tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225502740136863252024-03-14T12:33:58.046-03:00Alvin's Personal BlogThe Life and Times of Alvin AquinoAlvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-15123254988311418482010-08-10T21:26:00.001-03:002010-08-11T00:27:10.784-03:00My Computer Adventures - Part 2*Make sure you read <a href="http://suppaduppax.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-computer-adventures-part-1.html">Part 1</a>!<br />
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Now for the good stuff...<br />
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Here are the parts I ordered:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So now, I just had to put it all together! I recruited Lauren again to help me out and we were both trying to wing it all together. I got her to help me screw in the motherboard and then unscrew it when i realized i missed some of those extra screw hole things you attach to the case. I had some idea of what to do, but it definitely felt like a bit of a struggle. First we decided to install the CPU. Getting the steal support detached was easy enough and placing the cpu in wasn't too bad at all. Installing the cpu heatsink was a bit tougher though. The instructions the I7 came with were a bit hard to understand since there were no words that went along with the pictures. After that was done I put all the remaining hardware in without all the wiring--which was kinda bad thing to do--since when I decided to wire everything, the frigging Video Card was so massive that it made it such a hassle to plug anything in. I actually had to reposition the hard drive cuz the gpu was blocking its connectors. The wiring itself was a complete mess and I was pretty tired by then so I just said screw it and kept going. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once all the pieces were together, I plugged the beast in, press the power button and bam! Nothing happened. I was disappointed that the first attempt of turning it on was a fail. I wasn't sure at that point whether it was my fault or the case's fault because Lauren realized that the motherboard's onboard powerswitch's light was on. So i press that and the beast turned on! The splash screen loaded up then another screen after that and then disaster struck. An error popped up saying the CPU was over temperature and shut down the computer. I was a bit scared but I tried booting it up again. Still, the error popped up. After another attempt I decided to take apart the heatsink and reconnect it and make sure it was all snug. After removing the heatsink i realize how sparse the thermal paste was. I applied additional thermal paste and connected the heatsink again this time, I made sure it was thoroughly secure. I attempted to boot it up again, and voila! My computer finally ran fine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dayammm... there it is. The BeanMachine. Look at how frigging ugly the cables and wiring ended up being! I didn't care at that point. I just really wanted my computer to start running!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And there it is... the BeanMachine. I wonder what else i should do to it to make it more awesome. I know i could probably put in 2 more fans. One side panel fan for sure... and maybe a gpu fan that's neatly integrated into the case. Any suggestions to pimp my computer would be appreciated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-49665127743958771172010-08-10T03:28:00.001-03:002010-08-10T03:37:11.622-03:00My Computer Adventures - Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-DRyqHoT75KyF6anPgg9dtD1xzG8qB7wN5XVOvONC1GkuHs3RVzzSudgCBNulAiPndCb5QPeEdbuVsRnDLMPDB3nzIi1y6RkxDvPMsVY8Needz5MLSgWIHkHiLF94VfdTYcojAkxTVw/s1600/IMG_2706.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-DRyqHoT75KyF6anPgg9dtD1xzG8qB7wN5XVOvONC1GkuHs3RVzzSudgCBNulAiPndCb5QPeEdbuVsRnDLMPDB3nzIi1y6RkxDvPMsVY8Needz5MLSgWIHkHiLF94VfdTYcojAkxTVw/s320/IMG_2706.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stupid Broken HP Laptop (more on this at a late date)</div><br />
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After my HP laptop died due to a stupid design flaw on HP's side, I had to find myself a new computer to use. I narrowed it down to buying a prebuilt system or building my own. I have never really put together my own computer before--though I've seen both my brothers do it--so I thought it would be an awesome challenge or at least a good learning experience. So now, I knew i wanted to build my own but I had a hard time deciding what parts I wanted and on top of that, I have completely lost touch with what any of those parts do or if they are compatible, etc, etc. I researched for a few weeks, learned, and even relearned, computer mumbo jumbo and by that point my brain nearly exploded. However, thanks to a few friends of mine, I finally settled and ordered the parts from NewEgg.ca and DirectCanada.ca. (more on the specs later)<br />
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Now the whole ordering parts was an experience on itself. My advisors pointed me towards NewEgg as their prices were apparently much cheaper and its services much better. So as I filled my shopping cart with the things I set out to get, and clicked my way to the checkout, I noticed that their was two different shipping charges. I gasped but I wasn't really surprised since I knew the case itself was a totally different shipment, hence the two shipping costs. Then I remembered how DirectCanada had a deal where if you spend more than $300, the shipping is free (I ordered a sweet monitor from them a few months back). So after a few tweaks and juggling I got the essential parts (cpu, mobo, ram, gpu) from NewEgg and the case and miscellaneous from DirectCanada. So after a few more clicks and last minute review, I checked out and placed my order. Everything was well and good, or so I thought.<br />
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After a few minutes of relief, a thought popped into my head that i did not have enough credit on my card to purchase the things i ordered. And then i was like, dammmnnnnnn, and cancelled the newegg order. However, it turns out that newegg places a hold on your card as soon as you check anything out and my limit has already exceeded by that point. So, both orders did not go through.<br />
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The whole ordeal did not stop there, as I then requested the help of Lauren to purchase the items for me and I would later pay her back. The idea was brilliant! I ordered the parts, checked out and waited a few days. Turns out, the number on her card was not the same as the number she placed on the order (she never had to put her number on any online order before and she has moved a few times since getting her card). So the orders once again were void.<br />
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Now I was a tad fed up and finally the holds on my credit card were fixed (it took a while after for Lauren's to free up). Then I finally ordered the parts mostly from my credit card and the remainder on Lauren's. This time, after changing the numbers on the card, the DirectCanada orders went through. I finally had a shipment. However, the NewEgg ones were still processing. A few days pass and it's still processing. A couple more and I receive an email saying that the shipping address is not the same on the card as it was on the order. I had no idea what it was talking about but soon after I learned that you can actually set up a shipping address onto your account on the card. It was some genius way for NewEgg to prevent false orders or fraud i guess. I appreciate all the security, but I wish it told me somewhere before ordering or something that that was the case as i never heard of it before! So after getting all the shipping address stuff fixed on my card I click on the update button on my order and pray. The next day i get an email saying my order was cancelled because NewEgg has a 5 day limit on processing any orders. Eff my heart!<br />
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So then I had to wait a few more days for them to even remove the hold from my card so I can order it again! Such a hassle. Then finally I was able to place the orders one more time. By now, I have already received the first shipment from DirectCanada, sans the case, because there was some mixup with the Toronto Warehouse. I called and it was shipped that same day. So now the NewEgg order is still processing but I did place the order as Express. The processing took about 2 and a half days even after I went to their online support chat and pleaded my case to them and was told that my order processing would be expedited. Not the case.<br />
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Finally, my order was shipped out but by then it was the end of the week. I was still hopeful since it was thursday and they would have a whole day to ship my order on friday. Friday came and went and the shipment went only as far as Toronto. It arrived in Toronto at 1 in the morning and i thought that my order would then be shipped at least a few hours later to Charlottetown. Not the case again. The order was awaiting transfer there and the weekend came and went. Monday was Civic Holiday and so they weren't shipping then. Then Tuesday came and there was no activity til about 7pm where it was oddly enough on route to somewhere in northern ontario. I figured i wouldn't have my shipment til the next week by then.<br />
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However, somehow the following day, the shipment arrived in Charlottetown and i was ecstatic. Although it was one of the most frustrating orders I've ever placed, NewEgg was courteous enough to refund me a few dollars for my troubles. So Finally... my computer has arrived.<br />
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--- Stay tuned for Part 2!Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-3200164264373366972010-07-14T09:51:00.001-03:002010-07-14T09:51:10.912-03:00Thanks!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowKBTbFL0ALJBDwSuoLakN_6UGuLgIAC4CMmDfRjPezC3wLTNWgfh9RXE7IAQuyLLPEuMll9ku9qjUOWBzjYnkZd54RMtUxalsS-mgJCAQfhLzKFynmOJJGpQFZ-w421uCTk9Al_j_mCg/s1600/14-colour2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowKBTbFL0ALJBDwSuoLakN_6UGuLgIAC4CMmDfRjPezC3wLTNWgfh9RXE7IAQuyLLPEuMll9ku9qjUOWBzjYnkZd54RMtUxalsS-mgJCAQfhLzKFynmOJJGpQFZ-w421uCTk9Al_j_mCg/s320/14-colour2.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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Thanks!Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-73292968970033260512010-07-10T09:26:00.003-03:002010-07-11T01:25:14.211-03:00Blizzard Contest! I need your help!<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Hey all who look at my blog... yes i'm talking to all 3 of you! Would you please visit this site:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">thankssss everyone! in appreciation for all the help, i will draw something everyday until the deadline. suggestions are welcome!</div></div>Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-64298911374540894722010-07-05T22:09:00.001-03:002010-07-05T22:09:41.810-03:00Alvin's Spicy Breakfast Sandwich1 English Muffin (I prefer white but this example is made with whole wheat Muffins)<br />
<div>2 Strips of Bacon</div><div>1 Egg</div><div>Old Cheddar Cheese (i like strong cheese)</div><div>Frank's Red Hot Sauce</div><div><br />
</div><div>Less 10 minutes to make!</div><div><br />
