saints row the third

sucked into buying this at $61 from funzsquare. last game for this year, nice.

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girl with the dragon tattoo ost

gramophone offered to order this for me. arrived in good time, below 2 weeks

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Fd5 n apollo 18

DVDs instead of Blu-ray for these 2 movies

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Edge Jan 2012

2012 magazines r surfacing, bought edge from the soon defunct pageOne, last 3 copies left, 2 black 1 white only, finger prints riddled, I tot the award section is a good read, edge has always been intellectual, I try to be.

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mimobot

my xmas gift, a han with carbonite thumb drive in 4gig.

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psm3 jan 2012 n resident blu-ray

have put off this magazine for a week, but will be visiting for 2days of xmas so its good to have a zine handy, especially one with great content.

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bound by ink dec 2011

picked this up at pageOne. probably cost less than kino. saw star wars insider that is only $12when kino sells at $20. maybe kino has it airflowned but the price wont warrant if u buy it when u see it at pageOne anymore, and fuckingly pageOne is supposedly closing down. that will suck.


am little swaying seriously (<- irony) to samsung camp. keen in the 23" 3D monitor, the 8.9Tab, the nx200 micro 4/3 cam ....

fright nite blu-ray

havent been playing any game seriously since completing ACR.


skyrim was touched for a short bit and sits there together with rocksmith and Lego SW III.


wife will be on leave means the lesser i will play game til after x'mas on in 2012.

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my pending DLCs on PSN

coupa of DLCs that i'm holding up from buying, as follows:-

on UK PSN
Deus EX: Human Revolution
- The Missing Link [ GBP8.99 ]

on US PSN
Need for Speed: the Run
- Heroes & Villians & LE Upgrade [ USD4.99 ]

Rocksmith
- Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple [ USD2.99 ]
- Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynrd [ USD2.99 ]
- Tone Designer Time Saver Pack [ USd4.99 ]

Batman Arkham City
- Robin Bundle [ USD6.99 ]
- Arkham City Skin Pack [ USD4.99 ]

on Asia PSN
Assassin's Creed Revelations
- Ancestors Characters Pack [ SGD4.69 ]


wow

bury the hatchet

part 1 n 2 from resale. 52 total.

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stuff singapore december

my first stuff singapore magazine in months. magazines are always nice to have them along wherever u go, a escape to boredom, but a very fast affair.

this issue has featurea of galaxy nexus, ps3 3d display, which is good eye candy yo warrant a purchase. good luck.

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"you shine brighter than anyone does" tattoo

the phrase, lyrics from paramore's song, etched on my left inner upper arm, tattooed by apple qu from familiar strangers, at $200. whopper tan, is pretty conversant with the font type which i requested, scriptina pro, which could be picked up from fontspace.com, and he is good at laying out and conceptializing with a skull head that i insisted, despite no relation to the phrase.

but of cos paramore loves quirky skulls and skeleton motifs, it fits well. and my love for skulls, pretty taboo to have it on my body, but these days they are patched all over me ....

my 9th tattoo ....

adele live at royal albert concert hall

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adele 21

finally succumb to the adele voice ....

pop

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next tattoo

visited familiar tattoos 2day and had a concept chat with whopper. made an appointment with him on 15th dec for my next tattoo

downloaded 2 2 variety of fonts, from www.fontspace.com for free. nice

conan + hangover2

too lazy to drive to melim these days as it takes 15mins previously from home and now 30mins these days.

got this blu-ray for $45, only this version is available, 3D/2D/DVD/digital copy combo set

popped over to hmv and got this but not the blu-ray. part1 was nice. funny.

no sign of atticus ross + trent reznor's ost for "girl with the dragon tattoo"

assassin's creed encylcopedia white edition

arrival. 9days via ups thru ubisworkshop.

i've finished my ACR yesterday and breiely read the black edition of the encylopedia. i've also watched the unboxing of this item so there's really little excitment picking it up from UPS House today.

finishing work late and rushing home to cook, squeezing collection inbetween deosnt help, and worst, hunting down the place that ive visted so many times and yet having trouble finding it makes it worst.

then i rem, it's a joint package, i've got a tee that comes with it, its all worth after all.

