When Water and Patience Run Dry.... (Day 4)

Hey readers,

Was an uneventful day today, the whole day of Friday filled with one long-ass meeting. Suddenly, my neighbourhood will have no water for 2 days starting tomorrow! Yeah, water rationing sucks. But then, if they don't do it, it will a hell lot worse. So, they're doing it for the betterment of the rakyat of Selangor.

So, I've stocked water on pails and took a bath. What makes me stressed out that tomorrow is my brother's wedding reception and times like this I really shower thoroughly so I won't smell bad sweating during the reception. I'm gonna be the "pengapit", which is crazy, I didn't know anything about it until just now! I HATE being told something important this late and it's not like I agreed wholly. I don't like being that person that shows his ugly face for other people's happy moment. I just don't like the fact that I don't get any say about this. I'm just pissed, that's the bottom line.

After tomorrow, it'll be resting day on Sunday, cuz right now one of my niece has the flu, even my sister. I just wanna go through this and then enjoy myself away from cameras and big crowds. I really don't like attending events that is so crowded, I become claustrophobic. I want an arm's length space to breathe freely and no one touching me. Human contact really makes my skin crawl. Only my hands can touch other people's hands, but no hugs. People hugging really feels like they want to crush your ribs and holding my back while I'm sweating is SOOOOO uncomfortable and you are touching my filthy, sweaty body. Bottom line, I really hate crowded places. The End.

So yeah, bit of an irritating post for B.E.D.A Day 4, but I'll try to be positive on the next post. If I can. Also, advanced apology if I don't make any post tomorrow. It's gonna be a busy, busy day and I'l sure I'm gonna be very tired, plus there will be no water tomorrow.

Alright, that's it for me. Gotta hit the sack early. Need to have a good rest for tomorrow. Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite. Goodbye and see you tomorrow.

My creepy random pic of the day:

I just Love this picture. Nothing specific why I chose this pic. Google helped me. Alright, enough. Just enjoy your night, will ya?

Bravely Default Review! (Day 3)

Hey Readers!

As promised I will bring you the review of one of the best games I've played on my 3DS XL:

BRAVELY DEFAULT.

So, by any chance you bought a 3DS XL or a 2DS, I highly recommend you buying Bravely Default. It is one of THE BEST RPG game (my personal opinion, congratulations Square Enix!) amongst other Final Fantasy games I've played. You can get immersed in the game like swimming in a pool of strawberry milk, cuz y'know, I like strawberry milk.

OK, the gameplay is a turn-based system, adding job classes and abilities you will get when leveling up by defeating various enemies. Like any other turn-based games, you have to use strategy, choosing carefully what to do and when you hit "GO!" You'll see your strategy play out. One of the uniqueness of this game is the use of "Brave" and "Default".

Brave is used to attack and to attack, you will use Battle Points (BP). You can use until 4 BPs in one go to make a full-out attack. However, not managing it properly will make your character vulnerable to the enemy's attack for 4 turns as your BP is negative (-4). So, going full attack is sometimes not a great idea.

Default is like the equivalent to defending, you take less damage and at the end of the turn you will gain BP. You can store BPs up until +3. This is a strategic move as some of the jobs use BP instead of MP for their attack. Player needs a good reading of how enemies attack and defend and use their Braves and Defaults effectively. Note, the enemies can ALSO use Brave and Default. Meaning they also can attack multiple times and defend to take less damage.

