Twenty Questions by Mr Mint

Twenty questions from Mr. Mint. I was stuck for a while because my answers were kinda awkward. haha.

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1. Who is more important to you?
My mother I guess.

2. How often do you think of committing suicide?
Lots of times during National Service, especially the first few months. And during my Final Year in NUS.

3. Do you think you have enough confidence?
Nope, I probably need more.

4. How many babies do you want?
None at the moment.

5. Do you believe in seeing the rainbow after the rain?
Sometimes.

6. What is your goal for this year?
If we are talking about 2009, I seriously haven't thought about it yet.

7. Do you believe in eternity love?
Kind of.

8. What’s a perfect girlfriend/boyfriend like to you? (List 5)
Understanding, funny, intelligent, diligent and cheerful.

9. List 3 characteristics of your best friend.
Don't really know because I always treated everyone as my 'best friends'. They are all nice, cheerful and fun-loving people. hehe.

10. What is your bad habit?
I might have mild OCD.

11. What is your opinion with distance relationship?
Difficult to work out but achievable.

12. What does flying mean to you?
Traveling overseas!

13. What do you crave for the most recently?
Pizza.

14. Are you single/relationship?
Single.

15. Describe the person who tagged you in 7 words.
"Nice, conservative guy with nerves of steel."

16. What have you done to yourself to make yourself happy?
Play video games. And planned my leave properly this year.

17. What will you become in another 10 years to come?
Older.

18. Where are your desired destinations?
Home.

19. Have you cried recently?
No.

20. What's the worse thing that you think can ever happen to a person?
Becoming disabled or handicapped.

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Instructions:
Remove one question from the above and add in your personal question. Make a total of 20 questions and tag 3 ppl.. List them out at the end of the post. Notify them in their cbox that they have been tagged.. Whoever does the tag will have blessings.

Kelvin's Question (To replace Question 4)
21. Name a recent achievement that you're happy about.



Picture is... kinda related. haha

Now I have to find 3 people...

And Rounding Up the Xmas Goodies...

I picked up some more stuff today to round up my own Christmas shopping!



With the Watchmen movie coming out next year, there seemed to be quite a bit of hype surrounding it. I've seen it being mentioned at various forums and magazines so I thought I would pick up the graphic novel first to tide me over until the movie's actual release.




I managed to chance upon the Halo Legendary series Arbiter figure at Bugis. I kinda hesitated but still bought it in the end. When people see Halo, they think of Master Chief. Well, I like The Arbiter! hehe. At the moment, I don't have a proper way to display it which is why it still in its package (it looks like this).

Seasons Greetings 2008

Merry Christmas to everyone!

My Christmas joy started early when I was given half-day off on Wednesday. This meant that I have almost the entire week off. It was pretty amazing since it has been ages since I had so much free time. I have been staying up late and loved the fact that I didn't have to get up early. It was a strange feeling. And it was not long before I remembered that this was that same feeling I had when I was not working and played WoW all day. haha. It actually felt great.

I didn't have any plans for my long break though. On Thursday, I planned to go to AMK Hub to pick up some new games and had an impromptu dinner with Mango (he lives!), Akira and YongHao. Today, I went to White Sands to rent some DvDs.

Stuff to keep myself occupied:

Mirror's Edge, Harold & Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay and Get Smart (both rented)

What I really wanted for Christmas was a Prinny plushie! Should've spent some time looking into that the same way I got my Pesoguins last year. haha.

I guess the rest of my break will be spent at home playing games, surfing the net and resting. Maybe I should try to go out and shop around. I shouldn't stay home all day. haha.

I Thought You Were on Leave Today

I was at work today as for normal when my Manager called me. She sounded surprised and went, "Huh? You're here? I thought you were on leave today."

I was a little puzzled myself because I remembered discussing leave matters with my boss last Thursday. We talked about me taking one day off this week but nothing was confirmed so I didn't pick a day yet. I did mention that I might want to choose Monday but I didn't tell her in time so I just treated it like any normal Monday.

