My dear Mum helped me to send my laptop to the Acer Service Centre at Jurong East today. I wanted to tag along, but she said that she'd be able to do it faster since she leaves for work at 8 am. This allowed me to sleep all day as I was feeling feverish. (I hope it was not because I was worrying over my laptop; it makes me feel so dependant on it.)
She came back at around evening time with my laptop and a receipt. It turns out that my hard drive had crashed. (At least it wasn't a virus this time so I can say it was not my fault.) I have always wondered how such things happen. I hope it was not becasue I was over-stressing my laptop or something, leaving it on the whole day. Anyway, my Mum told me that the warranty for my laptop had expired by one week and that we were supposed to pay $400+ for the replacement hard drive. Fortunately, the technician was kind-hearted and waived the charge since it was our first time and we were only a week late for our warranty. Wee, such a nice guy.
I am slowly putting back all the stuff on my laptop again. This time, I installed AVG Anti-Virus and Zone Alarm first. Next is MSN, and maybe, I guess Maple. I am gonna miss all the anime and comics I have downloaded; some of which I haven't even read yet. Oh, well, I should be glad that this happened after I have graduated; it would've been a nightmare if I had to re-install JDK, J2EE and all the various development kits.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
My Laptop Seems to Die Once a Year
It was just like any other day. I was just playing Maple Story, then all of a sudden, my PC froze. When I reset it, it takes ages to load up and then tells me that my Operating Systems was missing. Holy shit, what happened? I was quite sure I didn't get hit by any virus. Never mind, I thought, I'll just reformat it. Then it turns out that the laptop now has an error reading from the disc drive.
Argh, I am screwed. Good thing I still have this age-old laptop, otherwise I will die of Internet withdrawal. I'll try to get things fixed ASAP. :( :( :(
Argh, I am screwed. Good thing I still have this age-old laptop, otherwise I will die of Internet withdrawal. I'll try to get things fixed ASAP. :( :( :(
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Time for New Wallpaper
Spiderman and Venom have graced my desktop!I was surfing around IGN's video game section when I came across this 'screenshot' under the Ultimate Spiderman game section. Well, it turns out that it's not a screenshot but a cool wallpaper. The colors and shading are very good, especially on Venom's symbiote costume. And so, this gave me an excuse to try out Blogger's new image upload service. (You can click on the image to view the full thing.)
I wonder how often do people change their wallpapers. For me, I change it like once every 4-6 months. My previous wallpapers were Shining Force Neo (March 2005) and before that, it was Shining Tears (November 2004). I usually just get whatever currently interests me.
Speaking of Spiderman, actress Kirsten Dunst accidentally disclosed the villains for the movie Spiderman 3 (which will be finished by 2007; that's a long wait).
Monday, September 26, 2005
Maple Story Redux
I have recently started playing Maple Story again. This is quite a surprise even for myself as I tend not to return to a game that I have quit. I guess I must be really bored from surfing the Internet all day when I am sitting in front of the computer.
I started playing on Sunday and the beginning was quite boring for me because I was using the same class and my goal at that time was to reach level 4x ASAP so that I can continue from 'where I last left off' in Maple Global. It was starting to be a chore but now that I am on my 2nd day, I stopped thinking like that and it helps. This is no longer the same Maple Story as the old one so I should try to play it for what it is. I really should've picked a different class this time round for a totally new experience but instead, I guess I will be a Fighter again. Bahamut chose a different class and he seems to be enjoying himself.
Somehow, I think the game is full of kids. On Sunday, the servers were so full and near-impossible to find a good map to train. When it gets past midnight, the number of players were noticeably less, and when I logged on at 4 am in the morning, I had the whole place to myself. Monday was okay until around evening time when it starts to get full again. I think I probably spend as much time switching maps/channels as much as the time I spend training.
Oh, well. I managed to get past level 20 on my second day of play. I'll see if I have it in me to get to level 30 soon cos' that is when the fun starts.
I started playing on Sunday and the beginning was quite boring for me because I was using the same class and my goal at that time was to reach level 4x ASAP so that I can continue from 'where I last left off' in Maple Global. It was starting to be a chore but now that I am on my 2nd day, I stopped thinking like that and it helps. This is no longer the same Maple Story as the old one so I should try to play it for what it is. I really should've picked a different class this time round for a totally new experience but instead, I guess I will be a Fighter again. Bahamut chose a different class and he seems to be enjoying himself.