</div><div>Step 1: Cook bacon</div><div>Now, you can either cook the bacon in the microwave where it will be a lot faster to make overall since you can then use the pan to make your egg or you can cook it the pan and use the leftover bacon grease in place of oil to cook the egg. I prefer to have the bacon a little less crispy but you can cook it how you like!</div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Step 2: Cook Egg</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I usually prefer my egg sunny side up but keep in mind that this is a sandwich and when you bite into it, the yolk will explode and it will not be very pleasant. After cooking the bottom side of the egg, flip it over and let it cook a little longer so the yolk is minimal. You will want to do step 3 basically at the same time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Step 3: Toast the English Muffin</div><div style="text-align: left;">If you have a toaster, place the english muffins in the toaster and cook for a little under than you want it to be cooked. Once complete, place the cheddar cheese on top and place in the oven for a few seconds on a pretty low heat to melt the cheese.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div>Step 4: Put It All Together</div><div>By this time, the egg should be finished. Place the muffin on a place and put the egg on top, and the bacon on top of that. Finish it off with a dash of Frank's Red Hot and Voila! You have a tasty sandwich which did not take much time at all.</div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Really easy to make and everyone likes bacon. Happy eats!</div><div><br />
</div>Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-86820787519739395812010-07-02T20:45:00.002-03:002010-07-02T20:45:27.231-03:00WoooooGetting this blog rolling again... i hope... this time... i plan on writing mostly things non art related here. in fact i probably won't write more than a few words on my art blog and save the pictures and writing here. anyway... it's probably gonna be consisting of mostly cooking and cooking pictures. i found a bunch of pictures in my camera and have yet to post some of the stuff i cooked in the past year. will post again soon i promise.Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-51969065028204431952009-08-02T23:33:00.004-03:002009-08-02T23:45:15.232-03:00A Little Bit SickieI was feeling week a yesterday but wasn't too sure why. It may have been something to do with the weather. It's getting awfully hot in Charlottetown to the point where i just sit at home and stew in my own juices. Last night however, was a different story. I woke up in the middle of the night and i was freezing. Well, i thought it was mainly just the fan hitting me and getting too cold so i put the blanket over me. I was feeling cold still so i was like what the hell? and i put the blanket over my head and assumed the fetal position to get as much body heat from myself as i could. Still no go... i new that bad times were ahead. I was getting a fever. I was under a blanket in 20 degree weather and freezing and to top it all off, my head felt like a midget was stabbing me in the temple... not good at all.<br /><br />The good news is, after a cold compress over my forehead and a trusty advil, my fever went down and i was able to sleep. The bad news is, when i woke up i was sweating like hell cuz i still had the blanket over me. My head still hurts like an idiot from time to time but it's way better than the chills i had in the middle of the night. Anyway, sleep is needed since i didn't get much due to my mini fever. Off to bed!Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-91217584819626346782009-07-30T23:17:00.011-03:002009-07-30T23:58:08.410-03:00Food!PEI has been really good so far. The weather is still somewhat random still. It rains one day and is super sunny the next. The heat is ridiculous over here. When the day is hot, it's supremely hot. And what do you do when the weather's uber nice? Go to the beach!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_22yrjz90ui0Ccl4sc9jKwi5V6eU2ZN8gDIS17m4ZC1p1_WD1rc5gkKjORnRrxO8Yq4zgCqRFz6o-w4bAKzcmP3l4T08oqkYUckhuP8eLJj9TbUduM_jcVvG1fU4UqhELChEFHkKeJeQ/s1600-h/IMG_2436_b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_22yrjz90ui0Ccl4sc9jKwi5V6eU2ZN8gDIS17m4ZC1p1_WD1rc5gkKjORnRrxO8Yq4zgCqRFz6o-w4bAKzcmP3l4T08oqkYUckhuP8eLJj9TbUduM_jcVvG1fU4UqhELChEFHkKeJeQ/s320/IMG_2436_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364452808226541362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I also watched the latest Harry Potter which by the way is by far the funniest of them all. The only problem is that I can no longer distinguish one from the other. It seems to have gotten completely formulaic where it starts off in the real world, then something happens so they go to magic school, and for some reason there's a new teacher, and then something about the dark lord, and then ends with harry but leaves room for another movie. Still tho, the movie was quite entertaining.<br /><br />Once again, I'm finding cooking to be a past time that i enjoy the most. It's like art where you have to be creative, but it's like yummy cuz you have to eat it! Well, most of the time it's yummy. The other times, it's just normal, and other times, it's just bad. But when food IS good, it's the most satisfying feeling. I've made several meals from the time i arrived to now and I'm proud to say that I haven't made a completely terrible meal yet!<br /><br />I have taken it upon myself to take pictures of as many self-cooked meals as i can. Here are a number of dishes i made for myself:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXihpc4agtXRzal1day2DfAvTPaSIbOCPXFye1IiJX5XjTh5LIxw9eK62LCQEOW3E6b3-5tO7lEzLAeXnCdZAQ_m3Eg5yuNOKVHggo5EZaI89QNf_F_jnyKBnp0BsnP3R3ND_PDHQUlWE/s1600-h/IMG_2366.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXihpc4agtXRzal1day2DfAvTPaSIbOCPXFye1IiJX5XjTh5LIxw9eK62LCQEOW3E6b3-5tO7lEzLAeXnCdZAQ_m3Eg5yuNOKVHggo5EZaI89QNf_F_jnyKBnp0BsnP3R3ND_PDHQUlWE/s320/IMG_2366.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364445657417395170" border="0" /></a><br />Ah, classic Bacon & Eggs, and toast, and a tad of kraft dinner! You can never mess that combo up! unless you burn stuff... and i didn't!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQ5XT8Qs2f0NaLu1LlzNfkQRn0QCl6KH3Ve60K6k6J3bwxws7kwTxMnNr_pMQFjnJfCDQUcqjVPnpvl8-q9WKAHhLjuN-jkQZYQAGrAERkkQQQZ6kS7FZ1-jJu21gxSKoj2gn9WpDqJo/s1600-h/IMG_2369.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQ5XT8Qs2f0NaLu1LlzNfkQRn0QCl6KH3Ve60K6k6J3bwxws7kwTxMnNr_pMQFjnJfCDQUcqjVPnpvl8-q9WKAHhLjuN-jkQZYQAGrAERkkQQQZ6kS7FZ1-jJu21gxSKoj2gn9WpDqJo/s320/IMG_2369.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364447405409505906" border="0" /></a><br />Same.. except i made a crappy omelet... not as good.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7y8ipbsxoTOil8l3ziAwHn02vTODdYK_sgq7jAopKUC-d3QN01wlyMsif2hxGKj21jQbUMWrLuHNCQpwpWGwgtxTdK1HUjdj897X_Oi0eATg_4cVGKCHUhr7ghp2gQsR-dxYvjJvJkoU/s1600-h/IMG_2365.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7y8ipbsxoTOil8l3ziAwHn02vTODdYK_sgq7jAopKUC-d3QN01wlyMsif2hxGKj21jQbUMWrLuHNCQpwpWGwgtxTdK1HUjdj897X_Oi0eATg_4cVGKCHUhr7ghp2gQsR-dxYvjJvJkoU/s320/IMG_2365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364445652624491250" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a taco i made for myself... ingredients include: Jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, onions, cheese, taco sauce, green tabasco sauce. yum. that was a mighty taco.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLRyV4tJDPwD3VfnOuVWyWWncmYP7tA4uZYgeUHT6T8sfkux7ze6LAkeCPo6YMJJkFueCgDzjP9PG0boGNMa1mo_d6HX2NIhHgZgIs3q2OmmpIwZJEt7x9zIn6ZLznmpoJ9Hf3jNv7tk/s1600-h/IMG_2361.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLRyV4tJDPwD3VfnOuVWyWWncmYP7tA4uZYgeUHT6T8sfkux7ze6LAkeCPo6YMJJkFueCgDzjP9PG0boGNMa1mo_d6HX2NIhHgZgIs3q2OmmpIwZJEt7x9zIn6ZLznmpoJ9Hf3jNv7tk/s320/IMG_2361.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364445643362358802" border="0" /></a><br />Fry a little veggies...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqhXyQvGITNWkCPqhocdhRAhEsXfYLUY2MXfwefi-RWnEGNbbdcFjcaMVb0CSWU0VigYGq3vSeFQ45MZYQmwIaMiegN8Vv3BywwCSTxddWtwIUYaYtEttwgiv1uGtwFzqmZ_FVPCR04E/s1600-h/IMG_2362.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqhXyQvGITNWkCPqhocdhRAhEsXfYLUY2MXfwefi-RWnEGNbbdcFjcaMVb0CSWU0VigYGq3vSeFQ45MZYQmwIaMiegN8Vv3BywwCSTxddWtwIUYaYtEttwgiv1uGtwFzqmZ_FVPCR04E/s320/IMG_2362.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364445645781811890" border="0" /></a><br />add some crispy chicken and general tao's sauce you get:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXLx2oeouq81zVjnEf7MlzZtvAxOPvSsfkxuCrehQFbZum-8joplncMu26RWQkxtxOs5c8bxFEp8oAa1CK8pWdB9P3hW82bEd5x8Fvv2PMQ9ydBXSBk3GGop0sp6HoLXFE_p5MvzheiI/s1600-h/IMG_2364.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXLx2oeouq81zVjnEf7MlzZtvAxOPvSsfkxuCrehQFbZum-8joplncMu26RWQkxtxOs5c8bxFEp8oAa1CK8pWdB9P3hW82bEd5x8Fvv2PMQ9ydBXSBk3GGop0sp6HoLXFE_p5MvzheiI/s320/IMG_2364.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364445650301823298" border="0" /></a><br />General Tao's chicken... that meal was frigging sweet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhli9LgAM9rVfrZdCxkHU6aumnG7niSGNUk53CWlhSdY8GLn0lAIZXS5WQPVkqpqlmBv3c1SPsmhv2siDbY_52n3HdJrqjNodkV6TiG7bBaY3Hh_SVYHKZwPJG3HXtFhnkAtna5PrcwYJc/s1600-h/IMG_2375.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhli9LgAM9rVfrZdCxkHU6aumnG7niSGNUk53CWlhSdY8GLn0lAIZXS5WQPVkqpqlmBv3c1SPsmhv2siDbY_52n3HdJrqjNodkV6TiG7bBaY3Hh_SVYHKZwPJG3HXtFhnkAtna5PrcwYJc/s320/IMG_2375.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364447413076526546" border="0" /></a><br />here's a filipino dish called caldereta. made with potatoes, green/red peper, onions, garlic, ginger, and chicken. it was quite scrumptious.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNbDjrAZpygkH_h0OwsDedGYBSlA6op6nmmkKntEsMliFjTm-dbD8n2N5Bm3IWWBg-JGP3lkzImUgaYiyTRbSYvSH0WURgjaiW0JmrjD8nvjma3M5F5tk33FM8PsFlQQkQSyuufFJ7Pk/s1600-h/IMG_2371.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNbDjrAZpygkH_h0OwsDedGYBSlA6op6nmmkKntEsMliFjTm-dbD8n2N5Bm3IWWBg-JGP3lkzImUgaYiyTRbSYvSH0WURgjaiW0JmrjD8nvjma3M5F5tk33FM8PsFlQQkQSyuufFJ7Pk/s320/IMG_2371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364447412253507410" border="0" /></a><br />OMG Home made pizza!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbOw0EDhhQiXq4nbjFk_EyFQl5nfjKwnJct19577BY5WjSuq71TJ6o1c0n6skIucH51Z-5jmPVLB0_d8EIy3qqZcyiqVXjwJ-Z0PIjT54sDvqIpHM_CKlQSeLdifNByYG4bLAi4u12To/s1600-h/IMG_2370.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbOw0EDhhQiXq4nbjFk_EyFQl5nfjKwnJct19577BY5WjSuq71TJ6o1c0n6skIucH51Z-5jmPVLB0_d8EIy3qqZcyiqVXjwJ-Z0PIjT54sDvqIpHM_CKlQSeLdifNByYG4bLAi4u12To/s320/IMG_2370.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364447406848395346" border="0" /></a><br />frigging the best pizza i ever had. so effing good!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggw-yJTnzqUeVskLS352roFHLAFl1wccOn7Ytjt2ljHGTmK35pMmlcEmg_s0r3-pg64kbr9lpthhE1W8IT5yd4ylQvKOyRHSAKxNcZhgwOw-5lXbfMhq5ZgtoXMav3BchGe1pt7dYLmbU/s1600-h/IMG_2378.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggw-yJTnzqUeVskLS352roFHLAFl1wccOn7Ytjt2ljHGTmK35pMmlcEmg_s0r3-pg64kbr9lpthhE1W8IT5yd4ylQvKOyRHSAKxNcZhgwOw-5lXbfMhq5ZgtoXMav3BchGe1pt7dYLmbU/s320/IMG_2378.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364447415453242418" border="0" /></a><br />Last but not least, some pasta. and garlic bread. and pop. mmmm.<br /><br />If anyone has any ideas of what i should try cooking next, please let me know. Keep in mind however, that PEI is not as culturally diverse as Toronto, and gathering exotic ingredients (or even really common ones) is difficult in such a bubble of an island. Til' the next meal suckas!Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-29557432197103529442009-07-23T17:48:00.010-03:002009-07-24T00:05:26.620-03:00This blog aint goin nowhere!Anyhoo... i decided to keep this blog as more of a photoblog/diary thingamabob while keeping my other one more artsy and drawing and stuff...<br /><br /><br />All my bags are packed i'm ready to go!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzYry_5lNSOwkyKkhA63eRptx424QkVwLuC2U3zy3VpZlCfsuqy1XFtt8hvocPkEl8wFHvlJIUNCUIaq4afE2bFHDJMzXq5Yzf-RbMduoaUrRA-CJ3Z3unxxLpOIhtxlI5ioxUD2BSII/s1600-h/IMG_2220.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzYry_5lNSOwkyKkhA63eRptx424QkVwLuC2U3zy3VpZlCfsuqy1XFtt8hvocPkEl8wFHvlJIUNCUIaq4afE2bFHDJMzXq5Yzf-RbMduoaUrRA-CJ3Z3unxxLpOIhtxlI5ioxUD2BSII/s320/IMG_2220.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361850859506739778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbHPxorsUpEVPhg6bFsADGtEzbyUGgc5wQJnaO2PqD56DKMHiuBUIyEwXOXyyhHinyyG-_ydZMS8uw4QTe4PYvUtieL6EEpyENJ2oD-kfPO8SM-VUe2sUB8darO1oH02Wr8ExCnPRTnk/s1600-h/IMG_2221.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbHPxorsUpEVPhg6bFsADGtEzbyUGgc5wQJnaO2PqD56DKMHiuBUIyEwXOXyyhHinyyG-_ydZMS8uw4QTe4PYvUtieL6EEpyENJ2oD-kfPO8SM-VUe2sUB8darO1oH02Wr8ExCnPRTnk/s320/IMG_2221.