I continued to do my work as usual when Mr. Bossman came in. "I thought you were on leave?" he gave me a puzzled look. Right now, I started to feel that I really should've stayed at home today. haha. Since everyone thought that I was on leave today, I decided to take the rest of the day off. I went on to finish my work on hand and was about to call my Manager when she stepped into the office. After a brief chat, I left for home in the afternoon.

Hooray, leave on a Monday. I kinda needed it, too, since I have been feeling very tired. I spent the rest of the day playing games and surfing the net as usual. Tomorrow will be another normal day but at least it's a another short week.

It's the End of the Year! Time to Clear Leave

It's December at last! I had actually planned to take several days of leave in December but then my boss needed me to be at work during the last few busy weeks of the year. Now I know why some of the admins cleared their leave over the last two weeks.

I managed to get my leave on the 26th of December (which is a Friday) and the rest will have to be in January. I'm already planning on taking it on the 2nd and 5th of January to create my own super-duper long weekend.

Anyway, things have been pretty much the same for me. Everyday, it's work then games. At least the crazy holiday games releases are now over. I can finally stop saving and start spending.

Attack of the Giant Prinny

This article is so cute!

Link: Giant Prinny Attacks San Francisco

I love the part when it the article mentioned:

The Thing Was So Cruel That it Left its Children in the Car


I can't wait for February 2009. haha.

Finish Him!

I have been playing Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. And just nice Maxim did a feature on the "MK announcer guy", asking him to say crazy & funny stuff for our enjoyment.

Click on the soundboard below and have fun!



I always felt the announcer had a memorable voice. "Epic Fail" sounds pretty epic the way he says it. haha.

My Little Visit to the AFA

I went to the AFA last Saturday. I really wasn't sure what to look out for but such events are always fun and this was probably one of the first major anime events in Singapore. The one thing I noticed was that it was not ridiculously overcrowded thanks to the admission fee. haha.

I went straight to Suntec after work to meet up with Akira & Max for lunch. After that, I had to go to Raffles Place to settle something before before going back to Suntec again. By then, it was already evening so I just did some quick browsing so as not to keep the two them waiting.

I caught a glimpse of the Singapore Arcade Showdown competition going on and had fun checking out the various figures/model kit booths. I managed to find some Halo 3 figures on sale! I absolute love the character known as The Arbiter but they only sold him as part of a full set for $150++. Such a pity. I still wanted to take something home, though so I bought a little Combat Elite figure.



Before I left, I passed by the FunZSquare booth and bought Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe (Xbox 360) to satisfy the comic book fan in me.

It was quite a fruitful trip. And yes, and I do realize that it is very strange for me to be picking up Western merchandise at a Japanese anime convention. haha. Actually, the other thing I wanted to take home too was the Capcom Maniax Felicia figure but I think it is a bit too daring for my room. haha.

The New Xbox Experience

Last Wednesday was a very exciting day for me as Xbox owners all over the world got the new firmware update known as NXE (New Xbox Experience). After patching, I was prompted to create my avatar. I tried to make it look like myself. haha.



The NXE is more or less a cosmetic upgrade for the Xbox's firmware but the biggest and most important addition to me is the game installation feature. This is also the reason why I couldn't control myself and bought a brand new 120gb hdd despite its ridiculous price. So it's goodbye to my pathetic 20gb hdd. Now I am happy installing my games and enjoying faster game loading.

Back in the Saddle

My Xbox 360 came back last Thursday, which was a day earlier than expected. It really made my day. It was just in time for the crazy number of releases this month. This recent Penny Arcade comic strip sums it all up. I have unknowingly amassed quite a backlog with still more on the way. Again, WTB holiday. :(



Yes, Guitar Hero World Tour is in the house. The drum set is taking up a lot of floor space.



