Psychology for Psycho

Too much to study, too little time. With pop quizes popping out all the time, constant studying is inevitable, which leaves no time for History. Stress:80% and still building up.

I've watched Bleach 142. It's talking about how soul society found out that Orihime is gone. Ichigo and friend with the help of Urahara is going to Hueco Mundo. I wish I could be all hyped about it but just too stressed to enjoy.

Mid Autumn Festival

Happy Mooncake Festival to all, hope everyone has had their fair share of mooncake for the year. I personally always look forward to this day (mainly cause I like mooncakes XD) and Chinese New Year (ain't it obvious ? five letter word, starts with a M and ends with a Y). Unfortunately this year, I did not go out and celebrate and instead I had to work on my l@me history project. What a nice way to celebrate. For the readers, leave some comments on what you did tonight, in the chatbox if you will.

While browsing through some website, I found this video clip and just had to post it up. I love the song and the game even more. Anyone knows what the song name is?

End of the Tokyo Game Show 2007

Today is day 4 of TGS and also the final day. I know I did not provide any news on TGS last night but it can't be helped, there was nothing much happening. Only thing was that the showroom was opened to the public yesterday and today. I was really hoping that there would be more awesome video clip but unfortunately there isn't. But all I have now are some picture of people cosplaying (pictures taken from http://www.gamespot.com/).

Although they has been little hot news about this. I'm still going to wrap up on the popular games which have been on display at the TGS. For the Playstation 3, we have games like FF XIII, FF Versus XIII, Devil May Cry 4, Assassin's Creed, Metal Gear Solid 4, Metal Gear Online, and Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destrucion.

For the Playstation Portable, there is the Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Monster Hunter Freedom 2, Secret Agent Clank, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus

For the Wii, we have Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, Chocobo Dungeon: Toki Wasure No Meikyuu, whereas for the DS, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Final Fantasy Tactics A2: The Sealed Grimoire, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fate, Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Bleach: The 3rd Phantom.

For Microsoft's console the XBox 360, Halo 3, Ninja Gaiden 2, Assassin's Creed, and Devil May Cry 4. Last but not least the PC, which has games like World in Conflict, Crysis, Gear of War, Assassin's Creed, Devil May Cry 4, and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Well, from that short summary, it is quite obvious that the handheld consoles are getting quite a range of awesome games. For those who are looking forward to getting a game console, do take note. XD

Below is a slideshow of pictures I have taken of the PSP Slim and also the Monster Hunter Freedom 2 game which I've recently bought.

Review : Playstation Portable Slim

As promised last night, I will be talking about the newest addition to my collection of gadgets, the Playstation Portable 2000 or better known as the PSP Slim. Well, I will be judging a few aspects, which are the Design, Function, and Price.

Part 1: Design
At the first glance, the PSP Slim seems to be similar in every way to its predecessor, the PSP Phat. But with careful concentration you will see that they have been quite a number of changes to its design. The more obvious being the holes of the speaker which have been moved to the top of the buttons on both sides, where the previous PSP's speaker were located below. Besides that, the WLAN switch has also been moved from the left side to the top of the new PSP Slim. This is probably one of the more helpful changes, mainly because it is likely that you will accidentally turn on/off the WLAN switch while playing on the PSP Phat. SONY has also removed the IR port which was present on the PSP Phat, but since there is hardly any use for it, it is probably a good idea to do so.

Other changes to design which SONY has made include the rounded edge of the new PSP. The Phat PSP comes with angular edges at the side and this will some times cause some minor pain while playing on it after a long period of time. With the PSP slim, the PSP fits nicely onto your palm and is sure to provide comfort. The buttons feels more responsive on the Slim if compared with the Phat.

Of course not to be forgotten is how the PSP Slim actually got it's name. The PSP Slim is 19% thinner than the Phat and what's more interesting is that the entire weight of the PSP has been cut down by a staggering 33%. With some observation, the difference in the thickness of the two PSP can be seen in the following picture( the Black PSP is the Phat, and silver is Slim). I for one was amazed at how light the PSP Slim was when I first held it yesterday. It really feels like the PSP Slim is actually empty on the inside.

With the new PSP Slim. I find it much easier and comfortable to hold the PSP in hand as it provides a better grip and since it is only about 2/3 the weight of the PSP Phat, one can hold the PSP all day long and will not feel tired. Of course with the reduction in size, some changes to the battery and UMD slot had to be made. The PSP Slim is using a 1200 mAh battery whereas the Phat is using a 1800 mAh model. Despite that, the PSP Slim actually has about the same battery life as the Phat. But the PSP Slim is actually able to usethe PSP Phat battery and if so, the PSP Slim can last about 8-10 hours with a slight catch, you will have no way of closing the cover of the battery, until Sony releases some accessory in order to do so.

