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13th July 2009

Hey guys. It’s 13th July today. Haha… after managing to get online last Saturday night, I couldn’t help but to miss the days in kuching, where I would log in and log out of my facebook and hotmail accounts, checking them regularly and constantly. And now, stuck here, I seriously have nothing to do. Except for playing games all day long. Or just lie on my parents’ bed, watching TV with my mum, or sleep. Sigh…
Anyway, I’ve finally gotten my hands on the game that I have been so eager to play when I was in kuching, and that was The Sims 3, and frankly speaking, I prefer the second installment better. I donno if it’s my laptop or the game itself, but then The Sims 2 is way smoother than The Sims 3, gameplay speaking.
But I do love the way that now in The Sims 3, I can now select what color the shirt or whatever my Sim would like to wear on him/her, and that’s pretty cool. No more, “Hey, I think I have that shirt the same as yours,” says Sim 1 to his friend, Sim 2. LOL!!!
The Sim Creation is cooler than the one in Sims 2, but still… there is room for improvement. Let say, for example, in the shirts, I hope there could be logos or whatever that could be printed on the shirt that I am wearing, like the Sims’ logo (the green one), and not just those “designs” that could be found while creating the Sims in which I have no interest in liking at all.
If you get what I mean… haha…
And also, I find the gameplay in Sims 3 to be wayyyyyy slower than the one in Sims 2. Another example, in Sims 2, when my Sim is sleepy, it takes just around 5 minutes to bring the bar back to its maximum again. But in Sims 3, it takes around double the time to get them to fully get the rest they needed.
Proof? Well, this morning, while playing on my laptop, I decided it was time I took my shower and my Sim had just been to bed. And so, I let him sleep, while I took my shower. I usually just take a ten to fifteen minute shower, and so by the time when I finished my shower and back to my laptop, my Sim is still sleeping! And the speed I put was a 3! (3 normally means being very fast)
Oh, in Sims 3, there is a fourth speed, speed 4, (1 being the normal, 2 being faster, 3 being fastest and 4 is the “ultra” speed [whatever that means]) but I couldn’t see the difference between the speeds. I don’t know. Maybe it’s my laptop… perhaps my laptop is causing my game to lag, and so I think I’d need to clear my disc again… sigh…
Hopefully when I did clear the space it’d prove me right, that my laptop is the root of the lagging evil and not the game itself. Coz, frankly speaking, I don’t think I have the patience to wait for them to finish sleeping or (even worse) wait for them to finish their work (as in job), which normally takes 5 and more Sim Hours. If they normally need only one hour to fully recharge their stamina (just an example), and I’d have to wait for 10 minutes already, what about the 5 to 10 hours of working hours? It’d take me FOREVER!!! LOL!!! Hahhaha…
Hmm… but still… the game is fun… it’s just that I don’t really have the patience to wait. The game is really cool… you can buy cars… bicycles… whatever… hahhaa…
Oh, one thing about the Sim Creation that I don’t like is that, there are too little hairstyles for the male while there are like, tons of hairstyles for the female… I mean, it’s not fair! I know, female then to have more ways to do their hair, but come on!!! I seriously think that the guys would have more hairstyles than those provided in the game!!! It’s like Sim 1 saying to Sim 2, “Hey, are you having the same hairstyle as mine?”
Oh, and one more complaint… which I think is the final one (for now), is that you can’t play as different Sims anymore in the neighborhood. If you have chosen Family 1 to play, you can’t play Family 2 anymore. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think I need to stand corrected. Meaning I’m 99.99% confident that I’m correct. But then, like always, I could be wrong… 
Oh, well, I guess that’s all for now… hahaha… will keep you guys updated…
Hmm… if you guys think I’m being a Complain King, well, that’s just me… I always look for people’s mistakes… regardless what… haha… and I normally can’t see mine… coz, you can’t see yourself unless you stand in front of the mirror right? Haha…
XD
So… until then, this has been Joey The Only…
[A Rather-Disappointed Joey]

