Writing on the go: Windows Booth

On Aug 20, 2011, outside the Futureshop north of Lawrence ave on Kennedy road, was a Microsoft booth to educate the general public about Microsoft Windows. I originally went to futureshop to buy the HP tablet for $99. But unfortunately it was sold out. Read on for a more comprehensive of what was there.

The tent had several laptops and TVs for displaying some features. One of the displays were about windows Internet explorer 9. The only thing there that I have yet to know anything about. The TV showed a comparison between IE9 and Google Chrome. The webpages were identical, a html5 webpages of an aquarium with fishes. IE9 had 1000 fishes running at 16 fps. Chrome had 10 fishes and 11 fps. While I don't know if it's 100% legitimate but I will definitely try out IE9 when I get home. I also asked then about new features of IE9. They are;
- Drag-able tabs to window 7 task bar on bottom
- Drag-able tabs to edge of screen and maximize them like any other window explorer
- Uses computer processing power to shorten load times (unable to comprehend, just stating what they told me)
- Simple GUI with little clutter

I also asked about their windows live messenger but nothing much was new. Only;
- Supports skype
- Link with Facebook

There were a couples of mid to high end computers present to let you feel the windows experience. All in the $1000 range computers.

Lastly if you talk with those people for 5 minutes, you get a free pair of sunglasses. Also there's food. Free hot dogs or hamburgers with water and chips. Great stuff.



Yummy!

Come drop by sometime if you're close. It probably won't stay open for long so hurry!

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Written on the go: Leaving for Los Angeles

At the airport will be leaving for Los Angeles in an hour on the 8:30am flight.

Today I woke up at 5:30am to get ready. So excited!! See you soon!

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Writing on the go: Congratz !! New ipad2 owner

My helpful lab instructor, named Jake Fisher, bought an ipad2!! 32gb 3G black model! Lucky!! He teaches the physical chemistry laboratories at UW and is the most senior lab instructor now ! Hes great to get along with. If you do see him, just mention my name ! (Pak Hin Law) You'll get a great reaction. ;)

I missed out ;-;
Just 4 more people or so before me when it sold out.

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Writing on the go: Ipad2 lineup at waterloo!

The line for ipad2!! Store starts selling at 5pm on March 25, 2011.

We got there at 5:05pm.

Let's hope we get one.

Freezing here!!!!

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Writing on the go: Extremely Heavy Fog Today

In Waterloo, Ontario.


If you're driving today, becareful.

It's also quite cold.



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Writing on the go: Black Rock Shooter Origin?

Found that at some cartoon store in Ottawa many months ago.


What do you think that is?

Looks kind of like Black Rock Shooter, no?

Colour
Clothes
Name

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Writing on the go: Ancaster Gem Show Volunteer

Hello, today I got to school early to do volunteering. I was at school at 7:00 and there was no one!! More info below.

It was so amazing!

The volunteering work started at 8:30am but we left at UW at 7:38am.

The location was at Ancaster, close to Hamilton.

I was basically volunteered to be a tour guide for a group of 4th graders from a specific school. I was in charge of The Lady of Lourdes.

It was a great experience. The kids were great, so lively and happy. One kid wasn't so great though. Disturbing the class when a presenter was talking.

There was a shopping hall, I bought about 18 dollars of stuff. Pictures of the place below.


My job was to lead the kids around the building to the events and to make sure that they followed a preset schedule. Easy work. After the class left, it was all free time for me to shop.

We left at 2:38pm or so. In fact I am writing this on my iPhone while sitting in the bus.

PS. I bet my mom is real jealous.

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Writing on the go: Watching Mosaika

Just like Fortissimo, this took place at Parliament Hill. It is a light show on the Parliament buildings. It took place at 9:30pm.

Great light show and sounds.

Definitely worth watching except it's quite late.

Should play throughout August.





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Writing on the go: Watching Fortissimo on Parliament Hill

Sitting on the grass, watching Fortissimo on Parliament Hill. It is a show about military musical groups performing music. It goes throughout August on nearly everyday at 7:30pm. It lasts 1.5 hours.