Besides that the UMD "door" mechanism has also received a new makeover but this is probably the only change which I did not like. The PSP Slim use to have a switch for opening this door but now you have to open it manually. Since this is necessary in order to achieve the current form factor, I have little to complain about it because I usually run the games from my Memory Stick Pro Duo. One last change is to the previous port for the earphone w/ remote control has been changed so that one of the best function could be included ( I will be talking about it in the next section).

For the design, I would give the PSP Slim a 9.5/10 for the ergonomically perfect new design

Part 2: Function

The single most important improvement which SONY has given to the PSP Slim is probably the capability to allow TV output through the help of the PSP component cable. With that, you can play your favorite movie on a 32" LCD TV with DVD quality video, provided the movie is of that certain resolution. But playing games on the big screen is probably one of the cooler uses of this TV Output capability. There is still a slight requirement that you have to meet in order to play games on the TV, you have to have a LCD TV with progressive scan support. But other than that, you can still view pictures and listen to music on any ordinary TV which has the component cable ports.

Besides that, SONY has also provided a 32 MB upgrade to the inner memory cache which theoretically would speed up the total speed of the Slim, and guess what? It really does ! It is immediately noticable that some games which had had long loading times are now done loading within a shorter period of time.

For those of you who do not know what the PSP can do I will explain to you some of the existing and newer functions which had been included. Currently the PSP can be use for music, video, games, camera, GPS (only in Japan for now), an Internet browser, a remote play function which allows you to treat the PSP as the PS3's controller. From what I heard, I even learned that you can play PS3 games from your PSP as long as you have the PS3 on and running, and regardless of where you are, you would still be able to play it. Although the PSP has a web browser, it is not exactly the most user friendly one around, which probably make it less appealing to those who would use their mobile phone to surf the net while travelling around places.

Another function which is sighted to be released in the near future is watching the TV from your PSP. There has also been news that there might be a voice call, VOIP, video call and also a text messaging service for the PSP in the future but I myself is still highly skeptical on how they are going to do that. All in all, the PSP has a lot of really cool function, all packed into a gadget which is about the size of your Casio fx-350ms calculator.

I will give the PSP Slim a 9.0/10.0 for a job well done in creating a portable gadget which is well equipped with all these capabilities.

Part 3:Pricing

For the price of this gadget, I would say that it is definitely a bang for your buck. The current PSP Slim can be bought for RM800±. In the US one could get an even better bargain because for only 200 USD( slightly more than RM 700) you get a PSP Slim together with a UMD Game and a 1GB MSPD.

Feel free to name another gadget which has more functions and is cheaper than this. You will get to realize that, it is worth every cent in your pocket. Just look at the handphone, it probably has a slight upperhand for being able to make calls, sms and such. But most mid range phone cost an average of RM1000±. Even so, at that price, the phone has its limitations of watching short video clips, playing simple games, and etc. Look at the iPod, its price is the same as the PSP Slim in the US but it lack many of the function which the PSP has.

I would say that the PSP is really a bargain if you would compare it with other gadgets which you might have at home. For that, I give it a 9.0/10.0, mainly because it is affordable for most people (although they might still be some who might beg to differ).

So the final score for the PSP Slim is 9.2/10.0 for this portable home entertainment system. I would say it is stylish and it still has much potential to grow. Personally, I think it is a good investment as the PSP would definitely be future-proof and for those who is looking for a portable gadget, do consider the SONY PSP Slim. For any enquiry on further details, please feel free to leave a msg in my chatbox and I will attend to it as soon as possible.

OMG OMG OMG~~!!!!

OMG! This is one of those "Happiest Day of My Life" day. I have been waiting the whole day for this, and finally at exactly 10.53 PM, 21 September 2007, IT arrived. Okie if by now you still do not get what I was referring to. Well, you did not miss anything. I think a picture should do all the talking for me.

Words cannot express my feelings. This is just the most amazing thing. It's really too too gorgeous. If anyone notice the time I added this post, it is already really late. But this is just too good that I must share with you people out there. I will be giving a review on the PSP slim and comparison with the old fat PSP by tomorrow hopefully.

