This weeeeeeeeeeeeeeek

So how was your weekend?


I'm still in the process of editing the video because I'm a lazy bugger like that. And I procrastinate. Which is always bad but we all do it anyway.


So what distracted me over the week? A few things such as video games.


So I came across 2 games from Japan that was ported over to steam. They're both by the same developers and are both ported to steam. Its called "Chantelise- A tale of two sisters" and "Recettear: An Item shop's tale".


I haven't tried out Recettear yet but it is essentially a simulation of an item shop in a dungeon crawling game. It looks really fun, but I haven't had the time to actually buy the game though. Its on steam for USD$20, so its relatively cheap for a video game.


Chantelise is an older game (Its from 2006. I know right!?) which means it has less graphics. But the gameplay is a dungeon crawling type so RPG fans might like this. Also, the game was made for console controllers so it might feel clunky on the keyboard.


So yeah, some games I played over the weekend. You can try them out or go watch some Lets Plays on Youtube instead. 


Speaking of Youtube, I've came across a Youtuber by the name of Rosanna Pansino who has a segment called Nerdy Nummies, where makes these really awesome looking, nerdy treats from scratch and shows the process in a 5-10 minute video. 


So far, her track record has been things Diablo 3, TF2, Portal, Settlers of Catan (SHE MADE A BOARD GAME GAMEBOARD WITH CUPCAKES. OH LORD THE NERDGASM) and a lot more stuff. So check out her channel here for some nerdy good food while I go over and stare at her for being a hot nerd lady.


Now, on to some interesting news: A girl was recently hospitalised over some breathing problems and anaemia. The interesting part is that this girl got these problems because SHE HAS BEEN EATING NOTHING BUT CHICKEN McNUGGETS SINCE SHE WAS TWO YEARS OLD. TWO. FUCKING. YEARS. OLD.


Ever since she was a toddler, miss Stacey Irvine has eaten little else but chicken nuggets and the occasional portion of chips (which in Britain means French Fries).


After the hospitalisation, Doctors have urged her to change her ridiculous diet before her condition gets any worse. Now, those that are still sane and equipped with their common senses, please follow these steps.


 Step 1: Facepalm. Really hard.

Step 2: Make this face














Really, doc? It seems obvious this girl needs to change her OBVIOUSLY UNHEALTHY DIET THAT SHE HAS HAD SINCE SHE WAS 2?

Now, I think you guys are expecting her to be fat. Well, she's not. Her body does not look like they have been tanking McNuggets for 15 years.

Here's a picture of her from the article:

She looks like a perfectly healthy teenager, working hard and eating right, doesn't she?

As my Gran said, "Don't judge a bitch by her looks." Or, that's what she would have said if she understood and spoke English. She was a potty mouth in the Hokkien language.

But I digress. Talking about my family makes me feel weird. Or reminds me that I am weird.

But in actual fact, she looks reeeaaaally unhealthy.

She looks like she hasn't slept in days and her face looks like blood avoids it all together. In other words, she looks a lot like a Twilight vampire.

Hey, maybe that's the secret of the Cullens. They eat nothing but McNuggets. Maybe they paint their faces with coke so the sparkle on them are actually sugar that crystallised.

Or they're Macdonald's indirect approach to advertising. So many possibilities out there.


So yeah, some interesting news for you on a Monday night. I was going to finish this blog in the afternoon, but I didn't have to spare time to.

Or, I spent my spare time catching up with Kamen Rider. The movie subs were out, DON'T JUDGE ME.

Excuse me while I find some time to cry about my life and all.

Cheers!

What a busy day I'll be having

So, if you guys didn't know, it was cosfest XI last weekend.

I recall a certain promise that I said I'll be making a video for the previous cosfest, cosfest X2, which I didn't do.

Well, I'm sorry but.............

Image from http://funny-pictures-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Bitch-Please_12.jpg

I couldn't be bothered to do it. You may now throw stones and sticks at me. Just know that they can't break my bones. /badpun

But really now, who would want to watch videos I make anyway?

I just watched them this afternoon and it gave me motion sickness after watching them for 45 mins. 

I really need a videography crash course.

But hey, I'm going to do it anyway. Because I like giving people headaches. 

Anyway, I went on both days, with different people on each day, and enjoyed myself. There were a few kinks (STUPID iPHONE HAVING SO LITTLE MEMORY and OMG WESLEY WHY DIDN'T YOU DROP YOUR VIDEOS IN YOUR LAPPY BEFORE GOING ON DAY 2) but I guess it was a good weekend. 

