Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Moonwalk

The classic move. The defining moment. These are the few words to describe how the Moonwalk is and how it is associated with one man that shocked us all, that entertained us all and most importantly, gave us good comedy to write about. I am of course talking about one Michael Jackson a.k.a the King of Pop.

I can’t say that I am devastated by his death unlike some of these fake-ass celebrities that just want to have a say in everything.

*glares*

Anyways… I can’t say that he has influenced my life much through his music but I have to admit that several songs like Beat It, Thriller and Billie Jean were fun to play to.

The only way that he has influenced me was not directly, but indirectly, through the jokes that many comedians, movies and shows that have made fun of his freakiness and penchant for little boys.

Call me insensitive for making a man’s death seem less than it is but just putting my 2 cents out there. He shall be remembered for his music, his performances, his fight for select causes and of course, his infamous battle with his less-than-acceptable ways.

Rest In Peace, Michael Jackson.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Epic. Classic. Legend. But Not So Much X-Files

So yeah… last night was one long night. Spent almost 12 hours outside the house on the wrong side of the day. Wait, is there a wrong side of the day? It’s all right, innit?

Anyways… last night I went to watch Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen!



Our War. Their World.

I thought the last Transformers was mind-blowing. One for the history books. And then later I thought the Dark Knight replaced Transformers’ place in that holy spot in my mind.

And trust me… what other movie can our generation say that defined us? Pirates? No thanks, I prefer to be referred to as part of a straight generation. The Twilight series? Nah, being a sexist generation wouldn’t do good if the future gets ruled by feminists. Not that being referred to as a sexist generation would do any good to any sort of interpretation of our current history and events. Let’s see… dumb president (Bush, not Obama, for you nitwits going “Oh shit, calling a black guy dumb! That’s racist!”), killing off the planet ourselves and uh… amoral activities. Yep. We have loads to be proud of.

Anyways. I wouldn’t go as far to say, but I would love to, that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be that one monolith that stands in history that defines our generation.

Why? Because the movie was fucking epic. There were way way way way way so much more robots this time round! More Decepticreeps than Autobots but that’s how it works anyways. Megan Fox still made the audience grab for the nearest box of tissues and hand lotion as soon as she came onto the screen.

*gasp* Ohhhh~ *pant*

Shia LeBeouf still is Sam Witwicky and he still knows only how to crack jokes, which aren’t half bad and does what he does best in most of his movies (except Disturbia) – RUN. Bastard gets to fondle two chicks in this film. Lucky sonnuvabitch. Pity the other one’s a… never mind.

Anyways… this movie is just epic. The robot battles, the scenery, the babes, the car chases, everything is fucking amazing.

Ol’ Spiky’s Rating – 10/5 A historical 1st in my official blog ratings. Believe it.

Skip funerals. Crash weddings. Push nuns. Kill innocent bystanders. Do what you must to watch this.

And bring some tissues. It’s gonna be a mess at the end.

Now For the X-Files Part

Alright, it wasn’t that creepy. Let me just tell you what happened and not slip my deranged opinions into your head.

So I took the tram to the mall to catch Transformers 2. I got on, then Kang Wei got on at his stop. Halfway there we shifted seats where he was on the opposite seat while a chick was directly opposite me, on his left.

So on our way I commented on how the Sims 3 was to him. As we reached the mall and stood up to get off. The chick opposite me said, “Are you from Sunway?”

I was taken aback at first and then remembered that Kang Wei had a way with ladies back in the day and she’s probably one of those chicks that he had on his gazillion friends list back in Friendster or on Facebook that he never knew existed.

But her next line definitely was the last thing I’d expect. “Are you Yoong from Sunway?”

I was like, “????!!!!”

Yeah. I know.

So we got off the tram and continued asking her how she knew us and she went on to say that she doesn’t know many dudes that bought Sims 3.

Okay, that even spooked me out some more. Not only does she know my name, she knows what I bought?

I gotta lay off the sauce man.

Well, eventually it boiled down to the fact that my proclamations over the net must’ve caught the eye of a mutual friend of ours. And yeah, it turns as so as I started a small game of “20 Questions” with her.

Turns out her name is Vivian. Or at least that’s the common spelling. She’s in her last year in VU, majoring in Accounting, Banking and Finance and knows some other people that I know in Student Village that are in the same course, namely Su Xuan and Alicia, Aaron’s friend.

Small world. But joined in hands by Sims 3. Awesome.

Alrighty then. I probably should drop a note on the recent and unfortunate departure of a great muse for crude comedy, a great performer and artist, the wackiest celebrity and the most child-loving man out there, Michael Jackson but let’s leave it for another time.

