Went back to chinatown again on Wednesday, and had some awesome dim-sum... ;) I ordered way too much though. Yuki and I got 5 dishes for the two of us, roast duck, crab, and 3 different types of dumplings... Ahhh. Man that was good. :)

I also exchanged a bum game that I got with my modded PS2. They gave me a Japanese snowboarding game, but it didn't work with the modchip they used in my system, even though most games apparently work... They said that that game was from a small lesser-known company, so maybe they had some weird code or something... I guess the modchip makers don't test every game anyway. But they exchanged it for Z.O.E (Zone of the Enders), which is a pretty kick-ass Mega-Robot fighting game. I'm quite happy with the outcome. :)

We decided to take the U.N. tour while we were there, and it was pretty interesting. I think I took it something like 10 years ago, but I can't remember anything from then. This time I found it all quite interesting, but felt that somehow all the U.N.'s emphasis on humanitarian aid is naive... They don't seem to realize that the aid prevents countries in many cases from becoming self-sufficient. I've seen more and more programs that actually work to stimulate 3rd world economies such as micro-loans — I hope the U.N. will re-evaluate their programs in the light of such successes as well.

I also attempted to take some interesting pictures there, but it's actually kinda tough with a little digital camera... I'll have to practice more. ;)