The Glico Dessert Pocky brand is one of my favorite types of Pocky, consisting of flavors that are more extravagant than usual. A simple plain flavor like chocolate won’t do here. Instead, they have flavors like Tiramisu, which does indeed taste like tiramisu. It’s a little on the sweeter side. A box has four packs and each pack holds three pieces.

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The Nestle Jasmine Tea Kit Kat (茉莉花) looks like any other regular Kit Kat, but once you take a bite into it, you’re filled with the scent of jasmine. It’s a wonderful feeling, indeed.

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When Rita and Sean came to visit during their layover from Japan back home to Canada, they also gave me a Nestle Blueberry Cheesecake Kit Kat. I’ve had this once before and it was really good, so I was glad to have been able to try it again. The cream covering the wafer tastes exactly like what it sounds like – blueberry cheesecake. So good!

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My most favorite Nestle Kit Kat flavor of all time is matcha green tea, made in Japan. It’s a little sweet and a leaves a bit of a bitter aftertaste, just like after drinking matcha. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find any Asian markets here that sells this, otherwise I’d probably buy a box of them. Thank you Rita and Sean for bringing some back for me from Japan!

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Ritz in America is branded with Nabisco, but Ritz in Asia is branded with Kraft. From some quick research and thanks to Wikipedia, I actually just learned that Nabisco is a subsidiary of Kraft. It’s funny because when I think of Nabisco, I think of cookies, and when I think of Kraft, I think of cheese, but when it comes to Ritz, Nabisco is the one using the cheese with their Ritz whereas Kraft is the one that’s using chocolate or vanilla creme for their Ritz sandwich cracker, which is more like a cookie. Why doesn’t America adopt these flavors? The combination of the salty cracker and the sweet cream filling would be a hit.

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I use American Crew’s Daily Moisturizing Shampoo for Men and Daily Conditioner for Men. I just got some more from Amazon because I ran out.

When I travel and take them along, and when my friends use them, they fall in love with them. The shampoo is strong enough to get rid of anything in my hair, and the conditioner makes my hair feel alive again, like it’s breathing. Think a breath of fresh mint.

I just ordered parts for a new computer yesterday. Albert helped me research parts. (Thanks!) I wanted to spend as little as possible while still leaving room for enhancements later. I wanted small/compact. I wanted fast and powerful, but not necessarily top-of-the-line. I wanted just a few notches above “good enough”.

Taking into consideration which stores offer free shipping, which stores charge tax, and which stores offer the best price, my store of preference in order are: Amazon, ZipZoomfly, then Newegg.

Newegg – Has tax, charges for shipping

Motherboard:
ASRock G41M-LE LGA 775 Intel G41 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
$61.99

Computer Case:
Thermaltake LANBOX Lite VF6000BNS Black SECC Gaming Cube Computer Case
$84.99 ($10 MIR)

ZipZoomfly – Has tax, free shipping

Power Supply:
OCZ OCZ600MXSP 600W SLI/CrossFire Active Power Supply
$69.99 ($30 MIR)

Hard Drive:
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB SATA 7200 RPM 32MB Buffer Hard Drive
$87.99 ($10 MIR)

DVD Burner:
SAMSUNG SH-S223Q/BEBS 22X SATA DVD Burner Black Drive
$34.99 ($15 MIR)

Amazon – No tax, free shipping

Processor:
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 Processor, 2.5 GHz, 2M L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB, LGA775
$69.99

RAM:
OCZ TECHNOLOGY OCZ2B10664GK 4GB DDR2 PC2-6400/ 800MHz Blade Series Dual Channel Kits (Black)
$44.97

Total after shipping and taxes: $533.90
Total mail-in-rebates: $65.00
Net Total: $468.90

Old parts: Monitor, keyboard, mouse, memory card reader

It’s about $100 more than I had hoped to spend, but I’m sure the extra money is worth the investment.