Probably should drop another note on Patricia’s departure from Australia as well. Let’s leave that for another day when I have time to type.

Peace out y’all!

Epic. Classic. Legend. X-Files (prolouge)

Boy it's been a semi-long day. I just got back. At the time of typing this, it's 7.31 and I just got back about half an hour ago. Where? Patricia, a China girl in our class was going back for good to China since her exchange programme only covered half a semester here in VU Australia. What happened before that? I watched Transformers 2. What happened on the way to the cinema? Random unknown chick who knew who I was and what I bought? Stay tuned for this EPIC CLASSIC LEGEND and slightly creeped out-me tale of suspense, transforming Transformers and *snore*

Zzzzzz...

*blurgh*

I am so zapped.

Peace out y'all.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

For Those Who Fight Further

Well… I was done with my AMR on Monday. And now… it’s Wednesday. There’s still piles of notes that separates me from my keyboard at this moment ‘cause my next exam’s approximately 6-5 hours plus away by the time this post hits the net.

Totally getting pumped up now while going through my notes, some slight last minute revision and some attempts to finish the past year paper, with some awesome rock orchestra/rock remixes of Final Fantasy 7 and 8 music. Damn, the Black Mages are good!

Anyways, the official tally now is at 3 down. 1 more to go. For some reason, this has been one long and harrowing process. Usually I don’t go through this much shit back in Sunway but I gotta admit that I am performing better over here, overall!

Palm and Elly have left Melbourne and are probably at Chiang Mai right now. The dude left me his car! Awesome! But the ride’s probably as old as I am so you can imagine. The 4th gear’s gone, the main lock’s busted and there’s no power steering. There’s no way in hell I’m gonna take that beast for a spin unless it’s absolutely necessary… and my parameters on what’s absolutely necessary are not the usual parameters, as usual.

Essentially, the least I have to do is to start the engine from time to time so that the damn thing… well, I have no idea what happens when you leave a car too long in the blistering cold. So… whatever it is, I’m starting up that hunkajunk to make sure it keeps living.



It's alive! It's ALLIIVVEE!!!

Yep… Alrighty then… Let’s see… what else is there to be said… Okay… it seems that Cobain’s Sims 3 playtime’s been going on pretty well… He’s even gotten a dude to the top of his career track! Or did he just cheat that dude out. Ah well.

Soon… it shall be my turn. Muahahahaha!

*evil laughter amidst lightning in background*

*cough*

Oh, and the pre-order option’s available for DISSIDIA in EB Games here already! DISSIDIA’s releasing on the 25th of August in North America and on the 11th of September in the EU. Hopefully, it’s about there for Australia! I can’t wait to get my hands on this badass mofo! I’ve been watching TONS of gameplay videos on Youtube and it just makes me starve for more!

Okay. Showtime.

Peace out y’all.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

One More on Monday, Another on Wednesday… and then… =D

Just two more. One’s tomorrow. Another one’s 2 days after tomorrow. Sweet. I can finally finish up like all these other bastards. There have been a few things that I have been looking forward especially for this holiday… Namely… THIS!



SIMS 3!!!



That's sweet salvation right there, son!

Hell yeah, that’s a Sims 3 collector’s edition set right there, son! Yeah, I’m a real geek when it comes to this. There’re very, very few games, and I can’t stress how very few, that I would dish out cash to buy original copies. This is one of them. And God of War is the other one. Epic…

Well, what makes the collector’s edition so special? Well, for starters, it comes with some freebies. Upon online registration, you get 17 AUD credit in the Sims 3 store! I don’t know how much you can get with that but I probably shouldn’t be crossing my fingers as I’m sure a bunch of free-to-download content’s gonna come up pretty soon, knowing these modders! I can’t wait to get some custom building materials to get my town up and running. Pity Sims 3 doesn’t let you create all-new neighbourhoods. Let’s see what happens.

Okay, besides the free online store credit, they give you a free download too, in the form a sexy “European” sports car, which resembles familiar makes of sexy sports cars out there in the market, like the Lambo and the such.

Lastly, an actual freebie that’s in physical form!



A plumbob USB pendrive, sweet!



Pendrive and plumbob seperated

It’s a 2GB USB pendrive in the shape of a plumbob, which is the name for that crystal that hangs above an active Sim’s head during gameplay. Inside the pendrive, there’re wallpapers, screensavers and the new Sims 3 theme song, which is essentially a remix version of the Sims 2 theme song. It sounds alright, but I’m more of a fan of the old Sims soundtrack which features amazing piano scores.

