Showing posts with label Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Games. Show all posts

DOTA 2 / Cold stone creamery

Saturday, June 2, 2012
Secret War Journal[2 June 2012]
It has been a long time since I last posted huh?

I just realised I forgot to post about DOTA 2. Oops? :P

Yep, so I recently started to play DOTA 2


Today was actually my second time playing this game and we tried out the AI for the game. :)

Initial thoughts:
There was indeed many graphical improvements, as they say. The models now look more polished. However, some heroes look significantly different from their original appearance, some better, some look weird now.

Mechanics wise, they are largely similar to its predecessor. They are some changes to the way damage are calculated and how attack modifiers work.

Gameplay had been slightly modified too. I would say the gaming experience is now much more enjoyable and dynamic. Buying items and recipe in DOTA 2 is a breeze while it is now easier to conduct team battles and organise ambushes.

After the gaming session, the whole lot of us (Johnston, Keller, Qi Xiang and I) headed to Somerset for some ice cream!



 I had Chocolate devotion which was awesome!

Though qi xiang commented that the taste was too strong, (he had strawberry), I like chocolate so it really nice to me! :)

"Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time." - Steven Wright

Sakae Sushi Teppanyaki

Saturday, April 7, 2012
Secret War Journal[7 April 2012]


Had a wonderful dinner at Sakae Sushi Teppanyaki after LAN with Marcus, Johnston and Trevor before going for arcade! :)

All in a week's work.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Secret War Journal[6 December 2011]
Ah, it had been such a long time since I last posted. Some would had thought this Journal was discarded while I moved on to some other places.

Well, readers, you would be glad to know that this Journal is still being maintained and well. :)


I apologise for the lack of update for the past few days since the end of A levels but I was sorta busy finishing all my unfininshed drafts. I'm happy to say I had published them all though some entries I had to cut real short due to time constraints. (An increasing number of people had been complaining that this Journal was getting forgotten so I had to rush, no? :)

Alright! Ladies and Gentlemen, back to the intent of this post! =)

This marks the beginning of my busy weeks for my Post-A Levels vacation. First up, I went to Johnston's house today! :)

Unlike the past few visits to his house, I was noticeably later than usual. This was mainly due to me sleeping late last night and not being able to sleep well. (Yes, I also believe I should not had done so.)

Nevertheless, I played quite a large number of games today! :)

Upon reaching their house, we played monopoly since Emelia had been dying to play with us since the end of our major examinations.

Long story short, Johnston pwned all of us by being the only player who owned a complete set. Hahas!
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We also played a few rounds of Cluedo!
I reckon today was the closest to the official rules I had ever played for Cluedo. One day I would play to the official rules, it would be really fun, not to mention more challenging. :)
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We also played Monopoly Deal!

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And finally, we finished the whole of Halo 3 Campaign! At last, I am updated with the Halo Lore. Hahas!



As a whole, I had a lot of fun at their house. =D

Green Lantern, sadists, and Munchkin

Saturday, June 18, 2011
Secret War Journal[18 June 2011][Long Post][Photo-Heavy]

Belated Birthday Celebration
Wohoo! Another morning, my parents ain't back from overseas yet.

Johnston, Keller, Qi Xiang, and Marcus have organised a birthday celebration for me. Actually, they intended to have it yesterday but I already agreed to go out with Christopher and gang to celebrate birthday. Hahas!

I guess we can't have everything squeezed into a day unless I decided to not sleep at all. Hahas.

Before that, I would like to say I'm really grateful for Cynthia, Pei Shi, Laura, and Debbie for planning to bake a cake. Hahas. Thanks for your thoughts. ^^

Alright, before I go completely off tangent, I was a bit late for today's outing actually because I was doing house chores before I could leave with ease. (you know, parents complaining the shit out of me when the house is anywhere but perfectly clean....)

Nevertheless, I met up with Johnston first at Daiso, Plaza Singapura. He was buying some textiles for Emelia because Emelia wanted some as decorations for her scrapbook (if I recall). The textiles there are really a challenging area, me not knowing what to do with them. Hahas!

Heading towards where the rest were, I had a hard time locating them because they were dining at a place where we seldom go in this shopping mall. Half-embarrassed myself for spending around 5 minutes looking around like an idiot because I ignored the possibility of them being there. Here's a lesson to learn. :)
StalkerNet

Of course, there's a reason why we're all meeting up at Secret Recipe.
Surprise
There was a cake!

