Rant - $26 = a piece of paper.

Okay, so I talked about my renting crap not long ago, and I mentioned that I was waiting for my criminal record. Well, I got it today.

I thought since I got a criminal record and all, I can give it to them for my job interview if they asked for it(or if I even get an interview), But NOOOOOOOO

On the bottom it HAS to say "NOT FOR EMPLOYMENT USE".

So basically, I got this paper for $26, and I can only use it once. What for? So that I can pay $1,500 to the landlord. WOOHOO!!!!

ARG I hate this crap. Good thing it's over and done with.

~Daniel Chou

Season Finale - House.

Disclaimer: If you think this blog is about the season finale of House, the TV show, you're wrong.

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Not long ago, I posted an entry titled 'P5 - 'Tis not Persona 5' and I got a comment complaining that I lied about my title because my post has nothing to do with Persona 5. So now it's my fault that I misled you into reading that blog??? Um.. HELLO? DO YOU READ ENGLISH?! Even if you don't know what 'Tis mean, you know at least know NOT PERSONA 5 means it's NOT persona 5. Be thankful you commented as an 'anonymous', or I'd totally track you down for dirtying my holy ground. *makes my blog sounds so important* LOL
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Anyways...

Yup! I went to look at houses a while ago, and yet again, made an offer. The reason why I didn't blog about this at all is because there hasn't been a conclusion to this thing. BUT NOW IT HAS!!!

So this condo that I picked is well... one could say it's a single bedroom(with living room, kitchen, and washroom), but at the same time it's actually just one gigantic room. ALL the rooms are connected(including kitchen, but excluding washroom). As in like, there's no doors, no walls between them.

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Now please imagine washroom being connected, too. Nice imagine right? ;D!
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It's $1,500 per month, but it includes EVERYTHING (excluding internet and furniture), so we offered. Two days later the landlord replied, demanding a lot of things from me:

1. Banking record for my mom, which I understand since she's acting as my guarantor/reference. The landlord needs to make sure my mom has good credits and is trustworthy and stuff.

2. A reference letter for my mom. Yes, the landlord is demanding a reference for my reference. REALLY?!

3. Two pieces of ID -- Student ID & A government issued photo ID.

4. A criminal record. Yea, she wants to check if I am a criminal or not. I've been to Toronto for less than a year, in fact, less than half a year. Does she really think that there will be any record on my criminal record? Even IF I committed some kind of a crime, I would be in jail right now; I would not be able to, oh I don't know, look for condos maybe?

5. (This is a condition) She has 5 business days (after getting all the documents) to decide whether or not she wants to rent the place to me.

The landlord also offered to furnished the place for extra $100 in the rent. That's $1200 extra for a bed, a TV(which is too small, so I am not going to use it anyways), a desk, a shelf, and a table. I, of course, Ikea-ed and found out that I can get those things for cheaper. I declined the offer.

My agent said just ignore the criminal record, so I did, and I got everything else and gave it to her in a day. I've waited around 4 business days to finally get a reply. The reply is not even a 'yes' or a 'no'. It's a 'I want the criminal record' reply. Wow, that took you 4 days to decide? Indecisive much. But it's her place, so I can't really do anything (this landlord is asking way too much).

I googled the police station near my residence and found two. I went to the first one(took me 15 minutes) and they said 'You have to go to the headquarters', which is the other one(took me another 15 minutes). There was a pretty long line, so I stood in line for a good 10 minutes or so before my turn. I had to fill out a form, and they told me they'll mail it to me in 5 to 10 business days. I got it anyways, and it costs me $26 bucks. I am already so poor; I can't even afford to eat out, and I am forced to pay $26 bucks on some kind of record? Gee, Thanks a lot.

This happened on a Tuesday, and the contract expires on a Thursday... in two days. Yea, it's all because it takes her FOREVER to reply with a 'yes' or a 'no' instead of 'I want this', 'I want that'. Now the contract's going to expire and there's no way I can get the criminal record in time. I phoned my agent which got in contact with the landlord's agent, and they just amend the criminal record condition, but they also added a new one. That new one basically said

I'll agree to rent you the house for now, but if when I see the criminal record, and I don't like it... You're not getting this place.

