Online games do more good than harm

Thats whats written on the star online today(8/10/2006). I couln't agree more! Whats so bad about online gaming anyway? It hurts my eyes a little after 16 hours of playing, but at least it doesn't cause lung cancer or make my brains spill all over the road. Seriously, I do think that playing online games(better known as MMORPG) is much 'safer' compared shopping or even jogging around. Why? With the amount of rape/thief/murder cases in M'sia, what better than to have your own kids sitting around at home nerding at the comp instead of risking his/her life in a world filled with nutcases.

"If parents think playing online games is bad, they should honestly ask themselves what they did as youths to entertain themselves when there were no computer games,” said Jeffery Wong, 31, a cybercafe owner" <---He is a CC owner, of course he'll say this!
-The Star Online-

Even if you go to cybercafes for your daily 'fix', its definately safer there compared to the silent garden which might be haunted with ghost or orang gila. I get news that some parents in the US are so addicted to WoW that they left their child to starve to death. A few China guys also died of starvation cos they played WoW for days non-stop! Unlike other countries like the US or China, there hasn't been any stories of ppl dying from too much MMORPGs in M'sia yet. Our CCs have long since solved this problem with starvation with the wide variety of foods raging from hot karipaps, nasi lemaks to bags of chips and canned drinks. Starvation? We are not like the US or China ok! We are a 1st world country!

“If kids are learning how to earn money by pursuing their interest, their parents should be proud of them instead!” said Leon Jalleh, 27, ANOTHER cybercafe operator.
-The Star Online-

Talking about that, I could have made some money out of my MMORPG avatar. A lvl 62 warrior with 1.2 billion gold coins(I toiled days and nights for it) could have fetched about US$250 in the market now. Thats like RM1000! I'm not joking! Thats the max price I've seen in some forums where ppl are bidding like crazy. However, instead of selling it away, I gave my account to a friend of mine in Philipines for free. I'm crazy I know, but I'd rather have someone I trust rather than some richkid Turk having a char with my nickname on it. Its a win-win situation though, he still updates me about my chars advancement while I can rid myself of this addiction for sure!(No more avatar=no more addiction)

Finish babbling about all the 'positive' stuffs about MMORPG, this is very-very funny:

"Youth and Sports Ministry Deputy Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said too many youths are spending so much time in cyber cafes indulging in activities that were non-productive. Liow said the ministry wanted to limit the time that youths could spend playing games at cyber cafes. One of the methods suggested was introducing games that penalise gamers by deducting points if they played longer than a set number of hours. " -The Star-

HAHAHAHa! IS the ministry STUPID or something? Intoduce a game which penalises people for playing too long?! Who on earth is gonna play that game then? What company would wanna make a game like that? Is this the best they can conjure up? Even my mum could have thought of something better like "Take a 3 layered rotan and whack your kid until he/she starts to limit MMORPGs to 3~4 hours a day". My dad would have an even better idea like "Just cut of the internet everytime their results turn bad". Simple, easy and effective ways :p

Personally, I do think that online games really does more good than harm with a big IF. IF you can limit it to 3~4 hours daily. Its easier said than done. IF you can't control yourself, then don't even try to start. I'd be freaking hard to get rid of it once it gets stuck to your body & soul. Take it from a guy who is going through rehabilitation...Don't have to go to drugs to know how it feels lol! So, if there are some challenging spirits who still wanna to try out MMORPGs no matter what, heres a tip:
80%++ of MMORPG players are guys. Make a girl avatar and when asked, ALWAYS say that you are a 16 year old girl who starts playing cos you wanna forget about the pain of breaking up with your BF. In less than 2 hours, I'd bet you'll get tons of cash/items flowing in your inventory!
Another reason why I quitted online games....its a crazy place filled with ppl who have problem with their own sexual preferences! Yucks!

Things J.C Wanna Share

Another hurrah! My examination is unoficially over after 6 days it was officially over!Don't get me? Neither do I! So I'm sitting down facing this comp with nothing much to do before resuming my exercise which I have skipped for almost 3 weeks in another 3 hours time. With all my mails checked (why did we stop that chain mail? Where is that Gary who is supposely free to mail everyday? Jason & Chris, if u guys are reading this, where the heck have u guys gone? At least I can still see Sookie lurking around at wierd hours)

Fortunately, I could live through my predictable life with a few entertainments once in a while. It doesn't sound much, but the internet itself just isn't that interesting anymore. I'v read through almost every page about 'war' in wikipedia.com, some popular blogger's entire archive, place an order in Amazaon.co.jp just for the fun of clicking & watched tons of youtube's MTV....theres nothing much I can do anymore. These little extras really saved my life!

