Thursday, March 01, 2007

The Longest Journey

No, its not the game Im referring to... (tho purposefully)...

Its already past the FYP presentations and now, my peers and I are doing our diploma show. A few days later... we're free... free from past hurdles, and now into the new... into the adult life. For most of us guys, its into national service (unless some of us decides to delay ns and go futher studies;which isnt recommended). For the girls, its either start working or further studies.

Im already 21 this year... damn, how time flies.

I can still remember the first time i stepped into Temasek Polytechnic. The feeling was great. For a guy like me to be amongst Express students, learning the same stuff as them... was something I thought would be impossible. But I was wrong.

Wearing casual clothes to sch and having that desire to do games was my determination. Still can remember on the first day of sch, we made friends so easily like as tho making friends with stuffed toys when we were lil' kiddies... XD

I can remember that time like it was just a few moments ago... weird... like the perfume on some girls and the sense of belonging in a group... damn i miss those days. And now that journey has almost come to an end... I hope although that journey is coming to a close and each of us going our seperate ways, we'll still keep in touch with each other just like how we did years ago.

May your journeys take you wherever you want to go,
-JoeL

Sunday, January 28, 2007

alo alo!

Hi guys... been such a long time since ive updated my blog... currently im occupied with the following:

1) Voyage Century
2) Rakion
3) FYP

*note: FYP = sucking the lifeforce outta me

I need a healer! Can somebody be my healer? Please? (girl preferably) =þ *edited (chio one... chio one)*

2007 le... i guess the coolest thing that happened this yr is that Ive come to known new friends. And these new friends of mine are indeed friends that I wouldnt be what I am without them. I guess if they are reading this... Id just like to say, thanks guys... lol =p

Currently now im doing some work... hope to go out and relax with them soon... alrdy 11pm le... still havnt call back. haha~ siannnnnnnnn =þ

Hmm come to think of it... NS coming le... hohoho!~ T_T

=/ lets try not to think abt the future... not yet anyways...

-JoeL

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

~.~

had mah eggy breakfast... now it is time to sleeeeep~ =3

meep!~
-JoeL

Thursday, September 14, 2006

BORING!

this blows... i need to do something... I WANNA GO OUT! (not alone, not my style). No want wanna go out with me! this is sad...

Today (technically "yesterday") sucks donkey balls! Ive been at home all day playing games and im getting bored... geez... well, at least there's sco and wr, not to mention my bunch of unwatched animes, but still... sighhh

wat made it worse is that in sco, things are getting tedious now coz the place im lvling is easily accessible by the opposing forces, and as you know... since there's no such thing as "declaring a war" or a "war event" (coz war in sco is passive and a constant thing), you wont be able to level in peace. therefore im having so much trouble now trying to level.

speaking abt sco. haha, ive made a new emblem and im proud of it! XD kicked out all of my guild members coz they were inactive and they arnt singaporean... so ive decided juz to hold on to my brigade till someone actually WANTS to join me. Even if there isnt one interested and I can still kick ass... i dun mind. X)

ohohoh... Ive heard from a friend of mine (samson). He told me abt this game called Pirate King. And boy.. im actually quite excited abt it... the visuals and all that pirate/ship stuff... and yes... its f2p XD

but you know me... purely lvl/item based games dun last long in my book. But it never hurts to try yea? =D

me: SET SAIL MATEYS!
crew made entirely out of babes: AYE AYE CAPTAIN!~~
me: SHIVER ME TIMBERS! YE BUNCH FULLED WITH NRG AYE? SET SAILS TO DE PORT OF BORINGTON! AR! ... oh.. and please, someone, pass me my passport... thanks...

WHAT YE LOOKIN' AT? AR!
-JoeL (getting into character)

Monday, August 14, 2006

ZOMBEH!

meh... I like anything that has to do with zombies... never cease to entertain meh. lol... Tho I wouldnt wanna be a victim of a zombie but DAMN I like the suspence and trill of those zombie movies like "Land of the dead" and games suchs as "resident evil" whew...!~ XD

Currently had some time to play some of mah ps2 games that I didnt even touch since the day i bought it (cept to test if its workable).

I hope in future consoles... (esp for the ps3 and Wii for example) to feature a kind of internet connection simply by pluggin in the connection thingy to the console instead to the com.

sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. + point to games that require teamwork... gwehehehehehe!~

ZOMBEH! ZOMBEH! ZOMBEHEHEHEH HOH HOH HOH HOH HOH HOH HOH!

