Food~ Food~

The weekends had been fun. On Saturday, I went to Simei to draft VS with the rest. It lasted longer than we expected. After that, we shared several cabs to Marina Square since Orchi and the CCK gang were having a meal to celebrate DS & Jeffrey's birthdays. However, we arrived too late; it was already 9 pm and Yuki Yaki was closing. We had to go to Suntec for steamboat at Joaquim instead. It was pretty good. When the thing was over, I wanted to go to the washroom but ended up going all the way to the 3rd-storey toilet outside the "PCQ room" (1st storey closed for cleaning, 2nd storey cordoned off possibly for IMF or IT show). In the end, I realized there is a toilet in the restaurant itself.

On Sunday, I just dropped by at Ang Mo Kio to check out games and have dinner with Hobbes, Brainy and Darrell. We ate at a very deserted shop named called the E-Inn near the old cinema/Raiders. It's not bad since it was different from all the usual junk.

Oh, yes. This post reminded me that I had forgotten to talk about the previous week's Galactus sneak preview. Oh, well, too late now. It was held at the Pan Pacific Hotel and ended so late that we had trouble finding a place for dinner because it was 10 pm. Fortunately, Cafe Cartel opens late.

It's September already. My long break is now over and my RT resumes this Sunday. It's back to time-wasting and torture.

Playing Myth War Online

I have recently been playing Myth War Online. There wasn't any particular reason behind it; I just I saw the system requirements and was like, "Oh wow! Something that my laptop can run!"


Despite its rather archaic-looking 2D graphics, the game is rather addictive. It's an MMORPG but battles are not real time; you get random encounters while exploring dungeons and the battles are turn-based a la console RPGs. This means that I can surf the net and chat on MSN while playing the game in its windowed mode. There's quite a lot of content, though, so it's not mundane. This is one of those few games where partying is almost mandatory. It's a fun diversion to add to your list of "things to do while sitting in front of the computer". And did I mention it's free? Check it out at: http://mythwar.igg.com/index.php

Sleeping Late Every Night

This week had been all about Priston Tale for me. Hobbes introduced me to a private server for the game at PTNation. I have been playing it together with him, Kraazg and Brainy. I was rather surprised that this five-year old game can still be fun. I played every night and there was even a day when I overslept and missed work. Looks like the game has given me back my insomnia. Playing PT reminded me how much I enjoy MMORPGs. Perhaps it is almost time for me to get a new laptop so that I can play the more recent games.

During one of my late nights, I was surfing around and came across a series of outrageously funny Yu-Gu-Oh spoof videos on YouTube. Dubbed "Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Version", each video is a 4-5 minute parody of the actual anime episodes. The video editting is top-notch, the voice-acting is funny and the jokes are ingenious! Go watch it here (Episode 1; trust me, it gets better). There are 8 episodes out at this time of writing, with a new one being released every week.

Hectic Saturday ~ RT Deferred!

Another delayed post. Saturday was a super-hectic day for me. I was always on the move and didn't have much time to rest.

I woke up in the morning and went to East Shore Hospital to get an x-ray for my foot. I had actually come the night before but the radiology deparment was closed. Anyway, this was my first time visiting a private hospital (I was under the impression that all hospitals were government-run) and it was very 'classy'. The staff were all smiles and very friendly. There was even a 'bellboy' standing at the entrance opening doors for cars, I thought my mother had taken me to a hotel by mistake. I am such a mountain turtle. Anyway, they had x-ray me twice because the herbal medicine in my bandaged leg was showing up on the slides.

They had to remove my bandages so, when everything was done, I had to go get my foot re-wrapped at the Chinese physician opposite my home. After that, I rushed over to White Sands at 1 pm to meet a guy for a deal. I was selling him one of my used games and he actually volunteered to come all the way from Woodlands. Oh, wow.

Meanwhile, Alvin SMS'ed me to invite me out for dinner at Breeks. He said the magic words so there was no way I'd refuse. hehe.

