Sunday, 31 August 2008

basketball is fun.

this is the last day of my block leave. :( that means tmr have to go back to army. ahhh. well at least it's tmr morning go back not tonight. yay.

finally got to play bball today in church.. it rained after lunch but stopped by 3. so we played.. and it was fun! i was quite on form, made quite alot of mid-range shots and at one point about 3-4 shots in succession. was about 60-70%? quite zhun , more than normal.

didn't feel like i chiong alot though. in fact i walk around alot. but got mark la. not like slack lazy pewi. but somehow still can win quite alot of games. i like it when i shoot well =)

aight. time to shift back into the army mentality. was on freaking slacking mentality for a week already. enjoyed it totally =D

Saturday, 30 August 2008

review on sony ericsson c902

ah, so after about one week of using my brand new sony ericsson c902, it's time to do a short review on it! to let people know what it's like la. i mean, it IS one of the latest phones ( i had no idea until after i bought it) so i suppose people wanna know if it's good.



I'll classify it under several categories:

Useability - Its keypad is one of the easier to use in the Sony Ericsson series, though not entirely easy to press. The keys are pretty small and compact, so mispressing buttons is very common. The keys in general are easy to depress, so not much complaints here.

The phone lags though, but apparently that's what i heard is the case for most of the newer phones. For example, let's say i wanna send a message to cheryl. Then i press '3, 4' for C and H right? The phone takes like 0.5-1 seconds to reach cheryl's name.. like it's slowly processing the 3,4 button presses.

But the lag isn't THAT bad or significant in normal usage.. like navigating the menu and stuff. No lag there. Most lag occurs in the messaging and contacts list.

Appearance - One of the more stylish looking phones! i mean hey, how can you deny that this looks SO sexy?

=) =)

It's very lightweight, slim, classy black.. what more can you ask for?

The hidden slide-out camera is what impresses most though.. only 1 in 5 people i tested managed to find the camera within 5 minutes :p

Functionability (is there such a word) - doesn't boast a myriad of functions, but hey, it isn't the latest smart phone. Has the S.E. trademarks like MusicDJ, PhotoDJ, VideoDJ.. and there's voicerecorder, bluetooth, music player
No wifi though. :( that's the only sad thing.

The Music player is pretty decent, its maximum volume is enough to be heard CLEARLY (not like those scrappy older phones which just blasts loud but not very audible music) in say, a bus. It features creating playlists, favourites, etc.


And of course, the function that defines the C902 - the 5 megapixel Cybershot camera.

What can i say? it's practically a camera in terms of its functions and all. You can adjust the lighting (before taking the photo) to completely change a photo without usage of flash or anything.

Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket

First pic is the original. 2nd one i lowered the brightness setting to the lowest, 3rd one i raised it to the highest.
And the next 2 are just 2 other modes.. twilight landscape and snow/rain. no idea what it's for. probably different lighting? difference is quite subtle. i included the original first for comparison.

Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket


Then there's the macro function
Photobucket
ok no not this. this is just a random pic at thompson prata house.. their milo dinosaur is a freaking baby dinosaur can? so small! its' the same size cup as a normal drinks cup!

Ok lemme show u the macro/withoutmacro one. Ill make the pictures bigger so that you can see the difference:

Without Macro:
Photobucket

With Macro:
Photobucket
You can see the texture of the prata so much better right!


Then there's the different modes it offers.. twilight landscape.. snow.. beach.. sports.. document. No idea what the diff modes mean. I experimented with the Sports mode today:

Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
I think what Sports mode does is eliminate as much of the blur you will usually get when you take a picture of someone moving (e.g. playing sports)


Normal mode:
Photobucket

Sports Mode:
Photobucket

So it DOES work =) haha.


Oh, and the phone also has this 'Photo Fix' function which , well, fixes photos. What it does is improve the lighting to what it thinks is optimal. It really works! check out these 2 pics:

Photobucket
The original. Too bright, i adjusted the lighting too high for this.

Photobucket
After Photo Fix
not bad eh!


The Video camera is also very sharp (5 megapixel lor. but on youtube obviously it doesnt look as clear) and the sound pick up is.. okok la. Here's a random video i recorded of me playing some song which i dunno the title of. it's very short, and not very good or anything, was just testing the video record function.



Extras - There's some sort of orientation sensor in the phone. For instance, in the Media menu (and only in the media menu , sadly :( ), when i look at it normally it's vertical.. but if i rotate the phone anticlockwise and look at it horizontally, the display automatically switches to the horizontal display. pretty cool =)
This sensor is shown also in one the games, Need for Speed. Steering is done entirely by tilting the phone accordingly.. pretty darn cool.