Surprise!
My surprised face. XD

Photobucket

Slice the cake into half!
This is where we all got sadistic and tried to 'torture' the cake. The above picture is me trying to 'slice' the cake with my bare hands!

Cake!
Close-up shots of the cake they bought for me!


Cake!

Cake!
Caught admiring the cake, oops? :p


Initiate Kill
Going in for the kill!

Die Cake!
Excalibur!!!


Die Cake!
Widening the wounds of the cake!


Kill the Cake!
Look at my evil smile! O.o


Torture the cake!
A fellow sadist. With added sound effects.


Torture the Cake!
His trophy!

Really appreciated the cake and allocating one day just for me. I'm really glad you all meet and organised it. Special thanks to Johnston. :)

Hahas, the cake was sweet. :P
You people gave me a hard time thinking of a wish! :O Hahas!

Green Lantern: The Movie

Shortly after the clean-up of the corpse of the banana filled chocolate cake, we adjourned to the cinema above for a film of Green Lantern: The Movie.

I would say, this is a movie meant for hardcore Green Lantern Fans. Hahas!

Why do I say that? The climax was rather short. Worse, I thought that was a lead-in all along. Ah! Imagine how disappointed I was when one of the character did not become villain as I thought it would (according to the comics)

Oh well, not much cool effects. Average plot, not much action though.

Hahas, it's hard for a movie to satisfy me huh? :p

Fort Canning Park
After the movie, we went hunting for a place to sit down to do something.

From Plaza Singapura we exited and headed towards the Fort Canning Park for a desolated sitting area.

Well..... we couldn't find one but that doesn't mean we didn't have fun in the process. XD
Get me out!
We're stuck in the Fort! Noooooo!

~Qi Xiang teleporting away or trying to get out of here.


Get me out!
Guys! Don't leave me behind!



Mediate
Think Gongfu Panda.


Mediate
The Three Wise Men


Mediate

Mediate

Dragon!
No Kellers were harmed in the process of developing this picture.
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This warrant a section of its own! Keller planking!

Planking

Planking

Planking

Planking


Munchkins
If you're wondering why we were looking for a place with tables and chairs, it's time for me to reveal (while I open my birthday present!)

Munchkin
Presenting the birthday present (left), an expansion set to Munchkin!

Munchkin is a boardgame that adapts a RPG style that is rather fast-paced.

So yep, we decided to go to SMU study benches to play our boardgames. :)


Muchnkin-eers
The Munckin gang!


Munchkin-eers
With the board games!
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Once again, I would like to thank you guys for buying this wonderful present! I had a lot of fun today! Thank you!

Dinner @ Clarke Quay
Thought that's the end? No way! Hahas! After playing Munchkins, we headed down to Clarke Quay to treat ourselves to fine cuisine. Ah, it's been such a long time. I think it's the first time we all went together to eat there. :)

Ordering the dishes was very fun. We accidentally end up in a Sichuan Restuarant (which is known for their spicy recipes) and half of us can't take spicy.

Thus, we ended up ordering non-spicy dishes in that restaurant which was very queer by itself, and earned stares from the staff. Hahas, there was this point of time where the waiters were staring at us, looking worried. So funny. :P

I guess, we must had been the strangest customers ever and freaked the heck out of them. The boss even came over to make sure everything was all right. Hahas!

The Fish ultimately became our main dish. We had a relatively long debate whether to include a fish into our course meal as we didn't want to over-spend but it turned out to be a good decision as it really filled our stomachs. :)

To end it off, we're treated to fireworks! Enjoy!

Rivieria: The Promised Land

Sunday, October 24, 2010
Secret War Journal[24 October 2010]
Before I begin, let's sidetrack abit.This week can be described in one word, PW. Life's a misery right now. I can't wait for OP to be over and forget such a subject actually exist. Seriously.

Anyway, I got bored and made a pun from a physics formula. ^^

Ok, to get some part of life back before school totally rob them all. I started playing a GBA game(I know it's old but it's fun!) called Riviera: The Promised Land

It's a RPG game similar to Final Fantasy. What attracted me to the game is the 'Overdrive' combat system. :)

You play as Ein, the Grim Angel which is the male in the picture. You will try to save the world with the help of your friends. (Note, I cut the storyline by a lot so if it sounds boring, it's not!)

