Please stay 1 metre away from this post unless you are a geek

Life is wonderful. I just finished Episodes III and IV of the Star Wars Saga and then 2 hours of WWE. In fact, 30 minutes ago Batista delivered a devastating Batista Bomb into poor poor Rey Mysterio. Though I have to agree with Jerome's stand that its a little too PG-13 for its own good. You know, 6-year-olds are starting to think the Undertaker is a wuss.

I was watching season 2 of Chuck today.

Btw Chuck is this hit television show about a geek who downloads the government's top secrets into his brain, essentially making him the United State's most powerful weapon. I always like these combinations of popular culture with nerd fandom, (i.e. Chuck, Fanboys, Big Bang Theory) because you get a lot of tributes to things you really like. For example, an episode of Chuck is named " Chuck VS The Wookiee ".

Courtesy of the angre wookiees in Episode III. :)

Did I mention that I have a penchant for linking things easily? I do this in my mind when I'm bored, especially really geeky stuff like games and science-fiction.

Take a look at this. Okay I came up with a totally random thing.

Jerome mistook the word on my cool name tag to be "Firefly". Firefly is a hit sci-fi TV series that features Nathan Fillion as the lead actor. Nathan Fillion ... is a fan of the Halo series. He voices your squad captain Buck in Halo 3: ODST. Another squadmate of yours, Dutch, is voiced by Adam Baldwin. Adam Baldwin is rumoured to be voice acting for Mass Effect 2. The Mass Effect universe was created by Drew Karpyshyn. Drew Karpyshyn, was the author of the Darth Bane Trilogy. I did a review of Darth Bane for my English project in Secondary 3. Jerome is in my English Class.

OH! Heres another one I just thought of. I mentioned Chuck in this post. Chuck's agent girlfriend in the show is played by Yvonne Strahovski.

Yvonne Strahovski voices Miranda Lawson in Mass Effect 2. AND ... I Love Mass Effect 2 :D

Generally, its nice to know that so many interesting stuff are connected.

Okay now I'm gonna sleep because the thought of 1 people reading my blog is depressing.

You Sexy Thing

Hi,

Started school very ... very reluctantly. Waking up and travelling to a foreign place at 7am in the morning at the expense of Dragon Age? Not very enticing. Plus, the fact that I was in Secondary 4 started to sink in. And hey! you know what Secondary 4 students do? They take "O" levels!Anyway, school also conducted this "Start Right" course on the first day about Goal setting and Inspiration 101. I called it " Mind Champ Rip-Off No.23 " . The only productive thing from the course was this card.

(Edit: Sorry for the poor quality. My handphone is not exactly perfect. Its not beautiful. Its not exactly ... Canon )

In case you can't read the words, it says " Acts Cool and Friendly ". Wai Ken Some sexy girl thinks I'm cool and friendly haha.

On Wednesday, we had our first official NCC trng of 2010. Left the Part As playing "poisonball", and went to look at the PDS training, which happened to be ... particularly lousy. Our PDS head, being the typical stuck-up, threatened the performers to cancel the performance, slammed the NCC room door, failed , slammed it harder and left the performers feeling depressed.

Took the iniative to scold the PDS guys and made them feel really guilty of themselves for letting down the PDS head. Yeah and then it gets interesting. You know when you're at the edge of tears, you're choked up and finding it hard to contain it. Well. Ryan kicked them off the fucking edge haha. A record-setting 3 people cried.

Personally, I feel that it's always reasonable to give them a good scolding when they suck but it is also never nice to make someone cry. I mean, I could never make someone cry. Maybe I should have stopped him, but I think the fear of potentially insulting him got in the way. And one of our rules is that to not interfere when a fellow specialist is scolding. So maybe ... the Discipline Head was at fault too.

And then on Friday a ... conflicting thing happened. Lets just say Jerome told me something sad. Unfair. Extremely unfair to me, so to speak. I started thinking of a million and one reasons why HE (not jerome) didn't deserve it. I thought of even more reasons I deserved it. Sure I may not be the best at what I do but I learn from my mistakes and always try my best. and as the Sith Code would put it, " Fear leads to Anger, Anger leads to Hate " . He was outside enjoying himself, fooling around as always and making ridiculous jokes and I was sitting inside the room. Contemplating the ... unfairness of life.

Mr Kamal told us: " Life is unfair. Accept it "

I say, It sucks to be on the losing end.

