Hooked (and for once, not by books)

I haven’t played any video games for a long time. My first and last gaming console was a PSX (Yup, that old!). But once a while, I do keep track of some of the games that I like or played before, e.g. Medal of Honor, Metal Gear, Tomb Raider and Resident Evil. When Tomb Raider 2013 was released, I was pretty excited and always checked online for some photos and videos, but never excited enough to actually want play it, mainly because I sucked at gaming. But when I heard about one amazing game and watched the video, I was hooked and was for the first time in a long time considering buying a console just to play that game. The culprit was “The Last of Us”. 

The Last of Us is a post-apocalypse survival horror zombie game, but it’s not just any post-apocalypse survival horror zombie game. The storyline was absolutely amazing, it got players completely connected to the characters, the gameplay was great, even the zombie infection idea was more realistic compared to other zombie games and movies. (Not going to bore you with my unprofessional details and definitely not going to spoil the game for you.)

I’ve watched the “movie” version of the game on Youtube, downloaded it and watched it again many times later. The story was that good. Even though I’ve watch the video before playing the game (a serious no-no for hardcore gamers), it’s because of having watched the whole story that made me want to play the game even mor and experience it for myself. True, I’m not a good gamer and most likely to die many times even before getting a quarter-way through, I still want to try playing it. The game has an easy difficulty setting, which is good news for me, and from what I heard, the easy difficulty has an auto-aim function, which is great for me.

The one thing that is stopping me from playing the game right now is money. I haven’t done my research yet, but I know that buying a console and a game would set me back around RM1,000, maybe more. And to play the game, I need to get a new TV too. The TV in my room is simply too small to play any game, even the ones from my old PSX. So you can do the math on how much the whole set-up would cost me.

Now you see my predicament. I really, really want to play The Last of Us. But the financial cost was just so high. Argh! What am I to do… 

Correction: Not so great start in the new year!

It wasn't how I imagined how my new year would start. While I didn't plan anything special, the idea of spending several days in a hospital was definitely not what I had in mind.

The story goes like this...

My mom, a gamer??

My mom is officially addicted to video games!

While she is not playing any popular role-playing, action/adventure games in the market such as Diablo, Fallout, Resident Evil or Tomb Raider (although I'll admit it would be so cool if she does), she's fully immersed in Luxor,  Zuma and Shoot Bubble Deluxe and is quite good at them.

Mystery sleeper in the station

This happened yesterday morning as I was on my way to work. As usual, I arrived at the Putra LRT station at Taman Paramount super early. Taking the escalator up to the platform, I saw this Indian guy (obviously a homeless) sleeping on the concrete slab just above the bus waiting area. Me, along with others who saw him too, wondered how in the world did he got up there.

Arriving back at the station after work, I walked around the place where the Indian slept and found out how. Took some photos too.

It's a bird! It's a plane!. It's...

The upcoming Superman movie, named "Man of Steel", will be released on 14 June 2013.

Not a good week so far...

It has not been a good week so far. Water leaked into my car when there's heavy rain; the refrigeration gas has depleted, therefore no air-con in car; accidentally locked the online account of my mobile service provider because I forgot my password. Now have to contact my service provider and have my car fixed this weekend...

Meeting Tan Twan Eng

Yup! That's me and our proud Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng! Lol...

Malaysians read 8-12 books in 2010

Two-month break

No, I'm not taking a two-month break from reading or writing my blog. I'm talking about a rather well-known home cooking restaurant near my home. You may have heard or even dine there before. It's called 鼎丰家乡菜.

Another cool video from Walk Off The Earth

I'm sure many YouTube users are familiar with an indie group called Walk Off The Earth and their one-guitar performance of Somebody That I Used to Know that went viral in early 2012. If you think that's cool, you should really check out this video too. Super Cool!!

A brand new year!

Avoided a potential scam!

On the morning of 5 November 2012, I was driving along Jalan Baiduri SS1/22 heading to Taman Paramount LRT station to catch a train to work. I noticed a motor bike riding very closely behind my car. Its headlight was off. I can see that the rider was a middle-aged Indian with bushy beard. I had a suspicious feeling about this guy.

Sleepy...

There were two power outage last night, one around 12.30am-2.30am, the other around 4.30am-after 5am!! I slept after 11pm and had to wake up at 5.30am, so I had less than three hours of sleep between the outage. I couldn't sleep during the outage as it was too warm without the fans. Now I'm feeling tired & sleepy...

Lee Chong Wei, we're proud of you!!

It was such a close match between Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan in the Olympics badminton final last night, but luck was not on Lee's side. After three gruelling sets, two points separated Lee (and Malaysia) from the elusive Olympic gold medal.

What's your problem??

When was the last time you’ve written a letter?

I was posting some comments on one of my high school classmates’ wall on Facebook, when suddenly I remembered about how we used to write letters to each other (actually, we corresponded twice only) and how she used the wrapping papers she collected from her part-time job to write her letters.

Aren't these illegal?

I was hanging around at Amcorp Mall one Sunday afternoon and saw this one particular stall selling various toys and models. Among the items displayed included two airsoft pistols.

Movie day on Boxing Day

It’s been a long hiatus since my last update. I’ll just go straight to the point and start with my day on Boxing Day.

An old friend during my college days and I went to Sunway Pyramid on Boxing Day. Both of us haven’t watched any movies since Rio (Yup, it was that long ago), so we decided to catch two movies, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and Alvin and The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, on that same day.

Pants on Fire!!!

There's a big fat (in this case, skinny) liar living next door!

Giving seats on LRT

I was on my way back from work yesterday. As I was travelling by myself, I took the opportunity to catch up on my reading on the way home. While there were available seats, I decided to stand instead. I sat enough for one day.