The weapons in the game is also unique in terms that they have their own added effects, specialties and also special attacks. The weapons, such as Swords, Axes, Spears, Katanas, Daggers, Bows, Staves, Rods, and Knuckles are effective according to the jobs that are used by the players. For example, a Knight is effective in using swords, Black Mages use rods, White Mage uses staves, Swordmasters use katanas, Ninjas use daggers and Rangers use Bows, and etc.etc. Special Attacks can be done by doing some actions during battle, such as Braving 5 times, Defaulting 5 times, Use Items 5 times, etc. You can customize your Special Attacks by adding effects to the special attacks, maybe Dark, Light, Fire, Wind, Water or Lightning attacks, Power Boosts, Elemental Resistance and BP addition. It's up to the players to add which ever effects they want to add that extra damage and benefits from the Special Attack. Heck, you can eve customize the text box for the Special attack (It's a bit small though, and you can swear. Shit). Where do you get all the effects for the Special Attack, you ask? Well, we'll get to that later.

The online side of it, you can Summon or Send a friend to help in Battles. If you have a friend that is totally OP and has played the game far longer than you do, you'll get some insane attack power and will make some Boss Fights easier. There is also another option other than Summoning Friends (Cuz you can only do that like once every 24 hours), which is Bravely Second. In my opinion, I'm not fond of this Bravely Second. Ok, it stops your battle and you are free to put some heavenly punishment to your enemies. Well, that's great. And to gain the Sleeping Points (that's the name of the point for Bravely Second), you have to put your 3DS to Sleep Mode for 8 hours (real hours, not in-game) to even get 1 SP. Like BP, you can only have until 3 SP. If you're the impatient type, you have to purchase the SP. Using REAL MONEY. Can you believe this? I will NOT spend my money for something I use seldom and I can just wait 8 hours for it. It's not that hard! Every game you play, they really wanna milk the player's money. This is so EA-ish. C'mon Square Enix, don't be like them, OK? Also, when you have friends, you can link your friends to your characters and they will automatically get abilities that your friend's characters know. The higher their job levels, the more abilities you get without leveling up. This helps if you're lazy leveling up 24 jobs to the max level (Level 14).

OK, now I'll answer the earlier question. There's also a side quest on the bottom half of your 3DS. It's called Rebuilding the Village of Norende. You need people in your village to start building the city. To gain villagers, you either use Street Pass, use Friends who are playing the game or pick up random players when you Update Data. You'll get from 3 to 5 villagers and this can only be done once a day. Building Norende will give you access to shops that sells the Good Stuff, and by Good Stuff, I mean amazingly expensive unless you use a Golden Egg which also comes from the village and cost 200,000pg! As I said earlier, patience is key in this game. The more villagers you have, the faster you can level up the shops to gain access to some sweet equipment. The effects for your Special Attack is free though, but it takes up a heck lot of time to build. Some may take 99 Hours! However, that time can be cut down if you put more villagers to work on that upgrade.

As I mentioned there are 24 jobs in Bravely Default. Some of it, you will gain from the main story and some of it are optional, sub-scenarios that you can do at any time you want. Every job has its specialty and to gain level, jobs has its own Job Points. It is separated from Experience Points, which levels up your character. JP, or Job Points, are earned way less than EPs. Sometimes you get frustrated in leveling up certain jobs as it is way slow and little JPs earned in battle. To speed it, there is an ability called JP Up, that increases your JP earned after battle. You can also buy a Growth Egg to gain double EXP, which you can get from upgrading a shop in Norende, and bought from the Adventurer, for a whopping 500,000pg! Yep, keep making money. No money, no honey. There are many ways to gain money fast, but that's for you to figure it out.

Alright, straight to the story. Well... how can I say this. It's a bit cliche and the same for all Final Fantasy games you've played. 4 people have to save the world from the Darkness. You have to awaken crystals to banish the darkness. However, for a game that makes the characters look cute and cuddly, it has some dark side to it. Death is something casual. Some of the enemies are downright cruel. BETRAYAL is a big thing in this game. Somewhere in the game, you will try to literally, I mean LITERALLY want to go in the game and kill that character yourself (Stupid , I KILL YOU!).  The storyline overall is kind of OK in a sense that it makes players delve into the mystery of the Crystal Orthodoxy and Anti-crystalism arc of the game. I won't elaborate the story, you have to buy and play it yourself.