Only thing that made me go "meh" was that I spent a total of $8 on transport fares though. =\

But oh well, money worth spending.

So this year, cosplays were awesome (OMG AHRIIIIIIIII) and stage plays were decently made (Competition amped up cuz Japan was invited this year). Overall a good day.

Got a nice badge this year as well. I'll get a shot of it later when I have the time.

But that's really it for cosfest. Everything I want to say is really in the video. Which might or might not ever come. 

"You lazy bastard" I say to myself as I give myself a slap

Anyway, its Monday and I guess you're probably bored if you're reading this.

So here's some interesting things to amuse yourself with:

There's a new twitter trend: #Singaporeshadesofgrey. Its basically a parody trend for the mommy-porn book inspired by Twilight known as "50 Shades of Grey". 

Long story short? Its a erotica made for mothers who's husbands either never have any sex with them or little girls who have probably never had sex before/watched porn before.

Short story long? Give me an hour when I'm bored.

Main point? The tweets spawned from the book are laughable. All those innuendos remind me of my sec 4 days of being bored while everyone else around me was working really hard.

Most notable cause of brain cancer in teens/youths

So, someone in the world declared it to be "No Bra Day" in which all girls conveniently "forget" to put on upper body underwear and leave home without it.

To which my inner pervert says "Good on you, Women-who-don't-give-two-shits-on-being-shy-or-called-sluts!"

But in my honesty, its good in a non-pervy way because its really easy to tell who among you are incredibly spontaneous and brave enough to try this. Or who's slutty enough not to care about bras. I'm torn between whether this is a good thing or bad thing.

If anyone did this, you would just automatically win one internetz. Good for you! Unless you have a penis. 

You know, men should have a "Wear a Bra Day". It would be incredibly amusing to see men having pads on their chests.

Or maybe it'd be for the men who actually need them.

And here's my secret stash of porn. No, I'm just kidding. Put down the phone.

So attempted humour is great and all, but at the end of the day its just another regular day with homework and projects to finish. So after you're done with reading my mundane blog, remember to go back to do your homework before you fail O' levels or lose GPA for slacking too much. 

Anyway, cheers!

P.S. I might begin to start streaming my League games in the future. I'll give it a try to see how it goes after I finish with homework, club admin stuff and cosfest video editing. Look forward to it.

City Harvest Church, I don't know whether to pity you guys or hate on you guys. (OMG UPDATED YO)

Sadly, I do know people from that church. So far I haven't tried to ask them about this for fear of hurting them or stuff (I am aware that they're all reinforcing their faith by having the CHC unite tweets/texts though).


So anyway, I was inspired by this post/letter to type something that's TOTALLY unrelated to the CHC laundering and that's Satire.


Satire is the form of comedy. But unlike typical comedy, its not light hearted. Its downright insulting, which is good because the purpose of Satire is to shame and ridicule society into improvement.


Essentially, you mock someone about their masturbating habits until they stop doing it.


Sorry for that shoddy description, but it was all my brain could come up with. And not that masturbation is bad anyway. (Fun fact: Masturbation reduces chances of prostate cancer and cervical infections. Google is so useful.)


Don't mistake me, I call it comedy but Satire has every intention to ridicule and shame. Its the evil form of Sarcasm, if you want it to. There is no taking it back by saying "Oh, I didn't meant it like that." after having a satirical performance. 


Personally, I find it funny when people do this. Satire can be a form of teasing when done right, where no offence was even meant. However, when people misinterpret Satire, it totally flips the board and its now something that is "offensive".


So that post that I've posted above, if you read the comments below, you'll realise in that there are a few comments which depict that they didn't understand the article's satire goodness. 


So to justify this article, satire is only a form of comedy. It was made with the intention to shame and insult. Why? Because we can.


Be prepared to face the consequences the moment decide to steal anything at all. 


And that's all I've really wanted to say. I really am unsure how to write more about this other than saying "What's new?".


People have been always been giving money to the higher ups of their churches. Its just what these people are doing with the money that makes me uneasy, although I know there are people who track the expenditure of the funds. 


Absolute trust is apathy. Just fully putting all your trust into something means either 2 things: You either really don't care about the thing, issues with it just irks you and you want to get them over or done with OR you like getting scammed.


Religion has always been a grey area in my life. I don't believe in God but I do believe some form of higher entity is present and makes mistakes just like all human beings. 


Just think of him as Chuck Norris.


Cheers.


EDIT: Removed a sentence I thought I removed and added abit more about my perception of churches.

