Smooth Sailing... ...

Woah...Heng sia today...I missed my appointment date to make my Student Card but Anston told me that the appointment date does not matter so I was planning to go on Monday...But...luckily...Early in that morning I received an SMS from Anston informing me that today is the last day... ... I of course rushed down to make my card... ...

After making the card...there was a little orientation like thingy where they try to persuade into joining their camps and stuff...Did not really take interest in any of them...But I did join this weekend activity thingy together wif Anston...He says he wanna turn Singapore Polytechnic upside down together... ...

Btw...Guess wat?...Anston actually gave me back the LAN money he owned me from the other day...IN WHOLE...Boy hav things sure changed... ...

Then I went on to the CCA exhibition of sorts... There were a number of interesting CCAs like Wakeboarding, Skateboarding and Silat... And there are some lame CCAs like Drama (Something like that...Acting one lah...) and International Students Club...The lamest I hav seen so far is the Christian club... ...I was not sure which CCA I wanted to join as I am not a sports kinda guy and I was not really interested in activities like Silat...Then I saw the Astronomy Club and I thought that since I had no other interest in any other CCAs...I would jus join the Astronomy Club for the sake of it... THEN...Right next to the Astronomy Club's booth...I saw a some Gundam Models...Fully painted and some had customized bases...Beside...there was a LCD TV screening an Anime show...Around the walls of the booths were wonderful sketches of Kira and Lacus of the Gundam Seed series and I KNEW...I hav arrived at the right place... ...I knew that if I were to join this club...the financial stress on me will be rather significant (Master Grade Model Kit: $75, Perfect Grade Model Kit: $200-500, Air Brush: $50-400)...But the attraction was too great to resist...

I approached the guy in charge of the booth (Some non-student guy...). I asked wat the club was about and he said that it is basically a club where u learn how to make models (Gundams mostly...) and figurines like a pro... ....And draw mangas...How cool it that?! And they hav even got a pro artist from Japan to fly over to teach manga classes! They will even create teams within the club to create custom Gundams to send into competitions, cool... ...The gy asked which Model Kit I wanted t start wif...My immediate response was, "Wing Gundam, Katoki!"...But he comments that Wing is quite had to paint due to its design and advises me to start wif something easier...So I asked for a RX-78 GP01 cause it was sleek...He say dun hav...Then I asked for GP03...also dun hav...Lucky they still hav the RX-78-2...All that art stuff and model kits are gonna burn a BIG hole...but no one ever said an Otaku's life is easy... ...

After settling all the SP stuff...Went on to Bishan, where Jia Wei's dad's office is located... ...I started working for him yesterday... ...ending today...not much about work life there (Due to the short lifespan of my work life there...)...But took a lot of pics of semi-interesting(Not THAT interesting...But worth noting... ...) stuff... ...

Ladies and Gentlemen... PSALM ACTIVE!!!

I know his dad trades cups and plate and all that...But isnt this a little too much?

I'm in charge of this warehouse... ...

Look at his job...So easy...I still hav to pan hou (Move goods in chinese...).

Yin Yang plates...To ward off spirits... ...(HEY!!! I jus realized...The formation is wrong!The spirits are free to roam the office...No wonder it looked weird... ...)

The Pandan Leaf Collection... ...For a limited time only... ...

Ditto the above... ...

Look at this piece of crap...Thats a ceramic frog btw...I HATE frogs...So slimy... ...

Look...Shurikens... ...

Couldnt help but play wif them... ...

Lolz...Windows 98...Long time since I saw one of these... ...

This one even longer...Since the time of WIndows 95... ...

Lol...Jap mailbox thingy... ...

Found this "Funny Cup" in the shop... ...

It might be jus me but a cup glued on top of an unstable piece of slim rock seems somehow unpractical to me... ...

Some stuff mother ask me buy...I know...Bo liao hor...This kind of thing oso upload... ...

Thats about it...Now bored outta m mind and whiling away my time doing this... ...

DIE BLOCKHEAD!!!

For those for u who play Okami u should know that there is this irritating character(s) called Blockhead that randomly appears in the game that blocks Amaterasu's way of some treasure off some sort... ...Blockhead is a living wall...he blocks the way of treasures and cant be destroyed by head butting him...U can only destroy him by dotting on his weak points wif Amaterasu's celestial brush...He will flash his weak points for 2 sec before they disappear and Amaterasu has to dot his weak points...At the last Blockhead...Blockhead Grande...There will be 8-10 weak points u hav to dot...and they disappear within 2 sec...

Now...ppl on the internet hav complained and whine about this mini-game of sorts...Some hav tried for hours...some even resorted to using markers to mark on their TV where the weak points were, AND STILL FAILED!...One asked his brother to help remember where the points are... ...Now... I hav found out the EASIEST way... ...RECORD THE PROCESS!!!

I first tried to photograph the process using my phone but it happened too fast...so I recorded it...than I had all the time in the world to refer to my phone...LOL...Underhanded...true...but necessary...IT WAS HARD OKAY?!

p/s: Lol...use marker to mark the TV screen... ...

Zzz...DotA... ...

Planned to go to Trinity Methodist Church (The one near my house...) to attend BB Enrollment Service... ...Anston asked Jon and I out for breakfast at Mac near my house (Did not ask Hong Chao along...typical of him...watever...)... ...He was late as usual... more than an hr late...as usual...In the end...he did not turn up for the breakfast that he planned... Jon and I had a great time though (Somewat...)...Mostly jus catching up on stuff... ...Anston arrived jus after the Church Service started... ...not unexpected... ...

Went to BB Enrollment Service... ...Mainly because we wanted to see how Wei Jie and the juniors are doing... ... same old... same old... There were more recruits than we expected though... ...Wonder how they conned them into BB... But we bet that more than 80% of them will be gone by a year though... ...

We thought of following Pravin and gang to watch Mr. Bean's Holiday...but Jon and Anston insisted on going to Niner (The LAN shop near Kovan center...and its not spelled L-i-n-e-r... ...). As expected...the first game on the list was DotA... It was ok though...as it has been a long time since I last played the game so I didnt mind as much... ... It was Anston and I Vs. Jon and Hong Chao...I could tell that Anston was not too happy...or rather not very excited to be in the same team as me...to say the least...I would say it was attributed to my known suckiness in the game ...watever...And no...I did not choose to be in the same team as him...It was somewat random (Come on...it was 1 out of 3...the chances are...high...). We won that game btw...We only played one game though...Jon and/or Hong Chao suggested that we played another game...They were probably bored of the game as well...though they might hav suggested changing because they knew I dont really like that game...but I doubt that... ...

Jon and/or Hong Chao suggested playing Anime Fight... ...But Anston asked us to continue playing ourselves and announced that he would be going online to play wif the others (Namely...the 4E1 guys...). Lol...I found it amusing that he would call us out to Niner and yet once the game moved away from DotA... He chose to call his other DotA buddies to play DotA online...leaving us wif uneven teams... Not surprising though...Not the first time he did that... ...

Jon won both Anime Fight matches that we played...Lol...that cause he knew who is gay loh... ...Then moved on to Tower Defense...Hong Chao totally OWNED that game... Jon and I were jus audiences to his onslaught... ...But I admit I was the lousiest in that game... First time play wat... ...I thought Ren Dou Hao Pan Si (Easier to do stuff mif more ppl in chinese...) so I created lots of lousy towers..lol Jon and Hong Chao only depend on less than half my amount of uber upgraded towers to do more than 10 times my damage... ...