Yupyup! so that's my review on the phone.. if you want a phone with a good camera, THIS is the phone to get. not those other Samsungomnia or htc touch or whatever. get this ! =D

Friday, 29 August 2008

and it all begins again

it's been a while since i wrote a wordy post. cos of my new cam =) but anw, suddenly had the mood.

Today marks the last weekday of my block leave. yes, my one week block leave has tragically came to an end :( what a life i've been living. as chris said, 'a perfect life' - i wake up at 10++ every morning, use com till lunch, eat, go out of i have something to go out for, otherwise i play game till dinner, eat, play game, supper, use a bit more com, play psp, sleep.
wake up at 10+ next morning.

super carefree can?! it's like, living for .. fun. no routine, no responsibility, no worries. shiok! and i must say i am more and more enjoyign the supper fellowship with the usual ppl - daniel, timo, kel.. etc. funfun.

but all this will come to an end, as i return to army next week :( gonna be my first week in my new unit.. as i learn what they do. i cannot be slack already.. this not ASLC. must really.. learn properly. so i can teach and correct and instruct and lead and guide my man. wow.

ever feared the unknown? this is it. i've NO idea what to expect.
rowdy, unruly man? (man refers to the non-commander soldiers. so it's like, privates/lance corporals. they're usually those O level or ITE students who are enlisted)
:S

my mom gave me something to look forward too though - she informed me that my birthday fell on a sunday! heh. how cool. first time ever. i wonder what it'll be like this year.

aight, and that same mom is chasing me off the com to sleep cos it's like 1.50AM. and cheryl jioed me to play tennis tmr morning! dunno if can wake up.
but i DO need the exercise.

time to go peeps. not to sleep. to play PSP before sleeping ^^

and now i'm broke

woot! went to Comex 2008 @ Suntec city.. by myself yes. so poor thing right. but couldn't think of anyone to go with me.. pewi already went yesterday and daniel din wanna go. so. oh well.

Ok if you're totally ignorant (like i was till yday) , Comex, if i'm not wrong, stands for Computer Exhibition? it's the only logical thing phrase i can make out of it. Yea basically all the computer/handphone/electronics brands all come to Suntec and have a giant exhibition with many many booths.

Just some random pictures i took there:
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
super crowded!
Photobucket
Photobucket
Some cool racing game with 3 TVs. lol.
lazy to rotate the pics. or rather, i rotated with photobucket but it doesnt turn out rotated. so. not my fault.


oh and .. the reason why i went was because my monitor died on me! it just suddenly spoilt. :( yday was failing.. then today can't even work at all. so frustrating. so i had to go buy a new monitor!

Photobucket

Acer P203W , a 20" Widescreen LCD monitor =)
Sold for $259

Photobucket

it's biiig. here's a comparison with my old monitor:
Photobucket

ok not a good shot.. but there's no space to put them side by side. my old monitor is 17inch i believe.

whee. the monitor is so big! i can put like 3 medium sized windows and multitask. damn cool la. i'm gonna see what it's like to play warcraft on this monitor =) chowz


p.s. oh yes, and now i'm broke.

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

psych is damn funny

lol ok i recently just started watching psych again.. stopped last time cos the episodes stopped coming due to some break. i believe it was christmas break.. but omg that would mean it was last year!

haha anyway, it's still as funny as ever! there are super funny lines and shaun is still as nonchalant and funny as ever.

ok i'm just gonna quote some lines which may not seem funny cos well.. when you dont see the original it's always not as funny. but still. :

"

-when shaun and gus are in the interrogation room and they're in alot of trouble-
police chief: alright mr spencer, let me be frank --
shaun: ok, as long as i can be dean and Gus can be sammy"
and shaun and gus have some exchange about who can be who.

lol!


next:

-still in the interrogation room. shaun's dad is next to him.

police chief: mr spencer...-
shaun and dad: yes?
chief: i was referring to the older... oh oh not older i mean the less ..
shaun: less handsome? less hair? less friends on facebook?
(lol!)

dad: less nose? (cos shaun has a rather sharp long nose. but he's quite handsome k)


rofl. and these 2 are just from one episode. alot of funny lines. Psych is a damn good/funny show ! go watch!

patapon!

ok i'm SO addicted to this game that i just started playing 2 days ago.. PATAPON!



