I like Fia, the green hair girl in the picture. But you know what's the sad thing. My GBA never show the special Fia ending! Ahhhhh! Why are they so evil to me!

Supposedly, you get the special ending when she's the closest to you among your friends. I know Fia is in my game because when you fight the final boss, he will kill the girl closest to you. So why didn't I get the special ending?! Ahhh!! (Sorry, I'm just crazily wondering why my efforts was rewarded. LOL)

I went to youtube to look for the video since I didn't get it. *Grumble*

I realise after the video that the Fia ending was one of the hardest to get. But Fia was the closest to Ein! Why! T.T

In the video above, Ein stay behind with Fia in the village and live happily ever after. My GBA ending shown to me was that Ein returned to Asgard. Nooo! Totally different! T.T
The closest to the video would be Fia blushing when talking about Ein. Ahhhh, wasted. XD

Nevermind, I thrashed the final boss in three rounds. Mwuhaha, half-lived him in the first turn. That's for Fia! ROFL.
Wonder why my friend couldn't even defeat the third final boss then, he kept re-trying while I won that guy at the first try. ^^

The game is weird in the sense that I can't tell whether the character is a male or female. I thought Ledah, another grim angel was a female when he's a male. =.=

Then malice looked like a male but she's a female. What the...

Finally, the final boss is even worse, it's a male and a female merged together so I have not idea what gender it is. It has a male voice but have long hair so what gender is it?! *Going crazy*

Ok, before you people say Leroy is crazy, I better end off this post.

What if I'm crazy?
You're wrong.
I'm not crazy? ^^
You're wrong about the 'if' part.
=.=|||

Mindcafe@Funan

Sunday, February 7, 2010
Secret War Journal[27 January 2009]
Alright, I'm like three post behind, can you believe that? Yes.

This is going to be a rather short post. Bear with me. :p

Details Details
This outing was really planned out of the blue and in a kinda short time but it was successful because there was only 4 people coming which made planning and coordination much easier for us. :)

Deciding on s Mindcafe Branch took the longest, I think.

We finally decided on the their very new branch, the Funan IT Mall!
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I think at this rate, I can be considered their big fans because I had almost visited every single one of their branches around singapore. :D

Branches I had visited before coming for the Funan Branch:
  1. Boat Quay
  2. SAFRA Tampines
After visiting The Mindcafe@Funan, the only branch I had not visited would be the one at Prinsep Street which I have no idea where is it. :p

Call myself a Singaporean. Hahas.
Keller and I first before finally meeting up at Funan since it is along the way.

The agreed timing to meet was to reach the Mall at 12 noon. Meanwhile, Johnston and Darian would be meeting there at 11:45 while Keller and I would be meeting at Compass Point at 11:15.

At 10+, Keller and I were still using computer and I was like nagging him to leave his house since he is farther away from Compass Point than me.

He claimed that the shuttle bus is rather fast so he could definitely make it. (that I have no comments) But! He missed the shuttle bus so he had to run to the nearest MRT Station and rush to Compass Point. (That I have lots of comments. LOL!)

Opportunity Cost
Opps? I had been reading up on Economics (since School already started here on the other side...)

On that same day, Class 4D was going to Yi Cheng's House to  have a Steamboat Lunch. Cool! But I'm not going, hahas.

Before you say I don't attend Class Outings, I did. In fact I just attended one a few days ago before this Steamboat Lunch Outing(which reminds me that I forgot to post about that...which means I'm going to post this first before posting this. ;)

The class was meeting together at Compass Point at 12 noon, so I was there 45 minutes earlier for a totally different reason. Opps? Heehee.

When I reach there that day, no one from Class 4D came yet, tsk tsk. Hahas! Joking!

(Anyway, I might want to run for my life now since the class may come after me since I did not attend the outing. :p Then again, maybe not. :p)

Lunch with Macs
Did I mention my current favourite choice of food for MacDonald's is McSpicy?

Maybe not. :)

 I remember in my early days, I like the Fishburger, then came the Double CheeseBurger(I hate the pickles)

Then I tried McChicken until I found out the addictive taste of McSpicy. :p

Did I mention most of my favourite food are chicken-related? XD

Mmm! Anyway...back to the story, I accidentally took a lot of tissue from the counter because the chicken thigh slipped out from my burger. (Obviously trying to escape from my mouth. Hahas!)

The Games we played
Okay, we went to walk around, wasting time until the hour hand strikes 2 when the games finally begins!