That's that. I'm still waiting for the record, but since I know there's nothing bad on it, I'll get the place for sure. Thus, a conclusion to this mess. I think I'm going to have so much fun dealing with her anal attitude for a whole year. Fun fun. The pictures to this place is still on my Camera, I'll upload it on facebook when I have the chance and link you to it.

~Daniel Chou

A little rant?? about an 'Unkathleen Friendly Article'.

so my friend sent me this article, which I thought was... pretty unbelievable and funny, but kind of mean.
Either way, read the article first: here

BEFORE YOU READ THE REST OF MY BLOG -- YOU WON'T GET WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT AT ALL IF YOU DON'T READ THE ARTICLE FIRST(AT LEAST READ THE TITLE OF THE ARTICLE). NOTE THAT IT IS UNKATHLEEN FRIENDLY.

There are many reasons why this article is so funny.
1. Why do people even research about this kind of stuff? Instead of researching ugly men VS good looking men. Why not research CANCER and save lives? Sure, go ahead and spend thousands of money research useless crap and publish an article with no scientific proofs to back up the claim.

2. Speaking of good looking men and ugly men, one can't really have a ugly men VS good looking men contest since that classification is totally subjective. People have their own opinion on who's good looking and who's ugly. There are people out there that like short, fat, acne-filled men, at the same time, there are people that dislike tall, muscular, tanned men.

3. No matter how I look at it, I see no connections between how you look and the amount of white substance one produces. I have nothing more to say about this, unless you have something to add to this...

4. They way they present the article -- how they wrote "WOMEN wanting to get pregnant should find themselves an ugly man". REALLY?! So a woman should go up to an 'ugly man' and say "Hi, You're ugly. Let's fuck!" Oh yea, like he's totally going to agree to that... maybe if he's desperate enough and has no dignity, but most are going to refuse and possibly slap the woman. Real rude of her.

Are people actually going to believe this kind of crap? Second thought, stupid people believe in stupid things and that leads to stupid arguments.

Stupid Woman: "WTF. I AM GOING TO SUE YOU, THIS ARTICLE IS NOT TRUE. I DID IT MANY TIMES BUT STILL NOTHING!!"
Author of the article: "Look at yourself woman, you're in your sixties."
....
I don't really want to imagine rest of the arguments... *imagines anyways*... LOLOLOLOLOL

This article might not be fake, but I know it's definitely not MAGICAL.

~Daniel Chou

Two days in one! -- a whammy.

Yea, I was kind of lazy & tired to blog yesterday, so I shall do so now.

Sunday wasn't anything special except for the fact that I went to the worst restaurant ever. I went with Lisa and Kristie's friends because their campus had an event (the amazing race) in downtown. That restaurant is Pickle Barrel, the SAME restaurant that I complained about the drinks. We were going to go to Spring Rolls, but they thought we actually TRY the food, instead of the drinks; I was kind of against that, but might as well give it a try. I ordered a 10 oz. New York Sirloin with extra mushroom on the side -- I love mushrooms~ =]. Because I know they fail at their specialty drinks, so I just ordered Iced Tea for drink this time... totally learned my lesson. As I was waiting for my food to come, I finished my Iced Tea already, and they passed by so many times without even asking if I wanted a refill. They still didn't ask if I wanted a refill when they came with the food and saw my empty cup.

The steak was dry and more like medium than medium rare and the flavour wasn't very nice, if there's any at all. Most importantly, THEY FORGOT MY MUSHROOM!!! I noticed that right away (when they served the plate to me), so I raised the question. They said they'll bring it to me 'right away'. So there goes 1/5 of my steak... 1/2 of my steak... and the mushroom still didn't come(same with my refills, which I asked for also), so I asked for it again. She said 'Oh, he didn't bring them to you, yet?' which I think is just an excuse -- to cover up that she forgot again. Long after, my mushroom came, and guess what? I finished my meal already. But it's mushroom, so I still ate it(and it cost me money). Man, was I disappointed. Mushroom is like the EASIEST thing to cook and the HARDEST thing to screw up on, but apparently they still can. I don't know what they did to it, but it was way too dry and no flavour -- kind of like the steak.

