Dec 22 2012

nanoblock

Some people might have seen these before because they were originally from Japan but you know what, they are here in North America now!!! Nanoblock is the smallest block toy in the world. This amazingly small micro-sized block makes it possible to create more detailed and even smaller projects than what can be made with standard sized blocks. Nanoblock is a stimulating and entertaining hobby material for everybody, especially for grown-ups. The smaller it is, the more realistic the work becomes!!!

I always wanted to get these a long time ago when they were only available online from Japan or Hong Kong, but they are available now in a few places in Toronto.  Not to mention I have a USS Enterprise nanoblock on the way and I am still looking forward to getting a few different ones, still looking tho 😛  Thanks to my friend Karen letting me know they are available at Scholar’s Choice, Toysrus and believe it or not, in Indigo too 😀  I am sure you can find them in more places so get them while quantities last, these could be the next big construction toys other than LEGO 😛

NBH_014 - Space Shuttle NBH_009 - Moai Statues of Easter Island

NBH_014 – Space Shuttle
NBH_009 – Moai Statues of Easter Island

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Dec 21 2012

輝煌閣 (Royal TeaHouse Dim Sum Specialist) with Aunties

Perfect timing to celebrate Christmas and New Year with a dim sum lunch with the aunties/Joe sir, the last time we had a gathering was over a month ago at 利家盛酒家.  If you remember, Joe sir got a terrible burn on his hands the last time we saw him and gladly they are perfectly fine now.  It was our Joe sir’s choice to go 輝煌閣 (Royal TeaHouse Dim Sum Specialist), located at the corner of Woodbine ave. and Applecreek.  Most dim sum places don’t last very long but this is one of the those restaurants that has survived for years, and I was right, everything tasted as good as years ago, some even better too.  The location is perfect because it is very close to my work place, and I go to the same plaza almost every week for lunch, just not dim sum but now, this is really a good choice for me and my colleagues to kill time haha.  Not to mention I have a 10% discount too, but lunch only 😛  If anyone who works in the area are interested, let me know and we can have lunch there 😀

BTW, What is Dim Sum in case you don’t know?

Dim sum refers to a style of Chinese food prepared as small bite-sized or individual portions of food traditionally served in small steamer baskets or on small plates. Dim sum is also well known for the unique way it is served in some restaurants, wherein fully cooked and ready-to-serve dim sum dishes are carted around the restaurant for customers to choose their orders while seated at their tables.

Eating dim sum at a restaurant is usually known in Cantonese as going to “drink tea” (yum cha, 飲茶), as tea is typically served with dim sum.

To make a reservation, call 905.946.1898

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Dec 18 2012

松田日本料理 Matsuda Japanese Cuisine

I haven’t had all you can eat Japanese buffet for years and my friend asked me to try this one because it is a quite famous one in Scarborough area, 松田日本料理 Matsuda Japanese Cuisine.  As usual, I order things differently in Japanese buffets, I would order cooked food a lot more than raw like sushi and sashimi because I think in an all you can eat buffet restaurant, sushi and sashimi would only be ok.  So to really test out the true quality of the restaurant, I ordered quite a lot of the cooked food 😀  The end result was not bad for the price, for $22 dinner, the food was very satisfying, everything I tried was good, surprisingly, the dessert was quite good too.  This is a perfect place for gathering for sure, did I mention the wait time without reservation?  I got there at 830, was told to wait 75 mins…  anyways, this is one of the reasons why you have to try this restaurant at least once, with that long of a wait time, it’s got to be good right?  hehe 😀  And don’t forget to make a reservation first, their no. is 416.298.2998, enjoy 😀

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Dec 17 2012

Street Fighter X Mega Man

Street Fighter X Mega Man

Street Fighter X Mega Man

Capcom has announced that available on December 17th, a new downloadable PC title, Mega Man X Street Fighter will be released in honour of Mega Man’s 25th Anniversary. Still displayed in classic 8 bit, Mega Man will journey through the game encountering Street Fighter characters in which he will have to battle along the way. If you defeat these characters, you will be awarded their special power. Oh, did I mention that this is a FREE PC download. It doesn’t get much better than that!

Since the game is free and just came out today, the site is pretty slow, here are direct links in case the download page explodes again:

US version

EU version

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Dec 17 2012

MX Player

MX Player

MX Player

Description
MX Player – The best way to enjoy your movies.

a) HARDWARE DECODING – With new h/w decoder, more videos can take benefit from hardware acceleration.
b) MULTI-CORE DECODING – MX Player is the first Android video player that performs multi-core decoding. According to the test results on dual-core devices, it shows up to 70% performance improvement than single-core devices.
c) PINCH TO ZOOM – Easily zoom in and out by pinching and swiping across the screen.
d) SUBTITLE SCROLL – Scroll on subtitle text and playback position will be adjusted to match previous or next subtitle timing.
e) KIDS LOCK – Keep your kids entertained without having to worry about making calls or touching other apps. (plugin required)
f) ANDROID 4.1 – Fully supports Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Subtitle formats:
– DVD, DVB, SSA/ASS Subtitle tracks.
– SubStation Alpha(.ssa/.ass) with full styling.
– SAMI(.smi/.sami) with ruby tag support.
– SubRip(.srt)
– MicroDVD(.sub/.txt)
– SubViewer2.0(.sub)
– MPL2(.mpl/.txt)
– PowerDivX(.psb/.txt)
– TMPlayer(.txt)
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About “System Tools – display system-level alerts” permission: this permissions is required to block HOME button when input blocking is activated on video playback screen.
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A link from Google play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&feature=search_result

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