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book quest n ice cream

just finishing locating and bought all the books in assassin's creed revelations. 2 teeanagers came door to door to sell ice cream, wanting to remove their tattoos. i didnt read their license, and the elder brother apologize for interrupting my ps3 quest.

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the cure - wish

there are many cds i would sell when i run low in cash. sell it to gramophone, they've been taking in used cds since their first shop at raffles place mrt.

and that is the place i first spend my first bonus payout, in july 1993, on a beatles wooden box set at $600+ i believe.

i wonder why i didnt sell this ce tho, the cure's "wish". they gone predictable after this album, or was it this album they became predictable n boring. same oh jangly and gloom alternating. i sold their album after this, was it "blood flowers"?

then i sold some epic albums too like "the top" and pornography". i'm taking about their cds that i sold. i had like tons of the cure on vinyl which i off loaded too.

like i always like to say, if i am doing ok, i'll have tons of rarities collected thru my journey in life, thinks u cant imagine and can never find anymore.

so why keep this album? i wonder, with spooky song like "friday i'm in love" probably their most popular song to date and my most hated the cure song, there are really nice tracks in this album ....

track 3: apart

track 9: letter to elise

track 10: cut

track 11: to wish impossible things

star wars purchases at toys r us

discounted, good time to grab some 4 lucas n 1 for myself. a arf trooper n rotj luke at 25.90 n a clone wars anakin starfighter at 34.90.

finally plunge in after speaking to weng kit at the canteen on his usa trip n star wars purchases, got my 49.90 landspeeder.

all in at discounted prices, which shld be the price its worth actually, so never a better time at bad times.

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rocksmith + squier

$115 for game at gamemartz n $199 for squier bullet strat from VSGuitar

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my remaining the cure/robert smith cds

i was wondering where was my 'pornography' album, then i tot i could have sold it, together with the 'the top' album.

used to hv all their albums on vinyl, like all dm, the cult, until the band died on me. ok the beatles studio albums was complete on vinyl since they stop making music b4 my time.

ill play my brother's cassette tapes on my family sansui deck, in the afternoons, beatles n bee gees casette tapes, b4 i venture into my first vinyl, the wham！ "make it big" album, bought from toa payoh central's hwa cheong music shop. i wish i could go back in time, to look around the shop again, like i would visit record&disc at god knows what that building is called that has the first toys r us, and visit dada at funan b4 even gamescore was borned.

the past has always been sweet n beautiful. melancholicky warm of the drizzle cloud, the afternoon matinee n 12 pieces of soda crackers, maybe ghost are meant for the dead that couldnt gave up the past, sad lonely n brautiful

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hmv nov

as expected they have jane's addictions cd which they claimed no when i called. and also on the back of my mind for 2 days  the cure's blu-ray

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playmobil n lego from greatworldcity

bought 2 playmobils from toypost; one mystery fellow - a excecutionist that my wife got n rejected n i took it, and a sick heavy metal warrior, and a new hairdo luke lego key chain from the toyshunt

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assassin's creed revelations collectors guide

the guide was sent out from usa via normal mail from amazon on usa 15thNov. received it 2day, a nice 9days if u consider the advantage of our local time.


this is the collectors edition, which i already go ahead to get the normal version when seowchoon had it. the diff is hardcover, an interactive map, much like skyrim collector's guide, additional 16pages of extra info, and 8 map cards.


am i a fan of assassin's creed or a fan of collectors edition?

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home movie for week: proof of life

quite a tradition to take breaks after completing the storyline of a game. no difference this time. choice 2day after finishing NFS: the run is a 90s lovestory by rusell crowe and meg ryan in "Proof of Life"


the last 15mins plus the closing credits has always been the highlight of this movie. a kidnap and ransom negotiator movie turned love story turned rescue mission, with cool performance by david caruso, might bore some but some watch with great love.


the movie ends with a song by van morrison, "i'll be your lover", with helicopter panning shots of south america, and rusell crowe's reluctant goodbye to meg ryan, and vice versa is a great closing.


a love story of you cant love is my kinda movie. not the soapy type tho.

