Friday, November 20, 2009
Ok so this post was supposed to be up by Tuesday. Which Tuesday? I don't know actually. Anyways, just read on :DOh wells it's Tuesday, and as we all know, there really isn't anything much which happens on Tuesday. I mean, there's always something happening on every other day of the week, but Tuesday is just like 'Ugh. Tuesday.'
Not making sense? Good. Moving on.
I finished reading World War Hulk today. The pacing of the story is kinda weird. It starts alright, gets slower and slower as it progresses, and as soon as the story starts to get interesting again, it ends way too abruptly.
So the Hulk overthrows the King of the alien planet which he is stranded on, and he becomes the new ruler. Under his rule, the various warring factions are able to call upon a truce, and slowly but surely, they begin to unite once more.
The Hulk even gets married to the king's former protector, and she gets pregnant with their child. Everything seems to be going well until one day, the space capsule which the Hulk entered the planet in explodes, killing almost everyone except the Hulk and 5 of his friends.
Upon discovering that there had been a nuke in the capsule, the Hulk recalls his hatred for the human race. He was finally at peace, residing in a world which respected him, and he had a family, but all those were now gone.
Needless to say, he was pissed.
So together with his 5 warbound, he launches a brutal onslaught upon Earth. The Hulk, now angrier than ever before, was also stronger than ever before. And close to no one on Earth could stop him.
Heroes who once had a chance of defeating the Hulk, like the Thing, Hercules and the Juggernaut, now didn't even manage to bring him to his knees. Without much difficulty, the Hulk captures Black Blot, Iron Man, Mr. Fantastic and Doctor Strange.
He dumps the four of them into a makeshift arena, and with the help of obedience disks, which were embedded into their skin, the Hulk forces them to fight each other to the death. Just when everything was looking grim, help arrived.
The only one on the Earth who could fight and defeat this raging incarnation of the Hulk. The most powerful super being on Earth. The Golden Guardian of Good. The hero whom contained the power of a million exploding suns within him.
The Sentry appeared and with a single punch, he sent the Hulk flying. At first, this gave hope to humanity, but it quickly died off when everyone realised that the Sentry wasn't himself.
In order to fight the Hulk, the Sentry had to tap into a large portion of his power, and this had awoken the other half of him, the evil entity known as the Void. Soon, a vortex of burning energy was surrounding the Void, and nothing could stop him.
Nothing but the Hulk.
Even with the intensity of the energy tearing his flesh and skin from his bones, the Hulk continued to fight the Void. After several minutes of fierce combat, and with most of New York City destroyed, the fight ends with the Hulk and the Void punching each other in the face.
The impact of their blows cause the surrounding area to shatter, and several nearby buildings collapse. However, the vortex of energy soon dissipates, and both the Hulk and the Void revert back to their weak human forms.
While Bruce Banner remains standing, Ryan Renolds falls to the ground, unconscious. Hulk's warbound had rushed over to aid him, but they found Banner instead. Seeing Hulk in his human form for the first time, one of the warbound attempts to turn him back into the Hulk.
To anger banner, the warbound tells him that he had known of the bomb's existence in the space capsule, and it wasn't the humans who had put it in, but member's of the old king's guard.
Instead of destroying the bomb, the warbound choose to leave it as he thought that it would remind Hulk about how humans had treated him, and it would cause him to go to war with them.
Realising that he was being used by others for destruction no matter where he was, and feeling betrayed by his warbound, Banner is consumed by rage and transforms into the Hulk once again.
However, his anger cannot be contained this time, and it radiates out of his body in the form of Gamma Rays, threatening to shatter the surface of the Earth. The Hulk asks Iron Man to stop him before he destroys the planet, and Iron Man quickly fires a satellite laser onto the Hulk, seemingly reducing him to vapour.
Several weeks pass and rebuilding has begun in New York City. The heroes have recovered and are helping with the repairs. Life seems to be getting back to normal on Earth, but there is a sudden disturbance on the planet which the Hulk had once been exiled to.