After the meal, it's time to pay for the bill -- and of course I wasn't going to give a lot of tips if at all. The plan, however, went down the drain when I saw my bill. They already included 15% tips in there because I was eating with 7 people? Wow, that's some bullshit. I don't know how this restaurant can be so famous; the food is bad, the service is worse and the tip is just the worst. Pickle Barrel is forever on my list of 'never to go again' restaurant.

Soo~~ On to Monday, which is today. I had a test. A test on 'Illogical Logic' (If you have no idea what I am talking about, refer to my previous blog entry 'The world's weirdest logic'. I believe that's what it's called.) Anyways, surprisingly it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, in fact, I thought it was pretty easy. I didn't even study, too!

I went to Eaton Centre with Atsushi after my classes. I pre-ordered Pokemon SoulSilver (because I got HeartGold in Japanese already), and the Edgeworth game because my sister is forcing me to play it. I forgot, however, that she had enter a Phoenix Wright Tribute contest that I had told her about, and she might be able to win a copy of the game. Ooops. I also went to the Apple Store to check the cord to convert the PC monitor to MiniDisplayPort because I plan to buy a PS3 (if I get my job), and play it in my residence. Let's hope it'll all work out. =]

~Daniel Chou

Unexpected day -- another proof that everything never goes the way you wanted

Today's plan was originally to watch Legion with Atsushi and hand in our resume to McDonald. The movie was cancelled because none of the theatre near us are showing Legion, which is a huge disappointment, but what can you do. That's life. Instead, I just hung out at Atsushi's house, hence the previous post. Met his mom, seems pretty nice. Anyways, we went to McDonald that near his house to drop off our resume, and he's like 'Go apply online', and gave us the code and instructions how and such. So basically the movie and the resume both failed.

Not long after that, I got msn-ed at his house, and it was Lisa disguised as Kristie. She asked me if I wanted to go eat at Cafe Crepe for dinner, so I agreed. I got there at 6pm, which is when we're meeting up, but they weren't there, so I just waited. As I was waiting, I heard the waiter talking about a reservation for 20 tonight... When Lisa & Co. came, I told Lisa about reservation for 20, and her reply surprised me 'Oh, I think that's us; we came with the French Club'. Huh? I didn't know anything about this; I thought it was going to be a very awkward dinner since I don't know anyone at all AND I speak no French! Turns out there are more outcasts than expected, and we had fun talking to each other. I tried taking artsy pictures today, but I failed so badly due to the restaurant having bad lighting -- that's why I am not posting them on here. Too ugly.

This next bit of the story is going to be presented in the form of a rant because it's very rant-worthy. The Crepe was good because it's Cafe Crepe, so that was no surprised. While looking at the menu, however, we noticed this really interesting item called 'Italian Soda', and there are around 7~8 different flavours you can mix with each other. At that time, it sounds very tasty, so I ordered a Large size of Strawberry & Lemon Italian Soda($2.60). I was going to imitate Red Robin's freckled lemonade, but it just tastes like cough drops. It has a really weird after taste stuff. It's not just my Italian Soda(IS), everybody's IS has a taste along the lines of medicine... $2.60 for medicine tasting drinks? Total rip off.

The waiters and waitresses are nice, but kind of stupid. When you see 20 college/university people waking into a restaurant, don't you think it's going to be separate bills? Even if you don't know, shouldn't you ask? But NOOOO they're all like 'We're gonna put it all in one bill because we felt like it' and gave my table a bill of $137. Usually when this happens, I'd offer to pay for now, and they can pay me back later, but... I don't know them at all. Our table(the outcasts) were just gonna pitch in our cash and pay, but the hosts of the event decided to do it the slow way. They asked everyone what they ordered and WROTE THEM DOWN, and double check that every item on the receipt was claimed by someone. It's like they don't trust people at all. Some hosts they are, so not trusting at all. And it looks like it's like their first time doing this or something, it took them over an hour to sort out what 20 people have? Real smooth. Go back to high school. =__=.