Somehow, I think the game is full of kids. On Sunday, the servers were so full and near-impossible to find a good map to train. When it gets past midnight, the number of players were noticeably less, and when I logged on at 4 am in the morning, I had the whole place to myself. Monday was okay until around evening time when it starts to get full again. I think I probably spend as much time switching maps/channels as much as the time I spend training.
Oh, well. I managed to get past level 20 on my second day of play. I'll see if I have it in me to get to level 30 soon cos' that is when the fun starts.
Friday, September 23, 2005
Darren's Place
MidiSoft has undergone renovation and is now known as "Darren's Place". I went out to play Raw Deal yesterday with Shoujing and M4st3r (anyone remember this guy? hehe) and they suggested going to Tampines for dinner. Dinner at Darren's Place.
Darren's Place is now half-hobbystore, half-restaurant. It kinda reminds me of a neighbourhood version of Settlers Cafe. Darren still sells his usual stuff and his partner is a lady whose foodstall takes up like more than half of the shop space (I guess she is the bigger shareholder in this). There are tables inside and outside of the store for gaming and meals.
Anyway, the place serves Western and Japanese food, so I have no complaints here. I had chicken cutlet with rice and the price was right. This is so unlike Settlers' outrageous posh restaurant-style prices.
All those who frequent Tampines Central often are very lucky people.
Darren's Place is now half-hobbystore, half-restaurant. It kinda reminds me of a neighbourhood version of Settlers Cafe. Darren still sells his usual stuff and his partner is a lady whose foodstall takes up like more than half of the shop space (I guess she is the bigger shareholder in this). There are tables inside and outside of the store for gaming and meals.
Anyway, the place serves Western and Japanese food, so I have no complaints here. I had chicken cutlet with rice and the price was right. This is so unlike Settlers' outrageous posh restaurant-style prices.
All those who frequent Tampines Central often are very lucky people.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
A Series of Movies
Once again, this is another blog entry that makes up for the days that I didn't have time to blog. Over the past week, I have watched several movies (home and outside), so here are my somewhat belated reviews for each of them.
1) Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
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Yup, I believe millions of people all over the world couldn't control themselves and downloaded this shortly after its release. Most people know me as a person who strongly supports originals. That is only half true; I support buying original video games, but not movies, anime, etc. Oh, well.
My memories of the FF7 game are very, very vague. I completed the Japanese version of the game at a time when my Japanese was still at the learning stage, so I knew absolutely nothing about the story and didn't know how to read the items. I even foolishly fought the final boss without managing my Materia (I was level 99, though), resulting in a near 2-hour long battle in which I thought my game was bugged. You could say I was playing the game just for the sake of playing it. (Boo to me; I wish I could pick up the game now and play it for the sake of truly enjoying it.)
Anyway, the movie was great. The plot was rather bland and, though it was nothing deep, it was simple enough to follow. (And even though everyone has probably watched it by now, I still won't give spoilers.) The action sequences were simply astounding, with gravity-defying moves and swordplay/gunplay. The characters are great, too; Rude and Reno have been great and Rufus was totally bad-ass. The music fits the movie well and it made me wish that I was watching the movie in a cinema instead of on my little laptop.
This is definitely a must-watch because it is a computer-generated visual eye candy fest and well, because it is Final Fantasy.
2) Brothers Grimm
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On Saturday, JokerZ, Amerell and I went to the movies. We were deciding on Jubilee's somewhat limited selection of movies and we were down with "A Sound of Thunder" and "Brothers Grimm". We decided to go with the "Brothers Grimm" since it was supposed to be a comedy and "A Sound of Thunder" seemed like a futuristic "Jurassic Park" clone.
As the movie began, I felt an uncomfortable tingling sensation down my spine. It opened with a totally lame and unfunny scene. Okay, not a good start. Then the cheesy European humor continued and I was like, "God forbid! Not another Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy!" (for those wondering, that movie won my personal 'Crappiest Movie of the Year Award' seen in this blog entry).
To summarize the plot, the Grimm Brothers are con artists who pretend that they can solve supernatural mysteries and make money off gullible people. They soon stumble across the real deal and must learn how to fight it. The strange thing about this movie is that its premise is in the middle of nowhere: 1. It is not an action movie because the fight scenes aren't like impressive. 2. It is not a comedy cos' the jokes are lame European-style humor. 3. The mysteries are actually parodies of children fairy tales (e.g. Red Riding Hood, Gingerbread Man, etc), so they aren't particularly deep or engaging and therefore, can't be taken seriously. I really felt like walking out of the cinema halfway, but then they introduced a female lead character and only then, it became remotely interesting.
