Blackrock & Roll

唉，这次被三个傻佬迫用华语 update 一下我的 blog. 算了吧，就让他们爽爽下。

最近都发生了不少事。 上个星期六，我跟着家人一起去看 Toy Story 3. 这套戏真得很搞笑, 和 Toy Story 1 & 2 比起来有很多分别. 老 Andy 已经长大了, 对玩具的兴趣也会慢慢地消失. 在全部玩具中,我还是觉得 Buzz Lightyear 最好笑. 他开始说 Spanish 和跳 Spanish 舞的时候,全场人都在哈哈大笑. 我建议朋友们赶快去看这套戏, 你们都不会失望的! (除了 Nick, 还敢跟我说你在戏院里睡觉).

Okay that's enough of chinese gibberish for now. I wonder how long it took me to type that short paragraph. Anyways moving on. At 7.30pm later that day there was a small yum cha session organized by Chin Ken at first, but he was flying to Shanghai that night so the 'honor' of being organizer was passed on to Khing Yuan. Wei Kiat and I were first to arrive at the scene, followed by the trio Khing Yuan, Zhuan Khye and Jun Jie. They were busy deciding where to have dinner, despite the fact there was a nice steamboat restaurant across the street and Gasoline was like few seconds walk away.

We ended up at Gasoline and had our dinner while waiting for the others to arrive. Wan Ru was the one to arrive next, and apparently struggled at the fact that she was the only girl present. Nonetheless, easily engaged in conversation about the JPA scholarships (my results so bad, hear about scholarship wan cry liao). Soon, Zheng Dong arrived, followed by Jung Leang. And there you have it folks, the few who turned up for the gathering. 8/50, super good attendance. It never ceases to amuse me how Khing Yuan can ask Jun Jie about Huan Hee like every 30 mins or so.

Later on we decided to pay one of our teachers a visit. Started off with 叶桂香, but she's on holiday overseas. Then 蔡老师, but according to Cikgu Koh she just came back from China. Then we considered Cikgu Koh, but was told that it was too late at night (9pm+? Seriously ==). Later they said Zhu Jiunn, however according to Khing Yuan she was out with her bf (they called)? So the final decision was to Joyce's house. We left Gasoline at 10.30pm and headed for Joyce's house, sending Wan Ru home on the way.

It was quite awkward I must say, going to a girl's house at 11pm in the night. If her mom came down she would've been shocked to the core. We had a nice conversation before Khing Yuan and Zhuan Khye left. The rest of us left at 11.30 and I went to the nearby mamak shop where my mom picked me and Wei Kiat up.

And let's see, for today I sort of finished editing and rephrasing the essay on food addiction due on Wednesday. Thanks to Juliet for helping. AND OH YEAH! CHEMISTRY CLASS WAS CANCELLED CAUSE THE LECTURER WAS ON MC! Probably on her honeymoon or what since she just got married. And of course, more Calculus homework from Mr. Thaya as usual. Can't complain. And I've set an appointment with my advisor to discuss about the subjects I might be taking next semester. I feel like taking both Moral Studies and Malaysian Studies together. The faster I get rid of it, the more I will enjoy towards the end of the course I guess -.- Seriously, who needs 2 shitty and crappy subjects like that? Malaysia special sangat ni.

There's gonna be a talk on addiction tomorrow that I have to attend at 3.30pm to 4.30pm, which kinda pisses me off. I have only one class tomorrow, that is 9.30am-10.45am. So what the f- am I gonna do from 10.45am to 3.30pm? Geez -.- I'll need to bring my laptop over in this case.

I guess that's enough for the update. Cya real soon.

What Lies Before Me?

Alright, where do I start?

FUCK YOU STREAMYX :D

I was doing experiments in the Chemistry lab last Thursday when my brother rang me up and told me that he couldn't access the Internet. I thought it was a simple problem that he'd never thought of how to fix. Turns out that it was quite a problem and I went through 4 days without internet access @@. So I'd either sit down and revise a bit on my college work or just play Starcraft to get ready for the new Starcraft 2.

Being a college student, I could see that I was more relaxed than before, able to blog like this even though there's an exam tomorrow. Since the evaluation is not 100% based on exams, that makes everything even better. There are still assignments, homework and the lot to help get marks, as well as attendance and participation.