16th July 2009

Hello guys. Today is 16th July, 2009. Yesterday, as you all know, is 15th July. What’s so special about yesterday was that yesterday was the birthday of His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei and his ever-continuing titles.
And so, it’d obviously and automatically mean public holidays for us Bruneians. Hehe.
Each and every year, there are supposed to be parades and celebrations going on, and all of Brunei would suddenly come alive with the celebrations. But now, due to the outbreak of H1N1, His Majesty put his celebration on halt instead. What I don’t understand is that why would he want to put it on halt? Does he know when the disease would end? So he can like, continue the celebration soon enough? What I mean is, what if, and I mean WHAT IF, the disease drags onto the next year? (Touch wood, touch wood) Does that mean we’ll celebrate his birthday twice next year?
Lol… well, enough about His Majesty’s birthday. I should stop before I probably annoy more people. And if I have offended anyone, I don’t mean it. I’m just speaking out my mind. But then I think you guys would think the same way too right? Hehe… :P
So, yesterday was a public holiday and so my father wasn’t working. Days before yesterday we joked about going to Labuan (again) since my sister has never been there. But then, the morning I woke up to a not so beautiful Wednesday, (coz it’s sunny… =\), my mum told us that we would be going to Limbang instead. And I was like, what the heck?!
About one or two hours later, when I asked my mum about where we were going and she made a seriously lame joke, saying, “Limbang lah, same as Labuan mah, got ‘L’…”
And I was like… okayyyyy….. hahaha…
So, after having brunch, lunch, breakfast, whatever you call it, at Moi Nam restaurant in Seria, we drove off to Limbang. I seriously have no idea where that place is; the only thing I know is that it’s in Malaysia. I know, I know… my geography sucks! =|
So, in the car, listening to the stupid radio that was playing nothing that I liked, from 11am to 12pm, on Pilihan FM, it’s the link-up between Pilihan and Radio Thailand. And I was like, what?! WHY?!
Throughout the hour, His Majesty’s birthday was put on focus (for the most obvious reasons), and documentaries about him was played. There was NOT EVEN A SINGLE ENGLISH SONG THAT PARTICULAR FREAKING HOUR! It’s all malay (being sung about His Majesty) and three Thailand songs about love or whatever. I don’t speak thai. Sorry.
My mood sank during that hour coz there weren’t any good songs to booze me up. I was like, “Okay, enough of this *thing* already. Can you just play English songs instead?”
And the route to Limbang was long and windy. (not windy, but wind, as in turning here and there’s wind)
After I donno how many hours later, we arrived at Limbang, and from there we’ll have to drive another ½ hour in order to reach town. The whole journey was UNBEARABLE (to me, at least). And Limbang is seriously small… even smaller than Labuan, as my mother pointed out. I donno if that’s true, but I have an idea she is.
The only available shopping centre we could see was the one which I have no idea what the name of the shopping centre is. We shopped there for around an hour or so, and then we had KFC, which in my family’s opinion, is the worst KFC meal ever in our lives. My mother thinks that even the KFC in Labuan is of a better quality than the one in Limbang. And I kind of agree. Coz I don’t remember the KFC in Labuan is bad.
Well, enough of KFC, I don’t you guys to be so hungry reading my post that you’ll leave and go eat. Lol.
The shopping centre isn’t big. Well, obviously coz Limbang itself isn’t big. And so, after shopping around, we decided that it was time to go back. And then we went to The Mall. Yes, the one in BSB. Lol
I went to the arcade, obviously, to see how players play Tekken 6. And WOW! I was amazed! There was one guy who managed to defeat Azazel twice! Using Kazuya and Dragunov respectively. And I was really amazed!
And there was one pair, who was versus-ing each other, one using Lili, my princess, and the other, using Ganryu, the fat sumo guy. And the result? LILI LOST!!! OMG! But it was a close one. Lili could’ve won the battle, if the guy who was controlling her be more patient.
You see, Ganryu’s life was left with around 5cm long, and Lili’s one was about twice as much. And the time left was about 17 seconds. If Lili had focused on defense, she could’ve won the battle. Sigh…
So… after going to The Mall, we went back home. But before that, we had dinner in Seria again, the delicious mee… OMG!!! I’m craving for it again! And I’m so hungry right now! Hahaha…
Hmm… Throughout the day, it was raining! And I LOVE it! Haha… I just hope that it rains everyday. But there should also be times when it’s sunny… so the laundry could be done, to prevent my mum from cursing the weather… hahaha…