This guy is someone I treasure as a friend. As much as I would like it, I don't want to go into a discussion about how lousy he is. That's why this is such a conflicting topic and I dread the fact that it is something that is going to happen.

I'm glad that's off my chest. And besides, I had a hell of a time partying last night at the Sec 1 campfire. Because nothing beats crooning and dancing to the likes of "Qing Tian" and "I gotta feeling" along with fellow friends in the NCC room.

*Hums to the theme of Halo

Happy new year one and all! Firstly, I thought that the New Year countdown was real depressing. Its really just me, because when I was watching the fireworks ( which went on for approximately 25 decades) on TV I swore I could see the words "O levels. " Yeah as if Channel 5 was branding " Oh crap! " in the Singapore night sky. and the Singapore Flyer was whispering " epic fail ... ".

I for one thought that this year was pretty eventful. A short review of 2009 if you will. I think the phrase " Work hard, play harder " aptly describes my 2009. I mean, its Sec 3 so you can't play catching or trade shiny cards everyday. You have afternoon lessons. You have countless hours of tuitions. Yes, for every subject. You start to genuinely worry whether or not you will pass your Mother Tongue. Your science teacher is a virulent walking bomb, ready to erupt once you are 0.01 seconds late for Practical.

And don't get me started on social life. All my friends are male and my relationship with any girl is as stagnant as can be. I'm starting to think that it is breeding mosquitoes.

On the other hand, I really thought that I embraced the dark side this year. and by dark side I mean all things geek.

I bought toys, posters, games. ODST, Batman, Dragon Age, Assassin's Creed 2, Mass Effect to name a few. I went for STGCC, 501st Legion exhibits and Xbox Gaming Letdown Showdown. *cough* suckfest *cough*. Every minute, I long for the day that I can set foot into E3 or ComicCon. thats how much passion I have for this lifestyle and I feel that I finally know what I want to do with my life. But enough with my generally-uninteresting female-repelling ambitions/

I practically killed off all my muscles by sitting on the couch all day paralyzing brutes as Batman. I used to do 500 pushups in Sec 1 and now a mere 50 is enough to drive my chest muscles into Ultimate Spasm Mode.

I won't post my resolutions cause I feel its really of little use if you post it on a blog. Like a trend where I spout random jibberish and look cool but won't even fulfill. Instead, I wrote them down on a note which I pasted on my writing desk and on top of my Xbox. That way I will be constantly reminded of my goals when I work and play. Just my thoughts on resolutions.

Bring it on O Level Year. Bring it on 2010. ;)

The War is ( not ) won

Dragon Age Music Video !!! *grins like a cock

I actually got to play through this entire snowfield in the game. Of course this is CGI so everything looks 10 times better. The red-head archer chick, Leliana, actually looks pretty awesome. and the mage chick is none other than Morrigan, who happens to turn into a friggin spider in the video. :D

I really really hate my homework when I know I could be playing a whole playthrough. and if 4 Geography papers, Chemistry and Physics homework weren't depressing enough, I still have to study for Higher Chinese Mastery test. ( Readers all giggle and make lame jokes about my chinese )

Anyway, I am going to study for my Higher Chinese Paper 1 diligently tonight. Ta-ta.

Alvin and the Chipmunks are back crap

Shit I'm super lethargic, stuck with a shitload of homework and I realized Jerome and Xiu Ming watched Avatar without me. Yeah without the King of the Na'vi : King Nic . *sings the chorus of Good Charlotte's Misery

I woke up really early this morning ( 12 pm-ish ) and went for this super awesome Nasi Lemak with my cousins. We went to the mall after that for bowling where I, as always, scored 20points 2 gazillion crap-billion points. Not much people can do that. ;)

Yes and after that we went for the horrendous movie also known as Alvin and the Chipmunks 2. Lol its SO horrible it doesn't even get a review complete with pictures. I got the feeling that they were a couple of annoying rats. Yeah someone should grab them and put them in a blender, switch it on and film it. At least it would be a movie I would watch.

*Little girl: " You're a monster"

It's SO bad I found the preview for New Moon more interesting than that. And THAT my friend, says something. :D

EDIT: However I did enjoy the role of Toby, the guardian who is also known as Chuck on the hit TV-series.