Absence is not bliss. Neither are traffic accidents

Hey


So, before I start my post, I would just like to apologise for me being missing for a long time. I've been trying to fix up some of my grades by taking some time to read a few of my notes. I hope I haven't caused anyone some lack of knowledge for 2 weeks.


But seriously, I do apologise for not updating this blog in awhile. I'm back to start posting a few things now.


So to catch up on recent times, Diablo 3 just came out today. And from my gaming resources, the Koreans have set the bar for finishing the game first 10 hours ago. 4 hours before Singaporean servers even went online. All that hype.


Obama just "came out" and said "I think that gay couples should be allowed to be married.". This is a really big move on his part as he may lose voters who are anti-gay marriage and gain some who are pro-gay marriage. Could go either way considering how Wall Street stopped funding him though. Meh


But today, I would like to address something that I've managed to miss until a day or two ago.


In the middle of a Saturday night, a Ferrari had crashed into a taxi after running a red light. The accident eventually included a motorcycle, injured about three people and killed two people when the accident happened.


Driver of the Ferrari was a man named Mr Ma Chi, who was driving under the influences of alcohol, while the Taxi driver, 52-year-old Mr Cheng Teck Hock, was a middle income father  of 3 who, according to twitter sources, did not have insurance and was the sole breadwinner of his family. The cabbie was also carrying a 20-year-old Japanese lady. Recently, she was identified as Ms Shigemi Ito. The Ferrari was also carrying a passenger who seemed to have survived the crash.


The entire incident was also shot by someone who posted it as a youtube video.


Alright, before I continue, I would just like to be angry at the person who made the video. How could you say something like "Lucky" at a crash like that? If I were to be driving and see a crash at that speed, I would stop and help rather than continue to drive on.


In their defence, I would like to point out should the Ferrari drive any slower, the videographer would have died and that would make his "Lucky" comment understandable. But still, it kind of annoys me. 


Anyway, following the story, there have been many rants and rages from netizens about different reactions from Singaporean media. Some point out that local tabloids glorify the Ferrari driver by making him the victim rather than the perpetrator. (This move disappoints me, local tabloids which I shall not name. Then again, you've already disappointed me anyway) Some witnessed the taxi passenger, Ms Shigemi Ito, being mugged as she was dying. Some claim that Ma Chi was a money launderer who helped his brother launder dirty money. 


By the way, the local tabloids really have disappointed me. -AHEMSPHAHEM-


All jokes aside, the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria Street, which the incident had occurred in, has a history of car crashes. 


The Ferrari driver died on the spot while the taxi driver sustained head injuries and was sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) along with the Ferrari passenger, who suffered the same injuries, and the motorcyclist (God forgive me, I can't find his name anywhere) who suffered spinal injuries. 


The taxi passenger, Ms Ito, however, was unconscious and was brought to Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Sadly there was no silver lining as she died soon after.


According to SPH's article on this, Mr Ma first came to Singapore four years ago with his wife and child.


Friends said he was a hard-working and righteous person who worked as a financial investor. He was also applying for permanent residency in Singapore.


And also, according to his wife, he likes to drive home late because there is less traffic then. (Which is true. But does not fucking justify your reasons of running a fucking red light, bloody idiot.)


So right, I think this is pretty much on the information part. Now here's a little picture of green scenery in hopes that you'll be able to digest the above info better and keep yourself from punching the nearest PRC member.

So much better, don't you think? Calms your mind. (Quite frankly I pulled this off google images under the search "Green Scenery". I hope I don't get sued.)

Now let us move on to the next part of this post, shall we?


"Reasons why people cause stirs"


So people on twitter are saying how petty we (as Singaporeans) are on this whole situation.


Let's take some time off this moment to think. The Ferrari driver, who was driving under the influence of alcohol, crashed his car into a taxi, whose driver doesn't earn half as much money as the dude with the Ferrari along with a passenger who was just going home from some event. A motorcyclist was hit. (Just before any shitstorms are started from this, wealth doesn't affect my judgement at all.)


Now, lets take out the facts which pissed me off.


The Ferrari driver was a PRC. He was the one who ran the red light. As seen in the youtube video above. That man had driven under the influence of alcohol. Yet our media flourishes the PRC member as the victim. They've also reported this man to be a " a hard-working and righteous person who worked as a financial investor who was also applying for permanent residency in Singapore." (From an SPH article. No date was given. However, judging from the facts of 3 deaths and 2 injuries, it must be recent. Also, there were several Chinese newspapers who said similar things)


Why are you glorifying a man who CAUSED THE DAMNED INCIDENT? You run a fucking newpaper. Your job is to deliver accurate news and not fuck up on it. People look to you for information and you twist facts that cause the entire situation to be horribly misinterpreted. The reason why I'm even angry is because this mistake gets people hating the wrong people. And not everyone depends on the internet for information. 