After finally getting out of the restaurant, Lisa , Kristie and I decided to go eat dessert at Marble Slab -- an ice cream place. By the way, did I mention it was -15 degrees today? Marble Slab was good regardless of how cold it was because we ate it indoors!! I need to take people there next time; pretty good place.

While all this was going on, I was trying to organize a Karaoke Day... and it wasn't working very well. I blame Lisa. =]

Tomorrow, I'm going to have the battle with the mouse... look forward to an update on it! And maybe even more~!!

That's all for today,

~Daniel Chou

Some quick things I forgot to blog about.

The Shiny-glittery cover

1. Pokemon: I asked Atsushi to buy me ten volumes of my favourite manga ポケットモンスター Special(the Japanese version) like... back in November, and I finally got it recently because I keep forgetting to get it when I go to his house, and he keeps forgetting to bring it when he comes to mine. I just like to point out that the Japanese and the Chinese version of the manga(Yes, I own both) has a really big difference. The cover of the Japanese version is a lot smoother and shinier than the Chinese version; it's like of like adding the 'glitter' feel when printing photos. The paper that the Japanese version used is a lot better, too. It's a lot softer, so it feels better when I turn the page. The Chinese version for the paper is not bad, too -- they just went for the 'sturdy' kind. You know... thick...

Since I'm talking about Manga qualities, I'm just gonna bash a little about the English manga, and when I said a little, I meant a lot. English version SUCKS. First of all, unlike the Japanese and the Chinese version, there is no protective covering for the manga. If you don't know what a protective covering is... (I really hope you do), look at the picture below. The paper the English manga uses, it's like recycled paper or something -- so ugly and rough. Don't even get me started on the translations, but good thing it's not dubbing...

The Legendary protective cover.

2. Birthday: Atsushi's birthday was last week, and I gave him a present just recently because stuff happened (blames on the birthday boy, or should I say man since he's legally an adult now). I bought him Katamari Forever on the PS3. If you don't know what Katamari is, you're missing out. It's a really popular series in Japan where the Prince of all cosmos rolls a tiny ball picking up everything it rolled through. From candy to pencils, from cats to humans, from schools to bridges, and even from stars to planets, our little prince rolls them all up! What's the objective you say? You have to roll your ball to a certain size within a time limit, and the King of all cosmos will grade you on your performance. The amount of things, the different kind of things, and such. The little ball that you rolled up will be then turned into 'something' that will let you advance into the story. Pretty addicting if you ask me. Hope you enjoy your present, Atsushi(I know you'll read this someday :P)

Katamari Forever on the PS3

3. Doctor Who: I watched Doctor Who, the animated series(two of the episodes) today, and it was quite interesting. I don't really know how to explain it, and I won't since none of my blog readers actually watch Doctor Who. Still, I want to just talk about it a little. By a little, I really mean a little, so I will end it now.

4. Youtube: I have an idea for my next youtube video, and I will start filming it soon once I finalize my plan. 'Course I'll blog about it when I upload it, so look forward to it!!

5. Music/Video of the day: Today's music of the day is the opening from Tales of Eternia the animation. It's called '空にかける端' (Sora ni kakeru hashi). It's really nothing special; it just brings back a lot of memories of when I watched the anime. The anime is not even that good, too. I still like the song and such though =]!

Video of day is by WongFuProductions, a channel on Youtube. Video's called 'Yellow Fever'. It's not really a video, but like a short film. I know it's pretty long, but it's pretty funny and has pretty good message behind it.

The corner of Treasure/Junk

By the way, this is what's happening to my bed. I am running out of room to sleep on. Haha

That's all I can think of for the moment, that's all. Bye!

~Daniel Chou

Rant - The world?!?!

I spent the whole day reading Objective-C and worked on my assignment for my SLOG course(I hope you[you know who you are] are working on it, too and not just flirting :P)... That's really nothing interesting to talk about, so instead I'm gonna rant about something that happened to me when I went to the cafeteria to buy food. It happened today, by the way. (That's how the blog started, then I started ranting about everything else...)