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361851578551017234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This picture was taken the right before i started my driving adventure to PEI. At first i was supposed to go by myself but then my brother and my aunt came with. Anyways, i think it was for the best cuz a 16-18 hour drive by yourself isn't the best of ideas.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJLD6dFuPrL2EQ3_4-ItoJEUBJAHUHbaj_LjE8f_YGS3KCpmOdSCZ_z-Uu4pXqVrvPTi3b-_ikZvBUQE_BoZBhcvn2ew27O1_B4suzuCj_gW6uc_TJ3nsDuJhF9lRdK73c5qJyU4taJ4/s1600-h/IMG_2242.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJLD6dFuPrL2EQ3_4-ItoJEUBJAHUHbaj_LjE8f_YGS3KCpmOdSCZ_z-Uu4pXqVrvPTi3b-_ikZvBUQE_BoZBhcvn2ew27O1_B4suzuCj_gW6uc_TJ3nsDuJhF9lRdK73c5qJyU4taJ4/s320/IMG_2242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361851857262750226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1HdKkQ7d3Xqh_-VQQNwbUBs5hopEPg9zmphlcyPN4YD9RRcS3qxRybDI4YG1S7ALFyvJb2xJkECTsoOGbLLCGyHN_O5N65eJPjy_hqy2aRijdsXCtbG7pUjaW18a55dnTvRrAP6mqTE/s1600-h/IMG_2303.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1HdKkQ7d3Xqh_-VQQNwbUBs5hopEPg9zmphlcyPN4YD9RRcS3qxRybDI4YG1S7ALFyvJb2xJkECTsoOGbLLCGyHN_O5N65eJPjy_hqy2aRijdsXCtbG7pUjaW18a55dnTvRrAP6mqTE/s320/IMG_2303.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361852234110160898" border="0" /></a><br />When we stopped over in New Brunswick for lunch we went to this restaurant by the gas station. It was a cozy little place with awesome food. There was list of like 10 different kinds of poutine. I got the Royal Poutine which had some ground beef on it. It was pretty yummy but we were running late.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIK1SLzWXOcjmC4_tg6zlkNHVJUBD6XnpBYPcgpaIrz2mK2DWM3-ikaw6PyLcAbfHLaO45Akhz9ItUAvzJmCZwOtdpreLRJBKT-MEhe65y62F7Bzz9RiXOWmafiP0G5mOJSrQ_Ekn4kI0/s1600-h/IMG_2308.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIK1SLzWXOcjmC4_tg6zlkNHVJUBD6XnpBYPcgpaIrz2mK2DWM3-ikaw6PyLcAbfHLaO45Akhz9ItUAvzJmCZwOtdpreLRJBKT-MEhe65y62F7Bzz9RiXOWmafiP0G5mOJSrQ_Ekn4kI0/s320/IMG_2308.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361852433990580962" border="0" /></a><br />Eventually we made it to Magnetic Hill in New Brunswick which is this cool optical illusion where you go "down" a hill towards a white post and then put the car on neutral and it feels like you're going backwards "up" the hill... it was really cool. $5 tho... which is kinda strange but cool none the less.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeidCshr7M-dldFBsAFyaBaFk34J6eH1i-vpfy-SE6YdPMxl5Z0QVBg4IokQFe4KyJGbVszFU5x7FBJM-_8q-tWW0rB90kFcifCZ_BwAbfJs0TVB053lBFyEyvJat3LxJH0-Bng55UIc/s1600-h/IMG_2323.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeidCshr7M-dldFBsAFyaBaFk34J6eH1i-vpfy-SE6YdPMxl5Z0QVBg4IokQFe4KyJGbVszFU5x7FBJM-_8q-tWW0rB90kFcifCZ_BwAbfJs0TVB053lBFyEyvJat3LxJH0-Bng55UIc/s320/IMG_2323.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361852751363261186" border="0" /></a><br />Finally we arrived in PEI... Confederation Bridge: the longest bridge. Too bad the camry i was driving was low and i could barely see over the bridge barriers... however, it was possible to see part of the blue waters and awesomeness. Still over an hour before we arrive in Charlottetown from here tho... but compared to the crazy long drive, one hour is nothing.<br /><br />The weather for the next 2 days was pretty craptacular tho, which is funny cuz the last time i was in PEI when my family visited, the weather was bad too... it seems they can never be on the island when the weather is beatiful. Ironically, the day after they left, the weather got super nice.<br />It almost feels like i haven't left, i remember all the streets, and where i went to shop, and eat, and where everything is. It was a nostalgic feeling. We ate some yummy lobster. Still haven't found a place to live tho... but that'll come... no worries.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzg0qDbF3zkfoiDVNITy02-TgQgV37lwk6HiIn6ydoRv_LQ-vvxd_88zilcXmc9TddWY7UuvJdYukphi51UeBlpJYH07q-63daTwrjze4bmy7FqB4Q_YK8PrOz8a0p5qY3j8SxCM2YoHw/s1600-h/IMG_2329.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzg0qDbF3zkfoiDVNITy02-TgQgV37lwk6HiIn6ydoRv_LQ-vvxd_88zilcXmc9TddWY7UuvJdYukphi51UeBlpJYH07q-63daTwrjze4bmy7FqB4Q_YK8PrOz8a0p5qY3j8SxCM2YoHw/s320/IMG_2329.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361855098566103106" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Anyway... i've decided to catch up on all the blogging i missed since i arrived. So stay tuned for the food i made since! Here's a preview:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyKHnOljXrARXmd1zL1k9-G5yTKaQDCfXgnn7VlFFFzqGAth_NgL_dhqpOvIAPeedimTzDijh6m14aNwd3zFpVMSzCEFY_vG9fZ4rwomemuAkxWhib3VDJB1h7tJGanulRY25xtffqQA/s1600-h/IMG_2358.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyKHnOljXrARXmd1zL1k9-G5yTKaQDCfXgnn7VlFFFzqGAth_NgL_dhqpOvIAPeedimTzDijh6m14aNwd3zFpVMSzCEFY_vG9fZ4rwomemuAkxWhib3VDJB1h7tJGanulRY25xtffqQA/s320/IMG_2358.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361855836199189634" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'll explain what that is later...<br />til the next post!Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-40040228433030660262009-05-01T03:44:00.004-03:002009-05-01T03:46:31.902-03:00fresh new starthey guys... just letting everyone know that i made a new blog.<br />the end of school means the start of a fresh new blog! plus the name is not as blah as this one... for those of you who link me... please update it with this!<br /><a href="http://alvin-aquino.blogspot.com"><br />http://alvin-aquino.blogspot.com</a>Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-3346521516153751032009-04-03T03:26:00.002-03:002009-04-03T03:31:01.229-03:00Almost the end<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQueoUy14fTQlCke-u2__FI0Yj03rREIEjINmOUrjz0lWdRs752pg2y4Iajj2DHmgVuPm7nvJeld7DAWbTWiFSjOeUTjMdkKnfrrKg3yA1oGq0FfBE9GMo_-FoxMQoVKSEKqQofFpN-E/s1600-h/reading.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQueoUy14fTQlCke-u2__FI0Yj03rREIEjINmOUrjz0lWdRs752pg2y4Iajj2DHmgVuPm7nvJeld7DAWbTWiFSjOeUTjMdkKnfrrKg3yA1oGq0FfBE9GMo_-FoxMQoVKSEKqQofFpN-E/s320/reading.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320348732855723586" border="0" /></a><br />So close to being free at last! Here's a piece i worked on today... probably gonna colour it. Have been a little unmotivated lately so i force myself to grind out a piece instead of starting 5 new ones like i usually do. Trying to stay positive and take it easy but it's easier said then done... anyway enjoy the new post! It came a little earlier that than expected... (T.W.S.S.)Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-37068978454613834072009-02-25T06:13:00.003-04:002009-02-25T06:20:29.498-04:00So sad...that it's been this long since an update... well.. here's some sketchbook page. =)<br />ya... i know it's barely anything... but don't worry! i'm sure i'll have something up before another 5 or 8 months pass by.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyAUDWXTK6TanKr4uc4UyAnFbsVz2VKxttXmTPxnT8I7DUNMwJCtxdCc0sk2ZMqsy912Se4iosKRkdLnf-5cRyJ__pFix5aHSF5dtoPruy6UUDwHkV4c5Lyx80NBUgdm8RJ1BLtUO16c/s1600-h/sketchbook1-small.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyAUDWXTK6TanKr4uc4UyAnFbsVz2VKxttXmTPxnT8I7DUNMwJCtxdCc0sk2ZMqsy912Se4iosKRkdLnf-5cRyJ__pFix5aHSF5dtoPruy6UUDwHkV4c5Lyx80NBUgdm8RJ1BLtUO16c/s320/sketchbook1-small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306676901075303586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />film's taking up most of my time... so it's been hard to draw stuff for myself. i have a buncha sketches that i've been doing during electives while the teacher's talking but i really can't seem to get myself to scan them... the final film is like a roller coaster... i seem to hate everything i'm drawing one day... and get excited about it the next. i just gotta continue the grind and it'll be well worth it in the end. i hope! if i don't post in a while don't be mad... cuz this film's gonna destroy me... =(<br /><br />for now.. just enjoy the sketchesAlvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-76371377385422816542008-06-24T16:53:00.005-03:002008-06-24T17:19:47.750-03:00Summer!Looks like summer has begun... and it shows in PEI... the rain isn't as frequent and the sun is out and holy crap is it burning in the office. I know i haven't posted in soooo long... but that's cuz i've been out and about and enjoying myself here in PEI so i haven't had much time at all to do much of anything! so don't be sad... be glad... that i'm having fun in a deserted island. however... if only scanning wasn't such a pain... i'd have a lot more stuff to show. but you guys should just be happy with whatcha get cuz then that's all i had time for today... since work is slow this week. i'll probably be able to post a bit more stuff this week so stay tuned.<div><br /></div><div>it sucks how colours look so different on my laptop and the mac at work... i'm assuming my laptop is wrong... so i adjusted the image on the mac to make it look close to what my laptop shows.. .but it's still now exactly right still... sooooo sad...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIhspn-fX98R0X80T9NWltsQ91TyWDYc28tY0aMihClL2fJBzodkzKjcfjPcAt01l2jZqocMfG6c_TNjhhovnGRTjhZ-PZWVPdb5ysNz25GNYqI6brq3RmEPtNo_ASYnwMkgpDMicr-Y/s1600-h/bikini_girl3_small_adjust.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIhspn-fX98R0X80T9NWltsQ91TyWDYc28tY0aMihClL2fJBzodkzKjcfjPcAt01l2jZqocMfG6c_TNjhhovnGRTjhZ-PZWVPdb5ysNz25GNYqI6brq3RmEPtNo_ASYnwMkgpDMicr-Y/s320/bikini_girl3_small_adjust.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215543119305941634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvcuGiIyC2WxwsjMcv1Au5GAjvAw4SkBiwmOwdYc_8-j5jQ1Dc0bucIlDWPX0Ong_EWzqOwEUrbFnTyzaKCWoeTGbx3x-arwSZXP8hb6vHqLQYy8w5dv7ZPAQRpfMGt9pgW6L3ZGKa3g/s1600-h/bikini_girl3_small.jpg"><br /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>anyhoo here's another dump of stuff as a bonus since i found it on the mac:</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Q-v5RX1sFNNSlBbT8mWRmmfvK-ZRcXhN_Z5iuDhkqlu2k_KzPniNprDEWDfL76ME7Kskb6Eqevbl8TPfTN_EAgvCIBrP3TRkAUK7Mxh5R8HFtH866ckK50CPcIwUyXkg0rbrSeIWSE8/s320/Draw_005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215544353759383954" style="cursor: pointer; " /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgve2AkT8-RGCWP4PcfGpUntM_5RxvHCSHAo2amb5bF8X0z3FsBxxeApegLGjFlYfS5M_vy4iboTm2V0BwAWt8ulELb77WbdEua8npwBWgFFweUiMzG5etg64CJS18_hUNIjxVfe4-_R98/s320/Draw_006.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215544360999448242" style="cursor: pointer; " /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_OGWA_NjdBKw09-iiscz2HnpC74owBeAqndxfbS1nFUTBm2TmLHbtRVtyx6gqqliwdawtDwCKa9EeuLzMEKXf8j5CHiWTgQjreG5ZfiAWLh1YHJsOVQqXi5Vq5sYvFQDSYN84YxowkU/s1600-h/draw_007.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_OGWA_NjdBKw09-iiscz2HnpC74owBeAqndxfbS1nFUTBm2TmLHbtRVtyx6gqqliwdawtDwCKa9EeuLzMEKXf8j5CHiWTgQjreG5ZfiAWLh1YHJsOVQqXi5Vq5sYvFQDSYN84YxowkU/s320/draw_007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215544365167317394" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4GdgLG88DxAxT4qQO-eG2xai5kQJy7SlYoRf811NdO5RjQVywyg6R19bPzX18sR71V9i6U-b9NmhlZEvmXH6vB4W1o9NIlR_ZPHgMkqAIC_eWg5mcJKEn1HKtcZSFL37GW2FgAWPZEQ/s1600-h/draw_008.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4GdgLG88DxAxT4qQO-eG2xai5kQJy7SlYoRf811NdO5RjQVywyg6R19bPzX18sR71V9i6U-b9NmhlZEvmXH6vB4W1o9NIlR_ZPHgMkqAIC_eWg5mcJKEn1HKtcZSFL37GW2FgAWPZEQ/s320/draw_008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215544367488368882" style="cursor: pointer; " /></a><br /></div>Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-36019926921456811112008-05-27T14:30:00.004-03:002008-05-27T14:37:24.702-03:00#003 & #004<div>here's a page i did last week but didn't have time to scan it...</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRean31hquWzTmrJ2oyrYtLRImteeDXrnzDEXZzBx-riKMX2bVW24LC2swYFmrjznLwkcSFVK0K2kpYqpiVHBZIqDL31p6VS7Zp7fQanBfZ1Lh4YjV9TWcOcSKpCiPMHaw_W0wlvSGk-M/s320/Draw_003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205112442326400162" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>2 of the drawings are originally done by shiyoon and i was trying to study them... the girl reading and the girl with the visor... he's awesome!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The next one is #004! Enjoy!