Lunch at Wegmans

For lunch today, we're able to dine at Wegmans. It's been awhile since we last went out as a group. Usually, we have meetings in the afternoon so we can't just eat out anytime we want.

I love the food at Wegman's, most especially, their crispy shrimp pockets with sweet & sour sauce. Yum-O! I got some of that and then I took some spicy chicken, snow peas and tofu. Plus, a small amount of rice. I really enjoyed my meal. We had an option to eat at King's Buffet but the food here at Wegmans is waaaay bettuh than King's.

I also brought my colleague, Jan, with me. He usually eats by himself at his cube so I figured he could use a better ambiance. He shared a story about one of his hiking trips where he starved for a few days. He had already consumed his 12-day worth of food. When he reached town, his first meal was McDonald's. He got so sick afterwards.

Fast forward to late evening. Since it's Friday, we played poker. Again, I invited Jan to join us. He wanted to learn the game so I let Ogz explain the rules. Richie, Jet, Ryan and I jumped in to help Ogz. It was quite a feat for us to explain the rules in English. Nosebleed moment.

In the first game, Jet won. I was the last one out. It was a David & Goliath moment. Anyhoo, since it was still early, we had a second game. This time, Jan won. I guess beginner's luck is true 'cause last time, it was Karen who won and it was also her first.

After Jan bid goodbye to us, we had a little videoke session. My voice wasn't in good condition. Crap!

Ogz & I also tried the videoke feature in MySpace where you could actually record a video of yourself singing a song. You could also win tickets to concerts and meet your favorite artists. If you're the best interpreter of the song, that is.

Playing Poker

About 4 years ago, I played my very first poker game back in Manila. Auggie introduced us to the game. He brought some chips & playing cards to work and we played after office hours. I remember back then, we used to have an Excel sheet tallying the winnings of the regular players. We also had our queen of poker back then too—Tabel.

Ahh, so many fond memories... I remember winning from getting four Aces, two nights in a row, and I'll never forget the Kirkpatrick's game in Ashburn where I won 10 bucks for placing third ;oP

Now, thanks to Zynga, you, too, can now play poker online. All you need is a Facebook account. Most of my real poker friends have accounts there so we could still play poker even though we're thousand miles apart. Also, you could play using your computer or your iPhone. Sweet!

I'm happy that I just reached my 100K-winning mark recently.