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Oh the irony.

Thursday, February 10th, 2011 at 9:52 pm

Also, I apologize for this post.

The last couple of days, I had this pimple of my forehead. I rarely have those at my age and my face is relatively smooth at this point. But this pimple was big and right in the middle of my forehead, like a third eye.


Like this guy
FYI – (Despero – DC villain)

I didn’t go to work yesterday but today, I didn’t want it to be noticed so I did my hair a little differently. I put a lot of the front down to cover my forehead and eyes.

Ironically, this hairstyle seemed to garner a lot of attention, attention from almost everyone at work that saw me -_-;

The irony is that I purposely changed my hair style to hide my forehead, but the style itself seemed to draw eyes towards my forehead. It’s quite possible that if I didn’t change my hair style at all, I would have had less people looking.

I dunno, I just found that amusing.

Yes, something’s wrong

Thursday, February 10th, 2011 at 4:59 pm

As you may/may not have noticed (over my twitter), something’s been wrong lately.

I had this sharp pain in my abdomen last friday for about 30s-1m….and it’s been generally uncomfortable since (almost a week now). It was getting better (the pain was more mild) but yesterday, I woke up and it was pretty bad. This prompted me to go see the one place I generally avoid at all costs if possible. The doctor.

DUN. DUN. DUNNNNNNNNNNNNN.

After seeing him, I was immediately told to get a walk-in Ultrasound from the hospital. So yesterday, right after going to the doctor, I went to the hospital. I hate that place even more than the doctor.

DUN. DUN. DUNNNNNNNNNNNNN.

Last night, the pain in my abdomen was so unbearable, I somehow fell asleep but ANY movement from me would cause pain to shoot into my brains, pew pew, and wake me up. Needless to say, it was very tough falling asleep. I woke up at 6:30am today too so I could go get an ultrasound at 8:00am (I couldn’t get it yesterday)….I’m sleepy >_< Anyways, I left work early today, the pain started from non-existent in the morning to terrible when I left, around 4:00pm. As I write this, it's pretty bad but I took two advils...hopefully it'll help. I think it's an infection or something, I dunno, it's worse at night than in the day. We'll see what the doctor says tomorrow. All I know is: 1) it's tough to concentrate 2) it's tough to focus on work, so lately I've been trying to work from home to keep up, as well as keep my mind off anything that's potentially really bad 3) it's tough to focus on anything, my mind is so occupied with...stuff lately. Kinda why I dislike the doctor: puts feelings on uneasy and stress and anxiety...but i understand its value: you get better. Still, I'd generally just like the problems to solve themselves if possible
4) there are no visible markings of damage anywhere, no bruise, no trauma, so it’s annoying. And internal, which is kinda scary. I dunno what’s goin on…
But my mind is still sharp, my body can almost do what it could before, but it hurts to walk and sit down….and I’m generally uncomfortable ALL THE TIME but it’s manageable. I tough it out in public, and cry like a little girl watching the Notebook at home.

Anyways, hoping these antibiotics the doctor gave me (without knowing what the problem is….) will do the trick. It’s only my second day taking them…so we’ll see. All I know is I’d gladly take an infection or inflammation over something…..worse.

Stupid body. In my head, I look like Batman but in reality, I look like The Blob.

“Life sucks balls sometimes. And then you die.” says the Pessimist in me.
But the Optimist Prime says “Autobots, Transform and Roll out!”.

I know that joke is reused but it makes me giggle.

in little girl voice “tee hee”

Wildfire Steakhouse & Wine Bar – Winterlicious – Dinner

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 at 12:21 am

Regular Menu | Winterlicious Menu

FOOD: Overall 9/10 (Click on the pics for larger pics)


Warren Zena

Grilled Calamari

This was good, I think I would have preferred breaded calamari, I didn’t notice it was grilled when I ordered it -_-; I just saw calamari. I went with this over the salads and soups (of course!) as well as the shrimp cocktail…but I’m not sure if I made the right choice.

Escargots Provençal

This was much better than the calamari, the bread + garlic butter was awesome. If I returned, I would get this.

Sterling Silver® New York Striploin

I ordered mine Rare and let me tell you, this may have been the best steak I ever had. More on this later…but it was awesome, I was so satisfied, it was a great feeling :)

Wild Mushroom Risotto

I also had at least 6 mouthfuls of this, it was great as well. I personally wouldn’t get it because it has no meat! :D but it was really great. I would order this for what it was….but not over the steak.

Pecan and Chocolate Tart

The most disappointing part of my meal. I enjoy pecans, and chocolate but I realized after eating this that I don’t enjoy their flavours together. It wasn’t as sweet as I would have liked for a dessert, the crust really diluted the sweetness.

Chocolate Mousse Dome

This was really good, I only had a bit though. Z wouldn’t share >:( If I went back, I would choose this.

