Trick or Treat [Sunday, October 31, 2004]
Depression Strikes Back [Saturday, October 30, 2004]
Before Sunset [Friday, October 29, 2004]
All Your Base Are Belong To Us [Thursday, October 28, 2004]
The Choices That We Make [Thursday, October 28, 2004]
Sleep Mode [Monday, October 25, 2004]
Fireworks on the Same Level [Sunday, October 24, 2004]
The Hell Shift [Saturday, October 23, 2004]
Bloody Nuisance [Friday, October 22, 2004]
Mission Accomplished [Thursday, October 21, 2004]
Stuck In A Void [Wednesday, October 20, 2004]
Anniversary of A Random Event [Tuesday, October 19, 2004]
Banana Split [Monday, October 18, 2004]
Brain Operation Terminated [Sunday, October 17, 2004]
Please Let Me In...Gatekeeper [Friday, October 15, 2004]
Monumental Task Indeed [Thursday, October 14, 2004]
Oktoberfest or Octoberfest? [Wednesday, October 13, 2004]
Reckless Pursuit [Tuesday, October 12, 2004]
Cheaper but Slower [Monday, October 11, 2004]
And I Thought It Was Gonna Be Perfect [Sunday, October 10, 2004]
Too Damn Excited? [Saturday, October 9, 2004]
It's Over [Friday, October 8, 2004]
Resident Evil: Apocalypse [Thursday, October 7, 2004]
Being Suspended Never Felt This Good [Tuesday, October 5, 2004]
Minor Geek Episodes [Monday, October 4, 2004]
The Force is Strong [Sunday, October 3, 2004]
Stupid Fever [Saturday, October 2, 2004]
Ho-hum [Friday, October 1, 2004]
I don't know what to say, which is quite unusual as I have a lot in mind.
Random stuff will follow. (Random?! -- What's new??)
There was a gathering card game enthusiasts as well as paper and dice RPGs aficionados at Megaworld today. A teammate said there were a lot of cosplayers around, too bad they were gone when I was finished with work.
It sucks how my confidence level is so freaking low, I can't even ask people out. I immediately assume receiving a "no" or some lame excuse which is just a sugar-coated "no." Well, this has been the case so many times in the past and was tremendously worsened by her, so why expect change.
I don't know if there where signals, they could be, but I still chickened out.
Damn. Again, let's not assume anything. You know very well what happens when you do and it turns out so different.
Day-off for the next two days. I am staying home tomorrow even though my mom asked me if I wanted to go to Taguig. Since she gave me the option, I refused and said I'd rather rest. I don't like crowds. I don't like them at all. Besides, Dad is at home anyway.
I now have a VCD copy of Zatoichi, released locally by Viva. Funny thing is this small notice in the lower right corner, "The film that inspired Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill." Don't know about that, but the things name dropping can do, right?
Take Hero for instance, we probably saw the movie in theaters years ago, but in the US it came out only a few months ago. Quentin Tarantino's name was added to the credits because he was one of the people who really tried bringing it to the US.
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I feel so fucking depressed right now. Can't hardly bring myself to smile even. Add to that, I have to listen to Emo. Why not just dance to Franz Ferdinand?
I look at my life and I see nothing. It is so bland with hardly any note-worthy accomplishments. Uneventful. Am not in the mood though to get into the gritty details for this.
Nah. This is nothing. Just another attack of Chronic Depression.
Or maybe it is the fact that I have not played Shadow Hearts Covenant in almost 3 days now.
Yeah, I'd believe that it is most likely cause by the latter.
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Before Sunset is a pretty good movie. You should see it. It was simple, had a heavy load of dialogue and was still very much enjoyable despite the fact that I have yet to see Before Sunrise.
And I didn't feel bad watching the movie alone, at Eastwood Cinemas to boot. Rare do I watch a romantic movie alone, but this one is different. Again, you should see it.
Now where can I get a copy of Before Sunrise? Anyone?
O Music Bar is a conveniently close bar to work, but it doesn't pack the same punch as Tower does. So you could imagine how surprised I was when I saw a copy of The Used's In Love and Death. It was the only copy in the store.
Not wanting to repeat the same mistake with the first album (I thought twice about buying it years ago, and now can't find a copy), I walked all the way to Citibank to withdraw some money as I had just enough money to buy the album leaving me with none to commute home.
