Or...maybe Saturday? Haha. Spent the whole of Good Friday sleeping until today. LOL. Naze nara? I've been playing PS2 with my long-time friends Jun Hao and David (a.k.a Marian) from Thursday night all the way to Friday morning. Only slept for one hour in between I guess. Haha. Very tired but very 'shong'. We mainly train on Tekken 5 to horne our tech. Also played Soul Calibur III and Dynasty Warrior 5 Empires.
Started playing Gundam Musou Special lately on the PS2 and mataku, it's totally great! Haha. The only flaw of this game(which I feel la) is the lack of characters. I don't even understand why Jerid plays that large part in the storyline that he appeared as one of the playable characters and moreover, the black Gundam Mk.II he's piloting is not much different from the white gundam Mk.II. Talking about similarity, there's 3 Quebeley with totally same moveset and that's like wth! Haha..i understand that Haman cannot be missed out but certainly Puru and Puru 2 isn't that important isn't it? And series like G Gundam and Gundam W only has two characters each - Domon & Master Asia and Heero & Zechs. If they can include low profile characters in the game, I don't see the reason not to include the ones from G and W.
Talking bout Gundam reminds me of Gundam 00. The latest episode was just too sad. Can't believed one of the main characters, Lockon Stratos actually died, and the last moment almost brought me to tears. I wonder who will pilot Dynames from now on. Maybe Saji? But then again, he has already developed a hatred against Gundams so maybe he wun pilot one afterall...I wonder what his role really is. (A victim only?)
Anyway, I'm more looking foward to the game Musou Orochi-Maou Sairin!!! This time the cast seems to be much more awesome. They've included more myth characters such as Fu Xi and Nu Wa, Jiang Tai Gong and even Sun Wukong! And wow, the new stage Wu Xing Shan definitly looks breath-taking. They even included a new feature where characters from Sangoku and Sengoku mixed with each other and forms teams of 3, each with their own storyline. And this time, the theme song will be sung by High and Mighty Colour, entitled [Toxic].
To end off, this are the new songs which I recently sang.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCPGKDufHB4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Txu7vE_ceE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3slmVxtupVw
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
Long time no Blog!
Haha..yeah..it's been a long time since I posted something here. Just a bit busy lately, especially the Mas Selamat issue!!! I swear I'm gonna cripple his crippled leg and the other leg if I see him (wasted one whole saturday sitting in office to just for standby operation).
Well, anyway, despite the busy schedule, I've managed to complete Yu-Gi-Oh:Beginning of Destiny at last and the game had made me fall in love with the card game all over again. LOL. Contary to what the insect deck I've used in the past, now I've developed a dragon deck of my own, focusing on F.G.D, Armed Dragon and Red Eyes Darkness Dragon as my trump cards. I've also bring this new deck of mine into real life yu-gi-oh, by placing poker cards into card protectors and cover it with printed card images. Haha..yeah..I know it's a bit cheapskate but the cards are too expensive to get and I already have a real life deck in the past and I'm still using it now. So anyone who's also a yu-gi-oh lover but dun have the cards they want can perhaps follow what I do now and maybe we have a duel in future.
Recently I've also happened to come across this interesting quote..."By smiling, you can make life lighter than when you are glooming". However, my theory is, even if this is true, but by wearing a fake smile just for the sake of smiling, will it have the same effect as well? My thoughts might be considered pessimistic, but most of the time, people tend to wear a fake smile just to please those surrounding him but in the end, he only makes life more difficult and complicated for himself. Rather, I do not feel that "glooming", or whatever you called it, is as tiring as it claims to be. For me, I won't say that I exactly "gloom", I am just the type that do not usually smiles, since I do not feel a need to smile when it's not needed. Wearing a fake smile is much more tiring to me. Instead, I do not think of this "gloom" as tiring at all. Afterall, what's so tiring about being natural?
