Frozen Memories

RAAAAAAAWR!!

2010-11-17T19:25:00.003+08:00

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Many things happened, but the most recent event that is of significance is Anime Festival Asia the Saturday and Sunday that just passed. Spent pretty much both days at the event and going crazy with my money. Only went for Saturday night's concert, lost my voice to Z!!!!!!!!!

Aside from that, nothing of great importance or interest happened, at least, nothing that I feel the need to blog about. Man, if my life keeps up being this boring, this blog will die one day won't it?

Like Zepy of Canned Dogs, I suck at Starcraft

2010-08-05T21:47:00.006+08:00

Yes, this blog is still alive, amazingly enough.

As you might've noticed (or not), every time I mention news of a holiday, a long one, that is coming up soon, this blog goes dead for the entirety of that holiday, perhaps even more! Care to hazard a guess at what I'd be doing?

A whole lot of nothing, yes. The life we live is limited, so it might seem downright insane to waste it doing nothing, especially when it seems like I'm in times that requires action a lot more. I won't elaborate, but perhaps that is the very reason why I often choose to do nothing instead of something, or anything at all for that matter.

For the first time in my life, I decided to take part in a large event, namely the launch of a game, Starcraft II. While I may not have been waiting and anticipating a sequel for 12 years like some have, or even played the game much, I most certainly enjoyed what little bits and pieces of the first game that I've played quite a few years back. After being told that a launch event was to be held at Funan Digitalife Mall, I checked and saw that the first 1337 people in line would get a special silver dog-tag.

Attracted by the freebies and the game itself, I promptly made the decision to go pick the game up at the launch event instead of picking it up at the shop a day later. Only on that morning, at 8am did I thought to myself "This is my first time doing something like this!" Prior to this, I have not experienced such at atmosphere.

The various activities such as introducing people to the development team of SCII, began at 10am, while the launch of the game itself, and also the time where we would begin to receive our copies of the game, starts at 12:30pm.

Don't be fooled, there was some 200 odd people already inside the building, sitting in queue. My position was somewhere in the 300s.

Another 15 minutes, it turned into that.

And another hour or so, this mass of people gathered.

Photo of Brian Kindregan, Lead Writer for SCII. In a brief conversation with him during the autograph session, he told me that it was his first time in Singapore, seemed rather happy to be here. At first, only the first 200 people in line would get the autograph, but he apparently just kept on going regardless, which was why many others also got it. Pretty nice of him, don't you think?

You've seen the line outside, this is the mess inside. Still a way to go till you get your hands on your own copy of SCII after being ushered into the mall by the crew outside. Showmatches kept everyone entertained though.

Photos of the stuff that I got. The poster is quite nice, so is the 1337 tag that I managed to get my hands on. The t-shirt, I'll leave for another post.

Yay for absurdly long post.

STAND UP!!

2010-06-01T19:29:00.002+08:00

IT'S IN OUR SIGHTS! THE OASIS KNOWN AS HOLIDAYS ARE NEARLY HERE!!!

Starts the week after the next, actually.

Nothing interesting ever since the last post, except for the rush of work that flooded most of us at school. Namely, the Economics commentary work and English Individual Oral Presentation (IOP), and for some, their Maths Internal Assessment pieces.

Went to the Assisi Hospice Charity Carnival for the first time on the 29th, not voluntary though. The entire class was kinda forced to participate by running a games store. Half-assed effort resulted in pretty bad "business" for the morning, according to the rest of the people who turned up for their shifts after mine. Thankfully, someone brilliantly improved the game that our store was running and we ended up being marginally successful.

Went to Viky's birthday "party" on the 28th, Friday. After everyone was present at around 4pm, took us a while to get to our destination, Wild Wild Wet. Had a bit of fun, but finishing up was kinda dragged on with reluctance too. Pretty fun day.

Been playing lots of Red Dead Redemption. The game has its fair share of hilarious bugs that were of legendary quality, of which I actually appreciated, but the gameplay itself was great. Definitely recommend to those who can get it.

If you must know, no aspiring plans for the holidays. I doubt the teachers will let us off easy seeing as we have 7 weeks of "nothing" in their eyes.

Mad rush

2010-04-25T20:11:00.002+08:00

Went to Tioman on the 23rd of March for my Biology field trip. Not exactly a relaxing trip seeing as we're there to work, work, and work. Snorkeling, while fun, wasn't exactly doing anything for me seeing as without my glasses, I couldn't really see anything. Richard, our group leader, would point at something and go "Did you see what I pointed at? It was [insert name here]". Everyone would nod and understand, while I'd nod knowing what he was talking about, and explaining, but not seeing a damn thing.

The hike up the forest was rather tiring, but at least it's better than the climb up Mt.Merapi in Sumatra. Didn't help that I got stomach ache when we reached our second survey site. Other things of note was that the food there was awesome, and we generally had fun.

Got back to Singapore on the 27th, and two days later, it's back to Malaysia again. I didn't return to Segamat, just stayed in Seremban at my grandmother's place. Lots of relatives came back, but other then talking to each other, only thing to do there was to spectate quarrels between my grandmother and a mentally ill aunt of mine. Amusing, but noisy.

Mad rush of work to do when school started again on the 12th of April. Still ongoing, I think. Now that we're nearly at the mid-year point, all the Internal Assessment pieces are piling up, with deadlines looming, but it's all under control.

Got a Acer S243HL monitor, it's not the best out there, but for what I paid for (about S$325, price in Singapore is about S$500), it's pretty much what I want (HDCP support on HDMI port). So now, I can play PS3 in my room~! Like the reviews would tell you if you bothered to read them, the contrast on this thing isn't really good, causing the picture quality to be rather inferior, but it CAN be fixed. There's automatic setups for things like the contrast, colour and brightness, but they don't work that well. I spent around 30 minutes messing around with the settings until the picture quality matched that of my TV's.

Didn't buy Final Fantasy XIII, but my cousin did. So when he went to Australia with his family to attend his brother's University graduation ceremony and for vacation, I borrowed the game from him, and finished it within two weeks, the duration of his trip. Basically, I just got the game, sat down whenever I had free time, and rushed the heck out of it. That's not to say I blindly rushed through the game's plot, I did do some sidequests and grinded a fair bit. Not as bad a game as some would claim, but just doesn't really feel like a Final Fantasy game.

This post is running a bit too long now yeah?

Gasp! A post!

2010-03-15T21:40:00.002+08:00

It's been more than a month, is he finally giving up on blogging?

Naw, apparently not. Like I've said, this blog will only be updated when there's something of note. No sense in posting an update on how I hit my foot the day or what I ate for dinner last night (it was soup) yeah? I have a plain life, sue me if you can.

Been really hooked on Bad Company 2 ever since it was released. I got Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition too, it's the Region 3 one, not the Japanese Region 2 or the Europe Region 2 or the North America Region 1. Never been much of a Resident Evil player, so first few chapters I sucked horribly.

I encourage those of you who can and are interested to get Bad Company 2, it's a good shooter, might even replace Modern Warfare 2 for some. Dice has excellent support of the game with things like the dedicated servers that people take for granted. I like how team based the game is, but the downside to that is getting some frustratingly stubborn players who refuse to work with the team or just waste tickets for no good reason, like rushing straight into a heavily defended room where the M-comm is without precaution. The game, with its wide array of equipments and styles of gameplay can result in sometimes unpredictable and unorthodox ways of playing.

That aside, Day of Miku concert was awesome, definitely going to order the DVD from Amazon when its released. Pity that some songs were rushed through and some great songs like Packaged and Love is War wasn't included. Oh well, hopes for the next concert I suppose.

Is there a point in titles for blog entries?

2010-01-31T21:42:00.002+08:00

Oh hey look, it's an excuse to squeeze in another post for the month to make it look like I'm hard at work, maintaining the blog. Why do I even bother, that's such a huge lie and the world knows it~!

Really, you'd think 3 year later I'd bother to change the layout of this blog even a little, but evidently I'm too lazy. Maybe SOMEDAY I'll get off my arse and do something about it, but you'll have to deal with this dullness until that miracle happens yeah?

Bought both the 2nd and 1st game of the Mass Effect trilogy. The 2nd game just came out quite recently, and because I nitpick on tiny little details, figured I might as well plough through the 1st game. I find it nifty how seemingly tiny decisions can have huge consequences that carry on to the sequel in the series.

Just last week I finished Valkyria Chronicles, and even finished the Edy Detachment DLC and Selvaria DLC. I'll put 2nd playthrough and the EX Skirmish missions after I finish up Eternal Sonata. I believe I'm nearing the latter part of that game, with a while more to go and one huge arse dungeon ahead of me. Don't you just LOVE dungeon crawling?

Went out with schoolmates and friends to the Manhattan Fish Market at Plaza Singapura for lunch yesterday. First time eating there, and I think I may be returning again for a meal or two, the food is good there, if you don't mind the prices, it's seafood afterall.

Though school's been on for 4 weeks already, I've only my first taste of the full swing of things just this last week, when ALL my CCAs finally started. Homework is at a manageable level, I've been through much worse, so I'll do fine. Lessons wise, things are going fine so far, though I do have to put in noticeably more effort then I did the last few years of my life. I'll have to put in more for this year and the next if I want to get into SMU. Guess that means I actually have to work these two years eh?

Round and round, round and round~

2010-01-03T23:47:00.002+08:00

I hate New Year(s). They signify the end of the holidays, and the beginning of another year of "education". On the other hand, a new year means new stuffs to play, read or watch.

Got myself a new laptop, the Asus U80V for S$1700. It may not be the Quad Core one that I was looking for (because they had nothing decent), but at least I got a pretty good deal. My experience with Windows 7 so far has been rather positive, only with a few bumps here and there that comes with having a whole new OS.

Got Assassin's Creed II and basically just played through the entire game in one week, even completing things like getting Altair's armor and synchronizing all the viewpoints. It's a vast improvement over the first game.

Watched my cousin finish playing Valkyria Chronicles and picked up on my game too. I wanna complete it before the end of the month because the sequel is coming out on the 21st.

New season has good stuff to watch, stuff that I really look forward to, like the new season of Hidamari Sketch, and also plenty of good games coming out this year. Hoping Diablo III will make it this year.

That aside, school's starting again, and Grade 11's supposedly much different then Grade 10. But do not be mistaken, I am in no way excited or looking forward to school at all.