Keller was complaining that the Mindcafe branch there do not have Settlers of Catan. Hahas!

We tried a new game, as always.

This time is a game similar to D&D, called MUNCHKIN.

Johnston won 2 rounds, Keller won 1 round.

Darian and I tie, at 0 wins. (LOL!)

Thanks a bunch to the three who ganged up against me. Hahas.

It's fun when you pit your wits against everybody. Large potential for success and large potential for failure. It makes the feeling of accomplishment all the more great and rewarding.
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The next game we played was something like a hiking/trekking game to collect artefacts. I'm not exactly sure how to explain the gameplay here nor remember the game name. :p

But it was rather fast-paced and fun.
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Went home after 5pm when the gaming ends.

Acknowledgements:
Photos: http://www.themindcafe.com.sg/ ; McDonald's ; Munchkin Picture

4D Outing [Tooth Fairy]

Secret War Journal[25 January 2009][Long Post]
Didn't realise I had not posted about this until I was writing on my next post. :p
Of course, not doing anything injustice to Class 4D, I stopped writing that post and started on this. :)

See? Clap for me! Hee!

Meet up!
The agreed timing was 12 noon at Compass Point and the organiser, Ying Ying, told us to eat lunch.

Personally, I wish to say "WTH?" because what's lunch before 12? Hahas.

You know what's the cute thing? Ying Ying was late. Zzz. :p
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Anyway, I went to Compass Point early that day to visit the library and borrow some books(will write a review of the books here when I have the time in the future. XD)

Finding the books took a bit too quickly than planned so I stayed in the library for a while, reading books before leaving to head for lunch.

Met up with Cynthia but turns out that she was at the Library. Ironic that I just left Library like 3 minutes ago?

Anyway, went for lunch (Cynthia wasn't hungry so she did not eat, LOL, she on diet ah? JK! :p) before going back to Compass Point to meet the rest of the Class.
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In fact it was amazing, just half an hour ago, there was hardly anyone at the meeting place but now, around 12, almost the entire class is here already.

Glad to know most of us are on time. :p

But like I said, Ying Ying was late. :p

Tooth Fairy
When all those who were supposed to meet at Compass Point are here, we headed for E!Hub, which is just next to Downtown East.

Arcade!
The Movie did not start right away so we went for Lunch. (Ying Ying never eat lunch before coming and she asked us all to eat lunch first! =.=)
BQ Eating
Went Burger King to have Lunch. I did not eat there since I already ate Lunch beforehand. lol.
So we chatted while our fellow classmates eat their lunch.
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After our long lunch break, we still had lots of time to go for...Arcade! (Okay, so the heading gave it away...)

Ended up playing some arcade game with Wei Ting, Jia Pei, Bao Lin, Darren.
The Endless Games
For some funny reason,we are able to keep playing, there is a lot of credits in the game that allow us to play again. I think we accidentally scan the card one time too many.

So we ended up playing this game for the entire duration and got ourselves wasted.
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The Movie(Finally)
Sorry, if you were expecting the movie itself, too bad. I'm not a pirate! :p

So to make up for that, here's the trailer. :)


The movie's nice. Though that may be a bit bias on my side since I love comedies. Hahas.

But hey, let's take it this way, I won't recommend you a comedy movie unless I think it's funny. ;)

So that's your cue to watch the movie! Hahas.

In fact, it's so nice that Bao Lin watched it twice. (okay, though that may not be the reason but still...:)

The storyline is not bad though the beginning was rather confusing in the sense that I do not see the link until it all connects together later.

I think my favourite character would be the professor-looking guy who gave the useful tools such as shrinking paste, catAway, etc to the Main Character. :)

Pool & Dinner
Alright, after the Movie we took some pictures so without further ado...
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Too tired to list every single one in the picture. So yeah..just look at their cute faces can le. :p

After the cam whoring, we went to the Bowling Galley. but not all of us wanted to play Bowling so the rest of us go play Pool.

My second time playing Pool, still as sucky but it was fun! :)

It's nice to play with friends. Hahas...

Played for one or two hours before I got very hungry.

Dinner! Dinner!
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But the unexpected happened, (okay I should had expected this but still the chances were sorta low), my fellow classmates who played bowling came up and started playing Pool!

LOL, this is going to drag for hours and I'm hungry!