I never imagined studying at Taylors before, but here I am now, a student enrolled in ADP at Taylors. If there was one thing I hate about it, its about reaching there by car. There are always jams on the way, and also the roundabout before turning into the college. My mom can get stuck there for half an hour before reaching the main campus to pick me up. Seriously =.=

Hmm.. what else. Ah, Kar Hoong has just returned from NS few days ago. Last Saturday, him along with Nick, Seng Wai and I went to Kepong JUSCO to watch the movie Prince of Persia and had bakuteh later on. It was certainly good to have him back once again. Now we'll just have to wait for Zhen Yu's return before we have another bakuteh session :D

I'm still not sure whether to attend this year's Asiasoft Gamefest or not. I won't be entering the Cabal Triple Threat for a number of reasons now, but still, the main reason being that its held in a cybercafe. My dad doesn't like me hanging around those places. I'll just have to see by then. Anybody wanna come along? :D

I know, my posts now are lacking pictures. Lately I'm not in the mood to suddenly just snap pictures like I used to do, maybe because I wanna be more focused on work and stuff, or that I'm just being lazier than usual. Either way, more pictures will be posted once I regain my mood for it. Without the proper mood, you might as well not do anything at all since you'll definitely screw it up, like my first warm-up assignment on narrative writing. I wasn't in the mood to think of a proper plot and be creative and the lot. In the end I wrote a piece of crap and got 5/10. For the real assignment, I was in the mood to write, and I drafted the essay twice before printing out a final copy. 14.5/15, big difference.

And I still want a new laptop ):

Strawberry Colada

Don't ask me about the title. Its random.

I've went out 3 days in a row with friends. Best to enjoy life before college starts :D My orientation at Taylors is on May 13th (very bad date if you ask me). I want Acer 4740 ):

Anyway, on April 23rd I went to Curve with Seng Wai. He drove from college to pick me up from my house and off we went to the Curve. Seng Wai, you don't have to always try to break the 100km/h mark you know x.x We went to McDonalds to have a quick bite and I copied the latest MapleStory files from my pendrive to his laptop. After that we went to watch the movie " I hate Valentines Day ".



To be honest, that lady really creeps me out. She keeps smiling and smiling and she never frowns or turns angry until later in the movie. Freaky woman @@

Later we had late lunch at Italiannies, at around 3pm. The bill? RM83.50 wahahaha.


Penne Bolognese.


Roasted Chicken (He ate it all)


Strawberry Colada


Forgot what its called.


Yesterday, went to have lunch with Nick, Kin Seng, Su Wern and Jing Huey at Metro Prima, in the cafe called GASOLINE. I forgot to take a picture of my Kiwi Snowy, it tastes so darn good.


The bill? Rm95.50. Nick's first expression : Wowowow (in a high pitched voice). The rest of us couldn't stop laughing.


We went to watch this movie later, Kick Ass. Jing Huey couldn't join us, so we went on without her. This movie is rated 18 PL, and yes, it is kinda violent. Imagine a little girl who swears and can kill a whole bunch of guards ^^V

Best quote : " Show's over motherfuckers * Gunshot * "
Funniest dialogue:
Guard: Its alright sir, everything's under control. *Gunshots in background*
* Guard slowly walks across the room, Frank and his son look at the guard *
* Guard reaches for bazooka *
Son: Everything's under control?! THAT'S A FUCKING BAZOOKA YOU DUMBASS!

And this morning, I went to Menjalara park to join Nick and Su Wern in some exercising activities. It has been a long time since I worked out, so I guess waking up early once in a while can't be that bad. I met a lot of relatives today. First my ah yi and grandma at the park. Then I meet my aunty and Std.6 bm teacher at a nearby coffee shop (shocked to the core rawr). Must thank Su Wern's mom for buying me and Nick breakfast (even though I was forced to drink 2 cups of iced Milo...)

Later on, went to Nick's house awhile while waiting for my mom to arrive. Took some of his chocolates and watched a bit of a TV before I left. And now, I'm sitting here dusting off my blog mwuahahaha. Finally something to read eh?

Time to shoot some zombies. Tatas~

Recent Updates

I guess there are quite some events going on these few days. Today I went to Metro Prima to meet Theng :) And was supposed to have my very first Korean meal. BUT DAORAE WAS CLOSED LOL! Never ever go there during the hours of 3pm-5.30pm xD. In the end we patah balik and go to Pizza Hut for a meal (I didn't take lunch so I was freaking hungry).


