Mad Scientist with liquid nitrogen

My job seldom involves cool stuff like this. Today, we going to use some liquid nitrogen to perform extreme cooling overclocking. See how cold it is, the tube gets frosted in seconds. Maximum cold is around -200 degree celcius. You will never want to get a drip of that on your hands.

Mushroom Burger @ Red Robin ; Ultra Cheap Hotdog @ Costco

Swiss Mushroom Burger from Red Robin. Had this at Alaskan Way, Seattle. 

CH bring me to costco and introduce this to me. Really value for money. USD1.50 with drinks.

Dragon roll @ sushi house in Uwajimaya

Just showing the dragon roll.

Saburo Sushi @ Downtown Portland

Plates full of maki. From unagi to salmon, prawns to soft shell crabs.

The 3 raw fish maki.

Lobster meal @ Red Lobster

Starting my meal with a cup of clam chowder

My lobster after dissect by the waitress. Good service. Easier for me to eat. 

She even do the claws too. But I should have taken the picture of the whole lobster first. Maybe next time.

Yummy meal. The body taste like prawn, the claw taste like crab. For USD27, it is worth it. I can't even get this kind of quality paying MYR99 in Manhattan Fish Market.

Voodoo Doughnut @ Downtown Portland

Voodoo doughnut has moved near to Lloyd Center. The queue is very long. See all the people here queuing for it. I wonder whether it is really that good? Let's see.

Voodoo doughnut rack. Vegan and non-vegan doughnut available.

One of the doughnut I bought. Frankly, so-so only. Comparable to J-Co or so.



Surprise broken when V scan thru my credit card bills..

Bought this transparent coach medium size wristlet for V. Looks unique so I bought it. The rest is pretty much too common which V already bored of it.

Get this wallet too.

A good leather wallet. The finishing quality is top notch.

Trying the iRobot Roomba 550

Just bought my iRobot Roomba 550 from costco today. It is a good deal as it has the same functions as the 560 but at a slight cheaper price. Roomba 550 is exclusive to costco.

It docked the charging station by itself. All it needs is a good charge now.

I test run the roomba for 10 mins, it trapped quite a lot of dust, hair & particle at the disposal compartment.

Multnomah Falls revisited

Multnomah Falls, one of the nice scene from Oregon.

This is far from postcard snaps, but I am satisfy with it. Definite with tripod, it would be better.

This is taken at the small stream on the way down from observation bridge.

Rose Festival .. floats only @ Downtown Portland

Horse float. Each of the color you seeing here is made out of organic matters. It is made by sticking rice or grains on the float. A lot of work, huh.

Rose beauty queen on the float.

I like the bee figurine at the back of the float.

Float from Alaska Airline. This is the best float of the parade.

2 whales on display. From this angle, it looks like baby whale is following mother whale.

The whale float is followed by the Alaska Airlines crew on a boat.

National guard float.

Astoria Regatta float. Those ladies on the float is actually singing and dancing.

Dancing..

Human powered float. Oregonian likes to paddle a lot hence it won't surprise me that they come out with this to represent the Oregonians.

If you zoom in, you can see sister cities of Portland. Bangalore is one of them.

Vietnamese float

Rose Festival .. skipping floats @ Downtown Portland

World map arranged using flowers and plants. Country are seperated by colors according to one of my friend. I did not notice it initially.

Cute Alaska Airline mascot

Clown prince :)

Rodeo queen

Donkey or foal cart. It looks tired though.

Senior cheerleading squad :)

 

High school cheerleaders

Flag performance

Some sort of queen from pagent contest I think

Another rodeo queen

Well Fargo display

Llama. This is my first time up-close with llama.

Look how nice is the horse.

Many rodeo queen on the ride

Navy sailor band. Everyone claps hands when they pass by.

Scottish pipe. They wore scottish skirt too.

Not exactly sure what it is. They do looks interesting.

Mexican rope performance

Taiwanese wonderful display. It would look better if I had my wide angle lens on.

Tossing the flags and guns

Adding a little humor in between, the clown ride in a tiny bicycle.