Disctractions distractions

2009-11-26T00:58:00.003+08:00

Really now, when did everything else besides "play" become a job?

Would firstly like to congratulate Greggy on getting a blog!

Finished my last IGCSE paper on Friday the 13th, Black Friday! Official end of the IGCSEs (meaning the last paper) was on the 16th. There were 2 more fencing lessons, one during the exam periods and one after. Donovan (did I spell that right?) and I were the only Grade 10 students who went for the first session, and I was the only Grade 10 student there for the last session of the year.

Meeting some of coach's other students and having a go with them was really fun, and just blatantly SCREAMED in my face that my current standards are, lacking, to say the least. I've come to known ridiculously fast and precise strikes (ow my foot ;_;). Here's hoping the club will be more active next year.

Got Borderlands recently, really hooked on it. Still waiting for PSN Asia to get the DLC up on PSN. Played Katamari Tribute too. The new stuff in it were awesome, as expected, and the game still retains that charming quirkiness, the old levels are very nostalgic, saying the game is awesome is an understatement.

Nearing the 28th and 29th now. My cousin comes back from Australia on the 28th, and we'll both be getting new computers on the 29th during the last day of SITEX, an IT Exhibition. While my current one is still functioning well, there seems to be some serious problems with the display card,as any games I try to run on it will kill the computer off, forcing a complete reboot. I plan to use this for school work, seeing as it's still perfectly functioning in terms of every other thing aside from games.

Regret not going to the AFA (Anime Festival Asia) in Suntec, because apparently it was filled with awesomeness.

Dun dun! The update that's nearly 3 months old!

2009-10-26T22:39:00.002+08:00

Yes, evidently, I've been slacking off big time. Sorry bout my life being that uneventful =p

Finally got Oboro Muramasa when it reached Funzcentre. Beautiful game, and extremely fun, though rather challenging considering I completely ignored Musou mode and just started the harder Shura mode. Got Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days too. Very different from the main games, but stil fun. Panel system confused me at first though.

Got Katamari Tribute too, though I haven't even played it once because I recently revisited Ragnarok Online, playing on a private server. Just 2 days ago on the 24th, Saturday, my mom and younger brother went back to my grandmother's place in Seremban with my aunt to visit a sick family friend. Didn't follow cause I was being an uncaring bastard, and I hate crazy long car trips. That and there wasn't enough space on the car to carry another passenger.

Basically, had about one and a half day of being completely alone at home. I must admit I'm rather fond of it, though I've yet to learn how to operate the washing machine.

Fall Season anime started airing around the beginning of October, lots of good stuff to watch. Funny how I never mentioned anything about studying huh?

Well, tomorrow marks the first day of the IGCSEs for me. For me, it'll last for a total of 3 weeks, with a total of 9 days I have to go to school. RAGING over the timetable because IMO the stupid thing was basically dragging the bloody exams. Only thing I have in my mind is to get it over with, and the only thing I can see is the end.

Won't be posting book logs here anymore, instead, I've decided to keep a private log, not that anyone but me cares. Well, expect a post around mid-November when the exams end, cause I'll be overjoyed to have finished it.

At Peace

2009-08-02T21:37:00.001+08:00

Finished flower today. All I can say about it is that its beautiful, and the whole reviving nature thing can be related to Okami when you revive the lands. It feels great to see the colours being restored to the land. The game itself uses the PS3's six-axis motion control very well, a solid feel and good sensitivity, making it feel exactly right. Relaxing game, although there's no actual replay value, it definitely feels welcoming to revisit the levels. I recommend it for those who have a PS3.

Katamari Tribute/Forever already out in Japan for about a week now. Played the Japanese demo of it, and the game succeeds in maintaining that fun, colourful gameplay that I remember from We Love Katamari. The new graphic filters look great, the songs are nostalgic, and the remixes are fresh, the new gameplay modes are good, and the entire game looks great in HD. Definite buy in September when it comes out.

Geez, doesn't that make this blog look like some game review site? Don't worry, it won't turn into one, though you may see frequent rantings about how great some games are from me.

Been playing Warhawk with Kelvyn and Julian a lot recently. While I'm better at dogfighting and using a tank, Kelvyn's undeniably clever with his use of the various vehicles and Julian can be rather sneaky.

Finished our IGCSE mocks a week ago, and then the trip that was supposed to happen didn't due to a lack of interest, with only 28 out of some 80+ people actually having signed and payed up. In class, every teacher's reaction was like "You're not supposed to be here in school for another week!". I myself, didn't even sign up for it, and you don't need me to elaborate on why. Full force of school life hit me again after 5 weeks off and 2 more weeks of rather loose days of exams. Damn, I hate this, is what I'd say, but I've no choice but to accept it.

Watched the 6th movie of Kara no Kyoukai. Very airy feeling compared to the other 5, but it fits Azaka very well. 7th movie will be the last, kinda sad about that, but I hope they'll end it spectacularly.

The long overdue update

2009-07-13T23:06:00.005+08:00

At last, it's here, right? It's been a month since my last post, and there's good reason for it (or bad excuses depending on how you see it).

School holidays started on the 8th of June, and lasted all the way until the 10th of July, which means it was 5 weeks long. Some of you may know, some of you may not, but I went to London for 3 weeks during the holidays. Stayed in our apartment and met up with my elder brother, who currently lives and studies there. Having most of your meals at the same restaurant everyday can get pretty sickening.

Also went to Amsterdam for 5 days, basically just running around the place and visited some family friends. The smell of cannabis around was pretty much the most horrible thing about that place, and the people's lifestyle and living conditions didn't really appeal to me. No, I don't mean that the place was horrible, just bad for people like me.

Found out about Michael Jackson's death the night after I came back from Amsterdam. Everyone went to sleep and I found out from Kotaku. Rest in peace.

One of the ways they advertise in Amsterdam. Horses were huge.

Thames Square, Amsterdam

Cheese factory~ Holland cheese is good~ Smoked cheese nyoron~

I prefer old cheese though, nice strong taste to it. My dad liked the herb and garlic one.

From left to right: Xui Ting, Jian Xun (elder brother), Me, Jian Kun (younger brother), Tiffany, Cecilia, my mom.

Holland pancakes are excellent, especially the traditional cheese one. This one's banana with whipped cream IIRC, what my elder brother ordered.

This cat here only appears at restaurant when it dark, and only eats beef, nothing else. Oh man, how I'd love to take her home~

Michael Jackson's memorial "shrine" located at the O2 Arena.

Another "shrine" we found while walking around in London.

The O2 Arena, where Michael Jackson was supposed to perform in a few months. We watched Transformers 2 there. Only criticism I had was the typical bad plot, and the slight slack on the CG parts, definitely less attention to detail compared to the previous one.

That pretty much concludes the trip (and my holidays, the non-stop gaming parts omitted). Got back and stayed one night in Singapore, then left again for M'sia. I believe I only stayed in Singapore for a total of 5 days throughout the holidays. The rest was spent in Europe and Malaysia.

Well hey, can't forget the books now can we?
Light novels:
-Toradora! - Volume 8 GET!
-Spice and Wolf - Volume 8 GET!

Got Knights in the Nightmare as well, bloody weird game (not surprising from Sting), but very enjoyable.

IGCSSE mocks started today. And I didn't know about it until last night, when Robert said complained about English Literature being the first paper. My reaction was "English paper? OHSHI MOCKS!"

Updates MIGHT be limited over the next few weeks, but don't count on my word. It could go both ways.

Just made it in time~!

2009-05-31T22:28:00.006+08:00

It's been a long while since my last post. Updates are getting less and less frequent nowadays yeah?

First of all, would like to give my gratitude to Brother Michael, who left on a sabbatical and will be absent from 9 months to 3 years. He has, no doubt made school a much better place for many students, and his absence will be greatly missed.

Chinese IGCSE on the 14th and the 19th, I suppose it went fairly well for me, although having to stay in the hall and wait for the exams to end was a slight bit irritating, because there were quite a lot of people who finished the paper ahead of time.

New books are a given!
Light Novels:
- Bungaku Shoujo - Volumes 1,2 and 6 GET!
- To Aru Majutsu no Index - Volume 8 GET!

Manga:
- Bakuman - Volume 2 GET!
- To Aru Kagaku no Choudenjibou - Volume 1 GET!
- Lucky Star - Volume 6 GET!

Went out with Greggy, Patrick, Robert and the lot to watch Angels and Demons, although my original intention was to play Melty Blood Actress Again at the arcade with Greggy before the movie start, but eventually decided to watch the movie when Patrick and the rest wanted to watch it earlier.

Went for a Shakespeare play, called Much Ado About Nothing. Played MBAA again before we headed to the play. Ended up playing through Story Mode and beating the final boss all on one playthrough. Was a pretty fun night, especially on the way to Gothic Gate where the play was. Whole group of us gathered at Plaza Sing, next to Dhoby Ghaut MRT, and started walking there, but it soon turns out that we were lost, and pretty much spent about 10 minutes walking around in circle, trying to find our way, going up and down the hill.

The play itself was pretty understandable, given that none of us haven't actually studied it yet. Rather amusing, I must say. After it ended, me and Gerard decided to share a cab back home, stopping by 7-11 near Cathay for a drink first. Talked with the taxi driver, who ranted endlessly about people driving in Malaysia, pretty amusing too.

Went to Funan Digital Mall today to get a new camera, point and shoot, nothing fancy like a DSLR. Got the Canon IXUS 990 IS, which has automatic mode that camera idiots like me and my family can use to take pictures properly. Definite improvement over the last camera we had, with pictures to prove.

Another picture of my room, compare it with the one I posted before, and you'll notice the significant difference in picture quality.

Bought a new bookshelf on the 23rd, a MUCH larger one compared to the my old one.

!!!

Tada! I got a PS3! A white, shiny, new PS3! Although now my wallet is flat. Got an arcade joystick that works with the PS3, PS2 and the PC, so that I could play Melty Blood with it. Whee~

Hopefully I'll update soon yeah? >_>

The Promised Update~

2009-04-12T22:54:00.002+08:00

You know, looking back, this blog really was active wasn't it? 8 updates per month...what the hell prompted me to write so much?

Well, it's probably because my life's been rather uneventful lately, though I can't say I don't like it. In fact, I prefer it this way.