</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwp8W6WWtRB4Fqe4KRCpdOHM2vv35bJNZYBChUYAYIAy-4xpZ6stiaAp_qyAAImcTAOESkiDHNfxAoPrq3nAZfItly7tVMdDOJyqMf-UZMg-Q1wGGI6T8QIyRVqRfnhG0nIe7gUXhXKHY/s320/Draw_004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205112781628816562" /><br /></div><div>I think i may colour that barbarian guy... i just need to cg something since it's been such a long time... anyhoo maybe i'll do a real post tonight when i get home from work :)</div>Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-56455822715328475192008-05-22T23:20:00.005-03:002008-05-22T23:49:54.466-03:00Almost the weekend!The wonderful thing about a long weekend is... not only do you get an extra day to sleep in and do nothing... it usually means the week following it is shorter! and that's what this week is... i can't believe it's already thurs. It almost feels like time's going uber duber fast here in PEI.<br /><br />I woke up somewhat late today for work... more than usual... and had to skip breakfast and rollerblade extra fast to get to work the usual late i get there instead of extra late. I wish i could get up for breakfast... actually i wish i could just get up... period. Why is it so damn hard to get up? I do this thing where i wake up then put my head back onto the pillow and then count down from 60. The intention is to wake up when i hit zero but usually what happens is i fall back asleep before i even hit 30. Which is bad... cuz then when i get up it's already way too late.<br /><br />Cleaned up boards all day today... really had no time to do my drawing of the day til i got home... which by the way is done.. i just don't have any means to scan the damn thing so you'll have to wait til tomorrow when i'm at work to see it cuz work has the scanner.<br /><br />Seriously now tho... i wanna get pwnage at art... but it's hard to find the motivation after work! i mean i'm kinda proud of myself today cuz i actually drew at home instead of play... but that's cuz i was inspired to draw since an hour before work ended thanks to Lettie and a coworker. I think i'll be doing some cafe sketches soon too! so stick around for that. But yea... hopefully today will become a regular habit cuz then 4th year film is looming now... and i don't wanna be super unprepared for it... i better whip out concepts every week starting this week. But the motivation like i said is scarce...<br /><br />Today's weather was decent in the morning... soo sunny and warm and then at lunch it was even better! I went out with a few coworkers to a place called Baba's:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHlt8z80p2uT2eqYEQZaZs681CXWlTl8YgjHgzBvXzwbj6SkMvH3b_T8CvlGBdSSMVxuemPxmOAbFlQDSbmy2RCw7ORqOYnDKnFZPsorMz-3AoJNNp_fiTtFRgG-7ypb5E70B0jHFEjXQ/s1600-h/P5060165.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHlt8z80p2uT2eqYEQZaZs681CXWlTl8YgjHgzBvXzwbj6SkMvH3b_T8CvlGBdSSMVxuemPxmOAbFlQDSbmy2RCw7ORqOYnDKnFZPsorMz-3AoJNNp_fiTtFRgG-7ypb5E70B0jHFEjXQ/s320/P5060165.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203392741716048674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Y6Kx5XQb93te9_cOexJpTqYwL6Jk08NvwirwYPlOkAmyJxTU9ug5_Z5Wf7jgb-QJOwwwUIYecLGzldO_P1bTOeGucl4DJ0qmxDrgY7DGOo27IfgesE8jfp4t3bmavK2CNA0-VKaSMgA/s1600-h/P5060170.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Y6Kx5XQb93te9_cOexJpTqYwL6Jk08NvwirwYPlOkAmyJxTU9ug5_Z5Wf7jgb-QJOwwwUIYecLGzldO_P1bTOeGucl4DJ0qmxDrgY7DGOo27IfgesE8jfp4t3bmavK2CNA0-VKaSMgA/s320/P5060170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203392879155002226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5sRQiXjWn_eSRpQjOEoE-EdxfLNkH4K_8mCVJjnpqG3mHWx8t8QVJPTNe2w0fBKf5cjJMfIWcGnR1w8bzGwZCIOJjx4Ac5R-VEFfAaOFGzKyMnjAYbtKkbgMipDPPzE_yCb_2wRTVL4/s1600-h/P5060174.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5sRQiXjWn_eSRpQjOEoE-EdxfLNkH4K_8mCVJjnpqG3mHWx8t8QVJPTNe2w0fBKf5cjJMfIWcGnR1w8bzGwZCIOJjx4Ac5R-VEFfAaOFGzKyMnjAYbtKkbgMipDPPzE_yCb_2wRTVL4/s320/P5060174.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203393016593955762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLcgvkQsJqd57y1stO4Wg_U-7ugyApcJ9f0szwJfC4yV2xpULZ3zHZrqZZF67IsGFGeISWx3ZAtbqlCreZjFzmFwk58BtuIs5vmDWPDHNKexq3VwBv4rul2F0KLCEpshKpS6qfykv4SA/s1600-h/P5060177.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLcgvkQsJqd57y1stO4Wg_U-7ugyApcJ9f0szwJfC4yV2xpULZ3zHZrqZZF67IsGFGeISWx3ZAtbqlCreZjFzmFwk58BtuIs5vmDWPDHNKexq3VwBv4rul2F0KLCEpshKpS6qfykv4SA/s320/P5060177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203393029478857714" border="0" /><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLygb42gUZFTMrIyhaWS-kkj8TdQSRXSghIBg5NVyjbd32KKtgZb_dEvjHq2qiUA7Pby2MJLwkud737ztJQ3hJAdSIJNvCbIv1i3Y1DXuFuDPKGLteADKLp6WNXtJXGI3zBz9Rd5XUao4/s1600-h/P5060166.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLygb42gUZFTMrIyhaWS-kkj8TdQSRXSghIBg5NVyjbd32KKtgZb_dEvjHq2qiUA7Pby2MJLwkud737ztJQ3hJAdSIJNvCbIv1i3Y1DXuFuDPKGLteADKLp6WNXtJXGI3zBz9Rd5XUao4/s320/P5060166.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203392741716048690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKSAqNrfLqKAehqrk0HM9FzQamC2x3_r5O4_hLSKSQKx9Sa_TRrJRizFHHsnnhxZRYOTRVTBoHCYFn6YAbHqp4-LWS56VrI-uglKeKqF4J_urpzxJfGOwC0BgsvbruqAmtxxwKZ2Eq7A/s1600-h/P5060173.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKSAqNrfLqKAehqrk0HM9FzQamC2x3_r5O4_hLSKSQKx9Sa_TRrJRizFHHsnnhxZRYOTRVTBoHCYFn6YAbHqp4-LWS56VrI-uglKeKqF4J_urpzxJfGOwC0BgsvbruqAmtxxwKZ2Eq7A/s320/P5060173.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203392883449969570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was awesome weather as you can see.... even when i went back to work and a few hours afterwards it was decent... but then it started raining when i was about to go home... effing rain! raining all the time here on the Island but then it stopped at around 8pm or so... so weird!<br /><br />For dinner... i knew i had some rice left and bacon which was probably stale by now... some mushrooms and what not... so i decided i was gonna have fried rice... and i wanted chicken again cuz i was recalling how tasty it was when i had the alfredo... so i thought why not!? So then i had some spicy.. yes spicy cuz of the sirachi hot sauce (the pho hot sauce) with mushroom, onions, green onions, garlic, and bacon and soy sauce:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGBrfGjLNezaqD6mQjPCEQScx7GcCPyCzHXRPUF2aYJAeaOIEbfgXPUFr73nHtAIs5k-S0kcX91KZ71txdnWf7coiT0qP-J-JFVLr0M8NRgYQrhVnyJ5rofqyoBzN00-2GhKRAIFi5uY/s1600-h/P5060184.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGBrfGjLNezaqD6mQjPCEQScx7GcCPyCzHXRPUF2aYJAeaOIEbfgXPUFr73nHtAIs5k-S0kcX91KZ71txdnWf7coiT0qP-J-JFVLr0M8NRgYQrhVnyJ5rofqyoBzN00-2GhKRAIFi5uY/s320/P5060184.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203393450385652834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_1XQTCqZ5IArEe2mnRyvvWAoR8OD3JnfeRnHYAmtPDviYtZpnRhbfVEaiB5t3aSL5eELuRBK-PMa_bXQh4qVdnyIWE5SP_5hDFLvvCy96hmfY2yy9wMhmpC1ZDcg6JtHNa_w1j8Cqmc/s1600-h/P5060182.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_1XQTCqZ5IArEe2mnRyvvWAoR8OD3JnfeRnHYAmtPDviYtZpnRhbfVEaiB5t3aSL5eELuRBK-PMa_bXQh4qVdnyIWE5SP_5hDFLvvCy96hmfY2yy9wMhmpC1ZDcg6JtHNa_w1j8Cqmc/s320/P5060182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203393287176895554" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I like taking pictures of my food... but this time it was frigging yummy! Best meal i've made yet... i think the fried rice was made awesomely. Just the right amount of ingredients and hotness and soy sauce... it was spectacular... and then the chicken! The chicken was uber crispy on the outside and soft and moist and juicy in the inside! Wow... and the portion was just right.<br /><br />Everything just went right... I preheated the oven right when i got home and then put away my stuff... i prepared the chicken and put it in the oven before i did anything else cuz it takes a while to cook. While that was goin in the oven i was preparing all the ingredients for my fried rice... chopping stuff and washing stuff... and by the time the rice was all cooked my chicken was done! Man... it was good times... awesome awesome meal. The weekend should be good for food... i wonder what i'll have tomorrow since i always eat dinner outside on fridays... where indeed??<br /><br />On a random note... the rain prevented me from roller blading home cuz it's hard enough when it's dry with all the debris on the road and uphill climb so adding wet and slippery would = death. so i had to walk home and then on the way by groceries for dinner... the hilight of the day has to be dinner... and i'm glad it turned out right. Welp... that's my rant for the day!Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-54317240440032846802008-05-21T22:55:00.004-03:002008-05-21T22:59:49.749-03:00#002<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTzWASODa7oUpqgMUjEReWwDaZVsNl7T3d9jlA-KCckGJLF1RxUDxeN4PgJWO97hirGgZVHQHsLnmIA9tge5DmAEAZMHEJ2LIgyiiQunIJm8ASb4awmEL-1Tr3rtckXcZ6UoGqtpIWOQ/s1600-h/draw_002.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTzWASODa7oUpqgMUjEReWwDaZVsNl7T3d9jlA-KCckGJLF1RxUDxeN4PgJWO97hirGgZVHQHsLnmIA9tge5DmAEAZMHEJ2LIgyiiQunIJm8ASb4awmEL-1Tr3rtckXcZ6UoGqtpIWOQ/s320/draw_002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203015373004520194" border="0" /></a><br />Today's sketch involves a character my coworker wants me to design for him. Nothing too specific yet except a bulky guy wearing a tie and shirt. We'll see where this goes...<br /><br />It keeps raining here... i don't know when it'll ever end. I checked the forecast and i think 6 out of the next 7 days are expected to have rain. So... that's kinda depressing. Anybody do their learning strategies yet? cuz i haven't... D:<br /><br />Oh well... I always look forward to the weekend... more than ever... regardless of the weather.Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-5633181488450307382008-05-20T22:42:00.005-03:002008-05-21T00:44:07.708-03:00Drawrings! aka #001So ya... it's getting hard to find time to post... but i think i'll have a new reason to! I've decided to post a drawing every day for the summer... and hopefully a cg a week. anyhoo here it is:<br />#001<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLILIjfUP-N3fmnNdxCvcvtb7aYTQs7IBFt-ZKNWAwEUKyw4OAn068w30fyd3C_LtdLioneMChD3rbZvtiFkoIMiW-wgiPBLsVLE3K6wqcHECa5p1KAQLyIMB411vqNB_VgvZY2JiJ0sE/s1600-h/Draw_001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLILIjfUP-N3fmnNdxCvcvtb7aYTQs7IBFt-ZKNWAwEUKyw4OAn068w30fyd3C_LtdLioneMChD3rbZvtiFkoIMiW-wgiPBLsVLE3K6wqcHECa5p1KAQLyIMB411vqNB_VgvZY2JiJ0sE/s320/Draw_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202650920849487554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />It may be darker than i intend it to be but that's cuz the brightness is way up on my laptop so bear with it. this drawing was inspired by some guy i saw walking down the street in PEI. Lotsa interesting people to caricature on the island so i'll have plenty of inspiration.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YlMeGAgc1f9ZHcxqaPn5Z4uciaRORskDufho88xBjknvHwdpnLvJmHNkIFLZhMxkgg8lcNkV1u3LGq6Qy3RY24HOAVpBPoiW8Cxy0wn2jkh9slijwFpmHy1Dp0H1JLlbke8T_4ehlFs/s1600-h/will-e.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YlMeGAgc1f9ZHcxqaPn5Z4uciaRORskDufho88xBjknvHwdpnLvJmHNkIFLZhMxkgg8lcNkV1u3LGq6Qy3RY24HOAVpBPoiW8Cxy0wn2jkh9slijwFpmHy1Dp0H1JLlbke8T_4ehlFs/s320/will-e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202650920849487570" border="0" /></a><br />The drawing above isn't part of the draw a day but i drew it at work. he's a good friend of John Williamson named Willie or as the above drawing suggests: Will-E. he's an awesome animator/storyboard artist doing boards down here at trapeze.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjycWyyslaNJL8O7F4TPLCO5FtMZe0OtQd3JJSfAWmkL8F2_n-aR72D7Ay6Fyb1fEMLjfkovp8T2tVZ6cdg-UBQ5LlfBEPfHC8a801F94hrG-cCJMf7agTpZu7lIkAu39eNkSCJlS-WTrY/s1600-h/P5040163.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjycWyyslaNJL8O7F4TPLCO5FtMZe0OtQd3JJSfAWmkL8F2_n-aR72D7Ay6Fyb1fEMLjfkovp8T2tVZ6cdg-UBQ5LlfBEPfHC8a801F94hrG-cCJMf7agTpZu7lIkAu39eNkSCJlS-WTrY/s320/P5040163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202659768482117346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Made pad thai today... it was decent... this is actually the 2nd time i made it. the first one was really not good at all. cuz the chicken wasn't cooked. so that's not good. but this time it was decent.