Because I can.

One week ago, I had 2 SS cards.

This week.....

3rd SS card - Cy*Azusa. Pictured above is my DC2. There is also an AE86 and a Supra in the same card.

:)

Somehow, it just feels real good.

Now it's just Cy*Megumi at A2 to focus on. Tuning cars of course :) The GC8 is about...8 steps away from full-tune :D

Oh, and three posts ago I posted the "Congratulations! SS rank pic" and said it will probably be the only time I see it? I've seen it 4 times now. The fourth being Matt's RINOA card, which I helped to get to SS too >_>

And yet again.....:P

SS rank for my Cy*Lyn, seen here paired up with my Cy*Kotomi (first SS card I had).

This one took a fair while (5 months), but =D second card in ID5 v2.0 SS'd. Picture says it all.

Now to concentrate on the GC8. >=)

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-_- man, away from the blog so long and this is what happens.

And here I am again.

It's been a long while since I last updated :D Like seriously, I think at least a year!

Life right now? Pretty busy at work, and at ID. I'm starting to feel that I'm the utility person, having done so many roles over the last 8 months. It's great to learn, but it's been taking a toll on me mentally....it's hard to absorb so much within a short period. But life's like that I guess.

I stopped WMMT3DX. It comes as a shock to some, but the biggest driving factor was the fact I lost my card holder containing my MT cards...the most painful loss being the SS8 RX-7 FD I built up from an S8 rename. I did recover back in time for MT3DX+..with a RX-8 rename (Luka*), but to replace all my cards again..that was never likely going to happen...so, whatever I had left (besides the RX-8), I passed to WZ, who probably used whatever I have left to good effect. I kept the SS5 Luka* RX-8...simply coz I fully dressed it already. It was fun while it lasted but the cost to replace all the cards is too much.

Team affiliation wise, I guess Rouge Vitesse died along with me, as well as Dope and Kenji when all of us decided to quit. It was fun having a team, having our serious and fun moments. Our team managed to go all the way without any enemies or hitches. Sure, we were nowhere as popular, but I think that, we've done well. Thanks for all your support guys. ^^
And to replace WMMT3DX was ID5...2.0. No online though, despite Sega implementing an area code for Malaysia (MYS). I may not like the physics, but the new aura system kept me hooked. I have an SS card now...two different FD models plus the RX-8...as well as other cars but lower ranked. Of course, tuning is way way cheaper now :). Shame that there's only two locations with it. and of course, shame there's no online too.

Probably a one time only thing in my entire ID5 playtime will I ever see this..hence the snapshot. :)

I am thinking to start a Nendoroid collection of my own. Somehow, since the Luka nendoroid I had, I kinda got hooked to it. Feels nice to own one, and have it pose the way you like (restricted, but yeah, still....). Course, the downside is it's expensive, but I guess a nendo or two per month won't kill anyone.

And of course: here's my Luka! :D Tako Luka waves hi too :D

Anyways, its getting real late (12.34am), will update tomorrow with more stuff to rant about. Hopefully this time I will be able to continue my updates regularly. :)

Been a long time.

Well...it's been 7 months since I last posted here O_o.....

Let me recap on what has happened in this 7 months:

- Finally got a job! :D Working at IBM Bandar Utama. Working life's been tough so far, but I'm holding on...I think? So far, I managed to be good friends with the trio Kelvin, Chuu Yang and Eric. (though lately we haven't been going out lunch much coz we each have our own work to do...). Job satisfaction? I'm okay I guess.

- Had started WMMT3 DX when it came out in December...and stopped in March end when ID5 came along. I need to find time to balance between these two games since I have teams in both games (Rouge Vitesse in MT, @D4 SnS in ID)...but it's not really possible for now. I did manage to hit my preliminary targets for MT3DX though before I stopped, that including getting 1000+ battle stars for my 280HP > 825HP RX-8. I knew the car will come in handy someday :D

As for which game I enjoy more? ID for now I guess. :/

- Picked up Clannad After Story, then K-On! (Mio-chan~~~~) and now Haruhi (yes, she's back....). Haven't been watching others yet, although Yian recommended me Toradora! and Phantom: Requiem of the Phantom, and so far it's been good (only watched the first/second ep tho...).

In the meantime, it's K-On! madness. I'm fairly addicted to the songs "Don't Say Lazy" and "Fuwa Fuwa Time" right now. Feels like it has good rhythm to me (note: personal opinion). Been listening to it non-stop now. (Not as extreme as Kenji's 500+ plays on the same song just yet...)

By the way, Mio is moe. There. I said it. :D

- Got Pokemon Platinum for my DS. Speaking of which, my white DSL's right hinge broke off :( The crystal casing is holding the top and bottom together for now, but more or less, it's near its end life. I wonder if I should invest in a DSi.....