Out of the ashes, a new form emerges. Resembling the Hulk, but a little leaner, and with longer hair, this new character is revealed to be the son of the Hulk, Skaar.
Ok yes so that is about all I have to tell you for today. It's Tuesday damn it.
posted @ 1:35 PM
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time flies.It seemed like just yesterday when I was stepping out of the Maris Stella High School hall, celebrating the end of the O Levels.
And now here I am, with new friends, new experiences, new knowledge and a new life, just a little over a year after that day.
The first semester in Temasek Polytechnic is now history, and we welcomed in the second one several weeks ago.
The last semester was great. I wasn't saying that because I was worried about accidentally offending some TP staff who just happened to come across my blog. Semester 1.1 was really quite an experience.
It took a while for me to shed my secondary school attitude, and when I finally did, life started getting more interesting. I've been to new places. Learned new things. I've been experiencing something new everyday.
My studies are now better than ever, since I am actually studying about things which I am genuinely interested about. I managed to secure a spot amongst the top 10% of my course, though I barely made it. Got to work harder this semester.
So. Now we're mid way through Semester 1.2. Things were rough for me at the start, especially with my falling out with someone dear to me, but things are starting to get back on track.
I'm closer to my class now than I ever was before. I look forward to going to school the next day. I've been managing my finances well. I've been making new friends. I'm starting to enjoy this semester's subjects. And I've got a new crush :D
Since this semester is more relaxed and all, I've gotten the chance to hang out more with my friends after school. It's fun and it helps us relax, but unfortunately it also means that we have to spend more money.
Last Friday was awesome. It was Campus Care Network Day, or CCN Day for short. Basically, all lessons after 12pm were cancelled, and there was this massive fun fair held in TP to raise money for charity.
Each class was expected to come up with a booth. We had several ideas, but we eventually settled on one which involved water, plastic bags, and all the guys in the class. If you guessed something along the line of 'water bomb', you're right :D
We were selling three water bombs for $2, and six for $5. Participants had to use the water bombs to hit targets. Of course, the targets ended up being the guys in the class.
On the actual day, I hurried down to Business School after having my CDS tutorial, and we spent about 1 hour preparing. Then we realised that it was going to rain, which was bad, because our stall was located at the non-sheltered ground level.
Then someone came up with the idea of allowing participants to throw the bombs at us from the plaza level, which was one floor above. The good thing was that this way, people wouldn't have to climb down stairs to play our game. The bad thing was that it was way more painful for us.
At first, business didn't seem good. People seemed interested, but they just spared us a glance at most before walking away. It was only when our first participant purchased her water bombs that things got better.
The moment she approached the throwing area, the area surrounding her rapidly filled with people, all curious to see what it was all about. Soon, more an more customers came, and it felt as though we were on a stage.
We were all having a whole lot of fun, while raising money for charity at the same time. Also, there was an added perk of being down there while numerous ladies crowded around the railings.
Let's just put it this way: "After the downpour, a rainbow emerges." Go figure.
Soon it started raining, but we carried on. After several hours, it was getting too cold to keep the stall going, so we decided to go for a grand finale.
All eight of us lay down on the floor, our crotches unprotected. Like I said, all in the name of charity. By this time, the bombs were being sold in large amounts, with groups of people buying up to 20 bombs at a go.
At the end of the day, we made about $200 profit, and it all went to charity. I have to admit, I never expected our stall to be such a success, neither for it to be so much fun.
I guess we just have to thank ourselves for being crazy enough to go for it, the group of 'quieter' girls who were noisy enough to attract such a loud crowd, everyone who participated, and Gerald's coconut bra :D
Some photos of the event, taken by Christel:
So yes, school has been awesome so far.
I just decided to post because you know, I've been talking about this 'post everyday' thing for way too long, but nothing is happening. Ah well, we're all guilty of procrastination.
Anyways, I have to head for my CDS tutorial now (which I really don't feel like going), so be sure to check back tomorrow.
posted @ 3:19 PM
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Hello hello my faithful readers. All seven of you. I have an urge to announce that today's post is going to be a short one yet again, but I've decided not to say that because every time I do, the post ends up to be on average length.I spent the morning playing more of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. I'm playing a separate save file from the one I'm playing with my brother. Since the other save file is for the Anti-Registration side, I'm playing for Pro-Registration side.
