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Wow, long time no entry. There has been a lot going on and I have been very busy, so I will do a quick update /rundown on what has been going on. So The Chinese new year was a blast, the restaurant was packed with about 500 people in total. It was a full 10 course meal, each course would be brought to the table on a giant platter and everyone took what they wanted. The next dish would come out a few minutes later and this process continued with the time between each dish reaching around 10 mins. During the first half there were many demonstrations from the dojo with katas, weapons, and various other martial arts manuevers. Very cool to watch, and the students ages ranged from I think 7 to 70. The old man might not have looked like a skilled warrior, but he had the moves down albeit a little slower than the rest.

The food kept coming and by the time the 10th course came I was ready to burst, along with everyone else. The dishes themselves were all traditional, and you ate out of a small bowl with chopsticks although the standard utensils were also available to be used. I tried to use the sticks as much as possible, I caught on pretty fast. The crab ball was probably my least favourite, just a lot of crab meat and it was a bit chewy.

So after around 5 hours of eating we were done and ready to go back to the hotel to crash. We did some shopping the next day and went to Ikea, I have never been there so that was quite the experience. A lot of things in that place, it almost felt like a tour the way everyone was going the same way around the store. I ended up picking up some movies and a game on the shopping trip which was topped with a trip to the West Ed mall. Man what a nuthouse, Its nice to go there in short bursts, but it was really busy and I am not one for packed public places.

The hotel was pretty nice actually, I mean it was your basic room but a nice big bed and lots of space to unwind. All in all the trip was excellent and I will probably be doing the same once again.

Since then its been a blur of work and video games, ive been trying to wrap up a few loose ends on some games I have. I liked to finish some more off before I get new ones. With the rush of games sometimes I move on before I have finished the last one, that and Guitar Hero has been eating up some of my free time as of late. Its just so fun to rock out as if you are playing the guitar hehe.