Virgo

So much to write about, and so little time. I've been pretty busy lately. It's holidays and I've been playing quite a lot, getting myself broke (AND GOT SMASHT ONCE) these couple weeks. It sucks to feel poor, and I haven't even done my shopping and grabbed a PSP Slim&Lite yet.

I'm a little addicted to PSP and MHF2 (Monster Hunter Freedom 2) lately. It entertains my long bus journeys though. I'd even stay at home just to lie down for some epic monster slaying and outfit myself with some sexy armor. You see, in MH your gear feels like it came right out of MU Online but without the BLING.

Tonight I logged on to WoW for the first time in a couple of weeks. It was a little depressing. I felt just like years ago when I've quit WoW the first time for 6 months - knowing all my achievements would just fade with time as the endless MMO progresses on while they introduce new content. And while I'm deciding if I should return to play arenas or quit for good, I tried to fetch a quote on my sexy account from an account buying/selling website.

Chat InformationPlease wait for a site operator to respond.
Chat InformationAll operators are currently assisting others. Thanks for your patience. An operator will be with you shortly.
Chat InformationYou are now chatting with 'Hayden'
Lee: hi
Lee: I wish to get a quote on my account.
Lee: 94829
Hayden: We rejected your account, please provide the correct informations

(Because the gear is so amazing they think I was just pulling a fake)

Lee: Those are the correct details.
Hayden: So you may re-submit the form, please
Lee: Why are my information incorrect?
Hayden: You may just re-submit the form truthfully
Lee: It is the true information.
Lee: Which information is not true? Those are the details of my account
Hayden: i see, please re-submit the form and the quote will be given in shortly
Lee: k
Lee: submit a new form u mean?
Hayden: Yes, please
Lee: ok
Lee: 94837
Lee: resubmitted.
Hayden: One moment please.
Lee: l
Lee: k
Hayden: Sorry, we are not interested in your account
Lee: why?
Hayden: Due to our company polciy, sorry for that
Lee: Which policy is that?
Hayden: sorry, we do not accpet your account at this moment, you can re-submit the form later

It's hard to even sell an account. Theres another site that allows us to put it up for bid. I can prolly net a few K USD at best. It's hard to let go of this achievement. I need awhile to decide.

Anyway there's too much to write. I'll keep this one short until after my two chalets. Just 6 more days and I can get some rest! This holiday month is pretty damn active. When I return I'ma right a long article about my perspective of PSP vs. DS. Stay tuned.. I GueSs?! ┐(´ー｀)┌

P.S. I've never actually blogged on a friend's birthday - but for the first (OMFG FIRST!!) time I'll give a shout-out to our dear birthday girl!

Happy Birthday Valerie!

平时不用功， 临时抱佛脚 !

你或许以在想是否来错了布鲁克。没有啦， 打英文变无聊了， 换换口味罢了。

我可不完全是 "红毛派" 哦。 其实在布鲁克写过中文。 还记得巴士上的小弟吗?

这几天可是我的 "中文日" 哦。身为台湾人，我还真是满配不上呢。从小就喜欢讲英文， 去美国学校读了一口流利的英文，对中文一点丝毫的兴趣都没有。但虽然如此，我的华文成绩一向都不错。我想应该是因为身长在国语环境的关系吧。老实说， 中文的确是满有趣的。 可惜需要死背字。

写作， 写作。 其实我天生喜欢写写文章 - 却被个 " 懒惰 " 的个性给辜负了。我这种个性， 一拿起笔(说 "键盘" 应该比较实际一点 :P) 就想写出一篇好文章， 但如果懒得把它拿起来，可能几年连一个字也写不出来。正让我想起当年中一的时候。。。 被老师逼着去参加学校作文比赛还得了冠军， 不知到应该高兴还是觉得糗。 参加华文作文比赛。。 我的天啊。(OMFG!)

