Gasp! A post!

It's been more than a month, is he finally giving up on blogging?

Naw, apparently not. Like I've said, this blog will only be updated when there's something of note. No sense in posting an update on how I hit my foot the day or what I ate for dinner last night (it was soup) yeah? I have a plain life, sue me if you can.

Been really hooked on Bad Company 2 ever since it was released. I got Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition too, it's the Region 3 one, not the Japanese Region 2 or the Europe Region 2 or the North America Region 1. Never been much of a Resident Evil player, so first few chapters I sucked horribly.

I encourage those of you who can and are interested to get Bad Company 2, it's a good shooter, might even replace Modern Warfare 2 for some. Dice has excellent support of the game with things like the dedicated servers that people take for granted. I like how team based the game is, but the downside to that is getting some frustratingly stubborn players who refuse to work with the team or just waste tickets for no good reason, like rushing straight into a heavily defended room where the M-comm is without precaution. The game, with its wide array of equipments and styles of gameplay can result in sometimes unpredictable and unorthodox ways of playing.

That aside, Day of Miku concert was awesome, definitely going to order the DVD from Amazon when its released. Pity that some songs were rushed through and some great songs like Packaged and Love is War wasn't included. Oh well, hopes for the next concert I suppose.

Is there a point in titles for blog entries?

Oh hey look, it's an excuse to squeeze in another post for the month to make it look like I'm hard at work, maintaining the blog. Why do I even bother, that's such a huge lie and the world knows it~!

Really, you'd think 3 year later I'd bother to change the layout of this blog even a little, but evidently I'm too lazy. Maybe SOMEDAY I'll get off my arse and do something about it, but you'll have to deal with this dullness until that miracle happens yeah?

Bought both the 2nd and 1st game of the Mass Effect trilogy. The 2nd game just came out quite recently, and because I nitpick on tiny little details, figured I might as well plough through the 1st game. I find it nifty how seemingly tiny decisions can have huge consequences that carry on to the sequel in the series.

Just last week I finished Valkyria Chronicles, and even finished the Edy Detachment DLC and Selvaria DLC. I'll put 2nd playthrough and the EX Skirmish missions after I finish up Eternal Sonata. I believe I'm nearing the latter part of that game, with a while more to go and one huge arse dungeon ahead of me. Don't you just LOVE dungeon crawling?

Went out with schoolmates and friends to the Manhattan Fish Market at Plaza Singapura for lunch yesterday. First time eating there, and I think I may be returning again for a meal or two, the food is good there, if you don't mind the prices, it's seafood afterall.

Though school's been on for 4 weeks already, I've only my first taste of the full swing of things just this last week, when ALL my CCAs finally started. Homework is at a manageable level, I've been through much worse, so I'll do fine. Lessons wise, things are going fine so far, though I do have to put in noticeably more effort then I did the last few years of my life. I'll have to put in more for this year and the next if I want to get into SMU. Guess that means I actually have to work these two years eh?

Round and round, round and round~

I hate New Year(s). They signify the end of the holidays, and the beginning of another year of "education". On the other hand, a new year means new stuffs to play, read or watch.

Got myself a new laptop, the Asus U80V for S$1700. It may not be the Quad Core one that I was looking for (because they had nothing decent), but at least I got a pretty good deal. My experience with Windows 7 so far has been rather positive, only with a few bumps here and there that comes with having a whole new OS.

Got Assassin's Creed II and basically just played through the entire game in one week, even completing things like getting Altair's armor and synchronizing all the viewpoints. It's a vast improvement over the first game.

Watched my cousin finish playing Valkyria Chronicles and picked up on my game too. I wanna complete it before the end of the month because the sequel is coming out on the 21st.

New season has good stuff to watch, stuff that I really look forward to, like the new season of Hidamari Sketch, and also plenty of good games coming out this year. Hoping Diablo III will make it this year.

That aside, school's starting again, and Grade 11's supposedly much different then Grade 10. But do not be mistaken, I am in no way excited or looking forward to school at all.

Disctractions distractions

Really now, when did everything else besides "play" become a job?

Would firstly like to congratulate Greggy on getting a blog!

Finished my last IGCSE paper on Friday the 13th, Black Friday! Official end of the IGCSEs (meaning the last paper) was on the 16th. There were 2 more fencing lessons, one during the exam periods and one after. Donovan (did I spell that right?) and I were the only Grade 10 students who went for the first session, and I was the only Grade 10 student there for the last session of the year.

Meeting some of coach's other students and having a go with them was really fun, and just blatantly SCREAMED in my face that my current standards are, lacking, to say the least. I've come to known ridiculously fast and precise strikes (ow my foot ;_;). Here's hoping the club will be more active next year.

Got Borderlands recently, really hooked on it. Still waiting for PSN Asia to get the DLC up on PSN. Played Katamari Tribute too. The new stuff in it were awesome, as expected, and the game still retains that charming quirkiness, the old levels are very nostalgic, saying the game is awesome is an understatement.

Nearing the 28th and 29th now. My cousin comes back from Australia on the 28th, and we'll both be getting new computers on the 29th during the last day of SITEX, an IT Exhibition. While my current one is still functioning well, there seems to be some serious problems with the display card,as any games I try to run on it will kill the computer off, forcing a complete reboot. I plan to use this for school work, seeing as it's still perfectly functioning in terms of every other thing aside from games.

Regret not going to the AFA (Anime Festival Asia) in Suntec, because apparently it was filled with awesomeness.

Dun dun! The update that's nearly 3 months old!