18th July 2009

Hello guys.
Today is 18th July, 2009. I did and was able to go online tonight, but then I didn’t manage to update my blog because I was too busy with my re-enrolment thingy.
You see, in order to continue to study in Swinburne next semester, you’d have to send in a re-enrolment form to Swinburne, and I only know of this thing today, coz I didn’t know of it beforehand. Blame and curse the stupid absence of internet access in my home. Lol.
Sigh… I was able to get everything done, with great help from Xian Wen, and I was so glad that he was able to help me. Hehe… I was alone just now, in KFC, again, and there weren’t anyone that I was close enough to have asked about the re-enrolment thingy. Luckily, Xian Wen was online, and therefore I could ask for his help.
The form itself wasn’t hard to fill… it’s just that I was so messed up mentally that I couldn’t get things handled carefully. And to make things worse, until now, I still couldn’t remember my own address… sigh… lol. Hm… and another luckily, my sister told me where we were living in via SMS, after I texted her. Hahaha… lol…
So, I guess everything’s done for… hopefully I’m not in the Risk category, where I have failed my subject(s). I don’t want to be in that category. Coz it’s a waste of time and money to have to redo everything all over again. I don’t want to. I don’t want to!!! 
Anyway, my results are announced yesterday. But I donno what’s mine, coz u need to bring your Student ID there, to campus, and that’s impossible coz I’m now in Miri. The earliest time that I could know my result would be on the 2nd or 3rd of August, when I’m back in kuching.
Hm… whatever… it’s too late to be worried about anything right now. What’s done is done… I can just pray that my results wouldn’t be THAT terrible… pray for me people… 
Lol…
Sigh…

21st July 2009

Hello people. It’s the 21st July today. Last night was one of the more eventful nights in my stay here in Brunei. Lol.
Yesterday I went to have my haircut and after my haircut, I walked to Chung Hua Middle School, shortly known as CHMS, and entered it.
Ah… the memories… my first ever school. Even though I have been near to CHMS for a few times before, I have never entered it at all because I am, to tell the truth, a little afraid to return there. I don’t know why, I’m just afraid.
What made me go in to CHMS yesterday was the fact that I knew that it was a public school holiday, and no one would be in the school. Well, that was one of the few reasons. Second, after I have had my haircut, my mother hasn’t arrived, and my dad’s left. So, it led to the third reason, or I don’t know if you guys would still classify it as the second one. I had nowhere to go, and so I told myself that it’s great once in awhile to revisit my old school. And also, wouldn’t it be nice to see what has happened to my school after years I’ve left there?
Anyway, nothing much has changed to CHMS, except that there are some CHMS vehicles around. Cool. If only I know what they are for. Sending students to Bandar? Hm…
Well… enough of CHMS. I didn’t get to wonder thoroughly as there were two other guys who, in my opinion, were going to play sports there. And so, I left after I’ve more or less circled around the school.
That evening, I have finally had the chance to meet my friends! Kavitha, Kerry-Ann and I hung out in Excapade last night. At first we have wanted to ask more friends to hang out as well… but sigh… things happen. Only the three of us hung out and we had quite a lot of fun too!
But all good things come to an end. We would have to go home eventually and so my story concludes here. Lolz…
I’m bored. And there’s nothing that I can do. Lol… I wanna go back to Kuching and surf the net!!! Lol… hahhaa… but then I still wanna hang around… this is my hometown after all. Secondary I mean. Lol…
Oh, and today I went back to PJN to settle something. Haha. And I managed to meet some of my friends. Aiman was one of them. He’s still as fit as I remembered. Hehe… and he looked a little bit taller. 
Hm… I miss PJN a lot… and if only there aren’t too many people around I’d love to hang out a little bit more. Hehe…
Sigh… I miss my friends… but then I’d be leaving in around two weeks’ time. Sigh… I wanna stay here…
T____________T
haha