The whole time I was in Segamat was pretty boring except when I met up with some friends. You could say it was mostly due to the crappy net there. Seriously, the cables outside are so badly maintained that one rain is enough to kill the net and phone lines.

New desktop finished and functional when we got back to Singapore, so I installed a few things to try it out, definitely works excellently, unlike my current laptop. So, I was thinking to getting a desktop next instead of another laptop seeing as I won't be going anywhere soon.

Man, time really does fly when you're having fun (was I?) and tomorrow, school's starting again.

New books~
Light novels:
-Bungaku Shoujo - Volumes 1 and 2 GET!

Manga:
-Bartender - Volume 9 GET!
-Bakuman - Volume 1 GET!

And then, BAM!

2009-03-08T21:40:00.006+08:00

It's been more then a month now yeah?

Huge arse box there is my cousin's Hayate figure.

Pictures of my small, old room.

I moved out of that rented apartment on the 28th of February, and moved into a new one. Much bigger place, and I now get to have my own room.

Regardless of how I much complain about it's size, or how dusty it gets the moment the windows are open (the reason why I almost never open them), or how noisy some of my (former) neighbours can be, I have to admit that I'm gonna miss the place.

New desk and whatnot. Having that slide-out side table is great for doing work on. I now have a proper desk to study~

Same old bookshelf. Since I have more space now, I'm trying to see if I can get a larger one. After all, the amount of books I have will only increase.

The view from above is great, especially at night. Only thing I don't like about living 11 floors above is that the elevator kinda takes it's own sweet time.

New books corner~
Light novels:
-Toradora! - Volume 7 GET!
-To Aru Majutsu no Index - Volume 7 GET!
-Bungaku Shoujo - Volumes 1 and 2 on order, 3-5 GET!

Illustration books:
-Kozue Amano Illustration Works - Alpha, Stella and Cielo GET!
-Aria the Illustration Avvenire - GET!

Now my Okami Art Book has companions.

I'll be going to the PC Show at Suntec City next Saturday (14th of March). There's a few things that I need to buy there. Things have been rather hectic as of late, with our teachers now starting to push us to work and the approaching IGCSE. While some may whine about it, I just wanna get over and be done with it.

Have semi-solid plans for the future already. After much thinking, I figured it'd be better if I just finish my IBs here and then go to a University here in Singapore.

Money money money~

2009-01-31T23:13:00.003+08:00

SPARE ME A DIME?!

Nah, just kidding.

Skipped school on the 23rd, original plan was to go back to Malaysia that morning. My father came to Singapore by train, since he was the one who'd drive us back, since apparently, my mom can't keep her cool when there's a crazy ass traffic jam.

That plan just got shot to hell the moment my father heard that we won't be going to school the next day. He immediately said that we should go now (12:30 midnight, Thursday) because there wouldn't be any cars, thus no traffic jam.

So fucking glad we did that. Apparently, according to the radio, both the Causeway and the Second Link had heavy traffic jams since early morning on the 23rd. When we went that night, there was like, only five or six cars, excluding us, there.

Chinese New Year! Reunion dinner and whatnot. Recieved angpau money (always welcome) when we went to my grandmother's house on the 25th. 'twas pretty fun.

Came back to Singapore on the 27th, via Second Link and luckily, no traffic jams.

Of course, over the course of the past few weeks, there cannot be a lack of new books.

Light novels:
-Aria~Shiki no Kaze no Okurimono - GET!
-To Aru Majutsu no Index - Volume 6 GET!
-Toradora! - Volume 6 GET!
-Shinigami no Ballad - Volume 8 GET!

Manga:
-Tegami Bachi - Volume 5 GET!
-.hack//XXXX - Volume 2 (END) GET!
-Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica - Crimson series Volumes 1-2 GET!

There's probably a few who have heard me rant about Odin Sphere and about the Gwendolyn figure.

1/8 scale, S$118.

I got it >=D and it's totally worth the money.

And then it hit me

2009-01-04T00:21:00.003+08:00

A few days into a new year, then it really starts sinking in. All that you've treasured so far, is now known as "last year". What I've done, enjoyed, felt, experienced, now nothing but memories that will slowly fade with time.

This year, my friends in Malaysia would be taking their SPM, and I my IGCSE. I've started thinking about it since two years ago, but I've yet to find an answer to it.

What the hell am I going to do?

Suffice to say, my foreseeable future is nothing more then a blurry mess, and frankly, that scares the crap out of me. That goes without saying, whatever that I will then choose to do will require more and more work on my part.

Therefore I have decided. This year, I will take my studies seriously.

From the impenetratable darkness, it appears!

2008-12-30T21:12:00.005+08:00

An update, that is.

It's been more then a month since this place was presented with a new post. During that time, finals came and went away, and I went back to Malaysia for my holidays.

My cousin came back from Australia on the 23rd, and since then, I've been to his house as much as possible. Played endlessly, of course, no question about that. And yes, of course, we soon went to Kino and as expected, brought back bags of books.

My (elder) brother came back to Malaysia, and my mom went to Macau with a few of my aunts and cousins. Good thing for me, I didn't go. A place filled with nothing but casinos would most definitely drive me batshit insane, just from the sheer boredom and lack of things to do.

Met up with my (rather emotionally distressed) friend, who returned the books that I borrowed to her (Shinigami no Ballad, volumes 1 and 2), and sorted a few things out.

Then comes the bad things. Anticipating the horrible net connection in Malaysia, I brought home quite a few books, my PSP, and my PS2 to keep me entertained. I would've had my DS to had it not been for my cousin who borrowed it and told me that I'd see it again in a day or two, got confined and ended not coming back until I went back to Malaysia.

Although there was plenty of things to do, the most that I planned to do was play with my PS2. But as Murphy's Law would have it, it broke down, probably due to old age (4-5 years?). I managed (somehow) to keep myself entertained for the entire time I was in Malaysia, though.

Manga:
-Tegami Bachi - Volumes 3-4 GET!
-Toradora! - Volume 1 GET!
-.hack//XXXX - Volume 1 GET!
-Bartender - Volumes 7-8 GET!
-Ikoku Meiro no Croisee - Volume 1 GET! (Awesome stuff)

Also got another Ryogi Shiki figure.

1/7 scale, S$102.

I must say it was worth the money. Look closely, the details on the kimono are absolutely fantastic.

Or you can look at it here since my camera sucks.

Can I go home now?

2008-10-26T21:46:00.002+08:00

I blame the lack of updates on my laziness and..uhh....the crappy net in Malaysia..yeah..that too.

First things first, new members to the family~!
Light novels:
-Watashitachi no Tamura-kun - Volume 1 GET!
-ARIA~Mizu no Miyako to Kanashiki Utahime no Monogatari - Volume 1 (End) GET!
-To Aru Majutsu no Index - Volumes 1 to 5 GET!
-Spice and Wolf - Volume 6 GET!
-.hack//G.U. - Volume 2 GET!

Manga:
-Tegami Bachi - Volumes 1 and 2 GET!
-Bartender - Volumes 1-4, 7-8 GET! They didn't have 5 and 6 when I last checked, so I'll probably get it soon.

And I also got Tetris DS. Yeah, spendings are jumping alright.

Went back to M'sia on the 17th, just got back here this afternoon. Got a call from Kino, telling me that my books were here, and that today was the last day of the 20% offer. Rushed all the way there to get my books, of course. Lucky~!

I came, I saw, I conquered!

2008-10-01T22:38:00.003+08:00

Survived the Sumatra expedition, and came back completely unscathed with a sense of accomplishment.

Day 1 was pretty uneventful, waited at the airport to check in for quite a while (two hours, was it?). Flight only took like, 50 minutes (meh).
When we reached, me and my partner for the trip, Perry, were sent to Group B (Group A consisted of only boys, while all the girls were in Group B, along with 9 boys, not counting one male teacher). The teachers who followed our group were Miss Lawrence, Miss Kitchener, and to the relief of many, Mr.Toh. One of our guides looked so familiar, and I soon found out why. It was Dodi, from Loola!
Stayed at a small resort, which in my opinion, is tied for the 2nd best place we stayed at during the trip.

Day 2, was when things started getting "rough" (not at all, compared to everything else)
Played a soccer match with the locals in the morning (I didn't participate) and trekked through rather flat ground to our first campsite.
We (the boys) had to squeeze into one large tent (8 men tent, was it?), but in my opinion, it was still rather comfortable.
One big waterfall near our campsite. But we also had to trek into the jungle to reach another, smaller waterfall, which I think was rather pointless and a waste of both energy and time. Wet our shoes, which was not fun at all and very uncomfortable. Showering in the big waterfall was fun.
We were all woken up in the middle of the night and were told to move somewhere else to sleep because the tents were leaking.

Day 3, in my opinion, was the 2nd hardest day. Lots thought the trek the day before was hard. But this just proved them all absolutely and utterly wrong.
Unlike the day before, we had to carry our own bags (all of them) and trek UP, a mountain (volcano is more like it), Mount Merapi.
Stopped halfway and had snacks. The sugar crackers and chocolate biscuits were the exact same ones I used to eat, so very nostalgic. Got rather high afterwards (SUGAR RUSH!!) and we managed to reach our campsite quite peacefully.
Set up tents and waited for dinner (which was like, more then 3 hours away) which consisted of instant noodles (YAY!). Very quickly realized that we were not being well fed up here.

Day 4, got up at 3:30 in the morning. The plan was to hike up the mountain, reach the very top of it in total darkness, with our torchlights or headlights, and catch the sunrise.
Ultimately failed to do so, but most of us pressed on, climbing all the way up. This was the hardest part of the trip for me, because of my poor physical abilities. The air was so thin, that it took quite alot out of me to get to the top. We did this without breakfast.
I personally climbed a freaking mountain, reaching the peak, with my own hands and legs.
So while I was looking down and wondering how we, without food and therefore energy, were going to get down the mountain, the guides started boiling water, and took out food. Quickly became one of the best breakfast I've had in my life (starving makes food taste that much better) even if it was only two slices of bread with chocolate peanut butter, three crackers and a cup of cereal drink.
The way down was harder (though less tiring) and me helping Kristine soon became something well known and remembered by the group >_>
Reached our campsite, packed our things and started on our way down the mountain itself. Took quite a long time and everyone was glad when we reached the lodge beside the lake.
In my opinion, this was the hardest day. There was little food, limited amounts of water, and lots of hard work.

