Random Thoughts

All five of my work/lunch/karaoke buddies had at least played Munchkin once now, looking forward to the full 6 players Munchkin game. ^_^

And yes, lan si Kok Kok has not won so far. =P

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Here's a single point of data for future reference.

Well, probably won't be used unless the ultimate decider has a major chance of heart.

Anyway, Sunday afternoon 13:30 time frame:

- market junction to mountain route junction: 10 minutes
- mountain route junction to Bayan Baru roundabout via BJCC: 10 minutes
- roundabout to bridge entrance: 4 minutes
- bridge entrance to Tesco: 3 minutes
- Tesco to home: 20 minutes

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Note to self:

Be prepared to jump into the drain to retrieve letters if you put them on top of your car in a breezy day.

Use some sort of weight or clamp them under the armpit next time.

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His Royal Highness King Toddler Young is getting naughtier, though he still gives bye kiss and goodnight kiss generously.

Argh! And aww...

Provider

Provider. Carrier. Driver. Bread winner. Fixer. Giver.

Nobody listens to the provider. Nobody gives a damn when the provider has a splitting headache and was on the verge of fainting.

Demand, demand, demand.

Provider gives everything and gets nothing.

Only demands.

漂浮雾水间

怎么
最近对工作
有那一头雾水的感觉？

有点迷惘
有点失措
不是十分了解
究竟自己该做的是什么？

东探西问
求同事善心解答
但仍是懵懵懂懂

不喜欢这样
仿佛像是接到
突而奇来的降伞工作

喜欢
清楚了解自己要做的是什么
喜欢
有时间周详安排计划才开工
喜欢
不必依靠别人自己一手包办

贵人何在？
麻烦您点灯照路
让我飞越迷雾

My Superhero Friends

A few of my courageous friends have heeded my call to arms and are now fighting for justice.


Rex the Glacier

Rex is the first to answer the call, though his fate is unknown now as I haven't seen him for a while. Either he has been defeated by the villians or he has retired.


Gator the Grimoire (left) and Yuna the Blade (right)

Next came Gator and Yuna. This is Gator before he upgraded his armour.


Gator the Grimoire in his new armour

When Gator enters a battle, the mobs are going to fly. Literally you will see the bad guys surrounding Gator get blown off.


Yuna the Blade (right)

Yuna is a hot-headed heroine who jumps straight into fight, any fight, without much consideration of her teammates. Probably because she is blindfolded...

The hero in the sleek looking armour on the left is me. ^_^


Gator2 the Inferno

This is the fire throwing Gator2, slightly shorter than the rest of us but by no means less lethal.


Riverbird the Blade

Riverbird in her ugly as sin costume, nearly wanted to poke my eyes out when I first met her.


Riverbird after a makeover

After a fashion consultancy, her costume has improved somewhat. Riverbird is a confused bird in a mutant-cat body, and probably a spy from the Purple Gang...

There are a few more friends to meet, so stay tuned.

The reason Nelson hasn't been blogging

You may ask, who is Nelson?

Well, perfectly valid question since I haven't been poking fun promoting him for a while now.

Well, Nelson is veli the lan si guy... er, just read this and this

I have been wondering for a while now why Nelson hasn't been updating his blog?

I tried to be understanding since I know he is busy with Facebook, chatting on IM with at least 5 people at the same time (wife, girlfriend #4, colleague, boyfriend and gay friend #27), watching YouTube, sleeping in his cubicle, and pretending to do work when he has the spare time.

But still, that's the time when he is at the office, he sill have plenty of time after work to write something what. I was about to accuse him for having only "5 minutes heat" when I chanced upon this...



Behold! The Bird Man Cafe & Restaurant!

He has secretly started a business, and we know all tauke are money face busy. That's why lar!

Contemporary international dining, big words lor, don't play play. (Means modern international dining)

For those who don't know Chinese, the name of the restaurant, 鸟人, is literally "bird man". The three characters after 'BY' on the lower left corner, 鸟生蛋, are pronounce as 'Nelson Tan'! (Literally: "bird laying egg")

So now you know, Nelson is not being lazy or having short attention span before he loses interest in things.

He is busy.

(yea right!)




Owner of the restaurant, feel free to pay me advertisement fee.

Nelson, please don't kill me. I help you level in CO. =P

Chopping Board

Let's see, same old same old stuff put together to make a package deal.

Throw in some carrot carved to look like rose, or a piece or two of heart-shaped chocolate.

Have to make sure to advertise it with words like "special", "limited", "today only", and of course the winner "V" word. Like magic, that V word.

Decoration wise, throw in something red, pink, white, purple, blue, whatever the current "in" colour is, tie some ribbons, oh, don't forget the flower, the candle, and make sure to dim the light. Anything resembling Cupid works too.

All set, I will have sheeps lining up to my chopping board in no time, cha-ching!