Anyway, it has been ripped and loaded on my MP3 player. Coolness.
Over at work, day-offs again have been changed, Monday - Tuesday for next week. This means no holiday pay for November 1. Shucks! I really need the money. I was really disappointed by my last paycheck, but that was caused of that stupid suspension.
Tomorrow, we have to report to work in Makati. Thankfully, it is a Saturday, and the traffic should not be that bad. Then again, this is the Philippines.
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All Your Base Are Belong To Us
I tried so hard to keep on watching Ghost In The Shell II Innocence but the appalling subtitling turned me off.
It was worse than the classic "All your base are belong to us", which is the prime example of mediocre translations.
30 minutes into the movie and I could hardly understand what was going on. Every sentence had some grammatical or absurd spelling error. "You have been assigned to touch team, in such touch time."
I bet the subtitling was done by some pirate who translated it word for word. Damn pirates. I have to admit that the visuals are crystal clear. Such a shame though that it was ruined by oh-so-terrible subtitling.
These are times wherein I really wish I knew Japanese.
Anyway, it was simply too much and after 30 minutes, I paused the damn thing and lay down, dozing off and waking up 3 hours later. With such a dilemma on what to do, I just wasted 3 hours just like that.
I should have played Shadow Hearts Covenant instead. Damn.
Now, I have no idea if I'd be able to sleep early as I do have work tomorrow.
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When you have only one day-off, it really troubles you on what you want to do with it.
Am currently hooked by Shadow Hearts Covenant and I can hear it calling me.
Part of me though wants to watch either Ghost In The Shell II: Innocence or episodes 44-50 of Full Metal Alchemist.
Another part wants to edit and upload pictures from Altered Native last night, but the Internet connection is painfully slow (what's new?).
I really suck at making the good choices.
I had Typecast, Valley of Chrome, Spongecola, Silent Sanctuary, Maryzark, plus bits of Chicosci and Kamikazee on my MP3 player for almost a month now. About time to change them.
Again, am choosing what kind of mode I'd set it up for the week, soundtrack, anime, videogame, screamo, emo, etc.
Oh. I finally downloaded one track (Helena) from My Chemical Romance, and I like it. I like it so much that I want the whole album. Unfortunately, the shitty connections are preventing me from catching them all.
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In preparation for work later, I'd be waking up at 4:30 and would leave home by 5:30. That's 3 and a half hours before work starts.
In the event that I'd be late, I will be killing the first person who rubs it in. You have been warned.
Yesterday had to be the sleepiest day I have ever experienced. Woke up by 10 and played some Shadow Hearts. By 11, I paused the game and lay down on the bed. My mom was waking me up come 3 in the afternoon for lunch. I was trying so hard to keep myself awake as I need to sleep early (as you can see, am still awake).
The rest of the day was spent playing Shadow Hearts but I still found myself drowsing off for a few seconds now and then.
I shall now try and check if I'd be able to sleep in a few minutes of lying in bed.
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Last night of the lean shift had to be celebrated in style. Unfortunately, not all had the same grand idea. Spent a couple of hours after the shift drinking beer and eating Japanese food at Kyo.
There was an event at Eastwood last night, and again it was finished by the time the shift ended. I did hear Moonstar 88 and Cambio despite us being on the 22nd floor.
Another fireworks show at 12 midnight which continued for exactly 10 minutes. Fireworks look real great when you look them at the same level.
Due to the transition into hell shift, our day-offs have been split, Sunday and Thursday. This day is therefore dedicated to Shadow Hearts Covenant.
I have no idea how many hours I am gonna allot on Monday so I won't arrive late at work. Since it is the first day and a Monday at that, it's most likely closer to 4 hours.
Now tell me, who the fuck allots 4 freaking hours for commuting to work?!
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It's official. New shift schedule starts on Monday and would begin at 9 in the morning and end at 6 in the evening.
If I dubbed the 3pm-12mn shift as the "dream shift", this new shift shall be called the "hell shift."
It's scaring me already, the traffic, the pollution, the people. I don't believe that allotting 3 hours in the morning would give me enough breathing room to get to work on time.
Despite it being dubbed as the dream shift due to the time itself, I have not been so lucky with it. I'd start off the day with good footing but the second half of the shift stumbles into oblivion. It is really annoying and depressing.