That's Captain American and Iron Man's side respectively, for those uninitiated to the Marvel universe. The differences between the two sides are the path of progress, the boss battles, and the unlockable characters.
Anti-Reg side gets Captain America, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, and Pro-Reg side gets Iron Man, Mr. Fantastic and Songbird. The rest of the heroes can be played on either side. Needless to say, these heroes are only available if you play the correct side.
For some reason the Thing is locked as well. I know he stayed neutral and went to France during the Civil War arc, but if they wanted to stay true to the story and make him unplayable for both sides, then why even include him in the game?
Now I know that the game's story doesn't stick to the comic story arc, and the other than the characters I mentioned above, you are free to use the rest no matter which side you play, I can't help but feel that the game is subtly urging you to stick to the comic story arc.
For example, while both sides were at fault during the Civil War, majority of the readers supported Captain America's side because 1) He's Captain America; 2) All the cool heroes, like Spider-Man, and Hercules were on his side; and 3) Iron Man was a bit of a bitch during the arc.
While the game lets you make the decision whether you want to be Pro or Anti, from the moment you choose Iron Man's side, it feels as if the game is ranting at you. Every boss you defeat has something to say to you, all of which basically translates to "Shame on you, you fuck."
And then comes the hero selection. In the comics, the heroes were divided down the middle. Some followed Iron Man, some followed Captain America. The game lets you choose the sides of most of the heroes, but secretly, it wants you to follow to comics.
For example, Wolverine followed Captain America in the comics. In the game, it's fine if you want to use him while playing the Pro-Reg storyline, but he doesn't get any unlocks. However, he does unlock alternate costumes while playing the Anti-Reg storyline.
Alright enough of that. It was getting confusing anyways.
I met Say Yin and Marcus at Iluma in the afternoon. We were heading to the sexy Colosseum LAN shop. At first it was screwed up, because the server was down, meaning no Garena for DotA.
Still, we managed to get another 3 people within Colosseum to play a 3v3 match. We eventually lost, because one of their heroes was too fat, and the other was just imba on its own, but it was a fun match. Managed to learn some stuff from it, and that's all that matters.
We went on to play Team Fortress 2, but due to the screwed server, we couldn't connect into a proper game, and later we couldn't even open the game, so we went back to Warcraft 3 and played some Bleach vs One Piece game, which was fun.
Finally the servers were back up and Colosseum went from being quiet to being normal again. The giant screens went back on and the music started playing. I noticed that Colosseum had their own CG advertisement which was actually quite cool, and they had a good music play list.
Now with the servers back up, we went to play Team Fortress 2 online. The competition was tough, as it always is online, but I feel that we're all improving. At first, there was the urge to just chiong for the enemy Intel, but we soon learned to play the part of our characters.
The last match was especially fun because we made part of an ultimate defence. There was an Engineer who built a turret next to the Intel, and two of us stood at the sides of the turret, using Heavies. All we needed was a Pyro and a Demoman, then the ultimate defence would have been complete.
Throughout Team Fortress 2, we were also spamming all sorts of vulgarities to our opponents through the mics on our headsets. I'm usually a calm gamer, but I have to admit, it was fun. Good times.
Speaking of TF2, the amount of players for the game would probably increase by tenfold if the character select screen looked more like this:
After 3hrs at Colosseum, Say Yin and Marcus headed for dinner, while I went to Tiong Bahru Plaza to find my Yiling. I met her at Coffee Bean. I couldn't help feeling a little sad though, because we used to meet there every Friday night, with Kim.
Alright I'll tell you this now. I don't understand anything about Econs. The Econs textbook is scary. Words upon words upon words. Damn, at least put in a few photos. Still, it's alright because Yiling didn't understand my Med Soc textbook either.