23rd July 2009

It’s the twenty-third of July today. In a blink of an eye, July’s coming to an end. I seriously don’t want for August to come. August means that I’d have to go back to Kuching. I really do enjoy the carefree life over here. I don’t have to worry about most of the things that happen here. In Kuching, I’d have to worry about my attendance, my studies and more. I don’t know. Maybe I’m just not “programmed” to worry about such things.
I want to be here. I don’t want to go back. A part of me seriously loathes the lifestyle over there. To tell the truth, I love Kuching only because that I can surf the net 24-7 and that I am air-conditioned all the time. Other than that… not really. Oh, and not to forget my friends there. Haha
To those who want to just get out of their home, like seriously, I suggest you rethink, rethink and rethink. At first, just like any of those hopefuls, I wanted to be away from my home as much as possible, and I thought I was strong enough for it to happen. I thought I could be independent enough and mentally strong enough to handle living away from home.
But I wasn’t. For the first few weeks, I was still okay with it. But as the days went by, my mental sheath began to weaken, and I began to crumble down as quickly as I could stand up. Life without parents out there to look out for you, to nag you about going to sleep, eating healthily, watch your words, and so forth is very hard to endure.
Before, I would hate it if my mum came to me and asked me to sleep early. I hate it when she would nag me about this and that, but after missing her naggings for 14-16 weeks, I just wanted her to nag me as much as possible. Haha. I guess I was just that sadistic.
And another thing I hated about Kuching was that it has slowly but surely changed me. And I hate it. I don’t want to change… I want to stay bubbly and carefree, but now I’m just moody slash quiet already. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the hormones coming in, whatever. As the days passed by, I became more and more sheltered away from myself. I’m unsure if the emo/moody part of me is the real me, and as much as I love it, it wasn’t me. Or maybe it was; I’m just in denial.
But I do miss the bubbly me. It is tiring, but at the end of the day, I was happy when I went to bed. And now, I frequently experience insomnia and I couldn’t sleep well. Even long hours of sleep weren’t able to replenish me of my energy. After just hours of waking up, I felt sleepy again. And it’s only the middle of the day! Lol.
Sigh… perhaps I’m experiencing some kind of mental breakdown or something. I don’t know, and I don’t really feel like caring.
Whatever. =\
Chows for now. =\

24th July 2009

24th July today. Sigh… the days are coming close when I have to return to Kuching. Lol.
Whatever. Let’s just leave the sadness behind for now, okay? Lol.
Two days ago, I have edited two songs, both of which are very nice, in my opinion. Hehe… One is called “Compounds 2.0”, the second edition of the “Compounds” series. The “Compounds” series is actually a series of songs randomly picked by moi, based on what I think fits to go next. I’ll try and put on a demo so that you guys would understand. The first “Compounds” song was a mixture of quite a number of tracks. Although I don’t really like the ending as it’s too long, but it’s considered quite well enough for my first ever creation, whatever you might call it. Hehe…
The second song I edited wasn’t really what I have expected. At first I was just playing around with it, but turns out the effect is quite pleasant as well. I love it! Hehe… it’s called “I Just Love To Dance In This Game,” a mixture of Lady Gaga’s “Lovegame” and “Just Dance” songs. Hehe… At first editing it was hard because the acapella version of “Lovegame”, which I have used, was slower compared to the instrumental version of “Just Dance”. And so I would have to cut “Lovegame” here and there frequently in order to make the song faster. Lol… I’ll let you guys listen to it, possibly. Haha…
Hm… these few days I have been practicing my Tekken skills after knowing that Tekken 6 will be in the PSP platform as well! OMG!!! I’m like, so EXCITED!!! I can use Lili again, and with new characters like Bob, Leo and Zafina. But since I only have Tekken 5 now, and not Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, coz I deleted the game due to the game lagging when I played it for unknown reasons.
Anyway, before I go to somewhere I shouldn’t, in Tekken 5, the only characters that I am heavily using are Anna and Nina Williams. Hmm… now Nina is in the WARLORD rank, and Anna is in the SAGE rank. The NPC characters are getting harder and harder to defeat!!! Haha… using both Anna and Nina, I have defeated two or more TEKKEN LORDs, and I said more coz I might have lost count. Haha.
Oh, and using JACK-5, which is in its 4TH-KYU rank, a rank so below the WARLORD and SAGE ranks, I have defeated 3 or more TEKKEN LORDs.
Before I lose my readers, TEKKEN LORDs are the highest rank of all, and from the lowest, it’s BEGINNER, then 9TH-KYU, followed by 8th… then goes to 1ST-KYU, then 1ST-DAN, up to 5TH-DAN, and then SHIHAN will be next. After that would be…, VIRTUOSO, LEGEND, CHAMPION, SAGE, WARLORD, DEITY, and finally followed by TEKKEN LORD. So that means my Nina is coming close to become a TEKKEN LORD! Yay! Haha…
Sigh… I seriously can’t wait for Tekken 6 to come to PSP! But I’d have to confirm on the internet again. Coz I saw it in TV, and I’m unsure if it’s true. Lol. If that’s true then I’d have to save money in order to buy the game! Haha… oh… I seriously can’t wait!
Ah… all those waiting is making me anxious now! Can’t wait! Haha… :D

25th July 2009

Hey guys. it's 25th today. and i just wanna say that i'm in a Tekken Fever right now! argh!!! XD