Ketchup Chips and VCDs

So, Keith and I drove up to Vancouver on Saturday. Keith and I went to Digipen together and this was his first trip back to Vancouver since 9-11 (yes, he was stuck in Vancouver for like a week on 9-11 when it happened with no way to cross back into the US!).

Before we hit the border, we had to stop for gas and snacks. While at this gas station, I manage to stumble onto Uncle Ray's Ketchup flavoured chips.

Now, Ketchup flavoured chips is NOT new. You can get them in Canada and it looks like, only Canada. But all the suddenly, I found it HERE in the US side of the border. Was this too good to be true?

Yeah, it was.

I bought a small bag and tried them out. It SUCKED big time. First of all, I thought they ACCIDENTIALLY put in REGULAR flavoured chips in the bag marked "Ketchup" because there was NO FLAVOUR at all. But upon closer inspection, each chip had tiny red dots on them, signifying KETCHUP spots! But boy, you couldn't taste them!

When I hit Canada, I did buy some REAL KETCHUP FLAVOURED CHIPS (Hostress Frito Lay babee!) as well as some All Dressed Ruffles Potato chips (another great favour exclusive to Canada...dont ask me what it taste like cuz everyone has a different description of its flavour!). I also bought a shit load of cheap Hong Kong VCDs. The funny thing was, even though they were HONG KONG VCDs, most of the movies I bought weren't Chinese at all. I got a whole bunch of French and Korean and Japanese movies. See, I am very cultured!

Here's a list of what I got. Think of the list as recommended viewing by the iNfoMan. Look for ReviewCity! HK VCDs Edition soon!

--Guns & Talk (Korean gangster comedy)
--He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (French flix staring that Amelie chick. Saw trailer for it, and it looked great. Has big secret in the movie in which I am dying to find out)
--Hero (HK Jet Li epic...nominated for Oscar this year)
--My Wife is a Gangster (Korean comedy...supposively being remake by Hollywood)
--Ping Pong (Japanese comedy about ping pong players)
--Taxi (Luc Besson classic French action car chase movie)
--Taxi 2 (French sequel)
--The Touch (Michelle Yeoh's HK/American movie which was suppose to come here but doesn't look like it anymore. Was it that bad?)
--The Tricky Master 2000 (Stephen Chow's comedy...saw it before and I fell aslepp even though everyone loves it. WIll try to watch it again)
--Wasabi (Jean Reno/Luc Besson French/Japanese action flix)
--Waterboys (Japanese swimming movie from the guys who brought us "Shall We Dance". Was shown at last year's San Diego Asian Film Fest and touted as "Shaolin Soccer but with swimming (?))
--Volcano High (Korean action flix about a school of superheroes. Think Hogwarts, but cooler and without a wimpy Harry Potter).

Ah...HK VCDs: A haven for movie fans!