If the Hitchhiker movie didn't exist, then Brothers Grimm would have been the worst movie I have watched this year. Avoid this movie unless you want to see how bad it is.
3) A Sound of Thunder
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On Tuesday, I watched Sound of Thunder with Darrell since he wanted to watch one good movie before he went for his operation (and well, Brothers Grimm wasn't it).
A Sound of Thunder is set in the future where time traveling is possible and a company named Time Safari makes money by sending wealthy clients on trips to the past to hunt dinosaurs. The various clients are actually killing the same dinosaur over & over again, so it does not alter the course of time since that particular dinosaur was about to die a natural death. One day, something bad happens during one of these trips to the past and it totally alters the future when the hunters return. As such, the fate of the world (or time) lies in the hands of Travis and his group of adventurers attempt to fix the mess that was caused.
At first, I thought it was a Jurassic Park clone, but then I realized that they weren't chased by dinosaurs in the alternate future. It was ugly-looking babboon mutants. Yup, of all the cool monsters they could have come up with (dragons? wyverns? wolves? Aliens?), they had to model it after a damn monkey. Sorry if I spoilt it for anyone, but that was my only gripe with the movie. If I were a character in the movie, I would've been insulted if I was ravaged to death by mutant monkey thingeys.
It is a good show, though. There is a lot of talk about the ethics of time travel and the sense of urgency is ever present throughout the movie. It keeps the viewers wondering if they will ever succeed in fixing the mess or will they all just perish in their valiant attempts. With the rather pitiful selection of movies in recent weeks, this movie is a good one to take in while you are at the cinemas.
1) Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
================================
Yup, I believe millions of people all over the world couldn't control themselves and downloaded this shortly after its release. Most people know me as a person who strongly supports originals. That is only half true; I support buying original video games, but not movies, anime, etc. Oh, well.
My memories of the FF7 game are very, very vague. I completed the Japanese version of the game at a time when my Japanese was still at the learning stage, so I knew absolutely nothing about the story and didn't know how to read the items. I even foolishly fought the final boss without managing my Materia (I was level 99, though), resulting in a near 2-hour long battle in which I thought my game was bugged. You could say I was playing the game just for the sake of playing it. (Boo to me; I wish I could pick up the game now and play it for the sake of truly enjoying it.)
Anyway, the movie was great. The plot was rather bland and, though it was nothing deep, it was simple enough to follow. (And even though everyone has probably watched it by now, I still won't give spoilers.) The action sequences were simply astounding, with gravity-defying moves and swordplay/gunplay. The characters are great, too; Rude and Reno have been great and Rufus was totally bad-ass. The music fits the movie well and it made me wish that I was watching the movie in a cinema instead of on my little laptop.
This is definitely a must-watch because it is a computer-generated visual eye candy fest and well, because it is Final Fantasy.
2) Brothers Grimm
================
On Saturday, JokerZ, Amerell and I went to the movies. We were deciding on Jubilee's somewhat limited selection of movies and we were down with "A Sound of Thunder" and "Brothers Grimm". We decided to go with the "Brothers Grimm" since it was supposed to be a comedy and "A Sound of Thunder" seemed like a futuristic "Jurassic Park" clone.
As the movie began, I felt an uncomfortable tingling sensation down my spine. It opened with a totally lame and unfunny scene. Okay, not a good start. Then the cheesy European humor continued and I was like, "God forbid! Not another Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy!" (for those wondering, that movie won my personal 'Crappiest Movie of the Year Award' seen in this blog entry).
To summarize the plot, the Grimm Brothers are con artists who pretend that they can solve supernatural mysteries and make money off gullible people. They soon stumble across the real deal and must learn how to fight it. The strange thing about this movie is that its premise is in the middle of nowhere: 1. It is not an action movie because the fight scenes aren't like impressive. 2. It is not a comedy cos' the jokes are lame European-style humor. 3. The mysteries are actually parodies of children fairy tales (e.g. Red Riding Hood, Gingerbread Man, etc), so they aren't particularly deep or engaging and therefore, can't be taken seriously. I really felt like walking out of the cinema halfway, but then they introduced a female lead character and only then, it became remotely interesting.
