Sunday we went to chinatown in New York again, and hung out with Yuki's sister Christine... She had never been there despite living an hour outside the city her whole life. What is it about people that prevents them from exploring the area around where they grow up...?

Anyway, I love chinatown. Especially the pork buns and bubble tea... ;) If you're not familiar with it, they have tea shops all around chinatown that sell different flavors of these drinks with big tapioca balls in them... The balls are about 1cm in diameter, so you need a huge fat straw to suck them up... ;) They're really good though. I wonder if they have this stuff in Japan now...? I've heard it's really popular in Taipei and Hong Kong...

We hung out in one teahouse for a while... I love that place. You can order really good gyoza, spring rolls, shumai, and all sorts of funky drinks. ;) They had an awesome deal for lunch — $6 for a bubble drink, 2 appetizers, and a lunch entree... Ahhh. :)

So I spoke some Chinese, got a couple of magazines, and bought a used pre-modded PS2!! :P I've been wanting to play Final Fantasy X for about a year, but kept putting off getting a PS2 because I wanted to play the Japanese version... Well, at a store in chinatown, they sell used boxes with a pre-installed modchip, so you can play US and Japanese games. ^_^

I got it at a place called J&L Game Trading, at 28 Elizabeth St, right in the heart of Chinatown... They sell used and modded PS2s, which play original imports as well as US games. They also have a good selection of Japanese games for sale... :) Their phone number is (212) 233-3399, and you can email them here...

I'll upload some pics I took when I get a chance.