I went home and rested for a while before setting off for Bedok Camp. I went to the Medical Centre at 3 pm to try get my MC from East Shore endorsed. Me and some other guys waited and waited but the MO did not show up. In the meantime, I watched like 2+ hours of Lost on the TV there. The MO finally arrived at 5:30 pm; it turned out that the regular MO had fallen sick (hehe) so they had to find a last-minute replacement. What a waste of time. Anyway, after that, I went to see the 2IC for my RT and, at last, I got my deferment. No further RT until the 10th of September! My poor foot can heal! Happiness~

Once that was settled, I went home and then proceeded to Ang Mo Kio. I met up with Alvin and the rest for dinner at Breeks (Happy belated birthday to Alvin~). Haven't had Breeks in ages; I miss the food.

It had been quite a very hectic day. I still played Priston Tale when I got home after that. Yup, Priston Tale, that super ancient game, but this time on a private server. I have been playing it for the past week with Hobbes, Brainy and Kraazg.

I Wanna Get Better~

It has been a week and my foot has not healed yet. I went to see the MO during RT today and I got an MC for one week. I was thinking of deferring the remainder of my RT to a month later but the evil OC did not approve of it. Instead, he just told me not to come for one week and do make-up later. *Sigh* I hope my foot recovers soon. It is starting to get irritating and inconvenient. I hope my foot will heal by next Saturday. My weekend is burnt. Saturday + Sunday RT~

After returning home today, I started watching Gundam SEED Destiny which I borrowed from Himura. I guess I was in a Gundam mood and wanted to watch it for the sake of completeness. I heard a lot of people say that SEED Destiny was quite a bad show so I shall be watching it with an open mind.

At night, I met up with a guy at Kallang to sell him my SNES/N64 game cartridges. I was trying to get rid of them in bulk and just nice, this guy was interested in collecting old games. I still remember I had the unhappy memory of lugging my games to Cash Converters only to get turned down. I sold over 35+ game cartridges for around $60. This is probably a lot less than Ebay prices but I would've dumped some of the games anyway. Besides, I don't think there is a local market for such old & useless 'antiques'. At least now I have cleared a huge chunk of space in my room. It's quite a good feeling.

Resting for the Week

I have been given off for the whole week because I sprained my ankle. I have been going to see the Chinese doctor across the street and my leg is well on the way to recovering. I imagine that if I went to a private clinic, the doctor will just give me a jab and bandage my foot. The Chinese physician rubs some kind of herbal medicine and massages my foot every session; it's actually very comfortable. =)

Movie: Click

Click is one of those movies that take a mediocre-sounding concept and turn it into something highly entertaining. Trailers for the show seemed to promote it as a mindless slapstick comedy with no plot. The mysterious remote control was like a pseudo time machine (time-traveling movies have been done countless times before) and seemed very lame.

But after watching the show, it was nothing like the above at all. The jokes littered throughout the movie are refreshing, well-written and cleverly thought-out. And beneath all that, there is actually a good plot that teaches viewers the value of life and family. Definitely check this movie out.

I find it coincidental that I watched Click on Saturday and when I got home at night, Anger Management was showing on TV. It was great fun to watch, too. Looks like it was Adam Sandler day for me.

Penguins Don't Just Walk; They Slide on their Tummies

This had been a good month for the PSP. Several new game releases kept me away from my computer so I haven't been able to bring myself to blog for the past two weeks. Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, Tekken Dark Resurrection and G-Generation Portable have been eating up most of my time.

