A Meeting and Wouldn't you know it, Games

A few weeks ago I posted a ad online looking for some English speaking people in town to see if anyone wanted to get together and hang out. I meet one guy that responded to the ad yesterday, he is from Canada and is looking to find work as a teacher like me. What I thought was going to be going somewhere to talk and eat like a cafe turned out to be McDonald's because he is on a budget what with not having a job and all. However he was not into hockey so that was a down side, all in all though he was a pretty good guy and I might meet up with him again. While I was in the city I went to the underground city, because they have free wifi there, and they have put up there lights for the holidays. It looked better in person.

After hanging out with the guy from Canada I went to Super Book Off to check on the games, I was close anyway might as well. I didn't think there would be anything worth getting but I found a boxed and totally complete copy of Donkey Kong Country 2 ( I had 1 and 3 so this was perfect) and it was only $5, I also picked up Tiny Toon Adventures 3 ($2.50) for the GameBoy and Soul Hackers ($1) for the Sega Saturn.

After I left Book Off I went to the bank to get some more money as the exchange rate was really good. While at the bank I decided to go to Mandrake because the two are really close. I decided to pick up the copy of X-Men vs Street Fighter ($2.50)for the Saturn that I had passed on before and found another SFC game King of Monsters 2 ($2.00) and a Metroid comic that was $2.

Last night I went to one of those class events that my school does where they pay the students. It was a little harder this time but still fine. There were a lot more students this time around 30 or so 3x as many as last time. Again I was able to walk a way with $25 for the 2 hrs I was there, not bad.

Then today I decide to go for a walk to Yamada to see if they had a few things I was looking for in the electronics department. They had one thing I wanted, a hdmi splitter, but it was too expensive and the other item, a 3 prong to 2 prong plug adapter, they didn't have. Right across the street is one of the recycle shops and I decided to pick up the Sega Saturn I saw there the other day. I really want a white one but this box was nice and it wouldn't hurt to have a model one anyway. I couldn't find it at first and started to think it had sold but then I found the controllers that had been in the box. I was still thinking that it may have been sold just not with the controllers. I was starting to really get worried (oh the horrible problems I have to deal with, right?) I found the box near the front of the store with the system inside. I picked it up and asked why it was separated. The shop owner told me that there were no a/v cables and no power cord so she didn't want to sell it. I told her that it was okay and I would still like to buy it, to which she didn't object. I grabbed a few games for the Saturn while I was there GunGriffon, Lunar and Shining Wisdom. I also found a boxed copy of Dragons Quest 6 for the SFC, I already had the cart but at that price I figured what the heck. As usual the games were only $1 each and last time I was there I had been told the Saturn was $10 but when she rang it up she asked for only $5, for everything. I asked for her to confirm it because I was ready to pay $14, she told me since the Saturn was missing things that she would only charge $1. Are you kidding me? I would have given her $1 just for the box, I told her it was okay but she insisted so I walked away with everything for only the $5. Pretty sweet.

At night I went to a store/mall and found the plug converter I was looking for and noticed that a grocery store was attached to this mall. Or rather inside it, its hard to explain but basically half of the basement level was a grocery store. I took a look around and found a few things that the store I usually go to didn't have and on top of that it was cheaper. I picked up a bag of cheetos and will let you know how they taste as I'm not sure if its the same flavor as home, it does say cheese though so I have my fingers crossed.