Oh i just dont know how to describe it. it's kinda like a genre mix of a drumbeat-realtimestrategy game.

The gist of it is this: you are the Almighty, and you're in control of a group of soldiers (eyeballs, to be exact) and you must lead them to Earthend to find IT. Once you find IT, you have attained eternal bliss or SOMETHING along these lines.

To control your Patapons, you press certain buttons according to the constant drumbeat to make them execute an action. It's idiot proof, even if you totally suck at those DJ beat games, you can still play this! just that it'll be a little harder la.

There are different unit combinations of patapons you can make, and different items you can collect from defeating bosses, different materials, etc. Quite strategic actually, especially when you get stuck at a level and have to rethink your strategy. (though usually it's just cos you're not playing well enough :p so it's not THAT strategic, if you're afraid that that will bore you)

The music and sound of the game is just so addictive, those cute little patapons echoing to your drumbeat. i think the best way to let you understand is to watch a trailer.
or 2! i found 2 trailers on youtube that best summarize the game. The first one though more comprehensive, the parts where it shows the gameplay it's on the PSP screen so it looks quite small. Second one shows the gameplay more clearly, but the words on the game are in jap . (the one i play is english of course)











what are you waiting for!? if you have a PSP, go download patapon and play it now! if you dont have a PSP.... ... go get one and play ! hahah.

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

sunday was 2 days ago

and the pictures from sunday will be in this post!

but first.. what have i been doing today?

10AM - wake up to noisy ringing alarm, which i promptly turn off with a press of a button
10.30AM - wake up again and decide to play my psp which i was next to me as it was the last thing i did before going to bed =)
10.45 - mom leaving the house and telling me not to sleep so much and get out of bed
11AM - stop playing patapon and got out of bed.
11-1 - breakfast + washup + play com.
1 -2 decided to order KFC. yup, delivery service. i finished an entire buddy meal by myself =) haha.
2-6pm - warcraft! played 2v2 with this Undead player who was pretty good despite having low ActionsPerMinute. went 8-2 with him.
6-7+ - PSP and dinner
7+ - now - on the com.. watching Psych again (season 3! still as funny :) ) .. reorganizing stuff on my com. like now my 'pictures' folder are classified by person. like the photos i took with this person has a whole folder by itself. assuming that there are enough photos to warrant a folder.

heh, i love this life. it's so.. carefree and relaxed. and uninhibited. all these will be gone next week. :( until... i dunno when my next block leave will be. probably christmas period.

aight, pictures to cheer myself up.
(they're all smaller sized to experiment what it'll be like)


Photobucket
me and bestie. she's really a good camwhore, but she's.. shy? i dunno. managed to psyche her to camwhore with me abit

oh , and just to boast about my camera phone abit, you see the picture is a little dark right? with just a little adjustment to the light setting:

Photobucket
tahdah! bright as day. this was from the exact same place, same angle and all. no flash!


Photobucket
eek, adjusted the contrast a little too much. i look weird.


ok the next 2 is the same photo, just that i did some post-editting (on my phone) to it to improve it!

Photobucket

Photobucket
not bad right! the top one is the 'Before' in case you were wondering.


Photobucket
bestie =)


Photobucket
sherman the unglam shot.


Photobucket
cheryljie! playing with the sepia mode.

Photobucket
you know you can tell if a person is a good camwhore by just whipping out your camera and aiming it without warning them. this picture was just that. (was taken before the sepia one)

Photobucket
taken with her Samsung touchscreen phone.. lousy one la. no keypad! damn hard to sms!


Photobucket
brigidmei. she must learn to smile properly this just looks weird.

Photobucket
ah, much better. =)
ee pimple. :(



and my brand new banner:

Photobucket
without the ugly photoshopping that i did. it's a pretty nice shot isnt it? like.. artistic.

gnite ppl, time to go play pata pata pata pon!

Sunday, 24 August 2008

qisahn apologizes

remember the place where i got my psp from? the Qisahn place. then i complained about their hurried service on that blog post?
somehow, that particular sales girl i complained about found out about that blog entry and commented!