So… I’ve to wait until WEDNESDAY to start installing and playing this li’l bad boy. I won’t say that I’m not stoked, but I’m STILL way too stoked about Dissidia than for the Sims 3 ‘cause I’ve played so much Sims already and this will feel like a walk in the park with new shoes more than anything else. But prove me wrong, EA. Prove me oh-so-wrong and blow my brains out with the sheer awesomeness of this game.

Peace out y’all.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Finally, Halfway Done!

Phew… after waiting for one hell of a long week, I finally had my 2nd, exam, which was Strategic International Trade Operations. It’s a little calculations subject. I hate math. So we had a little A4 paper to bring in laden with formulas and whatnot. Luckily enough, this IS a little calculations subject so the formulas aren’t much and not too complicated. Funnily enough, we all could fit 3 perfect model answers for the essay part at the back of that A4 paper. I would say that we pretty much aced that motherfucker.

I forget a few formulas and fucked myself up halfway through the exam. Funnily enough, the back part of the exam was pure guesswork and I guess I aced that part too!

Well… 2 down, 2 more to go. One on Monday and then Wednesday and then I’m free! I can’t think of any other time that I cherished my freedom more than now. Okay, maybe a couple more times back in one of those VU finals… but who’s counting?

AMR’s gonna be a cakewalk of sorts. All I gotta do is to read that shit, and then refresh my memory about those XSight and SPSS processes which I had painstakingly done the whole damn semester. IM… is gonna be one hell of a bitch. There’s way too much to study and the tutor was nothing short of cryptic on the contents on the final exam. This’s gonna be one that I will be praying hard for when I’m done.

No more griping. Time to study! Just 5 more days to salvation! Or freedom! Whichever way you want to put it! 5 dollars for 2!

Peace out y’all.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Still One Down, Three More to Go

Yep, the exam roster hasn’t gotten any shorter but I’m glad to say there’s one coming this Friday and the next two are close within grasp. I can’t say that I’ve covered all these three subs with the same amount of attention and effort but I think I can get through them.

I woke up this morning greeted by three MSN chat windows. One was just spouting some insane nonsense, evidence of a virus that got into his MSN client. One other one was looking for me and another had nothing nice to say. I’m still confused over the latter one and it’s getting on my nerves. Funnily enough, both their personal messages are a tad vindictive. It kind of got me in a funk ‘cause I hate to see people hatin’.

Anyways, my morning’s a bit fucked because of that and ‘cause yesterday I got another earful from my mum ‘cause I was apparently overspending again. Funnily enough, in the end, it turns out the discrepancy in the numbers was ‘cause of the same problem as the last time. Not a repeat of the problem, but the same exact problem. So basically, the earful was an encore performance which was highly unnecessary.

Maybe I should stop beating myself up for that.

I think the stress has finally creeped up on me a bit. Feel so caged sometimes. Same thing whole day. Study study study. Yep. It’s gotten to me. Alright, get this done, and then another… and then another and then you’re done, son. ARRGHHH!!!

LET’S GOOOO~!!!

YEAAHH~~~


Peace out y’all!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

One Down, Three To Go

Dayem… it’s finally here, that finals post that everyone does every semester. We somehow find new ways to express our pain and confidence in a pretty graphic manner. So far, I can’t say that I’m going to bleed from my ass any time now.

Had my DMO exam today. I’m pretty surprised I did alright, but what can I say, I was familiar with the stuff and I’ve been reading the stuff for almost a week now. To boot, I was fucking sick for the past 2 days. Fever, sore throat… Yeah, sounds like swine flue but I’m 100% fine now, except for the on and off bleeding nose.

Quite surprised I made it to the exam hall in one piece with a bleeding nose, a headache and was in the midst of recovering from a fever. Oh yeah, and drugged up too. I gotta break this record and turn up high on PCP for my next finals. Wait, didn’t someone already do that? Never mind, at least it’ll be a personal best.

Funny thing about having my first VU finals in Melbourne… VU Footscray doesn’t have its own hall for examinations. Damn. So we have to go all the way to this place called Melbourne Showgrounds to take our finals. VU specially booked 3 big ass buildings just for us. It’s so big, that finals for about 3-5 subjects are being held at the same time! I noticed that because the people on my sides were doing an MCQ examination while the people on their sides were doing the same paper as I was.