Day 5, me and Donavan woke up in the morning, walked to the lake, looked around, and saw Mr.Z at a distance. Looking closer, we saw the other group's tents and ran across. Got shooed away by Mr.Z, and were told not to let anyone from the other group to know where we were staying.
They suffered more then we did, hah!
Morning activities consisted of building a raft, and paddling to their campsite. And after that, short visit to the paddy field to learn about the processes and whatnot.
Bus ride, and SUPRISE! (not really, since quite a few of us already knew from Day 1) we got an excellent resort to stay in.
Some of us went out to buy food without permission from the teachers, and were scolded (that includes me).
Dinner was an excellent buffet meal, and we had to perform skits about the trip after that.

Day 6, we were to wake up at 5:30 in the morning, pack, get ready, have breakfast, and set out for the airport by 7. I woke up at like, 4, and sat there waiting for the morning call. But it never came.
Another excellent buffet breakfast later, we were on the bus, heading for the airport (long bus rides are not very fun).
Reached Singapore, and all of us were naturally, very very glad.

There, that concludes the trip in a nutshell. Tiring, but fun and exciting. Wouldn't wanna do it again though.

It's awesome to be back, no shit.

It's not really paranoia when they really are out to get you!

2008-09-24T22:58:00.002+08:00

Great, I've been told I screwed up my ligaments TOO! Luckily, it's nothing big, and all I need is two months glucosamine and occasional massages.

Went out with Greggy today. Was in Kino for like, an hour. This, of course, means that I bought stuff. Lots of stuff.

Light Novels:
-Toradora! - Spinoff volume GET!
-Wagaya no Oinari-sama - Volume 7 GET!
-Shinigami no Ballad - Volume 7 GET!
-Watashitachi no Tamura-kun - Volume 1 on order, Volume 2 GET!
-ARIA~Mizu no Miyako to Kanashiki Utahime no Monogatari Volume 1 (End) on order.
-Spice and Wolf - Volume 6 on order.

Manga:
-Hidamari Sketch - Volumes 1-3 GET!
-.hack//Alcor Volume 1 (End) GET!

I wanted to get the ARIA Premium Poster Books too, but I was told they're already out of print, and thus, unobtainable. Goddammit, such beautiful works of art, GONE! T_T

We then had dinner at Ajisen Ramen, and then bought ice-cream. Got home at like, 10.

Going to Sumatra on a school trip tomorrow, will be back next Tuesday, on the 30th.

Bones

2008-09-19T22:12:00.002+08:00

This Monday, during PE lesson, I dislocated my right leg's bone again. It's been happening ever since I was a kid. Every time I sit cross-legged or put my leg in a similar position, I might dislocate the bone.

Anyway, it happened again this Monday, after not happening for quite a long time now, and I popped it back into place by straightening my leg as usual. Was left limping the rest of the day.

So I decided, that's it, I'm sick of this happening again, so I went to get it checked. The doctor at the clinic had absolutely no idea what was wrong, so he referred me to a specialist at Mount Elizabeth hospital.

Met the doctor yesterday noon, right after school, and he said that I have discoid meniscus. Normally, this won't affect people much at all. In fact, there are athletes out there who has this condition. But if mine seems to be bad enough to cause dislocations, so I'll just have to get rid of this condition.

Went to Lucky Plaza to get both my knees MRIed. Though initially curious about it, it quickly turned out to be a boring and noisy process.

Rest in peace

2008-09-07T13:16:00.002+08:00

It's rather old news, but I just bumped into it yesterday night.

Singer/songwriter Eri Kawai, passed away on the 5th of August, 2008 due to liver cancer.

Her works, although not very much compared to some, were all nicely done.

Can I skip on this one?

2008-09-06T19:43:00.001+08:00

This afternoon, my elder brother left for England again, and will probably be back either the end of this year or next year.

Probably been avoiding it but, I've been lying around and doing a lot of nothing yeah?

Gonna work hard to save more money again, cause I'll be spending lots soon. More so when December comes.

The title is a lie

2008-09-05T08:53:00.002+08:00

Came to Singapore last night, and couldn't stand not cleaning the room. Dust everywhere. @_@

Beyond that, nothing more other than non-stop playing.

AQUA and ARIA

2008-08-30T10:58:00.002+08:00

Just finished reading the manga yesterday night. I cried at the end of it. It's such an awesome series, just beautiful and touching.

Turning nocturnal starting tomorrow.

There's nothing on my mind, but you~

2008-08-25T21:24:00.003+08:00

Holidays are near~

Well Ivor, sorry for being anti-social and such a loner =p

The entire school knows by now, so...

Rest in peace, you were a good father, to two great sons, and a good husband, to a great mother. While most of us may not know you personally, by looking at how your sons turned out to be, it's enough for us to tell that you were a great man. May God bless your soul.

THE SUN WILL RISE TOMORROW!

2008-08-19T22:13:00.005+08:00

Well said, Otenko, well said.

That there's my new "phone". Dude, that thing is expensive ($998), although I can't deny that it's an awesome thing for those who does have a use for it. I'm thinking about keeping it for future uses, like, when I actually need things like these. Which is why I'll get my father to get a Nokia 6650 from England and then get it unlocked, then bring it back here. Damn, I feel guilty for spending money like this.

See what I mean when I said it's growing? Make no mistake, it will continue growing!

I took my Creative ZEN to the Creative store in Plaza Singapura last Wednesday to get it fixed, and was told that it had to be sent for repairs, and that it'd take a week or two. I was also told that an SMS will be sent to me when it's done and I can collect it.

Guess what? I just recieved the SMS this evening. And it's only been 6 days! Seems like Creative's service isn't as bad as it is elsewhere, according to the complaints you can find along with the people who find a lot of problems with it, swarming the forums.

FATALITY!!

2008-08-17T00:08:00.002+08:00

I killed my phone again, screen not responding although it looks perfectly fine. This is like, the 5th time?

So my mom told me to just get a new phone instead. I kinda jumped at the idea of getting a clamshell phone. Those are cool, you know, and fun. After HOURS of searching, finally decided to try my luck at obtaining a Nokia 6650. That one's locked, with T-Mobile, apparently, so I'll have to hunt for an unlocked one over here.

If that fails, I'll just ask my dad to get one from England and then get it unlocked there. If that still fails, Nokia N76 will be the alternative.

Gap in my soul

2008-08-12T22:08:00.002+08:00

Been rather depressed since last night. First, my Creative ZEN died on me, refusing to respond and persistent attempts at reviving it (tried and repeated various methods) failed. UTTERLY FAILED.

Then this morning, in school. I lost my thumb drive. One that's been with me for years now, and had quite a lot of my past work in there. There's a copy of those in my computer too but the one thing that's not also in my computer is my Chinese presentation. I refuse to re-do it. Consequences and grades be damned.

I feel as if a part of my soul has been ripped out.

Books! More of them~!

2008-08-09T19:35:00.004+08:00

Wow, you just had to tag me, didn't you, Cyber? Alright, I'll play your game, but I refuse to tag others, probably because...I don't anyone to tag! And don't expect a list with 15 things on it.

1. My casual clothes only consists of up to 10 shirts and pants.
2. The shirts are all blue in colour, and the pants are either green or brown.
3. I'm much more open online then in R.L.
4. Unless it's at night, I hate being in an air conditioned room.
5. I tend to avoid being in places with more then 5 people.
6. I prefer a small, cozy place to a large, luxurious one.
7. Could care less with how I look, as long as I'm comfortable.
8. During lessons concerning maths, poetry and a few others, I feel sleepy.
9. With a few exceptions, I only listen to J-pop.
10. Enjoys showers. Being clean feels absolutely wonderful.

That load aside, went to Kino with my father this morning. Collected some books and bought another, with my father buying two, really big books on watches and another one on Lee Kuan Yew.

-Wagaya no Oinari-sama Volumes 1-6, GET!
-.hack//G.U. Novel, volume 1, GET!

Really wasn't expecting the G.U. Novel. And I was really lucky, because they had a 20% off for members from the 2nd of August to the 9th, which means that today is the last day, and I just made it~.

Can't stop playing The World Ends With You.

SINE! COSINE! TANGENT!

2008-08-05T22:12:00.002+08:00

The World Ends With You is such an awesome game, you probably won't get the title if you haven't played the game. Just can't be done anywhere else other then the DS. Minaminoto is lulz.

Still looking forward to Melty Blood: Actress Again. I'm expecting lots of changes in addition to new characters. Ries~

Been feeling a little sick since last week, and it seems like a lot of people in school are sick too, so I'm hearing lots of coughs in classes.

Geez, it's been a year or two now since I last coughed this much. Doesn't affect me anyway, I've been doing it for most of my life, not even another year would mean anything to me.

FUCK!

2008-08-01T00:22:00.006+08:00

SORE THROAT! FUCK!

T_T

Yes, Mr.Anandraj, people who don't really like to do group-work or work in groups, people who prefer to work alone and confine themselves to a small space and a small group of people whom he/she feels comfortable with, people who willingly isolate themselves from the rest of society and what everyone else does and think about, people who don't follow "trends", hang out with friends, go out often, THEY ALL FUCKING EXIST! I don't like working in groups not because I think that people are a burden, or that I can do better alone. I'll admit that more people working will result in a better, and faster work. It's just that with a few exceptions, I'm not comfortable around people.

What you think is "normal" may not apply to some. What you think is usually the case, may not always be so. What you expect of things, might not turn out as they do. What you see in front of you, may not even be what's real.

Were you expecting me to be a good person? A good student? Or at the very least, one who puts in effort?

Sorry to disappoint you, but, never was, never will be.

Now on to the positive side.

Went out with Greggy to Plaza Singapura. Went to Comics Connection to get ARIA and AQUA. Got all of them at the Plaza Singapura branch except volume 8, which I then went to the Bishan branch to buy. Much cheaper then I had expected.

Now all that's left is the 2 books of AQUA. Gonna just order that from Kino.

tap tap tap tap

2008-07-28T17:07:00.002+08:00

Don't know what got into me, but I suddenly decided to get The World Ends With You (Known as It's a Wonderful World in Japan.) Must admit that I don't regret it. Damn, at this rate, I need a part-time job.

Went back to Segamat right after school and fencing on Friday. Bloody jam all the bloody way. Took us more then 5 hours to get home.

Sunday was fun. Met up with some friends, talked and stuff.