Away from the media and into the PRC situation we have. 


Somewhere on the internet, a netizen named Martin (in Real Life) defended the PRC as reported by this article, saying how "you shouldn't suka suka accelerate also! WHAT IF GOT ONCOMING TURNING VEHICLES, DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN ONLY NIA…"


Dear Mr Martin, as you can see from the video I put up above that the accident happened on the rightmost lane. If you actually drive a car, you should know that (a) turning vehicles slow down during turns and don't ram the accelerator to make a turn (that is not turning, that is how initial D drivers drift their cars) (b) turning vehicles make turns to the nearest lane, not the one where the taxi driver was on before he got hit (c) showing us our own driving manual does not make you any smarter. It just shows how much of a douche you are and how wrongly you can interpret information


These comment eventually started the current war between PRCs and SGreans.


Maybe the fact that the PRC's family members were absolutely not APOLOGETIC about how their member caused the deaths of 2 people and a SPINAL INJURY of a motorcyclist had a hand as well?


Dear Mrs Ma,


Yeah, your husband died. I'm pretty sure you're all grieving and crying over his death. Its understandable. However, your husband had a stable income. The cabbie your husband killed has a family that now has monetary issues. A sorry would have been nice. 


"And to ending this"


This is probably me being sleepy and grumpy, but for causing 2 deaths and a spinal injury of an innocent bystander, I think this man really deserved his outcome. 


Also, this whole post seemed rushed and unhealthily long to me. Sorry folks, but you'll have to heck it. I'm really tired from my recent work.


So, although it's been an unhealthily lengthy and saddening post, but here's hoping your day brightens up.


Cheers

Movies: Labour Day plans: The Avengers

Whoever who said The Avengers' storyline was terrible should be shot.


So, on Labour Day, me and some friends tried our lucks to watch The Avengers at Plaza Sing.


I know, right? Trying to watch a movie when its just released in one of Singapore's most popular shopping mall sounds impossible. But we got the tickets.


It was a 9:xx pm show and we didn't really take long to get them. Although they were front row seat and we got the tickets at around 7pm.


But in any case, the movie delivered what its hype was after. A good comic book story with well-controlled amounts of humour, action, drama and suspense. At no point of the movie did I feel that there was too much drama or too much suspense. 


Robert Downy Jr and Chris Evan portrayed the relationship between Captain America and Iron Man very well. They question each other's beliefs, have totally opposite personalities but respect each other's strengths very much.


Although Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner played their roles well too, portraying the relationship of Black Widow and Hawkeye equally well. BW just wants to save a friend while Hawkeye just wants to kick Loki's ass. 


Animation done with the Hulk was incredible & believable. I didn't need 3D to see how realistic he was. Not that 3D makes anything realistic though. 


Mark Ruffalow fit his role as Bruce Banner very well. Bruce Banner is a scientist who has stress issues, not a hot guy who's only issue what his mirror tells him every morning. Also, his acting was amazing;he shows how Banner controls his own anger my making himself calm. People may think that he was monotonous though.


Overall, I definitely recommend it. I'd give it about 8/10 with some issues of duration (The early story taking too much time and final battle being slightly short but still good) and a small plot hole I found.


The story is separate from previous movies (Ironman1&2, Thor, Capt A) but it pays homage to them. You don't need to catch all the other movies to understand the plot.


Of course, its always good to hear a second opinion from others. So feel free to leave your opinion behind. 


Cheers. 

Gaming: League's Hecarim is bullshit

Seriously, Hecarim is bullshit.


Its like a waste of 6.3k ip.


His base stats are like Skarner nerfed. But Skarner has more damage than him at any point of the game.


His passive is bullshit. 25% BONUS movespeed? 


Typically movespeeds reach 475 with one PD and one level 2 shoes.


His base movespeed is 320. That's 155 bonus movespeed.


Which amounts to about 40 damage? Which added to his base 53 + 3/level is still bullshit.


His Q is bullshit, it drains his already small mana pool by so much.


His W is give him sustain, which is useless since he has no dps. Even if others were to do dps for him to heal, the range is so short its only good if they hit the tank. WHICH IS INCREDIBLY BULLSHIT.


His E is his only ganking ability. WHICH IS BULLSHIT IF USED INCORRECTLY.


His R is his only hard CC. WHICH IS BULLSHIT SINCE IT LASTS 1 SECOND.


Essentially, I hate Hecarim.