Rushed to Freedom Bar right after. Missed out on Typecast and Valley of Chrome, but I did get to see Paramita and Matilda. It was short but I had fun.
No, the sun is starting to rise. Clear indication that I need to sleep now as I still have work today.
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"I hate you. You are never going to sit beside be when am playing PS2. You'd be locked up in a totally separate room."
Bloody phone ruined my PS2 gaming mood. Nonetheless, Shadow Hearts Covenant is addicting. I just wish I played the first game years back.
Bad news at work.
Due to the teams measly attendance record during our stint in the lean shift seems to be in trouble.
News about transferring to another shift is not welcome at all. I am really loving this shift. Take later for instance. I'd be going to the DPS anniversary and would have enough time to go home, sleep, and go back to work.
Worse still would be the schedule we may be transferred to, 9 am to 6 pm, regular working hours it maybe, but I have one word for you, traffic. With this schedule, it would be easy to be spend atleast 6 hours a day commuting. 6+9=15. 24-15=no life. Baah!
Nothing's official though, so here's hoping it would be decent.
On the bright side, this shift would still allow me to rock. I mean, attend gigs and all.
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For the first time ever, I was able to accomplish everything that I said yesterday about going to the mall.
Watched House of Flying Daggers at 11:40, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow at 3:50 pm and Shark Tale at 6:50 pm. This is also the order of how much I liked each movie compared to the other, starting off with the best of course and ending with the weakest.
Grabbed copies of Shadow Hearts Covenant (another 2 disc game) and Sly Cooper 2. Both games word fine on my PS2. Play tested Shadow Hearts Covenant and it seems I have found the next game to sink into.
As for Full Metal Alchemist, I now have episodes 45-50 and I believe am just missing out on the very last 2 episodes since the last time I checked, the anime ended at 52 episodes.
Sadly, two bloody discs refuse to work on our component which would mean watching them on my PC instead. Major bummer. Maybe I can find a way around this.
Oh, am so drained now. I slept for 3 hours this morning in order to accomplish this wonderfully planned day.
Some things are unplanned though, and more on that tomorrow. Right! Like anyone is interested anyway.
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Started playing KOTOR last October 3, and finally I am finished with it. 17 days? Not bad. Three cheers for me!
Played through it being a servant of the Light and am attempted to play it again as evil as I can be, as there is an alternate ending and the game is that good, that a second run through would still be enjoyable. Then again there are other things which I must do. I can hear my PS2 calling me.
The game is so good that I did not even mention a slight problem running it on my PC. It seems that whenever my PCs resources are too low, the game would just lock up. Opening the game again solves the problem though, and did not hinder me from enjoying this wonderful game.
Official game time according to the last save file is close to 40 hours. I'd put the total hours playing this game at around 50+ due to this lock up problem.
From this point on I will refrain from talking about KOTOR, even saying the word. This is only temporary though until KOTOR 2 comes out in the 1st quarter of 2005.
Turns out that Star Ocean really has some issues when it comes to load times and lock ups on older PS2 models. A problem evident from the Japanese release years ago.
I got my PS2 around the 2nd quarter of last year but there have been so many models released after. The PS2 I have is series 30000. New ones are atleast series 50000. I know that my PS2 lens needs cleaning, but all other games play with no problems. As a result I am not hoping that cleaning the lens would help with my problem with Star Ocean.
Damn. Star Ocean is a 2 disc game and I have bought two copies of a game I would never be able to play on this PS2.
This means I am currently on a videogaming break, stuck between lackluster games (Suikoden 3/Megaman X Command Mission) and games refusing to work (Xmen Legends/Star Ocean).
Being Wednesday and all, I have now set plans to go to a mall tomorrow and watch movies. Planning to watch 3, Shark Tale, House of Flying Daggers and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. After, I am hoping I'd get my hands on a decent RPG say Shadow Hearts Covenant or Shin Megami Tensei plus the last episodes of Full Metal Alchemist.
Setting up plans by yourself is so easy.
Damn. Kazaa royally sucks ass. I haven't been able to download anything successfully from it. Wanted to hear My Chemical Romance and am trying to download the most popular song that came up, I'm Not Okay (I Promise) which had 46 hits. After a few minutes of downloading it prompted "More Sources Needed."