Then there was that Biology work that glared at me. That pamphlet I had to finish. Took bloody long. But I triumphed~

Ahh, skipping school today was awesome.

CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAWLING IN MY SKIIIIIIIIN~!

2008-07-20T14:56:00.002+08:00

Went to Kino yesterday morning to collect my order. Toradora! Volumes 1,2 and 5. .hack//CELL vol 1, .hack//ANOTHER BIRTH vol 4, .hack//AI BUSTER 2 and Wolf and Spice vol 1.

Wasted more then 5 hours of my precious weekend yesterday watching the National Day Parade rehearsal. Only things that I found interesting were the fighter planes. Fireworks wasn't even close to being spectacular and everyone's like OMG WOW over it.

Got back at like, 11:46 at night. I feel drained. Much as lying in bed and sleeping seems comfortable and all, I probably shouldn't do it.

Gah! Irritating weekend, bloody waste of time.

shing!

2008-07-13T22:23:00.002+08:00

A picture of my elder brother, caught unaware and ignoring his protests, it arrives here.

We mistook him for a girl at the airport.

That aside, I went and bought Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 today. Right after I got home, I realized, I forgot about Final Fantasy Tactics A2. So I took a bus, walked all the way back into the shop, and bought it.

Then I took back my DS, which was with my cousin. Then 2 hours after I got home, I realized. I left the bloody charger there. So I cycled all the way to my aunt's house to get it.

Pretty stupid, yeah?

Indifference

2008-07-09T21:03:00.002+08:00

Got that on Sunday. Everything looks much more organized now, although there's not much stuff there. Only drawback was the unpleasant smell of new furniture that remained in my room for 2-3 days.

Beautiful song.

I realized that I missed alot of things that I shouldn't have in Radiata Stories, so I decided to just start a new game and play it all over again. There goes more then 20 hours of time I've spent on my previous save, and I don't regret it one bit.

Books and food

2008-07-05T22:31:00.007+08:00

Went to Takashimaya today, and of course, to Kinokuniya. The moment I stepped into the bookstore, the posters all over the place was what caught my attention. They were having a promotion, 20% of instead of the usual 10% for members. So I signed up for a membership card (Which I had been planning to do so anyway, given the huge amount of books I wanted to get).

Originally, I only wanted to get a few books today and the rest bit by bit. But seeing the promotion, I just pulled out all stops and went nuts, grabbing what I saw, and ordering what they didn't have in stock. So I ended up with 13 books altogether. All of them are light novels, in chinese.
-Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu, all four books.
-.hack//ANOTHER BIRTH, volume 3, volume 4 on order.
-.hack//CELL, Volume 2, volume 1 on order.
-.hack//AI Buster 2, on order.
-Toradora! (also known as TigerXDragon), volumes 3 and 4, volumes 1,2 and 5 on order.
-Wolf and Spice, volumes 2-5, volume 1 on order
-Shinigami no Ballad, volume 3. I now have volumes 1-6, whee~

Along with those, my father also bought a book on...Lee Kuan Yew. The total was like, S$198 before discount and S$158 after. My membership fee for 2 years was like, S$38. Awesome, I saved more then what the membership fee cost already.

This post is long yes?

That'd be a photo of my room, well part of it, anyway. It's a mess of cables, yeah? That DVD player sitting there is connected to my PS2, with a mess of cables. I have no respect of my school books, which is that pile of books on the floor, next to my PS2.

I absolutely LOVE my PS2. The thing's been together with me for 5 or 6 years now. And I swear, I'll stab and kill anyone who tries to break it WITHOUT HESITATION. I'm a bit overprotective when it comes to things like these.

Back to school

2008-06-30T16:03:00.002+08:00

Frankly, I HATE school, in fact, I absolutely DESPISE it. But I'm sure you probably knew already.

School started again today, and I'm back to the repetitive, irritating, and boring cycle again.

With a few cables, and an unused portable DVD player, my PS2 is now operational in my room. This means I'll be lurking in my room more now, which I love to do. I feel uncomfortable in places with a lot of people.

STILL ALIVE!

2008-06-18T16:27:00.002+08:00

Yes, I survived Bali! Not that it was a bad place for a vacation and all that. I assure you, it's an excellent place, with all there is to see and do over there but the thing is, I don't have any interest in those sort of things.

Visited lots of temples...no wait, scratch that. Most of our time was spent on visiting temples, just like when we went to Egypt (Tombs and temples are everywhere~). And the worst part of it is being forced to follow my mom and aunts while they shop. I swear, if I had to do that all day, I'd snap and start stabbing everyone I see on the street too.

So there I was, reading stuff, right?

2008-06-13T08:33:00.003+08:00

And the next thing I know, is that it's 7 am already!

Damn, two posts in a single day.

No, seriously. My brain's kinda malfunctioning right now. I'm probably not aware of what I'm typing right now but, yeah. So I looked out the window. And, it was bright, like, daytime's here!

Last I check it was still dark outside, you know?

But staying up all night, being carefree like this. It all feels so nostalgic. The first time I ever did something like this was around 2 years ago, when Leonard, a good friend of mine who moved to the US, came to Malaysia. So he and another friend stayed over that day and we played games all the way through the night and into the morning.

Ah, those were the good days. What I would give to re-live those memories...

Swimming in thoughts

2008-06-13T04:22:00.000+08:00

The past few days, I've been sleeping at 1am or later. One day, I actually woke up at 10:55 in the morning. I swear, this is my first time waking up so late. Since then, I've been having trouble falling asleep before 2 in the morning and waking up at 8.

Just the music from Utawarerumono was enough to make me remember it and cry. Dammit, and I was called heartless because I read Planetarian ~ The Reverie of a Little Planet and didn't shed a single tear. That was a few years back. I'm pretty sure if I were to read the entire thing again now, it'd move me to tears.

Yes dammit, I'm capable of emotions.

Going back to Segamat when my brother comes back from school later this afternoon. Then we'll be heading to Bali tomorrow. T_T I don't wanna go~

The One Being Sung

2008-06-06T16:22:00.000+08:00

During the past few days, I've re-watched, re-played both the anime and game of Utawarerumono. I found an english patch for the game, so I could actually read and understand the entire thing.

The ending of the anime left my crying. The ending of the game did that too.

Started Fantasy Earth Zero again, this one's the China version. The Japan server ip banned us foreigners. But, I'm not complaining, since I can read and understand what's going on in the game now.

Went to Kino to pick up Vol 1 of Ballad of the Shinigami. Got a call from them yesterday telling me that my order arrived. Only vol 3 left now.

Let me rest

2008-05-31T21:31:00.000+08:00

This week marks the end of the school term. This, means the start, of a 4 weeks holiday!

During the entire day at school on Friday, the only thing that was on my mind was "School ends today. School ends today. School ends today." The moment I got out of each class, I screamed in my mind "ALRIGHT! 80 MINUTES CLOSER TO THE HOLIDAYS!"

Been spending my afternoons sleeping, yesterday and today.

This song's been stuck in my head for a very long time now. The singing, is by no means the best I've heard. But what matters in this song is, the lyrics. To people who grew up as a gamer and loved what we now classify as "childish" today, this song truly shows that nostalgic feeling we have.

Sure, some might tell us that we wasted our lives playing games all the time and whatnot, but I have to say, this is the live I chose to live and I don't regret it. Not a single bit.

Giddy

2008-05-25T17:05:00.000+08:00

A relative of mine passed away, as I've been told by my parents. But I have no idea who at all.

Yes, I know I'm a heartless, uncaring bastard.

Been forced to stay at home the past few days to look after my little brother. That little bugger, already 12 years old, but still clings to soft toys and is afraid of being in a room alone. I swear, he drives me up the wall. I get irritated when he's within 2 meters of me.

Went to Kino in Takashimaya last week and got a couple of novels.

This one to be exact. I got volumes 2, 4, 5 and 6 and have 1 and 3 on order. Only concern about the order being the fact that I won't be in Singapore during the holidays and my Singapore line doesn't have roaming, meaning that they won't be able to call during the holidays to notify me of my order.

Soar with the Wind!

2008-05-19T00:27:00.000+08:00

Finished LostWinds a few days ago, didn't take me more then a total of 2 and a half hour I think. Though short, it was worth that 1000 Wii Points. Seriously, we need more games like this.

Been messing around with R-Type Command. I'm the worst at strategy games like this, which is why I keep failing the first boss fight. Probably the reason why I don't play games like Warcraft much.

Oh, hey, was that violence?

2008-05-11T15:42:00.000+08:00

I've been lazy, very lazy.

Been spending my time watching Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende's batsu game. It's proof that TV everywhere else sucks.

LostWinds comes out tomorrow, I think. Either that or Tuesday. Whee!

"That's why I'm here"

2008-04-19T09:41:00.000+08:00

Got out of bed (more like jumped out of it), and started playing .hack//G.U. and finally finished the game. Cubia was a joke compared to some of the previous bosses and the final avatar battle too, compared to Azure Flame God.

Recieved an email from the shop, saying that they had Okami for the Wii in stock already, so I rushed there right after I got back from fencing and bought it. I'm willing to buy this game ten times over~!

Currently waiting for.....G.U. Trilogy to be subbed by a better fansub group. I have time, so I don't mind waiting.

Stuff happened

2008-04-01T20:48:00.000+08:00

Went grave sweeping on the 26th, burned my hand a few times with the incense stick. X_X all that smoke is unhealthy regardless of what one might say.

Got our apartment keys on the 29th, so I was busy moving my stuff over and arranging all my things, and choosing furniture so I didn't even thought about the SJI Run in the morning.

TV just arrived yesterday, 37 inch LCD. Now I can continue with G.U.

School started on Monday =<

Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad omg nyuuuuuuuuuuuuu *rant*

"Do you not wish to finally know the truth?"

2008-03-24T21:54:00.000+08:00

Finished Vol 2 last night and got started with Vol 3. I must say, I'm addicted to the game now.

So while I sit here drinking tea and eating Pocky, I keep thinking to myself, that I like the way I'm living now.

In Malaysia,

2008-03-21T12:21:00.000+08:00

Drivers are skilled enough, that they can race, drift and do 360s (regardless of location, which includes car-parks) in 50% rusted cars, and Kancils.

Awesome skills!

"Do you know Tri-Edge?"