After that ordeal we went to my grandmother's place to celebrate her birthday. Which is the gist of this entire Malaysia trip. and it was a vegetarian meal. ( please excuse me while I relive the horror )

*returns from bathroom.

Not a single piece of meat in the entire room. and as you know, I'm like ... the anti-vegetable. Kinda like Hitler with a touch of chlorophyll. Its entirely possible I eat so little vegetables that plants all over the globe like worship me as a god. But I still got to watch this awesome chinese movie : 不能说的秘密. The Jay-Chou one. To summarize it in one word: WOW. I LOVED it. You know, time travel, touching plot and pianos. I felt like bursting into the chorus of the song throughout the course of the movie. Of course in the typical NCC cock way. ;)

"Ni shuo ba ai jian jian fang xia hui zou geng yuan ... "

Hohoho

Merry christmas little elves. I'm spending my christmas in Malaysia with my cousins, appreciating what little time I have before I return to the miserable reality that is schoolwork. Nonetheless enjoy yourselves this Christmas and we all know what happens to BAAD kids. :)

~Nic

Last but not least.

Hi all. Heads up ... the previous post was made some time ago, so it may seem out of context. But who can let up such an anti-Twilight segment huh ? :)

So I'm in Malaysia now to spend Christmas and as we all know, the trip to Malacca is always considerably long. So I took the time to think about life. Well, I categorized it as 75% sleep, 25% deep-thought.

So... I look at what others write on their blogs. about their troubles with life or unexpressed feelings and I look back at mine "I like star wars and video games and Kristen Bell". Lol I guess I have this mental barrier that bars me from all things emotional. I always believed. why should someone willingly make himself or herself feel bad right? So I wonder if that makes me ... unemotional y'know.

I always dabbled in things that I loved like science-fiction and games. Sure girls have no interest in geeks and I often come of as facetious, silly and comical to my friends. But I'm happy where I am.

Maybe I could start like a cult. *does that smily that contemplates an evil plan

and you know what else I feel deeply for. Yes that is right, its the new dark fantasy epic by Bioware, Dragon Age: Origins! (ROFL transition complete)

Yes the geek-bell has rung, hurry away or Darth Vader might eat you! >:(


Happy holidays people :D
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Words alone cannot describe my love and awe for this RPG masterpiece. For DA:O, think Diablo II with a lighter tone and then a sprinkle of dragons with a mix of blood. The game itself offers tons of customization with a deep and interesting storyline. It really keeps in line with the "dark fantasy" theme. Even the ending did not feel so " happily ever after" .




So the key portion of the game was the Origins portion whereby the game fleshes out the "origin stories" of the protaganist ( yes that's you! ). On my first playthrough I was this rogue Elf character with midnight black shoulder-length hair. Though I did enjoy that style of gameplay, over time I preferred the use of mages with their imbalanced spell prowess. and the animations are just awesome to watch. So on my second playthrough I played as a Human Mage who reminds me of Darth Bane. You can imagine that DA:O provides a ton of replayability and compels you to journey through Ferelden more than once with radically different outcomes.

I really loved the soundtrack. If not, it is my favourite soundtrack amongst all my games. Obviously next to Assassin's Creed 2's Renaissance Music. When I first completed the game and sat through the end credits ( I believe that people who sit through end credits are always rewarded ) ... they played this song " This is War" by 30 seconds to Mars. and I really thought of my virtual adventures through Fereldan and I loved the game so much more.

I gotta mention that their characters are so deep, I almost feel like I have a crush on one of the female companions. Yeah her name is Morrigan, ( a name often associated with crows ) who's this really dark, witch-like kind of companion who's also really beautiful. She made me really depressed when she left the party to save my life from the arch-demon. and it is difficult to get me depressed. of course we can all agree that were she a real woman, she'd be rejecting me by now. :)



Happy holidays fellow geeks/

Fury of the Black Pepper Chicken

You know that advestisement for the new Black Pepper KFC chicken ? biggest understatement of the century. They should name it the Black Chicken of Death and Diarrheoa. I have a rather moderate threshold for spicy stuff but this chicken ... This chicken spits on the threshold , performs a moonsault on my digestive system and proceeds to unleash his wrestling finisher on my bladder. ( Oh god the horror )

One of my motto's in life is "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Put simply, for every nice and awesome thing that happens, something equally shitty and bad is gonna happen. So technically, its rather positive when life seems like shit but becomes really negative when you like Life. So when you get diarrheoa from KFC, you can expect something good in return.