If the Hitchhiker movie didn't exist, then Brothers Grimm would have been the worst movie I have watched this year. Avoid this movie unless you want to see how bad it is.
3) A Sound of Thunder
===================
On Tuesday, I watched Sound of Thunder with Darrell since he wanted to watch one good movie before he went for his operation (and well, Brothers Grimm wasn't it).
A Sound of Thunder is set in the future where time traveling is possible and a company named Time Safari makes money by sending wealthy clients on trips to the past to hunt dinosaurs. The various clients are actually killing the same dinosaur over & over again, so it does not alter the course of time since that particular dinosaur was about to die a natural death. One day, something bad happens during one of these trips to the past and it totally alters the future when the hunters return. As such, the fate of the world (or time) lies in the hands of Travis and his group of adventurers attempt to fix the mess that was caused.
At first, I thought it was a Jurassic Park clone, but then I realized that they weren't chased by dinosaurs in the alternate future. It was ugly-looking babboon mutants. Yup, of all the cool monsters they could have come up with (dragons? wyverns? wolves? Aliens?), they had to model it after a damn monkey. Sorry if I spoilt it for anyone, but that was my only gripe with the movie. If I were a character in the movie, I would've been insulted if I was ravaged to death by mutant monkey thingeys.
It is a good show, though. There is a lot of talk about the ethics of time travel and the sense of urgency is ever present throughout the movie. It keeps the viewers wondering if they will ever succeed in fixing the mess or will they all just perish in their valiant attempts. With the rather pitiful selection of movies in recent weeks, this movie is a good one to take in while you are at the cinemas.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Another Sunday (VS System PCQ)
I realized that I have been meaning to blog about a few things, but I kept missing my chance due to lack of time. This means I have to make up for lost time. I guess I'll start with Sunday.
Sunday was the day of yet another monthly VS System PCQ. It is a good chance for me to sell my cards since it is probably the only time when there are actually plenty of people to buy them. I learnt my lesson from the last time (I sold practically nothing), so this time, the moment I arrived, I picked a good spot and laid my wares (both albums and my box of foils) out on the table. And then the customers started coming in. Most of the people who bought crap rares/foils were those who were armed with checklists to complete their play set. Thank god for them. I sold more than 1/3 of my cards and left feeling a happy man.
The rest of the guys were playing in Sealed and Draft and Chaosmag surprised us by dropping by. In Constructed, it was DC Modern Age, possibly the most boring format at the moment. It was all GLEE mirror matches and whoever was unforunate enough to face a Superman Robots deck would just lose. I didn't bother paying attention to the top 8.
In Sealed, Akira managed to get into the top 8 with an impressive 7-1 score. He lost in the quarterfinals, though, and I felt it was kinda weird. They called for 'sudden death' when Akira and his opponent, Timothy, were both at 1-1 when the one-hour limit was up. I felt that the rules for the sudden death were kinda iffy (was it even an official thing?). Akira lost that. Oh, well.
I went with Akira and Amerell to Pasta Mania for dinner. I haven't had a good western dinner in a long time. I shared a Chicken & Mushroom Pizza with Akira. It was a good way to end the weekend.
Sunday was the day of yet another monthly VS System PCQ. It is a good chance for me to sell my cards since it is probably the only time when there are actually plenty of people to buy them. I learnt my lesson from the last time (I sold practically nothing), so this time, the moment I arrived, I picked a good spot and laid my wares (both albums and my box of foils) out on the table. And then the customers started coming in. Most of the people who bought crap rares/foils were those who were armed with checklists to complete their play set. Thank god for them. I sold more than 1/3 of my cards and left feeling a happy man.
The rest of the guys were playing in Sealed and Draft and Chaosmag surprised us by dropping by. In Constructed, it was DC Modern Age, possibly the most boring format at the moment. It was all GLEE mirror matches and whoever was unforunate enough to face a Superman Robots deck would just lose. I didn't bother paying attention to the top 8.
In Sealed, Akira managed to get into the top 8 with an impressive 7-1 score. He lost in the quarterfinals, though, and I felt it was kinda weird. They called for 'sudden death' when Akira and his opponent, Timothy, were both at 1-1 when the one-hour limit was up. I felt that the rules for the sudden death were kinda iffy (was it even an official thing?). Akira lost that. Oh, well.