Bit Torrent is wonderful if you have a high-speed connection but is utter crap when using a dial up modem. Downloading Taking Back Sunday's new CD on it, Where You Want To Be, and the approximate time remaining is 37 hours. I was planning on leaving it on all night but when I decided that, it ONLY said 9 hours. This is pointless.
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Belated Happy 4th Anniversary.
4 years. This has to be one of the longer relationships I've ever had. How can anyone or anything last for more than a year with me?
Despite us not having as much contact as we used to, you have always been there for me. Looking at you brings both tears and joy to my eyes. You have probably been the best thing that ever happened to me.
Every night of those 4 years had been spent with you close to me. Lately, we have even slept together, sharing the same bed.
You have been silent lately, but I can understand why as I had forced you into such a predicament.
I am sorry about the times I threw you around, but you saw how I regretted doing so.
I doubt I can ever live without you by my side, or atleast, someone like you. Nonetheless, you would always be my first.
And I thank you for all of this, it has been such a wonderful experience, even though I do not know your name.
This is certainly not goodbye, as we still have a bright future together. And do not be scared by these beautiful, luscious and classy things, my fondest memories will always be of you.
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One more work day to go and again I'd be on off. Yeah. My body is almost drained and it's just 3 in the morning and I am feeling sleepy already.
Purchased a bunch of games for the PS2, Megaman X Command Mission, Crash Twinsanity, and a new copy of Star Ocean. Tried them all out, and guess what, they are all playing perfectly fine. I have to say that Star Ocean's graphics are up there with Final Fantasy X, and I am saying that after playing it for a few minutes.
Megaman X Command Mission is another beautiful cell-shaded gem. Enjoyed Megaman Adventures a bunch, and I bet I'd love this one better since it is an RPG. This is coming from a guy who never finished a single Megaman side-scrolling game.
I don't know which to play first or how I'd be spending the two days off. Am desperately in need to watch a new movie in the theater and that would require me to spend atleast half a day. One things for sure, I'd be playing KOTOR and this time I am going to make sure I'll finish it before I get back to work on Thursday.
So many things to do, so little time. I need to develop a level of mitosis at the human level.
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Due to the obscene amount of people at the Oktoberfest event last Friday, we decided to make changes to our plans of celebrating the night.
Right after our shift, we walked around the venue trying to spot a decent place to occupy. The place was too packed for comfort so we decided to go to Tapika along Katipunan. Drank 4 bottles of beer in an hours time talking about videogames, of all things. Unfortunately, the bar closes at two in the morning, and we were still enjoying the night. Then decided to head back to Libis to meet up with another friend. The crowd had shrunk a bit but more manageable. A couple more rounds set us off for the night.
I had a hard time looking around that night, squinting most of the time. These are times when 20/20 vision is a must.
An odd thing happened when I took my second piss. The thing is, we were sitting in front of Jack's Loft. The first time we took a piss, we went inside Jack's Loft. However, the second time around, I found myself in Basement surrounded by a crowd of people dancing. Simply looked for the restroom and went out. The amazing thing was the fact that a troop of bouncers were at the doorr, and for some reason I was able to get in.
The last paragraph I typed in made no sense at all. My brain seized to work now. It is screaming for KOTOR and refused to work at all. This happens when your own body parts have minds of their own and rarely work as one.
Anyway, thanks to an amazing schedule, I was able to enjoy the night. This would not be possible during our previous shifts, 6 am to 3 pm and more so with 9pm to 6 am.
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Damn. It's early morning now and I have not played KOTOR at all. Yes, I talked about KOTOR again, and I did not even play the game today.
The special task handed out at work today was not as massive as I thought it was. Knock on wood, it is on a rotational basis, so we'll never know when it will come around.
If I only knew I'd be done by 1 am, I would have asked for someone to pick me up. As a result, I stayed at the office until 2:30 and traveled home arriving at around 4 o'clock.
Same. I would then had enough time to play KOTOR then blog this entry.
Oktoberfest at Eastwood tomorrow and I am pretty excited about it. It would probably start around our lunchtime, which is around 7:30 in the evening. It would end though by morning, which means several bottles of beer before sunrise. I miss drinking. I'll think about how I'd be able to get home after the fest.
See you there!
I need to sleep now, before the sun rises. Need to energize myself for a long day.
I am loving the PSP more after hearing this bit of update about the product. I don't care if Duo Memory Sticks cost like gold. It's the kind of gadget dreams are made off.
