I seriously don't understand why playing Maple on Singnet will results in lag. Everytime I think of Singnet or 2Wire connection, I am utterly pissed. It was "hell" as I disconnected from the game every 5-10 minutes, and Ting had a x2 Drop Rate Coupon running on it. Black out in Tawau and lagginess at my house, together with the activation of x2, why must it be so coincidental? Must I go to the cybercafe so as not to waste the x2? If I do, prepared to be locked out of my house I guess. My bros, were back too, and they too complained about the lag on the Warcraft server. Not a good day for gaming, not a good day for smiles too...
炎亚纶&刘力扬 - TiAmo
虽然是简单的形容 虽然是重复的动作 因为有你 让一切都变成不平凡
好想缝合你我手心 就这样牵住放不开 有你陪伴 呼吸着有你的空气 就是幸福
Ti amo Te Quiero 每一天都要爱上你 想着你沉入梦境 一张眼一清醒 第一个想到又是你
Sa la he And I Love You 我每天都要爱上你 少一天就会遗憾 陪着你的光阴 怎样都不算蹉跎
好想缝合你我手心 就这样牵住放不开 有你陪伴 呼吸着有你的空气 就是幸福
Ti amo Te Quiero 每一天都要爱上你 想着你沉入梦境 一张眼一清醒 第一个想到又是你
Sa la he And I Love You 我每天都要爱上你 少一天就会遗憾 陪着你的光阴 怎样都不算蹉跎 陪着你的光阴 怎样都不算蹉跎 永远都觉
I've never seen so so many people this year... my god, the entire Suntec City was flooded by throngs of people heading to the PC Fair. At times, I got frustrated by moving at a snail's pace. And I even thought of deliberately stepping on other people's heels just to quell my frustration haha. Luckily I avoided the overhead bridge linking CitiLink and Suntec. The people on the bridge were literally "sight-seeing"! If I was there, perhaps I might push a few of them over the bridge!
At the fair, I met up with Earns, Jian Liang, Sotong and Long Xing, and of course Christina (Tuna). All of them are working at the PC fair, and I really pity them because its really kinda terrible job. Imagine standing for 10+ hours selling the products in a hall that is jam-packed with people. The noise, the odour, etc... Man... Really ages since I see my guys, and of course the 1st time I saw Christina.
Also, I bought quite a few things. A Western-D 160GB External HDD for $110, a laptop skin for $15, a pair of headphones with mic for $15 and a mini-vacuum for $6 (courtesy of my man Earns).
Sunday, March 02, 2008
WORK ----------------------
The boss made a startling announcement yesterday, while I was at work. Instead of the $440 allowance, he said he's going to raise my allowence because I was very hardworking. Although the raise might not be much, at least he's somewhat seen I've put in effort. Relieved to feel that the boss think's that I'm okay! I won't be surprised the raise is due to the fact that I have done so much overtime!
MAPLE ----------------------
With regards to maple, I've heard for sometime that there are a few people of my character class (Night Lord) that adds points to HP. This process is also know as HP-Washing. All these while, there is a stereotypical mentality that the best build for the Night Lord (NL) would be adding as much Luck (LUK) to the stats to have immense damage. This is prevalent in low/half/dex-less rogues. The drawback however is the extremely low HP. I've to admit that I'm a person that believes in this! But I've gotta change my perception, if I am going to get the best out of my character.
The process of HP washing involves the player not adding his Ability Points (AP) to his dexterity (DEX) or luck (LUK) attribute. When the NL progresses to the next level, he would have 5 AP to add to his stats. These 5 AP would be added to the Hit-Points (HP) attribute for more life. And using the AP-Reset Coupon (Purchased for 22.5k A-Cash), the Mana-Points (MP) is reduced 5 times and these 5 reductions are added to LUK. All these while, bearing in mind that equipments giving Intelligence (INT) should be worn prior to advancing to the next level. This is done so to boost the amount of MP gained in order to reduce it to add to LUK. And also, the resetting of MP should be done one at a time.
If this is habitually done, eventually I'll have no problems taking the 3.5k damage dished out by the Skelegons and eventually... the Horntail Boss.
I've done the 1st HP-washing process today, and I really feel grateful that Cutie and Angie borrowed me their INT equipments to don on before leveling. Also I am grateful for GlowGhost for giving me detailed explainations on how to HP-Wash. Most importantly is to thank Ting for encouraging me to HP-Wash, and helping me with the AP-Reset coupons, and making all these things possible. This new dimension for a Blood-NL is really starting to sink into me!
LIFE ----------------------
After I've stopped playing, somehow this sickening feeling sinks into me. It's like having a feeling of depression for nothing... It's definitely not that lying bastard I encountered in the game. I can give it a pass as I feel that I am talking to a person that's so caught up in "Emo'ism" and goes so far to flipping and distorting his words. Let him swim in is fantasies, for all I care. Next time if I see you, maybe he'll just be a piece of clear glass in front of me. Anyway, its just a game, and I wash my hands off for any apologies for him.
Before writing all this, I just had a long long talk with Ah A, all the way till 4am. Guess the both of us do indeed have out own set of problems. We talk about topics on our parents, our extended family, schooling concerns, relationships, money, sacrificing online gaming commitments and stuffs. So much more problems do surface when we grow up. Age has really caught up with us... and ya, there is no excuse for failures any more...
The series is set in the years 2307-2308 AD of the Gregorian calendar. During this time, fossil fuels became exhausted and the distribution of fuels became imbalanced. Humanity must rely on an array of solar power generation systems orbiting the Earth, and supported by three orbital elevators, each one pertaining to one of the three "major powers" on the planet.
The Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations , consisting of the Organization of American States, Australasia and Japan, control the elevator located in South America. The Human Reform League, consisting of China, Siberian Russia, India, the nations of South Asia (excluding the middle-Asian states of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan), Mongolia, the member states of the ASEAN, Papua New Guinea, the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan, control the elevator located in the Pacific Ocean. The Advanced European Union (AEU), consisting of Iceland, the islands of the Barents Sea, Greenland, Anatolia, European Russia and the entirety of the traditional continent of Europe, control an elevator built in the middle of the African continent.
With this infinite source of energy benefiting only the major powers and their allies, constant warfare erupts around the globe for fuels and energy. The nations that rely on fuel have plunged into poverty. Many believed that solar energy threatened the "promised land of God". The chaos lead to the formation of a private military organization, called Celestial Being, dedicated to eradicating war and uniting humanity with the use of four humanoid machines called Gundams.
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 follows four mobile suit pilots termed Gundam Meisters, sided withCelestial Being. The protagonist is 16-year old Setsuna F. Seiei, a quiet, taciturn young man who grew up in the Kurdish Republic, and a Gundam Meister for two years. He pilots the GN-001 Gundam Exia, a high mobility mobile suit effective in melee combat.
My Thoughts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I had just had enough of Gundam Seed and all the various sidestories. All the "Emo'ing" by Kira, Athrun and Shinn is making me get all bored. And its about time a new series comes on air. Actually, I was quite slow as Gundam 00 came out almost the end of last year. At 1st glance, I thought "Gundams with a new facelift?! Kinda look sucky! Especially Exia with that V-shaped pelvic plate!" It seems that the only gundam I like in this series is Kyrios as it can transform and still looks decent.
After I started watching the series about a week ago, I feel the storyline is quite unique, as it is set in our real world, albeit in the future. Also, there were many points being drawn to terrorism and stuff. There were new nations in the Middle East at that time and the situation somewhat reminds me of Iraq and Afghanistan. The bus near Saji and Louise exploding, somehow reminds me of the Sarin Gas incident back in the 90s. The different superpowers in the world too, somehow relates to the struggle of power and supremecy in our current world. HRL = China? Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations = USA?
For me, Gundam 00 also brought back some memories of Gundam W. The characters of the Gundam Meisters somewhat seems similar to those of Heero and gang.
So far, I've watch up to episode 20. Can't wait for the remaining 5 episodes to come out, and conclude the 1st part of Double 0. For the 2nd part, I'll have to keep my fingers crossed till about September 2008. Long long cross..
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Daybreak's Bell - L'Arc~en~Ciel
Got lots and lots of cuts on my hands from the many dozen server boards that I had to dismantle. Their edges, especially the metal ones, are extremely sharp, and it can draw blood at the slightest graze. Each board talkes about 15 mins to dis-assemble completely. And we've got like almost 200 boards to strip. Wonder how long will this take?
Tomorrow is the day of reckoning for Year 2 Sem 2 in SP. Hopefully all the effort I've put in is enough and I wished that I could get more than just a single "A".
Below: My birthday presents from Ah A and Ju. Thanks Bros!
Started the day with a yawn... Obviously I had to work... When I opened my room door, there was this "Flesh Imp" paperbag hung at the doorknob. Thanks to my bros Ah A and Ju for the nice presents! (A fresh Imp Jacket and Tee.) Somehow I feel there is no significant need to celebrate my birthday at my this age. When I was younger, I was so hard-up that people should celebrate my birthday with me. I still remembered that I would hint my uncles and aunties that my birthday was coming right up, so as to get a birthday present from them! Naughty me...
As usual, work was quite monotonous with few events worthy of interest. I just prayed that the 9 hours would whisk by... and it did. I took quick and broad strides home!
Once home, Mom prepared a bowl of Mian4 Xian4 with minced meat and hardboiled eggs for me. I remembered that I was told it is a customary Hokkien tradition for the birthday-person to have a bowl of that. Also, I have insisted that there be no birthday cake as I wanted to keep my birthday a simple one. Partly because it's a Wednesday night and there is work tomorrow. So Pa just got 2 boxes of Canadian Pizza. Simplest birthday this year! There!... I'm officially 24 yesterday!
Monday, February 18, 2008
Today's workload is a killer. "Load" is a killer. Alone, I moved close to 70 cartons of (Qty x 09) laptops, each weighing in close to 30kg. That is like moving 2 tonnes of electronic equpiments. Off the pellets for labeling, repacking and re-peletting for shipment. I even had to voluntarily take overtime to complete the task as one of my colleagues had to go off early to fetch his child from school.
The result a pair of bruised, swollen and bloodied hand and a severe strained back, in which the latter is really painful. Even sitting down results in waves of pain through my head. Too bad, its part of the job and I can't complain and moan to the boss. Just swallow all the shit that is coming without any complains and just do it. SISPEC taught me to Suffer In Silence Please Endure n Carry-on.
Today is really not my day... I just can't believe what happened... All my life's lessons, which really turned me from a spoilt brat to who I am today, all the humilliation I have suffered when I was in my teens, all the anger, all the fury, all the emotions... was plain in my eyes to see... At my age of 24(almost), I feel that I've really look at things in a different perspective, not as a kid, but as an adult. One that is responsible for his words and actions. I think more of my studies, more of working for money, more of finding the right network to build a future career, and eventually for that right moment to get married and start a family and have my very own little ones calling me "Pa". Now, I just feel like I'm a huge load of mess, and I really feel very flustered and frustrated at myself. Unable to say my true feelings, unable to scream, unable to yell. Even if I wanted to, I can't...
God, tell me, is there such a phrase as “好心友好报"? Am I such a bad person? I wish you would just judge me now...