<br /><br />Anyhoo.. it's late... and i'm probably gonna have a hard time waking up for work tomorrow. there are quite a few pics i didn't post up maybe on tomorrow's post.Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-43724945418962543852008-05-13T23:28:00.007-03:002008-05-13T23:58:01.480-03:00Hooray for Sun!Hello my faithful readers... i'm here again with a super duper long post which i had cleverly split in 2 cuz it's long... and i have a lot to write... i wrote the post underneath first in anticipation of this post so that you can just read normally as though i wrote the post below on the weekend when i should've instead of having 2 posts in a day. However, that's not important. The important thing is i'm writing again.<br /><br />Like the title implies... there's freaking sun again! The weekend was full of clouds and drizzle and wind and suckiness... but monday was off to a great start and today wasn't so bad either.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji06N9AfrmFpcW_BOwOOjivb6rVhZhbpVi-jtY-jPoVfoinRb_QcJs34hDDLTXaobTGwhleIvcQWeiDfX_eQBplrtyEHPTADY4Qvlg6TTlDAiw2O5-NhN36ZoViPco9I1W7NRzPWfmUeY/s1600-h/P4260129.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji06N9AfrmFpcW_BOwOOjivb6rVhZhbpVi-jtY-jPoVfoinRb_QcJs34hDDLTXaobTGwhleIvcQWeiDfX_eQBplrtyEHPTADY4Qvlg6TTlDAiw2O5-NhN36ZoViPco9I1W7NRzPWfmUeY/s320/P4260129.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200056472839894434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1tfiJalZ4uGZxIpRilE-ltHD7S2_nhGSCEOZLlMLoG5-nsM2DTBKq5BuF-d0gGmWJy-LbRQjzK5XzSZXs_5jScXhRW8oF8WHWspsGXz05PnsdX4ehvBp0N9n-15kDMPo4DTmqZCSxPM/s1600-h/P4260130.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1tfiJalZ4uGZxIpRilE-ltHD7S2_nhGSCEOZLlMLoG5-nsM2DTBKq5BuF-d0gGmWJy-LbRQjzK5XzSZXs_5jScXhRW8oF8WHWspsGXz05PnsdX4ehvBp0N9n-15kDMPo4DTmqZCSxPM/s320/P4260130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200056472839894450" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGCxrqVP6JBvYlRAV7b1uLDSeUD_337hYfNgReJ7ThZs_I0a7btGB49IlLz2NU6sPKAp2HbCkmPEtpXLlrk4N-YeUW75oqPi5d9PNFeDIlT2MEsikZE6U_tAtjAgnhSsKvmV8Kc8f7q8/s1600-h/P4260132.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGCxrqVP6JBvYlRAV7b1uLDSeUD_337hYfNgReJ7ThZs_I0a7btGB49IlLz2NU6sPKAp2HbCkmPEtpXLlrk4N-YeUW75oqPi5d9PNFeDIlT2MEsikZE6U_tAtjAgnhSsKvmV8Kc8f7q8/s320/P4260132.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200056477134861762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMUzA0NkLWP6tFJFh5wjgZ1zT9SYClS24R3XA8wGtiWpGsJ2AgU4sGGykHyFSI3o2L5O_VJkwjBAuH9DTdD8UEI8X8ngZyXNvU27J-kTfJrNmwz5XrqdlCisNjU07NygcFL1NEyXJXhs/s1600-h/P4260131.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMUzA0NkLWP6tFJFh5wjgZ1zT9SYClS24R3XA8wGtiWpGsJ2AgU4sGGykHyFSI3o2L5O_VJkwjBAuH9DTdD8UEI8X8ngZyXNvU27J-kTfJrNmwz5XrqdlCisNjU07NygcFL1NEyXJXhs/s320/P4260131.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200056477134861778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlebggmdZgnit4EFUPbM9-yKg9xGwjbfnnXaU25dy1tA_qlXDtA9viWGuKL-fkkBNIz4cG_plTTyVwMDhbFLNbOUJ-G2EgXlaDVT-IYL7doZz6FQaP8spI4eFteYZfmbDR9IRbWkzbrI/s1600-h/P4260133.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlebggmdZgnit4EFUPbM9-yKg9xGwjbfnnXaU25dy1tA_qlXDtA9viWGuKL-fkkBNIz4cG_plTTyVwMDhbFLNbOUJ-G2EgXlaDVT-IYL7doZz6FQaP8spI4eFteYZfmbDR9IRbWkzbrI/s320/P4260133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200056481429829090" border="0" /></a><br />(above pictures are me on my way to work on monday)<br /><br />look at how freaking beautiful the day looks. notice... i said LOOKS. It's freaking stupidly cold here. That's the evil thing about PEI... it looks frigging beautiful but underneath it all... is death! and cold... and wind... it musta been like 2 or 5 degrees on monday and today... frig... so cold! How am i supposed to adventure when it's so cold? I only brought 2 sweaters damnit. I swear... if it snows.. i'm gonna be uber pissed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRz49DvoDPExiWSc0uQglnzcKOBF5VjEoI03fURXOyZSWivJi_fvJRCDBQuZ-imEBVYHnBCdDh2A69_KI4vD_WdntMBDtAFMv0bFeQRM1a6WvI1W6bavlIA_fVsMbTS3EOFZ6Vti3wjE/s1600-h/P4260134.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRz49DvoDPExiWSc0uQglnzcKOBF5VjEoI03fURXOyZSWivJi_fvJRCDBQuZ-imEBVYHnBCdDh2A69_KI4vD_WdntMBDtAFMv0bFeQRM1a6WvI1W6bavlIA_fVsMbTS3EOFZ6Vti3wjE/s320/P4260134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200057507927012850" border="0" /></a><br />("off broadway" right next to work - it wasn't that good.. but it looked good)<br /><br />I make my meals fro breakfast and dinner but i like to try out new places here and eat whatever i don't see in Toronto.... I finally found a good thai place here tho. I went on thurs. to a place that's called "Thai Food".. bahaha that's the name apparently. And it was a like a house and a table... and a chair or something ridiculous like that. But if it's anything like good asian food... the dirtier the place, the better the food. and boy was the pad thai good! The portions here are so small tho... soooo small... but the thai food was decent size.<br /><br />When i got home i decided to make a meal that'll last me a couple days...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlZn5t-WqEQGhmu4fO4xGR0U9HvSlS_vP6wE_E9Zk9kyUWumx2qMBOr_usZ_l42ydmwIec1dAtyu-SJfHTJWDW5uI2wtY2nimhdimO_POj97Dm5A0q6O4AoW4vpQNkBzZlYj8Wo5Vtok/s1600-h/P4260137.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlZn5t-WqEQGhmu4fO4xGR0U9HvSlS_vP6wE_E9Zk9kyUWumx2qMBOr_usZ_l42ydmwIec1dAtyu-SJfHTJWDW5uI2wtY2nimhdimO_POj97Dm5A0q6O4AoW4vpQNkBzZlYj8Wo5Vtok/s320/P4260137.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200057512221980194" border="0" /></a><br />uh oh.. what's alvin making this time??<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uPHIqwAHHvSrg1rfL7UsSZZI4qo25JjWyGGxhicEOEVkFn0dhtX_dYQoSTvI9XDWZjHg3ajFkQFji46jUoPgfO0PMBgCf9-jmcO-z3y-Pp5It4nlD4zvqd9Y2IuOBy3plNXkyyYgMFk/s1600-h/P4260138.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uPHIqwAHHvSrg1rfL7UsSZZI4qo25JjWyGGxhicEOEVkFn0dhtX_dYQoSTvI9XDWZjHg3ajFkQFji46jUoPgfO0PMBgCf9-jmcO-z3y-Pp5It4nlD4zvqd9Y2IuOBy3plNXkyyYgMFk/s320/P4260138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200057525106882098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFr_YP_K3ULfjqGmptas8AC62ZDg62JnPMay8K4CF5TzO4tgynEAJKlwT4MMsmUpAEnhijoFUFhMpdDE3yxqSsOvV804XSY19sIh_iU_dcKvhupxo2ZeyhANXTocvepKQRgXoiWFofek/s1600-h/P4260139.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFr_YP_K3ULfjqGmptas8AC62ZDg62JnPMay8K4CF5TzO4tgynEAJKlwT4MMsmUpAEnhijoFUFhMpdDE3yxqSsOvV804XSY19sIh_iU_dcKvhupxo2ZeyhANXTocvepKQRgXoiWFofek/s320/P4260139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200058835071907410" border="0" /></a><br />somethin's a-boilin'<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxtqFMM8QdVXfCejfQKB-cTxxHBC21_b60vJAoQ88PXXnVFzopJdpewGz8IHEzSLdC9evkJFbrpD83A9Ix5r6t4GHFuVG_m0Ta1onx66KAAKXk0HIka2uqd9QxI3IQrAONHtZ4kIdaHY/s1600-h/P4260140.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxtqFMM8QdVXfCejfQKB-cTxxHBC21_b60vJAoQ88PXXnVFzopJdpewGz8IHEzSLdC9evkJFbrpD83A9Ix5r6t4GHFuVG_m0Ta1onx66KAAKXk0HIka2uqd9QxI3IQrAONHtZ4kIdaHY/s320/P4260140.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200058835071907394" border="0" /></a><br />more ingredients bwahahaha<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfukmrpqKfABcrU7jbPOIkw1vAu7JPrvFXFjgyqKjlEF7Z5zybAICjeqCY_n6EvqW547zdcWE2-5U_ImcmgH9UhKDLcGyJurEgp7ITIxCN11BO1Qr80yTBgFFKRc7okcqkN6xw4-l7Xk/s1600-h/P4260141.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfukmrpqKfABcrU7jbPOIkw1vAu7JPrvFXFjgyqKjlEF7Z5zybAICjeqCY_n6EvqW547zdcWE2-5U_ImcmgH9UhKDLcGyJurEgp7ITIxCN11BO1Qr80yTBgFFKRc7okcqkN6xw4-l7Xk/s320/P4260141.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200058839366874722" border="0" /></a><br />yummmm fly lie<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMc0QKnnqdGD64u5Mhlw_WnialI1r4uK7d6YaWRt13xsft4vNm8Fr-EhF-SVXXpqcbfeu1DVOjXmw-obFcQ-lrZ6LU0lfnVFuVW1xOt7Ff99RPLR8Osxz0C3_MYcqszs9_O_VXfJr6vfY/s1600-h/P4260142.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMc0QKnnqdGD64u5Mhlw_WnialI1r4uK7d6YaWRt13xsft4vNm8Fr-EhF-SVXXpqcbfeu1DVOjXmw-obFcQ-lrZ6LU0lfnVFuVW1xOt7Ff99RPLR8Osxz0C3_MYcqszs9_O_VXfJr6vfY/s320/P4260142.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200058839366874738" border="0" /></a><br />and there it is folks... beef nilaga. (a filipino dish)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cfwYl3ha4_6vxzm9Fd5HfaAI4ieDEbRpGVY5N1Ti-itI-sQiAtb3MWCMftmyOS2vfy9CPNaItpxqmw4nBmR4ed1iQZ0Ubx1R2J-M775LvM6erxXma6rkSXdbFfHXsz_XThrjhHm87q4/s1600-h/P4260143.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9cfwYl3ha4_6vxzm9Fd5HfaAI4ieDEbRpGVY5N1Ti-itI-sQiAtb3MWCMftmyOS2vfy9CPNaItpxqmw4nBmR4ed1iQZ0Ubx1R2J-M775LvM6erxXma6rkSXdbFfHXsz_XThrjhHm87q4/s320/P4260143.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200058843661842050" border="0" /></a><br />the end product served on a plate... looks freaking yummy? well it was pretty good i must say.<br /><br />Once again that's Beef Nilaga which consists of stewing beef, potatoes, chinese cabbage, (i was supposed to add regular cabbage but forgot i had it in the bottom part of the fridge), salt & pepper, beef broth, fish sauce, garlic, and onions. That's the first time i made it and it was yummmmy. Well it was a pretty risky move cuz i made a frigging ton to last me a few days. I stuffed myself that day. The fried rice was more out of necessity than anything cuz i had left over chicken from the night i made chicken so i didn't wanna eat chicken again so i turned it into fried rice. All in all it took almost 2 hours to make dinner cuz i wanted the beef to be nice and soft but i think i over cooked the potatoes just a tad. still good tho. Cleaning up and dishes are probably the worst most horrible part of cooking. But it's not so bad when you're full and satisfied...<br /><br />I swear... PEI calls for a lotta sleep. I've been getting maybe 9 hours every night and 12+ on the weekends and i'm always so damn sleepy. How does that work? Geez... On a random note a saw a few brown guys today and car full of black people. I've yet to spot that one filipino guy or family that i can go up to and have dinner with and meet all their cousins who live on the island and play wii on their plastic covered couches... it'll happen in time... On another random note, it was my sister's b-day on sunday so happy b-day! hopefully she got my text. On even more random note, I've realized why my parents are so keen on me eating at home instead of out all the time. It's like... not even cuz it costs money to go out... but there's so much food that's cooked. I feel like i have to go home and eat it all cuz who else is gonna eat it? Holy crap there's leftovers... so whatever.. it's just an eye opener how some of the small stuff gets unseen like... cooking... and cleaning... and groceries... and trying to stay sane and have time for yourself and go out... all at the freaking same time. Kinda hard... but i think i'm getting a handle on things and hopefully... i'll have some freaking art to show! I have stuff... i gotta scan! and bah! oh well... till next time my loyal fans... (tomorrow most likely, I hope.)<br /><br />And to finish it off........<br />More pics of PEI! (remember... it only LOOKS nice... it's effing cold look at those flags... stupid wind. stupid stupid wind)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfe42ET37d0LqYEz9YkbP2xLY34Ooi8F4sMWed8JUCx-jH9zqftT1C0a6GkiHMjYSE9g3IfDbbIsnYJGoHYAaql6LD83F5IOrGddzeXW8wHsv0QLFKjW6DkxCChAC43IbuDXT-FK-Ji8/s1600-h/P4260135.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfe42ET37d0LqYEz9YkbP2xLY34Ooi8F4sMWed8JUCx-jH9zqftT1C0a6GkiHMjYSE9g3IfDbbIsnYJGoHYAaql6LD83F5IOrGddzeXW8wHsv0QLFKjW6DkxCChAC43IbuDXT-FK-Ji8/s320/P4260135.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200057512221980162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIadIENw6-gOw3jj1boxequjBKHcM7uPWa7clA0ir3CVDCoEWRRrfp9nVS4ZUwv9ghsPeKQ0bsOJoPm4TtdvYHsbX0YdfPQKABHKO6_3dl6y1I_JD_B3M6JqthGLDcJS5ckI4y3-u1SKo/s1600-h/P4260136.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIadIENw6-gOw3jj1boxequjBKHcM7uPWa7clA0ir3CVDCoEWRRrfp9nVS4ZUwv9ghsPeKQ0bsOJoPm4TtdvYHsbX0YdfPQKABHKO6_3dl6y1I_JD_B3M6JqthGLDcJS5ckI4y3-u1SKo/s320/P4260136.