One of the best, which I once dispiced, is Penang Hokkien Podcast. Irritating at 1st, but once you get used to the loud annoying laughing voice of the host, Miku John, listening to it will be very enlightening & OF COURSE funny! Laughed so much I almost rolled on the floor if it not because that my room is too small for such a space abuse. Their topics are really very simple & typical everyday life of the Chinese comunity in Penang(ghost encounters, FOODS!, gods, fastivals, bees & birds stuffs etc...) There isn't any censorship so all the foul words just keep flying out like nobody's business. The girls are also suprisingly, very good at it lol! For those Penangese living abroad, this is a MUST unless you think that Hokkien is too 'cheap' for you upper classers. You need i-tunes for a weekly auto-download or visit their official site here to download it manually.

BoA, BoA, BoA, her songs lighten up even the darkest days of my life. Irony though, her introduction to me was marked as one of the 'darker' parts of my life :p. Contrary to what most ppl believe, I didn't buy her songs because she is cute or pretty. In a matter a fact, I don't think that she is all that pretty/cute compared to other Jap singers like Ayumi or Sawajiri Erica. Above average? Definately!, but I didn't buy her singles just to stare at her lol! Its her songs & MTVs that I enjoy the most! Ever since listening to her 1st Japanese album 'Love and Honesty', I'm practically hooked to her eastern fused upbeat songs and dances. Ya, I forgot to mention, I really like singers who can also dance, its like they got this aura of elegance with them. With dance, I don't mean Shakira's belly/boob shaking moves or any slo-mo dances though. BoA has this pattern of realeasing her singles. Its always an interval of fast paced music about anything but Love and slower Love songs. This pic here is her latest album to be realeased early Nov. And...err...since this single's MTV is out, I...err...illegally downloaded it 2 days ago. Before any recording company wants to sue me, let me state it clearly that I'll definately delete the MTV after I get my hands on the CD+DVD. I have placed a booking for the single through Amazon weeks ago. I only support piracy until ori comes out....what to do, can't blame me cos her songs are too nice right?
The MTV is nicely situated on the left side of my blog now.

Finally, theres Hitz.fm. I'm 1 1/2 years here and I just found out a way to listen to this radio station through the internet recently. My firefox didn't have the plugins required so it just didn't load no matter what I did. Finnaly, I actually resorted into using IE to listen to the 'Malaysia's No.1 Hit Station'. Fortunately, the morning crew is stil as funny as ever! I don't have any doubts that this is INDEED the most listened to radio station in Malaysia. Its not the latest hitz that make this station interesting, its how they parody songs, play prank calls on the listener that truely make this station shine through the rest! Not to mention that their prizes and gifts are superb! Too bad I'm staying in Japan...I remember when I was in PPKTJ, whenever the cue-to-call was announced, Randy and me would stop whatever we were doing, and starts stabbing our poor phone's keypads over & over...no luck then though...They came to PFS once too! Too bad I wasn't able to stop-by cos I was rushing home for tuition..what a waste!


3 things I wouldn't wanna be parted with anytime soon. They kept me company till the wee hours while studying(don't play Penang Hokkien Podcast at that time though, you don't wanna scare your neighbours!). Since exams are over....I'm gonna go out n start looking for something else to entertain me...really feel like buying an Xbox360...can Microsoft plz realease Halo3 ASAP!?

頭痛,手不動,屁股開孔

I just spoilt my mood by reading Kennysia.com. Another racial thing stirring up in an irrelevant blog entry. Just great! Ok, now back to my life...

Exams are over like 4 days ago.....nah, just joking! My stupid teacher decided that 4 days break after 2 weeks of crazy study till 3am/burning the midnight petrol is too much so he decided to have another exam on Monday! GREAT! There goes my life!

Anyway, the tittle above could easily describe what I've been through for the past two weeks. I've been lagging behind badly for the past few months becauce of my game addiction so it took me 2 weeks of not so last minute preparation in order to survive this examinaion's onslaught. Practically studied/did my homework till 3.30am while waking up at 7am every freaking day!

And if that isn't bad enuf, I have to suffer from stomach cramps and lau sai! For some unknown reason, everytime I start my tedious 3~4 hours sleep program, my stomach gets upset & decideds to go on strike to protest for the insufficient rest. Its just refuses to absorb the nutriens & instead, just passes everything right to my bowel to be flushed away! What a disobedient organ! The exam pressure didn't help abit. This problem ended right after my exams was over(miraculously lol) However, yesterday, I woke up at 5.30am even though I slept at 2am not feeling a little tired. My body have adapted to it already I guess?