The voice acting, for me, is above average. However, the the voice directing, of maybe the script itself, is very funny. I mean, hilarious! It's not a joke, but the way they pronounce some words, or the expression, is just... I dunno, too straight? I mean, a fake Spanish, French accent is bad enough, but saying in anger "Mrgrgr" as in "MER-GER-GER" is just dumb. The relationship between the characters is kinda cute though. Love here, crush there. It's like your first time in love as a teenager. Shy shy cat one! Hahah!

Also, a side-note here, the Options in the game is also useful. You can gain or lessen the encounter rate of random battles and increase or decrease the difficulty. You can speed up the subtitle text too (in this case, I am impatient).

Now, for the aesthetic part of the game: Soundtrack and graphics. For me, graphics ain't everything as long as the game itself is fun and immersive to the player. The 3D for this game is just eye-candy, and it's totally optional to play it ith 3D. For me, I get nauseous after 10 minutes looking at 3D, so I played the game in simple 2D. The soundtrack is BEAST! Some songs makes me so pumped up in kicking ass of some bosses in the game, especially the Red Mage, he's such an asshole.

One thing that's bit on the negative side, is when you can't explore more when you come across a cave or ruins which actually doesn't have any importance, but you WANT to explore it, no matter what. Look at Fallout, I went to a Deathclaw Cave at level 10 and I died like a wimp. It's that type of exploration that I want: No Restrictions. Let me make the mistake of going to some overpowered monster-filled cave and I will learn that I won't go there until I leveled up enough to kick their butts. Instead, I get to hear Agnes saying, "We have no reason to be here". Bitch, I go where I want and you can't stop me! But then, as you progress the main story, you will eventually go there, so yeah.

Overall, I enjoyed playing Bravely Default. The battle system is a BIG WIN for me. The Job System is phenomenal and the depth in strategizing your game play is crucial to survive some of the hardest bosses and enemies in the game. The numerous features online, like Abilinks, Summon Friends is very helpful in overcoming the tough battles. However, like I said, the voice acting is a bit sketchy and some of the stories were too boring to listen to, I just skip and get on with the game. The micro transactions, yeah, not great.

I give this game:

Grade:        A-
Out of 5:     4 / 5
Out of 10:   9 / 10
Out of 100: 90 / 100
Out of bananas:  69 bananas / 96 bananas (Just kidding).

So, that's my review, hope it's useful and will make you pick up this game if you have a 3DS or 2DS. GIve it a try. You'll get hooked to it. Or maybe it's just me. Oh well. There goes my 3rd day for B.E.D.A. Thanks for reading this review. I bid you farewell and have a great 3rd of April 2014. Salam and Peace Be Upon You.

Random pics of the Day:

From left: Agnes Oblige, Tiz Arrior, Edea Lee and Ringabel.

Victory Pose.

P.S If you're interested to become my friend (Please, I don't have many friends) my FC is:

3582 - 9762 - 1817

Leave a comment for your FC and I'll add you AFAIC. Alright, peace!

Bowels, Don't Be Upset ("Day 2")

Hey,

I know, this is the 3rd Day of B.E.D.A and I'm typing for Day 2. My stomach until my rectum has been acting up this morning. Well, last night, actually. I've been going in and out of the toilet 4 times now. Yeah, it sucks.

So, 2nd day of April. It was a damn boring day to be exact. I had this idea about talking about Bravely Default, this game I've been playing and I'm addicted to it since buying it last month. If there's some free time, I'd whip out my 3DS and play it maybe 15-20 minutes, grinding levels and Job Points. Well, I was supposed to talk about the game, but now, this is all I can say. I was going to make review but I'll save it for today. Maybe if I can find words and how to use it properly, that is.

For the 3rd day, I'll be resting, today is my day off. I'm being the driver and chaperon to my mother and buy stuff. My brother's wedding is this Saturday so I guess there will be pictures on Saturday's or Sunday's blog post. For now,I'll rest a bit.

