Crayon Shin ... LOL

Ha ha, I bought this yesterday after lunch somewhere around Chinatown area, which is where my current client's office is located. The last I remebered watching this was like 5 or more yrs back while I was still a student.... ah, memories.

Mercenaries 2

Chanced upon this great sale item @ Hereen HMV today. I've gotta say at S$ 24.95, this has got to be my cheapest PS3 game (less those I've bought from PS Network) ever bought, considering the normal price of a PS3 game cost between $68 - $89. Like any other seasoned shopper, I wouldn't give up such as great bargain right?

Ice Cream, Donuts & Sackboy

Udders Ice Cream. Had no idea that Mike was gonna bring me & Phyllis here but I would rather he treat us instead ha ha. Never heard of this place before. It's along Thomson Road, near Novena MRT. Gotta say it's a nice little cosy place and their liqueur-flavored ice creams taste great. I ordered the Orange Choc Bitters & Tira-miss-u, serving on a waffle. I'm so coming back again.

Am also a sucker for all things donuts. My fav was from Donut Factory but since I was at Plaza Singapura, decided to get from Missy Donuts instead of heading to Suntec for Donut Factory.

Donuts!

Last but not least, something cute to complete the day. Finally decided to buy Little Big Planet and see what the fuse is all about. Though not Mario, a google search revealed that Sackboy is popular in it's own right.

PS3 Official Bluetooth Headset

Left office @ around 5.45pm, the earliest in the past 3 mths I think. Since I had time to burn, decided to shop around and managed to hoot this slick looking PlayStation 3 Official Bluetooth Headset.

Had been thinking of buying this since it was announced that this headset would be bundled with Socom: Confrontation. I just bought the headset w/o the bundle coz Socom for the PS3 did not really interest me coz it's only mulitplayer online + read couple reviews that the server is not really that stable, only like 7 maps available and overall, the game got bad-average review.

I've paired and play around with it for a bit and honestly very satisfied with it. My initial review:
- fast & easy to pair with my PS3
- paired with my Nokia E71, no issue so far
- sound quality is suberb
- doesn't take long to charge
- doubled as a desktop mic when in cradle (also while charging)
- High-Quality (HQ) mode (which works only on PS3) offers noise cancellation. Good feature especially when having a chat in-game when ur team-mates
- Also, PS3 displays info such as connection status, battery level and speaker volume level.

I should be using this exclusively for my PS3 gaming.

Nokia E71 Leather Case

Decided to get a good quality leather case for my Nokia E71. I had enough of those casings (see below). This is my 3rd set of casing which suffered the same problem - cracks at the top hinge area. I've been using this casing for bout a month now tho' only 1 side (left) cracks. But when the right top breaks off, that was it.



A nicer fit, better quality all-round and chio chio looking leather case for my E71!

Some updates + Killzone 2

Last day of the month, Saturday.
I was at client's place since morning to go thru' outstanding issue and to sort out the financial statement since morning till ard 6pm. Really sucks to work full day on a sat instead of my usual sat routine of waking up late, slack, gaming, chill out and/or watching soccer wif frens while having couple of ice cold beers.

Feeling damn tired today coz i reach home around 2am and felt asleep on the couch only to wake up this morning and head off to client's place. Which is why my shoulder n neck hurts the whole day.

Oh, have to mention this. Went to Marina @ Keppel Bay last night (my first time there) to chill with my fellow auditors. Everything - the clubhouses, atmosphere,etc looks and feels classy, romantic and relaxing. We settled for our dining and chilling session at this area (i think it's called prive or something) which is like damn relaxing and romantic tho' a little too dark for my preference.

Back to today. I finally managed to collect my Killzone 2 preorder that was released 2 or 3 days ago. This next big thing after Street Fighter IV. Seriously no time to head down to the shop to collect coz ppl close shop around 9pm, but I'm like working till 11 or 12am this past week. Good thing the shop reserved my copy for me, being a regular customer. Good deal, good price, good customer rapport + free poster!


Actually, all thanks to Steph and Mag jio-ing for dinner n movie just when I was bout to leave client's place for home. Sleep deprived lately. Wanted to watch The Legend of Chun-Li but not released yet. I blame Yahoo! SG Movie site for this coz they published the released date as 27/02/09 but hello? dun have leh... next choice, Marley & Me - too late. I actually wanted to watch Role Models but again, too late and too shag. Give up. Then, the plan was to chill at Timbre but again, crowded. Damn sian, had to settle for some arcade fun and coffee at Starbucks.

Street Fighter IV

My pre-order finally arrived! Another significant milestone to my PS3 gaming lifestlye and a great addition to my PS3 library. I've been waiting for this day since the day it was announced that Capcom will be making this for the console.


Excited, but 'm slightly disappointed (not the game though) that this is a Region 3 Korean Import instead of the Region 3 Asian version. The only different is that the manual is in Korean, but the game is fully in English. There is no Korean text in game at all. The server is global so I there's no region issue when playing online. Anyway, I'm already thinking of selling this off and get the Region 1 US version if the future DLCs are worth paying for it. I guess it's just personal preference that I prefer my PS3 games to be R1.

I just realised that my last update to this blog was 4 mths back... i blame my audit peak ha ha

Rock Band 2

Finally in Stock! But I'm paying inflated price for it coz it's an Region 1 (US) import.

1st try using the Quick Play mode - one of the easiest song to Gold Star and perfect it
on upstrum bass

and apparently, I'm a pretty good singer/rapper to be able to perfect this number by
the Beastie Boys hee hee

Midnight Club: Los Angeles

Just got Midnight Club: Los Angeles this evening. My 3rd gaming hoot this month! Considering each PS3 title averaging $75 each, I've spent approx $225 this month on gaming alone.