Copying Left 4 Dead 2 and the latest MapleStory file to her external hard drive.


iPhone! >:(

Speaking of the external hard drive, Theng said it was only 30 GB. When I checked, it was almost 300 GB LOL! Tsk tsk Alicia doesn't know how to check yeah? F3. And, she keeps talking about that fat woman in the restaurant LOL.


What's next hmm. This Wednesday gonna go to Aunty Rasimah's house for some tea (and collect $ :X). On the previous Saturday, I went back to my school to attend the Sports Day event. KRS marching is getting worse every year... ): This year, yellow house won for the overall scores, and band won first place for the perbarisan competition. Later after the Sports Day, I went to the education fair @ Mid Valley with Nick, Seng Wai, Zhen Yu, Su Wern and Jing Huey. The train was VERY crammed on that day for this very reason, since there are education fairs in both Mid Valley and KLCC on both 13th and 14th. Nevertheless, we went, and walked till our legs were like jelly. After the walk, we chilled at Pizza Hut :D








Also, the decoration for the center court in Mid Valley is based on one of the latest movies released - Alice in Wonderland. The decorations consisted of a huge metal gate, giant mushrooms, and a tea set just like in the movie. There was a dance performance earlier on, but we were in the fair and missed it.








That night, dad brought the whole family to Marché @ The Curve for a scrumptious meal.


Mushroom soup (L) + Bottomless drink


Squid fritters


Lamb Saddle


Wagyu Pump Steak



Later, we walked around before we went home.


Every kid's idol - Ben 10.


I know someone absolutely adores these bags >:)


Found'em at the Pet Safari. Forgot what they are called. Look at their legs!

And yesterday, went to watch "Under The Mountain". My comment - Do not watch it. Its a very boring movie. I regretted watching it ._.

SPM Results

The nervousness all ends at the school hall.

BAHASA MELAYU: A-
BAHASA INGGERIS: A+
PENGETAHUAN MORAL: A-
SEJARAH: C
MATHEMATICS: A
ADD. MATHEMATICS: B+
PHYSICS: B+
CHEMISTRY: B
BIOLOGY: A
BAHASA CINA: C

1119 (GCE-O): 1A

I expected that my Chinese and History will get bad results, but I didn't think that it'd be as good as C lol. A bit disappointed that I didn't get A for Chemistry, but otherwise I'm satisfied overall.

Pokemon Craze

Ok, recently Nick and Seng Wai have started to play Pokemon Platinum. Since I had nothing to do, I thought I might as well try and see the newest version of the Pokemon game series. Starting with Red, Blue, Green and Yellow, moving on to Silver, Gold and Crystal, advancing to Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Now, we have Diamond, Pearl and Platinum (These latest 3 run on Nintendo DS instead of GBA). Hence, the normal Gameboy Advance emulator cannot run the Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum games, as they are in Nintendo DS format. There are Nintendo DS emulators, but not so well modified yet. I've downloaded one of the more frequently used emulators, called no$GBA, but it does not come with a speed up function (probably not implemented yet), so it took me 2 days to finish the game (instead of the usual few hours with speed up).


Pokemon Platinum Cover.


The main Legendary Pokemons - Palkia, Giratina and Dialga (left to right)

At first glance, Pokemon Platinum may seem different to the normal Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald players, due to the new Nintendo DS formats. But the opening events are just about the same, with a slight change in the storyline.


Main screen.


Your home in Twinleaf Town.


And, just like any other Pokemon game, everybody will have the headache of choosing one of the 3 available starter Pokemon given to you. The 3 Pokemon are of different types, one fire, one water and one grass. Since Nick chose Chimchar (Fire), and Seng Wai chose Turtwig (Grass), I went with Piplup (Water) just to 配合情况.


The Fire type Pokemon, chosen by Nick. Chimchar->Monferno->Infernape


The Grass type Pokemon, chosen by Seng Wai. Turtwig->Grotle->Torterra


The Water type Pokemon that I chose. Piplup->Prinplup->Empoleon

Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum is based on the 4th Generation for Pokemon, meaning there is a whole new bunch of Pokemon that I have never seen before, which makes me quite inexperienced to the new species. There are now a total of 493 Pokemon (from Generations 1 to 4) that you can record in your National Pokedex for Platinum. That's a very very big number. But I'm playing just for the storyline, not for the collection reason.

The main difference you can see when comparing Pokemon Platinum to the earlier versions is the change in interfaces. And now with the new touch screen function for the Nintendo DS, you can too click certain things in the game with your mouse for the PC version.