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200057512221980178" border="0" /></a>Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-89856234124805349902008-05-13T19:44:00.006-03:002008-05-13T23:27:40.674-03:00A Weekend Summary<span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday</span><br />So then I decided that after work i'd go watch Iron Man and see what all the hubbub was about. It was an awesome idea at the time considering i was starving and the weekend was acomin' but i was still hesitant aka lazy on leaving the house cuz the rollerblade trek home is always draining. So 7 oclock hits and i had to make a decision... so i decided to go mostly cuz i wanted to eat out and try something new so i checked the showtimes online and stupidly, I just missed the 6:50 show and the next available show was @ 9:20... damn it all! But then i remembered my main reason for leaving the house -> food -> so i thought to myself: "if i leave now, i'll get there around 7:30 (actually make that 8:00 because by this time half an hour had passed) so then i'll have an hour to eat before i have to buy my ticket and whatnot so it's perfect!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAe9NJX6087BHzqJGZcHE2pUjxulH9aObxWUz_RBgpNMjhrFihSKz-yV7OIA2E_ys9ZcI0pOufPR-9vHzNPe8LLQxiANUvtjkyLBysiw5LWPUoGGpnhjutRqmcL7S_yhAX-_6Yn1d_VB0/s1600-h/P4230083.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAe9NJX6087BHzqJGZcHE2pUjxulH9aObxWUz_RBgpNMjhrFihSKz-yV7OIA2E_ys9ZcI0pOufPR-9vHzNPe8LLQxiANUvtjkyLBysiw5LWPUoGGpnhjutRqmcL7S_yhAX-_6Yn1d_VB0/s320/P4230083.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200050210777576642" border="0" /></a><br />(there was a party at the neighbour's house or something.... )<br /><br />Upon leaving and passing the first house i recalled my trip to Walmart where the theaters are and how freaking far it is... it must be a 30-40 min walk... so i went back home to get my rollerblades. On my way to freaking Walmart i get honked at again by some guys who then wave at me... seriously... wth's up with guys honking at me? So instead of 30min walk i arrived at the plaza within 20 minutes and looked around for a place to eat. I saw a Boston Pizza but that's all over the place in Toronto and plus it's not very good so i went to "Mike's" which was like Boston Pizza but not really...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY02ZaS6nq5GSb99uP74O9bwCdB-I15zWnzmmje45dn6JaFbJQhQBdTw8zt0m3AVF3I7OBqxXQW5XBRBrAp3OdPgubx4WT_LlQENn5Tg3kkQUkECkuPx6FouzHNRGBwfpZRGN7KlTTUa8/s1600-h/P4230085.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY02ZaS6nq5GSb99uP74O9bwCdB-I15zWnzmmje45dn6JaFbJQhQBdTw8zt0m3AVF3I7OBqxXQW5XBRBrAp3OdPgubx4WT_LlQENn5Tg3kkQUkECkuPx6FouzHNRGBwfpZRGN7KlTTUa8/s320/P4230085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200050215072543970" border="0" /></a><br />(on the way there...)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEL1rkmqG_xycktzh_y_X_QWbt4X_uK9QWOUCr5AtQ6EF0QUvA9oiefokNTqUaayh6iM2buvj35aW4Sjd6kg7lPXqobirOGrwna4ZwahfZvfRLGzr5QT155pq20os52cw6PzScEDfFqhk/s1600-h/P4230087.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEL1rkmqG_xycktzh_y_X_QWbt4X_uK9QWOUCr5AtQ6EF0QUvA9oiefokNTqUaayh6iM2buvj35aW4Sjd6kg7lPXqobirOGrwna4ZwahfZvfRLGzr5QT155pq20os52cw6PzScEDfFqhk/s320/P4230087.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200050219367511282" border="0" /></a><br />(almost there...)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0CXygNPIH4DNvo35j61ZVuJLHVxCjoVAZlbCZC92HttEx0IEk1jCgw__to2A1PXu5k5ap1bHz4d8oTXDE7N0jqVLEFPBhIMfsWqgXA8Z5ijhLapLZedgLomjBoah88UZ16Pr_KiMFzU/s1600-h/P4230089.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0CXygNPIH4DNvo35j61ZVuJLHVxCjoVAZlbCZC92HttEx0IEk1jCgw__to2A1PXu5k5ap1bHz4d8oTXDE7N0jqVLEFPBhIMfsWqgXA8Z5ijhLapLZedgLomjBoah88UZ16Pr_KiMFzU/s320/P4230089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200050219367511298" border="0" /></a><br />The front of Mike's<br /><br />So it looked all fancy shmancy but the prices were normal-ish... i find that PEI food is quite expensive well... maybe that's cuz they don't have PHO or $5 Chinese food... but still.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69fqNvfEvfQxzNcSCwHNzONfYI_E6n_eVcnIKoj4ZqmqyL_YGFybBb9C5RE79SpL0Lo1OJP3ti9JQ7O73T9sKLXJGhHEsHJT07HcEQPA4WXIyWCFQefebnA91b7ElNob5-2CE11XAEdw/s1600-h/P4230092.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69fqNvfEvfQxzNcSCwHNzONfYI_E6n_eVcnIKoj4ZqmqyL_YGFybBb9C5RE79SpL0Lo1OJP3ti9JQ7O73T9sKLXJGhHEsHJT07HcEQPA4WXIyWCFQefebnA91b7ElNob5-2CE11XAEdw/s320/P4230092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200051297404302626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqVRJ94xh-lalPp7NquDnk2-y8VNExoM1fi5tV1ZMuyIqIkT243EeertF4HdNia2klKbStk2P4LEk_UKSUqSvtUtKfn7SwIcSR93L4L6oYUEF0ohDej4y5RuWpsyrXvibMpVgrYl4UBQ/s1600-h/P4230093.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqVRJ94xh-lalPp7NquDnk2-y8VNExoM1fi5tV1ZMuyIqIkT243EeertF4HdNia2klKbStk2P4LEk_UKSUqSvtUtKfn7SwIcSR93L4L6oYUEF0ohDej4y5RuWpsyrXvibMpVgrYl4UBQ/s320/P4230093.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200051301699269938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjA8ZrBV9OhFKYVLfZl6JfTyM7C4sonu6s3CKcs0Lp11WW6CIEU8lwymWkWgUq2VscUIGevsqMHycOdMbDKrg0oQIkAy-qxL-ZFb9mBlOoS9B4ni7obFzBfsC95pmK_OJpcXJyv47VYQ/s1600-h/P4230094.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjA8ZrBV9OhFKYVLfZl6JfTyM7C4sonu6s3CKcs0Lp11WW6CIEU8lwymWkWgUq2VscUIGevsqMHycOdMbDKrg0oQIkAy-qxL-ZFb9mBlOoS9B4ni7obFzBfsC95pmK_OJpcXJyv47VYQ/s320/P4230094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200051305994237250" border="0" /></a><br />ME!<br /><br />I decided to have the "Gondala" which didn't look like much but filled me up quite well. Thought about desert but decided against it since i'll be watching a movie and would want some munchies, ie popcorn and we all know how expensive theatre food is... and it was. There's a concept of paying for your bill at the front instead of paying it at the table... it was kinda weird. The same situation happened the 2nd day i was in PEI while eating at a Smithy's or however it's spelled and i had an awesome awesome colossal omelette. Anyhoo I got the bill and sat there for like 10 minutes while waitresses passed by and what not... then i saw the people at another table just get up and i was like what the... and i finally paid at the front.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim6vbRx_Bm2_gvYvUBHPK-KUq8XAa0vLEzWJHNckAkhufECqJHyn2FY3bKp_iMTBSraj7c7YSk3gSp2ALpUff8qPN3SBd0edM-OGEsN8_BwMllbzSUo1QB8C51OPKqlAm6A1D7ofGrdEc/s1600-h/P4230090.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim6vbRx_Bm2_gvYvUBHPK-KUq8XAa0vLEzWJHNckAkhufECqJHyn2FY3bKp_iMTBSraj7c7YSk3gSp2ALpUff8qPN3SBd0edM-OGEsN8_BwMllbzSUo1QB8C51OPKqlAm6A1D7ofGrdEc/s320/P4230090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200051293109335314" border="0" /></a><br />that's how the picture looks<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtDIoNDb6GsyUOiceAu_o63SPNgblXrb6rmd1W4LQfMLpIYMMxINQcmxERhFvso_S3HQH7Rb2fwHzseMvembgcGebkKYNadlFsQJ1H-cktMQ2TwTf9CqaVWvHglWAby1RJbfCJQzxt3c/s1600-h/P4230118.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgtDIoNDb6GsyUOiceAu_o63SPNgblXrb6rmd1W4LQfMLpIYMMxINQcmxERhFvso_S3HQH7Rb2fwHzseMvembgcGebkKYNadlFsQJ1H-cktMQ2TwTf9CqaVWvHglWAby1RJbfCJQzxt3c/s320/P4230118.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200051305994237266" border="0" /></a><br />(and that's what i got... except i started eating before i took the picture)<br /><br />Well anyhoo i got my ticket but by the time i did it was already 9:15 and there was a surprising amount of people. I guess that's where all the cool kids go since it's right next to UPEI. I decided to go to the 9:40 showing instead. The movie for one thing was pretty damn cool. I liked how they integrated the CG throughout the film especially with ironman. When that big guy came out, it was a little more obvious because he didn't fit in as well, maybe the weight wasn't believable or the texture/rendering. While i was sitting there, it seemed everybody avoided my row. D: oh well i was able to put my jacket on one seat and my rollerblades and hat on another without worrying about people.<br /><br />By the time the movie was finished it was about 12. Here are some pics:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbA-U6Oc24M8MyrJe30tQ6QLHYGnaticvN36aeaQN0Oo5caSTV_zDyfRtQ6mMdId0yior7dmufJ0BGuStF8ONsGHmBpUtZ2kZZI56EvxxfnTDa4i7enMpaVLfP9iS69Pexh1TXbw11gE/s1600-h/P4240120.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbA-U6Oc24M8MyrJe30tQ6QLHYGnaticvN36aeaQN0Oo5caSTV_zDyfRtQ6mMdId0yior7dmufJ0BGuStF8ONsGHmBpUtZ2kZZI56EvxxfnTDa4i7enMpaVLfP9iS69Pexh1TXbw11gE/s320/P4240120.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200052044728612194" border="0" /></a><br />me putting on my blades<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv80wtMYTcE61DwxyDeSPxwG6Pe8tFAPmEk_bKKbK7UbMpUxAgeGfh1c502UZOjbJ3-C0_hAgJYvQIruOB6cL4XN0dAMWUpfaGW_jPznKvXLcfSKRpDG5JMO9JLymnKJahFKKefAIxoq8/s1600-h/P4240122.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv80wtMYTcE61DwxyDeSPxwG6Pe8tFAPmEk_bKKbK7UbMpUxAgeGfh1c502UZOjbJ3-C0_hAgJYvQIruOB6cL4XN0dAMWUpfaGW_jPznKvXLcfSKRpDG5JMO9JLymnKJahFKKefAIxoq8/s320/P4240122.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200052049023579506" border="0" /></a><br />oh ya... it was raining too.. D:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5n1EYlkg_V_S0fN4f8xCxe_sT_wMLv4CwxpoZlS_h51MKgrd52cJnseynIqFb0bYepceH4b2sauCk_XYaikscDcGjfAF5hF-8u7v6YOKc7nGwbAEaK7JlNDIwgjva91hlexXCi0Feob4/s1600-h/P4240124.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5n1EYlkg_V_S0fN4f8xCxe_sT_wMLv4CwxpoZlS_h51MKgrd52cJnseynIqFb0bYepceH4b2sauCk_XYaikscDcGjfAF5hF-8u7v6YOKc7nGwbAEaK7JlNDIwgjva91hlexXCi0Feob4/s320/P4240124.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200052053318546818" border="0" /></a><br />all by my lonesome<br /><br />So ya... i guess the island doesn't like to have lights out on the road or at least tries to conserve on the amount of lights there cuz i was practically blading blind. And it was pretty late, dark and quiet. Much like a scary movie. And the sidewalk was bad so it was more or less a deathtrap at night which means i was on the actual road. Regardless of how empty PEI is during the day, it seems there's still a steady flow of traffic at 12:00 which only added to my fear of death. So I rollerbladed fast. Lo and behold a stupid car passing by decides to just scream out things i don't understand and frigging startles me. Damn.. what's with people in cars passing by? Needless to say, I got home in about 12 minutes.. :)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday</span><br />Mostly uneventful, because the stupid forecast said it'd rain but it didn't.... even so, it was pretty dang cold and cloudy anyways so i didn't bother to go out. I may have bought something in the groceries but i can't really remember... I really doubt it cuz i remember playing a lot that day. Oh waittttt... i did go... I bought some stewing beef for my next cooking project as well as some potatoes, and cabbage... I also looked for tamarind paste but maybe it doesn't exist? can someone explain to me how to obtain such a rare item? Maybe it goes by a few different names? Or is there an alternative?<br /><br />So what i do now when i go groceries is i take my blades, and carry my shoes with my hands... and i go to the supermarket and get a cart and leave my blades at the bottom of the cart while i wear my shoes! hooray! I get funny looks sometimes but that doesn't matter... with or without me being weird i get looks anyway. What's just as strange is people like to look at what i have in my cart for some reason. They're really really interested in what i'm buying... like REALLY interested. I pass by a number of people and they practically strain their necks to find out what i bought. Why is that tho? Is it that strange to see an asian boy buying groceries?<br /><br />That night i had to finish the chicken that i bought cuz apparently it was expired for a few days... knowing that however, i put it in the freezer so it was probably okay still... I made rice! woohoo and finished the left over pieces of chicken which was a big feat in itself cuz they're quite big... and left a small piece cuz i was about to explode. It's quite hard to make portions small enough for 1 person for 1 meal... or 2 meals even... when i make rice i usually have to account for 5 or more people so it was a tad unnatural... i thought i put in soooo little rice and it ended up to be so much. So i had a lot left over from Thurs. I think? and i just ate the leftovers with the chicken. Chicken FINISHED. The night ended with a few games of dota and some minutes of NBA playoffs.