Yes, evidently, I've been slacking off big time. Sorry bout my life being that uneventful =p

Finally got Oboro Muramasa when it reached Funzcentre. Beautiful game, and extremely fun, though rather challenging considering I completely ignored Musou mode and just started the harder Shura mode. Got Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days too. Very different from the main games, but stil fun. Panel system confused me at first though.

Got Katamari Tribute too, though I haven't even played it once because I recently revisited Ragnarok Online, playing on a private server. Just 2 days ago on the 24th, Saturday, my mom and younger brother went back to my grandmother's place in Seremban with my aunt to visit a sick family friend. Didn't follow cause I was being an uncaring bastard, and I hate crazy long car trips. That and there wasn't enough space on the car to carry another passenger.

Basically, had about one and a half day of being completely alone at home. I must admit I'm rather fond of it, though I've yet to learn how to operate the washing machine.

Fall Season anime started airing around the beginning of October, lots of good stuff to watch. Funny how I never mentioned anything about studying huh?

Well, tomorrow marks the first day of the IGCSEs for me. For me, it'll last for a total of 3 weeks, with a total of 9 days I have to go to school. RAGING over the timetable because IMO the stupid thing was basically dragging the bloody exams. Only thing I have in my mind is to get it over with, and the only thing I can see is the end.

Won't be posting book logs here anymore, instead, I've decided to keep a private log, not that anyone but me cares. Well, expect a post around mid-November when the exams end, cause I'll be overjoyed to have finished it.

At Peace

Finished flower today. All I can say about it is that its beautiful, and the whole reviving nature thing can be related to Okami when you revive the lands. It feels great to see the colours being restored to the land. The game itself uses the PS3's six-axis motion control very well, a solid feel and good sensitivity, making it feel exactly right. Relaxing game, although there's no actual replay value, it definitely feels welcoming to revisit the levels. I recommend it for those who have a PS3.

Katamari Tribute/Forever already out in Japan for about a week now. Played the Japanese demo of it, and the game succeeds in maintaining that fun, colourful gameplay that I remember from We Love Katamari. The new graphic filters look great, the songs are nostalgic, and the remixes are fresh, the new gameplay modes are good, and the entire game looks great in HD. Definite buy in September when it comes out.

Geez, doesn't that make this blog look like some game review site? Don't worry, it won't turn into one, though you may see frequent rantings about how great some games are from me.

Been playing Warhawk with Kelvyn and Julian a lot recently. While I'm better at dogfighting and using a tank, Kelvyn's undeniably clever with his use of the various vehicles and Julian can be rather sneaky.

Finished our IGCSE mocks a week ago, and then the trip that was supposed to happen didn't due to a lack of interest, with only 28 out of some 80+ people actually having signed and payed up. In class, every teacher's reaction was like "You're not supposed to be here in school for another week!". I myself, didn't even sign up for it, and you don't need me to elaborate on why. Full force of school life hit me again after 5 weeks off and 2 more weeks of rather loose days of exams. Damn, I hate this, is what I'd say, but I've no choice but to accept it.

Watched the 6th movie of Kara no Kyoukai. Very airy feeling compared to the other 5, but it fits Azaka very well. 7th movie will be the last, kinda sad about that, but I hope they'll end it spectacularly.

The long overdue update

At last, it's here, right? It's been a month since my last post, and there's good reason for it (or bad excuses depending on how you see it).

School holidays started on the 8th of June, and lasted all the way until the 10th of July, which means it was 5 weeks long. Some of you may know, some of you may not, but I went to London for 3 weeks during the holidays. Stayed in our apartment and met up with my elder brother, who currently lives and studies there. Having most of your meals at the same restaurant everyday can get pretty sickening.

Also went to Amsterdam for 5 days, basically just running around the place and visited some family friends. The smell of cannabis around was pretty much the most horrible thing about that place, and the people's lifestyle and living conditions didn't really appeal to me. No, I don't mean that the place was horrible, just bad for people like me.

Found out about Michael Jackson's death the night after I came back from Amsterdam. Everyone went to sleep and I found out from Kotaku. Rest in peace.


One of the ways they advertise in Amsterdam. Horses were huge.


Thames Square, Amsterdam


Cheese factory~ Holland cheese is good~ Smoked cheese nyoron~


I prefer old cheese though, nice strong taste to it. My dad liked the herb and garlic one.


From left to right: Xui Ting, Jian Xun (elder brother), Me, Jian Kun (younger brother), Tiffany, Cecilia, my mom.


Holland pancakes are excellent, especially the traditional cheese one. This one's banana with whipped cream IIRC, what my elder brother ordered.


This cat here only appears at restaurant when it dark, and only eats beef, nothing else. Oh man, how I'd love to take her home~


Michael Jackson's memorial "shrine" located at the O2 Arena.


Another "shrine" we found while walking around in London.


The O2 Arena, where Michael Jackson was supposed to perform in a few months. We watched Transformers 2 there. Only criticism I had was the typical bad plot, and the slight slack on the CG parts, definitely less attention to detail compared to the previous one.

That pretty much concludes the trip (and my holidays, the non-stop gaming parts omitted). Got back and stayed one night in Singapore, then left again for M'sia. I believe I only stayed in Singapore for a total of 5 days throughout the holidays. The rest was spent in Europe and Malaysia.

Well hey, can't forget the books now can we?
Light novels:
-Toradora! - Volume 8 GET!
-Spice and Wolf - Volume 8 GET!

Got Knights in the Nightmare as well, bloody weird game (not surprising from Sting), but very enjoyable.

IGCSSE mocks started today. And I didn't know about it until last night, when Robert said complained about English Literature being the first paper. My reaction was "English paper? OHSHI MOCKS!"

Updates MIGHT be limited over the next few weeks, but don't count on my word. It could go both ways.