Thanks to those who are reading this. Sorry for the hiccup (and it's just the 2nd day). I'll try my best to string up sentences for my Bravely Default Review. Again, goodbye and have a nice, normal bowels day.

Not-so-random pic of the day:

I'm so looking forward in talking about this game. I'm lovin' it.

Assuming Direct Control.... Of This Blog Post (Day 1)

So, it has come to THIS. Hello person who is reading this, if you're reading this, that is. I have made up my mind and I will torture myself in participating an everyday blogging in the month of April, or as I would call it, B.E.D.A (Blog Everyday in April). So, hopefully, I will stay true to B.E.D.A and post at least something that is read-worthy, probably interesting stuff, in my blog post. So... yeah. It's not gonna be long, just that I'm obligated to post it everyday and I'm not a creative lad. Some short, some long post, some maybe poetry. Whatever pops in my head, I'll type it. Ready or not readers, here it goes:

For this first day, I will tell you something I love doing in the Internet:

READING MASS EFFECT FAN FICTION.

Yep, I read what other people write and their variations of the ending of the Mass Effect Trilogy. I stumbled upon one writer that did a read-aloud video on YouTube. I got hooked with her interpretation of the post-ending of the Mass Effect Trilogy. I listened until the current chapter she's on, which is Chapter 25 and her story is 27 Chapters long, and I enjoyed the heck of it

(Check her out! YouTube link HERE and fan fic HERE).

Aside from that, I browsed to many of the fan fics and I found some interesting stories there.

This made me psyched in writing a story, a short story of something. Anything. I try my best in trying to find something interesting to write, but somehow, failure is the end result. So, the highest I can go is just typing this blog. Yeah, very creative of me, huh?

So, other stories of Mass Effect fan fic I've read. I'm currently reading 3 stories:

1) Legacy of Shepard - The Engineer by Nightstride. (Click this random word for the story: MShep X Tali )

2) Mass Effect Reloaded by thebluninja  (Click this random word for the story: Time Travel)

3) And Here's to You, Mr. Vakarian by KiwiSamus (Click this random word for the story: Turian Sex)

So yeah, that's it. Short and supple. I hope some of you are interested as I am in reading these fan fictions and if you're interested in writing a short story or novel and you wanna collaborate with me, I'm always available.

I'll end this post with a random picture of Commander Shepard. So, see ya tomorrow, readers! Hopefully I have something interesting to tell you guys/gals. Goodbye and Goodnight.

You can fight like a krogan, run like a leopard,

But you'll never be better than Commander Shepard~~~

P.S I think I'm gonna end every post with a picture, just for shits and giggles. Hey, thanks for reading, if you've scrolled this far.

2014: Stuff To Do and Stuff I Wanna Do (With Pictures, So You Won't Be Bored Reading)

Hey readers, notice something different? No? It's 2014! The post before this was published in 2013, so yeah, new year but you'll still get the same content from yours truly, the ever good lookin' blogger that is only narcissistic in the interwebz but really suffering from low self-esteem in real life.

Moving on, this year is THE year I will have to sit in exams, attend courses, seminars, induction courses for my job confirmation. That consist of General Order Exam (Y'know, how to claim stuff, how to take a day off, mostly General stuff in being a government officer), TWO department exams, technical stuff exam and Environmental Quality Act 1974 exam, attending 2 induction courses, general and specific induction course (I hope the term "general" and "specific" is correct), a basic course by the department, which takes up 2 and a half months (Yes, THAT long of a course) and a  (literal translation here) "Mind Transformation Program" (In Malay, Program Transformasi Minda, or short, PTM). Yep, busy busy year for me. Have to be mentally and physically prepared for it. Lots of time booked for these courses and exams.

General Order book I have to read and understand. Great, more reading and understanding.