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When you travel to and from work everyday with each trip consuming at least 2 hours, going out on day-offs feels like such a monumental task. Just the thought of the trip consuming two hours before you get any where civilized downright sucks. You have to be psychic so you can plan everything out ahead of time.
These are the times when I really miss having a room in the Metro. I could just hop on a jeep/cab and go anywhere with barely a moments notice.
Am going to exert more effort to go out on my next day-offs, whenever they maybe. I really need to catch up on movies. The screening times at Eastwood Cinemas are a tad too early leaving almost two hours free before work starts. Alternatively, this means leaving home no later than 9 in the morning. Am not that desperate.
My passion for videogames is keeping me sane.
I am still not done with KOTOR. I thought I was already at the end, but I need to tie up some loose ends first. I need to get this over with ASAP. There are a lot of pending games, and I am only talking about RPGs here, okay.
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This is amusing. You can actually type in Oktoberfest in MS Word and it won't be marked as a misspelled word. When you decide to type in Octoberfest though, the red line underneath comes out. I guess in Germany, it is Oktoberfest.
Yes. This is me saying "I can't wait for Friday."
It has come to my attention that in the past three weeks, I have only seen one movie in the theater. To make things worse, I saw Resident Evil: Apocalypse in Megamall, the stickiest place on earth. Damn this new schedule for forcing me into such a movie hiatus.
At least, it is satisfying and feeding one of my inner demons, the part of me who can get extremely addicted to videogames. Once I get home after work, I have 2 to 3 hours of playtime on an equally addicting game. 2 to 3 hours if I don't sit in front of the PC and go online to satisfy my other inner demon.
I can't believe it's already 4 in the morning. I said I'd go online to check a few things then play KOTOR.
The twist in KOTOR is even more surprising than the twist in Starwars. I was really dumbfounded by it.
Since I did not finish the game today, I am now contemplating if I should go out tomorrow or just get sucked into the Starwars universe again.
This all depends on what time I'd wake up later.
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Woohoo! I drove all the way from work to home. I did not park the van though in the garage as that is a monumental task I doubt I could ever handle. The driver commented that I drive too fast for a beginner. Harhar! Watch out!
Note to self: Gran Turismo-esque power steering is NOT applicable in real life. You can't bounce of corners.
Going down from Antipolo is one thing, driving up is another. Will come to that in time. Turning in right-angled corners is another blunder of mine.
Yey again as it is my day-off today and tomorrow. Thinking about driving again later but that depends on KOTOR.
Speaking of KOTOR, I need to play more. Just a few more hours and I'd be finished with it.
Like I expected, the lean shift is turning to be a dream shift of sorts. The only minus about it is the inability to watch movies. If you really want to watch something, you'd have to wake up early and catch and 11 am screening at Eastwood Cinemas. And no, there are no more opportunities to go on a movie marathon.
One of the upsides of it all is gimmicking after office hours. Have yet to proceed to a gig right after work, but hearing that Oktoberfest is coming to Libis this Friday is awesome news. Fuck if we still have work the next day, it does not start until 3 anyway.
There are a lot of new PS2 games, but I decided not to buy one. Hopefully, I'd be able to finish KOTOR tomorrow then I'd have the whole of Wednesday to read some copies of FHM that are already piling up or finally read the book I bought months ago or read the graphic novel I purchased a year ago.
Then again, Wednesday provides the perfect opportunity to go to the nearest mall and watch a movie. I am missing out on a ton of new movies as a result of this shift.
Oh, and did you know that Superman died? He will be missed. I suddenly have the urge to watch Superman. Unfortunately, I do not own any copies of it on VCD or DVD. Shucks.
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I got home earlier today as I asked mom to have a driver pick me up after work. The whole trip home was cut to less than an hour. I should have asked him though if I could drive all the way home. I'd ask him tomorrow night, I always have my student license anyway.
I hate dial-up. It's so fucking slow. I don't know what happened but it had gotten slower in the past days. I think our application for the unlimited PLDT Vibe account kicked in. It was not this slow back when we had pay-per-surf. Cheaper but slower, I don't like that kind of a trade-off.
Now, how did we upgrade to unlimited?
Apparently, PLDT MyDSL is currently offering unlimited DSL up to 384 Kbps at 2000 Php a month, and they are calling up everyone who might be interested. I had my doubts about this and exclaimed that we are just too far from the nearest PLDT station. I believe that current technology in this country restricts the distant from the nearest station to 5 kilometers or so.