We than experimented wif different versions of Tower Defense...like Marvel Tower Defense (Can use ppl like Electro...Vemon and Jubilee...)...Than we settled for Pokemaul... Once Anston saw that we were start to play Pokemaul... He immediately asked to join the game...I could nvr understand his love(?) for Pokémon... ...(When he informed the others that he was going to play wif us for awhile...I noticed that they replied wif sarcastic comments like, "Play wif Leonard they all...Zzz"... ...-_- Y?! CANNOT ISSIT?! CHEE BYE!!!CAN ONLY HANG OUT WIF U ALL ISSIT?! NAH BEY!!!CANT WE MAKE FRIENDS FREELY?!ARE UR NOSES SO HIGH UP IN THE AIR?!DO U NEED ME TO SMASH IT BACK DOWN TO EARTH FOR YA?! HUH?! DO YA?!... ...KANINAH... ...)

I am glad to announce that I was the best at this game... ...I of course...chose Psychic type... ...We could hav won the game if not for "someone"(Let not go into details...) who was so stubborn that he insisted on evolving his Pokémons instead of building lots of Pokémon to build an elaborate maze made up of Pokémons... ...We failed multiple times because of the same stubborn guy (Like I said...Details...Who needs them?) and the same stubborn reason... ...

After many failures...Jon and Hong Chao decided to leave... Anston and I decided to stay and try to beat the game...We almost did as the stubborn someone decided to step it up and soon...his Psychic Squad was UNBEATABLE...But stubbornness seemed to hav migrated to someone else...someone known as Anston... ...First time round...He REFUSED to build more Torchics and INSISTED on evolving them ALL THE WAY...to Blaziken...Second time round...he REFUSED to listen to my advice of changing to Psychic type...He did tone down on the evolving though...but the went and try to build an elaborate maze...leading to my side to lead the enemies to my side to help him clear some of his enemies...That worked...and my supreme Psychic Squad was able to more than handle the extra load...But because of his long maze...he let his side WIDE open to flying enemies... ...

After multiple failures due to his,"Xiang Xin Fire Pokémon" (Believe in Fire Pokémon in chinese) attitude...He said that he was going to play DotA wif the others and invited me to play along... ...and I did...I was of course the weakest in the game due to my inexperience and we were up against freaks that play nothing but DotA... ...After several minutes into the game...I could tell...I KNEW...that they were feeding on my...on purpose...EVERY SINGLE TIME I stepped out into the open...three of them would gangbang me and all of them had the ability to turn invisible... ...Lame...I was weakest and yet they place three pros against me...it wasnt chance...they were clearly farming on a noob (I do not mind admitting that...I hav close to no interest in that game...so no surprise there... ...). Every time they kill me...I lose gold...And because of the constant dieing ...I cant gain experience to gain level...No gold...No gaining of levels...I saw no chance to fan shen (Turn the tables in chinese...). So...I left the game... ...Seeing that...the others began to kao bey...and told Anston that they will not call me to play again... ...

*Snort*

Firstly, I dun seem to recall u guys EVER calling me to play wif u...If Anston nvr asked me to join in...I would most probably be playing Battlefield 2 alone... ...Secondly, I NVR liked DotA...I find playing it a hassle at times...I am not so HARD UP for DotA that I hav to find U PPL to play the game wif me... ...Thirdly, I was PAYING to play in a LAN shop, I did not hav the luxury of time like u ppl playing from home...I WOULD THINK that I hav the RIGHT to quit a game if I was not enjoying it!!! LASTLY, I nvr ASKED to play wif u ppl...so dun make it seem as if u guys are DEPRIVING me of a PRIVILEGE...OKAY?!...Nah Buey Chee Bye..Lim Bei Huay Xi Han Ni Men Zhe Ban Ren?!?!?! (U think ur father will regret losing u bunch of ppl?!?!?! in chinese... ...)

After the game...Anston could tell that I was clearly not enjoying myself after that episode...so he suggested that we play something else... ...He suggested playing GunBound...yes...lol... ...Much to my surprise...he had continued playing the game for quite some time and had accumulated a considerable amount of cool costumes... ...One would think that his level of skill would hav gone up...Nope... ...Not at all...He tries using high angle shots more often now...but not fantastic..to say the least... Surprisingly...I kept on winning ...It was late, but Anston kept insisting that the next game would be last... After several last games...due to his inability to beat me...(One of the few character traits we share...) ...He finally beat me using Grub...I WAS NOT EVEN USING MY BEST BOT (Mage...) LOH!!! I was using the half baked Kalsiddon... ...

When...leaving...Anston was worried that he did not hav enough money to pay for the amount of time he played and asked if I had enough to cover for him... ...I assured him that I did... ...

Upon arriving at the counter...I took out a fifty to pay for myself and cover for him... ... Seeing the fifty dollar note...Anston swiftly went on to inform the cashier that the fifty was for both...in full...*Sigh* ... At least THAT has not changed... ...

WTF?!?!?! U CALL THIS DMC?!?!?!

U know wat Derick?... U were right... Devil May Cry 2 DOES suck... ... OMG it was a one day game lah... Anyone that wants a quick PS2 action fix...Go for DMC 2...But dun keep ur hopes up...this game exists purely to cure temporary boredom from the endless RPGs (Not that RGPs arent fun... ...)

I woke up quite early today (2 AM) and decided to play (Cause I hav nothing else to do... ...)... I suddenly did not feel like playing Square-Enix related games like Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Kingdom Hearts 2 and Final Fantasy (All of them) as wat boredom needs is not strategic RPGs but button mashing action games... ...I looked through my collection and came upon DMC 2 (Yes, I hav a lot of games I dun even know I hav... ... Jus the other day...I found out I had Viewtiful Joe 2... ...). I decided to try DCM 2 as I was REALLY impressed wif Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening and I wanted to see wat Dante was like when he was older... ...BAD decision... ...IT SUCKED BAD!!! Although I did not waste a lot of time on it... ...took me less than 6 hrs to complete the game... ...

Graphics:
The first thing I noticed when I loaded up the game was that its graphics are MUCH lousier than DMC 3...U might think that this is reasonable as DMC 3 came after DMC 2...But the graphics for DMC 2 is as good as PS 1 graphics...Even Final Fantasy VIII looks better than DMC 2 (Serious...) ...Any of FF VIII's Guardian Force will put DMC 2's so-called Demons to shame...I mean...Jus look at Shiva will ya?!

Moves:
The amount of moves that Dante has in DMC 2 is also VERY limited...When I took a peek at the action list...I only saw the basic Air Hike...Stinger and...and...cant remember...SEE WAT I MEAN?!?!?! DMC 2 got so little moves that I cant even recall 3...I mean...DMC 3 had cool moves like Million Strike and...watever...cant remember...But only because I long time nvr play DMC 3 liao...But to be fair...DMC 2 givs Dante added maneuverability wif moves that allow his to run up wall and stuff like that... ...