Moreover, from my experience, I've known people who would smile when you talk to them, but when there's some problem, and when he really speaks his mind, you will find all the twisted thoughts such as thinking that people who get close to him is just trying to find ways to make use of him and worse still, even if you are just simply saying "hi" as if it's just a simple greeting to an acquaintance, you are already "setting up a trap for him to fall into". There are more twisted thinkings like this one but I won't comment on it much further.
So anyway, my point is not to say that it's wrong to smile, I'm just saying that it's not as bad as it seems when one does not always wears a smile. Being yourself is the most important thing. Doing things that will contradict your thinkings are what makes life tiring.
Having that said, I will end off my post with this latest song which I sang (as usual)...
Well, anyway, despite the busy schedule, I've managed to complete Yu-Gi-Oh:Beginning of Destiny at last and the game had made me fall in love with the card game all over again. LOL. Contary to what the insect deck I've used in the past, now I've developed a dragon deck of my own, focusing on F.G.D, Armed Dragon and Red Eyes Darkness Dragon as my trump cards. I've also bring this new deck of mine into real life yu-gi-oh, by placing poker cards into card protectors and cover it with printed card images. Haha..yeah..I know it's a bit cheapskate but the cards are too expensive to get and I already have a real life deck in the past and I'm still using it now. So anyone who's also a yu-gi-oh lover but dun have the cards they want can perhaps follow what I do now and maybe we have a duel in future.
Recently I've also happened to come across this interesting quote..."By smiling, you can make life lighter than when you are glooming". However, my theory is, even if this is true, but by wearing a fake smile just for the sake of smiling, will it have the same effect as well? My thoughts might be considered pessimistic, but most of the time, people tend to wear a fake smile just to please those surrounding him but in the end, he only makes life more difficult and complicated for himself. Rather, I do not feel that "glooming", or whatever you called it, is as tiring as it claims to be. For me, I won't say that I exactly "gloom", I am just the type that do not usually smiles, since I do not feel a need to smile when it's not needed. Wearing a fake smile is much more tiring to me. Instead, I do not think of this "gloom" as tiring at all. Afterall, what's so tiring about being natural?
Moreover, from my experience, I've known people who would smile when you talk to them, but when there's some problem, and when he really speaks his mind, you will find all the twisted thoughts such as thinking that people who get close to him is just trying to find ways to make use of him and worse still, even if you are just simply saying "hi" as if it's just a simple greeting to an acquaintance, you are already "setting up a trap for him to fall into". There are more twisted thinkings like this one but I won't comment on it much further.
So anyway, my point is not to say that it's wrong to smile, I'm just saying that it's not as bad as it seems when one does not always wears a smile. Being yourself is the most important thing. Doing things that will contradict your thinkings are what makes life tiring.
Having that said, I will end off my post with this latest song which I sang (as usual)...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Bringing forth the legend of the swords
Yesterday met up with Spectre Ben go visit Bryan's house bai nian. There, we played Soul Calibur Legends...lol...can't believed we played the game straight all the way till afternoon and the impression the game left me was...."IT'S DAMN HARD!!!" Haha. Really, somemore it's rather physically exhausting since it's on the WII and being a WII noob, I swing the controller widely and wasted energy. Bryan, being the Siegfried/Nightmare supporter he is, of course used Siegfried while I played as Lloyd from Tales of Symphonia(Shishi Senkou saved me a lot of times..haha). On the other hand, we witnessed Spec Ben's SM-ing side as he used the character Ivy and seemed to enjoy whipping the golems with that SM outfit. Way to go Spec!
Me and Bryan also decide to re-play Yugioh even though it's not much of an 'in' thing ever since Mediacorp stopped broadcasting the show but hey, what matters is the card game itself right?(actually I do not like the show much but like the game itself) Coz recently there's this new yugioh game on PS2 - Yugioh: Beginning of Destiny. Also another hard game, coz the starter deck that you have right from the start really like shit...mostly monsters with 1200 atk, not much useful trap or magic (besides Swords of Revealing Light) and wth, when I tried to battle Misawa he kept using monsters with 1900 atk and traps like sakuretsu armour. VERY hard to win at first but as I get more cards and start building a fit-enough deck, things starts to get addictive for me and hence I hope can get more people into the game...then can tag duel.