Before I start talking about what happened to me in the cafeteria, I want to generalize and say how I really * 100 hate people with no manners. I'm not talking about farting in public or swearing. I'm not even talking about how 'guys' have to open the doors for 'the ladies' or how 'guys' are not suppose to hit 'girls' because it's not gentlemen like. Though I do have something to say about the expectations people have on how guys treat girls, which I will do after I rant about manners. Back on topic... What I am talking about is more like discipline.

You know how people don't say sorry when they bump into you, or don't say thank you when they're being helped? That's what I am talking about!! This is also why I despise all 'gangster' wannabes. They try to be 'cool' by 'throwing away' their manners, thinking that's the definition of 'cool'. Just wait like ten years, and they'll know what's 'cool' and what's not 'cool', when they're on the streets begging for money because they failed to get any jobs. I hope they all die. And no, I don't think that's mean. My policy is if you don't want me to be mean to you, then don't be mean to me -- I can also tell you that when I want to be mean and sneaky, I really CAN be mean and sneaky. I don't really mind friends doing that because I know they're just doing it as a joke. A lot of people mix up stupidity with lack of manners. Lack of manner is people who doesn't 'give a shit' about the world except themselves. Yes, that's like selfishness; they kind of tie together. Stupidity is more like being ignorant about the world. In a simpler term, it's just lack of common sense.

So I went to the cafeteria and bought today's special -- pasta & garlic bread. There are two kind of boxes when you want it to go. A small one(like the picture) or a big one. I asked for pasta(which by default, should fill up to 3cm below the line in the box), so using the small box will be correct. But that's if I ONLY asked for pasta. I clearly said 'Pasta and TWO garlic bread', but he still chose the small box. He fills the pasta & sauce to 3cm below the line, and then just ADDS THE GARLIC BREAD ON TOP. You know, there's a reason why people ask for TO GO; They want to take it TO GO. They still want to CLOSE THE BOX after the foods in it, so they can take it TO GO as in like OUTSIDE IN THE COLD. Apparently he doesn't think the same way. He just put my two garlic bread on top, overfilling my box. A little common sense here? That's not the only complaint I have about him. He's working there, and I'm a costumer, but I don't feel any costumer service at all. He face is all grumpy and squished together like a meat bun. It's their responsibility to smile to the costumer and be happy. They're the one choosing to work there. I don't care if broke up with your girlfriend or if your broke your leg or even that your mom just died. When you're working, you can't put any personal emotion in there -- even when you're sad, you still have to put up a fake smile. I don't care.

I had to do it when I worked in McDonald. There are times when I was the only one taking orders when there are like 50 costumers. I was swearing inside(what did I do to deserve this, etc), but I still kept my smile when talking to costumers because it's my job to smile, and the costumers didn't do anything wrong. There are many more incident when I had to fake my smile(feeling sick, etc etc), but you know, my point is that I SMILE AT COSTUMERS UNLIKE SOMEONE.

Yea, that guy is like lack of manners and full of stupidity combined. In other words, hopeless.

On to next little rant I want to do, which I mentioned above -- 'the expectations people have on how guys treat girls'. I believe in equality, which means that all the expectations DO NOT EXIST for me. I hit girls if I want to, at the same time, they can hit me back (They have to make me really mad to make me hit them though). I don't want to be 'expected' to hold doors open for girls or 'pull chairs' for girls. I can do it if I want to, but it's not an expectation. I am not REQUIRED to do anything for girls at all. I do it if I want to. There are so many things that guys are not allow to do to girls, but it's okay for girls to do to guys? What kind of fucking logic is that?

And if there are girls who are not happy about it, then let me ask you this. You girls say 'the man overpowers the females, it's not fair', but at the same time you expect the males to hold doors and pull up chairs for you? Are you so weak that you can't even do it yourself? Are you so stupid that you can't even open a door yourself? But at the same time you want more power? So let me get this straight -- you want power, but you're too weak to do anything. Kind of ironic don't you think? And don't give me any reason that has to do with equality. If you really support equality then you wouldn't be asking the guys to do all the bullshits for you.