Nah, the funniest thing so far that I’ve seen is that there was this note on the outside, right below a note that talks about exam rules and regulations, that no holy scriptures, Bibles or Qurans were allowed in the exam hall. Hahahahaha…

Man, that’s just kooky. I can see what they’re getting at. Halfway through the exam, dude freaks out and starts praying out of the Bible but in reality he’s reciting some crap he doesn’t know shit about and looking at his own scribblings in the “Bible”. Yeah, I can see that happening. Maybe that’s what they were thinking about. Either that or they don’t want people like that to freak out others.

Alright then, my sleep cycle’s been fucked and I’m going to try and get it fixed. Peace out y’all.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Targed... Or Tagged. Whatever. Shut Up.

1. Besides your lips, where is your favourite spot to get kissed?

Woah… the answer’s a bit graphic, but people who know me will know where I’m talking about. Giggity!

2. How did you feel when you woke up this morning?

Like crap.

3. Who is the last person/people you took a photo with?

Some cousins.

4. Would you consider yourself spoilt?

A bit, yeah.

5. Will you ever donate blood?

Sure thing.

6. Have you ever had a bestfriend who was of the opposite sex?

Yeah.


7. Do you want someone to be dead?

Dead? Nooo… now that would be too merciful.

8. What does your last text message say?

“No, why? I will drop by tomorrow”

9. What are you thinking about right now?

It’s raining again?!

10. Do you want someone to be with you right now?

Yeah.

11. What was the time you went to bed last night?


2 a.m… I gotta stop playing Crisis Core before bedtime.

12. Where did you buy the tee you are wearing right now?

Echo Park.

13. Is someone on your mind right now?

Not really… Unless the two babe posters hung up in front of me count.

14. Who was the last person to text you? Fattyma

Ten to tag:

1. Rushdi
2. Wing Hoh
3. Wei Shiarn
4. Shraddha
5. Piumi
6. Shakir
7. Rahul
8. Taqi
9. Saad
10. KUNDY! XD

15.Who is no2 having a relationship with?

Geez… his book I suppose!

16. Is no3 male or female?

Dude.

17. If no1 and no7 get together, would it be good?

=_=” Bad bad bad bad images….

18. What is no5 studying about?

Journalism junk

19. Last time u chatted with them?

Once a week or so…

20. Is no4 single?

Now, THAT’s an interesting question.

21. Say something about no2.

He’s nuts. He’s my Middle Eastern Errorist brother.

22. What do you think about no3 and no6 being together?

Even if God came down to make sure of that, they’d rather shoot themselves.

23. Describe no9.

Pathological liar.

24. What will you do if no6 and no7 fight?

Take bets. There’s money to made here, I just know it!

25. Do you like no8?

He’s one harami, but he’s a good friend, that’s for sure.

Oh man... I seriously feel like crap... Got a sore throat and it doesn't help that Melbourne is the  hotbed for swine flu. I've been wandering around the neighbourhood these days, grabbing notes and I think I must've caught something. Either that or that grilled chicken dinner last night was the last straw. I haven't gotten a fever or a flu yet so I think I'll be fine. I hope.

I seriously want to get my exams over with. Pray for my health, people.

Peace out y'all.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Do I Know You?

Well… just met my 3rd uncle once removed today at Melbourne’s Chinatown. Initially I thought this dude was my mum’s brother so I was doing this out of obligation… and the prospect of a free meal. Later on a phone conversation with me mum, I found out that this bloke was her cousin (hence, the once removed status), not her brother. I went through so much trouble for this dude, rallying up my cousins and it turns out he’s as good as any random bloke. *grunt*

Either way… it’s still a free dim sum meal.

I met some cousins that I never knew existed. Some interesting characters at the table today. His daughter, Julia, owns a boutique in Perth and came over to RMIT to study fashion. Obviously a shallow ditzy chick.

Another cousin seemed like a nice, interesting dude studying film and television and has his own camera crew company. He’s filmed (and directed) some ads, short films and even music videos and he claims that he’s shot one video for some M’sian artist. Poor sap.

The uncle’s daughter’s boyfriend is Irish. Yeah, let’s toss in a drunken Irish joke here along with some leprechaun jokes.

The uncle’s an interesting character. Flipped burgers at Hungry Jack’s before, owned a Domino’s shop and currently driving a Prius as a taxi driver in Perth. Madly interesting.

Mum’s a bit on the quiet side. She ticked me off a bit when she said she wanted to give me and my couz English names. Dammit… I have no idea what dudes that give themselves English names just ‘cause it’s cool are thinking. If you seriously want to stop giving some guai lo a hard time pronouncing your name, sure thing, go ahead… but if you’re stuck in a country like Malaysia where Chinese names are common like cockroaches in a mamak stall, that’s just being a douchebag, man.

