Out of Africa

I couldn’t fathom what the fuss was all about, but when the Resident Evil 5 Collector’s boxset arrived via FedEx delivery last week, I knew the TV would be off-limits for the next few weeks.

Sudafan had pre-ordered the Collector’s boxset online months ago and the boxset came with a copy of the game housed in a metal case, which presumably is limited edition; a pendant, mini Chris Redfield figurine and tri-cell bag (don't ask me, I have no idea what that is but it look like it'd be great to use for shopping LOL)

Like most games I've seen on the PS3, the graphics is pretty amazing. You can even team up with your buddy in a co-operative online mode to battle those Majinis

As far as I'm concerned, I hope sudafan will finish RE5 before my 100000人。出頭天DVD arrives next week hehe

Lá ’le Pádraig

To anyone's who's Irish (or not) or who just want an excuse to imbibe in a couple of pints of Guinness... Happy St Paddy's Day!

Don't Believe The Truth

Reuters had reported last week that Oasis's two concerts in China were cancelled because the Chinese government found out that Noel Gallagher had participated in a Free Tibet concert in 1997. But is this really the truth?

In response to the news, China's Ministry of Culture stated that it DID NOT ban Oasis' two scheduled concerts in Shanghai and Beijing. Apparently the real reason the shows were cancelled was because the promoter of the China concerts had some problems with cash flow, according to a manager with Beijing-based performing company Suoyou, one of the concerts' promoters, in a Beijing Times report.

The story sounds dubious to me, but we'll never know the truth.

The cancellation of the shows is China's loss and I'm thankful that they were cancelled else they wouldn't have slotted the Singapore gig on 5 April :P

Mobile Guitar Hero

rock on!

Since getting my new mobile phone, I've been addicted to playing Guitar Rock Tour. Gameplay is fairly simple, but by no means easy (I need a few more fingers on each of my hand! :P) Don't think I'll ever come close to be as good as Guitar Hero Masa LOL

Unlike Guitar Hero, there's no singing in the songs. Only few rock songs are featured in the game (with various difficulty level) and the game loading time is painfully slow! Sadly none of my favourite rock songs are featured, though I do like Nirvana's Heart Shaped Box and The Police's Message In A Bottle. Not too crazy bout David Bowie's Heroes. I like Noel Gallagher's version better, which appeared as a b-side on D'You Know What I Mean? single

The Girl In The Dirty Shirt

In anticipation of the upcoming Oasis gig, I turned my wardrobe upside down searching for my old Oasis tee, which surprisingly is still in one piece :P

I bought the tee donkey years ago at Camden Town in London for 5 quid (ssssh it's a bootleg tee LOL) and after all these years it looks a little worn out though the printed band logo is still intact. You can tell how old it is by the logo, that's the original logo featured on their 1994 debut album.

Oasis in Singapore

whoa how does Gem lean back like that?

Just last week Oasis were banned from playing in Shanghai and Beijing after the Chinese authorities discovered that Noel Gallagher had performed in a Free Tibet concert back in 1997. (Noel dear, don't look back in anger haha!!) The band were disappointed as the Chinese concerts, if it had went on, would be the band's first ever gigs in China.

Well fret not Oasis fans in Asia as Oasis have announced their concert in Singapore on 5 April 2009 at the Indoor Stadium. And yes, KL is once again not on their list. They have played Singapore and Bangkok in 2006 - I really don't think they'll come here.. EVER.

Interview With The Vampire

Mayday have just released the MV for Interview With The Vampire「夜訪吸血鬼」featuring Ashin as Mr Vampire LOL. The MV features a French Chinese model as Mr Vampire's victim, whom Ashin attempted to speak to in English (haha!). According to Ashin in the interview above, he only managed "excuse me" before she replied (in semi-Taiwanese/Mandarin) "bo yao kin, wah eh hiao jiang zhong wen" which translates to Nevermind, I can speak Chinese

Lucky Ashin didn't have to converse in English with her, knowing how *BAD* his English is, he can't even say "APOLOGY" properly! Oh dear :P

In the 夜訪吸血鬼 MV Ashin is sporting a new Stay Real tee with the skull design from the Let's Rock lanyard, which look almost like the design below *makes shopping list note for next Taipei trip* ;)

New cell

I've a new mobile phone! ;)

It's a Sony Ericsson walkman phone model W595, almost identical to my previous W580i (which I traded in to buy the new phone) I hadn't planned on changing my phone so soon but 2 buttons on the W580i got jammed. I don't know how they got jammed, maybe cos I text excessively on my mobile LOL. Initially button 6 was jammed and when button 3 became jammed, it was time to replace the old mobile phone.

The W595 is an upgraded W580i with better specifications - including a 2GB memory card, 3G feature, 3.2 megapixel camera and a new interface. The media section now has the same interface as the PSP. It's available in four colours (Jungle Grey, Lava Black, Cosmopolitan White, Active Blue) and I picked grey cos my previos W580i was also grey.

The biggest difference is the phone keypad. Unlike the previous older walkman series slide phones, the keypads on the W595 is on the opposite side which is pretty annoying and will take some time to get used to.

Misty morning

It's been a really busy week and I'm glad that the long weekend is here.

I got back from Bangkok on Tuesday, went back to work on Wednesday and took the day off on Thursday for a daytrip to Johor to attend my gran's first year anniversary of passing prayers. Prayers was suppose to start at 9:30AM so we hit the road at 5:30AM. It was the first time we started our journey south so early.

A strange thing happened along the way, right after we our coffee break at the Pagoh rest stop. It was 10 minutes before 8:00AM, not long after we left Pagoh when we encountered misty weather! Now I've travelled the north south highway many times, but never this early so I'm not sure if it's a common phenomenon.. Too bad it didn't last long, as soon the sun was up, the sky was clear again.

is this the way to Silent Hill?

Back from Bangkok

I got back from a wonderful 4 day weekend in Bangkok on Tuesday. It was really good to see my Thai friends again :) The last time I saw them was 2 years ago in KL. Jib and Art stayed in my house then, and my mom was very fond of Jib hehe

Much thanks to Jib and Tangmo for their warm hospitality. They came to pick me up at the airport and drove me to the hotel (battled a horrendous 1+ hour traffic jam) then took me out for lunch and made sure we were very well fed throughout our stay in Bangkok.

Food was cheap & tasty and readily available in Bangkok. Roadside stalls were everywhere on almost every street in Bangkok selling all sorts of local fare. The original authentic Tom Yum Kung was tasty and we had it almost every meal LOL. Jib introduced me to Som Tum (Payaya Salad) and I know it doesn't look it in the photo below but it's really yummy and I love it!

hot bowl of seafood Tom Yum Kung

BBQ fish and Som Tum

Over the weekend Jib took us shopping at Platinum Fashion Mall, Siam Square, CentralWorld, MBK and the infamous Chatuchak Market. My luggage was empty when I arrived and was packed to the brim by the time we left ;) Shopping was another enjoyable experience in Bangkok. Malls were aplenty in Bangkok. Budget shopping, designer shops, you name it they have it all in Bangkok.

bootleg tees on sale at Chatuchak for only 100 baht a piece

The other thing I enjoyed was riding the tuk-tuk haha. We made sure we got to ride the tuk-tuk each time we needed to take a cab

tuk-tuk

Jib had taken the day off work on Monday to accompany us (in the extreme hot weather!) to visit the various Buddha shrines - the Grand Palace of the Emerald Buddha, the Sleeping Buddha, 4 Face Buddha. I had no idea there were so many Buddha shrines in Bangkok..

4 Face Buddha