make another purchase and got an XBox... The first place I went to was sold out.. but luckily the second place I went to had it.. woohoo!
After this, proceeded to have a nice dinner at a place called Ray's Boathouse which was REALLY good. It's been a long time since I had fish that good!!! I looove seafood! Had an entree sampler that was simply delicious (3 different kinds of fish made in 3 different ways)
Ended the night watching a movie called "Catch Me If You Can". It was a pretty cool movie. Here's a kid who conned his way into millions of dollars and finally gets caught... only to be hired by the FBI to work on bank fraud stuff. Supposedly this was based on a true life story too. Impressive!
Returning home, took a shower and then figured since my hair needed to dry, I might as well put that time to good use. Having purchased 2 games on Friday, I spent this time setting up the XBox and then trying out the games... this began at around 3:xx am! Played a bit of it and before I knew it, I was approaching 5 am...
With that, I decided to call it a night (or day)...
After this, proceeded to have a nice dinner at a place called Ray's Boathouse which was REALLY good. It's been a long time since I had fish that good!!! I looove seafood! Had an entree sampler that was simply delicious (3 different kinds of fish made in 3 different ways)
Ended the night watching a movie called "Catch Me If You Can". It was a pretty cool movie. Here's a kid who conned his way into millions of dollars and finally gets caught... only to be hired by the FBI to work on bank fraud stuff. Supposedly this was based on a true life story too. Impressive!
Returning home, took a shower and then figured since my hair needed to dry, I might as well put that time to good use. Having purchased 2 games on Friday, I spent this time setting up the XBox and then trying out the games... this began at around 3:xx am! Played a bit of it and before I knew it, I was approaching 5 am...
With that, I decided to call it a night (or day)...
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Day of Waiting...
An eventful day full of waiting...
1) First hunted around for printers, then waited for printers to print 300+ pages of stuff
2) Went to Fry's... in hopes of getting a router.. only finding out that they didn't sell it there, so had to wait until I got home before I can order it online!
Also lined up for 15 min until I was able to buy anything else
3) Went to Ikea to get extra parts and refunds... waited half an hour+ to get the part(s) I needed. Couldn't really be mad though, the girl at the counter was so nice and all smiley.. even offered to buy me a coffee cuz of the long wait!
4) For dinner, went to a Vietnam restaurant which seemed to have opened a few weeks ago... It had a very nice bathroom... with rocks in the sink and everything. The stall was actually higher than normal, but the bathroom was pretty nice.
The waiting was ridiculous though
a) Waiting for a table...
They took 10 minutes to set up a table of 8 (which was for a group before us)... meanwhile there were empty tables everywhere else. Server told us that she wanted to set up the table properly before letting us sit down.. which seemed reasonable.
Result: When we sat down, the only 'setup' she had to do was give out menus... Of the 6 ppl there, 3 got menus cuz they ran out.
b) Waiting for water...
This took another 10 minutes. Funniest thing was the first cup of water (for 6 of us), came 10 minutes before the rest. The 6 of us were just wondering who gets the water... or if we have to share... lol
c) Waiting for food...
Seeing quail on the menu, I jumped at the opportunity to get it. So we ordered and nothing seemed wrong. Half an hour later (and right before 2 of the other 6 ppl got server), I guess the staff there realized they weren't gonna be able to catch 2 quails for our table... so the server comes by to tell me that they are out of quails... and I had to reorder another dish... Sure wished they told me this earlier.
Result: Me and CS buddy (who ordered quail as well) had to order something else... and by the time I got my meal, everyone else at the table had finished their meals.
Later on, the server comes by and goes 'oh, so you are still eating your dinner'... What am I suppose to say to do that I wonder... lol
So this ends the day of numerous waits...
1) First hunted around for printers, then waited for printers to print 300+ pages of stuff
2) Went to Fry's... in hopes of getting a router.. only finding out that they didn't sell it there, so had to wait until I got home before I can order it online!
Also lined up for 15 min until I was able to buy anything else
3) Went to Ikea to get extra parts and refunds... waited half an hour+ to get the part(s) I needed. Couldn't really be mad though, the girl at the counter was so nice and all smiley.. even offered to buy me a coffee cuz of the long wait!
4) For dinner, went to a Vietnam restaurant which seemed to have opened a few weeks ago... It had a very nice bathroom... with rocks in the sink and everything. The stall was actually higher than normal, but the bathroom was pretty nice.
The waiting was ridiculous though
a) Waiting for a table...
They took 10 minutes to set up a table of 8 (which was for a group before us)... meanwhile there were empty tables everywhere else. Server told us that she wanted to set up the table properly before letting us sit down.. which seemed reasonable.
Result: When we sat down, the only 'setup' she had to do was give out menus... Of the 6 ppl there, 3 got menus cuz they ran out.
b) Waiting for water...
This took another 10 minutes. Funniest thing was the first cup of water (for 6 of us), came 10 minutes before the rest. The 6 of us were just wondering who gets the water... or if we have to share... lol
c) Waiting for food...
Seeing quail on the menu, I jumped at the opportunity to get it. So we ordered and nothing seemed wrong. Half an hour later (and right before 2 of the other 6 ppl got server), I guess the staff there realized they weren't gonna be able to catch 2 quails for our table... so the server comes by to tell me that they are out of quails... and I had to reorder another dish... Sure wished they told me this earlier.