The world is so messed up. There are connotated(is that a word?) images for everything; The men HAVE to be muscular and buff while the women HAVE to be pretty and white. It's because those images are imprinted into our heads that we can't get away from it. We can't break away from the curse of the society -- a never ending curse. Here's another ironic thing, how can anyone 'stand out' and be 'unique' when the images of the society is set in stone? Sure, you can THINK differently, but that's all in your head. How can you be unique and different physically? Look at all the celebrities. They're all the same physically -- all wearing make-up, flashy clothing, etc. And that's the 'images' of the society. If someone tries not break away from that -- people classify them as 'ugly'.

So is that how the society works now? If you're different, or doesn't fit into the society's image, then you're 'ugly', and get isolated? Some kind of equality this is.

(I just read my blog, and wow, this is so deep and dark. Not like me at all.

Umm.....

Yea..............

HAPPY MUSIC!!!!

Enjoy your day! :P)

~Daniel Chou

Rant - world's weirdest 'Logic & Reasoning'

Today in CSC165(the course where I am required to keep a SLOG), the professor talked about some logic and reasoning.

He gave us an example where if both statements are False, the implication will be True(if the format is 'If P, then Q'). An example of 'If P, then Q' can be 'If you don't want to die, then run for your life'.

So basically, he is saying that if P is False and Q is False, then the whole implication is True. His example was 'If I am 7ft tall, then it's -30 outside'. His reason for this being True is because you can never find a counterexample to prove this False. He then gave us a lot more weird examples using math or computer terms (it's a math&computer course after all), and they all made no sense. Most of us are going 'wtf is he talking about??'.

I understand his 'logic and reasoning', but I just don't agree with it. Like the example with 7ft and -30, it's true that you can't find a counterexample, but my argument is that you can't find an example to prove this True. There are things in the world that just has no answer to, and it just seems to me that he's forcing that answer out.

Maybe it's just that my Logic and Reasoning is not that well-developed, that's why I couldn't agree with his, but I don't really think so. My logic and reasoning is beyond most people, the only thing I am missing is more experience -- I can't add something I don't have into my logic and reasoning... Right now, I just hope that I'll be able to take in his Logic and Reasoning soon...=___=.

~Daniel Chou

Mansion of KEGs. & Rant - Pickle Barrel

As planned, I went early (at 6:20) when we're meeting at 7pm because we have 11 people. And it's the KEG, always a big line up. I thought usually it would be around 1 hour wait, so would be get our table by 7:20 at the latest... Oh man, was I wrong... They said "It'll be 2.5 hours to 3 hours wait." 6:20 + 3:00 = 9:20. That means We won't be able to eat until 9:20!! It was horrible. Still, we decide to wait...

We just camped in their lobby and started playing Taboo for an hour or so. ANGEL! SAM-AM-I! TOWER OF PISA! etc. We were pretty loud; therefore, we got some stares here and there. An hour passed, and some of us decided to stray. Seriously though, that place is like in the middle of nowhere plus KEG Mansion. We had to walk ten minutes to find a Starbucks -- a place to sit, and get away from the cold. I ordered a Banana Loaf and my all time favourite drink (Black Tea Lemonade), came to around $6.50. We just sat there and chatted until they kicked us out. Because they're closing, not because we're too loud. Not long after that, the people who stayed behind phoned us and told us that we got a table. Kevin G RAN back to the restaurant while the rest of us just strolled. Fun times. =]

At the diner table, this waiter came and said something, but he was pretty far from me, so I didn't hear everything... I got part of it and they were "Because....over 10 people... 15%... don't be surprised...". In my head, I was thinking "Because there are over 10 people at a table, there will be a 15% discount, so don't be surprised." Yup, I finished the sentence for him, but in fact, he was saying "Because there are over 10 people at this table, you will be automatically charged 15% tip, so don't be surprised." It was a total let down. D:

We ordered, and the food came. Oh man, they were good. We ate, talked. I spent $41. It was worth it, I LOVE the KEG, and this time it was KEG MANSION!! =]

That totally says Mansion and not Ansion.