It's not too interesting for me, but it might be worth going to. Bring a chair, grass is uncomfortable.

Some good music for me. Some weirdly funny dancing.
Free.

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Writing on the go: Akina Japanese Restaurant Review

I'll keep it short since I'm writing outside.

This restaurant is at Denison and Kennedy.

Pros:
- good sushis
- lots of selections
- waitresses has recommendations
- sirloin cube with garlic was quite good (not overcooked or rough)
- beef roll with baby mushroom also very good
- in general, cooked meat tastes pretty good, not too rough and quite plenty of flavor

Cons:
- slow service
- no mango pudding (editted: there is mango pudding, but its not on the menu)

I found it better than Nikada.

Pictures:



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Writing on the go: Fringe Festival

Hello again, today I am at Ottawa's Fringe Festival, waiting to watch a play called "7 Samurai".

Fringe Festival is gathering of talents in performing for a lice audience. It was between June 17-27, 2010.

They start selling tickets 1 hour prior to starting. Play starts at 8.

Here are some pictures.

Outside the entrance.

The building.

The button to enter any theatre.

The booklet of events.

The show description.

There are actually alot of other shows, but it's 10 dollars per show. So I'll only be viewing 1.

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Update: I finished watching it, great acting. It was a solo performance. He did a great job acting out the personalities and characteristics of a magnitude of people. I especially enjoyed the acting of dying people. Very humorous. Its too bad he wasn't Japanese, he was just mumbling random things which sounds a little bit like Japanese, but not really.

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Writing on the go: Nikada Japanese Restaurant Review

Currently, I am eating lunch at the Nikada Japanese Restaurant (all you can eat). And I am going to tell you how I thought about it.

It is at the intersection of Kennedy and McNicoll.





Good:
- Presentation; well dressed, clean floors, nice decorations
- Enjoyed; spicy salmon sushi, spicy tuna sushi, fire ball, squid tempura

Neutral:
- Price
- Selection; no unique dishes
- Quality; majority of dishes tastes average

Bad:
- Limited Choices; no shrimp tempura for lunch
- Slow service; I hope you're ready to wait
- Their chicken teriyaki was rough and slightly burnt

Conclusion:
Average restaurant for all you can eat Japanese food. I would recommend this place for convenience. A better restaurant would be at the plaza at Denison and Kennedy.


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Writing on the go: G-Anime Convention

I'm waiting in line right now. Site says 8:00am opening but the people there says 9:00am. Atleast I know when to come tomorrow.

I'll try to do what I can do with my phone as a camera. To capture the aspects of this convention, versus Anime North held in Toronto.

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Writing on the go: Solitude time!

Booo... My parents says their goodbyes and I wave to them in the distance.

Now I have unspoken amount of freedom in exchange for solitude =/

But on another note, time to start searching for stuff to buy online >=D !

Need to prepare for work too D: !


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Writing on the go: Travelling to Ottawa

Currently on the way to. Ottawa. About to begin my new life there working for NRC (National Research Council). For the next 4 months, maybe 8, it'll be pretty lonely.

Anyone know anything there that is interesting? So I can visit it or something. Drop by in the comments! Thanks!


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Writing on the go: Still in Florida

Currently still in Orlando, Florida. But will be returning to Canada starting today. Hopefully home by Jan 1st.
We've driven about 2000km from Toronto. O_O!

The picture above was the first hotel we stayed at during the travel from Toronto, in Charlotte. Hyatt Place.

The second hotel was in Bellmont. That was in Orlando already. We stayed there for 3 days.

The third hotel and last hotel before we leave is Howard Johnson. We stayed here for 2 days.

We will most likely stay overnight at another hotel on the trip back. Editted: Stayed at Super8 Motel on the way home
Website: http://www.super8.com/Super8/control/home

During the trip, we mainly visited Disneyland. We went to 4 of the main parks within Disneyland. Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Magical Kingdom, and Hollywood Studio.

I'll include pictures later when I have uploaded them. Good vacation all and all. No souvenirs though.

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