So... I would like to take back my insults of the New Moon movie. (Fans all over the world scream in ecstacy) No not, the Twilight series you fucked up fanatics, (screaming dies down) just the movie. Despite the incessent spoilers from Deepak on my left and the 4D earthquake special effects from Xiu Ming shaking his legs, I have to admit that I sorta enjoyed the movie.

I always thought that the actress who plays Bella had only one emotion. That is the drug-induced " I think I'm in a coma... " melancholic face.

As demonstrated (ohveryskillfully) in this picture.

In this movie she introduces 2 new emotions. The " OHNOES Edward's gonna twinkle in the sunlight" sign of desperation.

and the " I like to scream randomly while I sleep" emotion. so now thats one plus two, so ( grabs a calculator) ... she has a total of four emotions. *round of applause

Of course. you could partially attribute 50% of that pleasure to ruining the movie for others in the cinema. I remember the scene where Jacob takes off his T-shirt, for no apparent reason I presume, and I could distinctly hear the chicks behind us screaming. Then I, ( as a joke ) started to scream like a fangirl as well and soon enough all 6 of us were laughing like immature boys. Which we are. *executes a edward-hating star-wars fanboy chuckle.

Get your Twilight:New Moon DVD today ! . Terms and conditions apply. Immature boy sold seperately. :D

Nothing is true, everything is permitted

Alphadog and Oh-Oh-Omegalomaniac ( ah ah yeaaa ah ah )

I think the new skin is oh-so-cool. Just posting to celebrate the end of " Holiday homework: Phase 1 " , I have all my ace-learning worksheets, math worksheets and english homework done. I have yet to do my Physics , Chemistry and Geog. Which I will surely finish by the last week.

Quote of the Day by yours truly : " Planning makes a difference. and Twilight sucks. "

I hope the lion eats the fucking lamb

Yet another reason why Twilight is detrimental to your mental health.

http://entertainment.sg.msn.com/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3742291

Stephanie Meyer has changed the meaning of fanatism. In fact, she has created a new generation of fans who are bashing the shit out of the old fans. Now, people will be discussing who will win in a fight, a deranged Twilight fan or Wolverine.

You don't see us kidnapping Boba Fett or robbing shops for life sized statuettes of Darth Vader. Jeez... ( Although , really , you can't deny that a full scaled replica of Darth Vader would be AWESOME )

Since we're all in the mood for poking fun at the Twilight series. Here are some photos for your enjoyment.

http://tengossip.com/2009/11/04/nightlight-a-funny-twilight-parody/
This is an excerpt from a Twilight parody. Classic shit.

Most U.S Americans don't have maps

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Its Keyboard Cat! I love that song. Before that listen to the ridiculously dumb blonde chick.

My mother says I can't die

Good news. Gears of War the Movie has been confirmed! Hopefully we can get Batista to play Marcus Fenix, that would be frikkin sweeeet.





The ANIMAL :D


Hey feel free to spot the similarities.


Bad news, the director behind Twilight is slated to work on the movie. Please God, no locust spawn love scenes. No handsome shapshifting locust spawns who do not like to wear T-shirts. No teenage vegetarian locust spawns that sparkle like glitter glue when exposed to sunlight. Please oh please.


Good news again. The studio behind franchises with the likes of 300 and Die Hard is working on it as well. Hoorah!

Craig David - Insomnia

Hey what did you know, the self-proclaimed procrastinator finished 2 of his ace-learning papers in a record ... (adjusts blog post timing ) 3hrs ! and now I can't sleep for no apparent reason. Crap. Math homework must be the secret ingredient to coffee.

Feels like ... IN-SOM-NEEEE-AHHHH-AH-AH-AH.

