This is gonna be my CNY post. Actually I'm kinda waiting for a program to finish patching, so I decided to blog in the meantime. There have been twice I wanted to blog, but didn't managed to do so. So I've decided to add those events into this post.
The first event was the company cohesion LONG LONG ago in January. It's kinda interesting because usually it's hard to plan anything for guys' cohesion, but i'd say my superiors did a good job in bringing us to a bowling alley, because everyone had great fun, with all the competition around :)
Actually, there wasn't competition initially. My own crew had a competition with the other crew within our platoon. Loser buy drinks hehe. So it was a challenge of 4v4, with the accumulated points used to determine the winner. After 2 games (meaning everyone has bowled 10 times twice), the competition began, with each platoon choosing up to 3 of their best players. Mine was a little funny because we had '4'. Ex-PC Alexander was our strong player, with newbie-but-star strike Joshua (my ex-driver, he's not able to take part in anything since he injured his leg) took up the challenge. Our 3rd player was kinda shy because he felt he wasn't good enough, so he asked his crew companion to alternate balls with him :P
Overall, the cohesion was a success in making everyone enjoy their time, compared to the previous one, which consisted of one lame lunch outing that cost everyone to get wet by the rain while running towards the specific location. After the cohesion, my platoon splitted up to two and went to different lan shops to play the now common and famous Left For Dead 2. I guess I don't have to say more about that.. It's gonna be weird to talk about undeads during Chinese New Year lol.
2nd event that I hadn't posted is the Alienware Arena held in Funan The IT Mall 2 weeks back, near the end of January. It's a competition sponsored by DotaSG, featuring Alienware laptops, which are currently almost the best gaming laptops in the modern era. When I mention gaming laptops, I don't mean laptops that can be used for gaming (most laptops obviously can do so). Gaming computers and laptops are products that have stronger graphic cards/processors/memory etc etc, basically enabling higher end gaming experience. Most games will run on such computers and laptops, and will not suffer any reduction in graphic details or lagginess.
The Arena featured 2 popular games in Singapore-DotA and BlackShot. Because I have played both before, I was drawn to the live performance made by those professional players. It felt pretty much like watching a thriller when observing the BlackShot games, seeing how each player in the team collaborate to keep opponents from objectives, or camping around and snipe at unsuspecting targets. As for DotA, I wasn't really interested in watching except for initial skirmishes and team clashes (partly because that's where the fun and excitement lies in), as well as making guesses to the Captains' bans and picks in the tournament style Captain's Mode. However, DotA had the greatest response and attraction from the crowd, as many gathered to watch the famous team ks (KingSurf) attempt a clash with Singaporean teams. The internationally recognised and known Malaysian team did a good job playing with our local teams, and made the Arena alive with their superb tactics.
Only players who take part in the Alienware Arena are given the black Alienware shirt, while moderators/helpers wear red. A friend of mine happens to be a moderator for DotaSG, so he was wearing the red Alienware shirt walking around and observing. As for me, I'm kinda proud to be wearing the black one :D
Annnnnnnd now... time for the CNY post.... which is nothing for now :P I'm posting this post at 4am!! So it's time for me to get to bed now......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Final year in CCA for my bro
My 'brother' (a term I use for my ex-girlfriend's younger brother because we have always been pretty good friends and treat each other like elder-younger brother) is gonna be in the final year for his and my ex-CCA: Chess Club. Last Saturday, he invited me to come back to my secondary school and hold the CCA recruitment drive together.
Honestly speaking, I didn't really help much, except to give the impression of a loyal alumni who comes back to visit his previous CCA looool. My bro, on the other hand, was helping out to promote to parents about the CCA, something which I also did those few years back. I was Chess Club Chairman, and he is as well.
Regardless, it was still an interesting experience to go back to see all the newbies around wandering about the various CCAs and deciding what to pick. Obviously if I were still Chess Club chairman, I would psycho them to join :D On the other hand, as I look at them now, I could only tell them :"It does not matter what your parents think you should join, you should join only because of personal interest."