And as mentioned, I will be keeping you guys updated on the latest TGS 2007 news from Day 2. Well, Devil May Cry has been made available to be played by the public since yesterday. And personally I downlaoded some trailers of it and find it absolutely astonishing. The graphics look like pre-rendered CG. Lighting and all is superb. After all, the MGS franchise is the trump card of Konami. Besides that, another expansion pack(sort of) is going to be released for the Monster Hunter Portable 2 game (PSP) featuring more monsters, equipments and so on, but currently there are no news for an English version release. Both from Capcom.

There are aslo a couple of hands-on news about the next game in the Final Fantasy series. Both Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Hopefully in the next few days, some video clip could be released, together with Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep too. *Cross fingers*. Not to mention other of Square Enix's title such as Dissidia: Final Fantasy, and Final Fantasy Tactics: War of The Lion.

For Konami, there are also news circulating about another Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops game for the PSP. Since the first game was a success it is no wonder that they are making another. And the Metal Gear Online which is going to be released for the PS3, is definitely a must have for those who already own a PS3.

That's it for today I guess. Good night people.

Tokyo Game Show:- Day 1

Hey, I might not be in Japan but thanks to Gamespot , I am constantly being updated with the latest news. Probably one of the bigger news in this year's TGS is the new PS3 controller which is fitted with the rumble feature which was a key trait of the previous DualShock2 controller for the PS2. Some games like Metal Gear Solid 4 will be using the force feedback feature to make games more realistic.

Speaking of MGS4, a new trailer has been released. This time featuring more new characters and a couple of brief scenes with characters from the previous games. Here's the video clip of that trailer.



This year's TGS will last for 4 days instead of the usual 3 days event from the previous years. This would probably mean that more news will be announced for all gaming consoles. Of course, I will be listing the "juicier" news in my later posts.

Okie while writing today's post, I suddenly came up to this interesting news "Kingdom Hearts game for the PSP", another reason why I should cherish my PSP more. Shouting like a lil girl in my mind right now. XD

I swear, once I have the money and ability to travel around the world, I would be visiting these gaming conventions annually. E3, Leipzig, and TGS just to name a few.

Also, Bleach 141 has been released on Wednesday, and I've just watched it today afternoon. Not giving out too much spoiler but it basically talks about Orihime Inoue before she is "escorted" to Hueco Mundo. No cool fights in this episode though.

Monday blues ??

Started the day out today wondering how am I gonna last another 1 and a half month in the Psycho class. But to my surprise, there was a new lecturer in class today. Hey the complain that my class lodged was actually helpful, LoL. Her name is Ms. Kamal and she has been teaching psycho for quite some time now. Well, her class was much more enlightening than the previous lecturer. Hope that she will be our permanent lecturer. Next was history class, I was ready to endure the incoming boredom, but fortunately, he did not come and class was canceled. Guess the day wasn't that bad after all.

The issue regarding the lecturer is actually a very important question on how much we really depend on them. I guess what people say about Malaysians are true. No offense to anyone though ( keep in mind I'm a Malaysian too and I don't deny the fact that I am also partially dependent on these lecturers). The reason they are called lecturers is because they give lectures, no?

Oh yeah, one of my cousin ( which I'm not that close with) just got married recently and heres wishing him and his wife all the best in their lovely wedded life.I think he's not that much older than me and the weird thing is noticing that at his age he is already married, it makes me wonder when I will be getting married. It is silly but I just can't imagine getting married soon lol. But more importantly, I was wondering who among my friend would be doing so soon XD. I guess time will tell.

Okie since today's connection is not that good, I will not be doing any picture uploading. Time to make a call to a darling of mine. Chiaozzz

One word: Mayday!

Arr here I come again rambling about how tough my semester is and all, but what's not to complain when you are sure of the ensuing disaster at the end of October. The American text book is still unreadable, I'm better off reading a dictionary for god's sake. Seeing that, I knew some desperate measures had to be taken. WIKIPEDIA...... I don't believe it myself, but yes, I'm reading about American History through wikipedia and you know what? It is much more effective than the text book. Yet, I doubt it has all the vital information in it.

Secondly, on Thursday, the majority of the class went and complain to the Head of Department of our Psycho teacher. And you know what? We might actually be getting a new lecturer, but who is to say that the new one would not be as bad as the current 1? and No DOUBT, this coming Monday's psycho class is going to be filled with tension as PMS Round 2 begins. The first time somebody complained about her was bad enough, but this time I'm sure it ain't gonna be pretty.