Opinions in comment box. TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU HATE HIM OR LOVE HIM.

News Flash; News in a flash: Part 3

Alright, after reading about girls who cannot appreciate themselves, let us end this row of posts with a post about my teacher and a little something he's doing.


NUMBER 3: FundRaiser


I'll assume advertising for my teacher is fine, right?


So, Kent Ridge Sec's Discipline Head is known to be pretty crazy. He's a PE teacher who's pretty funny when he's nice and strict when he needs to be. Social to us students and his fellow teachers alike, you'll probably not believe us if you were to come to school for the first time and not be introduced to him.


Now, in my history of being a student there, the craziest thing he has done is to do our 2.4km run.


Doesn't sound impressive enough? What if I say he did it 37 times? In one shot? Started during 8pm? For the mathematically inept, that's 88km. Just to mention.


The reason why he did it was for the Beijing Olympics, which kind of impressed me. His love for sports was really strong and kudos to him for being sticking with it.


I'm sceptical about the run being effective in making students more interested in the Olympics that year though. Still, kudos for running 88km


So when I read on facebook that he had something new, I shared it immediately, then read what it was about.


It was a little fund raiser for the Singapore Disability Sports Council. And his plan was to go for the Gobi Desert Run.


There's nothing wrong with it, either ethically and socially. Its just a trek through the 40*C sparsely populated deserts with more or less a chunk of cacti here and there. The run also allows people (in fact, they encourage it) to run for charity.


So my DM, being the triathelete he is, decides that to keep himself in shape, he'll do the Gobi Desert Run as a fundraiser.


Always impressing us by doing things we can only dream of doing. Going beyond frontiers. Our school motto will kill him one day.


Ok, figure of speech there. Not literally.


The run is 250km long that spans acress 7 days and its participants range internationally. People around the globe take part in this.


You're probably being bored by too many facts now, so I'll just go to the main point now.


Main point: Donate to his fundraiser. If you want to support him. Just head over here and have a little read about the donations and here for his running blog.


And for more information about the run itself, head over to its FAQs


Alright, its 3 am in the morning. Time to head to bed. 

News Flash;News in a flash: Part 2

Alright, doing it in segments make me feel like people actually read my blog. 


-Self-esteem self-destructs-


So, here's the next little thing which caught my interest.


NUMBER 2: The underage prostitute


If you actually watch the news, you might have heard of a 19-year-old named Steph Thia (a.k.a Chantelle). She looks like this:

Picture: http://latestcnn.com/2012/04/steph-thia-hwee-koon-pictures/


Why the big fuss? 


A little general knowledge about Singapore's law: We're allowed to have sex at age 16 (with consent from both parties), allowed to be have commercial sex/be prostitutes at age 18 and watch movies with sex scenes at age 21. Go figure.


Still, no reason for a big fuss when she's 19 already, one might point out


She's 19 this year. That makes her 18 last year and 17 during 2010.


See the point?


Although, that's not the only reason the media is making such a huge attack at her situation.


Its the people she's hired by.


Currently, the only list I have is from Alvinology.com, who has made a very updated list of customers this young lady has served. 


If you were to head to that list, you'd realise that a there are a few big names on it.


For example, Mr Lee Lip Hong, a high-civil servant who used to be Pei Chun Public School's principal, a goldmine for the media.


Then you have the grandson of Runme Shaw, the one who made Shaw Organisation and Shaw theatres, Howard Shaw, Executive director of Singapore Environment Council. Another goldmine.


Tan Wee Kiat (formerly known as Jarrod Song Eu Loong),　39, ex-head of strategic planning at Police Training Command.


How is this any relation to you, the one sitting behind a computer and reading this, you ask?


The trend here is that these people are head of different markets and sectors who chose to spend money and time having sex with an underage girl without considering the consequences before doing so. Which is, as stated before, illegal.


Why so much emphasis? To the public and the law, its more of the fact that they had sex with an underage prostitute which gets to them. Personally, its a reminder that everyone has dirty laundry that they obviously don't hang for others to see. Even people who come out on top in the game of life.


What does get to me is the fact that these people had the brains and thinking intelligence to reach where they are now only to have it crumble away just because they didn't think to ask a question: "How old are you?".


Kind of gives you hope, though.

A little opinion to the young lady who has sold herself, and to the many others willing do this to themselves, please stop being so stupid. Be a girl you want your daughters to be, and a girl you want your son to date.


Ok, so on to the next story. Since this news is a week old after doing this.