Hmm... maybe I should try to squeeze in a few more tables. You know, make the chopping board bigger and higher, more heads to lop off, and for greater height they would fall.

It's not like there is a lack of sheeps anyway. Sheep, such gullible animal.

Only thing to consider now is whether to inflate the price ten times or twenty times the normal.

Hmm... decision decision.

Happy businessmen-con-you-day V-day, let the slaughtering begins!




Despite the sarcasm, I would grudgingly be slaughtered if wifey insists on such foolishness. Yea, I know, what a hypocrite.

Good thing wifey is a sensible person. ^_^

Slacking in KL

Journey to KL was smooth, thank goodness. Think we managed to arrived a few minutes before the after office hour rush.

Somehow it feels like Chinese New Year holiday has just begun for me. I mean the relaxing type. Last weekend's was more like the reunion, noisy, gathering, action packed type.

You see, at the in-laws', I don't have that many house chores to do, there are many helpers to look after the two kings, and I can leave all the daily activities planning to wifey, hehe. In short, I have less responsibilities at the in-laws', at least it feels so. =P

And of course, there are always a lot of food to eat and snack to munch at the in-laws'. ^_^

The only thing is, I seemed to have developed super hearing, and being a light sleeper that wakes at the slightest of sound, it pretty much meant I haven't slept the whole night. >_<

Oh well, nothing is perfect.

Anyway, let the slacking begins! ^_^

Let's be Superheroes!

Another game fell under my radar rather unexpectedly, and I have been playing it since the abysmal download.

It's a superhero themed MMORPG called Champions Online, and since end of January, it's free to play!

I have only played three sessions so far, and I am liking it. The first impression of the game is "pleasantly surprised".


default graphic has a comic book's feel, due to outline

I am no stranger to MMORPG, World of Warcraft being my latest, on and off since it's launch in Europe.

Currently, I have no time for WoW, for it's a rather involving game. Hence I find Champions Online, a "MMORPG-lite" in comparison, a welcome alternative.

The game is almost item independent, damage output does not depend on whether or not you have that Super Duper Sword of Obliteration, and your defence is not governed by whether you are wearing bikini or metal power suit. If fact, you won't find any weapons or armour in the game. ^_^

I said almost item independent, because there are these things called "upgrades" that can enhance your stats (called characteristics in the game).


I turned off the outline in the video settings, preferred this graphic

Those who subscribed (gold members) to Champions Online has a lot more customisation options as well as can build their hero anyway they like. The free, or silver members can only choose from preset hero builds. A silver member can pay for some of the stuff the gold members get, though I think the 'build hero as you like' is strictly a gold membership thing.

Preset hero builds suit me just fine, for now at least. I don't really want to go read up and figure out all the power-sets, which power builder to choose, when to get what power, talents, et cetera. Have those selected for me and let me just jump into the game and start smashing bad guys, booyah!

I did spent about an hour just to customise my character's look though. One has gotta look awesome while saving the world, hehehe... =P


yes, my character is hot and looks awesome, now stop staring! =P

Give it a try, it's free after all.


yes, I can fly

Now you will have to excuse me, I am going to do some superhero deeds and smash some bad guys, booyah! ^_^

One-liners

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Perhaps I should give the two kings a grace period of 31 hours to apologise for their misdeed.

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The ability to consistently consume one week's worth of resource in one day is impressive and downright scary.

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The interpretations of "anytime after 19:00 hours" are 19:30, 19:40, 20:20, 20:45, and no show.

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Evil, I am.

Checklist

This is rant, stop reading now if you like to keep your jolly mood. Consider yourself warned.

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Busy till no time to get myself at least a new shirt for Chinese New Year. Checked

Didn't manage to get a haircut before Chinese New Year. Checked

Son threw tantrum first thing early morning of Chinese New Year. Checked

Abandoned by spouse while paying visit to relative. Checked

Not a fat chance sleeping until I wake up naturally. Checked

The usual last minute confirmation on gathering details despite early planning. Checked

Sarcastic remark on what a great year this is going to be...

"Yea, all signs indicating what a fantastic year this is going to be, full of laughters, joys and merriments. Sons are going to be obedient and behave themselves, life is finally going to be the simple lifestyle I hope for, and people finally sticking to plans, stop all those last minute changes nonsense, and everybody is going to be punctual."

Okay... Checked

hop hop hop

Happy Bunny Year everyone! *Hop hop hop*

Or if you preferred, Happy Chinese New Year! 2011 is the year of the rabbit.



May you hop to new heights and progress in leaps and bounds.

*Hop hop hop*

And may you and your partner make cute bunny babies*. Psst, do now so the baby will be born in the rabbit year.
* please practise safe and responsible sex.

With luck, those bunny girls will grow up to be like these...



=P

*Hop hop hop!*