Restaurant Review - Panda Express

I had been craving the panda for a while, so used my Sunday workout as an excuse to eat there. As usual, Panda was very good - if you like sweet Chinese food (reminds me of Indian Chinese food), clean premises and very fast service.

As usual, one of my items was the Orange chicken. Normally, I end up taking 2 helpings of Orange chicken - its just that good. But this time Panda had a new item on the menu - Sizzling Beef - so I tried that one out. It blew me away! Soft, melt in your mouth beef with a tender yet crispy skin, nice tangy sauce... a new favorite!

Workout Sunday

Major workout! Biceps and triceps, 5 exercises each, most with 4 sets, a couple with 5 sets.
And completed within 75 minutes.

Workout Saturday

Chest; lighter workout, with only 3 exercises, 4 sets each

Workout Friday

Back; lighter workout, with only 3 exercises, 4 sets each

Game Preview - Battlefield; Bad Company

Saw the new tv ad for Battlefield: Bad Company. The graphics looked good, the setting, guns, vehicles and character models looked cool, and the ad was quite funny.

The big gun in this space of course is Call of Duty 4, and expectations are high for Army of Two (rated the number one among 50 anticipated games about 1.5 - 2 years ago by EGM - Electronic Gaming Magazine). But if the game approaches how good the ad looked, it will be a solid buy!

Workout Thursday

Shoulders; 6 exercises. 5 with 4 sets each, 1 with only 2 sets

Workout today

Arms - biceps and triceps, 4 exercises 4 sets each, of each

Windows Live Writer

I finally have Windows Live Writer installed.  Thanks Ankur!

Now I can add the Benny Lava video so folks can view it right here!

Workouts - weights and swimming

Didn't work out as much as I would have liked to, but got some good stuff in;
Friday - Back and Chest, with 4 exercises of 4 sets for each of them. I'm still sore, which is great!
Saturday - swam 50 laps (~2 Km). It wasn't tiring, but got boring after a while. The good thing was, my arm and shoulder movements were improving, so I am improving my swimming technique.

Game Preview - Gears of War 2 (Part 2)

Gears of War 2 is coming out in November, and I am starting to get as amped up as I was for the first version! Check out the viscerally pleasing video, and download wallpapers.

(Seems the locust have chainsaws too.. Nice!)

I was blown away by the visuals. Given the early stage, I'm sure they will get another face lift soon, but as far as I'm concerned they're ready to go. I saw a sneak peak, comparing the graphics between GoW and GoW 2, and the upgrade is impressive. With GoW, Epic Games had strived for a look they called "Destroyed Beauty", which while inducing chuckles, did actually work. GoW 2 amps that up by adding heavier atmospherics, 'dust' particles, and what seems like improved shading.

Oh, and Gears of War 2 is still an XBox exclusive, so I would recommend buying one!