Anyway, the persistent sales rep came over and saw for herself just how far our place was and said, why not fill up this unlimited PLDT Vibe form for 750 Php a month.
Here's an amusing fact. In the town of Pililla, Rizal (don't ask where), the only client for PLDT MyDSL is the Rural Bank.
Oh boy. I wanted the DSL connection so bad. Imagine the MP3s and music videos I could download.
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And I Thought It Was Gonna Be Perfect
The trip to work. One hour and thirty minutes early. Good.
The work load. Pretty much the same. Normal.
The trip home. Hell. I never had any troubles going home after gigs, why give me such a pain now.
Gives me stupid ideas of spending an amount equal to my monthly allowance in college for transport. Not a good idea.
This is definitely not a good first impression for the lean shift. Well, I did see my crush so that's good enough. Like I don't see her all the time. Bah!
Good thing I grabbed a copy of Kitchie Nadal's album. I am amused.
It's 3 in the morning and I still don't have any plans of sleeping. If I choose to sleep at 6 in the morning, I still get 4 hours of sleep if I wake up at 10 which I found earlier is too early to prep up for work. Back in the morning shift, I normally sleep around 11 in the evening, waking up at 3, for a grand total of 4 hours of sleep, normally. So no matter how I put it, I'd have more hours of sleep in this setup. I doubt my body would lack sleep or energy, sleeping early in the morning and waking up before noon is actually the natural sleeping hours for this body.
Arrrggghhh! My mouse arm is aching. Take note, ARM. The whole thing is aching, from the joints in the fingers up to the shoulder muscles connected to my back. Sorry, but you won't stop me from playing some KOTOR.
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I don't know if I am too excited about work later, but as of 1 in the
morning, I have yet to feel sleepy.
Heart is pumping more than usual because of a message from her, so that could
have added to the reason why am not sleepy yet.
Well, I did sleep until noon, which would most likely be the main reason for all
of this.
Watched Bowling for Columbine on AXN. Crazy Americans. I have yet to see
Fahrenheit 9/11, it was only out for a week and due to my recent visit from the
flu, I missed it.
I am a videogame addict, but
this is
too much.
Stupid rich text mode. Does not seem to want me adding the pic or a link even. I
don't have the time and patience for you. HTML coding here we go.
Oh, and I did feel the earthquake this time. Was watching TV when it did. Cool.
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After what seemed to be like forever, my sudden break from work has ended.
At 3 in the afternoon tomorrow, work resumes once again.
Being longer than a week, it has been the longest break I had ever since I started working. Too bad the first days were plagued with the flu. It was fun though, even if I still have not finished playing Starwars: KOTOR.
My PS2 does not like the copy of X-men Legends I recently bought. If you won't respond by pressing the Start button while it is displaying the developer's logo, it would simply cycle through it infinitely. The first few cutscenes won't show up and the load times are hell (all PS2 games are plagued by this). This did not keep me from playing the game, but then, during the first boss fight, the screen suddenly went pale blue and stopped. Don't know if it's the game or my PS2 being too picky when it comes to DVDs.
In my past attempts to get Star Ocean to work, I opened up the PS2 in hopes of getting to the lens and possibly wiping it clean. Unfortunately, since it has a tray-loading mechanism, I was not able to go any further as I did not have the right tools. If only I could get to the lens and clean it, it may perform better. Who knows.
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Crazy gig last night. It was still fun though. Watched a short film by Niche and Cy, and loved it. Great work guys.
After two weeks, I finally had the chance to watch a movie.
Sadly, I only had the time for one so I picked Resident Evil: Apocalypse among the lot. The movie is okay, as with every other movie I have seen. Seeing Jill Valentine on screen was a lovely experience, but I really loved what they did to Nemesis, it's just so beautiful. Giggled a bit when he said, "S.T.A.R.S." The movie did not end here, and there are details on a sequel.
Bought a copy of Franz Ferdinand, and am loving it. Of course, I have ripped it already.
Nothing else to say. My right arm is aching due to the awkward position of my mouse on this stupid table. I am still playing through Starwars: KOTOR. Hopefully, I'd be done by the end of the week.