还有啊 - 我最讨厌新加坡的国语。这可说是我不常跟朋友讲华语的原因吧。大家不太听得懂我那 "怪怪的" 台湾标准国语。 除了和家人讲华语， 很少说啦。变得越来越菜了， 所以我才来练习练习。

一想到国语，就想到台湾。好久没回去了。见见家人，好好地休息一下。最重要的就是到处去吃东西还有购物啊!! 西门丁。。 去过一定舍不得离开。

阿， 让我转移话题一下。。相信大家一定同意:
中文实在是没有爆发力。 不管怎么骂人还是听起来像在开玩笑。 他妈的王八蛋! 你看 -_-。 至少英文可以全部大写。 (FUCK YOUR MUM)

华语也可以。。。 用来讲冷笑话!

小明一向数学很差， 但老师却说他数一数二。 为什么?
应为他数一，数二， 数到三就不会了! :D

................................................................................
................................................................................
............................................................................ -_-

随着中文日的来临，我倒是听了满多MPOP的。周杰伦的新歌也不错， 但我觉得没有一种。。 突破感? 好像不太会让你有深刻的印象。 听说那部电影不错，可是每个人的讲评都不一样。自己看了就知道。

好啦，本来想用中文写一些魔兽世界 (world of warcraft expansion lol) 的东西，读来笑一笑， 但没时间了啦，肚子饿了。那就改天吧!

中国农夫万岁!!1!11111

(老实问。。 到底 "noob" 的中文版本是什么啊?!)

Sims. LOL!

Hi! No moar filler posts!

It's been a couple of hectic weeks. I've far exceeded my personal 'work quota' and its pretty tiring. Projects and assignments are mostly over, so I can now take some self-proclaimed off-weeks from classes before the exams commence.

A little rant on life - it's kinda like Sims 2. Okay it must sound wierd why I said life was LIKE The Sims 2 when the game itself is meant to be a sandbox of life. Will Wright has designed a game so frighteningly like 'life' itself it gives us an enlightening perspective of reality. After all, it's always a clearer view from up there, looking down on ourselves going about our daily business.

Time is ultimately the main factor. Living in this busty and modern environment, we barely have enough hours a day. Sleep, food, play, socialize, work and everything else. Any Sims 2 player who've played the game for awhile would tell you the hardest part of the game is being able to do everything in such an accelerated game-time. Sure we could reach the top of our career, fall in love with a hundred sims and max every single skill without cheating. We could fill up every single need of our Sim. But there wouldn't be enough time for everything else.

It's a true and the most complete simulation of life itself. How one plays it probably determines what they truely want in life unless they just wanna screw around with some sims. It's a display of their 'perfect' life. If given divine control of myself in real life, would I command my character to develop himself into some ultra over-achieving, extremely popular and talented genius with a bunch of real-estate and business buildings? Yes I would.

It is kinda late to blog about a considerably old game. How much have I played The Sims? I hate to admit it, but come to think of it I've been quite a fan. I've played every expansion up to Unleashed in the first Sims and followed up by playing Sims 2. I've stopped playing a couple of times but always having this sudden itch to install and play it over again. The last time I've played was with all the expansions until Seasons.

Theres a trend in the way I play Sims. First I'll always RP and like create some friends, girls and family, but I'll just play myself. Then, I'll take a couple months living in deep solitude in some kinda cheap house to train up my skills like some kinda uberdork and reach the top of my career making minimal friends. After I'm 'all perfect', I'll start to build amazing dream mansions to enjoy the building part (the best part imo) of the game while building up relations and lovers. Finally, after everything is set and I'm already some kinda demi-god, I'll marry one of my 99123913 lovers and start a family.

At least that's what I intend to do - but I always stop playing and got bored right before the marriage part. Oh boy is marriage scary even in some game.

Next up: World of Warcraft 2nd expansion revealed - Wrath of the Lich King, life with a PSP!

Meez.com

This fun site where you design animated avatars.

Choose from like, heaps of clothes, hair, animations and backgrounds.