All that aside, Devil May Cry's final episode has finally arrived. Watch it and I still did not feel all hyped up about it by the end of that episode. Feeling really retarded right now that I actually watch the anime. Seriously, only hardcore diehard fans should watch it. I'm warning everybody out there right now who is planning to watch it. A screenshot of the final episode, Dante's dead.

So well, since today's a weekend no harm for me to spend my day playing Monster Hunter Freedom 2.... again. Hey the game is addictive, one thing I like about it is that it is really challenging. Thus far, one of the game which is best at testing your patience. At times, I feel like throwing my PSP on the floor only to realize that, it's just a game and I paid good money for this gadget LoL. What is there to be so angry about? You ask.

Picture yourself trying to kill this wyvern which flies around from map to map and you have to chase it, literally to hunt it down. Once you have done so, start whacking it with your weapon and dodge all incoming attacks. Seriously you must dodge in order to survive. I've tried letting one of those bugger zap me once and three quarter of my life just went off the bar. Worse yet, there was a stun effect, and all it needed to do was to leap on me and it was back to the camp.

Let's say you have finally taken down it's life till it is almost dead, 20 minutes has passed. You ran out of potions. It is a mano-a-mano, last man/wyvern standing fight. You swing your sword, but unfortunately the beast just come charging at you and you did not manage to land a hit. Instead you see a Quest Failed logo on your screen.

And yes, the moral of the story. Either improve or you will stop playing the game for good. Embarrassingly, I myself had a lot of this experience. I even lost to a BLIND boss before. What it lacked in visual senses, it made up for in power(this is the one which with one zap, 3/4 of your HP will go down the drain). Well, at least I improved from it, and finally defeated him not once but twice today. Ending the post with thy monster's picture named "Khezu".

Week 2 ::Done::

Hell of a boring week. Glad it's over with, and now three days of holiday (kinda). The good news is today is the 13th of September which means the FF7: Crisis Core PSP is released. Holy crap~~~! I've even downloaded the game ady. Although it is in Japanese but I really feel the urge to play it. The starting cut scene is already making me drool (this time figuratively XD). I'm holding myself back though, games like this come once in a millenium (okie just exaggerating, mayb 2-3 times a year). I read somewhere that this game used up almost the entire UMD disc storage space. And it is true, this game is 1.7GB in size, and the total storage space of a UMD is 1.8GB. Probably packed with beautiful cutscenes (O.o). Just look at the main menu, look at the boootiful lights......

Hehe, besides that, there is also Bleach's new episode today, action packed just like the previous episodes. Damn cool. My brother watched one of the naruto episode today, and I can say Bleach pwn Naruto. I'm not trying to start a flame war, but I really like Bleach much more. No offense to Naruto fans out there, you have your ninja, I have my shinigami XD.

This weeks Devil May Cry is still pending, but from comment I read through forum, it seems to be great. Now, just have to look for the torrent. Anyone who knows please pm me the link.

And now come's the bad news. Okie not really related to me. But this is for my girlfriend. She has this really bitchy teacher, his a guy btw, but behavior wise not really 100% guy, if u get the drift. Just because of a certain misunderstanding, he just goes around telling others bout how bad my gf is and all. Serve him right to be a gay dude, sissy ..... Feeling really angry just talking about him. @#$! Hope he would just go disturb someone else and leave my girl alone.

Repetition

It's only one and a half week after this semester had started but I am already feeling days are becoming really repetitive and boring. Both the noob and newb are seriously r-tards, they can't teach properly and their classes are a waste of time.

And as promised here's a picture of the ring ......kinda. It was really hard to get a decent picture. It was either too blur or overexposed . This was the best that could have been done though. All thanks to my girlfriend. There is a heart shape designed form when both rings are connected. ^^

So after studying all day long, I managed to spend a little time watching the Bleach 1st movie which I downloaded. I have actually watched a really bad quality version of it earlier with no subs so one can expect the experience to be the worst. It is a decent side story kinda movie with introduction of a new group of people called the dark ones which is trying to destroy the real world and soul society. There is a new character within this anime which is also a shinigami ( more or less...) named Senna and here's a picture of her.

Besides that I managed to spend an hour playing monter hunter freedom 2, I think I am getting addicted to it. This game is much better than the 1st game with a lot of previous flaws fixed up. And talking about the PSP, Team M33 has came up with a custom firmware just days after the PSP slim is released. Awesome. These people really aspire me to be someone like them in the future. Imagine cracking up a software which is produced by a giant company (four letter, starts with S and ends with Y). I salute these people. If I earned my own money I would donate some to them because they allow people like us who cannot afford to play original games the capability to try a wide range of games.