Back then, I joined Chess Club partially because I thought it's kinda slack, but also because I felt that was the only good thing I can do. I was turned down at choir's final tryouts, and also didn't really felt like doing any CCAs that takes up time. Hence the choice: Chess Club. However, after I had joined, my interest grew more as I had to keep up with the challenges faced within the club. I was essentially the weakest player right from the start. From there, I attempted to beat every person in my year (or you can say my peers) from my school, then picked up to beat my seniors. That sparkled a new interest in the club, so I was pretty fond of the club even though most of the time people would call it 'slack club'. Yeah, it's slack, but it's fun to rise up to the challenge. Eventually, on my 3rd year, I was picked as chairman for the last 2 years I'm in school.
As for the school, well I managed to talk to a few of my old teachers, such as Mdm Nora (was my music teacher but I know she is now an English teacher in addition), Mr Victor Foo ( he was my A Maths teacher, but surprisingly he was also in Australia last year for Wallaby). Even the drinks stall uncle remembers me lol, n offered me my past favourite from his stall: Green tea :D Another stall owner mistook me for a parent and called me a 'Sir' lol. That's all I have to say for now :)
Honestly speaking, I didn't really help much, except to give the impression of a loyal alumni who comes back to visit his previous CCA looool. My bro, on the other hand, was helping out to promote to parents about the CCA, something which I also did those few years back. I was Chess Club Chairman, and he is as well.
Regardless, it was still an interesting experience to go back to see all the newbies around wandering about the various CCAs and deciding what to pick. Obviously if I were still Chess Club chairman, I would psycho them to join :D On the other hand, as I look at them now, I could only tell them :"It does not matter what your parents think you should join, you should join only because of personal interest."
Back then, I joined Chess Club partially because I thought it's kinda slack, but also because I felt that was the only good thing I can do. I was turned down at choir's final tryouts, and also didn't really felt like doing any CCAs that takes up time. Hence the choice: Chess Club. However, after I had joined, my interest grew more as I had to keep up with the challenges faced within the club. I was essentially the weakest player right from the start. From there, I attempted to beat every person in my year (or you can say my peers) from my school, then picked up to beat my seniors. That sparkled a new interest in the club, so I was pretty fond of the club even though most of the time people would call it 'slack club'. Yeah, it's slack, but it's fun to rise up to the challenge. Eventually, on my 3rd year, I was picked as chairman for the last 2 years I'm in school.
As for the school, well I managed to talk to a few of my old teachers, such as Mdm Nora (was my music teacher but I know she is now an English teacher in addition), Mr Victor Foo ( he was my A Maths teacher, but surprisingly he was also in Australia last year for Wallaby). Even the drinks stall uncle remembers me lol, n offered me my past favourite from his stall: Green tea :D Another stall owner mistook me for a parent and called me a 'Sir' lol. That's all I have to say for now :)
Friday, 1 January 2010
New Year Post
I'm planning to post this on exactly New Year's Day Singapore Time (+8 hrs). Simply a post to wish every one a happy new year and a great year ahead.
Looking back, this whole year has been pretty tiring, especially for all the work I have to do (which brought me twice to Australia since August). There is not many rest days that I'm not playing a game and resulting in my parents often lecturing me for that (haha). It won't take long for this work to be finally over, and I'm really looking forward to it-101210.
This year (2009) has been pretty amazing. I've met up with classmates whom I've not seen for a long time, I've gotten a chance to solo-explore a foreign country, etc. Too many good things, and bad of course... Hopefully the new year (2010) will be just as exciting, which makes me wonder which long-lost friend can I find this time :D
Looking back, this whole year has been pretty tiring, especially for all the work I have to do (which brought me twice to Australia since August). There is not many rest days that I'm not playing a game and resulting in my parents often lecturing me for that (haha). It won't take long for this work to be finally over, and I'm really looking forward to it-101210.
This year (2009) has been pretty amazing. I've met up with classmates whom I've not seen for a long time, I've gotten a chance to solo-explore a foreign country, etc. Too many good things, and bad of course... Hopefully the new year (2010) will be just as exciting, which makes me wonder which long-lost friend can I find this time :D