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QdMb245idf9dydbyff0ijAM9Du3KO7q25LigD9uHqeAm1B5GlbgyKtITdx43JFIQoGflMAbNM7mip7B0G-NuyTHcSqr4cScNt9_UI10YYX0UmY12kaduWRxK0b31tVAElBbwndVn_m4/s1600-h/P4250128.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QdMb245idf9dydbyff0ijAM9Du3KO7q25LigD9uHqeAm1B5GlbgyKtITdx43JFIQoGflMAbNM7mip7B0G-NuyTHcSqr4cScNt9_UI10YYX0UmY12kaduWRxK0b31tVAElBbwndVn_m4/s320/P4250128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200052057613514130" border="0" /></a><br />my awesome breakfast<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span>Sunday was a day for sleeping in! I woke up probably around 2 o'clock or so. I made some toast, eggs, and bacon... yumm... but by the time i finished it, Lori (my landlady) comes in and starts preparing stuff... hooray for mother's day. I finished my meal and helped clean up a bit but mostly stayed out of her way. She planned a get together with her family and friends for mothers day and she made a crapload of food. I had some frigging fresh steamed lobster... it was frigging fantastic. holy crap. and some mussels which were yummy in my tummy. Ya.. you're probably thinking this was during dinner... no... it was like an hour after i had my toast eggs and bacon... so ya you can imagine how freaking full i was. However, i was hungry again at supper time when Lori made some chowder from the leftover mussels and lobster... and man she can cook. so good. No pictures for you. I was too hungry.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span>All in all the weekend was quite awesome... i wish it was a little bit more productive in that i could've gone out and explored or something... but it was just too cold... i did jog on sunday but for a bit cuz my hands were frozen. But that doesn't really count. Weekend ova!<br /><br />Please comment on the post above if you have any comments... danke.Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-70892823508846025182008-05-07T22:11:00.002-03:002008-05-07T22:25:36.474-03:00Another Day...I think i'm finally getting the hang of this... except it really does feel like i have no time for myself anymore. I used my rollerblades to go to work today and realized that it's not such a hot idea since PEI roads and sidewalks kinda smell... the sidewalks are super uneven and have a lotta broken ashfalt and downhills get a little scary and then uphills get frigging impossible.<br /><br />even tho i said i have no free time i had a little bit today since i didn't have to cook (lotsa leftovers). the only problem is.. storing the baked chicken in the fridge really kills the flavour.. i shoulda ate the skin on both chickens while they were fresh. I had the hardest time finding fish sauce at the supermarket but there was a surprising amount of soya sauce. it also seems that PEI is not free from the worldwide rice pwntage cuz i bought a bag of rice.. which wasn't very big... for $14. D: oh well... gotta have my rice. I wouldn't be surprised if i get sick of chicken tho... i've been having it for dinner and even for lunch today... and will have to have it until it's all cooked cuz it won't be good in a few days...<br /><br />I'm also loving sleep again... it's so hard to frigging get up in the mornings... especially if you forget to turn on your alarm -_- I think i had about 8 hours and it still wasn't frigging enough. Hopefully i'll get used to an 8 hour cycle of sleep soon or i'm screwed for work. actually scratch that... work is pretty lax... and it seems it doesn't really matter what time i come in... especially when there's not really much work to do. they keep saying it'll get crazy soon but i'm actually excited for that cuz i'll finally have a purpose to my drawing.<br /><br />Man... i have so many plans of stuff i wanna cook that i can barely wait. I went to the groceries again today to pick up stuff for my next meal mwahahaha! hopefully it turns out good. I think the plan is to use most if not all of the chicken in my next dish and store it in the fridge or freezer for whenever i get too lazy to make anything. My alfredo's really holding up. that's awesome possum.<br /><br />On another note... i had coffee from timothy's today... apparently it's THE place to go. Not timmy's. go figure.... the cafe mocha i had was so-so... maybe i'll try coffee next time. I really gotta plan a fun day cuz it's been a while since i got to really relax and not worry about everything. not that i actually worry... but like i said... sleep seems like it just gets in the way lately. I think i have to make rounds to the supermarket all week this week so i have a pantry full of stuff and won't have to worry about it for at least 2 weeks.<br /><br />Anyhoo... i know i said i'd take more pics but i forgot to bring my camera when i went out to lunch and i woke up uber late so i couldn't take pics on the way to work and i was way too tired to take pics on my way back home... maybe i'll take pics tomorrow morning!Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-59157894978416768162008-05-06T22:04:00.005-03:002008-05-06T23:00:43.774-03:00Special DeliveryI have awesome awesome news... my luggage arrived today! So now... i won`t have to keep reversing my undies cuz i have a whole crapload of them now. I also have my rollerblades so i won`t have to struggle to get to work. The only crappy thing is... the roads in PEI aren`t well paved and the sidewalks have little bits of rock and broken asphalt so it might be a tad dangerous.<br /><br />My second day of work was just as uneventful as the first but i did get to talk to my coworkers a bit more and get to know them. cool people... cool place. but i should really start sleeping earlier. it feels as tho i have no energy whatsoever to do any work.<br /><br />Another good thing about my luggage arriving is that i have batteries for my camera now! and here are some of the pics i took:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmdwqCQkGrufUnw5R4kXpFuwMEepNUszCaY34k3tkNxszOSeXutW-7afHAGX5irv1dPz7uOuflXB1nmcMQ97XOyGzrFdATqUj2gWm0vW_GFSXKrCGSVqU3jYpH6mXncF7WtfkG2oBJig/s1600-h/P4200065.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmdwqCQkGrufUnw5R4kXpFuwMEepNUszCaY34k3tkNxszOSeXutW-7afHAGX5irv1dPz7uOuflXB1nmcMQ97XOyGzrFdATqUj2gWm0vW_GFSXKrCGSVqU3jYpH6mXncF7WtfkG2oBJig/s320/P4200065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197441188834942194" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the front of the house i`m staying in. The weather isn`t super awesome cuz it`s already late (8:00pm or so i think) and it`s beginning to cool down.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSd58nzR9XBuvP734sHLi_Ts620Si82CcAAOUHXENMl20qBK4VgDySx_yObIge3nKKn0_gquPcH5-aY-OssjFURzz-HYLXN8-QYrbDaEcMgC13Awc6lHpFUFw2eLsOhRD3TCbn9TwnuAc/s1600-h/P4200066.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSd58nzR9XBuvP734sHLi_Ts620Si82CcAAOUHXENMl20qBK4VgDySx_yObIge3nKKn0_gquPcH5-aY-OssjFURzz-HYLXN8-QYrbDaEcMgC13Awc6lHpFUFw2eLsOhRD3TCbn9TwnuAc/s320/P4200066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197441193129909506" border="0" /></a><br /><br />this is the back of the house... as you can see... there are no fences. they don`t believe in fences in the island.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOqETOZajVKHEuUDu2T4rXd41I3jSsvPgwcx_gVD3rLM0BOlkucvLk0nkRM1ZHlXl1RS5Pe2zp5bppWQr7UuAYHUo4dpSWzzlTBPC0C2xdWXuM-4YoKm3-dLj4Aj20E6xOLAZW2poRVU/s1600-h/P4200062.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOqETOZajVKHEuUDu2T4rXd41I3jSsvPgwcx_gVD3rLM0BOlkucvLk0nkRM1ZHlXl1RS5Pe2zp5bppWQr7UuAYHUo4dpSWzzlTBPC0C2xdWXuM-4YoKm3-dLj4Aj20E6xOLAZW2poRVU/s320/P4200062.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197441180245007554" border="0" /></a><br />my room! nice and messy cuz i got my luggage and i was moving stuff around and throwing stuff out and moved the couch and so on and so forth.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-YsBbzAyMLHptFQBh5Afk3CbT9UnZnRW6g91qLuLaCn-LrjfAN0i5HgcIax8G7_tnLIQ3T8EYNg-tHFvhjTnir46UKgF8dCjssyzHN4c5Q-bm0hJxrA4-2nN9gzovR7fy3RIu3YjuxM/s1600-h/P4200067.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-YsBbzAyMLHptFQBh5Afk3CbT9UnZnRW6g91qLuLaCn-LrjfAN0i5HgcIax8G7_tnLIQ3T8EYNg-tHFvhjTnir46UKgF8dCjssyzHN4c5Q-bm0hJxrA4-2nN9gzovR7fy3RIu3YjuxM/s320/P4200067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197444461600021778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WW03rXTQNvqiBzRh6Q-d7mNEF4YPGmGy07_JrPaJ-0-X-A4D1_U0uQ_VnUnzdo6BBosJkOad-YBtM38JvPRttJ8ULvBGcDX8wBRz-sISjEAjw7U4Q94hyphenhyphenh3WRQ3SHF5rC_K2ECbxT18/s1600-h/P4200064.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WW03rXTQNvqiBzRh6Q-d7mNEF4YPGmGy07_JrPaJ-0-X-A4D1_U0uQ_VnUnzdo6BBosJkOad-YBtM38JvPRttJ8ULvBGcDX8wBRz-sISjEAjw7U4Q94hyphenhyphenh3WRQ3SHF5rC_K2ECbxT18/s320/P4200064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197441188834942178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2z2_2um4gTrtmunPlWfvXNC6fF6irja9DXxQ0oMDHKasMraoLUmkXqAnWdM-he3E8Kn8BPq5G-G49BzfEZnqZx-2ZL9WKYzln3wGn06Dlx4bK1mEOFeK8zyoDqwKTnGBLd8pAkS9zEk/s1600-h/P4200063.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2z2_2um4gTrtmunPlWfvXNC6fF6irja9DXxQ0oMDHKasMraoLUmkXqAnWdM-he3E8Kn8BPq5G-G49BzfEZnqZx-2ZL9WKYzln3wGn06Dlx4bK1mEOFeK8zyoDqwKTnGBLd8pAkS9zEk/s320/P4200063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197441184539974866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and what is alvin making today??? whooooo knows!?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YNo2rEi0MzTMVtMS1c1bHpqM1IqNaQc_v8DdP9638kGw7EqEranBO1MC1IcvE3kfkD1oOh5t1v2d42TVCYzgUpawbINiCs7SMnm3mAnTTBisAYXyASgRhD9QTY4iGm03QEsstS6_SEQ/s1600-h/P4200068.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YNo2rEi0MzTMVtMS1c1bHpqM1IqNaQc_v8DdP9638kGw7EqEranBO1MC1IcvE3kfkD1oOh5t1v2d42TVCYzgUpawbINiCs7SMnm3mAnTTBisAYXyASgRhD9QTY4iGm03QEsstS6_SEQ/s320/P4200068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197444465894989090" border="0" /></a><br /><br />it's chicken! cajun chicken! but yea i took a piece of the skin before taking a picture cuz i was hungry but there it is! mannnn it's so effing good. i'm still full actually. Anyhoo i'll be eating frigging fetuccini alfredo for a few more days cuz:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QW9EvC4aRNBU7xe8h_6qVWjoLlbR1lzV03jNt5G_Wpz3QaqlPXUQPyV5nTTCt5wjKSq4qU3SDcOXQq6w-cFA89BkxQ8A3wyzhOl4BHrM8Inhhp74600qNuKRC2Rd1635Gum-kNYkOd4/s1600-h/P4200069.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QW9EvC4aRNBU7xe8h_6qVWjoLlbR1lzV03jNt5G_Wpz3QaqlPXUQPyV5nTTCt5wjKSq4qU3SDcOXQq6w-cFA89BkxQ8A3wyzhOl4BHrM8Inhhp74600qNuKRC2Rd1635Gum-kNYkOd4/s320/P4200069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197444465894989106" border="0" /></a><br /><br />there's still much much more to finish... and i actually cooked 2 chickens so i'm covered for a few dinners maybe breakfast... oh yea.. definitely breakfast cuz i didn't even finish my meal today.. so the leftovers for that will go towards breakfast. and the damn chicken i bought needs to be cooked in the next couple days cuz it was on sale and it's not gonna be good in a few days so... that's my eats<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLthm2s4ZvRW4hjEIfOk_Gi7iYVI0UfY1wiEb8-0laFSqD4Ef3j-BnCq3mPnC9ycqlUgpxMERxPcPgOJCb0ysx5hsCB3os-2BOqzNQ5JuIFOKUj6KJS8j7Fl61Ct3H6WaZdErCW4O9zoI/s1600-h/P4200070.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLthm2s4ZvRW4hjEIfOk_Gi7iYVI0UfY1wiEb8-0laFSqD4Ef3j-BnCq3mPnC9ycqlUgpxMERxPcPgOJCb0ysx5hsCB3os-2BOqzNQ5JuIFOKUj6KJS8j7Fl61Ct3H6WaZdErCW4O9zoI/s320/P4200070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197444465894989122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWHrnq1av0SJz_NRvN47TEqcFT92TcJGxCD8mRrURIc-pA6lo8m_H2EmeAp38FHkFGblfBCaeFx7XtB4m9Nt674C9iHrXbly1zCsLC7vqyQNeAfUcNjWsADmODcNRpeQlKtD_zF_b8DsM/s1600-h/P4200071.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWHrnq1av0SJz_NRvN47TEqcFT92TcJGxCD8mRrURIc-pA6lo8m_H2EmeAp38FHkFGblfBCaeFx7XtB4m9Nt674C9iHrXbly1zCsLC7vqyQNeAfUcNjWsADmODcNRpeQlKtD_zF_b8DsM/s320/P4200071.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197444470189956434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />left overs once again... in the fridge they go!