A new paragraph, even though I'll be busy attending those things, I wanna travel, just to one place, outside Malaysia, or maybe I don't have the time, somewhere in Sabah or Sarawak, but not in Peninsular Malaysia. I just wanna wind up, relax do some soul-searching and try and dig in to find my true self. I need to get away from the normal routine, repeating over and over making me dull and boring. I wanna see new places, meet new people, learn a new culture that I don't know. Dunno where to go yet, but I will tell you when I am ready. Dunno, I was thinking of going to Australia, to Adelaide (the farthest I can go) and the nearest will be in Kundasang, Sabah or going all city-slicker like the city boy I am, visit Kuching, Sarawak. Dunno, I haven't made the decision yet. So, don't hold your breath, results may vary.

Yeah, I miss Cambridge, Norwich and London. That's me, in front of King's College, 2009 (duh, obviously)

Now, to gaming. Well, well, well... I plan to buy the Playstation 4 after my basic course that probably finishes in October, so it'll be like my birthday present to myself! Maybe I'll buy it during my birthday, but highly unlikely cuz it's on a Wednesday. For me, buying the PS4 early, is a waste of time, because all the games I like, are released like April onwards, except for inFamous Second Son, which will come out in March. So, let the games roll and I'll just buy it when I feel like playing. I was hopingto go all serious in gaming, but I have a demanding job, so that's out of the question. I won't have a social life, and with little social life I have, I'd be dead alone in my room, and my parents won't notice my body for 9 hours. Heh, just kidding. Dark humor aside, I can talk a lot about the games coming out in 2014, but that will be in another post. We'll end it here.

PS4 FTW! Suck it, XBONE!

Personal life, I'm not too keen in sharing it. I just like, chose to really move from a friendship that I thought could go far, but I think it won't work, cuz I really want to meet this individual in person, rather than online. However (comma) I sense no seriousness in the friendship. So, that one bites the dust, but I'm OK, no hard feelings, no hatred or anything, just wanna move on to greener pastures. I hope to find that special one, I mean, I AM normal, I want a girlfriend, a wife if I wanna go all P. Diddy and Usher, singing "I Need A Girl". But I'm in no rush to find one, I am still young (25 years old this October) and just had my job last March. People tell me to wait for it, I find that stupid. Something just doesn't roll on your lap, you need to search, but don't show desperation in doing it. Relax, go with the flow, like urinating, you force piss it, your urethra will hurt (Yeah, I used urination as a reference, deal with it). So yeah, any girls interested, comment on this post, I'll get back to ya (Urgh, that sentence reeks with desperation, but hey, doesn't hurt trying, right?).

Yup, I hope I can get married before the world ends. It would suck if I die a virgin.

Anything missing, apart from being a better Muslim, son, friend, healthier than last year, and better rival in Pokemon battles which is so obvious I don't need to elaborate here? Well, that's it, I have nothing else to say. About furthering my studies, doing PhD, that one, will be years from now, not in the near future. Maybe 4-5 years, but not next year or 2 years from now. We'll leave it at that. As for writing a play, novel and stuff, that will be on hold, I have no idea what my story will be. I ain't Geroge R. R. Martin or J.K. Rowling. Maybe one day that storyline and characters materialize in my cramped up brain, I'll typed it AFAIC ("as fast as I can", if you don't speak acronym).

I hope I don't end up being in this book. I'm still sane.

Yeah, this is really the last paragraph, so that's my brief (pfffttt!) hopes and stuff I wanna do in 2014. I pray that everything will be better in 2014 and it gets better as the years roll by. I'll leave you with a lame joke that I totally ripped off in the internetz I find very amusing but downright lame-O. So, goodbye, dear readers, hope you have a great day, a new energy to charge through the new year and new challenges to overcome. See you next time, whenever that is. Now read the joke, ya lazy bums!

BA DUM TITSSSSS~~~~~

Thanks, leave a comment and follow this blog, or not, I really don't care. I'm used to being ignored, it's OK... (runs to a corner and cry).