Weapons:
One of the things that I most look forward to in a DMC game is its wide array of very different weapons...I mean...in DMC 3 they had a set of gauntlets and boots which shot beams of light and an electric guitar that summon bats!!!(For those who hav yet to experience DMC 3...As ridiculous as these weapons sound...they are REALLY cool...) And every weapon has its own set of move list and combos that make fighting enemies NVR boring... I thought that I would endure a bit of crappy DMC 2 jus to see wat weapons they came up wif...I was FUCKING disappointed... ...Rebellion (Dante's default weapon...A double edged sword...) already has a disappointing move list wif only standard moves like Stinger, Lift and the normal 3-hit combo... I was hoping that the other weapons would be more interesting...didnt happen...The other two weapons(Yup...only two...)...One was a double edged broadsword named Vendetta and another is a double edged longsword...They hav NO SPECIAL ABILITIES and they hav the EXACT SAME MOVES as Rebellion...haiz...And if u unlock Dante's DMC costume in DMC 2 u can use force edge...which is his father's sword...Hav EXACT SAME STATS as Rebellion...only looks different...Honestly...I see no point in making these weapons... ...

Storyline/Plot:
The storyline and plot in DMC 2 in MINIMAL...No story other than the one they gave u at the beginning of the game...no twist and turn...no NOTHING...Every mission is jus playing through and fighting that boss that has NO RELATIONSHIP to the game...They did not even ATTEMPT to link the bosses to the story...they jus PLACED that boss there to fight Dante... ...

Puzzles:
Stupid puzzles that serves more as an irritant than a brain wreck...U wan puzzles? Play DMC 3...Onimusha...Resident Evil or God of War...Dun play DMC 2...

Difficulty:
IT WAS TOO FUCKING EASY!!!I mean...I completed the game in SIX HOURS LAH!!! I think thats y ppl compliant that DMC 3 was too farking hard...(I found it ok though...And Derick...I found back my touch...Now can defeat Vergil using only Rebellion...)

Length:
IT WAS TOO FUCKING SHORT!!!I mean...I completed the game in SIX HOURS LAH!!! I took 1 whole day to complete DMC 3...

Unlockables:
Capcom games...to me...always had great unlock of completing their games...For the Megaman series...It was different modes for Megaman (Be it Zero or X or jus Megaman...) Mavel vs. Capcom had secret characters like Golden War Machine and Shadow Lady...Onimusha 3: Demon Siege had the side story game , Adventures of Heihachi and Weapons from the first game, Raizan, Enryuu and Shippuu...Guess wat DMC 2 gave? They gave ONE measly costume...NO bonus art...NO extra character and NO concept art...and guess wat? The costume is not Dante in cool Legendary Dark Knight or stuff like that...It is Dante dressing in Diesel clothing -_- Yes, the clothing company...tok about lame marketing scheme...

Dante:
He got all emo and serious in DMC 2...no longer trash toking... ...

Bottom line...DMC 2 SUCKS...apparently...It doesnt live up to its predecessor...From wat I heard...the original Devil May Cry was LEGENDARY!!! Even DMC 2 had difficulty topping DMC...I quote a unknown source (Cant remember lah), "Fans and critics alike agree that it just might be equal, if not superior, to the first game." Means that DMC is still very good compared to DMC 3 in spite of that fact that DMC was created YEARS ago...

But to be fair...DMC 2 was developed by a team different from the one that developed the original DMC... ...

Ah...Rei... ...

Went to cash out my cheque today...Was supposed to cash out wif Jia Wei but he was late as usual (He is ALWAYS late...even for work...)...I had to wait for 1 hr before he arrived...And by that time I hav already cashed out my cheque...And I still had to wait for him to queue up and cash out his cheque...Haiz...

But he had somewat valid reasons for being late...

After he walked down the huge slope leading up to his house...he realized that he forgot to take his cheque wif him...*Roll Eyes*...After retrieving his cheque and once again reaching the bottom of the slope...He realized that he forgot to bring along the souvenir he brought for my on his trip to Bangkok (Yes...he brought a souvenir for me on his trip to Bangkok...How nice eh?)...Then of course he had to make his way up the huge slope to collect the souvenir...I did not think that 2 trips up and down that slope of his would make him 1 hr late but I forgave him and did not question further on the account of the nice souvenir he got me:


Lookie there...It's Uchiha Sasuke!!! Blowing out fire some more... ...

We then went shopping together wif our newly filled wallets... ...The first place we went to was Sunshine Plaza... ...For those of u who dun know...Sunshine Plaza is a mini-mall kinda place that mostly sell figurines...They hav ALL SORTS of figurines there...and when I say all sorts I really do mean ALL SORTS!!! They hav EVERYTHING that an Otaku like myself would EVER want...The products sold there range from the ever popular Mobile Suit Model Kits to rare figurines of the first Masked Rider!!! They also sell stuff that are not figurines but are nevertheless anime related...They have the usual keychains ...pins and cards...BUT they also have rare stuff like mugs and imported magazines from Japan...Most impressive is that they even hav Naruto ramen imported from Japan...

We, or rather I, had a hard time choosing wat to buy...there were so may figurines and they were all so well done and beautiful...I went there, determined to buy a Ayanami Rei figurine...but Rei herself had more than 12 or maybe even 20 different design... ...To make matters worse...I saw a original Final Fantasy VII Sephiroth figurine... ...That series is no longer in production and Sephiroth is much rarer than the rest of the figurines in the series...And that figurine is based on Sephiroth's original design...not his Advent Children look...Although that particular figurine is a whooping 150 bucks...I expected it to be priced at about twice that value... ...Haiz...So many figurines...so little money...

But in the end...I came to the decision to buy the 10th Anniversary Edition of Neon Genesis Evangelion figurine set of Rei Ayanami and Sohryu Asuka Langley:


*Sigh*...Arent they jus beautiful?


Them together wif some of the other stuff in my room to giv a good idea of their size...which is quite big... ...

Rei and Asuka individually...Believe me...they are much more impressive and beautiful when outside of their boxes... ...















I currently keep them in their individual boxes...Not sure whether I should display them outside of their boxes...I am worried that they might get damaged and dust will gather...Once dust gathers...it is very hard to clean them off figurines...especially Mobile Suit models...they are so fragile...My RX-78 GP01 is kinda yellow now... ...Plus I wanna keep them in mint condition... ...

Jia Wei already had a figurine, or rather an action figure, in mind before he arrived at Sunshine Plaza...He wanted a Roxas action figure...Y he likes Roxas so much in spite of the fact that Roxas
is jus a side character and Jia Wei has nvr completed Kingdom Hearts 2...is beyond me...although I admit that Roxas's character design is pretty cool... ...However...all the figurine shops in Sunshine Plaza had run out of Roxas action figures(But they had plenty of Sora action figures...Wonder y?)...Only one shop had 1 Roxas action figure left but they were taking advantage of the fact that Roxas action figures were rare to sell it at an exorbitant price of seventy something bucks(Cant remember exact price...)!!! I mean...WTF?!?!?!THAT IS LIKE 1.5 TIMES THE ORIGINAL PRICE LAH FUCK!!!But thanks to me...we found a shop in Bugis Junction called Absolute Comics that had one last Roxas action figure that was sold at the normal price of $49.40...Haiz...I should hav brought that...dunno whether can find another one... ...

After shopping for figurines... I still had plenty of cash left so I considered buying more figurines but decided to stop by Sim Lim Square before making any decisions...

