For those who know me, full well know that I am rather quite obsessed with games. But the games I play are usually limited to the JRPG or Action RPG format. Of course, with my purchase of the NDSL, I found myself attached to games like Ouendan, Cooking Mama and Phoenix Wright like leeches to warm bodies. Ugh.

But never had I thought that I will be obsessed with a silly flash game that.. let you runs a restaurant. On Facebook nonetheless. I blame my dear colleague Grace in China for introducing this to me ”orz

So what’s the gameplay about anyway? Uhm… pretty much, nothing at all? You were given a restaurant, where you collect fresh ingredients daily to update your menu, gain customers which will earn you money — to buy stuff for yourself and your restaurant’s renovation. Oh, and you can hire your friends to work in your restaurant too.

Tell me about this game back in Uni will probably earn you a raised eyebrow from me.

This is how my current restaurant looks :D

I hope my ex-Editor in Chief doesn’t get a wind about this D: He’ll make fun of me till kingdom comes.

On another hand, I think I should feed my workers before they fall over out of exhaustion. Uhm. Now.

( Also, I’m still playing The World Ends with You. Even after finishing the game last year. But since whiterabbit’s playing it too recently, it’s more fun ( and waaaay easier ) to mingle and trade hard to get pins and what not now. Current stats?

- 100% Secret Reports Collection
- 100% Item Collection
- 100% Noise Report
- 98% Pin Mastery ( out of 200+ pins of various level, mind you )

Whoo-hooo? 8D;; I’m discovering my OCD streak with this game, I’m sure…

So I made a quick and crazy trip to Singapore over the weekend ( flying in Saturday, flying out Sunday ) for this along with all these crazy people :D

FF Distant World concert in Singapore on 23rd May 2009 was AMAZING <3 I was holding back the excitement and tried to keep the expectation low because I thought PLAY! was kinda messed up two years ago when I was there :\

Before anything long and rambly about the music that night… let me get this out of my system…

Uematsu Nobuo was there!!!!!

Yes! We got to see the man himself! The crowds went crazy when the conductor Arnie Roth announced his presence in the hall <3 <3 <3 I really really didn't expect that @.@; And he looks like such a jovial old man XD If I'm to nominate anyone for the cast of Lu-Tze from Discworld, I really want to cast Uematsu as said character XDD

But Distant World amazed me with the amount of fun and passion they injected to the pieces. Not all the pieces played that night was great imo, but the ones that was awesome, was really really fantastic! <3

Programme
FINAL FANTASY VIII : Liberi Fatali ( ☆ )
FINAL FANTASY X : To Zanarkand ( ☆ )
FINAL FANTASY VIII : Don’t be Afraid
FINAL FANTASY VII : Aerith’s Theme ( ☆ ☆ ☆ !!! )
FINAL FANTASY I-III : Medley 2002
FINAL FANTASY V : Dear Friends
FINAL FANTASY IX : Valo’ alla Flamenco ( ☆ )
FINAL FANTASY XI : Ronfaure
FINAL FANTASY series : Main Theme

~Intermission~

FINAL FANTASY VII : Opening - Bombing Mission ( ☆ !!! )
FINAL FANTASY VIII : Fisherman’s Horizon ( ☆ )
FINAL FANTASY XI : Memoro de la Stono
FINAL FANTASY IV : Theme of Love ( ☆ ☆ ☆ )
FINAL FANTASY series : Swing de Chocobo ( ☆ )
FINAL FANTASY VIII : Love Grows
FINAL FANTASY VI : Opera “Maria and Draco” ( ☆ )

Encore #1
FINAL FANTASY VI : Terra’s theme ( ☆ ☆ ☆ )
Encore #1
FINAL FANTASY VII : One Winged Angel ( ☆ ☆ ☆ )

The encore pieces. They are LOVEEEEEE <3 <3 <3 Terra's theme omfg. And apparently I was all giddy when they finally performed One Winged Angel according to Eisu ( So yeah I know, I know this One Winged Angel was played to death and brought back from the Lifestream since eons ago. But I still love it a lot okaaaay? )

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I’d just got back from Guangzhou this evening and I’m totally beat T.T

Tonnes of things happened but the most important of all is that…

*drumrolls*

I’d lost my purse to a pickpocket in Guangzhou ( may he/she burns and die by the pain of ten of thousand needles ).

I was on the bus back to my Uncle’s place when soon after I alighted from it, I discovered my purse is gone. From a zipped handbag. Apparently the back of the zip got pried off, dunaskmehow @.@ Because it just did.