Ya, talking bout health, 1 of my worst nightmares just happened. Someone has stolen my identity in Japan! I receive this letter informing me that my medical insurance have paid my 25000yen(RM800) medical fees! WTF! I didn't even fall sick once and I was told that I visited a clinic in Osaka for 4 times with each time costing RM200~RM300. That SOB took my identity to receive discounts(20~50% paid by MY medical insurance!!!). If I need to fork out more for my insurance premium next year because of this, I'm really gonne F**K that clinic. I have proof cos my health insuran card(needed when you wanna claim the insurance) is with me & there isn't a single 'JC telah melawat klinik XXX' stamped on it. Guess what, this happened during my examination week somemore! This problem is currently handled by the hostel's office. If they couldn't do anything, I'm gonna go to the city council and maybe file a police report against the particular clinic. Jason, Ben! Help me with a lawsuit!

Anyway, back to some lighter news, there is this new shopping complex which just had its doors opened in Osaka a week ago. Its called Namba Marui, which in direct Manglish translation, is called Namba's BoOlat. Its the latest & trendiest department stall targetting those young brats who are deprived for a way to spend their hard earned parents money(macam aku lol!). 7 floors dedicated for gals, 2 floors for guys(hey! not fair!) and the best part? A 9 screen cineplex!!! Yeh! This is what I've been waiting for! A movie in Osaka never felt this good! For a fee of 1000yen(RM35), I get to watch 2 month old Hollywood movies!!YEH! I'm really happy!(I'm really really happy) Another better news? I got 'wind' that a new shopping complex will be built near my place! Wow! I'm gonna go pokai if they manage to get it built before I grad from this college.


Thats all thats important to me for the past few weeks. Can't wait for it to start snowing! Snowboarding, skiing, snowman making, snowball fight...why couldn't there be a country like M'sia with only 1 season but its winter whole year long? I'm gonna love it!

How Much Do You Love Your Parents?

How much do you love your parents? Ask a small kid in the past and he/she'll tell you "This much!" with both hands wide open. Ask a kid now and he/she'll say "To infinity, and beyond!" Ask a teen at any moment between year 0000 to 2006, he or she will ponder for 5 minutes and says "ok ok la....but my mum/dad arr ___!! & ___!! & ____!!!(fill in the blanks with your own 'buts') If I could make a graph out of it, the lowest point, dy/dx=0 would be just after you start to care about how you look until just before you get your car keys to freedom. Anywhere in between should be hell while anything after should be heaven(for you and for your parents)

So, how much do I love my parents? Since I'm out of my teens already, I do think I could appreciate(more like missing it) my parents nagging. I'm actually enjoying telling my parents that I did something stupid/bad/evil/not me so I could enjoy the little nag through the phone. Call me nuts, but I still do it whenever I'm free & my hp bill is too cheap for the month!

Ok, back to the question.How much? 10 Yes, its 10! Not out of 10, not out of 100 of course! But its 10kgs! Why 10 kgs? Well, thats how much I get from every parcel sent from my parents every 2~3 months once or so. 10kgs worth of love from my parents once in a few months is VERY satisfying for me.

10kgs of the best things in the world!


So, whats inside this box of 'love'? 1st, theres my 'latest edition' of Men's Health , Game Axis/PCGames(I'm a game freak) and a few pirated DvDs of my choice! I still love the M'sian edition of Men's Health cos theres less pictures of gals in very little cloth. Less pics=more information about anything I would wanna read. Not really interested in the 'Ah mohs' gals in it anyway. I'm the sticky rice type..Asians who just love Asians lol!

Then theres the spices from M'sia & NZ(Lamb Ragout is supa nice! Thanx 2nd aunt!), sardins and other fishies from M'sia. Notice a few cans of tuna in mayonnaise. Even though I could get those in Japan, I dislike the fact that its saltier and theres not much fish smell in it. Whats a tuna if theres no tuna smell?
And finally, the most precious of all! Hup Seng biscuits! Every delivery would not be complete without a few packets of this salty, cheap, 'but i cant live without it' biscuits! Yum yum! Its mine! Don't even dare to touch it! *slaps Fook Hee's hand as he approaches for it*

With all those stuffs I get, this is how my 'Entertainment cupboard' looks like after I placed everything in it.This is how my 'Study cupboard' looks like!

Then theres this problem with this latest 'Box of Love'. Like any mum who loves their kid, they tend to spoil your diet plans. No matter how many times I told my mum not to send me sweet things, she'll always say this
Mum: Why don't want?(sad voice on the phone), its just a box filled with (insert and unhealthy food here) only ma. I got it from a friend of a friend of a friend of mine. Your sis wouldn't eat this things so you take it la!
Me: Lol, I'm staying away from fattening stuffs & you still wanna get me these things? Give it to any friend of yours with kids la....
Mum: But....(She have already made up her mind)

So, in the end, I received a box filled with mini chipsmores. And as any other filial son, we wouldn't want to let our mum down or disapointed. So....
How much do you LOVE your parents?