For dessert, we decided to go to Pickle Barrel. I got some complaints for that restaurant. They seated us pretty fast -- the first time. Yea, this waiter tried to get us seated, but the table wasn't clean, so he said to 'wait there'. He pointed to this corner in the restaurant, so we did. We stood there for 10 minutes, watching other people get seated, waiters/waitresses passing us, customers eating. Yea, we were totally ignored. Does cleaning a table take 10 minutes? Lisa was thinking, so she went back to the front desk and got us a table. Go Lisa! XD

We ordered dessert & drink. They looked really nice to eat, but that's only looks. 6 desserts for $10.99... If they were to make a profit out of that, they'll need to cut down on the ingredients, and I can totally taste the that. All their dessert was too sweet(happens when you use cheap ingredients), especially mine. I had the chocolate slam -- Rocky Mountain because none of the girls want something that chocolaty. It was a layer of brownies on the bottom. On top of that was chocolate mousse, with marshmallows on the mousse. Then it was drizzled with chocolate syrup... yea. Way too sweet. I also had a Strawberry Shake -- it was pretty bad, too. It just taste like milk, no strawberry. I thought I ordered a STRAWBERRY shake... To make everything worse, I don't think they washed the cups properly. The handle of my cup was sticky, same with other people's. Kind of disgusting if you ask me... I got some good pictures out of it, so I guess it's okay. No thanks to them though! I spent $7.00 at this place.

Our dessert and drinks.

Artsy Picture. I tried.

Artsy Picture. I tried.

Overall, today was a good day minus the fact that Atsushi couldn't come. D:

6.50 + 41 + 7 ... I spent $54.5 on food today. Fun.

Check out the rest of the album on my facebook!!

Good night! =]

~Daniel Chou

Rant - Interlag & residence. (reader discretion is advised)

I hate my residence's internet so much no words could describe my hatred. If it's not one thing it's another.

All internet lag, fine, I understand that. Actually, let me rephrase it. All WIRELESS internet lags sometimes. But you know what? I am using a freaking ETHERNET CORD - CONNECTING MY COMPUTER TO THE INTERNET DIRECTLY WITH WIRES!!! If they're going to force us to use ethernet cords that NOBODY uses anymore, which, by the way, wasn't provided for us, THEN THEY BETTER MAKE THE CONNECTION GOOD. I mean, who uses ethernet cords anymore? Those are only used for modems, and that's it. You know how a laptop loses their "portable" function if it's wired like this? It's like a leashed dog, or a bondaged person. If they're going to NOT allow my own wireless connection, restricting us to ONLY the ethernet cord, then it's their fucking responsibility to make sure the connection is stable. Fuck you residence.

I wouldn't be this angry if it's just lags all the time, but you know what, sometimes it just disconnects. Yup, just sudden POOSH, no more internet. If it's just once a month, fine. Whatever. I understand internet might go wrong sometimes, but this is ridiculous. The disconnecting rate is like once a week. What if I have an important homework I need to submit? What if I am talking to someone about something very important? and POOSH! Internet's gone! Are they going to pay for the fucking damage? No! because you know what? Their residence contract states...

"University College and the University of Toronto cannot guarantee that the Resident’s system will be able to access the Network. It is the Resident’s responsibility to acquire the appropriate hardware and software for this. University College and the University of Toronto are not responsible for damages and/or losses to the Resident’s equipment and data. There may be planned or unplanned Ethernet outages. Planned outages will be advertised in advance. "

Wow, what the fuck is all this crap? So even if they ruined my life, they're not going to pay or anything? They're not going to take responsibility for it? Really, fuck you residence.

Since I'm complaining so much about residence already, let me quickly remind you of all the other things I hate about this place. Food, Noise, Washroom. My conclusion? Here it is.

REALLY? I PAID FUCKING TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ON RESIDENCE TO GO THROUGH THIS? REALLY? I rather live in a hotel for a YEAR. It's probably cheaper than this, and I get my own washroom. I won't have fucking noisy people running around screaming, booming their music at THREE IN THE MORNING. Oh, and you know what? The quiet hours for MY FUCKING COLLEGE IS TWO IN THE MORNING. Yea, SERIOUSLY? Is that an act to promote GOOD STUDENT BEHAVIOUR? I THINK NOT. That's basically inviting them to party every night. What about the people(like me), who doesn't want to be annoying by those fucking retards. FUCK.

Please excuse my language and have a nice day =]

~Daniel Chou