It was kind of surreal because after the first moment of panic, I calmly managed to lodge a police report with the help of my cousin. She called the police number and I talked to the officer in charge telling him I’d lost my purse, it happened when we were on the bus ( I was sure of it since I last took out my purse before I got on the bus ), and uh.. I’m not local.

The officer asked for our location and told us to wait as he’ll send some policemen over to take our statement.

After waiting for about 10 minutes ( I called my aunt to inform her while I was at it ), two policemen drove up and talked to us. And what surprised and amused me most is that they gestured for us to follow them in the police car to go to the nearest station for the statement record.

…

……

Guys, guys! I’d been in a police car!! XD;;;;; ( This thought popped up when I was in the car and I need to try my damnedest to not break out into a grin since.. yanno… I’d just lost my purse and my money and bank cards and identifications omgzzz )

The policemen were nice and asked where I was from. Funny thing is that everyone gets confused with the explanation of what is a Malaysian Chinese. No, my family are not immigrants, and no I’m really really Chinese and has no part of being a Malay mix heritage and YES I AM A MALAYSIAN and even though I’m Chinese I’m not a Mainlander. Nor a Hongkie. Nor Taiwanese. It amuses me how nearly everyone else gets utterly bewildered and confused by this concept XD;

At the station the two policemen left us with two policewomen who proceed to take my statement. I’m thankful my dear cousin’s there because I get all messed up when I’m bombarded by too much Chinese words and only my family and colleagues are patient enough to explain to me what it means XD;;

It was a strange statement session as one of them was sour-faced and all serious in her work taking my statement and the other policewoman was asking me about my home country. She thought that Malaysia’s a nice place ( albeit a bit hot with too much rainfall ) and was amazed that I can speak at least three languages ( English, Malay, Mandarin/Canto? ) while her colleague tsk-ed because I can’t read nor write XD ( Which the other assured me it’s perfectly OKAY since I can speak and it’s good enough ) XD;;

So all in all I’d lost about RMB200 and assorted other currencies in HK dollar, Japanese yen and Thai baht .. my Maybank card and most importantly .. my identification card. Thankfully my passport is elsewhere else I’ll really really panicked til kingdom comes because gaaaaahhh I’d been waiting for too damned long to get back to Malaysia and SHITS had to happened on my last weekend here T.T

I’ll have to lodge another police report when I get back to Malaysia I supposed >.> I hope everything’s okay ( My Mum called Maybank to cancel my ATM access already ).

On the plus side, it means I can retake the photo for my identification card :D I uhh… think I look a lot like a yakuza there, somehow…

Because I’m bored out of my mind and found this on Lorraine’s Facebook post while wasting my time there. I’m a sucker for music related meme afterall :P

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 15 people you like and include me. Try not to repeat a song title. It’s a lot harder than you think…

Pick Your Artist: 　虹　( Rainbow ) / L’Arc~en~Ciel
Are you male or female: And She Said
Describe yourself: 真実と幻想と （ With The Truth and Illusions )
How do you feel about yourself: Feeling Fine
Describe where you currently live: ROUTE 666
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Fourth Avenue Cafe
Your favorite form of transportation: Driver’s High
Your best friend is: My Dear
Your favorite color is: Perfect Blue
What’s the weather like: Singin’ in the Rain
Favorite time of day: DAYBREAK’S BELL
If your life was a TV show, what would it be called: Existence
What is life to you: New World
What is the best advice you have to give: READY STEADY GO
If you could change your name, what would it be: Loreley
Your favorite food is: Honey
Thought for the Day: 風に消えないで　( Don’t disappear by the wind )
How I would like to die: SEVENTH HEAVEN
My soul’s present condition: My Heart Draws a Dream
My motto: 自由への招待 ( Invitation to Freedom )

Not tagging anyone but this is good fun. I want to do a Siam Shade version for it now 8Db

PS : あと２週間帰られるは〜〜〜！！！

From the GTalk Chats history

madhatter : i’m in my room now
madhatter : just had dinner
whiterabbit : lol XD
whiterabbit : oh hey
whiterabbit : since you’re in your room
whiterabbit : you should look up green porno XDDDDD
madhatter : ……
madhatter : WHAT?
whiterabbit : ……
whiterabbit : trust me, it’s hilarious XDDDD
madhatter : HAAAA?
madhatter : If my eyeballs fall out, I’m hunting you down when I get back

Turns out, she meant this site on Sundance Channel, for those who are curious.

It’s uhmm… educational. For sure.

