Monday, May 29, 2006

Email of the Day

I wrote someone a poem and she replied……

“The poem you wrote to me was the most beautiful but the most tragic poem anyone has ever written about me... I'm so sorry I hurt you in every different way through out the whole process. I regret it ... please don't think that I enjoy hurting people... I didn't expect things to turn out the way they did... All I could do is be honest with you about my feelings. And I definitely still do care about you and love you as a friend. Still do.... You can't believe how worried I was about your studies and welfare especially when you hardly turn up at college....”

Sigh…there goes my actual first kiss and a naughty one indeed….

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Mortal Kombat – Shaolin Monks (PS2)

A few days back I’ve just finished playing Atelier Iris 2 whereas my younger bro Ariff completed Kingdom Hearts 2. Our long awaited games such as Disgaea 2, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy XII have not arrived yet in Malaysia.

Browsing through our CD folder, we decided to play a game that my other younger bro Man couldn’t finish and it was Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (MK:SM) by Midway. Liu Kang was my chosen character and the quest begins in the era or storyline of Mortal Kombat 2 (MK2).

For those who used to play MK2, the available characters can also be seen in MK:SM. The environment and 3D characters design looks good but the only sad part I can say is about Rayden the Thunder God.

For MK fans, Rayden is a serious yet cool character with godly powers yet unable to help Earth Realm warriors at a full level. In this game, his character attitude/behaviour remains true however his 3D face looks awfully funny. He has a ‘kerek’ and ‘cacat’ face that a psycho would truly love…….hahahah.

Currently at a stage battling with Barakka, I’m still not sure whether could go any further from this game point. One thing about me is that I’m not a fan of ‘button-mashing’ games but sometimes I do play them for the sake of enjoyment. Before I do battle with Barakka, there are places that require me to press the x-button plenty of times just to achieve an objective before I could move on. I don’t mind at first till I met with Barakka and the only way to defeat him is to press the x-button vigorously.

In MK:SM, this button-mashing sequence happens when you hear the sound “TEST YOUR MIGHT!”. A meter comes out on your left screen showing the peak level that you need to reach before the time expires (if only I have a screenshot of it). If you stop, the rising bar will go down and you have to start all over again. As the game progresses, the peak level goes higher and the time given to reach when I fought with Barakka was ten seconds. I have tried three times to defeat him and my fingers gets tired of it.

Oh well there are things to do besides PS2 right …………………….

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Moving On

15 May 2006, a day when everything changes from black to grey and possibly to blinding white. My boss told me that I’ll be transferred to another department within my current division with the same everything (salary & job level) except for job scope.

I will no longer be doing HR stuff but more towards my workplace building and security systems. Till now I only have a rough idea what is the job is all about by looking through the job description that was made in 2002 (gaaawd!). I’m going to meet my future boss somewhere next week to know more about the job.

Told my parents about it and the response was kinda weird with dad being supportive and mom with her daze and worry looks. As usual dad will tell the benefits of job rotation and how well it can make your experience and resume look good. I know what my mom is thinking but rest assured she too knows how I feel. The next early morning, on a sofa closing my eyes with the fan blowing behind me, waiting for the oat drink to cool down, my mom just finished her ‘subuh’ prayers sat next to me and said “Don’t worry just be positive and open minded”. I was so sleepy and my answer was “ergh..ok..”. Hahaha…I am so cold indeed…

With a new working environment and uncertain future, I told myself to change in many ways such being a bit lively (too silent), an aggressive organiser (too lazy), go for workout often (lazy level 2) and much much more towards a positive attitude.

So friends and relatives, changes will happen and hopefully is the good for all human and ghost kind.

I got this gif from someone’s signature in a forum and hopefully he doesn’t mind…hehehe. The general public won’t understand it except to the eyes of the gamers….