(from afar the "H" looks like an "N" lmao...

weeeeeeeeeee!~ Im seeing things XD
-JoeL

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Good vs Not Good

I think lotsa shit is pounding on me... thk goodness Ive got SCO to try and "ace" it. Tho its juz a game... it aint that bad. The feeling and adrenaline is real... so thats what counts. Obviously shit continues to come by my way... i think imma just "dun give a fuck" and try to make do with what I have... turning that pile of shit into gold.

Ive learnt quite a lot this week... about learning to "not give a fuck" and to take things (that I do not have power against) lightheartedly... to laugh at my mistakes... but strengthen my weaknesses.

Procrestination sucks real bad...

... do now!... ask questions later! ffs!

These two weeks... sighh, i think ive disappointed lotsa pple... and yea, i guess its my fault. No, it is my fault... coz i know most of it is something I could have taken control of... but i just didnt. Its time to stop slacking and start working... Ive slept too much, and too darn long.

... its time to wake up.

-JoeL

Sunday, July 23, 2006

22/7 2006

Hmmmm... meh...

Im bored...

Only one thing I can think of...

...

That one step...

Could change my world...

I know it will work...

but whats going to happen after that?

I'm...

Sunday, July 09, 2006

8/7 2006

too be exact... it shld be 9/7 but i dun give a fk... lmao

Today was... totally the opposite...

Im glad I made that step...

"thks guys" (you know who u r)

... (if u even know my blog exist) LOL!!!

-JoeL

Friday, July 07, 2006

Painful Liberation

Hmm, today's the seventh... 7/7

Isnt "7" supposed to be a lucky number?

Don't think so...

Lotsa bad things happened today... really bad... 2 of them which had directly affected me and another is hovering above my head... im kinda... in a bad shape... on the inside anyway.

But yea... at least Ill make this a lesson and a wake up call. I think pain that really hurts help us to learn our lessons better. Just like when we were young and had to be caned for a particular mistake/wrong-doing. I guess this is another form of being caned.

And yea, it hurts... but I guess ill be able to better myself... time to lick my wounds...

"let this be a constant reminder to myself".
-JoeL

Saturday, June 24, 2006

:eltit

hmm... been a mth now since my last entry... as most of you know... I still cant play sco at home.. so Ive been giving my attention to oblivion and warrock... and yes, my work as well (3D)... anyway, work's all over tho Im still gonna practise 3D by myself and by my own supervision *grin*. The next blk is coming pretty soon and I heard its pretty ez... lotsa paper work and all that crap... no big deal... (i hope).

Ermmm... Ive decided to post some of mah videos of my experiences in-game at youtube.com so be sure to visit me yea? To find my vids, juz search for the user: lancedna

And yea... because of that, imma go pick up some "After Effects" know-how just so I could make a kick-ass vid... heh, short term goal but as long as it feeds my interests, I wont be complaining abt extra work... XD

Speaking abt interests... I was gonna fill you guys in with some details... but doing so may make my life difficult so... HA!

Ohhhhh if you guys got any tutorials or watever in either 3D or After Effects... plz do sms or do WHATEVER to get a hold of me~ XD

Your help will be most appreciated =D

Thats all folks~
(baba dada babababa dadabada bababababa baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~)

ooooooookie...

Monday, May 29, 2006

SCO hates me ='(

Guess what? When the server finally got up, I could only... get in the game for only 2mins? and then... theres this error... some... Winsock problem.

Tried fixing it by following some proven guidelines in the SCO forum but didnt work... so now Im kinda screwed without a mmo to play... zzz. At least I still have Warrock! kikikikiki!~ XD

From what I saw and experience in SCO, its pretty neat for a free game lol... damn the error! I hope they fix it soon... and yea... todays the last day of my enjoyment... tues go back sch... -_-" and while you guys back at TP are hard at work... I on the other hand am rotting. Yes... tho i feel ive become quite a pro in-game... but still, i feel kinda retarded... =/ well, IRL of course...