I went with Akira and Amerell to Pasta Mania for dinner. I haven't had a good western dinner in a long time. I shared a Chicken & Mushroom Pizza with Akira. It was a good way to end the weekend.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Writer's Block~
Gah, I have had blogger's block recently. I just can't think of anything good to write. And there have always been problems that I always consider when I blog, such as how deep I should touch on a topic without making people lose interest. Too deep and it might put people off; too little and it will sound very bland and superficial.
Then there are things that sometimes I wonder whether if it worth blogging at all.
Help~
Then there are things that sometimes I wonder whether if it worth blogging at all.
Help~
Monday, September 12, 2005
Warning: Moron Ahead
On Sunday, I met Dave while I was at AMK. It was a rare sight, considering the fact that there has been no other VS player from other places at Chris' shop for months ever since Kelvin Soh got into M:TG again. Too bad nothing good came out of our meeting.
I was browsing through his album and he had quite an impressive collection of cards from the new Avengers set. I asked him about the value of several cards just to gauge their prices first before settling down on the trades I was interested in.
I wanted System Failure and I asked him to quote his price. He asked me to quote first instead but I told him that I have no idea how much it is worth since I have never bought one before. He still insisted that I quote first. Again, I said no, stating that if I would surely quote low and he might get mad at me. This continued back-and-forth until it felt awkward, so I gave him one last warning that he might not like my price before started quoting. I thought for a while, and seeing that System Failure did not see much play (perhaps none at all) at recent reported tournaments and the fact that it was not a hot card like any of the Avengers stuff, I said, "How about slightly above the pack price?" Well, he definitely was pissed and he used the same line that I always use on everyone else who underquotes me: "Then you sell me at that price; I will buy every copy that you have." I ended our conversation, but hey, I was pissed, too. I did my best to warn him that I would quote a lousy price. But did he listen? No. He was practically asking for it and I got scolded for nothing just because I did what he told me to. I couldn't help but feel that he suckered me into the whole thing on purpose just so that he can pull the old "I'll buy all that you've got" routine.
Now this is so wrong. Someone asks you to punch him hard in the face, and you say 'no way', but he keeps on egging you on. You finally give in to his request and punch him hard, but he gets pissed at you? What the f**k is wrong with these people? Hell, I really should have punched Dave's sorry ass face anyway.
Just to show that there are idiots with freakin' problems.
I was browsing through his album and he had quite an impressive collection of cards from the new Avengers set. I asked him about the value of several cards just to gauge their prices first before settling down on the trades I was interested in.
I wanted System Failure and I asked him to quote his price. He asked me to quote first instead but I told him that I have no idea how much it is worth since I have never bought one before. He still insisted that I quote first. Again, I said no, stating that if I would surely quote low and he might get mad at me. This continued back-and-forth until it felt awkward, so I gave him one last warning that he might not like my price before started quoting. I thought for a while, and seeing that System Failure did not see much play (perhaps none at all) at recent reported tournaments and the fact that it was not a hot card like any of the Avengers stuff, I said, "How about slightly above the pack price?" Well, he definitely was pissed and he used the same line that I always use on everyone else who underquotes me: "Then you sell me at that price; I will buy every copy that you have." I ended our conversation, but hey, I was pissed, too. I did my best to warn him that I would quote a lousy price. But did he listen? No. He was practically asking for it and I got scolded for nothing just because I did what he told me to. I couldn't help but feel that he suckered me into the whole thing on purpose just so that he can pull the old "I'll buy all that you've got" routine.
Now this is so wrong. Someone asks you to punch him hard in the face, and you say 'no way', but he keeps on egging you on. You finally give in to his request and punch him hard, but he gets pissed at you? What the f**k is wrong with these people? Hell, I really should have punched Dave's sorry ass face anyway.
Just to show that there are idiots with freakin' problems.
Nostalgia with Neo Geo Battle Colisem
I have been playing Neo Geo Battle Colisem at the arcades recently. I had completely missed SvC Chaos and NeoWave KOF since they weren't very interesting and then this little gem pops up. NGBC runs on the AtomisWave hardware instead of the archaic Neo Geo board, so the graphical effects are top notch.
The game features tons of characters/bosses from various Neo Geo titles, including very old titles by ADK like World Heroes and the super-obscure Aggressors of Dark Kombat. It is all pretty nostalgic. Even the two main characters are parodies of several Neo Geo titles and the Neo Geo itself. For example, Yuki's super moves are both named after the Neo Geo's old boot-up screen with the "Max 330 Mega" logo and also their old "100 Mega Shock" sales slogan.
