Upcoming Toysrus Deal

Hold off your DS game purchases till next week... at least according to this site. It looks like Toysrus is doing the buy two get one deal again. Unfortunately, I have 4 games that i want to get. Fortunately, I think Toysrus only carries 3 of them.

So..

  

In case you didn't notice, let's take a look at the publisher, should we? It's SquareEnix, SquareEnix and SquareEnix. What can i say - i'm a big fan. :D

The game which was not sold by Toysrus:


The game's from Atlus, which only means that I have to get it now (though I might not have time to play it once Tactics comes out) otherwise it will be out of stock. :P

And yet more RPG coming this summer (also from SquareEnix):


Hence why my Wii probably won't be getting much play time this summer... kakakaka

FireFox 3 this coming Tuesday

Let me do my part to spread the word around.. ;)




http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

Rare article about my company

Yeah my company is a bit mysterious, so it was quite a surprise when I found this article: Behind the Curtain

It's decent read - plus some photo of our Verona campus (they should have taken some photo of our Campus 2's construction site - especially the big hole for the 4-level underground parking garage).

We found ourselve a dessert wine

Was planning to have dinner at Lombardino's Friday night but they are fully booked except for the 5:30 or 9:00 spots. So instead, we went on Saturday. We have 6 people (Chris B. was planning to join us as well, but apparently he overspent on our Friday night dinner - XD). Well, I don't know about the others but it's definitely one of my favorite Italian restaurant here in town. However, parking was horrible as Lombardino's is located close to the campus area on a tiny corner lot.

The restaurant was really packed this time. Last time Konphused and I went there, it was rather empty. I think the service was above average. The waitress was quite nice and friendly. The food is good. I originally thought about ordering the Linguine di Mare, but had a change of heart and ordered the summer linguine from their special menu instead. I have to say this was indeed a smart choice. Konphused ordered linguine di mare and it turned out to be a heavy tomato-based pasta. Mine was more of a wine/cream-based, which suited my taste better. For the record, Lombardino's changes their menu throughout the year, and according to the waitress, the Summer Linguine I ordered will be on their regular menu starting next week.

While I've been dining out with these folks for like three to four years now, Saturday night was the first time we ordered a full bottle of wine split 4 ways (since I picked, so i stick with Chardonnay. wakaka) WeAlfred and I probably could have ordered a 2nd bottle, but I don't think Konphused and King Snort were that much of a wine drinker so we just ordered a follow-up Prosecco by glass instead. In hindsight, i should have ordered the Prosecco first with the lighter appetizer and the Chardonnay with the meal. Anyway...

Tiramisu is a standard with an Italian meal, but we also ordered a bottle (it's only of those smaller, 375mL bottles) of Moscato D'Asti. Man that Moscato was some good dessert wine. It's definitely sweet, but not too sweet like the other D'Asti I bought earlier. I would prefer the alcohol content to be a bit higher, but nonetheless it was a great wine. For those curious, it's a 2006 Saracco Moscato D'Asti. According to many wine selling site, we definitely got ripped off (we paid like $18 for 375mL, internet sites have the 750mL bottle listed for $13 - 16) - but hey, it's the experience that matters right? Will definitely again buy in the future.

So 3 glasses of wine + pasta + appetizer + dessert came out to $50, a pretty good deal to me. =D

People on the move

Have heard from a few people switching jobs or planning to switch jobs/move to different place. I guess summer season IS the time to move. My team at work was hit hard, there are a few people leaving or has left. Considering the fact that my team is a small team to start out with, i expect things will get worse before it gets better. Yikes!

On similar note, my brother also got an offer with some company north of Chicago. Since his new salary is much more in tune with his necessary expenses, I am foreseeing that my days at supporting him might be coming to an end - which of course is fabulous news for me. To put it in perspective, I can pretty much get a new Dell 27" monitor each month with the money i am lending him, or buy a new MacBook Air every quarter. XD

I just have to share this...

I bought a tasty watermelon this weekend - sweet & juicy =D Hopefully, it's a good indication that the melons i picked this summer will be great. Hohohoho...