NOW WHAT!? zzz~
sco... save me from this boredom... preeeeeeease!!! X(
I need my daily dosage of game!
And I forgot ytd was my birthday... LMAO! well at least I got 100bucks XD
Furthermore... Im now a young "MAN". WOOHOO!!! and ns is creeping closely... -_-

p.s - If you were to read this whole post fast enough... strangely, it sounds like I damn kp... lol freaky! =/ Imagine if i were to come right to ur face and "speechspam" you with what is written here in just 2 mins?... rofl~

Sch sch sch... sco sco sco... sighhhh~

"The World's balance. You gain some, you lose some",
-JoeL

Saturday, May 27, 2006

SCO extended

Guess what? Yep... still not up. Bah... Tonight I'll be staying up late again... hopefully my persistent would pay off... damn the game is driving me nuts...

Anyway... I cant wait to take off and start hunting (of course to get my lvl up) then hunt for opposing forces... [A.N.I vs B.C.U] hohoho! Gonna chiong ths game till my block opens... 3D char *chokes* starting this coming tues *chokes*, I hope I dun flunk... kikikikikiki!~ XD

So yea, currently waiting till 3am as usual, and eagerly waiting for new news. This time, my max tolerance would be set at 0400hrs, anything more then that, GL! GN! Scully sleep then open haha... -.- better not! ffs... I WANNA BE THE FIRST YA HEAR ME!!!

Just in case if anyone of you are interested and have no idea wtf im talking abt.. do visit http://sco.gpotato.com fer more details... =p

And to those who would like to join? I'll be at the first server "Joymus" and the faction Im pledging my loyalty to would be A.N.I

Currently my bro and 2 of our friends are in... and our classes are all different (thk gdness).

Listed are the types of gears featured in SCO. The concept is pretty much SG (shattered galaxy) AA for example (air-air) are, yes.. they fly, most of the time... and they work best against anything that flies. As for AG (air-ground), they work best against anything that's on the ground (in this case, the A-gear).

I-Gear / AA - air to air
B-Gear / AB - air to ground
M-Gear / support gear (a cleric/buffer if you will...)
A-Gear / GA = ground to air

Yes the game is free... no limitations unlike SG (shattered galaxy).

HAVE YET to test the game myself so dont bitch at me for introducing the game to you ffs... -_-" However... Ive got high expectations for this game... but I hope this long wait wont be wasted X'(

anyway most of those I know are bz so... I dun think it even matters lol! im like the only one slacking... however the next block... its gonna be a lil reversed XD WOOHOO! the world's so... fair? roflmao!~

SCO!!!! COME TO MEHHHHHH!~

I'm so high...
-JoeL

Friday, May 26, 2006

SCO

The day has finally come for SCO to come on live.. and Ive waited and waited... then suddenly.. its way past 3am on a Fri and the server still aint up yet... 15th May, 26th May... and now they had to delay somemore... geez, Im going nuts! Im sitting here... and it feels like i cant take it anymore... drowsiness kicks in and im down... well, soon... hoping that ill get up on time to get into the world so that I could be the first to set foot into the online world of SpaceCowboy.

Only time can tell of what is to happen... I sure hope I'll be one of the first one in. Gear up and fly off... soaring the skies like id hope it'll be. Yes... only time can tell...

-JoeL

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Caged Dream

Just woke up from a, well... I wouldnt say nightmare cause it wasnt that scary... I would say its more like... a phoebia that has leaked into my dream. Its a phoebia I had when I was a kid, yes, "had". That phoebia was called "getting-lost". I had quite a number of experiences of getting lost when i was a child. Not just in Singapore, but in other countries as well while on holidays. Not just once or twice but a few times in seperate countries/locations. To tell you the truth, it still has some lingering effect on me. Most proberbly that may be the reason why till now, I dont like to travel alone by myself, be it going to the movies or even to the arcades or what have you. I just dun like to do things by myself. Perhaps I dun like to b lonely? Or perhaps a part of me thinks that something really bad is gonna happen to me and could ended up lost or "off-the-right-track"? Of course at my present state, getting lost isnt much of a big deal, its just troublesome... in the worse case sceniaro, all I have to do is to flag my hand... or... follow the MRT tracks... right? lmao.

And the dream I had? Its more like... a maze... a subtle maze that sort of brought me back to the start, and literally, it did. Its also a "caged Dream" I call it, because honestly I tried to wake up, but I couldnt... honestly, I couldnt. I couldnt even hear or feel whats happening to me IRL all I could see and feel were the moments in that dream I had.