I am now nearing the end of my first month of RT. The next session would be the IPPT itself, but unfortunately, I sprained my ankle during today's training. Some moronic PTI was gonna ORD soon so it was probably customary that he whacked us real hard today for no apparent reason other than for his own enjoyment. It felt like I was being tekan'ed back in BMT again, doing one set of exercise after another for like thirty minutes. My body couldn't take it, and when the exercise was over, my legs gave way like jello. At first, I didn't feel a thing but after I got home, my ankle started to hurt. Gee, my body has suffered so much abuse before and never once did I ever get a sprained ankle. Why now~

I was still good to go and made it to Suntec just to check out the monthly VS PCQ. CKTeacher, Jeffrey and Edward all managed to top-4 for this last Silver Age event. Akira surprised me by showing up; I thought most NSFs liked to sleep at home on Sundays. hehe. After that, it was a simple dinner and we all went home. Anyway, I saw banners advertising next week's WCG Asian event. I wonder if anyone will be going to check it out.

My mother gave me a ride cos' my ankle was now beginning to hurt like mad. She had planned to take me to a Chinese doctor or something, but all private clinics were closed on a Sunday night. Looks like I will have to try again tomorrow.

Short Weekend

Last Friday, I went to FunZ first then went over at Miya's house to play PS2. Kyo and Michael were there, too. I watched the Ghost Whisperer in his living room because I didn't like missing it. Miya's two dogs started to gather around me when I sat on the sofa so I sat on the chair instead. As it was getting late, I realized that it was pointless to go home so I stayed over. Lucky for me, I could surf the net on my PSP. Just too bad I could not use Web Messenger on it. I also filled my HDD with goodies from Miya's computer.

When it was Saturday morning, I took the bus back to Tampines since no one wanted to have breakfast. I picked up MacDonald's on the way home and ate my Hot Cakes before going to bed. I only woke up at around 5 pm and then went to FunZ to get Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (PSP). I reached home at around 11 pm and went to sleep at around 2 am. It felt like a very short day for me as I slept a lot and didn't have much time to do other things at home.

The next morning was RT again at Bedok Camp. It was quite horrible as I had to fall out already during the first exercise due to dizziness. I went to rest with the medic and only joined in for the last exercise but I had to fall out again cos' I still didn't feel well. This is very bad; I hope this does not happen too often as I still have like 17 more sessions to go. After I got home, I unwrapped my new game and played it for the rest of the day.

Welcome to the RT

I have stolen Akira's trademark tagline! It is so catchy that I could not resist it.

My first real RT session on Tuesday was pretty horrible. I got assigned to the 'yellow' group (people who failed their pull-ups). The PTI made us do assisted pull-ups first before proceeding to the gym to train on the various machines. I felt kinda strange that I had to set all my weights to one notch above the minimum. Have I really become so feeble? = (

Time passed pretty quickly, then we were told to go to the track for a 2.4km run. At first, I thought the PTI was joking (I mean, we were the 'chin-up' guys after all) but, to my dismay, he wasn't. In the end, I didn't run the full 6 rounds cos' I felt real sick. I didn't feel better until I reached home and lay down on the bed for 20 minutes. I had no problems sleeping that night cos' I was burned out.

World of Warcraft TCG Preview

Brainy managed to find scans of the 5-page World of Warcraft TCG preview from Inquest magazine. It's worth reading:
http://www.wowcards.org/news/142/inquest-gamer-previews-the-world-of-warcraft-tcg.php?s=a42bb0476301705ffb3bee2676bd19d7

Most of VS System's game designers are working on it so we can probably expect a lot of good things. Considering the local fan base for the WoW game, let's hope it overthrows M:TG's reign. =)

Boring Sunday ZzZ

I just went for my first RT session today. Bedok Camp was nearer than I thought; only 10 minutes by cab. That's even nearer than my reservist camp. Since it was the first day, it was mostly just in-processing and briefing so nothing strenuous yet. I was quite delighted when the PTI pointed out that each RT session is only around 2+ hours long instead of the full 4 hours printed. But of course, if people ask us, we'll just say it is 4 hours. They scratch our back and we'll scratch theirs. hehe.

Other than that, today was a boring Sunday. I came home earlier than expected and wondered what I could do. But alas, I was lazy so I spent the day rotting at home. The TV programs on Sundays always tend to suck.