The game is totally cool for its wow factor alone. Now all we need is a home port. It makes me feel like hooking up my Neo Geo and playing some of the old games again, but it's all in my brother's room. At least I still have my Neo Geo Pocket; I don't think anyone bought those things at that time. Well, maybe only crazy people like me.
The game features tons of characters/bosses from various Neo Geo titles, including very old titles by ADK like World Heroes and the super-obscure Aggressors of Dark Kombat. It is all pretty nostalgic. Even the two main characters are parodies of several Neo Geo titles and the Neo Geo itself. For example, Yuki's super moves are both named after the Neo Geo's old boot-up screen with the "Max 330 Mega" logo and also their old "100 Mega Shock" sales slogan.
The game is totally cool for its wow factor alone. Now all we need is a home port. It makes me feel like hooking up my Neo Geo and playing some of the old games again, but it's all in my brother's room. At least I still have my Neo Geo Pocket; I don't think anyone bought those things at that time. Well, maybe only crazy people like me.
Friday, September 09, 2005
Finally Gone Out~
I have been sick all week, with only my NDS and Advance Wars to keep me company. I finally decided to go out today. I felt so happy to be out of the house. I actually had no idea that it was currently the school holidays until recently.
I was supposed to play VS with the rest, but I ended up playing multiplayer Advance Wars with Darius all day (Strange, considering the fact that I was already playing my NDS all the time at home.)
In the evening, everyone went to the arcade to play more Neo Geo Battle Coliseum. I felt like staying back, but when there was a crowd at the machine, I thought it was time to be a good boy and go home early.
Saturday would be another fun day. Hurray for the weekends.
I was supposed to play VS with the rest, but I ended up playing multiplayer Advance Wars with Darius all day (Strange, considering the fact that I was already playing my NDS all the time at home.)
In the evening, everyone went to the arcade to play more Neo Geo Battle Coliseum. I felt like staying back, but when there was a crowd at the machine, I thought it was time to be a good boy and go home early.
Saturday would be another fun day. Hurray for the weekends.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
First September Blog
Wee, my first blog entry for September. I have been a little late since I have not been doing anything interesting of late.
Everyday, I wake up and alternate between playing my NDS and surfing the net. And yes, I have fallen sick again. It happens every time I get a new game and play it industriously throughout the night. The other time, I was playing the music game, Ouendan, and got so frustrated at the last song that I retried it till 5 am to beat it. This time, it is Advance Wars DS. It's a nice strategy game. I was quite surprised to find that Internet lingo has invaded our consoles; one of the characters' win quotes include one-liners like "Owned" and hipster slang like "word" and "rawk". Although I dislike Internet speak, I do find it entertaining when a video game character says it. It's kinda cute.
Whatever happened to my 'job'? The boss has gone overseas on a business trip so I am stuck with nothing to do. It took me a while to realize that I was not going to get a fixed salary since the job was one of those 'be your own boss, keep what you earn' kinda thing. Well, I haven't really done anything yet, I am getting zero income. I asked my Mum if I could back out and go find a 'normal' job, but she told me to give the job a chance and see if I like it after the CO returns from his trip. In the meantime, she re-assures me not to worry so much. I really should remind her that I am not getting any younger.
I will try to blog more this month to make up for August's lack of activity.
Everyday, I wake up and alternate between playing my NDS and surfing the net. And yes, I have fallen sick again. It happens every time I get a new game and play it industriously throughout the night. The other time, I was playing the music game, Ouendan, and got so frustrated at the last song that I retried it till 5 am to beat it. This time, it is Advance Wars DS. It's a nice strategy game. I was quite surprised to find that Internet lingo has invaded our consoles; one of the characters' win quotes include one-liners like "Owned" and hipster slang like "word" and "rawk". Although I dislike Internet speak, I do find it entertaining when a video game character says it. It's kinda cute.
Whatever happened to my 'job'? The boss has gone overseas on a business trip so I am stuck with nothing to do. It took me a while to realize that I was not going to get a fixed salary since the job was one of those 'be your own boss, keep what you earn' kinda thing. Well, I haven't really done anything yet, I am getting zero income. I asked my Mum if I could back out and go find a 'normal' job, but she told me to give the job a chance and see if I like it after the CO returns from his trip. In the meantime, she re-assures me not to worry so much. I really should remind her that I am not getting any younger.
I will try to blog more this month to make up for August's lack of activity.
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