The moment we arrived at Sim Lim Square...We headed for Game Planet...(Game Planet has two outlets in Sim Lim Square...We went to the one located on level 5 as it has a larger variety of games...) Btw...Game Planet is GREAT...It sells games at much cheaper prices than anywhere else...The PC version of Fable: The Lost Chapters can be found at a measly price of $50 and Guild Wars games can be found at around $50...The last time I saw Guild Wars at Comics Connection...It was being sold at around $80...

I intended to buy Guild Wars: Nightfall but ended up buying Guild Wars: Factions as it has the Assassin class and as Andrew says...,"It has a nicer box"-_-

I was torned between buying Collector's Edition and the normal one as the Collector's Edition one had extra stuff and had a cooler box...But Jia Wei convinced me that it was not worth it to pay more than twice the price to buy the game plus some extra stuff that is really stupid(Like a soundtrack and pins...)...So I ended up buying the normal one...and deciding to spend the money , buying the guide book instead of paying extra for the Collector's Edition...:


Guild Wars: Factions wif its "Nicer box"... ...

I have started playing liao...But I have not yet reached the maximum lvl of 20(The reason for such a low max lvl is because the games focuses more on PvP than lvling...).Despite the low max lvl...It is actually quite hard to lvl up in this game...so far I am only at lvl 6... ...

After buying Guild Wars, I considered buying other figurines like the original Sephiroth figurine and figurines from the Monsieur Bome collection...which is VERY tempting...go here to see wat I mean... ...I did not though as buying too many stuff in a day might attract disapproval from my parents... ...Especially my mom... ...

We then later head for home early as Jia Wei has to go swimming wif his relatives at Serangoon Gardens Country Club(LOL!!!)...

The first one to see wat I bought was my mom...Her reaction was, "Wei Se Mua Mai Nu De?!" ("Y did u buy females?!" in Chinese...). I didnt know wat to say so I did not say anything... ...Jus wait till I buy my first Bome figurine...

My mom then invited me to go to the Serangoon Gardens Country Club gym to workout wif her and my sisters...Now...I usually would reply wif a ,"Zou Le Ji De Guan Men..." ("Remember to close the door on the way out..." in Chinese), but this time I made it a exception as I wanted to laugh at a swimming Jia Wei using my status as a Gold Star ranked swimmer...Unfortunately...By the time I was done working out...It was already nighttime and there were close to no one in the pool...But I did see his brother ,Jia Ming, though...But I dont think he recognized me...He was already dressed by then... ...

Today was the first time I stepped in to the club since receiving a membership card of the club (Was too busy slacking, besides...I had no reason to go there...)...And also the first time I stepped into a gym(Not counting the school's...The school's gym equipments were alway closed and they were lousy to begin wif...)...The gym's equipments had fancy sensor thingys that shows a person's heart rate as it is important for a person's heart rate to maintain at twice its normal rate for optimum fat burning to take place... The first equipment I tried was the bicycle like thingys...It was quite relaxing as it lets me sit and I love cycling...NOT! It was not relaxing AT ALL!!! My mistake was setting the time at 30 min...I was pretty tired by the time 12 min had passed...My sister said that I could stop to rest a the machine would pause but I refused to stop due to my pride...and also because of my pride, I refused to even slow down...By the time 30 min passed..I had cycled 20.4 km...That is like 40.8 km/h lah...which is like...almost the speed of a car lah...When I saw that I had only burn about 230 something(Cant remember exact value...) calories...I was damn pissed...as a bowl of noodles have around 500 calories...Half an hour of non-stop cycling to burn off less than half a bowl of noodles?I saw no point in working one's ass off to burn off much less calories than we put in in a normal diet.(Not like I am a glutton like Yun Hao or watever wat...)And dun even tok about to dieting to me...I like...no, I LOVE my food...I enjoy eating...Not eating as an activity...But more like I enjoy eating good food...which is tasty...and which is usually fattening...I then tired the weights...not really working out...jus playing wif the equipments...Then came my worse moment in the trip to the gym...

I went to try this step thingy equipment that looks similar to a treadmill...As usual to these equipment...I entered my age and stuff and selected fat burning as my program...In the fat burning program...the machine monitors my heart rate to make sure it is around twice my normal heart rate for optimum fat burning..Now comes the part that pisses me off...15 sec into the workout...the machine says that my heart rate was too high and that I had to slow down to reduce it...So...I slowed down to an ant's pace to lower my heart...BUT STILL...it asked me to slow down...I slowed down some more and then the machine pauses and tell me to continue to the work out...5 sec after continuing...it tell me to slow down...Then it continued this way for quite some time...I cant seemed to slow down my heart rate enough for the farked up machine...and every time it asks me to slow down again...It makes my blood boil which then contribute to my ever increasing heart rate...I was like," WTF IS WRONG WIF U?!?!?! MY HEART RATE RISE FASTER THAN NORMAL PLL CANNOT ISSIT?! NAH BEI!!!SLOW DOWN THEN U STOP!!!SPEED UP THEN U ASK ME SPEED UP!!!CHEE BYE!!!". I then set the machine to cardio training mode(Which requires higher heart rate...)....But still...I had to go through the program at an extremely slow pace...

There was ONE equipment that was fun though...There was a boat rowing simulator in the gym...It lets u race against this AI in the machine...It was pretty fun...I won by 5 boats...I guess things are a lot more fun and interesting wif a bit of competition... ...

Went home wif a sore butt...from the cycle machine thingy... ...Try Guild Wars: Factions... ...Ogle at Rei... ...Blog... ...Sleep should be up next... ...Maybe more Guild Wars... ...Finally sleep(If I do sleep that is... ...)... ...

NO SWEAT!!!

I was in a bit of a mood for Kingdom Hearts 2 today so I decided to try to challenge Sephiroth... ...U can also fight Sephiroth in the original Kingdom Hearts and I defeated him in the original Kingdom Hearts... ...But I heard that Kingdom Hearts 2's Sephiroth is much gayer and much more difficult... ...According to Cheng Wai... ...Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts 2 is utter gayness and that it is near impossible to defeat him... ...After hearing all this,I decided to challenge him...Prepared... ...

I went about my way, grinding... ...I started at around lv 75 and only stopped at around lv 85... ...Only then did I dared challenge Sephiroth... ...I already had a bad experience wif him in Kingdom Hearts... ...Wif him being rumored to be stronger in Kingdom Hearts 2... ...I wanted to make sure...this time...I go prepared... ...

At lv 85 I got tired of grinding and jus went ahead and challenged Sephiroth... ...My hands went stiff... ...anticipating all the different buttons I hav to press to block his attacks...dodge his attacks...hit him...execute limits and of course...heal myself... ...