In my effort to keep myself amused during my stay in China I keep buying strangely flavoured stuff of otherwise normal everyday items I see at home.

( I have absolute love for Lay’s Pork Stew flavoured Potato Chips btw 8D;; )

Behold! Strawberry flavoured Colgate that won’t get me weird look from the cashier locally because it’s not actually a “JUST FOR KIDS” products!

( I suspect it’ll give me toothache @.@ )

I got a feeling I might regret this purchase though. It might taste just like cough medicine. For much of anything I buy in strawberry flavour tends to taste like cough medicine after a while :\

And now, another rundown of random observations filtered through what the japanese termed as 外人 [ gaijin/outsider ] eyes here.

( Well, there are some local herb flavoured toothpaste.. but I doubt I’m that brave to try it out )

As for how it really really taste like.. I guess I’ll only find out about it at night 8D;;

#1. Even if I have nine lives, I will not drive in China. Ever. I know I said this before. But it still stands. More than ever.
#2. Watching movie in China is pretty damned expensive. A normal ticket cost about RMB80. Which is about RM40??! Your regular Malaysia movie ticket’s RM10.
#3. China blocked Youtube access two weeks. Woe is me.
#4. Sales people here can be so damned rude.
#5. People in general here can be so damned rude. I had a asshole pushed me away while waiting for the train to arrive so that he can get in front of me. OH WELL I HOPE YOU FALL OVER THE RAIL AND DIE YOU ASSTASTIC UNCOUTH MAN-SHAPED PILE OF COW DUNG.
#6. Okay, China’s KFC has Original Recipe afterall. They just don’t have it on their set menu.
#7. Vitas’ touring China. WOES WOES WOES why isn’t he here when I’m HERE?
#8. Same goes for Mayday. Whyfore must you guys be in HK only in MAY?
#9. On the plus side, I’ll readily give up both the aforementioned concert just so I can get home earlier. I missed Malaysia.
#10. Only three more weeks to go until i can get back! 頑張れ！

ba⋅nan⋅a
[buh-nan-uh]

–noun
1. a tropical plant of the genus Musa, certain species of which are cultivated for their nutritious fruit.
2. the fruit, esp. that of M. paradisiaca, with yellow or reddish rind.
3. a Chinese who can neither speak nor write the Chinese language well. Term usually used in the South East Asian region. Compare [ A.B.C/American Born Chinese ] that has wider range of used to describe the same problem

Note #3 of the above. For I am one.

Being a banana stuck in a country that use dominantly Mandarin every single seconds is a very very taxing experience. I found myself craving someone, ANYONE to just speak to me in English. Or any other variation of languages I know apart from Mandarin T.T

Scene : At the lunch table

Me : *overheard colleagues mentioning something strange for lunch*
Me : Uhh.. eww.. what? *in Chinese* Head of a thousand mouths?
Colleague : Eh? What did you say?
Me : Uhhh … *repeats*
Colleague : *looks puzzled*
Me : Uhhh.. I meant tongue in English?
Colleague : YOU JUST SAID *STONE* XDDD Who’s gonna eat stone for lunch anyway??? XDD
Me : T____T ( well, not like I will eat tongue for lunch either >.> Ox or not )

WELL to be fair, pronouncing 舌头(she tou) and 石头(shi tou) will gives me tongue-cramps okay? >.>

For those who thinks that I’m making a big deal out of how tough it is to learn the Chinese language, please refer to this link and check out [ - [p. 56/45] “‘Your Wife is a big hippo’” ]

And yeah, I do live in Interesting Times :\ Woes.

Oh hay. I’m still alive. It had just been a rather busy week at work and I tend to spend my boring nights locked away in my room playing Suikoden Tierkreis obsessively ( PS2 controller died. Need to get replacement. My heart ache for Persona 4 ~~~~~ TwT )

Also, being sent here and basically works and stay in the factory in a far off industrial area with nothing much for miles is giving me valid excuse to be an obsessive gamer with no life. Whooops?