2008-03-18T20:21:00.000+08:00

Just got all 3 volumes of .hack//G.U. and I just finished Vol.1 a few minutes ago. Been playing non-stop for the past few days, and I've stopped Cabal for it. I'm gonna start Vol.2 later tonight, anxious to get Haseo's 3rd Form (whee scythe)!

Cabal, is INFERIOR to G.U.

The concept of "The World" itself is far superior to any MMO that I know of, except for one.

Like, TIME! LOTS OF IT AHAHAHA!

2008-03-09T11:33:00.000+08:00

HOLIDAYS ARE HEEEEEERE!!

3 WEEKS OF IT!

And I've spent the entire time from then to now playing Cabal and all the stuff I never got time to get on with. It's tiring to keep up with all the quest when they start flooding in @_@"

Went to the IT Show at Suntec yesterday and upgraded my RAM to 2 gig. Damn thing works at twice the speed now, hah!

The rest of my holidays will be filled with nights of endless grinding and questing in Cabal, probably...

ONE! MORE! WEEK!

2008-03-01T15:50:00.001+08:00

Till the holidays yeah.

Cousin went back to Australia, school starts next week for him. His schedule's like, from 8 in the morning to 7 at night.

Sounds like a death sentence to me.

But he will squeeze time to play games. People like me and him always do, no matter the situation.

Decisions, decisions

2008-02-26T21:10:00.000+08:00

So, there I was merrily trying to look for something to keep me entertained (after reading manga after manga failed (omg Minami-ke ish teh awesome =o) and watching my cousin play Bioshock, playing Bioshock, playing No More Heroes, playing all those old games I downloaded from the virtual console, were all temporary solutions)

Then, my cousin suggested that we (me and his brother) all play Titan Quest together. It sounded like the perfect idea at that time. What can be more fun then playing a fun game together right?

Then we found out that only his computer could run the game nicely. His brother's computer wasn't powerful enough and mine, due to the extreme suck that is Vista, lacks enough dedicated RAM to even start the damn thing.

There was RAAAAAAAAAAGE!

Then there was WoW. My cousin wanted to play, but he'll be going to NS soon, so he suggested that the both of us try playing and see if we liked it. If we did, then he would pay and we would play his account. The only problem is, I don't like WoW!

I started Kingdom of Loathing again.

PATA PATA PATA PON! PON PON PATA PON! PATA PATA PATA PON!
PATAPON!

In Malaysia,

2008-02-10T15:01:00.000+08:00

When there's a road, you can drive regardless of direction OR speed.

That is all.

I demand a longer CNY break =<

2008-02-10T01:45:00.000+08:00

>_< I know I'm in no position to complain seeing as I skipped school altogether on Wednesday, but I wish we had a longer holiday. I'm getting really sick of school at this time of my life. I've been doing (in general) the same damn thing for more then 10 years now and I'm really, really sick of it.

Went to my grandmother's house on Wednesday, left EARLY in the morning, like 5 a.m. early. Stayed there until Saturday and then came back home. Relatives tagged along and we all went for dinner, a very good one at that.

And I spent the last 3 hours trying to get my connection to stabilize for at least 2 freaking minutes and the effort ended up in vain. So I resorted to using my cousin's phone for his dial-up. Slow, but at least it doesn't disconnect every minute.

It seems I'm really cracking up, missing the freedom to do what I want with my time. My aunt is even stopping me from playing anything JUST BECAUSE IT'S A WEEKDAY AND I HAVE SCHOOL! In fact, she just says "You have school, don't play!" and stops me from playing even on weekends.

As if that wasn't enough, she had to go and keep my stuff away. That is just what ticks me off. I can get by very nicely without playing, but taking my stuff away is just plain unnecessary, in fact, this is an intrusion of my privacy in my opinion. IMO, I have the right to keep what I OWN. So basically, this tells you that I'm very possessive about my properties.

Awfully negative post for Chinese New Year, don't you think? But I can't get these thoughts out of my mind and it's cracking me! I just wish that my mom would be allowed to apply for PR soon and the sooner my parents get a house in Singapore, the better.

Massive update

2008-01-14T16:37:00.000+08:00

Well finally, an update after so long!

Well first off, pictures from my trip to Japan.

Statue of Liberty given to the Japanese by the Americans, look at how small it is compared to the real thing, lol.

That would be the ferris wheel from Honey and Clover

Tokyo Big Site, where Comiket takes place once a year. Took this from the ferris wheel.

This here's an Inari shrine

Food in Japan, is always awesome.

On the ship, nothing much in terms of entertainment.

This is one of the reasons why Japan is awesome.

Over there is Mount Sakurajima, if I remember correctly, it's an active volcano

The entire tour group, all in yukatas and kimonos.

Like I said, food in Japan is AWESOME!

Meow!

Yeah I know you're probably sick of this but, FOOD IS AWESOME!

GIANT CRAB!

At the top of Sakurajima, over there, blocked by all that sulphur dioxide would be the lava and all. Just staying there for 3 minutes made me wheeze.

Refer to picture below

Self explanatory

Picture with the tour guide. This was at the airport, before we went home.

School started on the 7th, and I'm glad I'm in 9JTo. Finished my Japanese language test last Sunday, hope I pass. Other then that, there's nothing really interesting so far.

End of School

2007-11-30T20:12:00.000+08:00

Had a class party last Friday, was FUN =D! Me, Mr.Toh and Greggy were the only ones cooking while everyone else was either swimming or playing, so we just cooked some sausages and ate them ourselves, then everyone came and was like "OMG it's food!". We didn't have a knife so we used a penknife. Pictures will be posted God knows when.

Rehearsals on Saturday and Monday, definitely not fun getting home so late. Joseph musical on Tuesday and Wednesday, was actually quite fun working as a stage crew. School ended today and all there is to it is to wait for next year I suppose. I hope all of us gets to stay in the same class.

Restless

2007-11-10T21:38:00.000+08:00

It was Deepavali Day on Thursday so we got a day off. Still had school on Friday though. I was thinking of staying up late last night reading manga but I drooped off.

So, my cousin told us that his sister will be working in Singapore, so she'll be staying with us too, another freeloader, like me~

Speaking of which, you probably would've noticed the broken html code for my Cbox. I'm too lazy to fix it, so I'll just leave it as it is.

Now that's done with

2007-10-28T11:48:00.000+08:00

Exams are now over, and the only thing I can see ahead of me is the 3rd of December, everything else is just dark because, I don't give a damn~

There will be quite a huge amount of stuff to get on November, so I'll probably go broke. I think I made a huge mess over my exams, but that's the way I like it. With the holidays more then a month away, I've COMPLETELY lost interest in studying.

Let's just ignore the test coming up~

2007-10-19T00:27:00.000+08:00

And celebrate good times shall we? Friends finished their PMR and one of them got an ASEAN scholarship, so he's going to Singapore to study too. So there was a party in which many did not turn up because they wanted to play basketball, bastards the lot of them.

Just being back home makes me feel nostalgic and I can't deny it's always the best place to be on Earth.

Okami for the Wii was confirmed, good things keep popping up. And I'm completely ignoring the test while everyone's studying. Never cared about it anyway~

Holiday~

2007-10-12T18:07:00.000+08:00

Yeah, last day of school for today then a whole week off. Got Phantom Hourglass last weekend and I must say it's a very nice game.

I'm being urged to study for my test that's coming up after the holidays, but I'm not even going to bother with studying =/

Celebrations and stuff

2007-10-05T16:57:00.000+08:00

Yesterday marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Gunpei Yokoi, the person who invented the original Game Boy. He also invented Nintendo's Game & Watch. Rest in peace.

And today is the end of PMR. So, for all of you people who just finished it, congratulations. Relax, have fun and enjoy all you want. I'll celebrate with you guys when I get back to M'sia.

I demand my weekend back!

2007-09-30T19:30:00.000+08:00

Saturday to be exact. Just got back from camp last night, dead tired. Had a scavenger hunt on Friday and that didn't go nicely, due to poor teamwork. Then on Saturday, we had a sports carnival and I was supposed to play Captain's Ball but it ended up with everyone who signed up for soccer playing instead so I did nothing but sit and watch.

Our class won the soccer match and if it weren't for a bloody biased referee, we would have won the Captain's Ball match instead of ending up with a draw. All in all I thought the camp wasn't that bad but, T_T gimme my weekend baaaaack.

Gaming craves

2007-09-27T21:15:00.000+08:00

I hope you all enjoyed eating all those mooncakes. There's a school camp tomorrow and we have to spend the night at school, followed by more activities on Saturday. Bastards, stop ruining my weekends >=o

T_T I wanna play my PS2

There is no title

2007-09-23T08:40:00.000+08:00

An update out of nowhere! Straight to the point, there's is nothing interesting happening at all. For those of you who are taking your PMR this year, good luck to you all!

Slacking

2007-09-05T11:03:00.000+08:00

Went to Kinokuniya at Liang Court and got the Okami Art Book, $67.70 gone, wonderful. But I have to say I don't regret buying it, beautiful stuff. The entire "trip" was certainly interesting but I don't want to go into details, at all.

Then it was the National Day for Malaysia, not that I bloody well care about the country at all. Went out for once and got Metroid Prime 3 and then just sat there and waiting for time to pass.

Started Japanese lessons on Sunday and right after that, went back to Malaysia for the week. My brother just headed for the airport and then to London yesterday, but I'll be seeing him in 3 months time so, no worries there.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS STUDYING IN MY DICTIONARY! IT DOES NOT EXIST!

Geez, out of ideas for the title.

2007-08-26T12:21:00.000+08:00

Results are from first assessment, followed by the 2nd one.

Math 5B 6B
English 5A 5A
Science 5B 6B
Chinese 5B 7A
Geography 4B 5B
History 5A 5A
Art 4B 5C
P.E. C 5B
Religious Edu D A

GRADE
7 Excellent achievement
6 High achievement
5 Reasonable achievement
4 Just keeping up
5 Low achievement
2 Very low achievement
1 Negligible achievement

Effort grades
A=Maximum effort
B=Good effort
C=Just sufficient effort
D=Inadequate effort

I've been playing Wolfteam since Friday, couldn't stop myself. Also, finished watching Zero no Tsukaima and Shinigami no Ballad. Both are good animes I must say, especially Shinigami no Ballad. Other then that, I've been lazing around.

Random thoughts

2007-08-19T19:13:00.001+08:00

It's been awhile since my last post eh? I've been busy with some schoolwork (orly? yarly, srsly.) Just got my assessment on Saturday and I have to say although it's good I do think I could've done better.