Legal information on the age of legal sex: http://singaporelegaladvice.com/2010/05/intellectual-property-law-singapore/


Other information: http://www.mizozo.com/entertainment/04/2012/20/steph-thia-hwee-koon-singapore-sex-scandal.html


By the way, should this post go missing, its most likely because I deleted it. I got the list from Alvinology's site and left a comment saying if he requests I take this post down because of the list, then I will do it. 

New Flash;News in a flash: Part1

Not the punniest of puns for a title, but it'll do.


So, right now I have so much news stories to share but not enough time. What do I do?


Story 1: Thinspo
Somewhere floating around the internets are a few pictures of girls.


Typical.


Somewhere floating around the internets are a few pictures of girls who are incredibly skinny.


Ok, that's still kind of typical.


Somewhere floating around the internets (places such as Instagram, Pinterest and tumblr) are a pictures of girls who are incredibly skinny that are used as inspiration for girls to become ridiculously, and insanely, thin. To the point of Anorexia.


No, seriously, some even have quotes on it.


Here are some examples (You can just skip the red part below, its pretty wordy for a "summarised post")

Seriously, question to guys, would you like your girlfriend to have a body like this?


I don't see why weight loss is such a huge deal among people who don't need it. You have 16-year-old girls who are attempting to lose weight because they think they're "fat" and "ugly" when they're pretty much in the right weight class. 


The thing about anorexia is that you're starving your body of the nutrients it needs to rid yourself of the fats your body is storing.

Remember, your body isn't made up of 100% fats. You need 3 main types of nutrition survive, Carbohydrates, Protein and Fats. Fats is needed to protect yourself from the cold and have flesh to protect your bones from impact. (In its defence, you don't need a lot of it. But I digress)


The other 2 nutrients? Protein is needed to repair your body and develop muscles to move with and Carbs give you the energy required to move your body.


What Anorexia does to your body is simple. By depriving your body of nutrients, your body is unable to sustain itself. This makes you tire easily (due to lack of Carbs), weakens muscles, stunts development (lack of protein) and lose body mass in general (You can't control where you lose fat, in some areas of your body you NEED the fat).


For more symptoms, check out Wikipedia's article of STARVATION along with Anorexia. You'll be getting it by the truckloads.


Thing is, people have different opinions of a average weight. Sadly, mass media changes the public's view on attractiveness. This encourages girls to attempt to reach a point of weight that's crazy and unhealthy. 


Personally, I think Anorexia is just ridiculous. Being paper thin doesn't make you attractive at all. It just makes you look like a really unpopular model. Maybe some guys go for that kind of thing but generally, I think people like their women with NORMAL body sizes. In fact, I'd like to date someone who's not paper thin and feels good about herself because frankly, if I were to mince my words in order not to make you feel guilty about what you ate last night, I'd feel terrible. 


And also, I won't even mince my words in the first place. I'm too blunt to do that.


End point: Don't be anorexic. Eat like a normal human being.


So what do you guys think about general Body Mass? Do leave a comment below.


I'll be attempting to put in a Anon comment box somewhere here soon. I've been getting nearly 0 comments ever since I've started posting but a number of pageviews, so I'm assuming people who read my blog don't have a blogger account.


5-minute-later EDIT: I made a slight mistake, Thinspo is for people who're severely overweight (and have their own little problems such as heart attacks, diabetes, etc. to worry about) and trying to find inspiration get themselves into a healthy weight range. The term we're fighting here is Pro-ana (no idea what it means) which can be found here. 


This, my friends, is what I find disgusting, not posting pictures of girls being too thin, but encouraging others to be unhealthy and lead unhealthy lifestyles. Its like the reverse of fast food. I'll do a full post on this once I get more info. And also, to prove that I don't edit my posts un-necessarily, I won't change anything from the post.


Thanks to the lady from this site for this little tidbit about pro-ana and thinspo. And the 2 pictures of thinspo.

Bored at home during first month in school?

Note to self: You really need to find a blogskin. 


So, its been the second week of school and usually its this time where movie directors decide to make everyone a little more miserable by releasing movies around this time. However, from a select few opening soon, there's only a few which I really want to watch.



-cue epic drum roll-



ITS HoC'S LIST OF MOVIES TO CATCH BEFORE FIRST SEMESTER TESTS!!!!!!!


-cue applause-


I should be a director in the future. I have a knack at making epic ideas that please visually.


NUMBER 1:

You shall not pass!

So is there ANYONE who's not looking forward to this?