Result: Me and CS buddy (who ordered quail as well) had to order something else... and by the time I got my meal, everyone else at the table had finished their meals.
Later on, the server comes by and goes 'oh, so you are still eating your dinner'... What am I suppose to say to do that I wonder... lol
So this ends the day of numerous waits...
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Todai!!!
Today was the Seattle Todai! Mmmmmm....
Before that, tried to go kayaking... but that didn't actually materialize (since they were closed today). Ended up walking around Seattle (2nd time ever) for a few hours.
In summary, Todai Seattle didn't seem as good as the Todai up in Redmond or San Jose though... Maybe I had too high an expectation... but it was still a good meal.
Then went to my first bar in Seattle... pretty nice. reunited w/ AMF.. ahhh what a good 'girly' drink...
Before that, tried to go kayaking... but that didn't actually materialize (since they were closed today). Ended up walking around Seattle (2nd time ever) for a few hours.
In summary, Todai Seattle didn't seem as good as the Todai up in Redmond or San Jose though... Maybe I had too high an expectation... but it was still a good meal.
Then went to my first bar in Seattle... pretty nice. reunited w/ AMF.. ahhh what a good 'girly' drink...
Friday, September 07, 2007
Day of Missed Purchases
Having been Builder Mson for the past little while, there was enough room to acquire more goods...
In a spur of the moment thing, tempted by fellow CS buddy, and my diligent coworker, I decided to purchase yet another item(s)... So on a semi-nice Friday night, we got off work and began yet another shopping adventure. Unfortunately, this shopping outing left all 3 of us with a slightly empty feeling...
Fellow CS Buddy
Goods sought: A $$$ bag
Result: Bag was slightly scratched... only 4 left in the west coast which were all display items! So ended up not getting...
Diligent Coworker
Goods sought: game console and games
Result: games bought... but no game console
Me: Bought what I wanted... but needed to wait 5 days for it... So left the store with nothing... except a big hole in my wallet...
Ended the day w/ some Wii action. Will be sore the next day.
In a spur of the moment thing, tempted by fellow CS buddy, and my diligent coworker, I decided to purchase yet another item(s)... So on a semi-nice Friday night, we got off work and began yet another shopping adventure. Unfortunately, this shopping outing left all 3 of us with a slightly empty feeling...
Fellow CS Buddy
Goods sought: A $$$ bag
Result: Bag was slightly scratched... only 4 left in the west coast which were all display items! So ended up not getting...
Diligent Coworker
Goods sought: game console and games
Result: games bought... but no game console
Me: Bought what I wanted... but needed to wait 5 days for it... So left the store with nothing... except a big hole in my wallet...
Ended the day w/ some Wii action. Will be sore the next day.
Monday, September 03, 2007
Midnight Construction: Secret of LAXVIX
This long weekend, Builder Mson spent most of his time acquiring the skills to become the LAXVIX master.
By the end of the night (around 2am), I have proudly built a 3 drawer dresser, a shoe rack, a few desk lamps and THREE LAXVIX shelves of varying height... This includes the monster 4 shelf LAXVIX, the 3 shelf LAXVIX, and also the 2 shelf LAXVIX.
Materials...
15 pieces of glass, 3 LAXVIX base, 6 LAXVIX extenders...
Couple tips:
1) Those screw holes are too small. To put the screw you, you need to make sure you drive the nail in straight... and twist VERY hard
2) Following the Ikea directions is great for beginners... but for the advanced and master builders, consider opening multiple boxes of LAXVIX base and extenders at once and building it together. This will save tons of screwing and unscrewing time... so you won't get screwed!
3) Never tighten fully each section until the whole thing is built. Otherwise, be prepared for some brute force action!
4) If it wobbles, tighten or loosen each part until it stops wobbling.
Other discoveries by Builder Mson:
1) The opposite end of a screwdriver head is great replacement for a hammer. **DISCLAIMER: Be careful where you aim, your fingers sometimes get in the way**
2) Building stuff is pretty intuitive, but reading manuals in detail MAY save lots of brute force labor... intuition saves time, reading saves labor... that's the tradeoff
By the end of the night (around 2am), I have proudly built a 3 drawer dresser, a shoe rack, a few desk lamps and THREE LAXVIX shelves of varying height... This includes the monster 4 shelf LAXVIX, the 3 shelf LAXVIX, and also the 2 shelf LAXVIX.
Materials...
15 pieces of glass, 3 LAXVIX base, 6 LAXVIX extenders...
Couple tips:
1) Those screw holes are too small. To put the screw you, you need to make sure you drive the nail in straight... and twist VERY hard
2) Following the Ikea directions is great for beginners... but for the advanced and master builders, consider opening multiple boxes of LAXVIX base and extenders at once and building it together. This will save tons of screwing and unscrewing time... so you won't get screwed!
3) Never tighten fully each section until the whole thing is built. Otherwise, be prepared for some brute force action!
4) If it wobbles, tighten or loosen each part until it stops wobbling.
Other discoveries by Builder Mson:
1) The opposite end of a screwdriver head is great replacement for a hammer. **DISCLAIMER: Be careful where you aim, your fingers sometimes get in the way**
2) Building stuff is pretty intuitive, but reading manuals in detail MAY save lots of brute force labor... intuition saves time, reading saves labor... that's the tradeoff
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