Congrats to Jason for passing his driver's test yesterday! Hip-Hip-Horray!

On Saturday, I met up with Neets, and we did a little digicam shopping. I gotta say, I love shopping with Neeta, it's always nice shopping with people who aren't afraid to spend a little money. Shopping with people who buy a lot of stuff make me feel a little less guilty about buying a shirt for $20 with 20% off coupon, regularly priced at $60. That was a tough decision. After shopping, we met up wight Dwight and Naomi and we went out for dinner. Dinner was tasty, and I got to eat Naomi's dinner as well as my own, great. After dinner, we hung out at Neeta's place for a while and looked at some pictures on her laptop from university. Some really great memories and pictures, especially pics of me. Afterwards, Dwight and I headed out for a little Warcraft action.

Sunday, Dwight and I woke up and got our day started with a little DDR and Katamari Damaci. We had brunch at Golden Griddle which was pretty good. After brunch, a little more Warcraft. Yeah Jon, a little more Warcraft. Dwight took off to his friend's place, and I went over to Nat's to practice a little guitar. It was good, a couple more practices, and we'll be ready for our great performance. I went with Nat's family for a Congee Wong dinner. Thank you Lam family for your hospitality, it was much appreciated. After dinner, Nat and I went to my place and waited for Allan to show up for yet another bowflex workout. Nat and I waited outside in the cold with snowballs and ambushed Allan when he got to my place, it was jokes. We had a good chest and tris workout while playing Star Wars (thanks Jon). Good times.

So, yesterday was a fun night. Good ol' Justin's back from Boston because of Thanksgiving weekend in the states, so we made plans to get together. After work, Justin, Allan, Jimi, Jason and I got together for Japanese buffet for dinner, delicious. During dinner, we discussed what we were going to do after dinner. Original plans was possibly to play poker, but we had a big discussion about gambling, and we thought it might be best if we passed on poker for a while. In the end, I came up with a great idea, and we decided to go to Dave & Buster's instead. D&B was a lot of fun. It may seem pretty stupid playing for those tickets, but it's actually a lot of fun and turned out to be pretty exciting. There's this one game where a light and goes spinning around a circle really really fast, and you gotta stop the light on the jackpot. One try, one spin, one jackpot, 1000 tickets. I used the tickets to get myself a poker set, Justin and Allan used their tickets to purchase stupid magic tricks. After D&B, we went over to Allan's place and put the new poker chips and magic tricks to good use. Allan and Justin gave me a nice magic show. We then played poker. I'm very disappointed to say that I lost, Allan took home the pot.

Well, I've been pretty good with the working out since I got my free week membership at Goodlife. Tuesday I did back and bis, yesterday I had another incredible leg workout in preparation for Whistler. Also did some swimming which was good. After working out, I went over to Neeta's and had some dinner and just hung out at her place. We practiced a little BJ, she's really starting to get the hang of it. I played as the house, while she played 4 hands at a time. Had we been playing for money, and her betting $15 for each hand, she woulda been up a good $300. She was on quite a roll, we shoulda dropped everything that night and made a quick stop off at Niagra.

So, yesterday after work, I went back to Sportscheck and changed my two left ski boots for a left and a right. It all went smoothly without a hitch, what a steal! Proud of my ski purchase on Sunday, I decided to buy myself a tennis raquet. Got home and worked out with Allan. That guy is such a trooper!

So, another very exciting weekend update. So, Jon finished up his greulling exams on Wednesday, so he decided to come home for the weekend, so him, Allan and I decided to hit up Casino Niagra for the weekend. Participants for the shopping/casino adventure include me, Jason, Jon, Allan and Neeta, however, first thing's first, before leaving for the casino, I woke up bright and early and did a little bowling with Nat and some of his friends. After bowling and after lunch, I picked up everyone and we made our way to Buffalo to do a little shopping in the States before the casino. We crossed the border without a hitch. We went to Boulevard mall and did some shopping. Everyone bought some stuff from Abercrombie, except for me, being the stingy bastard that I am. After shopping, we had dinner at Chili's, which was really really delicious. After dinner, we headed back to Canada and headed to the casino. We crossed the border once again without any problems. I attribute this to a combination of charm and confidence. We went to the casino, and went straight to the black jack tables. Outcomes for the night are Allan: didn't play, Jon: lost a quick $100, then piggy-backed on Neeta's luck and made back his $100 at the end of the night to break even, Neeta: used her beginner's luck to her advantage to make $130 and pay for her shopping in the states, Nick: big winner of the night made $200 to help finance his skis on Sunday (continue reading to learn more about that), Jason: won back his $2.80 on slots, whatever the eff that means. It also appears that I've turned Neeta into quite the black jack addict, she's going back to Buffalo on Monday, and wants to stop by the casino again. Looks like I got myself a new gambling buddy. After the casino, we went to Timmy's to celebrate our victory... horray!