We had budget sushi for dinner! Since I'm broker, and I refuse spending her money, we skipped the Sakea sushi dinner. Instead we just bought 14 pieces of that lower grade sushi from some other sushi store, and we went to eat at some playground nearby.
Ok I know this is going to sound gay and all, but I feel damn sad when I listen to that 'Love Drunk' song by Boys Like Girls, especially when I'm walking home alone at night. The lyrics just remind me of the past and it makes me think, which is not what I want to do.
I got back home and watched some giant machine drilling a hole in the ground at the construction site opposite my room for a while, then I just got back to reading World War Hulk. Now the Hulk has met his Warbound, a group of aliens, each about the same strength level as the Hulk, who have sworn to follow Hulk to the death.
Today was an alright day. I got myself confused trying to decipher what exactly Marvel Ultimate Alliance was trying to get me to do through all its subliminal messages. Colosseum was epic fun, whenever you people are going again, please count me in.
While I didn't get my Sakae dinner, I thought it was cooler having dinner at some ulu playground. And the talk was really deep and meaningful, totally made my day. I'm feeling much more at ease right now after hearing everything. It's all going to get better :D
Oh yes but I didn't manage to go for my run today which is a little saddening, but I guess its worth the trade off for the rest of the things I got to do today.
posted @ 11:26 PM
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
I was MIA for two days! Say Yin, Marcus, Yan Ming and Yeow Boon came over to my house on Friday, and some of them stayed over as well. And we still went to Junction 8 on Saturday. So I had no time to post.I wanted to go running at Bedok Reservoir again today, like I did last Sunday, but my running buddy Fiona had work. So I ended up slacking the whole morning away. I played a bit of Xbox and just went back to reading Wiki pages on the Internet.
In the afternoon I went for a run by myself. I planned this new route that is actually quite good. Here's how it goes:
First of all, forgive the noobish drawing skills. I did it in Microsoft Paint, so you can't expect much. The star is the start point, the red line is the running route, and the red circle is the end point. I end there because there is an exercise area.
I met Yiling at Burger King and slacked there for a while. She was there studying with her friend, and me being me, I distracted them so much that they went from 'muststudymuststudy' to 'screw study'. Yes I am proud of that.
At night I started to read Empowered again, which is one of my favourite comic series. It's more of a fun series, although there are some heavier moments. The series revolves around the life of the character known as, you guessed it, Empowered.
She is a super hero who is part of a super team called the Super Homies. She has this super powered suit which makes her one of the most powerful super beings on the planet, but then only problem is she doesn't know how to use it.
She's also insecure about her looks and figures, despite the fact that she's smoking hot. I should probably mention that the series is meant for adults, and since it's an American product, anyone 17 years old and above is considered an adult. So I can legally read it ^^
Empowered is a nice series because it combines the art style of Japanese manga with the deeper plots of Western comics. The end result is fun to both read and look at. Like I said before, it's an adult series, so many of the things that happen in the comics are of adult nature.
That just makes it all the more awesome to read. If you ever get a chance to read any of the 5 volumes, you should.
Today was an alright day. I feel really satisfied because I went for a run, and I also exercised by arm muscles. I guess I've just realised that NS is not that far away, and I just have to start getting fit. Also, my arms are super weak now and I don't like that at all.
Also, I'm happy because I finally got to see Yiling after so damn long ^^
posted @ 11:56 PM
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Here is another short post coming at you. I had nothing to do today. After spending the other days of the week mostly out of home, I just felt the urge to be lazy and stay at home for a day. Besides, I had Halo 3: ODST to keep me company.Still, a game can only keep you occupied for so long. The appeal lasts even shorter when you've only got access to Firefight mode, because your sibling forbids you from playing Campaign mode without him.
I visited my usual few websites which I frequent daily, which isn't a lot to be honest. Soon I got bored and started reading random pages in Wikipedia. Then I stumbled upon the Wiki page for Marvel's recent World War Hulk series.
So I went to get the complete World War Hulk arc. I've only read the first few issues so far, but it looks promising. As we all know, the Hulk is one of the most misunderstood super powered beings in the Marvel universe.