So Bao Lin, Cynthia and I left the Class and went ahead to eat dinner. (after paying for the Pool, of course)

After that, Bao Lin went back to the class while Cynthia and I headed to the Bus stop.

The Original plan was to take bus 89. But hor I still think very funny, Cynthia can just take bus 3. XD

So! Change of plan, either bus 3 or 89 (so much more practical, not for me though)

If I take bus 3, I need to change bus. Zzz?

So I rather take bus 89, so praying hard for bus 89 to come first.

But Bus 3 came first. Zzzz.

Since it was troublesome to take Bus 3, I did not accompany her. I rather take bus 89! :D

Bully for me. :p

Packed Friday

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Secret War Journal[22 January 2010]
Note: Will post about Meridian Junior College Open House when I have more time.

Down the Memory Lane, Streets of Geylang
Woke up relatively earlier than usual today. Today is going to be going to be busy day.

Woken up by a nightmare. Imagine being woken up via the shock from the a Taser.

=.=

My younger sister was preparing to go to school while I was trying to wake up my brain. My brain is trying to adjust to this change of sleep pattern.

No time to laze around though, I have a busy schedule to keep to today. Best not lag behind in today's plans.
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Words of Thanks and more...
And towards the Ajunied MRT Station did I go...

After getting my results, my father asked me to pay my respects to my mother and tell her my "O" Levels Results.

Quite right. My mother deserves to know my marks.

But I still believe that my mother helped me. I'm not sure in what way but I feel that I should thank her for my good results.


So I thanked her today.
On the way, I paid my respects to my grandfather as well.

I got my shoes dirty on the day after I washed them. Oh well...
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God knows I wanted to cry but I shouldn't. On the bright side, I kept that one side of the promise made ages ago...

But one is yet to be fulfilled...Only time will tell, huh?
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Moving on, I headed towards Johnston's House.

On the way, I passed by the temple I used to worship in. It really bring back many memories, memories that I thought I had forgotten.

How many friends had I forsaken during my difficult time? Perhaps this is one of my biggest regret in life.

Thank you, Johnston, Marcus, Jia Xing, Jackie and many Inner Circle Friends for staying with me despite all odds.
Thank you for tolerating me. Thank you for everything.

P.S: Wonder how's the Aunt who used to take care of me?
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Reaching Johnston's House, Johnston called me.

Sweet Timing! :)


Went to Johnston's House, we played Halo 3.

First time playing Halo 3. Cheered me up considerably, hahas.

Actually, this is the first time I played Halo 3. I bit slow but I don't really mind.

The brutes in Halo 3 are now funnier. =]

Grunts are ever funny. :)

Marines are still moderately funny.

Did I mention I like Arbiter? :)

Played with Johnston until 12PM. Called Jaytii to double-confirm that we're not getting pranked.

Thai Food much?
Met up with Jaytii and went shopping for my new school bag.

After that, met with Mr Quek(he forgot that he was supposed to join us for lunch. :p) to have lunch at some Thai Food Restaurant.

Talked about quite a number of things.

Had Oriental Fried Rice w/ Chicken there. It's average.

Mr Quek treated me today but I felt bad. Remind me to return him money next time I see him. ;)

Out of time.
Mr Quek had to return to school, Mr Koh was looking for him. (Opps?)
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Next stop, we went to buy my school bag and said goodbye to Jaytii as we headed back to my school for CCA Recall...

CCA Return
I'm bringing Johnston along. ;)

Thanks Johnston for keeping me company, I won't be able to have done it without you. ;)

Did planning together with him.

After the CCA ended, I think Mr Goh was impressed with him. Hahas, bet he regretted teaching at NCHS now.
(Too late! Hahas)

So, yeah, we are confident that the CCA will survive with our absence. Woots!

Do your best, people, get more awards for the Club! :)
Brought John to the MRT and bade goodbye.

Now to fetch my younger bro home...

Assassin's Creed Lineage

Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Secret War Journal[24 November 2009]
Assassin's Creed Lineage now has a Short movie. Enjoy!

Comex 2009 @ Suntec City

Friday, September 11, 2009
Secret War Journal[10 September 2009] -- Long post incoming!

Movie "9"
Before Johnston, Emelia, and I went to Comex 2009 at Suntec City to buy a printer, we met at Bugis to catch a movie!