On Sunday, I first met up with Neeta, Ernie, Krista, and Raylene for lunch at Dimitri's. My "gourmet" pizza was absolutely disgusting, but I ate it anyways. After lunch, I met up with Jon at Fairview, and we did some shopping for skis. What a ram jam! They were having a store closing sale at Sportscheck, so everything was 80 ~ 20% off, and the Chinese people were everywhere. It was a mad fight and scramble to get the best ski equipment at the best price. In the end, I got everything I needed and what a steal! Thanks to Jon for coming with me and helping me out with my fine ski purchase. I am now prepared for my trip to Whistler a month from now, except that I bought two left ski boots by accident, and have to go to Sportscheck today to fix that up. Got home, and Bowflexed it up with Allan while quizing my bro for his driver's test today. And that's the weekend update.

So, yesterday was pretty fun. After work, I met up with Neets and we had dinner at Neeta's favourite Italian place in Toronto, Pasta Perfection. Dinner was really delicious, almost perfect, it woulda been perfect if the portions were bigger, but it was all right. After dinner we did some shopping and headed back to Neeta's place. She spontaneously bought a scarf and two plants, making me feel a little less guilty about my recent shopping habbits. When we got to Neeta's place, I went to the Goodlife downstairs and had a crazy legs workout (I recently got a free week pass to Goodlife). I'm really feeling the effects of the workout right now. I've now worked out at that Goodlife as many times as Neeta. After my workout, we watched the movie "Water". It's a very artsy, deep and meaningful kind of movie, so I can't really say it was a bad movie because it really does make you think. However, I will say it was a very slow movie, and kinda boring. I didn't actually fall asleep, but it definitely took some effort on my part.

So, yesterday after work, I went to fellowship again. It was a pretty good fellowship, Jimi couldn't make it cuz he was sick. It was a praise and worship night, so there was a lot of sharing and singing involved. After playing guitar for fellowship the previous week, I decided I'd play a song or two this week. Things went well, I played "Faithful Father" and "Let Your Glory Fall". After fellowship, I went to the internet cafe and played warcraft with Dwight. You like that Jon?

So, the bowflex challenge continues. Last night, Nat and Allan came over for yet another bowflex session, we did back and bis. It was a pretty good workout, but more importantly it, it was a bowflex workout, so who can complain? One interesting point of the night. Allan, as usual, was complaining the entire time about having to do another set. So, I finally had enough, and on the last set, I gave him some slack and started to move onto the next exercise. To my utter surprise, Allan noticed I was cutting his last set, and told me he actually wanted to do another set, and really worked it! Now, that showed me he has at least some dedication, he may have a bowflex body yet. Nat on the other hand was slacking by playing PS2. He was holding up the entire workout trying to get another game of Star Wars (thanks Jon) in. I was not impressed.

So, this morning, on my way to work from the subway, I noticed all of the Christmas decorations (much like Jon's post) . All the decorations have got me thinking that the holidays are coming up soon, and that thought got me all excited. Cuz of the holidays and the Christmas spirit? Cuz of families opening presents together on Christmas morning in front of the fireplace? No no no, I'm excited because of WHISTLER!! Plane tickets are booked, and I am pumped for this trip! It's a little over a month till we depart for our skiing adventure. For people attending this trip, it's time to start geting excited!! Ski shopping starts this weekend, daily squats and leg strengthening exercises begin tonight!

Weekend updater, I'll get straight to the point since all my blogs tend to do that. So, I had a fun weekend, on Friday after work, I met up with Eric, my bros and Jeanne and we went out for dinner cuz it was my brother's (Jason) birthday. We went to Cassey's, the food was all right. After dinner, we went back home, and Eric and I practiced some guitar. We practiced "You're Beautiful" by some guy, I forget his name, it's a pretty good song.

Saturday, Eric and I got up early to attended some kind of lecture for his church. The topics of discussion were "Does a God really exist?", "Artifacts that support the bible", and "Other religions". The speaker was actually pretty interesting, and he definately knew a lot of what he was talking about, but I think I've heard it all before. After the lecture, Eric and I met up with Ryan and we went to dinner at Congee Wong, which was great. After dinner, we all went over to Ryan's place and watched "The Mask of Zoro". We watched the movie cuz I've never actually seen the entire movie, and in case we wanted to watch the second movie in theatres. After the movie, we went back home, Nat stopped by for a bit and we played some PS2. I also had an arm wrestling match with Eric. (see comments to find out who won)

On Sunday, I dropped Eric off at the bus station and got myself a long overdue haircut. After lunch, Allan and I went to Vaughn Mills and did a little shopping. I bought another shirt, which I really gotta stop doing. We also discussed how Nat also wants to take me shopping. He told me he thinks I shouldn't shop with Allan for American Eagle stuff, and go shopping with him at Sportscheck to get more athletic clothes. Apparently I'm like silly putty, here to be molded into the image of those around me. It's like I have no real identity of my own, except for being vain and having a bowflex body. Anyways, after shopping, we went back to my place. My cousins came over too, and we had a strange mix of working out on the Bowflex, playing PS2 and Yu-Gi-Oh. I also don't think Nat or Allan can make fun of me for having a bowflex body anymore, since they now come over to my place to use it. In fact, I really think I should start charging them each time they wonna use it.