Despite the amount of times he has unknowingly saved the Earth, majority of its occupants consider the Jade Giant more of a threat than a hero. After way too many of his rampages, Iron Man, Black Bolt, Doctor Strange and Mr. Fantastic meet to discuss a solution.
Finally, the decide to play God, and they vanquish the Hulk to a faraway planet by tricking him into a space capsule. However, the navigation on the capsule malfunctions halfway, and the Hulk crash lands onto the wrong planet.
Initially, the Hulk was meant to be headed to a planet with conditions close to Earth's. It had wildlife and vegetation, but no sentient life forms. No one the Hulk could hurt if he were to lose control.
Instead, the Hulk was now stranded on a planet with some of the toughest and most brutal species in the galaxy. Weakened by his entry to the planet, the Hulk is captured, and sold as a slave.
He is later thrown into a gladiator's arena, alongside other alien species. A towering alien beast is let lose upon them. The crowd grows wild rooting for the beast, especially when it swallows the Hulk, but soon silence falls upon the crowd as the Hulk tears his way out of the beast.
It takes a while for the crowed to recover from the shock, but soon they direct their cheers at this new champion. Unhappy with the results, the ruler of the planet, known as the Red King, dons his suit of battle armour, and he attempts to slay the Hulk.
The overconfident king charges head on at the Hulk, and he manages to create some deep wounds with his sword, but it only makes the Hulk angrier. Grabbing the king's arm, the Hulk tosses the King to the ground, and uses a blade to slash at the king.
Silence descends upon the crowd a second time, as they are shocked that the Red King, who claimed to be a god, could actually bleed. The king himself is shocked. The Hulk attempts to deal some more damage to the king, but the Red King quickly retreats.
His bodyguard, a female alien known as Caiera, defends him, and while the Hulk is distracted, the king attacks from behind with a powerful jolt of electricity, rendering the still weak Hulk unconscious.
That's about as far as I've read. Like I said, it's looking promising. On Earth, the Hulk is considered an Omega level threat. A force of nature. Amongst the top of the food chain. On this planet, he is close to the bottom. Interesting series.
Speaking of the Hulk, I unlocked him in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2! I had to search for 5 hidden Gamma Regulators throughout the game in order to get him as a playable character. While I'm not exactly that satisfied with him, I'm not disappointed either.
For starters, Hulk is the most damaging and has the most hit points among all the characters in the game. He has all his standard moves, like the ground pound and sonic clap. He also has a guided attack, as well as a powerful debuff.
I find the ground pound most useful because it uses up little energy, does moderate AOE damage, and it can be used in rapid succession. The sonic clap is alright, especially when surrounded, since it pushes enemies back.
But then, if I wanted to push enemies back, then I would just use the ground pound, since it's more damaging and has a larger AOE. What's more, the ground pound can juggle enemies in the air, and they still get damage while in mid air.
The guided move is basically a dash attack. Use it, and Hulk runs at an enemy like a mad gorilla. Of course, you can control the direction he's running in. This move is fun, especially when used on larger foes, because if you collide into them successfully, the Hulk will leap onto and pound the shit out of them.
But I find it stupid that the move cancels out upon the first hit. I mean, when the Hulk collides into smaller foes, why can't he just continue charging while battering other foes out of the way. Why the hell does one small soldier stop the Hulk from charging.
Finally, the debuff. While it might not seem like it, it's Hulk's second best move, right after the ground pound. When you use it, the Hulk bellows in rage, causing the entire area to shake. All enemies on screen get stunned for a few seconds, and their defence points go way down.
I guess Hulk is a fun character. He's biggest problem is probably the fact that his ground pound is overpowered, making his sonic clap and charge redundant. Still, it's awesome being a mindless beast who specializes in smashing.
Today was more of a boring day. But some times, boring is good. I don't mind going out, but I also don't mind staying at home and lazing the day away. Also, by staying at home, I don't spend a single cent!