The match starts off wif Sephorith running towards Sora at speeds the human eye cant detect and attacks u wif his famed Masamune...(Which is unusual as Sephiroth usually starts slow...)This is his second strongest attack,"Flash" ...If he makes contact wif this attack... ...expect Sora to lose more then 3 quarters of his life... ...However...Flash has its weakness...it can be easily blocked using the Keyblade by pressing the reaction button at the correct time... ...Then began my assault on Sephiroth... ...I unleash my trinity limit and start button mashing the attack button...Then I realized something I did not expect...I was totally whooping Sephiroth's ass!!!This was unexpected as I did not feel that veteran gamers like Cheng Wai would encounter any problems if Sephiroth is to be of this caliber... ...After taking away about 1 third of his health... ...He executed the attack I was waiting for..."Sin Harvest"...Sin Harvest is Sephiroth's most powerful attack...It reduces both HP and MP to zero instantaneously... ...The only way to survive this attack is to equip the "Once More" or "Second Chance" ability..."But even so...u would be left wif only 1 HP...0 MP...I hit from him and u would die...Now in the original Kingdom Hearts...Sin Harvest was relatively easy to deal wif...jus keep Sora at the center of the ring and as soon as Sephiroth says, "Sin Harvest"...whack him...and the attack will be stopped...In Kingdom Hearts 2 however...Sephiroth has learn a new trick...He flies into the air before casting Sin Harvest...thus making it impossible to hit him and disrupt the spell...He then proceeds to hit Sora...and Sora(Wif only 1 hp left)dies...I was then stumped...I was at a lost...I had no idea how to counter this attack...My sister suggested that I use healing items to counter this move but I strongly refused to do so as I wanted to defeat Sephiroth on a fair playing ground...He dun use items...I dun use items...Then it struck me... ...

I had figured out a way to counter that attack without using any items... ...But first...let me explain the effects of two spells...

Sin Harvest:
Draws a halo above Sora...a moment later...Sin Harvest depletes all HP and MP.
Time between casting of spell and spell taking effect: 2/3 sec.

Curaga:
Sora throws green spell thingy into air...a moment later...green spell thingy falls back onto Sora and heals Sora to full health.
Time between casting of spell and spell taking effect: 1/2 sec.

So I thought up of this senario...:

1. Sephiroth casts Sin Harvest...Halo appears above Sora...
2. Before Sin Harvest depletes MP...Sora casts Curaga and throws green spell thingy into air...
3. Sin Harvest takes effect...Depleting HP to 1 and MP to 0...
4. Green spell thingy falls back onto Sora...Healing him to full health...

PERFECT!!!

It was the perfect plan, but of course...it took split second timing... ...I had to try several times but I finally got the hang of it and was then trashing Sephiroth like a dog... ...But of course it is because Sephiroth is not using his full strength...As it can be seen after defeating Sephiroth...he goes on to wipe dust off his shoulders and comment that Sora is indeed talented...in a sia lan way... ...Peh...naive Sora...to think that he actually thought that he could defeat Sephoroth in a no hold barred match...the naivety of some... ...

So I hav to say that Sephiroth is definitely gayer in the original Kingdom Hearts...He is significantly watered down in Kingdom Hearts 2...here is y:

Battleground:
Then battleground in Kingdom Hearts 2 is much bigger and thus provides more space to run...

Attack Range:
It might be because of the difference in battleground size but Sephiroth's attack range seems longer in the original Kingdom Hearts...

Sin Harvest:
Easier to counter if u know how...

Defense:
In the original Kingdom Hearts...He does not start taking damage until Sora has hit him a huge amount of times...In Kingdom Hearts 2...Sora can start damaging him from the start...

Teleporting:
Sephiroth teleports lets often in Kingdom Hearts 2...

Damage:
Sephiroth deals far more damage in the original Kingdom Hearts...

Meteor:
In the original Kingdom Hearts...Sephiroth summons meteors to spin around him and attack Sora...Sephiroth is invulnerable during this attack...That means u only get to see urself getting killed...In Kingdom Hearts 2...Sephiroth flies into the air to summon meteors to hit Sora...He is no longer invulnerable during this attack and the damage taken from these meteors is lesser...

Better Abilities:
In Kingdom Hearts 2...Sora has better abilities to take advantage of...

Now are some tips to prevent would be challengers of Sephiroth from becoming... ...


1. MUST equip Second Chance or Once More..or even better...BOTH...If u want to even survive this match... ...Second Chance lets Sora retain 1 HP even after taking one massive strike...Once More lets Sora retain 1 HP even after taking in combo hits...Both let Sora get away wif 1 HP after Sin Harvest...Second Chance protects Sora from potential 1 hit kill attacks like Sephiroth's "Flame Pillar"...Once More protects Sora from combo attacks like Sephiroth's devastating combos...So u get 1 HP...BIG DEAL u say...well...that 1 HP may very well let u win as it givs u time to heal urself to full health using Curaga... ...

2. Equip "MP Haste" to speed up restoration of MP when Sora runs out of it..."MP Rage" to recover MP for each damage Sora sustains...Amount of MP recovered is directly proportionate to amount of damage taken...These abilities will help Sora regain MP faster, thus allowing him to cast Curaga at an earlier time... ...


3. Equip "Berserker" to let combos continue indefinitely when MP is depleted...But finishing moves of combos are removed...This allows Sora to rain blows onto Sephiroth without stopping when he has no MP...Being continuously hit...Sephiroth cant launch a counter attack unless he teleports...This also lets Sora buy time while his MP gauge refills... ...

4. Try to max out or at least lvl up slightly the skills of all the forms such as "Glide" and "Quick Run"...These skills increases Sora's overall maneuverability, thus allowing him to dodge Sephiroth's attacks better... ...

5. Set Curaga to one of the hotkeys for fast healling... ...

6. Try to get Ultima Weapon through synthesis...It helps to hav a powerful weapon...AND...Ultima Weapon comes equipped wif "MP Hastega" which FURTHER quickens ur MP recovery rate... ...

7. Try, try, try and try...NVR GIVE UP!!! IT AINT OVER TILL IT'S OVER!!!

Hope that wif this... ...Those that hav yet to defeat Sephiroth can someday overcome him...NO SWEAT!!!...like I did... ...

The rewards for defeating him are great... ...A new Keyblabe and cool cut scenes:


p/s: U can only fight Sephiroth once before he flies off wif Cloud to engage in another epic battle...So if u wanna fight him again or see the cool cut scenes again...or BOTH...I suggest u sav a separate file before fighting and continue the game in the other file... ...

Finally Sia... ...

Lol...Finally got our pay...They made us wait so long sia...they got ready more than two weeks after we submitted our checklists...And if that didnt delay stuff long enough...Jia Wei had to go on an unannounced vacation to Bangkok... ...And me being the loyal friend that I am, opted to wait for him to come back to collect our pay together... ...BUT, it did not end there... Jia Wei could not collect him pay right after he returned to Singapore as he had to work for his dad and could not go collect his pay... ...If the agent did not threaten to send back the cheques we would not get it today...most probably hav to wait to tml... ...

That Kelly Services (lol...suggestive name huh? *smirk*) also ah...We waited more than two weeks leh...cant even wait 5 days for us... ...That Jia Wei lah...because of him...we ended up later than Kelly Services...make me so pai seh to be later after scolding them repeatedly for being late... ...-_-


Here it is...MY CHEQUE!!! Not much lah...Temp job nia...wat u wan?


And here is a scan of my beloved cheque...I did not think scanning a check is entirely legal so I censored some parts...The cheque number...signature (DUH!) and of course...the ever important...PAY AMOUNT!!!(Censoring was a pain...had to box the parts up and paint black over it manually using paint...the program...not the real thing...) Personally...I dun think that they paid us enough... ...But then again...who is ever satisfied by their current pay amount? We always want more dun we...We can nvr hav too much money... ...lol... ...