"The Sith always betray one another, "

"but I'm sure you'll learn that soon enough" ~ Master Shaak Ti

You know when you start enjoying holiday life, think all you have for homework is that thin stack of A-math and physics worksheets and then you realize there is a shitload of homework that they store online? What's worse is when you're a shameless procrastinator. Right next to me is a pile of printed ace-learning homework I promised to do at 9pm. It's currently 2.14 in the morning. Its things like these that make you think, "Shit, Life's a real bitch"

But she's an AWESOME bitch at that. You know what else is awesome? Assassins Creed 2. Its one of those games that you play and you think, " Life's good". Hell yea, it rocks so much I decided to place it on Nic's stack of awesome games, next to the Master Chief and Batman. While people were playing mediocre games on Facebook, I was leaping into the air and plunging my hidden blades into to FACES of Templars and the Pope. ( Don't get me wrong, in this game the antagonist is a corrupted Pope who feels up young children )

My favourite part of the game was the story. It is just simply amazing. Enticing if you will. You can really tell that a lot of work was put into this. Lots of several conspiracy theories surrounding what really happens around us. Things like the origin of mankind. A New World Order ( commonly abbreviated as NWO ). The Apocalypse. and they fuse all these theories together so perfectly into a single video game. I spent the better part of the holidays researching all this theories cus I was so enticed by the story of this game. Books, articles and trusty Wikipedia. Oh and theres the gameplay and graphics which are also amazing and beautiful respectively but you can get a more detailed review at IGN. PS. The Italian Renaissance is a really beautiful period of time to live in. You even get to meet Leonardo Da Vinci ! Who's name I learnt was pronounced "Leh-oh-nar-do"

So there's the intellectual portion with the concept and the conspiracy theories and the hardcore assassinations with oh so much blood. And that's why I simply love this game. If you're a fan of conspiracy theories and looking for some action that will keep you at the edge of your seat at the same time, Assassin's Creed 2 is the game for you. :D

Oh dear, I hope he lands safely. Atop that guard and in the process driving his blade into the guard's face! :D

Wow I did not expect that to come off as a review. I was just blogging to drag time until I do my homework. More on popular culture.

Avatar's coming out. Deemed one of the coolest sci-fi movies by ... me. Lots and lots of hype surrounding this movie. And according to the many previews I've seen on http://www.ign.com/ , its hype well deserved. Just search James Cameron's Avatar on Google.

I Love My New Mass Effect 2 Wallpaper

Bioshock and why I don't like it to an extent

Never play Bioshock through the night. I felt like I could shit my heart out while playing the game. Twice.

There was a moment when I was just searching the storage locker for some Pistol Ammo, everything's cool. The sound of a leaking pipe emanates throughout the poorly-lit morgue. I turn around and GOOD LORD a damn splicer stands just some centimetres behind me. Just looking at me with those forlorn eyes. I struggle to climb back up to my chair. My middle finger is convulsing uncontrollably as I desperately attempt to use the mouse wheel to select my Shotgun. I was going to destroy this idiot for scaring the shit out of me. BAM! A shot straight through the chest as the Splicer flies in the opposite direction, landing a few metres from where the autopsy table stands. I try to calm my breathing and appreciate how this game can screw me just like that :)

That said, Bioshock is a lovely game. I really like the setting of everything. Imagine a vast underwater utopia. On the ocean floor of the Arctic Ocean. Now, imagine a disaster that breaks out in this underwater city, everything is destroyed. All that remains are debris, remains of once great civilisation. Throw in an Ex-Marine stranded in the middle of the ocean, who somehow finds his way into this hellhole filled with drug-induced zombies and you have Bioshock. This really isn't a review as it is a very detailed anecdote. Technically, if the information at IGN FAQs is realiable, I'm only 60% done with the game. and I can't wait for more of these fantastic, horribly traumatizing game experiences.

I'll probably do a review once I'm done.

Episodes From Liberty City

Its the Episodes From Liberty City! due to be released today on the 29th of Ocotober! It contains all Downloadable Content or DLC as cool people would call it, for Grand Theft Auto IV. That refers to " The Lost and Damned " , a series of events based on the turmoils of a Biker Gang Leader " Johnny Klebitz " . The second part of the DLC is " The Ballad Of Gay Tony ", a more adrenaline-filled, over-the-top adventure about Luiz Lopez, the assistant to nightclub tycoon Tony Prince, more commonly referred to as "Gay Tony", hence the title.


What I like about these two episodes, as Rockstar would call it, is that they are seamlessly interwoven into the main storyline of Grand Theft Auto IV. For example, a more obvious example was when the main protaganist Niko the Slavian Badass teamed with Johnny the Biker to collect some drugs from Gay Tony. Yet, who would have guessed that the mysterious enigma that foiled their plans, was Luiz himself. So I really love how Rockstar combines all these characters despite the generic difference in the game's themes.


So where's my legal of-age buddy when I need him ?