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Being Suspended Never Felt This Good
Finally, my suspensions kicked in. If you can recall, a few months back I woke up too late for work and that action merited some disciplinary actions, a 3-day suspension.
Received a SMS from our TL informing me that I am suspended from Wednesday to Friday, which alternatively means, I do not have to go to work until Saturday. Yahoo!?
I have been waiting for these suspensions, especially during the times we had to work 6 days straight, and now they come at a time I least expected. Oh well, at least this means more play time with Starwars: KOTOR.
Since this is a suspension, I could go out to the mall and catch up movies I have missed out last week and ones that open tomorrow.
Still, nothing much too say aside from this suspension. I am still pretty engrossed with Starwars: KOTOR.
And if you are wondering, I think I feel better now except for this splitting headache who won't simply go away.
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I am currently in this Starwars itch.
Apparently, Starwars: KOTOR is so overwhelmingly addictive that I need to play it all the time. Internet up-time has significantly been cut to checking emails and the LJ account.
There are times when my sister-in-law has to use the PC to talk with my brother, and being the good person that I am, I allow them to do so.
This happened yesterday, and I ended watching Episode I on video. Episode II next tonight.
If I am not playing Starwars, I am watching Starwars or thinking about Starwars.
This is what we call Minor Geek Episodes. Not as dedicated as full-blown Starwars geeks, but enough to freak a normal person out.
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Damn. I wish I was able to go to work yesterday. It would have been the perfect day. Casual work day ending by 5 in the afternoon. 2 movies wherever. Admit 1 at Anonas without a care about the next day as it was a day-off. Would have been perfect, but I was stuck at home, sick due to this recurring flu. Hopefully, it is just a freaking flu.
Well, that's what the doctors told me when I got my medical certificate yesterday, a flu. Thanks to the healthcare provided by work, everything was covered for, including blood and urine tests.
Finally played Starwars: KOTOR long enough to get a good feel. Not did I only like it, am freaking addicted now. Been awhile since I have been hooked to a videogame like this. I am not yet a Jedi, but can't wait to be one. So far, I have been sticking to the Light Side of the force, helping every whining critter in the game. Next play through, I'd be slashing all of you down.
Enough of this. The force is too strong to resist not playing.
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I felt terrible when I woke up this morning, my head was cracking up yet again, and I was freaking trembling when the fan was on. As a result, I skipped work today due to the still present fever. I shouldn't have taken that bath last Thursday.
Now I have messed up a pretty good opportunity to watch a couple of movies, buy a couple of new videogames which won't bore me, and have a stroll at the local mall.
It's official. Lean shift for October. No more mall-ing and movies unless I plan for it before hand. It turns out that my day-offs, for this week at least, are on Sunday and Monday. Work will not start until 3 in the afternoon this Tuesday. Hooray. Any gigs? Oh fuck, I forgot that I am still sick.
I have a pretty good feeling that I am going to love this new "time slot".
Hopefully, I'd feel better by Monday. If I do, I would go to the mall and catch those movies. If not, I'd have to leave early on Tuesday so I can watch Fahrenheit 9/11, I doubt it would be out for more than a week.
Viewtiful Joe is a viewtiful game and all, but I find it a little too hard. Right now, I don't have the patience for it. I don't want to go into a sudden fit of rage due to some game.
With nothing else to do, I gave Suikoden 3 another try. The story was starting to pick up, but then came a need to level up some totally weak characters, the strongest of which comes into battle asleep. With no decent way of healing the characters in and out of battles, I again raised the controller in defeat.
Promise, once I have my hands on copies of X-men: Legends or Star Ocean (one that works), I won't even think of playing you again.
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Just like that and another month has just wrapped up. Time to flip the FHM calendar again.
Pretty bland day. Just watched the Perfect Score on DVD and now find myself in front of the PC once again. How I wished Star Ocean was working properly. Might as well give Viewtiful Joe another try. Button mashing goodness.
Found another lovable webcomic, which is like the main reason I am online right now. It's nice reading a new webcomic now and again, as you have to start from the beginning and keep on reading until the latest update. Once you're done, it then adds to your list of webcomics needed to be checked everyday which isn't much of a hassle as they usually update during the weekdays only.
She SMS'd again, saying her parents are already asking where her phone is, hence desperately needs money now. She hasn't asked directly yet but I decided simply not to reply. I just don't know what to say. =)
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