Japan

I just realized that I did not talk about the trip to japan last year. Well I went for the tokyo game show, seeing that how I like games and also saw the year's before show on a taiwanese channel, I really wanted to go for one just once in my life. Aside from that, we had always wanted to go to japan anyway.

We managed to somehow get seats on the (then) new A380 and even got to sit on the upper deck. As the plane was new, the entertainment system worked flawlessly and the flight was very comfortable, less some chatty guys sitting just behind us.

Upon arrival we set out to the task of looking at the train map and getting our tix to tokyo, which was one of the most efficient and cheapest way to get to where we need to go. Toyko is a very nice place, the weather is very cool (autum period) but almost everyday seems a bit grey, which we did not mind.

One one the things I remembered most about the trip is that I found this niffty game at teh arcades there. Its called Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senjo no Kizuna which means mobile suit Gundam: Bonds of War. As you can see from the linked page, its not your average arcade game. In this game you sit in a P.O.D enclosed and away from teh outside world and it replicates a cockpit of a mobile suit.

I have always wondered how its like to pilot one since my childhood days as I grew up watch the japanese anime of the same franchise. Now given the chance, I could not let it pass and even figured out how to get the pilot card you will need to play the game. Although costing 500 yen per play of 2 rounds of 250 secs. It was worth every yen it cost.

Now back in Sillypore, still thinking of the time I had back then, still holding on to my pilot card, I recetly found out that the game is ported to the psp. Of course this excited me, as the game left me wanting for more back in japan. So after hearing about the game 2 weeks ago, and trying all the ways to get a DLed version of the game to work on my psp (which does not run on CFW), I finally relented and got myself a (not so) new psp slim for my OFW needs.

I have been on the game almost everyday and now I have learnt new ways of playing it and even unlocked all the mobile suits that I could only hope to have during the time when I was on the arcade machine. I even learned a few new tricks about teh game and am ready for teh real deal again.

Good thing is that I am goingto Hong Kong in about a months time and I heard they have the same game there. Now I just wonder if my pilot car will work there.

Game Review : Resident Evil 5 (Demo)

I haven't gotten down to get teh full game yet as I was still deliberating whether to get the xbox360 package with this game (Resident Evil 5/RE 5) but had downloaded the demo on the PS3 for awhile. Had no intentions to go on it as I was still on killzone 2 for the past 2-3 weeks.

Then last friday, as it was a public holiday, I brought my PS3 with monitor and all down to Pasir Ris chalet for a few games. My brother wanted to try the demo out and I read that the game supported 2 player co-op mode, thus I decided to try it out.

In this redition of the series, you have 2 characters to play with, an ex-cop named Chris Redfield (from RE1) or a new character named Sheva. In the demo, they both have a handgun each, but they have different sub weapons. Chris has a sniper rifle while Sheva has a mp5.

The 'zombies' in the game are no longer your run of the mill grab and bite type. They have become a more of the mind controlled zombies in RE4. They now know how to use weapons aside from trying to grab and bte you. In a way they resemble some sort of alien when they try to bite you.

I liked the way that each 'zombie' melts away when you kill them to deal with disappearing bodies and the added touch of leaving some ammo when they die is a nice touch too. Though it does not feel like a survior horror but more like a action survior game, its a nice game to go at with a partner.

Its like when you played RE3 you wished for someone to come and help you, now in RE5 you have a buddy that is not a computer controlled bumbling idiot. Yes you getto trade that for a human bumbling idiot. Still its a great game to play with a friend. At times you have to seperate, as there are places only one character can go while the other just stays on the other side to support.

As I only played the demo, I cannot state if in the actual game it is as good or better than the demo. But one thing for sure, teh demo has made me want to get the game.

Lack of consideration are we?

In a matter of 2 days my car has now aquired yet another scarr, this time some asshole decides that opening his car door softly is not manly enuff for him and he decides to open it with all his strength. Leaving a nice bit of (his) paint on my car door.

Though the physical damage to my car is minimal, and the paint he left on my door can be removed (with a lot of work and elbow grease), aren't we becoming a people of inconsiderateness aye? Does that mean I shld also scratch any car I park next to in future and run/leave/fly as fast as I can if I do leave my mark, not even leaving a note to apologize?

The next time I see someone open their door hard against mine, I will take his head for a practise swing with my make shift base ball bat. Maybe that will knock some considerateness into them.

Just when you thought it was safe.....

Recently I spent $200 in repainting my car, well just to remove a few scratches I have accumulated over the 2 yearsm mostly done by in considerate assholes whom scratched my car and then ran away.

I found again yet another nasty scratch on the right back of my car, Its not one of those scratches that someone leaves behind when they accidentally brushed against your car, even if they had a metal belt buckle on.

Its one of those deep scratches that goes all the way through the under coat. Its either someone was moving some thing heavy and decided to rub said heavy object ( said heavy object had to have a sharp point protruding out too ) against my car or someone really has a beef with me at my work place.

If its the latter, I hope the fuck face has the guts to face me instead of resorting to wuss like behaviour.

Just when I thought everything will be fine after the repaint and I can have my merry peaceful way, this have to happen, Fuck My Life.

Un-neighbourly Neighbours

I think the problem with my place is that everyone keeps to themselves, well I am guilty of that too. But recently I have an issue that I feel I need to air. Its about a neighbour I have on the 5th floor of my block.

You see recently one of my car drying clothe (it cost around $30) went missing, after searching around the house and all, I found it perched on one of my neighbour's service balcony. I think becoz of all the strong winds we have been having in the last few weeks and the fact that I did not peg the clothe down (my fault), it flew out and down to the 5th floor.

Now comes the fun part. I have been trying, for the better of the last 1 week to try to retreive it from my neighbours. But the funny thing is that everytime I go there and knock on their door, I get no response. The 1st few times I thought that I went at a wrong time and they were out or something.

Last night I tried again, this time I heard a kid called out for her mum when I rang their door bell (followed by a lot of door knocking). After 3mins, no reply, maybe the mum was busy or in the toilet or something. After 10 mins of knocking still no reply, but there was definitely was someone behind teh door this time as you can see from the light from the peep hole going off (someone was watching from it).

I don't know what their problem is, but why do you watch from the peep hole and pretend that no one is home? Maybe they think I am an evangelist and want to preach to them? Gawd no... I just want my $30 clothe back. Its funny why they don't even open teh door to find out what we want. Maybe we were from the 6th floor and wanted to tell them that our flat was on fire and they should leave? They don't even want to bother to open teh gawd damned door to find out.

I don't know what the hell is their problem, but now I know that in an event of a accident, I sure know whom I cannot rely on for help. Maybe they are hiding something thats why they cannot open the door, i.e terrorist, child porn or even a serial killer? Heard from the neighbour across from them that they are of a different race than I am. Is race an issue that prevents them from opening the door? There goes all that racial harmony and that helpful/nice to others shot that the government been trying to program into their citizen's heads, out teh window.

I just want to get back my $30 clothe.....is it that hard? Maybe I should have a huge cheesepie in hand the next time and probably they would open the door. As of now, I consider it taht my luck is that bad and I have to write off my clothe.

I Ish Sad

Car Gawds hate me again, now I have a area of scratche paint near the rear passenger door due to a too tight a turn in a carpark where the cars on the other lane were too big to stay in their own lane.

Muthafuckers....

Association of Bloggers?

What the fuck you say??? Me too....

I got bigger problems at hand to want to even think about it, but these jokers are really laughable judging from all the flak they are getting from the rest fo the (illegal) blogsphere, whom are 'controlled' by foreign talents residing in Sillypore might I add.