Damn, all these great PS3 titles coming out (there are still other titles on my shopping/anticipating list), I really have to prioritise my spending. I guess it's coz I've been working hard recently and wanna sort of reward myself by spending more on my gaming + tml it's a holiday... Game on!

A7X f**kin' awesome gig!

I'm tired, throat feeling soar, hair's a mess and hearing a little impaired but it's a worth it coz I've just experienced Avenged Sevenfold fuckin' awesome live gig here in Singapore! It's really a huge crowd coz i didn't really expect that much A7X fans here in Singapore.

Hell of a metal/rock atmosphere in the mosh pit. The whole area is a crowded mosh pit and I was totally moshing; unwinding myself, releasing aggression, throwing some punches here and there and having fun while enjoying (headbanging) to A7X's awesome music \m/. All of these while following an unwritten "moshing etiquette" with fellow fans and strangers.

Avenged Sevenfold opens with my fav song - Critical Acclaim!!!

my best pic of the night - M Shadows screaming his lungs out!

Zacky Vengeance & Synyster Gates complementing each other

Gates entertaining the crowd with his skills

and his kick-ass bullet speed solos

Zacky Vengeance and The Rev

Memorable quote from M. Shadows :

"I just realised we totally sold out Kanye West... does that means Rock n Roll is better than Hip Hop?" and the crowd goes wild...

oh Kanye West also having a concert here next week, but that's another story :eek

Johnny Christ on bass

there should be lots of youtube videos out there ...

Mini Reward

Been working hard and late recently (worked from 9am to 1am yesterday *ouch*). So when I manage to get off work at around 7pm and nowhere to go, I went retail therapy. Bought Dead Space & Fifa 09 earlier to reward myself a bit. Dun noe if I'll have the time to play or not ha ha.

... when all else fails, there is always mobile broadband

Can't wait for A7X!

Just collected the tickets for the Avenged Sevenfold gig after work. Now the wait for the awesome gig begins....

Meanwhile, I'm going blast my ears with Beast and the Harlot.

Lehman Brothers

Managed to snap this "money" shot on our way back from lunch. One of us suggested we pose around it but we decided to frown upon the idea so as to be sensitive to the current situation and also to demonstrate our professional behaviour lol. It's pretty sad with all the news and update on what's going on in just 1 day. Hope the situation picks up asap.

Avenged Sevenfold

I'm so going to this gig to see one of my favorite band live! The memory from Slipknot in Singapore is still fresh in me and seriously I can't wait to be in this mosh pit! I'm so gonna headbang to Critical Acclaim, Afterlife, Beast and the Harlot, Almost Easy, etc.

Anyone attending this pls drop me a message ya ;)

http://www.midaspromotions.com/upcoming.htm

Update: I managed to secured 3 tickets as off 16 Sept 2008 for me and 2 other friends! Hope the rest of my "pending" friends can confirm and obtain their tics asap. This is gonna be one huge awesome live gig!

Every contact leaves a trace

法證先鋒II（Forensic Heroes II）

I've managed to watched all 30 episodes on 10 DVDs in just 2.5days! Had been waiting for this sequel since the last episode last year. 2 new cast since Forensic Heroes were added - Charmaine Sheh and Kevin Cheng.

Overall, its a very good sequel with good plot and twists. Seeing how the last episode ends, there could be a Forensic Heroes III hopefully. Now my parents are sis are hooked to the show.

Coffee with Jennifer

Jennifer is back from Denmark! So we arranged to meet up and catch up since it's been super long time since we saw each other. Started off having coffee and some tiramisu cake at Starbucks (where else? ha ha).

Not sure if it's me but it seems more crowded today in town as compared to other weekends. Nothing much to do but just shopped around and end up bumping into William & Siska at Taka. Our newlyweds looks good and happy together. Siska kept asking us to join them but we decided to let them alone to enjoy their marriage time. End up, we went shopping for toys (mostly Jennifer) and she accompanied me to shop for some business wear at G2000. Will be back next weekend to shop for more business attire to prep myself for my career break @ Deloitte.

Jennifer sort of dragged me into this crowded Mid-Autumn food fair at Taka. I hate crowded place but as it turns out, we kinda had a little fun trying out some mooncake samples. Didn't knew there is a coffee flavoured mooncake and the aftertaste kinda grows on me. She ended up buying a bottle of honey and I got a weird consultation from one of the honey stall lady. All I can remembered is that she told me I shouldn't go Taiwan... wtf?

TGI Friday

It's finally Friday! What I like going to work on a Friday is that you don't need to be in your usual smart business attire. I can be in casual shirt and jeans. But of course being the month end, there are lots of work to clear and staying back late is inevitable.

I hate reconciling those figures and schedules!!

Someone recently came back from leave and brought back some goodies to share with the office. Stupid me, go try out the lemon ginger... the after taste is kinda weird.

One of my many visits to the coffee dispenser on a daily basis. I reckon I had 6 cups of coffee on average.

Beautiful sunset view. Reminds that I need to finish my coffee and head back to work.

After being office bound for more than the amount of sleep I had for the past 2 days, I can finally EXIT.

Erm... where's my cab?

3 Games this month!

I used to control myself to max 1 game per month but somehow I burst my limit this month and bought 3 PS3 games. I knew Conan was a mediocre game but after Heavenly Sword, there's not much hack and slash game to satisfy me. Plus, there's boobies in Conan

Sold my Normal Edition of Battlefield: Bad Company and bought the Gold Edition within the same month. Yah I know, I'm a bit bo liao...