Lady, you got Facebooked.

It doesn't take much to make me smile. I learnt how to take HDR photos today, and I discovered that Facebook is fun. Oh, Facebook. Brr. Man, I wish I was taller. These girls are.. hot. Anyway, facebook. Whoa.

Hey, check out my flickr! I took a lot of cool photos today.

(makasih buat Valerie dan Wisnu yg mau nemenin gw ke Docklands walaupun anginnya brr dingin dingin bangeeeet hoho thx yaa)

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Awesomus Prime

I wish my desktop computer can transform. Imagine that,

"Your computer.. transform"

Oh, friggin sweet!!! You know, if my computer, or guitar, or harmonica can transform, that will be so awesome. Alright, check this out. I'll name my computer-bot Awesomus Prime.

I'm guessing that's awesome right? Of course it is. It's awesome.

I just got back from Hoyts. I finally get around to watching Transformers. Ok, so I'm a month late, big deal. I'm fashionably late. There. So yeah. Man, that was awesome. I'm sorry, I gotta go, I gotta go to Toys R Us and buy me an Optimus Prime.

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Family Guy meets Star Wars

I'm a huge Star Wars and Family Guy fan, and when I saw the trailer for the upcoming one-hour Star Wars parody in Family Guy, I screamed in joy. Imagine that, it combines my two most favorite things in the world, all packed in just under one awesome hour. Now I can't wait until September.



Oh yes. Watching this is more of a turn-on than watching Angelina Jolie playing with herself. Playing tennis. Wait, that doesn't make any sense at all.

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Wheeeeeeeeee..Star Wars.. Hee hee hee hee.. Star Wars.. hee hee hee...

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Geek-Rant: My rig ain't underpowered anymore!

I got a 3dmark06 score of 7528. How bad ass is that?!


I figured out that the reason why my PC seems to be underpowered is because I wasn't taking advantage of dual-channel DDR. And now I've got everything worked out.. it's all splendid.

Now, back to gaming..

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Geek-Rant: S.T.A.L.K.E.R is a kickass, kickass game. And it's the reason why I haven't slept in a week.

I've been wondering to myself on why I haven't post a blog entry in a while, even though it's been weeks since my last exam and therefore.. I should have more free time to write a whole lot of nonsensical bullshit in this blog. I guess the answer to that is.. I've been playing this game called S.t.a.l.k.e.r: Shadow of Chernobyl. It doesn't have anything to do with the fact that I like to stalk other people..

Well, just kidding. I don't stalk other people. Really. I don't.

So anyway, Stalker is a fucking great game. I just had to write that profanity in there, because that's the best adjective for describing how fucking fantastic the game is.

I finished the game a few minutes ago, and I got the best ending out of 7 possible endings. Yes, there are 7 possible endings to this game, and I got the best one. I feel glad, because I spent most of my free time in the last few weeks glued to the computer screen, just trying to finish the damn game.

Some parts of it spooked the hell out of me. That's why I couldn't bring myself to finish the game, even though it's possible for me to do an all nighter and finish the main storyline by last Friday. The problem is, I'm not too keen on watching a vampire-mutant creeping up on me at 3 a clock in the morning. That's just not cool.

Basically the whole game revolves around the concept of creating utopia. In the game, a group of scientists built a huge wave-transmitter (in Chernobyl) that can brainwash the world's populace. But it kinda blew up, and it left a scarring hole in the ground and a bunch of mutants where Chernobyl power plant used to be. In the end of the game, your character decides whether to join the 'evil-scientist-group' or destroy the bad guys and presumably, bring peace to the region around Chernobyl.

It's amazing how there seems to be a whole lot of philosophical ideas and heavier-stuffs in the story. You don't get to see a video game that gives such depressing endings; it's contrary to the assumption that video gamers deserve a heroic ending from 20+ hours of killing other people. Just for an example, in one of the ending, your character asks for immortality. What did he get? He was turned into a marble-statue. Ha, in-your-face, Videogame/Console-ish heroic endings! (read: almost all of the games released on all platforms of gaming, except for the RPGs and the Final Fantasys.. I guess)

So uh, why did I like the game so much? Because I finally get around to finishing it, therefore I can move on to other games. And also because it has such a kick-ass graphics, perfect for testing my new videocard. And oh, I get to shoot a lot of things with a vast assortment of kickass guns and rifles. Best shooter ever. Since Deus Ex. Ah, Deus Ex, best game evah. I should probably write a rant about that..

Now, where's that copy of Rainbow Six Vegas..

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I bought the best videocard in the world, and as a geek, I screamed in orgasmic joy.

I gave in to the power-nerd urge inside of me to buy a new videocard. I thought, eh what the hell, I finished my exam, I got an extra couple hundred of dollars, so why not? Right? So the first thing I did this morning was unlocking my old 3d card from my computer. Then I took a train to Caulfield, bought this card, and went back with a glorious feeling.

Placing the card inside my motherboard wasn't hard at all (it's the second card from the bottom, the huge one), any trained monkey could do it, the hard thing was figuring out why I couldn't install the drivers for the card, which is essential for all my games and other softwares to use the card. Turns out I had to uninstall my old videocard, so that's what I did, but not before realising that I have accidentally uninstalled the driver to my ethernet ports (they're both labelled under nVidia.. so that was unfortunate).

Actually I didn't realise that I have unistalled my ethernet ports until I came to my senses. And by that, I mean when I went to the city, asked a couple of guys at a computer store if there's an USB-ethernet adapter. They kinda laughed at me, which was.. unfortunate, because there's no such thing anymore, seeing that every computer would have an ethernet port anyway nowadays.

Only then I realised that I've merely uninstalled the port, so I went to the uni computer lab and downloaded the firmwares (and the patches for my videocard, while I'm still at it). And there I was, 30 minutes later, starting playing all these games under the highest resolution and details - just for the hell of it. Of course, when you have one of the best 3d card ever, you have to use it to your advantage right?

I don't think I have come to a realisation that this is like, the 3rd best card on the market right now. I need to 'test' this with a couple of newer games. And apparently, these games aren't in my hands right now. I should definitely get those back before next week..

I am, like, the most powerful asian nerd in around Carlton. I bet nobody around here has this card yet. Bow down ye nerds, for I am your king!

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Starcraft 2, Woo hoo!

Koreans across the world are rejoicing at the fact that Starcraft 2 was announced yesterday. I am rejoicing as well. Not because Starcraft2 is going to be a kick-ass game, but to the fact that more Koreans will suffocate from an overdose of cheetos, sushis, bad hygiene and Starcraft. Which is really, quite amusing. Heh.

So anyway, Blizzard (the developers) announced this on some sort of a geek-conference at Korea yesterday. The website for Starcraft 2 is also up. Looking at the images, the gameplay looks a lot like Warcraft 3. In fact, I can see a lot of resemblance between this game and a WC3 mod by Project Revolution. Hmm. When I first saw the wiki article, I was a bit sceptical of its authenticity. But then I went to the website, and subsequently wet my pants.

Heck, even the trailer looks so good. Gotta hand it to them; these guys are pros at what they're doing. From Starcraft to WoW, you can see that they put so much effort into their work. I can't wait for this to come out.

Probably in 2009 or something. Until then, keep on zergrushing in Starcraft.

Official IGN announcement: http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/788/788627p1.html
Blizzard's website: http://www.starcraft2.com/

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