New titles to look forward to!

There're still lotsa reasons to have my PS2 back from my 2nd bro, OR even getting a brand new PS2 slim (if my current old, fat PS2 decided to die on me).

Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The King of Abaddon (PS2)
Moar Raidou~!!! >8D Yum!

Persona 4 (PS2)
Wth, I'm not even finish with P3 yet. Orz. But I like the concept of eyeglasses... Hee hee..

Some other PS2 titles that are great but I haven't had a chance to play are Okami, Shadow Heart 2/3, Digital Devil Saga 1/2, and 1 more I just forgot what the title is...
Not to forget I haven't even finish with a number of games (Rhapsodia, P3, etc.)

King of Fighters XII
For the PS3! OMFG. Iori FINALLY has a new costume! Wha?! Exposed lower waist detected! HAWTNESS! (is it unhealthy to drool over a pixelised character) >A<;

So many games, so little time. It's so sad. Can I just live with a part-time job? Of course not! Sigh. I miss my school days for this. Ahhh emo doodle of girly men >D

There, I procrastinated my entire Saturday with watching IRONMAN, drinking 3-in-1 coffee by spoon, looking at game videos, downloading Silent Hill Zero tracks, etc. WHERE I SHOULD BE DOING MY WORK INSTEAD (brought home work to rush on for Monday & Tuesday's deadlines) Orz

A little procrastination..

Homer Simpson tries to vote for Obama


This cracks me up lol XD Haven't gotten tired of watching it.

Encyclopedia Dramatica - dA
I didn't know it is THAT messed up & dramas happening...;;;

AHHH SILENT HILL 5 ------- !!! \*A*/
Despite the site's trailer looks cheap like typical western horror-thriller movies *sigh..* and forum comments about it being 'The Game of Silent Hill: The Movie' instead (the trailer obviously sounds like it already! What happened to the unexpected, open-ended, bizarre air of SH~???) - BUT as a SH fan I'm getting it no matter what. The SECOND TRAILER LOOKS ALOT BETTER though! That's what I remember SH used to feel like at least.

I miss Alex's initial character model though (a.k.a. Dean Winchester lookalike) T_T But the final model looks decent alright. His VA is good :3

Job 3rd thoughts.

Working on yet another public holiday isn't helping myself to like my current job any better (when I tried to). The only bright side is that I'm learning alot - but in a very short & limited time since almost every project needs to be rushed. Not to forget when something needs to be done fast in a 'forced' way, e.g. working OT till midnight in 3 days straight including a weekend public holiday till the next morning 5am. Now I've worked for at least 17 hours in 1 day! A personal breaking record that I'll be happy to not have it >__>

On another subject, I'm HAPPY to read about this news! Not that it's unexpected, but he totally deserves it. It'll be blasphemous if he don't get a contract!! \(>A<)/

BTW, I'm starting on playing WoW. I've always been wondering what's so addictive about this game, now - I know... =3= (harga minyak naik, I invest on WoW pulak, aduhai~)

GTA IV. Job 2nd thoughts.

It is a time where I wish I'm vacationing at my uncle's place in Melbourne even though it's gonna be boring. It's HOT like **** here =____=;;;;; Even the tap water is warm.

GTA IV, love! LOTsa places, roads, internet, dates, activities, people, etc. to explore. I'm not even familiar with the first place yet (my Niko just moved to Bohan, the 2nd place). I only miss the 'skip journey' option on 2nd try missions... it's frustrating to drive all the way frm Broker to Bohan & failed the mission, & drive all the way down there again on retries.. >_>; Currently I can't pass Brucie's racing mission, of all the kind of missions, I HATE racing... and I don't touch racing games.

My job, I'm not really happy to know that I have to work tomorrow, which is a public holiday (Wesak Day) here. My boss eventually forgot this holiday and promised the client to deliver the work on Tuesday. Deadline supposed to be on Monday, so he thought he pushed back a day more for us to work on it, wow, thanks.

But isn't the work time frame are managed by the Project Manager? Isn't he supposed to know that Monday is a public holiday & negotiate with the client about it? (AND remind my boss that there's a public holiday inbetween & see what're the options???) I know client is ultimately important, but we employees have our rights and personal plans too! What if I've already booked a flight ticket to Langkawi, do I have to cancel it just because "Well, what to do? We don't have time already..." kind of BS.

Regarding other BS:
Work on public holiday..
Me: Isn't Monday a public holiday? We have to work also?
Project Manager: Yala.. But you can claim back leave from XXX.
Me: (Am I supposed to be relieved? NO!)

