Popiah & surprise b'day

Crowded popiah day at WG+Diana's house. It's been a long time I've come to CG and today its really lively n fun!

Table 1 of 2

Table 2 of 2
Endorsing & advertising the new away jersey for my fav team as always

The leftover stuffings

A surprise KS

KS enjoying his birthday cake while Kenny gave his smile of approval on the photo collage

koinonia - A Greek word for fellowship

"GamerCard"

Here's my PLAYSTATION®Network portable ID aka the OFFICAL PSN "GamerCard" that PlayStation site introduced today.

Modern football slavery

This is the result when you agree to an idiot's comment without thinking!

Modern football slavery:
- earn lots of $ per week
- take all our penalties
- take all our free kicks
- shag the best girls

by the way, does the definition of a contract means anything at all?!

P0rnster ?!

Recently, I've received couple of messages from my friends on Friendster and strangely enough, all contain a link to another website. I knew it immediately that this was a circulating spam just that the previous penis enlargement ads going around in FaceBook. I somehow knew that this spam that has been circulating around in Friendster should be those links that would re-direct you to a "adult-content" related site. MSN, FaceBook and now Friendster... wat's next?! Damn those idoits who have nothing better to do.

So, I apologise in advance to all my contacts if u guys received any such messages from me ;)

Late Night Jam

sleepy n tired *yawn* but yeah, we cleared the 1 million mark & gold star it on our very last song.

Coke Scam

Weird that this was not auto filtered by gmail. Anyway, I had a good read before I "Report Spam" it. It's a rather amateurish spam coz The Coca-Cola Company (yes, that's the correct spelling with a hyphen in between), one of the largest corporations in the United States does not have its own email but have to use yahoo.com for contact purposes. What a bunch of cuntbags.

A quick visit to its corporate site reveals a couple of these email hoaxes in circulation

http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/contactus/myths_rumors/phishing_samples.html

Trophies

PS3 latest Firmware 2.41 fixed the bugs in 2.40 and so far it's all sound & stable. Sony has gone simple with its in-game rewards / bragging rights system, settling on the concept of "Trophies" for rewarding players for their ... achievements in games.

The first two games to support Trophies are the Sony-published PixelJunk Eden and Super SatarDust HD, so I went ahead and bought Super StarDust HD off the US PSN for bout US$10.50 to try out this new trophy system.

my first 2 trophies

I was never really a fan of achievements, though I can't deny I'm *secretly* addicted to them. I really like Sony's concept on different classes and levels of trophies. Also, there are news that some previously released games such as Unchartered & Burnout Paradise will be patched in the near future to support this trophy system. This has certaintly extend the playablility of these games and I guess I would postpone selling my Unchartered and complete it all over again.

Now, back to trophy whoring.

"New" PS3

Since my PS3 is about 18 months old now, I decided to give it a brand new look to "beautify" it as well as to prevent any more haircut scratches.

The original look of my 60GB PS3 when I first got it.

Bought this skin today.

Ta-da!

New DLC - Papa Roach

New DLC this week, courtesy of our newly formed sharing group. Pape Roach ROCKS!

Short session with Ming Yi (aka newbishme) :

Stand By

Team on standby.....

Starry Nite

Had a short jam with one of the mates (TheDoc) and we got gold stars

FW 2.40 is LIVE!

The much awaited PS3 Firmware 2.40 is out and it's really fast! Took me only 10 mins to update.

German Coach Joachim Loew

Do it in the changing room, yucks!

Samba De Amigo

Does he really have to dance (shake his ass) like this in the arcade? Maybe's he's using it as a stress outlet or some weird issue buy hey, everybody needs a friend like him who can afford to be a total idiot in public and be nonchalant at all.

By the way, this is the song that was played every time a goal is scored during Euro 2008.

100% Club

Bragging Rights post! Ha ha...

I finally returned to complete the full 100% of Grand Theft Auto IV after taking a hiatus from the story mode and Metal Gear Solid 4.

It's funny how this certification from RockStar is more satisfying than the outstanding serviceman cert from the Air Force 3 years back...

Weekend Hoot

PlayStation Magazine - July 2008

The shiny foil cover caught my attention. What else but old man Solid Snake on the cover of this month's mag. Can't help it but grab me a copy of it

I have cut down my spending on all mags and only buying on an irregular basis depending on the featured content.

Heavenly Sword

Released some time back around September 07 but I haven't had to chance to play it. Got it at a discount.

Cheapo Disk Enclosure

To house my original PS3 60GB hard disk that was lying around after I upgraded my Ps3 to a whopping 250GB. After "enclosing" it and properly formatted, this would become an extra external portable hard disk.
Good for use with my new HP mini note that I will be getting next month.

All Hope Is Gone

It’s been three or four years since Slipknot released Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) and it's been that long a time since I've suffered enjoyed the aftermath of their performance here is Singapore. Anyway, Slipknot’s new single ‘All Hope Is Gone’ is available for official download at http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/allhopeisgone

another cheater retailer

Just yesterday I mentioned of an unethical retail store in Lot 1.

There's another one even worse today! Cyb******** from Compass Point sold this guy a used PlayStation 3 as a new unit (at full retail price) and what's worse, it's one with a lens problem. Actually, I read and posted my advise in the particular thread few days before as he is a new GAX forum member. This issue was subsequently upped in STOMP.

We should really blast retailers like these to caution ill-informed people.

Read more here:

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=25711


Update:
Anyway, this was the damage control reply from them on 20/06/08.

Special Price?

I was with Tai yesterday at Lot 1, walking aimlessly looking for any new stuffs in gaming and comics when I noticed that this particular game shop (not gonna ''proclaim'' the name of the shop coz u can basically narrow down yourself as there are few gaming related shops in Lot 1) is have have a 'Special Price' sticker on $9.90 on the Devil May Cry 4 Special DVD.

this is the exact DVD (my own copy) being marked at a 'Special Price' of $9.90

Wow, $9.90! It's pretty cheap and worth is for fans of the Devil May Cry game or anime series.

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That's right, it's 'NOT FOR SALE'! This special DVD was from the PlayStation 3 Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition for the Asia region. I bought the special edition of the bluray game sometime this Jan or Feb and this was BUNDLED with the special edition of the game!

Isn't it unethical and a whole new low to separate it and sell off as a separate item? To confirm my doubt, I checked the retail price of the now-separated bluray game and yes, at normal full retail price. And to be totally honest, this shop does not have the best pricing of it's' products as compared to its competitors in this market.

Any uninformed gamer or anime fan of this series would have been tricked/lied/misrepresented/misplaced their trust in this rather reputable shop. Do u have to scoop to that level for a mere $9.90? Mind you, I saw quite a number of this DVD on 'sale' separately! Well, at least now I understand how this shop does its business.

Current collection

Someone asked me this morning what PS3 games I have and I could only mentioned those few that I'm currently ''high'' on.

A closer look at my shelves and the following are what I have till date. Just sold off my Euro 2008 yesterday though.