Disappointed, Frustrated and Whatever, This Post Needs A Title.

If there's ever an interesting event that has happened in my life, I'd tell the world in a heartbeat. Well, actually not the world but those who bother reading this then I post it in Facebook and Twitter. If you think this post will be about an interesting event, then you'll be disappointed. I'll be talking about how boring my life is now.

So, after going to many places in a space of one month, with reports, presentations and lots of ad hoc meetings, I am exhausted. But then, busying myself isn't that big of a deal, or even bad. I don't think negative stuffs, and surely my mind will work optimally when I busy myself with important work. you know, being lethargic is slowly killing me. I can't sit in one place for a long period. I will go nuts and do random act of weirdness. To tell you the truth, I was so bored last Friday afternoon, my roommate in office wasn't in the office that day, I opened my shirt and did push ups and sweat off for no damn reason. The worst part is, I only did 20 (painfully slow) and I was sweating profusely. Thank God I had a towel to wipe of the sweat.

I dunno, I'm getting restless. Any news of someone moving on with life makes me damn scared. Friends getting married, furthering their studies (PhD), doing some mind-blowing business, getting smarter than me, etc. I. AM. FREAKING. OUT. FOR. NO. REASON. I feel like crap, as if I'm not contributing anything to the community or even myself to improve whatever that is that needs to improve. I feel like shit right now, typing this, cuz not many of you would care about it anyways.

Yeah, I see people progressing, and I feel like I'm being left behind, like they found something right in their lives, and it kinda makes me jealous, or pressured in finding that meaning of life. That Personal Legend, seems like they are all happy and I'm the one brave enough,or foolish enough, to show how dissatisfied I am with myself. I don't have high expectations, I just feel like, I can do better than this. I can do something big, a stamp mark in history of my life and those who know me. I need clarity. My mind is befuddled and everything is a blur to me. I'm lost. I have no direction to where I'm supposed to go, and it's frustrating!

I know I'm still 24, but by 24, there are some people who are successful at my age. Their names slip my mind, but I feel like there's more to it than just being ORDINARY. There, I hate the word, so I will type it once. I wanna travel the world, make new friends who aren't Malaysian, I wanna feel lost in a world that I am not accustomed to.

And no, don't say I'm not thankful for what I have now. Trust me, I am. What I just wanna say is that, being mediocre (another word I hate) is what makes me a very boring person. Not a single person would bother to talk to me if I go silent. I say something, no one replies. I feel like a damn Alien in this world. It's not attention seeking, it's just that I don't know if I belong to any group or clique and accept for who I am. I'm like that weird off-putting pattern if mixed in a group of people. I go invisible and people either don't care I existed or maybe they just don't know how to react to my answers.

Heck, I did a presentation in an INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, and NO ONE WANTED TO ASK ME A SINGLE DAMN QUESTION. I find that frustrating and downright disappointing. Maybe they just don't care. Other people presented, and they got a question or two. They cared about other topics, but for my topic: Zilch.

It's like, even if I die, people wouldn't bother coming t my funeral. This is all in my mind. I dunno bout you readers but I am freaking out. I dunno where I belong in this world. I feel misplaced. I'm that odd-one out where when I join a group, they will disperse and do their own thing. I open my mouth, no one bothers to listen and give their thoughts about it. I HATE IT.

Yeah, before I continue and drop countless F-bombs in quick successions, it would be better if I stop here. This is just a personal rant of mine. If you read this far, I really dunno what to say. Thanks, I guess? Being an introvert and socially awkward is such a crutch to me. Soooo... that's it. If you ever wanna talk to me, feel free. I'll try my best to answer back, if I'm not busy doing work. Bottom line is: I need company. Goodbye readers. Remember, NO MAN IS AN ISLAND. I forgot the next sentence, but the I'm too lazy to Google it. Peace, I'm out!