Work on Saturday..
Project Manager: Halfday? Who told you Saturday work halfday one?
Me: (Are you the boss?) Who works fullday on Saturdays? (other than Animasia)

Urgent work..
Project Manager: You choose lah. You wanna work on Saturday fullday or Monday you wanna stay back.
Me: (niama..) Both days sucked anyway.

Sometimes I dislike the way he comes asking "Have you finish XXX already? I need to show the client today" all in a sudden when he didn't tell us when's the deadline in the first place. I'm only on my first month and I'm starting to discover all these shitty kind of time management already.

Another thing's been bugging me is.. the company used to have a Flash actionscript programmer (he left after last month), so now = 0 actionscript programmer except my boss.
There's also a Flash designer, but leaving after this month I think, so in the near future = 1 Flash designer which is ME.
There's 2 interns helping out, but they're finishing after June.
There's a networking and server techie (I think), a web designer (solely designs only, not putting it into work), and 1 more fella I don't even know what's he's doing actually...
So I'm VERY worried, what if the company really works with only 1 dude for each position (1 programmer, 1 flash designer, 1 web designer, 1 techie, 1 etc.) WHOA. That'll be very risky and stressful with the boss coming to you every hour asking have you done anything especially towards the only programmer and flash designer. Getting an interactive website to work by only 1 programmer and 1 flash designer is NOT NOT NOT safe. What's more with the management-inefficient Project Manager haunting you & making you work extra days just because the client wants it fast. Negotiation is part of your job, dude!

I'm gonna give another month or two. I wouldn't have taken this job if I've known the hierarchy & team status (2 seniors leaving) of this company. Lesson learned: FIND OUT OR ASK ABOUT THE COMPANY'S TEAM (and status) BEFORE YOU TAKE THE JOB... next time. I'm such a dope. Sigh.

Some game rants, Art post, David A - Angels

I miss my PS2. I also miss the days I get to enjoy playing RPGs all day long on my PS1 without much worries (homeworks: 3/4 were copied, exams: 2 hours of study perday, school curriculum activies: 98% ponteng).

Final Fantasy VII was my first RPG game; that's the reason why my bro got our PS1. Wild Arms or Breath of Fire III were my 2nd/3rd RPG game. Suikoden I & II, Xenogears came later. Resident Evil 3 was my first survival horror game thanks to a friend of mine who 'forced' me to play it (I was scared of playing RE games, but not till I actually play it! >8D) King of Fighters '96 was my first fighting game on the PS1. As for PS2, my first RPG game was Final Fantasy X. First survival horror was Silent Hill 2, first action adventure was Devil May Cry. And the rest I lost count.

My first PS3 game is Devil May Cry 4! ^o^ Finally got it yesterday at Summit after going for Street Kings with Ash (then rushing back home for American Idol 7 on 8TV). The shop dude was giggling at the way I took out my money (kept my monies at separate places: wallet, pants & bag pocket - don't ask me why) #_# And it's NOT cheap okay? The only other thing I'm willing to pay RM200 or above are books or a hair makeover (like once a year?) =A=

Art post:

A commission from y0sh1r0 on his OC, Takayuki. Here's only the lineart of it. Finally I have some art to post...!

David Archuleta - Angels



David performing "Angels" by Robbie Williams on his Top 8 Inspirational Songs Week. Somehow it's expected he'd sing this song @_@ "Despite what you're going through, there's always a light in the end of the tunnel". You go, boy! His live performance was better than his studio version IMO 'cos I *LOVE* how he ends his song in the performance <3 >83

Vergil ARTFX

THINGS I SHOULD DO:
[1] Finish my 1st comic submission 'hardworking-ly'.
[2] Finish my 1st comic submission as soon as I can.
[3] Finish Tsa's logo as soon as I can.
[4] Finish Ethereal chapter 3 for YUE7 by 21st(?) / as soon as I can.

THINGS I SHOULDN'T DO:
[1] Watch AVGN videos.
[2] Watch Ghost Hunters (TAPS) on youtube.
[3] Watch American Idol s.7 on 8tv.
[4] Hunt for DMC3 Vergil ARTFX figurine online.
[5] Blog.

Ironically I did everything on "shouldn't do's" & did NOTHING on "should do's" >8D Someone should whip me! *headshot*
But I promised myself to finish my work submission by the end of next week. I feel so bad for being so lame & sloooww... T__T (sorry ben, will work hard! and smart!) T__T

And why would someone release something like this:

EVIL #_______# How could they release something so evil like this. More clearer, bigger photos of him here.
I thought there wouldn't be any decent Vergil figurine, & now there's one, & it's f-ing expensive. It costs almost RM300 in XL-Shop, and RM300+ elsewhere online. W-H-Y-??? Now I just hope I got my preorder & my card works fine (Yes, I actually went & order it!) o_o Hence, the $$$ that I reserved for getting DMC4 goes to THIS. Heck, this' even more expensive than getting DMC4. But I really hope my preorder goes fine. Having a cool Vergil figurine has been one from my wishlist.