Nothing interesting happened lately.

Loola Camping Trip

2007-07-29T17:01:00.000+08:00

22nd of July, Sunday:

Got to school at 9:30 if I remember correctly. Everyone arrived and the we got on the bus. About 4 hours of traveling, we reached Loola, the journey was quite uneventful. Found out that we'd be sleeping in the huts for the first 2 nights and the girls will sleep in the huts for the last 3 nights. Was also informed that the two classes were to take turns making breakfast, starting with 8JTo. Not much activity except for the trust fall one at night before lights out at 11pm.

23rd of July, Monday:

Was confused as to which time we were following so I ended up setting my alarm one hour late. But I managed to wake up without it. The huts weren't really bad, excluding the shower, toilets and all the sand. Had some trouble making breakfast but we managed.
First activity for the day was the low ropes course. Some people had trouble with the obstacle course but some just went through it easily. It was raining and everyone was completely drenched.
After lunch, which was surprisingly good, we walked for nearly an hour to get to the river and canoed down the river to the open sea. We went in two man canoes and most of us, excluding the scouts (they attented a canoing course some time ago) canoed right into the trees. After a few times of banging into each other and into trees, we pretty much got the hang of steering and it was fun.
Had dinner and another activity, then it was time to sleep.

24th of July, Tuesday:

Woke up and found out that we were VERY late. Rushed to get ready and then ran all the way to the fire pit. It was 8PCa's turn to make breakfast and our turn to run. Since we were late, we had to run thrice the distance. After a rather amusing (Yes, I find it amusing) attempt at getting everyone to climb up a 2m high wall within the shortest amount of time possible, we had breakfast. There was some dispute between the two classes and food was wasted.
Took an hour+ walk and got to another beach and then went boom-netting. Boom-netting was very fun, though accidents happened. I was in the water then, I saw someone jumping from the side of the boat, grabbed the railing for a split second then fell 2 stories into the deck of the boat. My mind raced and I was thinking "Oh god is he/she alive?" Climbed onto the deck as fast as I could and saw Ivor lying there with nothing more then a few scratches.
After boom-netting, came lunch. We had to cook our own instant noodles and we were allowed two packs of instant noodles and eggs each. But there were lots of extras left so I was allowed to take more. Ended up cooking and eating 4 packs of instant noodles and eggs.
After lunch, we started the trek back to Loola. Got lost somewhere in the middle of the jungle/kampung and we wandered around for awhile. It got darked and there were only 2 torchlights around. Felt like kicking myself for not bringing mine along then.
When Loola was in sight, I never felt so happy to see it.
It was time for us to move out of the huts and instead of going to sleep in the tents, we slept either on the moon deck or the restaurant deck. It was better then the huts, I daresay.

25th of July, Wednesday:
It was our turn to make breakfast again, and it went quite well. First two activities for the day was rock climbing and flying fox. Rock climbing was nothing special, and everyone seemed to love the flying fox. It was quite fun. After that was lunch and then we went sailing. I was in the same boat as Pocholo and the wind was good for awhile. We almost capsized when the Pocholo let go of the line and the wind blew the boom and it swung around, banging right into my face, it hurt but I managed to climb onto the boat and use my weight to stop the boat from capsizing. When the wind died down I had to get down and pull it back to shore. After dinner, we were told to ask the staff for ghost stories. It was amusing to see people's frighted and scared face. Oh wait, I forgot to mention that....THIS IS THE ONLY DAY FOR THE WHOLE CAMP THAT DIDN'T RAIN!! :D

26th of July, Thursday:

Everyone woke up and got ready in time so we didn't had to run the extra distance. Tried climbing the yellow wall again and we finished it slightly faster then the last time.
After breakfast, we were split into 3 teams and had to build a raft each for a small race. We couldn't even get onto our raft and everything came apart, very amusing to see. So we resorted to pulling the rafts and whacking the only team who were successful at staying on their raft down with the paddles. After that, people were free to choose their activities. Some went sailing and some went canoeing. I went canoeing and it was fun going against the waves. Right after we got back, it started raining heavily, most of the activities were canceled and I just sat down doing nothing for most of the afternoon. I quickly went and took a shower before everyone got back from canoeing. Then I watched, amused as everyone ran for the showers, trying to get there first.
Dinner was interesting and it was campfire night. We sat around the fire and sang some random songs before carrying on with our skits. After that, we took some marsh mellows and roasted them before heading back to the decks to sleep.

27th of July, Friday:

I woke up early, and happily ran and got ready. Packed my stuffs up as fast as I could and then after breakfast, we headed for the orphanage. There were two buses and the bus I was in broke down in the middle of the road and we had to switch buses.
The kids at the orphanage were nice, and we didn't really do much there. After that, we boarded the ferry and 2 hours later, reached Singapore. I reached home at 9pm and lied on my bed, glad that it was all over.

That's pretty much it.

Back from Loola

2007-07-27T22:02:00.000+08:00

I survived Loola! Only two cuts, nothing more. It was actually fun, if you exclude the showers and toilet, and some of the activities *coughjungletrekcough*.

Apparently, it seems all my data from my other computer is confirmed to be lost forever. Except if I'm willing to spend 2000 Sing bucks, which I am not willing to. So I started the first step to recovering my entire collection of all sorts of stuffs by starting a crazy amount of torrents.

Musics and pictures are the first priority, followed by animes and games. Animes I'll leave it to my cousin to help me download since I can't download here in Singapore.

Camping trip and fun....maybe....

2007-07-21T23:18:00.000+08:00

I have a camping trip to Bintan tomorrow. I'll be back on Friday night so don't even think about an update for the next week.

I laugh and pity those of you who hasn't played Okami for the PS2. No, seriously, go play it. I'd buy it for you to play if needed, seriously. For those of you living in M'sia or Singapore anyway. No, I'm serious.

Busy week

2007-07-19T20:36:00.001+08:00

First, my laptop computer died on me. I called my mom and she told me to go buy a new one. So now here I am with a Compaq Presario V3000, with specs that's way better then my old laptop, but the problem would be that this is Windows Vista. And I can tell you, I hate it.

All my data is salvageable but that'll have to be on another day, like maybe in a month. Meanwhile, I'll be busy trying to finish the homework, setting up my new computer and many other things. Don't expect much updates.

Crap, running out of titles to put

2007-07-11T20:38:00.000+08:00

Well a few days before the holidays ended, I was staying up LATE at night, to the point of not sleeping at all to play Odin Sphere and Okami, trying to cram as much game time as possible before I get back to school. The result being I wasn't right in the mind for a good few days until I got enough sleep. Painful and really bad for your health, but fun nonetheless.

School started on Monday and I had to get my bearings right. Bintan trip coming up in 2 weeks, busy as always.

A penny for your thoughts?

2007-07-02T21:50:00.000+08:00

Well, the holidays are almost over, and thoughts just swarmed my mind and I can't clear my mind of them. Oh well, there's the long holiday at the end of the year, though it's quite a long way to go. I just wish that this life of school would someday end, permanently.

Just got the PS2 back from my cousin. Started playing Okami and I had to force myself to stop playing. Good change from playing the Wii for so long.

My arms, oh my poor abused arms.

2007-06-19T13:05:00.000+08:00

Addicted to the Wii. Been playing lots of Twilight Princess and Wii Sports. Went to my grandmother's house last weekend. I wanted to take my PS2, which was with my cousin since he borrowed it, back. But alas, I forgot about it and only remembered when we got back home. Blargh, wanted to play Katamari and Odin Sphere.

Yeah, basically, some little things have happened. In my opinion, Malaysian gamers with some exceptions are complete idiots.

3 more weeks left

Tea and instant noodles

2007-06-11T23:43:00.000+08:00

Just got back yesterday, it feels good to be home. So as I'm typing this right now, I'm sitting here, staying up late drinking tea and eating cup noodles, both of which I really miss since I barely had any for the past few months.

Oh right, it's nearly midnight now so most of my family are asleep save for my elder brother. But soon, everyone will be asleep but me. I like staying up late, it's quiet and peaceful and I can do things at my own pace.

Yeah, it's really peaceful.

A new game and....being bored?

2007-06-09T11:45:00.000+08:00

Bought Mario Party 8 yesterday but I didn't play. Doesn't feel right to play such a game without at least 3 people. So yeah, I'm pretty much driven to the point of playing Flash games over and over and over again.

Going back to Malaysia tomorrow by train.

This is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friend, some people started singing it without knowing what it was and they continue singing it forever just because this is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friend, some people started singing it without knowing what it was and they continue singing it forever just because this is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friend, some people started singing it without knowing what it was and they continue singing it forever just because this is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friend, some people started singing it without knowing what it was and they continue singing it forever just because this is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friend, some people started singing it without knowing what it was and they continue singing it forever just because this is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friend, some people started singing it without knowing what it was and they continue singing it forever just because this is the song that never ends.

Yeah, I'm bored

Title goes here

2007-06-04T22:02:00.000+08:00

So, once again, I am bored and it's probably the reason you're seeing frequent updates.

Had a class outing today and it was fun. We cycled at Pasir Ris Park and it rained. Shelter at a....can you call that a coffee shop?

From the left, yes, your point of view, left. Hannah, Anne Marie, Kristine, Nicole Lim, Scott Lim (unrelated to Nicole...I think), Paul Samuel (did I spell that right?), Mervyn, Daniel, Mr.Justin, Ivor, Paul Wong, Gabriel. And the one sitting down would be me.

After cycling, we went for lunch. Had Fried Kuey Teow and Chinese Tea. Still lamenting the lack of good tea here. After that, we played at the arcade for a few minutes then everyone headed home.

On a completely random and unrelated note. And it's the debut of pictures on this blog, a first! And...

EAT L33T

Good news and bad news?

2007-06-03T09:26:00.000+08:00

As you all would know it's the holidays already. I went to Yishun to watch Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. It was nice and for those of you who watched it, what's your opinion?

And if any of you are part of the otaku community and do follow news, then yeah you know what bad news this is about. I'll flee to Malaysia (cause the law only applies to those living in Singapore), that's what. If Odex choose to continue then in a few years they might sink and with no one to enforce the law they set up, we're pretty much back to square one. But one way or another things will go wrong. For those of you who don't know what's going on, just say goodbye to your fansubs.

