I was at my cousins house last night for his fathers surprise birthday. So we took it as an opportunity to meet up since we had not seen each other for a long time. He is a major gaming freak, hes going into games design at LKW (Lim Kok Wing). I was supposed to go there too to do some other course, but there were problems at the top.
Anyway, he recently got a PS3 and I didn't believe him, so too make it up to him, I said I'm gonna blog his fancy for the PS3. As the title of this post states, the MGS(Metal Gear Solid, for you non-gamers)franchise is one of the most celebrated, succesful, and revered game in all of video gaming history. The story began in 1987, with the original game released on the MSX2 platform in Japan. That story spawned an entire new world view, penned from the creative vision of the series director, Hideo Kojima.
As for the game itself, MGS4 continues the story of Solid Snake. Set in 2014, five years after the "Big Shell Incident" (the events of the Plant Chapter from Metal Gear Solid 2), Metal Gear Solid 4 portrays a world where the restriction of military intervention on foreign soil has been eased, fueling the need for private military companies (PMCs) to fight proxy wars for business purposes. Nanotechnology has become prominent, both to enhance the capabilities and enforce the loyalty of mercenaries. The nanomachine system that PMCs use is called "Sons of the Patriots" or "SOP". The five largest of these PMCs (Praying Mantis, Otselotovaya Khvatka, Werewolf, Pieuvre Armement and Raven Sword) are owned by a single mother company named Outer Haven, operated by Liquid Ocelot. Amassing an army whose manpower rivals that of the United States, Liquid prepares to launch an armed insurrection by taking control of SOP. With the world once again in crisis, a rapidly aging and disillusioned Solid Snake is deployed into the Middle East by Roy Campbell to terminate Liquid. Guns of the Patriots takes place in five locations: the Middle East, South America, Eastern Europe, Shadow Moses Island, and Outer Haven.
Some pictures of the ps3 and MGS4 products =p
The ever famed PS3 40GB:
MGS4 casing:
MGS4 Poster:
Man this sucks. My car got completely wrecked last night, well it's technically not my car. It's my grandmas. It was nearly 3 a.m, I was on my way home just after dropping off my friend. I started down the hill moderately slow, but I think I may have picked up some speed since it was quite a steep road. Anyway, I kinda zoned out for just a minute, I seriously could not recall how anything happened at that point. I remember seeing sparks and then nothing, total darkness.
When I woke up (I'll explain later on), I looked up and i saw a pole/street lamp looming over me, ready to fall at anytime. As I was slowly getting out of the car, I noticed everything was quiet and the are was engulfed in darkness. What caused this was ME. That's right, the pole was actually a hollow cylindrical structure which had the neighborhoods electricity wiring in it, it also doubled as a street lamp. So when I hit it, the whole area experienced a power cut. My initial concern was is anyone going to try and turn me in or something, but after I saw the car, the
residents were the least of my concerns.
The shock had left me paralyzed for a moment, disabling me from continuing to do anything else but just stare with my jaw halfway down my chest. The pole which I hit was cracked right through the middle, thank god it was made of hollow wood. I couldn't get a picture of it though, didn't think I was gonna blog it at that point. Resuming my story, I called my mother without thinking of the consequences that were fated to befall me.
Remember when I said "When I woke up", well it literally means "when I woke up". According to an eye-witness(some random auntie who would rather socialize than assess the situation), she saw me speeding down the hill. She also said there was about 5 minutes of silence while she was looking out the window. I must have blacked out for that 5 minutes. I couldn't remember anything so I had to take her word for it. What scared me even more at this point was that I couldn't remember what had happened, only the vision of sparks. And then she said she saw sparks before the impact, this puzzled me, because I thought the sparks were caused by the street lamp which I hit. There was this Indian family which came out earlier, but they went back in 2 minutes later as if I just had a flat tyre or something, they didn't even have the courtesy to ask if I was alright. Anyway, my friends dad was the biggest help of all. My car had spun 180ยบ blocking the road. He helped me move the car to the side of the road trying to comfort me at the same time. My friend said he had experience in these issues when he was our age. What a cool dad.
After my mother arrived, we were deciding whether to take it back to the house or leave it there and deal with it the next day. We decided to leave it there and tow it the next morning before the Tenaga Nasional people come. This morning, we went at about 9 a.m to where the car was. When I saw the pole, it was fixed! That means it was fixed last night. When I called my friend to find out, he said they came at 6 this morning. It's ironic to think that Tenaga is always late or saying "maaf, kita ada masalah di tempat lain, tolong tunggu sebentar" when they beat us to the scene.
Well, I have definitely learned my lesson. Never ever drive when your tired. You never know what is going to happen to you. And to everyone reading this thinking I'm writing a load of bull or suspecting me of drinking or "stoning", I despise any form of alcohol or drugs, even the sight of it disgusts me. And I'm certainly not doing this for fame or fortune, so I hope some of you will realize the dangers of driving with a case of fatigue. I take this as a lesson thought by god, seeing as i left the car with nothing but a scratch on my shin.
I leave you with some pictures of the car taken this morning.
Frontal-Far View:
Frontal CloseUp:
Front-Side CloseUp:
Well, this is my first time blogging, guess i should start sometime since all my friends have blogs. Basically I'm just doing this to spend my time doing something other than work work and even more work, not to mention the work. Yes, my course is really tiring, from the lectures to the assignments the hours seem so endless. Sometimes I wish I could just skip classes, but then there's the attendance percentage and participation marks. It was actually kind of my fault that I enrolled for the March intake, this is because I wanted an extended holiday. I spent the whole holidays not doing anything but unproductive activities -_-. Anyway, I hope my first entry/rant has kept you intrigued lol. Oh and I would like to share with you, the reader, some pics of my recent escapades at downloading some manipulative software to enhance the visual prospect of my lappie's desktop. Enjoy ^^
My desktop after downloading some stuff
Piclens! A cool iPod-ish look to image browsing on the net
I'm sure you Vista users are familiar with this. WinFlip! xD
