Monday, April 28, 2008

Take a Break, Have a Chit Chat

Well I know my title doesn't make any sense, but by chit chat I mean writing stuff into my blog. Of course since it is a one sided conversation it might be more of a monologue if you want to go all technical.

Well anyways you would have probably noticed the new MGS4 theme skin for my blog. I personally like the background wallpaper as it is probably one of the fights I will be looking forward to in MGS4, Metal Gear Rex vs Metal Gear Ray, fan service at its best, or maybe it is the fact that I went and spend some time making the wallpaper, and would feel really bad that I did not make a nice enough wallpaper. At least try to gimme some credit as I am a person who has almost zero background in arts and has not a single creative cells in my head. For anyone who is still interested in getting the wallpaper, I'm uploading it. I am aware that the measurements are off as I have no idea how you are suppose to measure the length and width of a picture using the Paint software. Mainly because of that I had to constantly edit the wallpaper over and over again just to fit my blogs layout. Feel free to do whatever you like with it.


One week of my break has just flown pass in such a short short time and yet I feel that there are so much things that I still have to do. For one, preparation for departure to the US is a pain in the ass, air tickets, housing, registering for new classes, applying for visa, getting new clothes and etc. There are a heck load of things to do. At first you might think, "Hey you can just multitask, get everything done at the same time.", but after careful thinking this things are more of a sequence of things I have to do (visa -> tickets -> housing). I also have to start writing a list of stuff that I have to bring to the US and start buying them as soon as possible. I will have to report in to the Uni by the 21st of August, so most likely my plane will be leaving around the 18/19 of that month.

Aside from University preparation, about three quarter of the time I had was spent with my Playstation 3. Call of Duty 4 and Burnout Paradise are the games that I played the most often. I am currently on level 34/35 for COD 4 and almost catching up to Leon's level (Yes, I am damn kiasu, I like being better than other people =P) If it isn't for our splendid Internet Connection, I might actually be able to attain Prestige Mode by now. For Burnout, Leon is right, you seriously have to grind and grind for the new cars and that is exactly what I have been doing. Now I have about 50+ of the 75 cars in the game.

Honestly, I do not really feel like updating the blog that much even though I feel the pressure to do so. Blogging for me is a task on its own. I always have a lot to write in the beginning and when I am done, I know I have forgotten a whole bunch of stuff that I had intended to include. Most of the time even when I'm not writing much I actually do spend quite a hefty amount of time. Just take a look at this post, up until where I have written it took me more than half an hour already. Sadly I am out of stuff to write for now (once again, I forgot what I wanted to write in today's post), so I will be ending my post here. Do leave a comment or something about the new skin.

Ohh yeah, tomorrow a triple A title will be out. Codename GTA IV aka Grand Theft Auto 4. I'm not very hype about it but I might get a copy depending on the price of it.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Out with the old, In with the new

After yesterday, I am no more a freshman and in another two weeks time, the beginning of the sophomore year and also the final semester here in Malasia. I have been admitted to the University of Nebraska Lincoln and this has made me felt much more relax during my final exams. Time pass really fast sadly. I don't really wanna go to the States yet. I feel sad that I have to leave all the people I love just in order to get a piece of paper.........which will indefinitely affect my future somehow.

Also about the finals, what would I say about it. Harder than I had thought, which means I am screwed in someway. CGPA is gonna plunge down below 3.8 I think. I dunno whether if it was because I was slacking too much or I had pick the wrong subject for this semester (Take for instance, ENL102, dearly beloved .... son of a b*tch). None of the exams were in any way easy, and I have quickly accepted the fact that this is the worst semester for me. Have to do better in my next sem since most of the subject are stuff that I can actually relate to. Calculus 3, Physics 1 and C programming.

Next moving on right after the exam yesterday, I went shopping with my gf at Sunway Pyramid. It felt really good that I have nothing to worry about and just being able to spend time with her is a great way to start off the holiday. We went for a movie "Ah Long Pte. Ltd." and I must say I really think it is a movie worth watching and for those who have yet to watch it, you should really go to a cinema near you and catch it before they stop showing it.



Also, yesterday I finally got a copy of Call of Duty 4 for the PS3. I had always worry that the controller will not be an effective tool for a first person shooter type of game but I was obviously wrong to think so. It did not have the accuracy that we can attain via a mouse and keyboard but the auto aim mechanism have provided a slight handicap for us on the PS3. I had to admit getting use to the controls was no walk in the park. I had to play the game for about half an hour to an hour before I was able to stop my habit of throwing a grenade in an attempt to sprint. If I had the mood, I would probably write a review on this game.

All in all, even though my break has already started, I am still not feeling any holiday hype, at least not today. Wish the feeling would come soon before my break ends. There are a lot of thing that I really want to do but two weeks is really a bit too short. As the saying goes, beggars cannot be choosers. That's all for today. Bye Bye

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

On second thought

Maybe I will just post something simple. Calculus was bloody tough, probably no A+ but I think A will still be attainable. Sad though, was working really hard for it the past few days. Anyways this cheered me up even though I do not play Halo.


Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Metal Gear Altair

Seems like somebody ended up in the wrong game.... or is he?