"Hi, I'm Qing from Qisahn.com. I'm sorry to make it feel rushed for you the other day, but I guess u also understand we were (and usually) in a rush... In future, if you do come back for your next purchase, try to come on a weekday before 5pm. There is generally less crowd. Also, do note we have moved to Far East Shopping Centre. Hope to see you again in future and sorry for the very late reply, I only just know about this blog!."

lol.

do they like randomly google 'qisahn' or something? oh well, good that she apologized anyway. + point.

i must say i'm having alot of fun with my new camera phone! was out with chris yday and i was showing off the functions of my camera.. ill make a post reviewing the phone soon, so that will wait till then. but it's really very very comprehensive and fun to use! like a real camera lidat.

just some random picture+effect that i took yday:

Photobucket
woot. this was from N1 in church.

have alot more pictures but will hold them for awhile, maybe post them tonight or tmr. chowz

Saturday, 23 August 2008

camwhoring with beckyz

Photobucket
Camwhore #1 - beckzz
camwhoring with my phone.. blurred somemore! dang i never on the stabilizer.

Photobucket
Photobucket
pretty beckz. the photo refuses to rotate it's not my fault.



Photobucket
Cam Whore #2 - alan ! me!

Photobucket
Cam whore #1 trying to cut into cam whore #2's photo


And we take a break for a commercial -

The Story of the 2 Caps

Photobucket
Once upon a time there lived 2 caps. Black Skelly Cap and S&K Cap. (BSC and SKC)
They had never met each other before and were living their own happy lives.


One day, they met each other while having a stroll.
Photobucket
SKC : "Heyyy you're looking radical!"
BSC: "You ugly looking thing! Go away! Arhhhhh!"



BSC climbs up a tree to run from SKC.
Photobucket
SKC : "Aw don't be so unfriendly! Come down from there!"
BSC: "HALLP!"


Photobucket
SKC: I'm coming to get you!
BSC: NOOO dont push me --


bong.
Photobucket
SKC : see.. i told you to come down.
BSC: ouchh.


Photobucket
SKC: Come on dont lie down like that. i can lie down too. see?
BSC: !@$$@%


Photobucket
SKC: Alright ill buy you some dessert to make it up to you alright
BSC jumps up .

Photobucket
BSC: Let's go for dessert yayyeee!!

THE END~


ROFL ok i know that was extremely lame.. but hey i was bored. and we were waiting for our food. so. :)

And the Caps go to Swensens! i mean, me and becks went to Swensen's ! after our ThaiExpress meal. i forgot to take pics of what we ate.. i had some black pepper crab which was average ( i prefer their curry crab! damn nice can the curry. ) and becky had something that tasted like dry hor fun.


Photobucket
Nice eh? It's chewy chocolate delight or something like that. quite big.
but it's.. rather ordinary i thought. just chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, and the sundae chocolate thing (that's the chewy stuff)


Photobucket
becky's Banana Crumble!
it looks damn nice i tell you. here lemme show you a better pic:

Photobucket
Don't you just love a good camera? shows the texture of the food so well =D
It's basically banana ice cream with slices of banana and some nice sweet sauce and some kinda banana cake thing in the middle. the pan is hot.
think of it as a .. banana version of a NYNY mudpie. haha.
it's pretty damn good.. but i think after eating for awhile will get sick of it one. taste too strong already.

Photobucket
On the escalatorr


and.. this marks the start of the Camwhore-in-the-lift series. we basically took the lift up and down like 5-6 times to camwhore inside. ahhaha. cos couldnt get good shots. and my camwhoring skills sucked.

this video is just 5 seconds.. was an accident. didnt mean to video record. the sound u hear is coins dropping from my pouch :/


Photobucket
oops, flash on.

Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket


and the rest with beck's 2MP phone cos my aiming sucked.
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket

SO FUN I TELL YOU. hahaha.

aafter that we went to the arcade to play abit. played photoy2k (where is the good ol' classic photohunt! why is every arcade having only photo y2k. i hate the pictures theyr'e all badly photoshopped and the mirrorimage levels are killer) and .. Time Crisis 3! My first time ok!
And obviously i died damn fast. even though i used 2-3 credits. i still game over before becky. she's rather good.
Photobucket
Photobucket
she move too fast.

Photobucket
Photobucket


After that.. i had to go back arleady la. though she's some owl that sleeps at 4am, i've got church tmr! so have to go back sleep.

last burst of fire! snap a few pics at the mrt station:

Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket
i'm having difficulty centralizing our faces.. i keep cutting off her face.

Photobucket
i have dimples ^^

Photobucket
Photobucket
i give up already. let becky do the camera-taking.

Photobucket
Photobucket
dimples =)


That's all folks! hope you liked the photoss. i certainly enjoyed taking them =D

tmr lunch with bestie.. hope she's in a non-camera shy mood. :/