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NFS the Run and my driving/racing games

 

well this game is a pain in the ass, or so is all racing games to me.


i like cruising not driving. there are a few "driving" games i've tried, they all fall into the category "racing", is driving all about speed? 


well in singapore driving=speed only perhaps apply to 1/6 of car owners. 1/3 of the car owners in singapore thinks driving is about your status. that leaves the remaining 1/2 amount of car owners ....


the rest falls into category of fetching convenience ....


back to driving games, it's always about racing. "test drive unlimited 2" did had some cruising but screwed up by the schools u have to visit, which consist of racing and drifting and heavy cars, again i only wanna cruise around, in full glory textured scenery and go shopping and find nice houses, "test drive unlimited" captured that but screwed itself up in part 2.


but without speeding, racing, some modding, the selling point of the game becomes zero, but surely out there there are some gamers who loves a nice relaxing driving game, no excitement, just pure leisure, like a tour blu-ray.


and GT5 is a complete disaster. minimal street driving mostly circuit driving.


"NFS the run" is a super intense game. too much adrenaline. for the first time a driver in a driving game gets out for some action. in real action we meant, not the visit a clothing shop like the "test drive unlimited" series. maybe the concept is borrowed. and who borrowed from who, with games like "GTA" series and "LA Noire" which contains some cute driving with plenty of action still.


"NFS the Run" is about driving to beat many drivers to the end, over the stretch of USA, san fransico to new york, broken up to 10 stages, each stage bringing me heartache of failing, that i had to stop at 1/3th to replay my game with EASY mode. 


the graphics powered by FROSTBITE2, super awesome, since i couldnt afford the money and time for "BF3", opting for "NFS the run" seems inevitable. i only wish and incl many other fans, that they will patch the game with a cruising mode, or maybe a time trial mode for all parts of the race. it's a pity u cant stop by to enjoy the scenery, cos this game, it's simply awesome.


there's short cut's that i'll always miss cos we are all driving too fast. there's drifting down the mounting which i hate most. there's pursuit, even in the tightest corner. there's mob pursuit and helicopter shooting avoidance. there's petrol kiosk where u can change car to another tier. all with great beatiful scenery from day to nite to rain to snow to sunset and avalanche and explosions.


and i missed out the pre-order to get 3 extra challenges from the previous series. frankly i can beat those challenges, either car specific or they AI is too good for me. i bought the Time-Saver DLC to unlock everything, not fucking up the trophies tho.


at the final stage of the game, "ACR" and "Skyrim" awaits for their turn, vying for major attention. i'll take a break maybe, like the usual after completing the game (not platting), watch a few videos on dvd or blu-ray and push on again.

assassin's creed revelations R3

traded in 3DS nintendogs + friends and zelda at $43 for assassin's creed revelations R3 at Qisahn.com at $66. paid $23 for this game after trade-in.

this is my 3rd copy for this game. previous one which i still have is a R2 from collectors edition and sold away another R4 copy from the animus edition.

with the DLC account+region locked i am hoping i'll get to play some of the DLC is made available on the asia psn ....

let's hope so and also hope that the game save and uplay online portion are compatible with my current R2 version played on asia psn.

samsung galaxy note (unbox)

my 4th phone within 8 months i believe. this fellow comes with a free flip cover which is attached to a back cover.

never leave home without it, martin fields overlay at $29.95, for the front, the cam and the middle home button. bought and applied at doml.com.sg

the irresistible force

ahh! the irrestible force .... that'll be the title of my new blog. as the word force is used or booked by someone, i,ve replace the word 'force' with '4s', like 'may the 4s be with u' sorta thing.

so what this irresistible force? besides it being the title of a song by jane's addiction which i just bought from itunes, which obviously is an awesome song, its also the interpretation of how badly i, u, and the whole world has lost control and are sucked into non stop buyong.its such a pain to type on my phone, using the nromal format blog page intead of via an app to compose and type.

well catch u later ....


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