Cooling down

2007-05-29T21:55:00.000+08:00

Hmm...I've just realized that I haven't updated since Arts Week. It's over now and I'm happy to say it was a success and everything went nicely~

Anyway, holidays are like, 3 days away and I really can't wait for it since I can slack off all day. It's been a tiring month for me and I'd like me some rest.

Holidays approaching~

2007-05-20T20:14:00.001+08:00

Yeah, just two weeks away. And I got a Nintendo Wii on Saturday. For the games, I have:

1) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2) Call of Duty 3
3) Super Paper Mario
4) Trauma Center: Second Opinion

And of course Wii Sports that comes with the Wii itself. I've been playing the whole day and now my arms hurts. Guess I shouldn't play more then an hour straight.

And on Friday, Paul came back to school, which means there goes the peace. I really enjoyed school without him there, serious. If it's the reason why I'm so against people like him (by people like him, I mean it from my point of view and opinion), you'd understand if I say it's due to bad childhood experience.

Now, with those aside, Arts Week is next week and our school principal has decided to add in another Shakespeare Night due to high demand apparently. And we, the backstage group were to manage the props for every single performance, including the Music Night's. It'll be a tiring week but after that, and another week, I'll finally be able to just slaaaaaaaaaack off.

IT'S THE HOLIDAY!

2007-05-13T08:23:00.000+08:00

In three weeks apparently.

Went to the cinema and watched Spiderman III with my classmates on Friday. And the best thing about starting school tomorrow is that Paul won't be here for a week since he went to Manchester! Hurray! A week without a bastard! And I seriously wish that he won't come back for one reason or another, it's just plain unpleasant with him in school.

I won't waste precious space ranting about anything so right onto the next topic. What will YOU be doing for the holidays hmm? For me, I'll be heading back to Malaysia about a week after the holiday starts, when my family comes back from England. I'll get a Nintendo Wii by then so I'll be playing with that instead of the computer so expect less updates and stuff :3

Minor update?

2007-05-10T19:00:00.001+08:00

I feel sick 2 days ago, fever and sore throat. The fever was gone in a day so now only the sore throat remains. x_x I hate having a sore throat.

Seems like I'll be getting an imported version of the Nintendo Wii since we can't wait for the official Asia launch. Whee~

An update~

2007-05-06T12:54:00.001+08:00

Now now people, be patient. I DID say that I'll only post when there's something interesting didn't I? Well most of us who were playing FlyFF for the past few days got to either level 29 or 28 and we went and did the Dradpet quest last night.

We failed....sadly. The first time, we just rushed in, so we died. The second time, I came up with a strategy and that was to have one assist stay far away while one does all the work. If that assist dies then the backup will ress the main one and then run away again. It worked quite well, up to the point where everyone died together and the backup couldn't get near enough to ress without the boss noticing and getting killed.

The third time we went, I was the backup and we all did very well, until my client got screwed up and I just couldn't do anything at all. Scott Lim got impatient and left. The last time we did it, we also failed, sadly.

So that was what happened yesterday. I 1cced Imperishable Night on Easy Mode today, couldn't even clear the game last time~ WHEE~

What's this?

2007-05-01T20:18:00.000+08:00

Well then, to kick this off, it's Labour's Day today....meaning it's a holiday....but what this? A holiday and I'm not happy about it?

I'm used to holidays being long, so that means a longer weekend and stuff. A holiday in the middle of the week just seems and feels so......out of place to me.

Well now to gaming news...as you know, shortly after I started playing FlyFF, Mervyn joined, then shortly after that, Ivor. Now Robert and Scott Lim joined in too. My cousin was joking about creating a guild with everyone of us in it. And there's an event in the game too and people were going crazy with buying an event item called Young Seedlings. Robert got 5 and sold each for 200k. Some guy bought it from him and accidently entered another 0 into the amount and Robert got 10m instead of 1m so he's bloody rich now.

Those who want penya, ask Robert for it :p

A Break

2007-04-26T22:02:00.000+08:00

Well I wouldn't call it much of a break, I've been slacking off lately, playing FlyFF. Finally got my Merc to level 40 and started my FS Assist. My cousin made a new character too and he's going for Yoyo Acro. We'll catch up with Mervyn and Ivor in no time, this I guarantee.

Well things at school have been pretty uneventful these days. Except for a few tests, assignments here and there, there only other interesting thing is our discussion about having a class outing which everyone was arguing about where to go.

Day of Victory

2007-04-18T22:15:00.000+08:00

Yeah, the title seems right for today. We had a Tee Ball Match today against 9VAN. Seeing how they did during the last game, I thought we were going to lose. And two of our best players were sick and absent, so it seemed like we were certainly going to lose. But after a very close match, we won by 7-5. It was fantastic!

So I did what I always do when I got home, sit in front of the computer again. Well, I played FlyFF tonight, and reached level 30. My cousin gave me a rare level 30 sword and I got my Sword Mastery skill up to level 18. What that one skill and one weapon did to affect my damage was amazing. With my previous set-ups, I could only deal about 200 damage to a monster of equal level with a buff on. But once I activated the skill and equipped that weapon, I got an instant 400+ damage. So if that skill at level 18 could do that much, then just wait till I max it to level 20.

Anyway, the only bad thing that happened today was that my new sling bag can't take the weight of my books and the strap was slowly tearing itself apart and that one of the compartments had a huge hole at the side. But that's easy to fix. But I'll have to use my other bags for now since they're the only ones that can handle the strain.

End of the road

2007-04-15T21:49:00.000+08:00

Well, it's the end of our Easter Break, one good long week of holidays. And I spent most of it sitting in-front of my computer.

It all started about 3 days ago, I finally got sick of doing nothing. I remembered that my cousin was currently playing FlyFF and that he had asked me to join him. Due to my lack of patience in training in most MMOs, (with the exception of SpaceCowboy Online and GunZ) I never played much.

But I was SO bored I just told myself, "Hey, wouldn't hurt to try it right?" and loaded the game. So yeah, my cousin was happy that I played and got his Assist to help me train, buffing me all the way, so my level instantly shot up to 15ish. I spent the rest of the days playing then. So here I am, at level 27, with my cousin to play with. This should keep me entertained for quite some time.

A Request Fullfilled

2007-04-12T22:22:00.000+08:00

Very well, since Ivor asked for it, I'll post something here.

Today's events: Sit in-front of the computer all day long.

It's the holidays!

2007-04-08T21:35:00.000+08:00

My family left this afternoon and headed back to Malaysia and my aunt to Australia. It became quiet again and it's back to sitting in-front of the computer again.

Continued playing Lunar Knights, got my DS from my aunt and was allowed to play it because it's the holidays. Finally got through chapter 4 and got the Dark Lance. All in all, it's quite an interesting day today, not that you'd know much from just reading this post here.

Current music: Janne Da Arc - Dear My

An eventful day, at last!

2007-04-04T21:35:00.000+08:00

Looks like I'll be updating quite frequently as long as there's something going on. Tee-ball match today! 8PCA VS 9VAN, and 8PCA got trashed. I'm impressed, having played only once, 9VAN did extremely well!

Seems like being bored is one of my daily routines, I get back from school, then for the whole evening, I'm just sitting there doing absolutely nothing. So I decided to get my lazy arse off the chair and at least play a videogame or two, so I took out my Megaman Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzer and played for the rest of the day.

It's Monday!

2007-04-02T18:32:00.000+08:00

It's Monday! And frankly, there's only two things about Mondays, that is you seriously hate it or it's just another boring day. The only exception being that if it's a holiday.

So today, we had debate and I was the 3rd speaker. I was given absolutely no points and had no preparation whatsoever, so I screwed up. When I reached home, I was completely exhausted and did nothing but sit in front of my computer like always. I'm was told that a relative of mine will be coming here on Tuesday or Wednesday and that my family will be coming during this weekend too.

Can't wait for Friday so I can slack off for a week, though my teachers seem to have increased our workload.

A day like any other

2007-04-01T18:33:00.000+08:00

First off, I'd like to begin with the reason this blog came into existence. I was bored, so I decided to create a blog so I could post in it when I'm bored. Simple, no? Please be patient with me as I am new to blogging and will probably be very lazy when it comes to updating.

Anyway, the only thing that happened was that I got a mouth ulcer. It irritated me so much I went and put salt on it. The result was PAIN for about 20 seconds or so then it became numb.

Frozen Memories

RAAAAAAAWR!!

Like Zepy of Canned Dogs, I suck at Starcraft

STAND UP!!

Mad rush

Gasp! A post!

Is there a point in titles for blog entries?

Round and round, round and round~

Disctractions distractions

Dun dun! The update that's nearly 3 months old!

At Peace

The long overdue update

Just made it in time~!

The Promised Update~

And then, BAM!

Money money money~

And then it hit me

From the impenetratable darkness, it appears!

Can I go home now?

I came, I saw, I conquered!

It's not really paranoia when they really are out to get you!

Bones

Rest in peace

Can I skip on this one?

The title is a lie

AQUA and ARIA

There's nothing on my mind, but you~

THE SUN WILL RISE TOMORROW!

FATALITY!!

Gap in my soul

Books! More of them~!

SINE! COSINE! TANGENT!

FUCK!

*tap tap tap tap*

CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAWLING IN MY SKIIIIIIIIN~!

*shing*!

Indifference

Books and food

Back to school

STILL ALIVE!

So there I was, reading stuff, right?

Swimming in thoughts

The One Being Sung

Let me rest

Giddy

Soar with the Wind!

Oh, hey, was that violence?

"That's why I'm here"

Stuff happened

"Do you not wish to finally know the truth?"

In Malaysia,

"Do you know Tri-Edge?"

Like, TIME! LOTS OF IT AHAHAHA!

ONE! MORE! WEEK!

Decisions, decisions

In Malaysia,

I demand a longer CNY break =<

Massive update

End of School

Restless

Now that's done with

Let's just ignore the test coming up~

Holiday~

Celebrations and stuff

I demand my weekend back!

Gaming craves

There is no title

Slacking

Geez, out of ideas for the title.

Random thoughts

Loola Camping Trip

Back from Loola

Camping trip and fun....maybe....

Busy week

Crap, running out of titles to put

A penny for your thoughts?

My arms, oh my poor abused arms.

Tea and instant noodles

A new game and....being bored?

*Title goes here*

tap tap tap tap

shing!

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