Oh, and Yiling finally called me again today! ^^
posted @ 11:10 PM
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Today is the day I finally got to get my hands onto Halo 3: ODST! A full 24 hours after the game launched! Alright so I'm going to keep today's post short. I swear, it has got completely nothing to do with Halo 3: ODST's awesome, epic, super fun Firefight mode. Honest.I headed down to Junction 8 to collect both my phone and my game. I headed for the game store first. They already packed my game and my freebies into a nice plastic bag. I claimed my copy, then I went over to the phone service centre, which was several stores away.
I had to wait for quite a while for my turn to collect the phone, so I just listened to some music. I didn't dare leave the area, because I didn't want to miss my queue number. Soon, even more people started to occupy the area outside the shop.
I was really tempted to check out the freebies that came with the game, but I didn't because there were too many people around and I didn't want to look like an idiot who was trying to show off.
Finally, after an hour of waiting, I got back my phone. I tested it. It turned on and worked fine, but it STILL didn't read my memory card. Damn it. I went to the information counter to complain.
I was kinda pissed by the attitude of the man and woman at the information counter. Both clearly weren't bothered to listen to my problems. I spent about two minutes explaining the problem in detail to the lady.
Once I was done with the explanation, she just started at me with her dumb looking eyes, nodded and said, "Uh huh, so what exactly is the problem." Luckily for her, the man at the counter stood up and came over to help me.
Seeing that her colleague had now got me off her hands, she proceeded to sign into her Facebook account and started tagging a photo of a dog with some guy's name. The man wasn't exactly great himself.
He seemed like he couldn't be bothered about helping me, and he had this tone in his voice and a look on his face that just made me feel like saying "Fuck you".
In the end, they took away my memory card. My precious memory card. The same one which I got so worried over at the Mac lab when I thought that I had misplaced it. I was worried that they would check the content. Even worse, if they decided to wipe out all those photos. That wouldn't be good.
Having wasted close to an hour and a half of my life at that dumbass repair center which paid dumbass retards who just slacked at the information counter, I took a train down to Vivocity. I met Syafiqah, who was already there, and we bought tickets for Crows Zero II.
Since we were watching it with others this time round, we decided to wait for them at the rooftop amphitheatre. It was here which I finally got a chance to check out the freebies which came with the Halo 3: ODST pre-order.
I already got the Sgt. Johnson unlock card back at Comex 09, which allows you to play as that character in Firefight mode. I got the Halo 3: ODST console skin, which is supposedly worth $40. It looks beautiful enough in it's cardboard casing, so I'm probably not going to stick it on.
Even if I do decide to stick it, I'll do so once the next Xbox is out, and then I'll be able to display my 360. Then I saw this small sticker on the cover of the game. And then I remembered. Every copy of Halo 3: ODST came with a beta invite to the Halo: Reach multiplayer!
Of course, the offer is on a 'while stocks last' basis, but then again, so was the Halo 3 multiplayer beta invite, which came with Crackdown back in early 2007. Even today, you can still see copies of Crackdown with the invite sticker.
For those of you who haven't heard, Halo: Reach is said to be the final Halo game being made by Bungie, who are the creators of the entire Halo franchise. After Reach, Bungie will be moving on to new game franchises. It is not confirmed whether Halo will continue to live on through another developer.
Halo: Reach takes place before the first Halo game, and some time after Halo Wars. Not much is known about it, but from the title, many have guessed that the game will be based on the novel 'Halo: The Fall of Reach'.
That novel explains the origins of the Spartan II super soldiers, the ways in which they helped humanity, and how majority of them met their demise. Master Chief may be the last remnant of that batch of soldiers, but there used to be a hundred and twenty of them.
This theory was later supported by a wallpaper which Bungie released, showing the planet reach, and the silhouettes of 5 Spartans. These are probably the same Spartans in Master Chief's squad in the novel.
Soon, we went to meet Damien and Shaun, and Julia arrived much earlier than expected, considering the fact that she finished work at 6pm and had to travel to Harbour Front from Orchard within 45 mins in order to catch the full movie. For her Japanese man, she can fly.