My favourite Pokemon - Salamence.


The new Garchomp.


One of the main Legendary Pokemon, Palkia.


My HM Buddy, Bibarel.

And as you can see, we even have a new HM - Rock Climb. This move allows the user to climb up slopes with rock paths. And as for some other HM changes, Flash is now a TM instead of a HM, Dive is no longer a HM and Defog is a new HM added. Here's a screenshot of how Rock Climb works.



See that clock under the main screen? That's another new addition to Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum. Its the thing you see on the 2nd screen for the Nintendo DS, so it comes as shown in the picture. That's a new application called Poketch, and as you progress in the game it not only shows the time, you will get more functions such as Calculator, Memo Pad, Step Counter, Happiness Checker, Item Finder... etc etc. These will help you in game and make your life easier.

The next noticable change are battle-related. Whenever a battle starts, the characters and Pokemon are all animated and will move for a while. And that's not all, there are some new moves never seen before and also changing of the skill's animation from previous games. The Pokemon's stance and back view are also different.
Compare the differences in the main stance of Salamence below.


Salamence in Platinum.


Salamence in Sapphire.

Notice the difference in interface as well. And as for the moves...


Salamence's back view and the Flamethrower technique in Sapphire.


Salamence's back view and the Flamethrower technique in Platinum.






Dragon Claw


Hydro Pump


Special Rend - A new move exclusive to Diamond/Pearl/Platinum. Only Palkia can use it.

Another new feature exclusive to Platinum is a different storyline when compared with Diamond and Pearl. This time, you get to capture the Legendary Pokemon Giratina before the Pokemon League, in a new map known as the Distorted Dimension, or dubbed as the Reverse World in the movie. This Distorted Dimension fully makes use of the Nintendo DS's 3D capabilities, and makes it one of the more complicated maps to navigate through. Here are some examples:


Welcome to the Distorted Dimension.


See how the screen turns?


I hate walking on walls. You can even surf up (or down.. whatever) waterfalls in here =.="

Soon, you'll reach Giratina.



Another feature exclusive to Giratina is its ability to change forms. In the Distorted Dimension, Giratina retains its Origin Form (the worm like shape). But once you exit the Distorted Dimension and back to your normal world, Giratina will alter its form.



The Origin Form and Altered Form have different stats build, and obviously the Origin Form looks cooler :P So many people will go "Oh man why do I have to put up with this uglier version >:(".

There is a way for Giratina to retain its Origin Form outside of the Distortion World. But first, you need to defeat the Pokemon League, completing the game once. After that, you may return to the place where you exit after catching Giratina. Instead of entering the distortion world immediately, you will be in a cave called Turnback Cave. From here, you must click 3 pillars within 30 rooms and the next map will have a portal in it.



From here, you will re-enter the Distortion World, and after a while, you will find an item called "Griseous Orb", or previously known as Platinum Orb. This item boosts the power of Dragon and Ghost type moves, and when given to Giratina, it will change to its Origin Form and retain in that state wherever you are. To change Giratina, just simply take or give it the Griseous Orb to switch it between its Altered and Origin forms respectively.


Giratina's Altered Form, without the Griseous Orb.


Giratina's Origin Form, with the Griseous Orb.

My Giratina is differently coloured because it is a shiny one, jealous? :X It's real rare to get a shiny pokemon. 1/8192 is the precise probability of getting one, so I'm considered extremely lucky for finding a Shiny LEGENDARY.

Right now I've run out of things to do in Pokemon Platinum. I've completed the game and have a few of my Pokemon to Lv9x. One thing I like about Pokemon Platinum is the new Elite 4. It is very much challenging and more difficult than the previous Pokemon games. The main reason is probably due to the diversity of Pokemon types that each Elite 4 trainer has, instead of having 1 single type that you can easily KO with just 1 pokemon that can exploit their weaknesses. The trainers in Elite 4, especially Champion Cynthia, have Pokemon of a main type, but with additional types and moves to counter their weaknesses. For example, Elite 4 Flint uses Fire type Pokemon, and has a Pokemon called Magmortar. Normally, at first thought, people will use Water type Pokemon against it. However, Flint's Magmortar knows the move Thunderbolt, a Lightning type move that can severely damage Water types. This is especially true in Champion Cynthia's case, as she has not only one type, since each Pokemon she has is of a different type.

For those of you who have nothing to do, I do suggest you try playing this game for the fun of it :)