Tuesday, May 31, 2022
So, finally I'm 33! I'm getting older, and for my birthday present this year, it was COVID-19! Yeah, shit. Didn't think I'd catch it, with us taking precautions and not being irresponsible. Zzz. I'm fine though, having just a mildly irritated throat at times. Apart from that, no big deal. But okay, anyway the funny part is that she came down with a cold and we got tested just in case. And funny thing was, despite her being sick and me being fine, she tested negative while I tested positive. Lmao, whut. My stripe on the rapid test was barely visible, so I'm hoping that's a good sign I have very little of the virus, hence the mild response, apart from being triple-vaxxed. I know the intensity of colour on the band is not supposed to be a scientific measure of how much virus is in your body, but as a layman who did the test properly, and how I'm feeling, it sure feels that way.
A day before my birthday we finally caught Nightwish! The gig had been postponed 2 years, and Marko unfortunately left within that period of time. Onion and I went to the new music venue called History, and got in just as the opening band Beast in Black played. Both played phenomenally, with crazy musicianship and showmanship. Was great hearing the classic pieces from Nightwish, and hearing Beast in Black play live was also a treat as Onion's grown to like them a lot after randomly discovering them on YouTube. We left early as the waifu wasn't feeling well due to all the family issues back in Malaysia and her exhaustion from being occupied all day running errands as a result. But at least we caught the vast majority of the gig. Props to the staff and healthcare workers who were attentive and very supportive!
On my birthday itself we kept it relatively simple, with just dinner outside, and the next day my colleagues celebrated with me, with all of us eating Afghan food and sharing an ice cream cake. It was on Saturday itself that the waifu would be surprising me. We ended up going for a very nice massage at Hand and Stone for an hour long massage that included a crazy nice head massage with peppermint oil, which felt amazing after not getting a massage since we came to Canada. Later we got home to chill and refresh ourselves before heading out. Since we still had plenty of time, we thought we'd take Toshi out for a walk around the nearby park while we did some minor errands too. What can we say except she's such a celebrity. Two little girls came over and asked if they could pet her, and we said sure. Funny to see them eating melting ice cream on one hand and pet so gently and nicely with the other. They told us that they had a dog called T'Challa. I was like... you named your dog after Black Panther? And the two girls nodded affirmative. Lmao. After running some errands and coming across many more people who noticed Toshi, we did another round at the park, where we came across a mother and daughter who pointed and said "A cat!" I turned so they could get a good look at Toshi, and we had a short chat where they said they also owned a cat, called Luna, who looked like a fatter version of Toshi, lol. I said Toshi was shy and she proceeded to dig her head even harder into my armpit, as if to emphasize, haha! We said goodbye and went back home to doll ourselves up for the dinner, which was booked at Louix Louis at the St. Regis Hotel.
Everyone there looked like they had a membership at a country club, or looked like they owned a country club. Seriously, everyone there looked so rich, it was quite eye-opening. I mean, the waifu and I go to expensive restaurants all the time for significant occasions like birthdays, Valentine's, anniversaries and stuff, so we often feel like the poor people there. Louix Louis felt like another step up, similar in vein to The Octagon. But while the people in The Octagon felt like old money, people here felt like a mix of old and new money. But everyone looked filthy rich, basically. I had a wagyu steak while Onion had sea bass. Fantastic food! And the ambience was really nice. Like I said, everyone there looked filthy rich. Even the free bread served to us looked expensive, and the (charcoal) butter quenelle (or rocher? Not sure how they did it) looked perfectly done. Tasted great too, with the flakes of kosher salt sprinkled on top of the bread adding nice salty bites. Heterogeneity (thanks Adam Ragusea)! But thank you so much my love for pampering me and spending the day with me together. To many more meals with you, my darling babe =D.
Oh, I forgot to mention, I finally did up the entire Magic: The Gathering deck box! So like I mentioned, the waifu taught me how to use TinkerCAD and we watched a short tutorial online on how to create a box with a sliding lid. I measured my old Ultra Pro deckbox, and checked some references from other 3D printed deckboxes to see how others did it. I changed my original, plain rectangular box a bit to allow for two humps to keep the deck in place while providing space for my finger to go through and take out the cards. Plus the sliding lid fitting snugly, and with the swamp logo on top, raised to a good height. I also etched my nickname "Psyko" onto the side of the deckbox in Phyrexian script to add more design elements to it, and I was pretty happy with the result! Booking the slots in the library, making amendments to fit the printing time allowed and all was a pain in the ass. But after several sessions, finally it was all done beautifully!
Super proud of it! Credits to the waifu for all the inspiration and tips!
We joined another session of board games with Naser and a few other people over one of the weekends. We played Age of Empires III: Age of Discovery, the board game, which basically has colonial elements. I won't get into the details and the controversy of that topic, but we had a good time, and although I was leading for most of the game, on the last round I ended up last place, lol, ouch. But the humour, jokes and all round fun were great. We played Decrypto later, with Onion, me and Mahir winning Naser, Luis and Justin. Lastly the waifu and I played Everdell with Mahir, and we all played pretty well, pretty balanced with Onion coming out on top.
Oh, BPS had a one-off gaming session with Deep Rock Galactic. Good to catch up with everyone, considering the lack of contact between us and them since they've created their own chat group without the waifu and us. Just like old times! We were rusty, but it was fun and there's so many new kinds of missions in the game. Nice!
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