Wats that?... ...Why do I hav to take a pic of the cheque if I hav a perfectly good scan of it? Why...I'm glad u asked!!! I very artistic mah... ...I put in a lot of effort into making to pic look cool and professional... ...I made sure that I took the pic of the cheque at an angle and that the cheque will also by at an angle to the table...This combination of angles will giv the pic a sort of high-class advertisement look...I spent a lot of time finding the perfect angle for the camera and the cheque...U wont know if I didnt tell u, but the cheque was not folded this way originally...I folded it this way to giv it a sort of "Just out of the envelope" or "Just recieved" and thus new look... ...I even ransacked my dad's drawers to look for that business looking fountain pen to make it seem as if the cheque was jus signed... ..And the high-class looking fountain pen made the pic look more...well...high-class... ...

This is less obvious, but I also spent a lot of effort(Not that much but...still a lot...)...on the scan...I made sure I boxed up the parts that needed to be censored neatly and perfectly... ...I jus boxed up wat I needed...No more...No less...I was accurate right down to the smallest pixel...REALLY!!!AND...Thats not all...U would notice that the signature is not COMPLETELY censored... ...I left out a bit of the top and the bottom... ...I censored the rest of the cheque perfectly as I wanted to giv it a professional business look...but for the signature...I wanted it to be special... ...I did not censor it fully as I wanted to giv it a "Hurriedly censored" look...To make it look like those censored Top Secret FBI documents shown on documentaries... ...So how?Artistic ah?Call me crazy will ya?... ...On second thought...dont... ...

OMG...Cant wait to cash in the cheque tml and go shopping!!!... ...Shopping the guy way...For guy stuff... ...

I'm Uchiha Sasuke... ...?

Took a personality test at naruto-kun.com...Turns out I'm ... ...


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One of my fav characters in the anime...cool... ...

PLS LET IT BE TRUE!!!!!!!

OH GOD PLS LET WAT THEY SAY BE TRUE PLS GOD OH MY GOD OMG PLS LET IT BE TRUE!!!GOD!!!!!!!

Before I proceed... ...Take a look at this... ...

Finished watching yet? WASNT THAT COOL OR WAT?!?!?!

Now... ...U know wat they are saying out there? Guess...come on...guess...u will nvr be able to guess... .... Guess wat? They are saying...that...Square Enix WILL produce Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories... ...in... ...ENGLISH!!!WOOT!!!WOOT!!!WOOT!!!

OH.MY.GAWD!!! At the moment...independent sources state that this is the case...However...Square Enix hav yet to officially confirm that an English version is indeed in production... ....However...Square Enix lack of confirmation is likely due to the fact that even the original Japanese version of Final Mix is not yet released over in Japan... ...But it is said that several dependable independent sources hav stated that it is true and that it might be due to Kingdom Hearts' overwhelming success outside of Japan that they decided for the first time to release an improved game in English(Several Square Enix and Square Co. games hav been improved to include extra goodies like more cut scenes, new weapons and extended storyline, these improved games hav nvr been released outside of Japan. Some examples are Final Fantasy X: International, Final Fantasy X-2: International + Last Mission, Final Fantasy VII: International and Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix.).

For those of u not in the know... ...Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix and Kingdom Heart Re: Chain of Memories and sold together as one package under the title Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix+.Now I will briefly describe the improvements of Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix+ according to its individual components... ...

Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix

Additional Magic Spells:
So far I hav only seen one that is wind based(Not Aeroga)...It manifests as a tornado around Sora wif Sora floating in the eye of the tornado... ...I am not sure if this spell is offensive or not as I hav only seen it used to propel Sora into the air... ...After propelling Sora into the air...the tornado disappears.

New Drive Form:
Not much is known about this new drive form except for the fact that it looks similar to Sora's original costume in Kingdom Hearts if not exactly the same. From wat I hav seen of the new drive form...it has increased speed, maneuverability, and strength...not unlike Valour Form except for the fact that the new drive form uses only one Keyblade. I hav noticed that this new drive form also enables Sora to use skills from the original Kingdom Hearts (Eg. Sonic and Ragnarok) which is otherwise unusable in Kingdom Hearts 2.

New Areas:
New areas previously unavailable in the original Kingdom Hearts 2 hav been included to Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix... ...

New Cut Scenes:
New cut scenes hav been added to Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix which cant be seen in the original Kingdom Hearts 2... ...

Battle Organization XIII Members:
U can now battle all the Organization XIII members, including those who died during Chain of Memories, using Kingdom Hearts 2's battle system... There will also be new cut scenes during these fights... ...

Heartless Version Of Organization XIII:
There will be a new group of thirteen members which consist of Heartless in Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix...Sort of like a parody of the original Organization XIII which consist of thirteen Nobodies...Not much is known about this group except for the fact that they dress exactly the same as the members of Organization XIII(Black robes wif hoods) except they hav the symbol of the Heartless on the front of the robes... It is unknown wat species of Heartless are in this group...but from their shape and size...it is likely that they belong to the mushroom branch of the Heartless...as for wat type of Mushroom Heartless they are...it cant be confirmed...

Battle Wif Roxas:
One of the most highly anticipated feature of Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix is the replacement of the cut scene of Roxas battling Sora wif an actual battle...There hav been rumors spreading about the possibility of Roxas being even more difficult than Sephiroth himself... Trailers hav shown the battle wif Roxas having about the same number of health bars as Sephiroth(Which is A LOT btw... ...). However...I hav also seen screenshots of the battle showing Roxas having only 2 health bars...but Sora might hav already weakened him to that point for all I know. As for Roxas' attacks... ...they look EXTREMELY gay...he is extremely fast...he runs circles around Sora, dodging his attacks and rain blows onto him...He also has an attack where he speeds across the room leaving a wave of destruction behind him(Not unlike one of Demyx's attacks).He has also been shown using a combo that attacks 360° wif a range 2.5 times that of Sora's normal combo range. The most impressive attack so far is where Roxas flies in to the air and creates multiple crosses of light on the ground that surrounds him in a circle...he then shoots multiple beams of light outwards and onto the ground...this is done in such a manner that the beams of light resembles a dome...he then goes on to unleash seemingly endless balls of light at Sora by spinning his keyblade. I must admit that Roxas' attacks are most impressive and that his huge amount of health bars came as a shock to me...However...I must say that the rumors concerning Roxas being even more powerful than Sephiroth are totally untrue... ...First of all...Sephiroth is UNQUESTIONABLY the most power character in video game history... ...Secondly...If u look closely at the battle between Roxas and Sora...U would notice that although Roxas' attacks are flashy and continuous, the damage they deal is minimum. However, in Sephiroth's case...one blow from him can take away half or even more than half of Sora's health bar...And Sephiroth's attacks are not exactly slow too... ...In fact...his attack speed is on par, if not faster, then Roxas'.It is thus clear (At least to me)that Sephiroth remains unbeaten to this day... ...

Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories

When they say Re: Chain of Memories... ...they REALLY mean Re: Chain of Memories... ...It is MUCH MUCH more then ur average remake...It is Chain of Memories totally demolished and rebuilt from the ground the up... ...NOTHING in Re: Chain of Memories is recycled from he original Game Boy Advance Chain of Memories... ...The only things that were not completely new in Re: Chain of Memories were the 3D renderings of the characters from the original Kingdom Hearts and some of the skills that were used in the original Kingdom Hearts...Other than that...everything else is brand spanking new... ...