I also left my msn on at work over the weekend. Apologies to anyone who tried messaging me.

So, I went to fellowship again the other night. It might be something that I try to attend regularly. We stuffed shoe boxes with a whole bunch of little things that's gonna get sent over to third world countries. It's a really nice idea that little things like pencils or little toys that you get from the dollar store can mean to world to someone else in a third world country. It's a very nice idea. Also, I had dinner with Jimi again before fellowship, and he told me he was going to sing a few worship songs for fellowship. He asked me if I'd play a song, and for some reason I agreed. So, with only a minute before hand to practice, I picked up the guitar and played "Enough" for the biggest turn out for fellowship I'd ever seen. Even though I sucked, and had zero practice time, it was nice. I think I wonna practice more guitar so I can get good enough to play in front of people.

Well, yesterday I learned one very important thing. Neeta LIES!!!

Well, yesterday was pretty fun. After work, I met up with Ryan for dinner. For those who don't know/remember, his b-day was on the 6th, so we got together at Boston pizza for some grub. It was fun, Ryan's been really busy the past little while studying for his actsci exam, so I haven't gotten a chance to see him much.

After dinner, to my surprise and delight, Allan (yes, Allan Kwong), asked me if we could workout on my bowflex. It was such a treat having a workout partner for our chest and tris workout. I already told Allan this, but if I am vain, it's from working out. Every guy who worksout checks the mirror to see if he got bigger. Well, I'm not sure if Allan's serious about getting into shape, but if he is, in combination with his superficial/snobby attitude, it's not going to be pretty.

So, to conclude my weekend in London, on Sunday I was woken up by Jon rushing in to catch the end of the afro painter. I love that show with all the happy little trees and streams, what a pick me up. Jon, Allan and I hung out for a bit, then went to a Japanese buffet for lunch. Japanese buffet is always great, except that they ram-jamed all of our sushi onto one plate. After lunch, we picked up Nat and Jere, said goodbye to Olga, and made our way back home. A very chillaxing yet exhausting weekend. Overused jokes from this weekend include: me and my bowflex body, me being the vainest person on the planet, me wanting to grow up to be Allan.

So, weekend update, it's been a fun weekend so far. I'm in Jon's bachelor pad right now, and the Leafs are beating Tampa 4~3. I'm gonna say right now that Leaf's are gonna win. Anyways, after work on Friday, Nat, Allan, Jere and I headed up to London for the weekend. We got to London around 10 and met up with Olga and her appartment mate. We had some troubles in deciding what to that night, it was a toss up between bubble tea, and a bar. Being the true asians that we are, we went to bubble tea. Olga/Jere and I handidly took Nat and Allan in a quick game of Signal. Crahsed at Olga's place.

Saturday we took our time getting up. Had lunch and did a little shopping at the mall. After a little shopping, we headed over to watch Olga's softball game. After the softball game, we took a little tour of Western. I gotta say, it's a nice campus, but I gotta stay true to my roots... Waterloo pride all the way! (can't belive I wrote that on my blog) Anyways, after my little tour of campus, we met up with Jon, and went to McGinnis to watch the Leafs beat Tampa. Fun and relaxing weekend so far, but the night is still young.

So, yesterday was pretty fun. After work, I went over to Jimi's place and had dinner before heading out to fellowship. I like this fellowship cuz first of all, I have some friends there who I really care about, who I really don't get to see enough outside of fellowship. Also, the fellowship is really small, and the people there appear to be really sincere and caring. For those who don't know, I'm kind of between the fences on how I feel about Christianity, and the problem I have with some fellowships is that sometimes the people seem a little insincere and more concerned about my relationship with God than me. I like this fellowship because the people really seem to care about me, and not just my spiritual status. We'll see how this turns out...

So, yesterday I had a jam session with Nat, it was fun. He got a dvd of how to play songs by "Shand & Shane", a Christian rock band. They make it look so easy, or maybe I just really suck and haven't practiced in 3 years since I got my guitar. Anyways, Nat and I plan on perfecting this song, it's got 2 guitar parts and a duet and everything, so it'll give me something to work on for the next little while.