We have a winner!

Finally, we have the first winner for my deck of Munchkin!

It was a four players game, of which three were "veterans" (of 2 prior games) and one new to the game.

We didn't finish the two previous games due to time constraint, so the three "veterans" were itching to be the first to get to level 10 and hence win the game this time round.

But of course, it's the new player who won. 0_o

Congratulations to Thing Thing for being the first among us to reach level 10, crowning the first win as a male human thief with that damn Tuba of Charm, which helped him to run away so many times.

Second player was a level 9 male half-dwarf-half-halfling wizard with many items, and on third place was a level 8 female (kena curse one, muahahaha!) dwarf thief with no items.


Nelson permanently became Nancy

Er... I came last, a mere level 4 female (by choice!) elf warrior. >_<

Why oh why!?!?

Just so you know, I was leading at one point of the game being level 6, then I got this...


Why did I pick up the duck? WHY!?!??!

And followed by losing to this monster, failed to escape, and hence kena the Bad Stuff...


Lose 3 levels, my goodness!

From level 6 to level 1, just like that.

Me is damn suay. =(

Well, at least I put this on Nelson/Nancy's head...


Hehehe!

=P

New target: be the winner before Nelson/Nancy!

Game on! ^_^

Random Thoughts

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Need at least half a million to buy an accomodation, any really really REALLY generous person out there?

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Oi Munchkin players, come play lar!

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His Royal Highness King Hsiang is taking the kindergarten better than I thought, I am rather proud of him.

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Maybe I can consider being a lecturer if job turned sour.

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An aeroplane a day keeps the slacker entertained?

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Finished reading the first novel of 2011. Booyah!

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2011, a better year...?

I can lift 20kg

I have no problem writing about my weaknesses, but I hate writing about my strengths.

Probably because I have none Just not the boastful type, really.

I honestly think that what we are good at should be told by the others, instead of from self-bragging.

After all, if we are really good, people will notice, right?



Now I think of it, lifting 20kg only is not strong at all.

Oh well, I am weak. =P

Anyway, me is no likey having to sell myself ler.




It's not a secret that I dislike those empty-barrel-talk-only type.

2010 in Numbers

125 blog entries
Check the number of entries for 2008 and 2009, I am consistent if nothing. =) Besides consistently writing rubbish quality entries, I am also consistent in being ugly, consistent in getting balder, consistently slacking in style, et cetera...

9724 Scribble Pad visits
That's from 23:58 hours on 6th of January to 21:33 hours on 31st of December. What I didn't record is the number of my visits out of that 9724. =P

17428.9 kilometres covered
Distance commuted to and fro ulu place and home.

322 hours 30 minutes drive
Time taken for the 17428.9 km stated above. That's 13.4 days of my life wasted on totally unproductive activity, plus the added "bonus" of griefs from idiotic drivers. And people wonder why I don't join the Great Place to Work committee anymore.

1279.11 litres of petrol
Amount of petrol consumed by my MyVi from 3rd of January to 30th of December. Note this includes personal usage and not just the 17428.9 km above.

24 PowerPoint
Number of formal presentations I created this year for work.

34 models
Number of CFD models I generated this year. Catwalk baby, catwalk!

75 badminton sessions
Playing with cock is fun and healthy. All should play cock! Shuttlecock.

9 missed badminton sessions
Either sick, urgent family issue, or outstation.

34 novels
Number of novels read. Averaging 10 to 11 days to read a book, sounds about right.

348 hours 30 minutes of virtual life
Amount of time spent playing World of Warcraft in the 5 months I subscribed to this year.

33, 6, 3, 1
Important numbers to me this year. ^_^



Happy new year everyone, here's wishing you a fantastic 2011!

A few words on relationship

Nobody is perfect, so relationships are not perfect, and the road to happiness is strewn with ups and downs.

No relationship can be perfectly happy all the time, but please don't hang onto an unhappy relationship.

Be mindful that there is happy relationship with the occasional bad moments, and there is unhappy relationship with occasional sweet moments. The former is healthy, the latter is not.

Not everyone is cut to be one half of a couple, and a relationship is not a compulsory element of a happy life. If you keep dipping a toe into dating but never quite feel comfortable with it, perhaps you are better off single after all.

What's the point of being in a relationship that makes you sad and miserable most of the time?

Life is too short to be wasted on unhappiness.

Just a sharing, and not all words are mine, some were taken from stuff I read.

蜗牛找家

蜗牛在找家
一个负担得起的家
一个简单舒适的家
一个甜瓜喜欢的家
一个大小瓜爱的家
一个属于我们的家
一个温馨快乐的家

Christmas Eve at Straits Quay

Godsister-in-law brought us to Straits Quay on Christmas Eve.



Straits Quay is on the reclaimed land behind Island Plaza, Penang. It's still relatively new with most of the shops still not open for business.


this image is taken by His Royal Highness King Hsiang

Most of those already open for business are cafes and restaurants, and since it's Christmas Eve, most of these only serve thier dinner set, which was around RM150 per person.

Yea, it's like robbing or extortion. But strangely there are still people who are willing to be slaughtered instead of boycott this kind of ridiculous seasonal inflation.



When will people understand that consumer has the power to stop this kind of greedy action? Boycott the establishment until the businessmen learn that the consumers are smart and will not let them just steal our hard earn money because someone died or was born so many years ago.


we were in giant candy land!

Oh well, who am I kidding? There are just so many filthy rich people who don't give a damn about the increase in price of the same old same old food served any other day.

And there are just so many of those hopeless romantics who think it's super duper romantic to spend a lot of money on things not worth that value on a public occasion, not realising that most of these are just hypes and cons the businessmen made up that has nothing to do with the original intention of the occasion.


imagine how many people that doughnut can feed if it was real

Just go look up the origin of Christmas and say, the businessmen all time favorite Valentine's Day (forever known as Businessmen-con-you-day by yours truely).

And really, do you have to be dictated by public occasion for that "special day"? Come on, special day with your loved one can be any day of your choice, a public occasion doesn't make any day extra special.


this is not the way to take photo of fountain. Fountain, what fountain? =P

Oh well, I can shout and gripe all I want, still come the next public occasion, same thing will happen. Some people never learn, some things never change.


slightly better shot of the fountain, to the side or sitting down would have been better

Anyway, after enquiring a few restaurants in Straits Quay, we ended up having our dinner in Dome, and it's slightly less than RM150 for three adults and a child. =)

Most of the people there that day were like us, drawn there due to the novelty of it.


huge Christmas tree

There was a stage and some performers with painted face, we didn't stay and watch, were just there for the dinner really.


cheeky Hsiang in the giant doughnut

Christmas decorations were plentiful, with a huge Christmas tree.


this is the Christmas tree viewed from the second floor

Parking was still free the day we went, so it's a good time to check out the place. =)