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOl9DCB6pPagfbaNGRm2reOZKdAhYkTXMIczOPWLQHL6pIMYWqATcKhS1PPUEdNm2-qjkBJ2nZ0_2MSZZaq8geDSgBhnLtF2Vi9ZN01BHVm2gMciPFljig7ABRDcnGNael1Ly7QhNwACQ/s1600-h/P4200072.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOl9DCB6pPagfbaNGRm2reOZKdAhYkTXMIczOPWLQHL6pIMYWqATcKhS1PPUEdNm2-qjkBJ2nZ0_2MSZZaq8geDSgBhnLtF2Vi9ZN01BHVm2gMciPFljig7ABRDcnGNael1Ly7QhNwACQ/s320/P4200072.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197445535341845858" border="0" /></a><br />my awesome pantry... frigging see all that stuff there... add milk, eggs, butter, mushrooms, parsley, and that's the crap i carried from the supermarket D:<br /><br /><br />btw... the island's tapwater is uber yummy. i can't believe it. it's like better than evian. i'm already missing chinese food cuz the ones here are pretty much imitations. the servings are smaller, the ingredients are fewer, and the taste is subpar. oh well what can you do... i haven't had the potatoes here yet... but i think i'll be using potatoes in my next meal... which isn't for a while cuz i have so much leftovers. oh ya! speaking of food... i had a lobster roll today... which was pretty much lobster in mayo in a bun. it was yummmmmmmmmy. i'm definitely going to go to those all you can eat lobster things here. as soon as i can find a way to get there cuz it's quite far and remote.<br /><br />I've been finding that free time is hard to come by... it seems i go home... then have to get stuff to cook... then cook.. then eat... then clean up the stuff i cooked with... and put food away... and by that time i have an hour before it's 12 oclock and writing a blog. i really wish i had time to draw my own stuff... D:. hopefully as i have more leftovers the time spent cooking can be used to draw. I thought i'd be losing weight here but i've been stuffing myself with my own cooked meals so i wouldn't be surprised if i got fatter when i get back. I rollerbladed tho... cuz i wanted to get some more groceries but i decided to cut down on the layers of clothing wearing shorts and a tshirt on the way to the supermarket. upon reaching the supermarket i realized that travelling lightly was a stupid idea cuz i was without my jeans which had my means of paying for the groceries... i had about 20 or so minutes to get my hot sauce and other spices from the groceries and come back cuz my chicken was cooking so it was too late and decided to head home without my hot sauce D: The good thing was my chicken was tasty enough not to have hot sauce.<br /><br />more pics to come! and i really do promise i'll have some drawings up!Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-61623334298304967082008-05-06T00:14:00.004-03:002008-05-06T00:36:24.637-03:00Valuable life lessons...So ya... this is my third day in PEI or as the locals like to call it: ``the island``. It has been pretty sweet so far. My legs hurt from walking but that`s okay. Getting to work is a bit of a walk but walking home is always the longest because work drains you... even tho i didn`t get much work today... we`re still waiting on computers but everyone there is pretty cool... nothing much to say.<br /><br />I`ve never really had to worry about what I`ll be eating for dinner up until now. It kinda sux to have to worry about food. It kinda sucks not having a car.... It also kinda sucks to have to go to the groceries... on foot... and then walk back with the groceries... D:<br /><br />Life lessons are great tho... i haven`t had to worry about anything like this before and it`s quite an eye opener. of course, i could just eat dinner outside every night but that defeats the whole purpose of being in PEI... doesn`t it.<br /><br />I was looking around the supermarket for stuff to cook... but not just random stuff... i of course looked on the trusty internet for recipes and decided after having just 2 slices of bread with peanut butter the night before that i had to have something a little more satisfying to my belly. I decided to make fettucini alfredo! First i needed some ingredients tho...<br /><br />Who would`ve known that parmesan was so rare and expensive.... especially when you get it in block form. I decided to go with grated version which cost significantly less so it wasn`t too bad. Getting the hang of the supermarket was kinda weird as i didn`t know where anything was so i ended up going around the whole place several times before i could even find some butter which was tucked in the corner somewhere. I was pleasantly surprised to see so many asian people at the supermarket. I mean even if i count 10 asian people as a lot it doesn`t matter... that`s a lot! I ended up getting wayyyyy too many things from the supermarket and i had to carry it home... my arms were dead... quite dead.... I haven`t had to worry about how much stuff i got from the market before... D:<br /><br />By the time I got home it was already 8 oclock or so and i was starving to death... so i decided to try out my recipe... after much work and awesome improvisation by me... (i added mushrooms and milk and lime) I had a meal ready to go! of course i didn`t realize it took so long to boil water... and by the time everything was done it was almost 9:30 which was kinda sad... but considering it was my first ever cooked meal... it may not be so bad after all! I took note of this achievement and kept a record of my awesome creation via webcam! (my lost luggage has my effing camera batteries)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NC1v1qothjs5dXCjrhi83ZsfGqWP0HZQ237hvwn_PW03C5rSZdx809_naMP36Ifqxpg-mwWiGQPN7kUHtYcjD7vqdvVauHjFo-TbhjevdNBryfH40LuBPvgLmAXlha_7PNCpYCvgrOg/s1600-h/Snapshot_20080505.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NC1v1qothjs5dXCjrhi83ZsfGqWP0HZQ237hvwn_PW03C5rSZdx809_naMP36Ifqxpg-mwWiGQPN7kUHtYcjD7vqdvVauHjFo-TbhjevdNBryfH40LuBPvgLmAXlha_7PNCpYCvgrOg/s320/Snapshot_20080505.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197101718914833570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />and there is my pride and joy.... see i bought milk as well... effing heavy... i had 4 frigging bags worth of groceries! poor arms of mine... anyhoo just to add extra proof:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_glP0wCvedfZDuw4eiPD9qB1ALETB9saKnJTF65pFsvtwP3KlLS78Hkw6NVwRtmjEAFF7pttWBUix6lmhmRZ5KvXxjtEDki0bw_LUqPUmoinSBfrpqq6d1V3TKhcRhYPZsMfjidt8x0/s1600-h/Snapshot_20080505_2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_glP0wCvedfZDuw4eiPD9qB1ALETB9saKnJTF65pFsvtwP3KlLS78Hkw6NVwRtmjEAFF7pttWBUix6lmhmRZ5KvXxjtEDki0bw_LUqPUmoinSBfrpqq6d1V3TKhcRhYPZsMfjidt8x0/s320/Snapshot_20080505_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197102152706530482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />it was quite a lot... i have left overs too... i think i`ll try making chicken alfredo... yummmm... i bought a crap load of chicken as well! maybe fried chicken! Next time i make alfredo i`ll turn down the heat a bit and not cook it for so long... the sauce was a little too thick. Life lessons are awesome... i`m a little more appreciative for the meals that are prepared for me... it`s quite a chore.... next time i`ll set my pot of water to boil before anything else since it takes surprisingly long....<br /><br />I swear i`ll have some drawings this week... i promise! and some more pictures of course... maybe drawings tomorrow! since i have left over alfredo for dinner tomorrow and i won`t be so lost in the supermarket... i think i`m gonna buy some juice and something... i can`t remember what it was now... but something... anyhoo... i better sleep i was so sleepy at work today... and it seems i`m only gonna be sleeping a half hour earlier than yesterday D:Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-87331431407364022502008-05-04T21:22:00.004-03:002008-05-04T21:41:06.797-03:00Welcome to PEI! The quest for underwear...So... I arrived in Charlottetown, PEI around 6pm PEI time and I met a nice girl on the plane who told me how wonderfully boring PEI is and how she would never ever live here and there's nothing to do and what not. So that was a wonderful start. Then i has happy to find out that one of my luggages were missing. D: Then shortly, I was dropped off at the place I'll be staying for the 3 months that i'm here.<br /><br />The place i'm staying is awesome, my land-lady's awesome, the weather has been awesome. That's the bright-side... now if only i had some undies... that would be the icing on the cake. The crappy thing is, the luggage that they lost had all my clothes... well 99% of my clothes including my undies. So i'm stuck in PEI with a couple of shirts, shorts, an undie and a sweater. that would only last like 2 days... so... ya.... stinks. I had mcdonald's for dinner and was happy to see a slightly different menu. I had an angus burger with bacon and cheese. which was pretty pimp. The super duper good news is... i had sweet and sour sauce! for FREE! ya... seriously... isn't that nuts? I went up to the cashier said "umm... can i have a sweet and sour sauce?" and she said "sure!" and gave me 4... yes 4! sweet and sour sauces. That made my night...<br /><br />The second day was just as awesome. The sun was up, i think it was 15 degrees so it was an awesome day to walk. and that's just what i did. i walked all over maybe 15 km worth of walking from 2pm to 8pm. The goal was to find me some more undies so i can take a shower... however... i quickly realized that everything is closed on sundays in PEI. EVEN WALMART! stupid stupidness... I bought some food to survive which were some eggs, bread and peanut butter. That's what i ate for dinner today.... peanut butter. D: I swear... i'm gonna make some pasta tomorrow! Anyhoo... work starts tomorrow and all i can seem to think about is what will i do about undies... The good news is... they found my luggage! I have my undies! hooorah! Some art will definitely be coming soon... as soon as i'm settled that is... so probably in a day or 2...<br /><br />Number of Asians spotted: 7<br />Number of African-Americans spotted: 1<br />Number of weird looks I got on my way to Walmart: 22<br />Number of guys honking at me for some reason: 2Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-57974955737650868862008-02-14T07:10:00.003-04:002008-02-14T07:16:13.841-04:00#2 - Sgt. Granger<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2mw_KI72xSqxDg2NC-aVuT3M1D4v5_-JwISoKliVtk0iHu6BZGUbZVPLt8CH-vScRLtpvL-yC0v5nv9OPqGNGw1-912QfzHHD3daBLqU_PCBCF2bQIZyMgYT1wzEbCkJ_3rSxmdFcHo/s1600-h/gunfight4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2mw_KI72xSqxDg2NC-aVuT3M1D4v5_-JwISoKliVtk0iHu6BZGUbZVPLt8CH-vScRLtpvL-yC0v5nv9OPqGNGw1-912QfzHHD3daBLqU_PCBCF2bQIZyMgYT1wzEbCkJ_3rSxmdFcHo/s320/gunfight4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166792261711481746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Whoops, i guess i was supposed to do a female character? oh well... here's another dude. He has guns, and he's angry. The pose is not nearly as dynamic as i would have wanted but i realized it too late to change it. perhaps the next one will be very dynamic.<br /><br />- description coming soon -Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522550274013686325.post-65188839298123985522008-02-14T07:07:00.004-04:002008-02-14T07:17:13.487-04:00#1 - King Jururuk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9RISwXVp9XgLszNgJaCmWhTgmTm0sZL8EGDrjXjx3gGgvSIf2fwNxtoqkHoDEcJ77Dwi0-i15C4fSxQdbH_0mpqvMwPgZTDrA4fNCL4knOMZMPzs14YVddjVlDjYUZceS3ILdit8EcM/s1600-h/grapeeat4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN9RISwXVp9XgLszNgJaCmWhTgmTm0sZL8EGDrjXjx3gGgvSIf2fwNxtoqkHoDEcJ77Dwi0-i15C4fSxQdbH_0mpqvMwPgZTDrA4fNCL4knOMZMPzs14YVddjVlDjYUZceS3ILdit8EcM/s320/grapeeat4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166791265279069058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's my character for garret's challenge. I dunno why there's 3. it just happened that way. but the main guy is the guy in the middle, who's obviously happy with his companions.<br /><br />This was actually done yesterday, but i was too tired to post. hopefully i'll post everyday from now on tho. gonna do another post of the one i did today! (just to have some sort of organized way of viewing it) -____-<br /><br />- description coming soon -Alvin Aquinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413498360121012712noreply@blogger.com1