Initially, we wanted to watch "J.I.Joe" during the morning since the Comex starts at 12 noon. But what do you know? The earliest movie is at 12:20PM, and that's "The Proposal" or "9". O.o

We discussed before deciding on "9". Meanwhile, we went shopping with Emelia for her phone accessory. In the mean time, go watch this trailer. ;)

Cinematic Trailer of "9"

The Trailer looks a lot like spoiler to me...
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Arcade Time!
Walking around in Bugis, Emelia decided on her phone accessory and bought it. Since we still had time, we walked around...and found ourselves in an arcade.

Did I mention how long had it been since I played in an arcade? Very Long...

This arcade gives you tickets whenever you play which you can redeem for a variety of prizes.

The very game that we played was the "Wheel of Fortune". The game looks cool but it's a SCAM!

Johnston inserted the coin and after a moment, pressed the button to stop the spinning light. The light stopped on a number "3".

:o. Epic Silence...

Result: 3 Tickets.

We were like "What?!".
I was pressing the button again, thinking there was a second chance or something. Negative. =.=

The rest of the games gave MORE than 3 tickets. LOLs. Emelia played a game called "Popcorn" and the moment she inserted the coin, it gave 3 tickets. Wow. Then as Emelia played the game, more tickets came...

Mental Note to self: Next time, never play "Wheel of Fortune" there...

Anyway, for $2.50, we got 55 tickets and exchanged them for a lollipop and popping candy. Ooo...

The Movie
And we headed for the Cinemas! Woots! The lights in there faded pretty early and we were like. Emm, where's the "G" Row? (Note: We can't see the alphabets there because they were not lighted and the surrounding was pitch darkness...)

So we resorted to counting from "A". Thank god there weren't much people during these times. That would be hilarious, huh?

After sitting down, it then occurred to me that I needed the toilet. Hahas. So Johnston and I went to the loo while passing our Large popcorn to Emelia(I can't see her in the dark! LOL! Passing the popcorn was a feat, okay not that difficult...)

When we returned, we almost went to the wrong row. (Hahas)
It was really close. Like I said, thank god there were little people then.

Halfway during the movie, I was going to take popcorn(John was holding them) and I found my hands dipped in Nacho Cheese.

!!!

What?! LOL, now you know I'm serious when I said the place was pitch dark?
*Laughing away*
So I ended up eating popcorn with cheese. ROFL!
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P.S: Shaw's food and drinks are the Mega Version of its counterparts! I mean, if we did not share the Large Popcorn with one another and bought one for each of us, neither would be able to finish! I mean we were too full for lunch after eating it(yes, even after sharing!)

And here's a queer thing happened: Johnston ate almost all the sweet popcorn(which I like) while I ate most of the salty popcorn(which he likes!)

God! It's like the left hand-side of the popcorn are all salty while the right-hand-side were sweet!

Which explains why I was drinking my Pepsi after my first bite of popcorn. Salty! Hahas!
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Okay, the movie, right.

I would say, without spoiling too much, the ending is very inconclusive. Not a good way to end a movie. It's like something is missing throughout the movie.

But hey, the movie's funny. I liked the part when 8 is 'high' on magnets(no, not drugs, they don't eat drugs)

Not much action, but it's all right. But I feel that the movie did not explain enough(maybe they did not want to bore us with the talking, oh well....)

Weird Romance in there. I mean I thought they're all ONE?! How can there be romance? It sounds so...wrong.

But overall, it's rather worth watching. ;) (cut them some slack, would ye?)

Comex 2009 -- It's huge!
Next stop, Raffles Place! Opps, wrong stop. Oh well.

The purpose today was to buy a printer to replace my faulty printer, which is collecting dust at home.

Armed with no maps, we went to a wrong section(Telecos) before going back on the right track.

Looked at phones, laptops, printers, televisions, and ovens. O.o. Yeah, I'm surprised to see ovens on sale there too.