One dude that I know even stepped over the line and gave himself an English MIDDLE name… I facepalmed myself so hard when I saw it that I blew my head clean off my shoulders.

I’m not gonna say that we should be proud of our own heritage or anything… but at least be proud of the name that was given to you. Unless your name’s Goh Boy Boy. I do know a kid in my high school with that name. Now there’s someone that needs an English name.

End of rant.

I love dissing.

Peace out y’all.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Still Damned Stoked!

I’ve been meaning to write this post for awhile now but it has hit fever pitch. I was scrolling through some of my older posts and see that I had posted once on the new Final Fantasy game…. Alright, it’s not that new, just that it hasn’t been released in English yet.

Yeah, a real geek moment here. All up in arms with his Final Fantasy games but damn man, everyone still plays games! Either way, I’m talking about Dissidia: Final Fantasy!



Damn it! Release it already, Square!

Square Enix announced that it’s going to be released late August in North America and possibly super late this year in Australia. Damn it… I seriously want to buy that game but if it really is going to be that late, I might as well download the North American version and play it through. For those of you that have no idea what Dissidia is all about, check this out.



Yeah, that’s Cloud and Sephiroth duking it out, a la Advent Children style. If you still want more, here’s the intro movie for the game.



Man… I should be studying now but sparing a few minutes typing this post out is alright.

Punk Goes Pop Vol. 2

My cousin passed me this awesome album a few weeks back, when we met the gay dude. Refer to the “Yahtzee” post. It has these awesome rock remixes of popular pop songs.

Here’re a few of my favourites from the album





Alright, show’s over. Time to start today’s work.

Peace out y’all.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Girly Shopping

I still have mental scars from the last time I went girly shopping. Carrying bags, aching feet and the inability to speak your mind without getting dirty stares and teeny little bruises made from unholy pinches from little fairy hands. Sheer terror.

Somehow, something compelled me (actually, no, I had ulterior motives) to follow Elly, Su, Jun Foong, Pui Yee to go girly shopping in Melbourne.

It’s not that bad. If you act like an asshole at first, they’ll stop asking for your opinions… and you can still tag along.

The benefit of girly shopping is that it gets you places where you usually wouldn’t go or would be awkward to step into and because Melbourne is crawling with hot chicks, there’re no better places for checking out hot chicks.

As fate would have it, I managed to go with a group of chicks that have rather expensive tastes. This is the 1st time that I’ve stepped into a LV and Gucci store. 2 brands that I know by heart sets itself part with its alleged self-made elite status in fashion.

Here comes the rant.

Alright, 1st off… I admit that I have no idea whatsoever the elite status that these brands have. And 2nd of all, I haven’t the slightest clue on what passes for a handbag.

But paying nearly 2000 AUD for a bag that has the same uncreative print with no other special features is something that Ol’ Spiky can’t freakin’ live with. I mean, alright… I admit that I have my fair share of unintelligent purchases. Actually, in retrospective, I’ve made worse unintelligent purchases than a LV and Gucci bag. Namely, Gundams and Legos. Essentially, it’s all eye candy and for the satisfaction of oneself but dude… 2000 AUD for a bag and 1000 for a wallet… put a gun to my head and squeeze the goddamned trigger any day man. I’ll even buy the gun for you, dude.

But damn man… I mean, alright, chicks getting handbags, sure thing. Paying buttloads for it, I can understand. I can accept chicks getting one a lot more than dudes getting one ‘cause usually some poor sap’s gonna get denied sex if he doesn’t fork out for his girl for one of those unholy fashion abortions.

But I saw dudes in that place. Wallet for 900 AUD? Damn man… are you gonna hang it on your neck or pierce it on your forehead?

Brand image is a terrible terrible monster. Same goes for those other elitist brands. Vaio. The amount of idiots that have told me that they’re getting a Vaio. Yes, I am calling you an idiot. Deal. With. It.

Su told me that once her uncle got her aunt an LV bag and they stopped arguing. So the LV bag’s a flashbang dude. The terrorists aren’t going to stop and start passing flowers, dude. Whatever your problems are… it doesn’t get solved by appealing to the materialistic side of people. Sure it does sometimes, but still doesn’t solve it.
So… say no to pointlessly expensive useless things and say yes to not-so-pointlessly expensive yet not-so-not-useless things.

Peace out y’all!

P.S: Man… fuck you fags that bought LV manbags. You gay!