Back to work. I procrastinate TOOOOOOO much I should be ashamed of myself.. OTL

Meet Franky! + some photos

Meet mah new love~! \\(^o^)//

Got my PSP about 2 weeks ago, despite it being white, I named it "Franky" *does a Franky pose!* AuU--!! Need to find a blue star sticker to go with it now >8D

Since I have no new art or sketch to post. I'll post some old random photos... whether anyone like it or not...

Julie, my tubby dachshund~ <3

Bei-Bei, bro no.1 & gf's miniature poodle. Very friendly & playful of course. She has grown slightly bigger by now though.

My sleep work desk taken few months ago.

Sketches. PSP?

Popped by Summit with Mel after work to get her NDS lite. Ended up waiting for over an hour to get things done (fix screen, pick games, upload games, PSP Q&A's) because that small shop was super packed with humans one after another, family after family.. *hasn't had breakfast, lunch & was looking forward for dinner* OTL

But another new staff was nice to let us try on his Monster Hunter 2 (he was rambling about it on & on while adjusting & fixing the screen protector unto Mel's NDSL) & *squee* tried Silent Hill Origins with his phat PSP while waiting. Though it's hard & distracting to just play any games among that crowd of humans...;;; Guh.

I'm gonna go get my PSP later today with 2nd bro! ^o^ Should I get ori SH:O??? >w< >w< >w<;;; But that shop doesn't have it yet atm............ duh.

Dumps:
Original - Ethereal: 'Omega'
Fanart - Dynasty Warriors 5: Gan Ning & Ling Tong
Fanart - Persona 3: Akihiko Sanada

Turned 23. Persona 3 <3

Currently I am totally hooked on Persona 3.

It's a very bad time to get hooked on a game, and yet I went & got it while I was inquiring about PSP price (yesh, I've decided to get a PSP for sure).

I didn't know chasing girls are so interesting & amusing ^o^ As well as hanging out with different acquaintances you get to meet throughout the game to improve your Social Link.

The English seiyuu's are not bad, except for that young boy whom the hero encounters from time to time (I'm still early in the game, so I don't & wouldn't wanna know any spoilers) I love Junpei's voice the best. Suits his clowny character well XD

Gameplay wise, I don't like the fact that I can't fully control other party members. Sometimes they does something silly =3= Though I find that 'gun suicidal' summoning move unique, but it might deliver a negative idea to young/immature players ^^; It's cool though. Rather than reaching up the hand & plainly yelling "Persona~"..
& each of them has their own style/direction of shooting their head if I'm not mistaken (though Hero & Junpei's looks like the same).

OH AKIHIKO~ <3

I need to sleep. Been having only 4 hours of sleep for 5 days. OH, I just turned 23!! My phone line happens to be barred atm =3= Sorry anyone if I didn't return your SMS or calls.

Back from Singapore! PLAY! Symphony <3

Went Singapore with Pea & a gang of CF members last Friday night / Saturday midnight & just got home not too long ago!

PLAY! Symphony was super awesome~~~!!!!! >O< ^O^ TOT My eyes were actually covered with tears when they were performing some of the game soundtracks (I was too happy/touched/getting sentimental/etc.) AAAHH~ ENCORE ENCORE~~~!!! <3<3<3 They've actually encored twice! <3 Arnie Roth was cool! The organ pipe performer was cool as well! And Takenobu Mitsuyoshi was unexpectedly performing solo the DAYTONA theme, which he originally composed - he's so genki! XD I especially enjoyed Super Mario, Lost Odyssey, Castlevania, Shenmue II, Legend of Zelda, Chrono Trigger + Cross, and of course, FFVII's One Winged Angel (it's encored!) <3<3<3

The only disappointing thing was there wasn't any Silent Hill scores performed, even though Akira Yamaoka was one of the featured composers in the (whooping S$30!) booklet!! >A< He's actually attending PLAY!'s upcoming performance as a guest performer in Sydney..!!! T___T (YE BLERDY NO FAIR!) But overall, I'm still DAMN happy to attend it. FOOKING WORTH IT! COME TO MALAYSIA DANGIT!!!!! (& bring Akira Yamaoka too!) >A<