Since I’m lazy to blog about the daily oddities ( and I ever feel so out of place sometimes … ), I hereby present random observations I had in point forms :D

#1. Donkey meat easily breaks. Like that of a fish. Tastes not like chicken.
#2. Even if I have nine lives, I will not drive in China. Ever.
#3. Maybe it’s just the small outskirt town area I’m in at the moment, Ah Beng/Lala fashion are everywhere.
#4. Chinese advertisement here involved too much text, idgi. As someone who studied media design it confuses me a bit. Or maybe it’s just the fact that I can’t read Chinese. Billboards, bus ads, signages… they are all mostly text and gives me a bit of a headache.
#5. It’s pretty hazy here where I am. Maybe because it’s in the industrial zone? Ach, it dampens my mood
#6. I think the big boss here thinks I’m a small kid because of how I look. He gave me a light pat on the head @.@ which was rather hilarious and awkward.
#7. It’s getting warmer and warmer already. The cold spring weather last week is totally gone. It almost feels like Malaysia =.=; I missed the colddddd
#8. China’s KFC is weirddddddd. They don’t have Original Recipe chickens and they serves roast chickens?! @.@;; I missed my Malaysian KFC waaaa

So this is week two. I don’t feel too homesick yet though I was ranting profusely two days back at Rach about the sort of Malaysian food I’m starting to miss :\ so uhmmm … I’m food-sick? But the food is really rather good here so far. ( It just doesn’t taste like home :( )

So I’m now in Shen Zhen.

Before anyone ask “How’s ShenZhen?”, I can say it’s “Pretty damned cold for a Malaysian” ( because I’d got torrents of this same question since last night XD ILU people ♥ )

I woke up at 3a.m. with the rest of my family in my hometown the day before ( they wanted to send me off at the airport, which is like 3 hours away from our place ). We arrived at the airport with plenty of time to spare even after breakfast and was lounging around until i can checked in. It felt awfully strange though knowing that it will be two whole months since I can be with them again.

Thus, due to the fact that I woke up at the ungodly hour of 3 a.m. earlier I dozed off even before the plane took off. MAS air stewardesses’ were really sweet because they gave me a pillow and blanket as soon as they see me nodding off as soon as I settled on board XD

They started serving brunch when I finally roused and found out that every movies playing in flight was already 40 mins in :\ Was channel hopping until I saw the horribly familiar mind numbingly constipated face staring back at me in those weird close-up in that creepy soulless eyes.

 
The in-flight channels are showing TWILIGHT.

I was stuck between having this expression :D and THIS D: ( It’s actually quite fun to watch it dubbed in Spanish XDD )

Hurriedly, I started to rummage for the headphone for guaranteed entertainment during brunch XD ( I’m not a masochist, I’m just terribly sleepy and needed the lulz ) Mainly because I will never ever spend money on this ridiculous pile of published fan-fiction; and by watching whatever I can see on the screen without my headphone is kind of hilarious because everyone seems to have :| or :0 as their default expression. It had to be lol-tastic, right??

It was as expected, it was so cheesily bad I found it hilarious ( thank you whiterabbit, I got the push to actually stomach this along with my brunch because I must hear “THIS IS THE SKIN OF A KILLAHHH!” that you talked about so often ) Pattison was much more charming in Harry Potter when he’s playing the nice-guy Cedric than an angsty teenage vampire stalker hmmm? :\

And ehh, am I the only person who snorted in my custard pudding when Edward said “And so the lion fell in love with the lamb?” AM I? That whole thing was totally forced and sounded so horribly corny it’s just SO AWKWARD to watch it. And I have high tolerence for cheesy dialogues which work in PRINT but doesn’t on screen. Whatever the hell happened? Also, how can you both watch this in the cinema without flinching or laughing out loud?

It was really rather embarrassing to watch to be honest. I kept praying and hoping my boss won’t turn over and ask me what I was watching. I will really not know how to answer him XD;

But too bad(!?!), I dozed off again after the food was taken away. No amount of sparkly vampires can keep me awake ( and I missed the Vampire Baseball scene with Supermassive Black Hole in the BGM, much to my chagrin )

Apart from that, my whole flight was pretty uneventful, since I slept about 90% of the way there to Hong Kong. From then on, me and my boss took the bus and the the train to cross the bother of Shen Zhen and from there, a driver took us here where I’ll spend the next two months stationed at.

 
I .. really don’t know what to think @.@;

 
…. but at least i’d got internet connection from my room and had my PS2 rigged up to the TV? :DDDDDbbbbb Persona 4 here I comeeeeee ♥

( and also I got my Gundam 00 #22 so I’m ALL HAPPY ♥ ♥ ♥ )

Rachel, Maggie and Keat. This post is dedicated to you guys XDD

Yes yes I was doubled over laughing when I first entered this shop playing Persona 4. I would like to say Old Lady Shiroku here is definitely nicer than the one we are all so unfortunate to know though >D And no, she doesn’t go “Hello hello hellooooooooo” at me \:D/

Image credit to Shatter Heart’s Persona 4 site