I mean, nerds and geeks will make this their must-watch (unless you're a DC fan) or people who've watched Thor, Iron Man, Hulk and Captain America: The first Avenger will definitely watch this "sequel". Everyone else will just get absorbed into the series by the fact that every single actor is hot in it. Before you tell me that there's only 1 lady in the team, remember how every engineering class in Poly is the same. Except its a team of 20.

Like all other excessively advertised films, this is probably going to come out as either one of the best movies made from comic books of all time or its going to be a box office flop (Or just breaking even with production costs) and leave many people disheartened. High hopes for Joss Wheden from everyone else.

Fun fact: Joss Whedan created Buffy. And directed this film. You decide.

NUMBER 2:

Remember when you were a kid and your mother, father or teacher told you the story of Snow White?

Or maybe your parents brought you Disney's Snow White in DvD?

Well, I bet they told you the story from Snow White's point of view, didn't they? Well, how about the queen's perspective? Maybe she isn't so insane as the story depicts? Maybe she's really a nice person deep down inside?

Probably not.

And there's that smug little girl, having the whole world think she's so nice and kind and lovable. 

If you've not read, watched, heard or even seen Snow White, then I suggest heading over to the children's section of the library or buy the book and weep to yourself the story at home in bed as you remember bits and pieces of your sad childhood, wondering how different life would be if you had a proper upbringing.

But on a more serious note, Julia Roberts plays the queen, the world's most beautiful woman, who's married to the king/assigned to babysit the king's daughter, Snow White. As all maniacal rulers, she decides to try and remove the heir to the throne from the equation and take it for herself. Then it becomes Snow White's story once again, although bits and pieces differ from the original.

Ok, I lied. Its not the typical "Princess gets saved, bad guy (Or in this case, bad queen) gets killed" kind of story, but more of the recent hollywood remakes where "Princess saves world" stories.

Well, not being a big fan of Julia Roberts, I personally won't be watching this unless someone asks me out for this. However, it does seem pretty decent for a comedy film from the trailer so give it a try when you have some extra cash and time on your hands.

Number 3:

Enjoy watching Will Smith's movies? You'll be happy to know that the 3rd MIB is coming out in theatres in May. 

I remember watching the trailer for this back in November last year and immediately after I  tracked the date down and marked it in my phone.

Then I proceeded to break my phone by accident. "Accident"

Why I would recommend this is because MIB has been a pretty big childhood thing. The entire theme of a world hidden in a world helped me develop alot of creativity and imagination. Downside to this was that I have some..... "unique" quirks as a child. And as an adult.

But I digress. I would talk more about this movie once I've watched it, but for now it remains as a maybe-in-the-future thing. 

Of course, there're a few movies to that are already out but didn't appeal to me which I shall quickly list here

Wrath of the Titans: Clash of the Titans was horrible. My teacher said this movie was horrible. My friends says it was horrible. I now deem this horrible.

Battleships: A movie about a board game where you cheat by stacking your ships on each other? No thanks. 

The Lucky One: Zac Effron's in it. Not voicing it. The Lorax is <3 Zac Effron is not.

I don't so much as have a hatred to him, I just personally don't like him. Long story.

The Awakening: I did watch this with a couple of friends, but I thought the movie was on-the-whole overrated. It provided a few scares and a few chills, but nothing too extreme. In fact, the movie rides on only its plot for its recognition by Rotten Tomatoes as a good movie (I think it was Rotten Tomatoes).

That's all for now (even though I only listed a few movies). Tune in next time to...........

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HoC'S LIST OF MOVIES TO CATCH BEFORE FIRST SEMESTER TESTS!!!!!!!

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By R.L. Stein.

Cheers

Assassin's Creed 3: Game news

Normally I don't visit Kotaku because of their somewhat over-exaggerated sense of gamerism (Especially after EA fucked Mass Effect 3 up so badly that every gamer cries) but when I heard of a Assassin's Creed 3 info that was dropped off the site, I went to google it almost immediately.

The game in a nutshell

Just in case you didn't know, I'm a pretty big fan of the series. I've played the first 2 games, owned Brotherhood for my PS3 (Mah baby <3) but haven't gotten a chance to try out Revelations yet, but refusing to spoil myself with the story (And using every damn thing as a distraction from checking).

First inspection of the new game is pretty obvious. Its set in the American Revolution where people are out killing people (Americans fighting the British, if I didn't interpret my information wrongly) while stealthy people are killing people (Assassins vs Templars). Its snowy in some of the pictures while some show that the snow has melted away and grass is growing beautifully. While people are dying in the background.


After some reading, you'll find that you're playing as Connor, a member of the Mohawk tribe who joins the Assassin's cause for un-revealed storyline reasons. 