New Battle System:
The battle system for Re: Chain of Memories hav NVR been used in any of the other PlayStation 2 Kingdom Hearts games...And even though the battle system in Re: Chain of Memories is based on the battle system of the original Chain of Memories... ...NOTHING is recycled from the original battle system in terms of graphics...the card battle system in Re: Chain of Memories hav been revamped beyond recognition(Well...Almost... ...) and even the reaction command from Kingdom Hearts 2 hav been added to Re: Chain of Memories... ...

Remake Of Chain Of Memories Cut Scenes:
Every cut scene from the original Chain of Memories hav been remade into full 3D wif voice overs for every line... ...Kinda speaks for itself doesnt it?

3D Rendering Of Sleights:
As some of u might know... ...The original Chain of Memories features a sleight system that allows Sora to execute skills...these skills include Omnislash and Zantetsuken which is not executable in any other Kingdom Hearts games...In Re: Chain of Memories...these sleights hav been remade in full 3D...Hope that this means u will be able to see famous skills like Omnislash and Zantetsuken in their full 3D glory wif PlayStaion 2 graphics like nvr before... ...

3D Rendering Of Worlds:
Again... as some of u might know...the original Chain of Memories features worlds that are based on the the worlds of the original Kingdom Hearts game...but wif a twist... ...In Re: Chain of Memories... ....u will be able to see these special worlds in full 3D...this conversion stretches all the way from the springboards to the opening of doors using cards... ...Again...nothing in this area is recycled material as the Chain of Memories worlds is too different from the original Kingdom Hearts worlds even though they are aesthetically similar... ...and the fact that the worlds in the original Chain of Memories is displayed in 2D...it makes it impossible to recycle anything from the worlds of the original Chain of Memories... ...The only thing that is reused in the worlds of Re: Chain of Memories are the map of the worlds...everything else is again...brand spanking new... ...

For those of u who are fans of the Kingdom Hearts series...hope this has gotten u guys excited about Kingdom Hearts all over again... ...I certainly am... ...

Thank you Square-Enix for deciding to release Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix+ in English and if it doesnt happen... ...I would like to quote MajinSora of the YouTube community:

" dude now u got me anxious
i swear if it dosnt come out to the U.S. im gona drop a nuclear bomb on Japan"

MajinSora

Except for the fact that I dun live in the U.S. ... ...Oh well...u get the picture... ...

WHOOPEE!!!!!!!

So... ... Yesterday, my Dad and I went to ITShow Singapore 2007 to buy me... ...*drumroll* ... ...A LAPTOP!!!WHOOP!!! Yup...u heard me...a laptop... ...although it is meant to be used for studies and all that once I enter the Poly... ...I am still happy that I got one anywayz... ...

It was PACKED yesterday at Suntec as ITShow Singapore 2007 was not the only one holding an exhibition yesterday, albeit it was the biggest one there... ...There were travel exhibitions, food exhibitions and even wedding exhibitions... but ppl were mostly headed for ITShow. There were ALL SORTS of booths at ITShow...ALL the BIGGEST names in IT were there... Sony was there...Microsoft was there...NEC was there...Fujitsu was there...HP was there...even the lesser known ASUS was there... ...

When I reached lv 3 of Suntec... ...i saw one of the BIGGEST booth that was there... ...It was BIG, it was COOL, it was AWESOME and in big shiny letters it wrote... ...PlayStation 3!!! WOOT!!! The PS3 exhibition was BEYOND cool... ...they had all sort of stuff there at the booths...They had six sets of PS3 out on display for anyone to try... ...TONS of HD TVs all around the place...and almost everywhere and on every HD TV...they were bragging about the advantages of the Blu-ray format and watnots... ...There was also a queue for ppl to come and collect the PS3s they ordered online...which was empty...looking at how the price of the PS3 hav yet to drop...it was understandable...oh well... ...it was still cool... ...

Directly opposite the PlayStation 3 exhibition was its arch nemesis... ...the Xbox 360... ...the size of its exhibition was comparable to the PlayStation 3's at first sight... ...BUT...if u look closely...u would notice that only about 1/3 of the exhibition was dedicated to the Xbox 360... ...the rest of the exhibition was displaying softwares like Microsoft Office 2007 and the various Vistas and hardwares like optical mouse and all that stuff... ...

The Xbox 360 exhibition can be described using one word... ...SUCKY... ...compared to the PlayStation 3 exhibition...it SUCKED... ...Here is a list of the difference between the PlayStation 3 exhibition and the Xbox 360 exhibition... ...:

Display of information

PlayStation 3:
HD TVs displaying information on the Blu-ray format and the PlayStation 3 wif neatly dressed salespeople around the place answering any enquiries the public might hav... ...

Xbox 360:
A shabbily dressed DJ wannabe wif a microphone shouting out the capabilities of the Xbox 360 and its price... ...to think that Microsoft actually hired a fishmonger to sell its products... ...Its an IT show okay...not a fish market... ...

Product Test Driving

PlayStation 3:
Two neat rows of PlayStation 3s hooked up to humongous HD TVs wif a variety of games available to play that is sure to entertain ppl people of all age and gender... ... Games include Sonic the Hedgehog, Ridge Racer and the critically acclaimed Resistance: Fall of Man... ...Neat queues were also formed behind each PlayStation 3

Xbox 360:
Xbox 360 sets sprawled all around the place randomly...hooked up to tiny Samsung LCD TVs wif only one game loaded...Xbox 360's last hope... ...Gears of War...Sheesh...Gaming industry newbies... ...

Surprisingly...Nintendo's Wii was nowhere to be seen... ...But on second thought...Nintendo does not deal wif anything IT so it would be weird if it showed up for the event... ...

The ppl test driving the consoles were mostly kids, not the teenagers as kids are the only ones thick-skinned enough to hog on a public display... ...soooo...sadly...I did not get to test drive the holy grail of gaming... ...The PlayStation 3...oh well... ...

We then went on to the 4th lv where all the REAL IT stuffs were... ...The place was HUGE, LOUD and PACKED... ...The moment I stepped in to the hall...I was pushed around and I nearly turned deaf from the sudden increase in noise level... ...But, besides the fact that every booth was playing their own stuff at full blast, creating a deafening mash of noise, it was great there...All sort of stuff were sold there...not jus desktops and laptops...there were selling accessories like laptop batteries, laptop bags, DVD-RWs and all that stuff... ...The prices there were also great...no CRAZY... it is like they are slashing prices every hour ...and towards the end of the exhibition...the slashing got more intense... ...it was nuts... ...

So we went around to look at all the laptops and we, or rather I, got stuck at two choices... ...Acer, or NEC... ...They were of about the same price but Acer's specs were slightly superior in terms of graphics... ...BUT...Acer was made in Taiwan but NEC was made in Japan, AND Acer laptops looks horrible while NEC laptops look stylish... ...It was a hard decision... ...Graphics or quality and looks? Then my father pointed at NEC's slogan , "No.1 Selling PC Brand In Japan". Then i thought... ...the whole of Japan cant be wrong... ...So i went ahead wif the NEC laptop... ...Dad said that we could always assemble a better desktop next time...the laptop has to be light and cool and it is meant for school... ...


We then went on to buy some other stuff like a wireless keyboard and mouse set to use wif the laptop at home as it is difficult to use the keyboard and touchpad of a laptop...might be buying a LCD screen soon to hook up to the laptop at home for easy viewing... ...

