The past week went by without much interesting developments. I got pretty sick of my current job and got a recommendation to work for Chan Brothers. I spent a great deal of the week updating my resume. I had a lot of work on my hands cos' last time, I sent out over 20 applications and only got 3 replies, so my resume probably sucked a lot. I asked around for friends' resume samples. I tried to make mine less "IT'ish" by removing the technical stuff that I had written about my experience in computing. I didn't want them to think that I wanted a job in their IT department or something. That left me with a lot of space, though. Good thing I could now include my current job into my resume and it no longer looks so lame and miserable. I haven't received a reply yet so I guess I'll just have to wait.
The 'new' maid arrived yesterday. Her name is Gigi and she had actually worked for our family before a few years back. I still remember my mother had fired her cos' she made $1000 worth of overseas phonecall every month. Let's hope she has changed for the better. Anyway, Gigi was rather happy to be back here as she had trouble finding a good job in the Philippines. She remarked that I had graduated already when she saw my graduation photo. I didn't realize it had been that long.
Coming up: the usual highlights of the week for me.
Stay Alive (Movie)
I watched "Stay Alive" with Orchi & friends, Darrell and Yonghao. The trailer was shown several months back but it was delayed till now. It is a typical slasher movie where people die horrible deaths. The story is about a group of friends who started dying one-by-one after playing a video game named "Staying Alive". The characters would die in the same way that they died within the game. As with such movies, the plot was nonexistent and the ending was abrupt.
Unfortunately for us Singaporeans, I found out that the movie was heavily censored. I learnt from a local forum that people who downloaded the show say that the death scenes were shown in full gory detail (there was one where a guy's jaw was ripped off) as opposed to the split-second deaths I had witnessed in the cinemas. The uneditted movie was supposedly 15 minutes longer. No wonder Stay Alive had a 'friendly' PG rating in local cinemas.
On a side-note, there was a movie poster of a new computer-animated penguin movie at the cinemas. It's called "Happy Feet" and seems to be about, uh... singing penguins. It seems somewhat goofy and made my hair stand. The videos can be found on YouTube if you want to have a look.
Legion of Super Heroes (Animated Series)
Just when I thought the new Fantastic Four animated series was pretty cool (the story got better beginning with the 4th episode), cartoon fans got another surprise in the form of Legion of SuperHeroes. Only two episodes out so far but it is already quite fun to watch. Is this a coincidence or are they releasing new cartoons to coincide with VS System releases?
The catchy opening movie can be found here at YouTube.
God Hand (PS2)
I recently bought the long-awaited God Hand for the PS2. The promotional videos got me so hyped up over the past few months that I was glad the game lived up to my expectations. It's pretty good but short and a little simplistic. The story is interesting. The bosses are stylish. The dialogue is humourous and very witty. The rock/heavy metal music is simply awesome. The game was touted as being 'ball-bustingly hard but fair' and it is exactly that. It feels freakishly difficulty but it's darn cool. Even regular enemies can kill you in a few hits so the game is all about twitch reaction.
Since the PS2 is near the end of its life cycle, most US games are now priced like budget titles, so do yourself a favour and pick up the US version of God Hand at a mere USD$30 (according to online sites) when it releases this month.
I'll leave everyone with a sample of one of the game's more famous soundtrack. It's the one that plays in all the game's trailers.
Yet... Oh See Mind <- click here
(According to the composers, Grasshopper Manufacture Inc., the song's name is actually a pun of a Japanese phrase I can't read. 'Yatte-oshimai' or something.)
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