As for Pokemon Platinum...I just love the game...good additions compared to its predecessors Diamond/Pearl such as the Battle Frontier and the Trainer Cafe.

- My laptop...who has been a trusty friend ever since Uni days, is starting to show signs of collapse...seems like if I restart my com...my hard disk won't be detected...I have to turn it off manually and turn it back on. :/ Not sure why yet, but I think I'll have to send this to Dell for servicing....

- In the end, my relationship with my current girl couldn't last. So for the best, we decided to break off...and with her not coming back for a good few years, it'll be hard for "another chance". Still....I guess since we broke off on good terms (still keep in contact with her once in a while)...I guess it's all good.

You know, it amazes me how half-a-year has passed just like that? When I look at my last blog entry (End of October) and the date now (End of May), yet it just seems like yesterday.

Anyways, with work at office now to juggle....unlike previous "mini-revivals", I'm not going to say I'm gonna update this more often because:
1) I'll end up not doing it anyway
2) Work flowing in at a fast rate now.

Anyways, till the next time. ^_^ Cypher, out.

Surprises.

Well, I certainly didn't expect a certain matter to go to a certain extreme, but when that happens, I can't do anything. I'm abit in disbelief too.

Oh well...shit happens...I just wanna get that one problem out of my system soon..

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Sonic Mega Collection Plus for the PC.

So I picked this up at Sg. Wang for RM24.90 (that's about...just USD7 at time of post). Not a bad deal....considering it's original. Is this a really good bargain?

The compilation covers pretty much every Sonic game in the Sega Genesis (not including any of the add-ons such as the Sega CD or the 32X). There's also a few Game Gear games in there as well. At first glance, it's a nice buy, and since I'm a Sonic fan, it would be nice to own the collection legit.

Playing the game so far though, it's like playing a game straight out of the Genesis. No graphical enhancements, no sound enhancements. It's the exact same game a decade ago. However, I did notice slowdown with some (actually, most) of the games....and I found out why - apparently the PC version port uses the PAL 50hz version of the games instead of the NTSC version - and this means the game plays slower (and no, there is no way to "fix" it). And having played the games before...the slowdown is quite noticable. I haven't played the game long enough to say if it sucks or not but although it hasn't really messed up my timing in terms of jumps or dash somewhat, it does kill the tempo of the game slightly since the game's all about speed.

The game also comes with a bunch of extras (movies related to Sonic Heroes, comics, manuals etc), which is nice, but really, only for novelty reasons....and to be frank...the movies are the whole reason why the default install is 3.2gb. (Installing just the games, letting the movies run from disc is just 470MB...that's like nearly just 1/8th of the install!)]

So far, this looks like a decent buy, but that's it. The slowdown gets quite annoying...especially when you've played the faster NTSC versions. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty lucky that I seriously didn't pay more than RM25 for this. Nice compilation, but seriously, could be better.

This is made of so much win.

This is my R32.



And the number of stars it has is...l33t. Woot~ 1337 FTW~

Writers' block

:/

Can't think of anything to cook up lately. Been stressed too :/

Oh well.

Oh, and congrats to Lee Chong Wei for bringing home a silver medal for Malaysia in badminton. Sure, he got outplayed to hell but all things considered...a medal is already an achievement.

Saluran Olympik anda? Don't make me laugh.

This is referring to our free TV stations RTM (Radio Televisyen Malaysia) who recently had the rights to air the Olympics on TV. So the unlucky chaps without ASTRO can actually go and watch it. RTM, saluran Olympik anda? HELL NO.

I'm referring to the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics that took place last Friday. It started at around 8pm. Guess what our "Saluran Olympik" was airing?

The national news - till 8.30pm.

Great, first 30 minutes of the ceremony missing. What, you can't air the damn news earlier? This is a once in four years event, not something you see everyday. And hell, you have TWO channels! Use the other one for heaven's sake! It's not like you can't reschedule the news can you?

Then again, maybe you didn't even consider the possibility =.=

Oh and if it wasn't bad enough, we had tons of commercial breaks. In the space of an hour you could probably have five to six commercial breaks. I would personally prefer to watch the opening ceremony UNINTERRUPTED thank you.....this event isn't a medium for your advertisers (in this case, DiGi) to show its yellow man following in the Beijing games. We want to see the damn fireworks!

And ironically, speaking of fireworks....

RTM cut off the last part of the ceremony....abruptly. To make way for the news/other shows/whatever.

The Government speaks of making RTM the best free TV channel in Malaysia. Well..maybe they could start by going the right way, because they are going in a backwards direction =.=...NTV7 or TV3 would have been a better choice to air the Games instead of this sorry excuse of a TV channel.