Just to make sure it is really dead

Sunday and Monday

Hey honestly I do not like Sunday, at the end of the day. You have to go back to study mode. Ain't that boring. At least tomorrow's Psycho class has been canceled and so there will only be 2 hours of class from 10-12. From the morning till the middle of noon, was just reading American History. Not gonna comment since it's still the same.

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 after that till now, it has been a couple of days since I started playing this game. Really fun game in my opinion. I really wished I could play via Xlink Kai (no Ben, nothing related to you) since no one that I know has a PSP. Via Kai I can play this game through wifi, just like how PC gamers use Hamachi to play DOTA, Battlefield and etc. But in order to do so, I would need to get a wifi dongle first. Money, money.

You can see my character dancing really
gay-ly in this picture XD.

[Edited on Monday, 10th September 2007] Hey today's class was a total waste of time. The newb made each team present the same thing over and over again. And the thing is there were only 2 groups presenting today. Another 5 to go tomorrow. The best part about it is that we got another presentation on Thursday. If this keeps on, he can just sit his @ss down and past the 7 weeks without even teaching us. So y bother going to college at all.

At least I have something good to talk about today. Today is really special for me and my girlfriend, we got our wedd... ops couple ring today. Will be uploading a picture later. It's really nice as these two rings can join together to form a heart shape. Hehe^^ I really hope my girlfriend like it cause I personally do.

Neglected

Well been a couple of days since I have posted anything, not that I have nothing to say, just that I kinda forgot about it after getting myself all worked up with all sorts of activity. Okie starting off I'm gonna be talking about anime's first. This week's Bleach has been really worth waiting for, featuring lots of battle and action, coolness.

Things are starting to heat up and since I have already read the manga I kinda know what is going to happen next. But still, the anime is much better than the manga mainly due to the reason that the characters actually move, and talk and there are color which make things absolutely cooler.



Then next is Devil May Cry episode 11. The final episode will be next week and even until now, the action is kinda mild in my opinion. Hopefully the last episode won't be disappointing. But yet I have taken this cool snapshot of Dante himself. To anyone who wants the anime, you can contact me and I will arrange some ways to pass the anime to you. Just ask Ben, I've got him hooked to Bleach as if he is high on drugs now. XD

Today, I spent some time with my gf again. Since most of the tough exams have been over, we decided to spent the day out at One U. We have been walking the whole day and until now my legs are still sore. Thankfully there is no class tomorrow. Actually, we were looking around for a pair of couple ring, but had no luck finding one which suit our budget. Some cost a couple of thousands.....(=.=")

Besides that, we watched Jay's most recent movie, "Secret", it has a really nice and romantic storyline I would have to say. The Piano Battle or whatever they call that was really cool, featuring a lot of skillful fingerwork. Not bad since Jay is the director of the film. He is sure skillful, from a singer to an actor and now a director. Another movie worth watching, not a waste of time at all.

Besides that, it was all about study. The American History 2 book is really tough, just can't find any way to study the bloody book. To anyone out there who know where I can get some easily understandable notes, please do tell me. I wish to pass this semester without white hair growing out from my scalp. As for psycho, I wish we could get a change of lecturer. Tired of her teaching.

Well, I guess that's enough for today. I know I posted earlier that I would be giving a review on the gemstone. But that would have to wait. Two words, "No Time".

N00bs or Newbs?

Okie today ima gonna shed some light on the two words (more commonly used by gamers) in my title. For those, who didn't know they actually have different meaning. Noobs are more suited for people who are new but always think that they are much better than others, are ignorant of the fact that they suck, does not wish to change for the better. Whereas Newbs are refering to people who are new and strive hard to become better.

So, for those of you who are curious as to why I am giving a language class all of a sudden. It's because I want to relate those words to the two lecturers which I have for this semester. One is a Noob and one is a newb. Well, my Psych teacher is one that sucks at teaching and when god-knows-who complain about her way of teaching. She did not obviously show any signs of discontent but us, students could feel that someone became pissed off although she said stuff like "I'm glad you voice out your comment bla bla~"

Whereas another is a noob History of America teacher, he explained to us that he had no experienced teaching the subject and this really made me feel like saying "Holy S**t" cause the textbook would need years to decipher at my level of English and if the lecturer is no good, I'm in deep trouble.

So, well that's life I guess, no use depending on those lecturers. And oh yeah the latter, postponed class today, without informing anybody. Like what a fag? There's a quiz tomorrow for Psy105. Boring .......