Lets see, everyone's Meez are like jamming on the guitar and dancing, so I came up with something retarded..

The Female Element

.. QFT.

Isaac Singing

Isaac singing "Aerosmith - I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" at KBOX.

Taxi fare to CCK - $8
KLunch - $13
Isaac's singing expression - Priceless.

(Of course, I got caught singing but I'm not gonna link vids obviously!)

Initial D Arcade Stage 4

It's been quite a busy week. In my driving fever I've re-watched Initial D Fourth Stage (anime). And being the arcade camper that I am, I've decided to try the new Initial D Arcade Stage 4.

It shall become the most expensive hobby I'll ever have.

Arcades are extremely expensive. Sure, if you camp there to challenge people on fighting games its cheap, but if you play the large machines it's gonna cost a bomb. Initial D Arcade Stage 4, like all the previous stages, gives you a "license" to start out with. It saves your game progress and car(s). In this version we get a new hard card with our character portrait that can be customized EVENTUALLY after playing heaps of games. Our portrait on the card changes to reflect the customization too. The game mechanics has changed quite a bit - in previous versions it's purely grip driving and it's quite impossible to drift. Now it's all about drifting and yet feels more realistic. We also get new cars such as my dream Evo9.

The addictive nature of this comes from the element of progression, in upgrading your car, customizing your character, clearing the story mode and fighting for the fastest timing. Yes, it's all linked up online so the fastest timings are all ranked. It's typically $3 for one play and $2 for each consecutive 'continue'. A new license costs $5 and it all adds up to an easy $40 per day if we just camp there for a couple hours.

Initial D's official english website has lots of details including cars, story mode characters, courses and stuff.

Coming back to IRL driving, I've progressed faster than I wished, having completed all but 4 practice sessions long before my test on 28/Sept. This means I have about 3 months to take 4 lessons, so I can just do it at my own leisure when I feel like driving. A couple days ago I just went for my last boring auto car lesson. Manual learners need to take a compulsory two auto car lessons. It's just so easy, I don't understand why anyone would need to learn it at all. It's like playing Daytona - any kid can just pick up an auto car and drive it.

WoW: Arena Season 2, Gladiator Zyphyris.

This post is long due, but it can't be blamed seeing my two 'Stars' posts has received 100+ hits in like 2 days.

So, two weeks ago the Arena Season 1 has ended. I've received my eminent rank of Gladiator and the impressive arena reward, Swift Nether Drake.

Currently, I'm quite at the peak of my WoW experience, being #1 Ranked in 3v3 and #25 2v2 across the battlegroup after the first week. It's nice to sit at the top, above over 12000 other teams in each ladder, even if it's just for awhile.


As for the new Merciless Gladiator Set, let's take a look at its upgrades over season 1's Gladiator Set (and a completely pointless downgrade).

Piece	Price	Agi	Stam	Crit	Res	AP	AEP
Helm	1875	3	5	4	2	8	18
Chest	1875	4	7	1	2	10	19
Pants	1875	5	6	2	4	0	17
Shoulder	1500	3	6	(8)!!	2	6	6
Gloves	1125	4	6	2	1	4	15

As you can see the armor upgrades are very small, what you should aim for is getting the set bonuses asap. 35 res itself is as good an upgrade as two pieces added together. The gloves are obviously the biggest upgrade comparative to it's low arena point cost, as shown in the above table. Unless you can afford the 1875 pieces, just grab the Shoulders as your 2nd piece if you can although its a pathetic upgrade due to having 8 less crit rating than the S1 piece. So the developers decided rogues are doing too much dps and just had to nerf something. Nothing new here.

Anyway, I'm intending to focus on my 2v2 and 3v3 ladders. I can't help but feel like I'm pulling the team down with my class in a 5v5 setting. Personally I prefer 2s/3s too, since it's much more entertaining to play.

P.S. Rest in Peace, Chris Benoit.