We also bought a DVD-RW set containing 100 DVDs to burn stuff... ...So Derick... ...I will be able to get ur sappy OC series on DVD after all... ...AFTER I finish DLing 10 GB/Series via BitComet... ...Did u know the first time I tried DLing season 1 I woke up to a com that told me to clear up some space to that it could even run?!

A Note To Leong Jia Wei:
U ASSHOLE!!!GO ON VACATION NVR TELL ME!!!DO U KNOW THAT KELLY SERVICES CALLED TO SAY THAT OUR CHECKS ARE READY?!?!?!AND DO U KNOW THAT I OPTED, OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF MY HEART, NOT TO COLLECT IT TODAY SO THAT WE COULD GO COLLECT IT TOGETHER?!?!?!AND DO U KNOW THAT MEANS I START PLAYING GUILD WARS AT A LATER DATE?!?!?!HUH?!HUH?!HUH?!AND DO U KNOW THAT MEANS I GET TO PURCHASE REI AND ASUKA AT A LATER DATE?!?!?!HUH?!HUH?!HUH?!AND DO U KNOW THAT MEANS I GET TO ENJOY AT A LATER DATE?!?!?!HUH?!HUH?!HUH?!
U ASSHOLE!!!

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p/s: A bit nuts today... ...shall elaborate tml... ...

Objection!

Lol...as u can see... i hav recently changed my blog display pic and BGM... ...For those of u not in the know... ...the pic shouts, "Objection!"... my favorite phase from my favorite Nintendo DS game... ...Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney! And the BGM is my fav one in the game...titled "cornered"... ...

Anywayz... ...here is a short review of the must hav DS game...u play a rookie defense attorney call Phoenix Wright(Duh... ...) and u get to go to court to fight cases...not only that...u get to collect clues on the case... like playing part-time detective! There are lots of cool features in the game that makes it so much different from other games... ...For example...during the investigative stages of the game... u not only got to question witnesses and look for clues...u get to use cool stuff like luminol spray to look for cleaned off blood stains and fingerprinting set to find and even match fingerprints wif those in ur database of fingerprints...cool huh?

But the investigative segments of the game pale in comparison to the intense (Somewat?) and mind-bending (DEFINITELY!) court trials... ...u get to cross examine witnesses...present new evidence and shout around in court once u manage to find a contradiction (Wat Phoenix loves the most... ...) to the prosecution's case! And the sound effects during the trials can really get one hyped up...wif the shouting of objection, the Judge's banging of his gravel and the cool BGMs (Me fav is cornered... as in i jus cornered the prosecution and is gonna whoop their ass!).

Currently there are only 2 Phoenix Wright games available for the Nintendo DS... ...Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney and Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney: Justice For All... ...Both are remakes of old Phoenix Wright games from the Game Boy Advance but they are already a hit wif western gamers that did not get to play the game when it was 1st released for the Game Boy Advance as it was not released out of Japan... ...Both games hav 4 case...and dun think that jus because there are only 4 cases per game and that they were originally Game Boy Advance games... one would be able complete it wif ease...that was wat i thought and boy... was i ever wrong...

I estimate each case to hav around 6-9 hrs of gameplay in them...and that is IF ur case goes smoothly... ...Jia Wei and I hav lost slp playing Phoenix Wright... ...But he still get more slp compared to me...he likes to save in between a case to continue next time while i prefer choinging through a case in one shot... ...HOWEVER...the 6-9 hrs gameplay per case estimate applies ONLY to the remake cases... ...NOT to DS exclusive cases... ...

Currently...there are 3 Phoenix Wright games for the Game Boy Advance... ...two have already been remade for the Nintendo DS...A Phoenix Wright game that is DS exclusive (Phoenix Wright 4) is already in progress...Although no DS exclusive Phoenix Wright game is released yet...we hav had a glimpse of wat is to come... ...

Together wif the 4 original cases in Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney ...there was a new, nvr seen b4 case in the first Phoenix Wright remake... ...This case is better than the original cases... its use of the DS's 3D graphic engine is much more extensive (360° view of objects)and there is a much wider use for the touchsceen (Applying luminol spray and fingerprint power). This case is also MUCH BIGGER...three times as many evidence...more than enough suspects...multiple crime scenes and roughly THREE TIMES LONGER(Exaggerating...maybe around 2 times... ...)! That would make the gameplay around 21 hrs(Exaggerating again... ...maybe around 15 hrs)!

To show how cool the brand spanking new Phoenix Wright 4 game will be...Capcom added this segment in the DS exclusive case where u can fast forward, rewind and pause a security camera tape to show a contradiction to the prosecution's case on the tape... ...

So...I am REALLY looking forward to the remake of Phoenix Wright 3 and arrival of the all new Phoenix Wright 4 wif all of its new features!!! Even though there is one thing i dun like about Phoenix Wright 4... ...the main character is no longer Phoenix Wright but some new kid... ...lame...Phoenix Wright game dun hav Phoenix Wright... ...

Mucus... ...

Came down wif high fever early afternoon yesterday... ...started from running nose and a cold few days back... ...Feeling terrible... ...I hav not felt this terrible since i contracted dengue last year...hope it isnt dengue this time... ...Luckily...i dun hav any symptoms that is attributed to dengue like muscles aches and rashes other than fever...yet... ...Serangoon Gardens seem to be dengue central of Singapore, wat wif all the banners around and being listed as a dengue hot spot... ...

U know wat is the worse thing wif having fever and a cold? It's not the constant heat radiating from ur body... not the lethargic feeling... not the sore eyes... not even the intense on and off headaches... ...The worse thing about falling ill is the MUCUS!!!Those GOD DAMNED sticky substances jus keep filling up the god damn nose... ...I had trouble sleeping because of all the mucus dripping out my nose... ...I was very tired and was feeling extremely sick at that time so i did not bother getting tissue or going to the toilet...i jus wipe my nose wif the back of my hands and rub them "clean" on my pillowcase and went back to sleep... lol... ...but the mucus refused to stop flowing so i resorted to covering my nose rills wif my fingers and went to sleep breathing through my mouth ...lol... ...When they say "Sick as a dog... ...". They really mean "Sick as a dog... ...", my nose was as wet as the wettest dog nose... ...

After slping for over 12 hrs i couldnt continue to do so but i still haven regenerated all my energy to play or watever so i went to the toilet to clear out the truck load of mucus stuck in my nasal cavity...but no matter how many times i blew my nose...more mucus will form... ...i had to blow so hard that i felt as if my brains were gonna spurt right out from my nose (The nasal cavity and the neurocranium is connected... Ancient Egyptians used hooks to pull the brains out of dead guys ready for mummification from the nose rills... ...) for my nose to be clear for five minutes...

I then went on to do something boh liao... ...I stood in front of the toilet bowl and faced downwards... letting my mucus slowly stretch towards the surface of the water in the toilet bowl... ...Turns out that my mucus can stretch all the way to the surface of the water without breaking in half... ...But once my mucus touched the surface of the water...the water pulls the mucus in, snapping the long line of mucus in two and causing my end of the mucus line to snap back into my nose... then it went on to resume stretching slowly towards the surface of the water once again... ...

There is one pleasure attainable from a cold though... ...And that is a loud and hearty sneeze... ...When u hav a cold... NOTHING... i and do mean NOTHING beats a great big ARCHOO!!!