Here's a comic on what I had explained earlier.


And here's a flash clip on what our school life would be like if it is a Final Fantasy game.

Temptation

I'm gonna explained about the title later on, but firstly wanted to say that the first day of the semester is fine. But one problem which I have already noticed is that, every week the lecturer would cover two chapters of History of America and 2-3 chapters of Psychology. So, daily revision is inevitable. At first, I really looked forward to reading the History of America 2 book. I was thinking it would likely be something like the Malaysian's Sejarah. Little did I know, when I first turned open the book, problem no. 2 arised. For every 2 or 3 lines which I read, I had to look for the meaning to a certain word. Worrying now ....(=.=")

Back to temptation (viewer discretion advised). Today, I went surfing online for the Crisis Core PSP and found a really nice picture which show the whole bundle which came with it and I found this picture.

One FF7: Crisis Core game, One PSP slim with the awesome decal at the back, & one Sword keychain/strap thingy

Later, I went to Play-Asia.com to take a look at the PSP again. While I was looking, all of a sudden I felt a drop of water on my shirt. Holy crap..... I was literally drooling while looking at this PSP. LoL. Fortunately, I did not flood my room with saliva. Man, I really wish to have it. It looks so beautiful that I kinda felt like trading off my current PSP for it.

The "Shoebox" which contains the limited edition bundle

Besides that, while looking around at the website, I found a new game to be waiting for. The Bleach: Blade Battlers 2 game will be coming out end of this month. XD Woot, more Shinigami vs Hollow action.

New Semester's Eve

Okie got to make today's post as short and as simple as I can. Well today has been quite a busy day if I might say so myself. At noon, went yum cha with Jeng Yue , Wen See and Wai Hong. After that, went out to fetch my gf, was giving her tuition for half the day. Her Add Maths exam is tomorrow and wishing her good luck from my blog. Today was also a first for her to have dinner together with my family, LoL.

So besides all that I was packing my stuff for tomorrow and tidying up my room although it still is messy. Kinda feeling like I have a lot of stuff yet to be done but nothing can be done about it. Time to work hard and hope that this sem's work would pay off just like the previous semester. Have to get my official transcript from college tomorrow. A tad bit excited, and yet feeling a bit depress that a lot of plans which I have planned prior to this holiday has not yet been completed. Come on, a guy has to rest after 4 months straight studying and 2 weeks is just ain't enough.

Hope that the new semester wouldn't be giving me a migraine and hope this semester's group project I wouldn't end up with slackers which causes more trouble, than solving them. Had some trouble with a couple of monkeys the past sem. Signing out, have to sleep at 11pm and wake up tomolo at 6am, awesome XD.

2 Days to Semester 2

The 2nd last day of my holiday. Another 2 months of study starting next week, then 2 months of holiday after that. But of course that holiday I would be doing all necessary preparation if I am admitted into the University of Maryland. Yet to hear from them though, quite worried now. Might not get admitted (><"). Today is really dull especially in the morning. In the evening, I drove my family to Leisure Mall to have dinner. While I was there, I decided to go around browsing for some new games and found Rayman: Raving Rabbids. Seems like a nice enough game. Although not my cup of tea, cause it is seriously a game with lots of mini game. I was thinking it might be a "Ratchet and Clank" type of game. But this game would be suited for all of you who own a PS2 but find it hard to invest hours into playing a game. Seriously for the casual gamers. Each mini games are a couple of minutes long, and each is as entertaining as watching a guy being chased after by a bunch of dogs.

Besides that, I got myself a couple of books by Trudi Canavan, it is actually a trilogy, which consists of The Magicians' Guild, The Novice, and The High Lord. I read the synopsis and it made me felt like reading it. I like this kind of Sword and Sorcery theme. Just look at Oblivion. XD


Talking about reading, I'm done with the Starcraft book which I mentioned in my earlier posts. It's talking about this Terran (human race) archeologist which is funded to research a recently discovered Protoss( alien with high technology) temple. After revealing the secret in the temple, the archeologist was kind of possessed by a dying Protoss Preserver. He acts something like a Core 2 Duo processor, one brain with two mind. He goes through a lot of betrayal and continuously escaping from each of these obstacles. The protoss in his brain throughout the story showed him memories of how the Protoss race was formed and how they evolve to become the species they are today. The first book is not really great IMHO, but on the other hand it is not bad also. Really wish I can get my hands on the second book soon, wonder when it will be released.