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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Anime Frenzy

The past few days have been filled with nothing but Anime. It seems like the past 2 years without my Anime have created an insatiable void in me that's craving to be filled. I just can't stop watching them. It started last week when my brother told me that Full-Metal Alchemist (FMA) has a new season out. FMA, being my favourite Anime of all time, I wasted no time procrastinating or hesitating. I just clicked on his link and streamed it. Well, it was just the first episode so there really isn't much to judge or comment yet. Still, after such an awesome first season, I can't see how bad it can be. I need to find that season though, my memory is pretty hazy because I watched them at least 4 years ago. If you're interested to watch it, go to http://animeblogz.com.


After watching that episode of FMA, I decided to try other Animes and chanced upon "Claymore". OMG. It is beyond fantastic I'm telling you. It's definitely a must-watch Anime for all Anime lovers. Also, if you're a fan of gore and fighting, that's a great one for you too. Trust me, it's worth watching this one:D.

The main character of Claymore is a girl named Clare. She belongs to an organisation specialised in hunting Yoma (Demons). The organisation is labeled "Claymore" by regular people. They are a group of females that have special powers to fight demons. They are often feared by the regular people and can be recognised by their silver eyes. Claymores are not regular human beings. They are made up of half-human and half-yoma parts. The creation of a Claymore is made via a human female ingesting demon parts. During the course of the Anime, we are shown what makes Clare the way she is and what makes her special and also what makes her more human and compassionate than any of the other Claymores. Not to mention, the fight scenes are awesome. (Lots of heads and arms getting chopped off =/.)

Rating: 10/10 (I'm just waiting for Season 2, but it doesn't seem to be happening )=.)

Here's another one. This is what I'm watching at the moment. This is the third episode because I feel that the first 2 episodes are pretty boring. The fun seems to be starting here. I've read comments of other Anime lovers that it only starts to get fantastic Episode 30 and up but I haven't got that far so I'll just leave Episode 3 here for your viewing.

Watch D. Gray Man Episode 3 in English Subtitles

Basically D. Gray Man is similar to Claymore in the sense that it is about a fight between Good and Evil, just in a different style and form. The main character is a young boy who is an exorcist. His name is Allen Walker.

Well, I'm really bad at sypnosis because I'm often too lazy to formulate them so I'll just post videos. Heh. In any case, here are some Anime recommendations of my own.

Fruits Basket
Full-Metal Alchemist
Full-Metal Panic
Bleach
Claymore
D. Gray Man
Ouram-High School Club
Chobits
Nana

Enjoy them! (:

This is a good streaming site, hardly any MegaVideo streams.
http://www.anilinkz.com/

These 2 are pretty good, hardly any MegaVideo streams.

Warning: Westmall's Arcade

Just last Saturday, Melvyn and I had the misfortune of vising Westmall's arcade. I'm extremely disgusted by their horrible service attitude, and that's saying something. I am very hard to displease. I suppose, due to the huge amount of electricity consumption by their newly added toy-catching machines, a power trip occurred. The entire area of toy-catching machines, as well as, Sweet Land, simply went dark.


The most ironic thing of the encounter was this:


Oh yes, the hook stuck in the middle of nowhere, the piglet I was attempting to capture, and judging from positioning I would have caught it. Which brings me to the part where they failed to get the power back on. There we stood, foolishly in front of the aforementioned piglet machine for at least half an hour, waiting for the horribly disorganized staff to fix the power failure. Failing to diagnose the problem and bring the power back up, the staff did not so much as attempt to address the people foolishly waiting for their money and chances stuck inside the machines, until we, the foolish people confronted them.


There's Melvyn in the white shirt, amidst the group of dissatisfied customers, waiting for the staff to render us with a suitable solution. Well then, as I mentioned earlier, I'm an extremely dissatisfied customer, horribly disgusted by their lack of service. The only solution they gave us was to record our game cards in the system and lock it down so they can return us our credit to the specific machine when we return to the arcade at a later date. As staff of a game arcade, their lack of understanding of their own services simply disappoint me.

Toy-catching is based on chance and position. It takes much more than 1 credit to get your prize positioned to the exact position for catching. Once you miss that chance, you are going to spend much more than that 1 credit you use on a capture attempt to get the toy in a suitable position once again. Not to mention, the fact that our cards are locked down, unable us to use that particular card in other arcades.

I feel more strongly towards those playing Sweet Land at the moment. Let me explain. Sweet Land's main objective is not to catch sweets, but to hit the jackpot. There are 3 stages in the road to the jackpot. The stages are labeled A, B, and C. It takes approximately 5 bubbles to reach each stage. C is the last stage. After C, it takes 5 more bubbles to hit the jackpot. At the jackpot, you get a stuffed toy. When you scoop up the sweets onto the platform, the sweets at the front line usually fall off the platform into the "hole". Only when a sweet falls at the specific tiny tab right in the middle of the platform, you then get a bubble up. There is a spinner, like the Wheel of Fortune that sees how many bubbles up you will get, ranging from 1 to 3. The machines are usually rigged and it always ends at 1. So imagine, you need at least 1 credit to get 1 bubble up, and in total, there are 21 bubbles if I'm not wrong, and there are many chances that you miss that tab. Imagine how many credits the player would lose if he was at C when the power trip occurred. Totally unfair, isn't it?

Remind me never to go back to Westmall's arcade. Let this serve as a warning and insight to their extremely dissatisfying service and attitudes.

Footnote: Who are you Arameya?

Friday, April 3, 2009

Caffeine and me.


Coffee. The staple of every Singaporean's diet. I'm no different. The aroma of freshly brewed coffee wafting through the air simply awakens all your senses. It is like a drug waiting, amidst wispy clouds of white steam, for you to indulge in it. Picking up the handle, you breathe in the addictive aroma before lowering your lips into the foamy depths. The first gulp brings a rush so relaxing and refreshing nothing can compare. Not drugs, not alcohol, no cigarettes; caffeine.

Okay, enough fantasizing about coffee. This is my favourite coffee! McCafe's Mochacinno! Yummy :D I took this picture earlier at the Macs at East Coast Park and it just looks so good I had to find an excuse to post it!

Coffee is just an essential part of my life. I can't survive without it. It's like the nicotine in a smoker's cigarette for me. It's my drug. If there's one thing I can't live without is my coffee! My philosophy in life: Coffee and sex. That's all you need! :D