Ahem. Therefore I shall wait quietly and obediently to buy this controversial game, until I am of age 18, whereby I will be mature enough to understand the underlying concepts and dangers of drug abuse, profanities and meaningless violence. ....... :)

Time to Jump In

Being sick sucks as hell. I just feel horrible. It involves lots of staying in bed. Drug consumption. and I get migraines just playing 30 minutes of Bioshock. really really bad migraines. will be back to school tmr ( I hear a groan ). Also, I lose alot of weight when I'm sick. So much for those chicken cutlets huh ?

Onto more geeky and seemingly useless things to non-geeks, its the Xbox 360 Gaming Showdown Singapore! Thats right, its the gaming equivalent of the SGTCC '09 . And its for Xbox 360 owners ! Kiss my Spartan-armored ass you Sony fanboys. Its making its rounds around the Singapore Media, and its statistically proven that you probably dismissed it. Here are the details.

Venue: VivoCity, Western Court Area, Singapore

Time: 3pm-9pm (23 Oct Friday) , 12pm-9pm (24-25 Oct Sat and Sunday)

Games like Forza Motorsport 3, DJ Hero, Lips, NBA2k10 and Assassin's Creed 2 will all be featured and thats just a few of them. There will be challenges and you stand to win LG Surround sound systems and TV sets.

Visit the officials site at http://xboxsingapore.com/xgs/index.html for the complete Event schedule.

Well, one fanboy is sure to be there. ;)

Welcome to the Madhouse.

So... the exams just ended ... the internet is down ... Life Sucks huh ? No! Not when ... you have 3 new awesome games to play!

Say hello to the greatest comic book game in the history of video gaming. I intended to buy this early on, but then PS3 announced that they had a bonus gameplay for PS3 players so I really kinda shunned away from this game for fear of comparisons. However, it got 9.3 stars upon 10 in IGN the week it came out , so thats when I really decided that I HAD to get this game.

And I have to say, it really does live up to its name. The game starts in the Batmobile with the Caped Crusader personally driving the Joker back the Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane. Basically, Arkham Asylum is where they send all the unstable Batman villians in DC comics. e.g. Joker , Scarecrow... In a (not so) surprising turn of events, the Joker escapes and releases all the inmates of Arkham Asylum free , leaving the Dark Knight to clean up his mess. From there, you're off on an adventure that ranks right below The Dark Knight movie in terms of awesome Batman experiences.

In terms of gameplay its just really enjoyable. Personally, my favourite aspect was the hand-to-hand beat them up combat. Really really slick moves. and the way the controller vibrates in your hands it just feels like you are really kicking the living shit out of these guys! You kinda feel "empowered" as you strike, reverse and takedown your enemies, unleashing Bruce Wayne's fury onto the world.

Another part of gameplay is the " Stealth " sections. This is where you get the drop on a roomful of bad guys who are patrolling. These sections are cool because they forced me to play like Batman and not some random action game character.

I'd shoot up to a gargoyle, kick on detective mode to see how many enemies I was up against, and then start picking them off one by one. If there was just one dude with a gun in the group, I'd glide in to take him out and then move to the other baddies. If there was more than one gunman, I'd stick to the shadows so as not to get my brains blown against the wall.

There's a lot of freedom on how you want to engage these bad guys, and it's one of the best parts of the game. You could wait for a guy to be alone and then glide kick in and perform a ground takedown, but you've got access to Batman's entire utility belt if you want. Once everything's unlocked, you can use explosive gel to blow out walls and knock guys out, you can through Sonic Batarangs that'll then explode, you can pull people over railings with the grappling hook, and you smash through windows to take guys out.

Voice acting is superb. Did you know that the guy that voices the Joker is Mark Hamill? YES , THE LUKE SKYWALKER! Saw him doing it on Youtube and its just really amazing. The laughter and all. Arleen Sorkin sounds terrific as the Harley Quinn. Everything is just spot-on and the soundtrack really reinforces the dark setting of Arkham Asylum.

Graphics look really great. This is what Batman's world feels like. It's dark and gritty. You'll feel Batman's frustration and the terror of hostages. The game also looks great in motion. Batman's damage detail by the end of the game is a nice touch.

Batman: Arkham Asylum is the greatest comic book videogame of all time. This is a Dark Knight story that is well-told, packs some truly fun gameplay elements, has topnotch voice talent, and feels like it's part of Batman canon. Aside from Deadpool, Batman has become my favorite comic book character. :)

You were born in the zoo ...