Anyway, here are the details of the Printer I bought, ;)



PIXMA MP198

stylish & compact all-in-one photo printer

PIXMA MP198 Recommended Retail Price: SGD 149.00
 Price I bought at: SGD 99.00

FEATURES



Print
2pl (min) ink droplets and 4800 x 1200 dpi (max) resolution
Print speed: 19ppm mono / 15ppm colour
4" x 6” (4R) borderless photo in approx. 70 sec
Capable of printing borderless photos up to A4 size
ChromaLife 100 technology – photos can last up to 100 years


Scan
600 x 1200 dpi CIS
Advanced Z-Lid to scan thick and bulky originals


Copy
Copy speed: 19cpm mono / 14cpm colour
Reproduces identical second generation photos & document with Dual Colour Gamut Processing Technology

Convenient
Paper output tray sensor
Auto Image Fix via Easy-PhotoPrint EX and MP Navigator EX
4-in-1 and 2-in-1 printing and copying reduce paper use


Environmental Friendly
Conforms to EU RoHS
Supports International Energy Star Program

SPECIFICATIONS

Print
Printing Method Inkjet Printing, Serial
Print Speed*1 Black Text A4 Plain Paper/

Max. Speed:
19 ppm
Colour
A4 Plain Paper/Max. Speed:
15 ppm
Photo (4"x6")


PP-201/Standard/Borderless:
70 sec.
Resolution(dpi)*2 4800 x 1200 dpi
Ink Droplet Size min. 2pl
Number os Nozzles 1472
Cartridge Type PG-830, CL-831 (PG-40, CL-41 Optional)
Printable Width Up to 203.2 mm (8 inches)
Borderless: Up to 216mm (8.5 inches)
Recommended Printing Area Top margin: 38.3 mm
Bottom margin: 31.2 mm
Applicable Media Sizes A4, Letter, Legal, A5, B5, Envelopes (DL, COM10), 4"x6", 5"x7", 8"x10"
Borderless Photo 4"x6" / 8"x10" / 5"x7" / A4
Scan
Technology CIS Flatbed Scanner
Optical Resolution 600 x 1200 dpi
Selectable Resolution 19200 x 19200 dpi
Line Scanning Speed

(Without Data Transfer Time)
Grayscale: 1.6ms/line (300 dpi)
Colour: 4.7ms/line (300 dpi)
Scanning Speed*3


(Reflectives)
A4 Colour / Default Resolution: approx. 19 secs (300 dpi)
A4 B/W / Default Resolution: approx. 7 secs (300 dpi)
4x6" Photo / Default Resolution: approx. 8 secs (300 dpi)
Scanning Bit Depth
(Input/Output)
Grayscale: 16bit/8bit
Colour: 48bit/24bit (RGB each 16bit/8bit)
Compatibility TWAIN / WIA (Windows XP / Windows Vista)
Other features Advanced Z-Lid (up to 15 mm), Push Scan
Copy
Speed*4 Black Text: A4 Plain Paper / Max Speed: 19 cpm
Colour: A4 Plain Paper / Max Speed: 14 cpm
Image Quality Plain paper: Fast, Standard
Other paper: Fix
Density Adjustment N/A
Reduction/Enlargement Fit-to-page
Multiple Copies (Black / Colour) 1 - 9 pages, 20 pages
Borderless Photo 4"x6" / 5"x7" / A4
Paper Handling
Rear Tray Plain Paper: A4 = 100, Legal = 10
High resolution Paper


(HR-101N):
A4 = 80
Photo Paper Pro,


(PR-101):
A4 / 8" x 10" = 10, 4" x 6" = 20
Photo Paper Pro II


(PR-201):
A4 = 10, 4" x 6" = 20
Photo Paper Plus Glossy


(PP-101):
A4 = 10, 4" x 6" = 20
Photo Paper Plus Glossy II

(PP-201):
A4 = 10, 4" x 6" = 20
Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss

(SG-201):
A4 / 8" x 10" = 10, 4" x 6" = 20
Glossy Photo Paper
"Everyday Use"

(GP-501):
A4 = 10, 4" x 6" = 20
Matte Photo Paper


(MP-101):
A4 = 10, 4" x 6" = 20
Photo Stickers, PS-101: 1
T-Shirt Transfer, TR-301: 1
Envelope: European DL and US Com. #10 = 10
Paper Weight
Rear Tray Plain Paper: 64-105 g/m2
Canon specialty paper: max paper weight : approx. 260g/m2

(Photo Paper Plus Glossy II PP-201)
System Requirements
Windows 2000 SP4 / XP SP2 / Vista
Macintosh OS X 10.3.9 - 10.5
General
Display 7 segment LED
Interface USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Canon Bundled Software Canon Solution Menu (For Windows Only)

MP Navigator EX

Easy-PhotoPrint EX
Operating Environment Temperature: 5 - 35°C
Humidity: 10 - 90%RH (no dew condensation)
Power AC100-240V, 50/60Hz
Power Consumption Standby
(scanning lamp is off)