In the afternoon me and Spec met up with Yongzen for dinner. Though Bryan was unable to go with us, we still have a fun time catching up la...haha...afterall dunno how long never see Yongzen le...still remember the old days when he always "Ohm" and flex his chest muscles. LOL.
Yup, it was really good to meet up with them after so long, a pity Kaiquan couldn't make it. Maybe we should meet up again, next time probably playing Bleach or maybe even Gundam Musou if we are meeting from March onwards. Haha.
Me and Bryan also decide to re-play Yugioh even though it's not much of an 'in' thing ever since Mediacorp stopped broadcasting the show but hey, what matters is the card game itself right?(actually I do not like the show much but like the game itself) Coz recently there's this new yugioh game on PS2 - Yugioh: Beginning of Destiny. Also another hard game, coz the starter deck that you have right from the start really like shit...mostly monsters with 1200 atk, not much useful trap or magic (besides Swords of Revealing Light) and wth, when I tried to battle Misawa he kept using monsters with 1900 atk and traps like sakuretsu armour. VERY hard to win at first but as I get more cards and start building a fit-enough deck, things starts to get addictive for me and hence I hope can get more people into the game...then can tag duel.
In the afternoon me and Spec met up with Yongzen for dinner. Though Bryan was unable to go with us, we still have a fun time catching up la...haha...afterall dunno how long never see Yongzen le...still remember the old days when he always "Ohm" and flex his chest muscles. LOL.
Yup, it was really good to meet up with them after so long, a pity Kaiquan couldn't make it. Maybe we should meet up again, next time probably playing Bleach or maybe even Gundam Musou if we are meeting from March onwards. Haha.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
黒き鼓動～揺るぎない想い～
Just came across this song recently and totally love it!!! Haha...partly also because of the person who sings it la. So anyway, I decided to sing it too. Title's Kuroki Kodou ~Yuruginai Omoi~ (Pulse of Darkness ~Unwavering Emotions~).
Friday, January 25, 2008
G Generations Spirit COMPLETE!!!
LOL. Haha...yup, finally completed G Generations Spirit for the PS2 after 2 months. Mataku, this game really takes up a lot of time...with each stage lasting from 1 hour to 2 hour but nevertheless, it is a great game and I really enjoyed it. The highly detailed storyline also provided me alot of story info on the U.C gundam series...especially Crossbone Gundam! Haha...the story is cool..especially the last part where he had to destroy Amakusa(not sure if I got the name right...just spelling it out as how i read it) Gundam with Amuro Ray's AI pattern as its pilot. There's even a return of Judau from Gundam ZZ.
I was also pretty surprised when I played the story arc of Hathaway no Senkou(not sure if I pronouced it correctly again..haha) I never expect Hathaway from Char's CounterAttack to actually make it as a main character and somemore a Gundam pilot. I don't comprehend the story completely since it's in jap but from what I understand, Hathaway became the leader of a terrorist group as he wanted to correct the corruption within the Earth Federation but in the end he still couldn't outmatch the army with his small force and ends up being defeated and eventually the person to execute him was his father Bright (yup, the same Bright from the first Gundam series). Overall it's quite a tragedic story.
Another cool factor about the game that I like is that after completing all stages, the last stage will be unlocked where a alien object is heading towards Earth and the Gundams have to defend against it. It appeared as a large cocoon at first but once it cracks, it turns out that this alien is actually Turn A Gundam and yeah, he's really strong and emits a demonic red aura. Even the whole background change when he comes out from the cocoon. Definitely an image befitting for the last boss of the game. The best (or maybe worst?) feature about him is that even though it's a turn based strategy game, he can actually teleport to any part of the map as he sees fit so he doesn't even seem to be affected by the movement rule...which is actually quite scary since he's your enemy afterall.
Lastly, I would like to present the songs that I made in memory of the game. Haha, even though I've been talking about stories in the later U.C period (U.C 100+), these 3 songs are all from the earlier period (U.C 0079-0088).