Thats right, Happy (very ) Belated Birthday to myself. and thank you very much to all those who wished me ... happy birthday. Birthday celebration was really just a gathering of relatives ... playing some old-school Halo with cousins. Decimation of cousins.

( ROFL ... this guy named " Fuck you " just signed in on MSN. Really sweet huh? Its like your Windows Live Messenger is pointing the middle finger at you. )

Anyway... I got a Calvin Klein wallet from my uncle and family, which was one of my favourites. My mum got me an Adidas bag. My sister got me this chest workout thingy, (you bend it here and there). My dad bought a SW Xbox360 Game. and I really like it all. So its an enjoyable birthday for Nic this year. :)



That's a photo of the birthday cards my little cousins drew for me. Apparently they stayed up till midnight crayon-ing these cards for me. A4 size paper crayon-ed fully on both sides. I was just really touched :)

and since I have nothing much to do, lets do some game reviews.

Relax ( Relax ) , Take It Easy

Hey, Just felt like relaxing today after (a few) days of hardcore mugging. And the English and Geography exams passed pretty well. Unless in English, "well" means "oh-crap-I-forgot-one-paragraph!" But Geography was indeed decent.

Anyone did Q1 and 3 ? And only knew 5 of the points for the Q1 Level Descriptor? Anyone ?

Some really intense basketball from 1pm to 5pm after that. Nah, it was really kinda relaxed. Just practiced for some 57-pointers here and there. Couple of lousy matches. Went home had early dinner and took a nap slept till 10am this morning.

Then when I had nothing else left to do, I had this wonderful idea of looking up my old blog on Multiply. Kinda like reading an old diary. Except with a background of "Smiling Pasta" , the brilliant Taiwan drama from 2006. Yes, I was once into Taiwan and Korean dramas.

Apparently I used to be addicted to the computer! Yeah, and I would hate my parents from time to time for scolding me. A lot of it details my journey and development as a buddy sci-fi geek e.g. reading sci-fi novels, watching re-runs of Star War... watching more re-runs of Star Wars.

Side note: I had the horrible-lest English back then. Its so ridiculous that I had a post called " Please Cum in maii house! " It kept referring to some guy called "mie".

Yet, at the same time, I realized that I was very happy. I kept saying that I would laugh until I cried. Particularly during Sec 1. When I was still playing catching with Justin, Xiu Ming, Shing Yi and Zhi Xiang. And we were laughing all the time in NCC. And I was still passing my Chinese. Truthfully, I'm hardly ever this happy nowadays. I can't even remember of the last time that I " laughed until I cry man" . I'm not sure whether its the stress or the hormones but somehow I wish that I could have stayed in that period of happiness for a little longer. Just a little longer.

5 things I hate about Season 3 of Singapore Idol

1)Farhan " Pretty Boy" Shah is very unfortunately still in the competition. The guy can't sing. Seriously. I can drink a bowl of alphabets, fart out a string of words and it will still sound better than him. dear lord he attempted a falsetto and whatever that is that came out sounded like one of those cats being raped or something. Hahaha , its kinda like me and jerome singing "creep". Together.

2)The people who vote and support him. I have this very strong dislike for people ( particularly adolescent girls ) who just vote blindly for these kind of contestants. People like farhan feed off these young girls' obsessions with their idols. They have absolutely NO sense of talent and somehow derive gratification from voting for their guy even though they know that he can't sing for shit. And think about the amount of money they must waste on him. They could pay their parent's medical bills after hearing him sing with that money.

3)Instead of the Pretty Boy being eliminated, one of my favourites Syltra Lee was out. That really really pissed me off. I thought she was so impressive at the Piano Show! You can check out her Piano Show performance here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE-nbHDdQB4. And judge for yourself whether or not she deserves to be out.

4)Fathin Amira. I think she's like a female version of Frodo Baggins. If Frodo ever participated in Hobbit Idol.

5) There are no " Rock " contestants. A lot of pop and jazz ... but ... NO ROCK. I remember Season 1 had sylvester. and Season 2 had Jonathan and Paul Twohill. And season 3 has ...
So. fingers crossed in hoping to hear someone sing "Sweet Child Of Mine".