Watching the movie a second time was better than I expected. It still felt fun and fresh to watch, and it still remains within my top three movies of this year. While the movie mysteriously passed faster for both me and Syafiqah this time round, it was more funny because of Shaun's commentary.
After the movie, we went to Burger King for a late dinner, and then we all left for home. If all goes well, I'll probably be playing LAN at the awesome Colosseum in Iluma. Now, I need to go put down some more Grunts.
posted @ 11:15 PM
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Today is the release day of Halo 3 ODST! I was waiting the entire day for a call from the game store which I pre-ordered the game from, but it didn't come until 3pm. By then I had already decided that I was not going to Junction 8 any longer to collect the game.See, I have changed. I can now practice self restraint. Those of you who were in the same class as me during Sec 3 might remember me almost getting an orgasm while waiting for Halo 3 to be released. And I wasn't even queuing up for the game, my mom was.
Don't get me wrong, it's not like games are starting to take a lower priority in my life or anything. I've been a gamer for a really long while, and I think I'm probably going to be a gamer for the rest of my life.
It's just that in the past, I used to be more of a hardcore gamer. I would play online, try my best to unlock achievements, get the limited edition of every game which had a limited edition, and made sure that I got the games on their release days.
Now I'm more of a recreational gamer. Gaming is my hobby. I'm not in it to win. I'm just in it to have fun. I practice proper gaming etiquette during online gaming sessions, which means I hold back on the sarcasm and I ensure that I don't spoil some one else's fun, whether win or lose.
It's kinda amazing actually, when I stop to think back of how I was back then, and how I am now. I always got heated up in the past while gaming, especially when playing with cousins and my brother.
I find it increasingly difficult to get pissed off with some one during a game nowadays. It's a game. Some one has to win, some one has to lose. And no matter the outcome, everyone in the team has a part to play towards getting that result.
Well, I guess all those years of gaming has at least taught me proper social behaviour while gaming, and while doing anything else for that matter.
Yes, gaming can be beneficial for you!
Alright enough about that. Now that I no longer had to head down to Junction 8, I was free for the rest of the day. I decided to head down to Orchard to meet Say Yin and Yan Ming. We were meeting at Orchard Central.
Say Yin, Yan Ming and one of their classmates were there when I arrived. They wanted to go to Gelare because it is half price Tuesday. While looking for the Gelare, I asked Julia to join us since she had just finished work. Had to use a bait, but it worked.
So we headed to Gelare and I went out several times to look for Julia, who was supposed to be with her friend. We decided to meet at the Sony store on the fourth floor. So I went there. And I waited for close to twenty minutes.
I gave Julia a phone call, and she told me she was inside the Sony store. I couldn't see her at all. Then it occured to me. So I asked her if she was in Orchard Central or not. Turned out she was in Ion.
I do not know why the eff there was a Sony shop at the fourth floor of both Orchard Central and Ion.
So we walked back to Ion, where we met up with Julia and her friend. She went to get something for someone, then her friend and Say Yin and Yan Ming's friend left, leaving the four of us to head down to Burger King for dinner.
As we all know, Ion is a place of higher class, filled with products targeted at the rich. So how could a Burger King outlet possibly fit in? Well, they gave it a more designer looking entrance. Black walls, golden Burger King logo, LCD screens which displayed promotions and ads.
Inside, it's pretty much the same as any other Burger Kings, just that there's an exclusive area for the staff, and the prices of the foods are all jacked up. Since most of us there were close to being broke, it was painful to eat there, but it was the cheapest food available within that evil place.
So we just slacked and ate and talked. Yan Ming left after about 45 minutes, and the rest of us stayed there for about another hour and a half. When we left the place it was already 10.15pm, and it took me an hour of walking and waiting and travelling before I reached home.
I guess today was an alright day. I didn't spend much, and I got to meet friends. And since my brother is not allowing me to play Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 without him [yes, the MUA2 which I paid a full $75, and he didn't contribute a single cent for], it sure beats rotting at home.
Oh, and if anyone ever asks: Pikachu is a dog. And Bulbasaur totally is a freakin fat cat.
posted @ 11:52 PM
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