Ai Senshi from Gundam
Shine through the storm from Gundam 08th MS Team
Mind Forest from Gundam Zeta: A New Translation
I was also pretty surprised when I played the story arc of Hathaway no Senkou(not sure if I pronouced it correctly again..haha) I never expect Hathaway from Char's CounterAttack to actually make it as a main character and somemore a Gundam pilot. I don't comprehend the story completely since it's in jap but from what I understand, Hathaway became the leader of a terrorist group as he wanted to correct the corruption within the Earth Federation but in the end he still couldn't outmatch the army with his small force and ends up being defeated and eventually the person to execute him was his father Bright (yup, the same Bright from the first Gundam series). Overall it's quite a tragedic story.
Another cool factor about the game that I like is that after completing all stages, the last stage will be unlocked where a alien object is heading towards Earth and the Gundams have to defend against it. It appeared as a large cocoon at first but once it cracks, it turns out that this alien is actually Turn A Gundam and yeah, he's really strong and emits a demonic red aura. Even the whole background change when he comes out from the cocoon. Definitely an image befitting for the last boss of the game. The best (or maybe worst?) feature about him is that even though it's a turn based strategy game, he can actually teleport to any part of the map as he sees fit so he doesn't even seem to be affected by the movement rule...which is actually quite scary since he's your enemy afterall.
Lastly, I would like to present the songs that I made in memory of the game. Haha, even though I've been talking about stories in the later U.C period (U.C 100+), these 3 songs are all from the earlier period (U.C 0079-0088).
Ai Senshi from Gundam
Shine through the storm from Gundam 08th MS Team
Mind Forest from Gundam Zeta: A New Translation
Friday, January 11, 2008
Dreams
This morning, while listening to some radio channel, I came across this story. I don't really remember every exact details so I will just summarise the story based on what I can recall.
The story is about a man born in a family with a long military history. As such, his childhood dream was to become a general. He studied hard in the military school and had always came out as the top soldier among his peers. He was then selected to be an instructor and his excellent performance had earned him quick promotions and he rose up in the ranks in a short period of time. However, he was later posted to overseas and chances of advancing in his rank seems minimal. He did not give up though, and continue to give his best in whatever he does and was finally posted back to his country after a few years. Not long after that, his wife suggested that he leave the military and start up a business. Being a wealthy family with wide connections, it is actually pretty easy to have a stable business and lead a more stable life with no worries. However, he did not give up his dream and choose to remain in the army and his wife soon left him as he was often not around at home. After another few years, he was offered a post by the military. He knew that if he took up the offer, his position will forever be stuck there and his dream of becoming general would be dashed, but if he rejected, he might be seen as not being loyal to the country since he refuse to accept the posting orders by the military. After much consideration, he decided to reject and he eventually become a general at the age of 50, being the youngest general in history.
To be honest, I do not like this story. Despite it being a motivational story of being able to continue advancing and overcome any setbacks or obstacles, I still do not approve of the way this message is imparted through the story. Well, he did reach his dream after all the difficulties he faced in his life, but at the age of 50? What else can he do after that? What is left for him to pursue in his life? Having his family lost for the sake of his dream, where can he find the happiness he deserved after all this? Who will be there to share his joy with him? To put it bluntly, he is nothing more than an empty shell after he had reached his dream. There is no road ahead of him and neither is there a home behind him...he is just a lost soul that has no place to go in the end, and that temporary happiness of achieving his goal will soon turn to bitter hollowness and lonliness. He had spent 50 years of his life chasing that dream without even stopping to take a look at the flowers along the road, and now that he reach the end of the road, what awaits him is only illness and eventually death, not to mention that there will be no one by his side to accompany him for the rest of the years.
If that is the price to pay for fulfilling that dream of his, is it even worth it? There are many chances for him throughout the story, he could have find some way to settle overseas during his posting there and do his fair share of his job while finding ways to enjoy life, he could have listened to his wife back then and start of a business of his own and live a stable life happily with his family, he could have take up the posting offered by his country and focus on finding happiness for the rest of his life while he's still young.