My mother helped me to pick up GHWT from FunZ. The box was huge and she said a very nice young man named Michael helped to carry it to her car. We shall try to show our gratitude to this Michael one day. *wink*

Last Friday, I went over to Dhoby Ghaut to have dinner a Fish & Co's with Raccon, Justin & friends. They were picking up their own GHWT from E2Max and we all got our Gears of War 2. I went home and played GHWT till 3 am even though I had work on Saturday. haha.

Rhyfe came over on Saturday with a USB-Midi interface cable to help adjust the sensitivity in the drum kit (stupid Made in China drums). We spent the rest of the day playing GHWT and this was when I realized that I totally suck at drums. The foot pedal is probably causing grief to all newbie drummers all around the world.

WOTLK will be out soon. I have been thinking of getting it but my 10-day trial was kinda sad since I was playing by my lonesome self. I don't think it will be a day-one purchase for me. I'll probably give it a shot once more people are playing so that I can seriously consider transferring servers or rerolling.

Life Without Xbawx

Saturday: Stocking Up

Work took up the earlier part of the day so time passed pretty fast. I went home and slept for the afternoon because there was nothing else to do. haha.

At night when I went to FunZ Centre. I picked up Fallout 3 and the guidebook to keep first. Fallout 3 might possibly be the game of the year and I can't wait to play it when I get my Xbox 360 exchanged. I actually feel jealous reading about people who are having a good time with it.

I also met Yonghao for dinner. It was then he said he had a Scroll of Resurrection for WoW and he could invite me back for a 10-day trial. That didn't seem like a bad idea. Wee.

I was about to go home when Raccon called me. Since the night was still young, I cabbed over to his home. We played games on his Xbox 360 (/envious) and he agreed to lend him his Nintendo Wii home to play until my console gets exchanged.

Thanks to so many peoples' support, I think I can do this! It's "just" one week.

Sunday: I'm Leotheras the F**king Blind!

WoW finished patching after many hours (it was a 1.2 gb++ update). The first thing I noticed was how they streamlined a lot of things. And of course, there were the OMG achievements. It really made me feel at home. I totally approve of achievements. They are a great way to pass the time. haha.

I ventured into the Isle of Quel'Danas to quest a bit followed by some BGs. Played around with my talents and got the 61-point Arms talent Bladestorm to try out. The description sounded a little weird yet cool and I didn't know what to expect. But when I finally saw what it was, it put a smile on my face.

My warrior spins round & round and he even makes that cool whooshing sound that bosses do when they perform their own whirlwind. I used it while questing and packs of mobs would just die. I used it in BG and it outright kills people who don't run away. It's like I'm Leotheras the f**king Blind and people who don't run away will all drop dead and their raid leaders will start scolding them. It made me feel like king for a day. I mean, for 6 seconds.

And during BG, I got hit by Polymorph Penguin. I got quite a surprise. Was trying to figure out how come I got turned into a strange new creature that I've never seen before. Penguins FTW!

With all the initial excitement aside, I did feel very lonely on Gorgonnash because everyone has left or transferred. It definitely feels boring but I can't really complain since I am on a 10-day trial. Now I am actually considering picking up WOTLK once it comes out and transferring server.

Karma Killed my Xbox (?)

My Xbox 360 just died on me yesterday.



Normally, I would just accept the fact that it died a natural death but it happened when I was playing Fable II. That poorly-coded, bug-infested, laggy piece of crap. I am beginning to think it is not a mere coincidence that so many X360s died when the game was released. Whether that is true or not, I will never know but I just had to blame it on something rather than let it remain a mystery. hehe.

At the same time, I couldn't help but feel that my Xbox's demise was the result of karma. A few hours before it happened, I yelled at my mother to get out of my room as she was pestering me and disturbing my peaceful nightly gaming routine. Maybe it's divine punishment being metted out for sons who are rude to their mothers.

As the weekends approach, I feel depressed thinking how am I going to survive an entire week until next Friday when my replacement is ready. I am actually addicted to my Xbox in the same way I was addicted to WoW. I wonder if I may be tempted to get another X360 to play (maybe a 60gb one this time).