Overall, out of the 6 items, I was pretty pleased with 4 of them, and would definitely order them again. The Calamari and Pecan items were okay but compared to Z’s choices, they were a disappointment. So the food, overall, gets a 9/10. Points off for the Pecan dessert but extra points for the epicly good steak.

SERVICE: 8/10
I would give them a 9, the waiter was very courteous, attentive of our water (they refilled often). I deduct 1 mark because our reservation was for 6:30 and we had to wait until 7:10 for our table. Ouch. But once we were seated, everything was all good. We were seated at 7:10, they took our order and probably by 7:20, we had our appetizers, which was awesome. I guess they have tons ready but still…that was nice. Also, as soon as we finished our appetizers, they gave us our entrees. The wait time for food for the appetizer and entree was very little. The wait time for the dessert was a bit longer than expected but Z and I were both stuffed so we could use the eating breather :)

COST: 8/10
45/person + $20 for 2 Martinis + 8 Side order of Back Back Ribs = 118 + Tax/Tip was about $160. Hmm, it was about the same cost as Didier. While I found the food a bit more exotic at Didier, the food was definitely done well. I enjoyed my steak at least 3 times more than my Didier lamb (but I’ve since discovered that lamb might not be a taste for me). I mean, for Winterlicious, the price was pretty good considering for the amount of food we got.

warrenshea.com rates – Wildfire Steakhouse & Wine Bar – Winterlicious – Dinner – 8.5/10!

Steak

Let me tell you. At this point in my life, I’ve never enjoyed anything as much as a good steak. As a child and teen, I would eat steaks well done. I don’t know, I had some fear of red, uncooked meat, instilled by my parents I believe. When I was going out with Z, 6.5 years ago, I was still eating well done steaks. And I hated them (big surprise). She introduced me to medium steaks and I loved them. But I’d often get overcooked steaks, receiving medium-well to well when I ordered medium. So I started under-cook-ordering. I would ask for medium-rare but would often/always get medium or medium-well.

And there is nothing worse than a bad steak. By bad, I mean over-cooked. You can’t really take it back or get a new one cuz you’re hungry. Wait, what’s worse than an over-cooked steak is paying a lot of money for an over-cooked steak. And that would often happen.

Even when I visited a steakhouse (I can’t remember the name) for a medium-rare New York Striploin, I received it medium-well. It was so sad :( I was so hungry too, I didn’t time to get a re-fired one or something else, so I just ate it.

Anyways, earlier this week, Z made me rare steak. I don’t think I’d ever had rare. While it was too rare for her it was absolutely perfect for me. I realized rare steaks are the way to go.

So I ordered my steak rare at this steakhouse…and oh. my. f*cking. god. It was so good. I’m totally craving a good, rare steak now…even though I just had one.

My mouth is watering as I write this….

RARE STEAK >>> BACON >>> CHICKEN >>> LAMB >>> ANYTHING

Though Sidecar’s Over Roasted Chicken will beat Bacon, that place might be the only place where chicken >> bacon.

I really should be studying…

Saturday, February 5th, 2011 at 10:05 pm

I’ve felt less inclined to study for the last 2 weeks. I have my OOP Book open, on my desk for two weeks but pretty much untouched. I’ve spent a long time playing games and games of DOTA. Some with Z, which is odd in itself, but most alone. I always tend to do this, play DOTA for a while…and then I lose interesting for months. And then later, I pick it up again for a few weeks.

I’ve been watching Prince of Tennis: National Championship again lately…I realized that in all the time I’ve had it, for some reason, I never had the Shitenhouji VS Seishun Gakuen Doubles 2 match…the comedy twins VS Kaidoh and Momoshiro. I really enjoyed the Fuji match VS Shirashi…I love watching Fuji play.

Sitting here, tired outta my mind but I have to work overtime today, at 10:30 for a release…that’s the only thing keeping me awake at the moment.

Going to a Winterlicious place tomorrow night, which happens to be Super Bowl night! Boourns. My next week is really busy work-wise…

Anyways, I think I’ll really try to study for a bit today…ease back in to that studying groove.

Until next time… :)

WTB#4 – February 2011 Edition

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 at 11:59 pm

I was a good boy last month (Jan). I only ordered 2 things, Marvel VS Capcom 3 and a $20 Death Note book. /proud of myself :)

Things I’m expecting in February – Total $93.54


Marvel VS Capcom 3 Special Edition [PS3]
$93.54 – Price I Paid (total)
Purchased Jan 1, 2011
Purchased over Capcom Entertainment

Things I received in January – Total $199.9 – Not bad :)


L, Change the World
$20.91 – Price I Paid (total)
Purchased Jan 8, 2011
Received January 26, 2011
Purchased over Amazon.ca
Street Fighter Ultimate Edition 2 (Hardcover)
$126.99 – Price I Paid (total)
Purchased Dec 31, 2010
Purchased over Udon Store
Nendoroid – Petit: Death Note – Series 1 and Series 2
$52.00 – Price I Paid (total)
Purchased Dec 11, 2010
Purchased over eBay