That said, I really do appreciate the rest of the contestants. I think Charles Wong rocks with his rendition of Flo Rida's "Low". Sylvia Ratonel is really hot. So is Tabitha Nauser. I think Faizal has got really cool moves and the voice to boot. More importantly he chooses the right songs because both songs he sang are 2 of my favourite songs. I really enjoyed Duane Ho's Pokerface rendition, even better than the original I would say. He makes me like Lady Gaga.

Happy Mugging! I have been doing so for the past 4 hours.

P.S. I'm expecting death threats from farhan's fans anytime now.

Gaming

Hahaha I think this commercial or spoof , however low-budget it was, really epitomizes my beliefs. namely my dislike for Twilight whores ( " I belong to Team Edward! " then *screams randomly) and secondly my absolute love for all things gaming. Enjoy.

Btw ... 0.36 to 0.41 ... PRICELESS

Suit up

Today ... we celebrate life as well as death. We celebrate victories. Actually , just my victories. Today, on the 22nd of september , a new era of gaming was born. Today, we celebrate the release of ...

Halo 3 : ODST

The Ballad of Gay Tony

I was reading an article on the second and latest GTA IV Downloadable content : The Ballad of Gay Tony, on www.IGN.com. and they mentioned remote explosives, train-jacking, parachutes and rocket launcher-shotgun fusions.

Oh and one more thing . There's gonna be a tank.

For 5 whole minutes, I could not wipe that damned smile of my face. I'm such a GTA whore.

Nice try

I warned you


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The Moment of Truth

I just wanted to say how much I enjoy Singapore Idol and how it plays with people's feelings so well. I remember how one of the girls thought she was gonna be accepted into the final 12 and she had this big grin on her face. Then Gurmit asks one of the lousy contestants to stand up next to her and all of a sudden her face is so damn grim. LOL. that was classic.

There seems to be quite a lot of homework this holiday. Comparable to the June Holidays. But at least we had 4 times the amount of time to complete them and half the number of holiday lessons and tuition. In fact I still have my Social Studies/Geography Practice Paper/Higher Chinese/Physics and Chem left to complete. Basically 1/2 of the total homework. I'm really starting to hate this thing called Stress and Pressure.

and NO ONE can own me in Halo. I repeat . NO ONE . so don't bother tagging about the contrary because I've recently activated a application on my tagbaord. Its called ... Nicholas-is-the-Master-Cheif-without-his-helmet app.

(Stop reading my blog. Do your homework man)

So this is what a dream feels like

I feel so Synester-esque today. My guitar teacher taught us the guitar solo to Hysteria ... which was an interesting experience. There was a girl in the class who broke down. It went something like this ,

Guitar Teacher : " Hey you okay ? "

Ms I-look-like-I-slash-myself-constantly : " Its soo hard ! ... "

and I was beside her (XingZaiLeHuo)-ing because I nearly perfected it. Hell, the fact that I just used a Chinese proverb is a real testament to how proud I am of myself today.

In other news, I feel like I'm procrastinating more and more. Not to the extent that my L1R5 will drop to like 44. In fact I got one quarter of that. But in the sense that when I tell myself to finish my D23, I'm actually off annihilating the human race in GTA 4. With the holidays approaching I do not know what to expect. But I'm pretty assured that I won't die very horribly. Like a terrified Jie Kang in Halo 3.

Thankfully, they don't call me the Discipline Head for nothing. A small excerpt from my experiences as a Discipline Head.

*guy struggling to don his beret -> Discipline Head walks by.

DH : " 3, 2, 1 ... Adjustments Cut! ... You. Knock it down. Can you speed up next time? Adjustment cut means no movement already. Carry on 10."

Poor Guy :" One Seargent. Two Seargent. Three Seargent"

DH : "I can't hear you at all. Start from negative 1. "

Poor Guy : " Negative 1. negative 2 .. "

ROFL. Anyway it seemed hilarious to us Specialists at that time.

Its 12 ! That means its the 6th of September and also the birthday of my all time best friend Choong Xiu Ming.

Hey man. a very big Happy Birthday to you. I have never known a friend as joyous and friendly as you for the past 15 years. Sometimes you bring back happiness into our lives when no one else can. Though I know you may feel troubled by love and infatuation sometimes, I hopethat you will find happiness in your life someday. Perharps in some secluded corner of Macdonalds? So therefore ... to a fellow FANBOY ... the person who has a slight chance of winning me in Halo ... and forever my good friend , Happy Birthday Xiu Ming :)