(USB connection to PC):
approx. 1.1W
OFF
(USB connection to PC):
approx. 0.8W
Copying*6: approx. 13W
Acoustic Noise*5 approx. 42 dB(A)
Environment Regulation: RoHS(EU), WEEE(EU)
Eco-Label: Energy Star
Weight (Kg) 5.8
Dimension (W x D x H) 451 x 353 x 169 mm

Specifications are subject to change without notice.
*1 PPM print speed on plain paper is measured using Canon Standard Pattern


Photo print speed is based on the default setting using ISO/JIS-SCID N2 on 4x6" Photo Paper Plus Glossy II


Print speed may vary depending on system configuration, interface, software, document complexity, print mode, page coverage, type of paper used etc. and does not take into account data processing time on host computer
*2 Ink droplets can be placed with a pitch of 1/4800 inch at minimum
*3 Colour document scan speed is measured with ISO/IEC 24712 Newsletter


Scan speed indicates the time measured between pressing the scan button of the scanner driver and the on-screen status display turns off


Scan speed may vary depending on system configuration, interface, software, scan mode settings and document size etc
*4 CPM copy speed is measured based on "Fast" mode using Canon Standard Pattern on plain paper


Canon original copy speed is based on default setting using ISO/IEC 24712 Newsletter (printed by off-set method) on plain paper


Copy speed may vary depending on document complexity, copy mode, page coverage, type of paper used etc. and does not take into account warming up time
*5 When printing ISO/JIS-SCID N2 pattern on 4x6" Photo Paper Plus Glossy II using default settings
*6 When copying ISO/JIS-SCID N2 (printed by inkjet printer) on A4 size plain paper using default settings

Video of FF & DoA
Johnston caught of this special video which neither of us had ever seen before. A game that combines FF & DoA Characters. O.o

After buying the printer, we, along with Emelia, of course, went to take a look. There the salesman thought we wanted to buy laptops(since the video was played on a laptop)
Being honest(hah!) people, we said no, but continued watching anyway. Emelia(I think she was answering a question asked by the salesman) revealed that we came for the video. Hahas. The salesman also laughed and let us watched but we felt bad so we left anyway. :p

Candy Floss!
When we leaving, we caught sight of an unusual sight. Candy Floss!

Now you'd be thinking, what's so special about candy floss? =.=

Because...That's the biggest I've ever seen! S1.50 for a big, big, Big candy floss(Pink)!!!

I swear, I'm not advertising but I think that deserves one. :D

So guys, when you are coming for the Comex, do try the Big Candy Floss. O.o

Sugar Rush...(Yes, we tried it too, all three share one...Emelia has sweet tooth, John and I can't stand the overwhelming candy floss, so much...)

P.S: Never went to the gaming Section in the end because we were in a rush. But Xbox 360 is havinga $250 Off(along with games bundled), just to let you know.
*Hint* *Hint*

(Ion) Orchard
Next stop, Far East Plaza!

Took a wrong turn after exciting Orchard MRT Station. Only found out when I reached Far East...Shopping Centre. Zzzzzz...

To Emelia: I'm so sorry for making you walk so much because I took a wrong turn! I'm really sorry! :x

Anyway, reached Far East Plaza in one piece, though Emelia got a blister(I'm sorry!)

Passed stuffs to Mother and deposited Printer at shop before heading off to Johnston's House. (We're in a rush! Emelia got CO at 7! And John's Mother only allowed us to play til 6! And it's 5 already!)


Solution: We took an Taxi. 

For some funny reason, it took unbearably long to reach John's home. (Maybe because I was time conscious)

Best Friend's Home
Ah, it has been three quarters of a year since I came here. I forgot I did not come during the June Holidays due to Chinese "O" Levels Examination. Sad. Sad.

His area now has added Security. More Electronic Gates.

Played Wii there. Actually we only had time to play two games. They are..
Super Smash Brothers Brawl Cover Pictures, Images and Photos

You should try them yourself, it's fun! ;) I enjoyed the Smash Bros. Brawl(Because I can win for a beginner! So pro, right? Nah, just luck.) and Mario Kart(though the controls needs some time to get used too. ;)
Home!
Time passes when you're enjoying the fun. Sadly, it's time for me to head home...

Back home, Father brought Printer back and I had it installed and up online. ;)

So yay! I got a new printer! Wohoos!