The first place/scene started off at the church i used to attend: its in Bedok, a short bicycle ride could get me home. However in this dream, I could not remember how it first started or what we did before my journey home. However, we were playing with left over sparkles (I somehow felt part of the images I saw was like in my primary school). Apparently, somebody planted them on the ground, vertically of course. I DO NOT think that it is incense because it definately sparkle when I lit it up. Call it random, I have no control over my dream. Anyway, it started to rain, and I quickly threw the unfinished sparkle and got on my new bike... oh wait... yea, I recalled... My dad bought my brother and I a new bike for us. I dunno why but it just happen so stfu... -.-"

Anyway my brother wasnt my brother... it was my friend's little brother... dont ask me why or wtf?... just listen. -.-" ANYWAY! I knew at that point in time, he was my brother, cause HE CALLED ME KOR! And it wasnt the god-brother kind of kor... it was... the real deal man...

So yea, I had another friend with us who is also going home. And I believe that was my childhood friend L.K. He was always the guy leading the way (yea, he has a strong sense of direction... very strong in fact..). So, my brother and I followed him. I was weird, now Im having to guide my little brother and still I was still following someone else... so unconsciously, I was thinking to myself, hey... I DO know how to get back home (like ive stated earlier, quite a short bicycle ride). However, L.K led us into a different route. At first I thought it was a shortcut, cause he knows it best. And so, we journeyed on. Tough ride i must say, fucking complicated. We passed by hills, slopes, vehicles that could have easily knocked us down, across "bridges" that were made of pipes and just a simple wooden board over it, a special hill that has different colourful flowers decorated over it (it was the colour blue that I had visually took note of as the right path to follow). Also passed by a shopping district, where clothes, accessories and I swore I even saw a whore house... not the type where the ladies would stand outside and ask you guys to come in, its more like... you go in, and choose the woman there which were sitting down like as tho its a restauraunt. Rectangle tables... is what I recall too.

So after all that shit We'd been through, I saw my house... weirdly enough, my brother was gone, like... vanished. And L.K said goodbye to me and head home, just the way we always do IRL. And so was I, alone. Heading up to my block. Took the lift to the 10th floor and made a right turn. and guess what? I saw the door positioned NOT the way it was suppose to be, head down one floor and worse... there isnt a door, was simply a dead end. I frantically took the lift down... and guess what? It started at level 40+ and while I was in the lift... I was like... so damn confused I could not even describe clearly what I felt. I noticed around me in the lift that it was dirtier, marks that I havnt see b4 were now there. And then, the lift stopped as it reaches level 1. I got off the lift... and looked around in the area to see the surrounding blocks. And guess what? All the numbers were different and even the looks of the building WERE NOT the same. But how could that be?

Suddenly, I realised, I was at a part in the middle of the journey I had with L.K and my brother. This time, i was alone (weirdly enough, I had my bike with me). I climbed up a slope, cars came rushing down suddenly, unevenly, all nearly knocked me over. Was so tough to push up my bike... and numberously staggered back cause I was so drained. Then this guy in a motorbike came, took my hands/arm and acted like a rope that slowly brought me up the slope. I thanked him and continued on. I ended up at the shopping district, peeking into the whore house (thats how I knew what was inside) journey around, pple noticed that I was kinda lost but offered no help. Then I saw a lady, slightly arnd my mother's age, I spoke to hear because clearly I had forgotten which move to make and asked her for directions. The place I was had like a 2 way split, like a "T". I had to pick which way to go, either left or right. On the left, I saw a beautiful yet something i felt like it was evil or something. The path is like... going into a BIG tube made of bushes, the background was like... dark yellow in colour. On the right, it was a bit dark, however the street lights made it possible to see clearly. I knew at first, that was sorta right feel I had to take that path and continue on the journey, but I had to be sure.

Indeed, the lady pointed me to the direction which was the right path. Continued on and climbed over a hill (the one with different colours of flowers) and followed the colour blue. And then... I saw this image of a part in Tampines that I clearly knew where I was... then... I suddenly woke up...

Weird? I believe like in most of my weird dreams I had and will continue to have, its something that IRL, it influences the dream... be it something you've experience or something you hate, u like, your desires, fears and what have you, clearly... the dream before me is like an open book... I feel that its like... a book called... "My Inner Secrets chapter x". X meaning that its only a fraction of what Im seeing.

Interesting? Yea, I believe so...
After all, its something I could easily identify with because it felt so real...

Thanks for reading...

-JoeL