Anyway, I am just stating my opinion la, haha...others might have views on their own so it's really up to you what you think. Overall the spirit of not giving up and overcoming any setbacks is good la, just that you must consider whether the thing that you are pursuing is worth giving up everything. Hmmm...come to think of it, quite the irony isn't it? The guy in the story never gives up, but on ther other hand, he "give up" everything he deserved to have.
Well, enough of that, haha. I've done up another 3 chinese songs recently and here are the links. Thank you to those who have been listening to these songs and giving me advices...I know that I am still far from perfection but your advices will be a great help. Arigatou na!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBg-LytK4gw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuRBdgZp_vs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhx3j4nC-FU
The story is about a man born in a family with a long military history. As such, his childhood dream was to become a general. He studied hard in the military school and had always came out as the top soldier among his peers. He was then selected to be an instructor and his excellent performance had earned him quick promotions and he rose up in the ranks in a short period of time. However, he was later posted to overseas and chances of advancing in his rank seems minimal. He did not give up though, and continue to give his best in whatever he does and was finally posted back to his country after a few years. Not long after that, his wife suggested that he leave the military and start up a business. Being a wealthy family with wide connections, it is actually pretty easy to have a stable business and lead a more stable life with no worries. However, he did not give up his dream and choose to remain in the army and his wife soon left him as he was often not around at home. After another few years, he was offered a post by the military. He knew that if he took up the offer, his position will forever be stuck there and his dream of becoming general would be dashed, but if he rejected, he might be seen as not being loyal to the country since he refuse to accept the posting orders by the military. After much consideration, he decided to reject and he eventually become a general at the age of 50, being the youngest general in history.
To be honest, I do not like this story. Despite it being a motivational story of being able to continue advancing and overcome any setbacks or obstacles, I still do not approve of the way this message is imparted through the story. Well, he did reach his dream after all the difficulties he faced in his life, but at the age of 50? What else can he do after that? What is left for him to pursue in his life? Having his family lost for the sake of his dream, where can he find the happiness he deserved after all this? Who will be there to share his joy with him? To put it bluntly, he is nothing more than an empty shell after he had reached his dream. There is no road ahead of him and neither is there a home behind him...he is just a lost soul that has no place to go in the end, and that temporary happiness of achieving his goal will soon turn to bitter hollowness and lonliness. He had spent 50 years of his life chasing that dream without even stopping to take a look at the flowers along the road, and now that he reach the end of the road, what awaits him is only illness and eventually death, not to mention that there will be no one by his side to accompany him for the rest of the years.
If that is the price to pay for fulfilling that dream of his, is it even worth it? There are many chances for him throughout the story, he could have find some way to settle overseas during his posting there and do his fair share of his job while finding ways to enjoy life, he could have listened to his wife back then and start of a business of his own and live a stable life happily with his family, he could have take up the posting offered by his country and focus on finding happiness for the rest of his life while he's still young.
Anyway, I am just stating my opinion la, haha...others might have views on their own so it's really up to you what you think. Overall the spirit of not giving up and overcoming any setbacks is good la, just that you must consider whether the thing that you are pursuing is worth giving up everything. Hmmm...come to think of it, quite the irony isn't it? The guy in the story never gives up, but on ther other hand, he "give up" everything he deserved to have.
Well, enough of that, haha. I've done up another 3 chinese songs recently and here are the links. Thank you to those who have been listening to these songs and giving me advices...I know that I am still far from perfection but your advices will be a great help. Arigatou na!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBg-LytK4gw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuRBdgZp_vs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhx3j4nC-FU
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Persona 3 -Trinity Soul-
While looking through the new animes for this month, I'm quite surprised to find this anime, Persona -Trinity Soul-. It's actually a sequel to the PS2 game Persona 3, which I assumed so since the storyline is set 10 years after the story of Persona 3. Still dunno whether there will be any returning characters from Persona 3 yet but one thing that is confirmed is that Igor is somehow involved in the new anime from the looks of it. Anyway, the official webpage for that anime could be found here. And here's the opening song to the anime...
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