Developers reveal that the weather actually affects your running speed. When its summer and snow-less, running is fairly easy while in winter, the snow makes Connor trip if you attempt to run too fast. Which amps the game's difficulty should you need to run from a bad situation. What's more, the game actually has rain coded in, along with how normal humans should react when its raining: take shelter. You'll see people scrambling to get out of the rain rather than staying outside and walking as if its a sunny day. This also affects how you should be moving as you play.

Also, in this era where guns require reloads after being shot once (known as muskets; the reloading speed isn't short if you didn't know), this can be a double-edge change for you. Should they miss, the guards will be forced to engage close-quarter combat rather than standing still for 5 minutes trying to reload their guns. Luckily, Connor will be using an arsenal of weapons found in this era such as the Mohawk's Tomahawk Axe, flintlock pistols and bows & arrows as well as assassin's arsenals such as ever-so-popular-and-awesome hidden blades.


Developers have said that for the first time in the series, you are able to climb trees as well as buildings. Previously, you can scale the tallest towers without having proper foothold (or just those that you can't see) yet seem unable to process how to scale off a tree (or just jump off a ledge and swing with a tree. I tried that myself, to be honest. Didn't end so well though). Now they've added the code for it thus you are able to become America's first Tarzan. Another way to avoid getting shot!!!


Being from a Mohawk tribe, Connor has learnt how to hunt animals since he's lived in the forest. The game allows you to hunt for prey as sort of a sidequest (like the feathers from the second generation of AC).


Now for graphics, Ubisoft is using their brand new graphics engine known as AnvilNext. After some research from Wikipedia, its actually an amped up version of the engine used in AC2 generation. They hope that the engine will allow games to have more powerful and better graphics in our current generation of gaming platforms. 


The AnvilNext engine claims to allow many characters to appear on screen at once. This allows the game to produce and process warzones smoothly, which you can either join in or avoid like the plague. Depending on how you want to play.


Finally, the last piece of info I have on the game is that developers hate making PC versions of the game. Quoting from my sources: "I think if you want to play on PC, and you want to play Assassin's Creed, you have a controller.".

Are you threatening me?

Of course, pre-orders are already open and depending where you pre-order, you'll get different pre-order-only perks such as an extra uniform and unlocked weapons. Different sites offer different perks, so check them out before pre-ordering!!!


Anyway, this is just some news that I've found. I'll be doing my first impressions of the game once I have more time in an edit of this post, so do check back.


Cheers, for now.


EDIT: Ok, so I'm back to give a little opinion on the upcoming Assassin's Creed game. 


First thing I thought of when they told us about AnvilNext was that it sounded so good it felt like it was over-exaggerated. Graphics that run smoothly even when there's alot of things going on felt unheard of and really felt next generation. But many times when game developers and companies promise us a good graphics, the result often disappoints. 


I find developers have done their very best to make this game as realistic as they possibly can. From what they're telling us, I feel that they've done a good job out of it. Again, whether they can deliver what they've promised and what we expect from the game depends on the final, released product. Chances are, they probably won't be disappointing us soon.
Although I'm against it, the introduction of hunting animals was something I've never expected developers to do, just because it felt so much like Red Dead Redemption (But according to developers, the numbers are smaller here compared to RDR, because moving accolades aren't fun when they're common). 


I would like to see what they've replaced the Prostitutes, Mercenaries and Thieves from the AC2 era with. Perhaps during that time, they'd be called sex-slaves, hired help and pickpockets, since its America we're talking about. They'd be keen on trying not to capture attention from others, I supposed. I guess its what I'll predict.

Because, like, you know, its always good to have, like, backup

Personally though, I'm a big storyline fan so even if the gameplay is really bad, I'd still play it if the story is good. Its similar to my Assassin's Creed Brotherhood game, I've never touched it after I finished the original storyline. I planned on getting all the secret stuff like Subject 17 secrets and feathers, but I didn't bother because I was all "Meh, its only secrets. I'll youtube them or something" when Desmond stabbed Lucy. Spoils all my replay value, I admit.


Finally, I would like to see what weapons they'll include in this game. They've revealed the Tomahawk and the Flintlock Pistols (Which look awesome in real life, in all honesty) but I want to see what they'll allow us to use to dispose of enemies.


Well, that's really it for my game opinion. Glad you've lasted this long without alt-tabbing or closing this window. 


Information was taken from Kotaku, The Honest Gamer, Wikipedia and a good friend of mine. Thank you all. 


EDIT2: Realised none of my recent blogs has photos. Shall be stealin' from Google once again. Hurr hurr hurr hurr