world of warcraft, with guns

recently picked up a new game called borderlands. after about an hour's worth of game time with it, I have concluded that it's fun and I'm willing to sell more hours to it.

but what's the fun? it's something like world of warcraft actually. in the sense of quests, go here kill. go there talk. come here buy/sell. but with guns (a variety of) and in first person perspective, much like counterstrike and unreal (runs on unreal engine). and probably the best part about it is... yeap, no truck loads of 13yo too-much-time asian kids grieving you in the land of Azeroth.

promises

suddenly HDB and health ministry decided to cut some of the benefits to set citizens and PRs apart? even LKY came out to personally to say that they are going to "reduce FT intake".

so now the election coming? kinda too lil too late. frustrations have set in to become anger.

pool fools

been so long since we last swim and finally pushed ourselves today to go swimming again, in our efforts to keep healthy and hopefully, slim.

only 14 laps and I felt like I have done so much. kinda feels like I have failed my mini lose weight goals. just a week left to lose 2kg. seems kinda hard. I need to eat less and do more!

manchester derby

it was the semi-finals of carling cup and probably more imptly, the derby of the english north. the long rich football history of the reds vs the always-the-lesser-brother blues.

so the scoreline read 2-1 in favour to the blues. and the 2 were scored by former reds frontman carlos tevez. sweet revenge for both tevez and man city fc.

but to me the more amazing was, ryan giggs (of united) put the visitors in the lead 17 minutes into the match. ryan giggs, the guy who together with other man u big names like beckham, scholes and cantona, helped the club dominate the english premier football during much of the 90s.

while most of the rest from that era has faded out either into other areas of media (positive or negative) or other areas of the games (coaching), ryan giggs is very much alive and literally kicking around in the pitch, all 36 years of him. sure he is a professional and everything blah blah etc. but how many more 35+ year olds do u see in the pro league and still making waves? and please don't name me those goalies. lehman can go to hell with his whines.

not that he would be my role model or anything but I look at myself. I at 34+ would die from fatigue just climbing 11 flight of stairs. I need to shape up or really go 6 feet.

armchair learning

recently, I have upgraded my seat to a cushioned and armed chair courtesy of SJCK. bye, other-lesser-chair, I will miss you but now you have a lonelier-but-rightful place in the dining room with your brethrens. but that's aside the main point.

also recently, I have been reading alt- political and news sites and blogs. and what's so special about them compared to the main stream printed media? you might think that they are just as opinionated as another familiar paid printed local newspaper.

yes but you forgot to point out most people pay that kopi money to read the latest rant about how liverfools are failing this english football season. if you want the news that even our main news media won't cover, it's going to be the so-far-uncensored internet.

lots of disgruntled singaporeans scrutinizing every gov's move and actions = juicy as a bright ripely orange.

except that it might leave some sour taste coz you would realised that you made a bad mistake in 2006. unless of course you were politically insignificant (aka underage) then.

I am not saying I support these behind-monitors cushioned-chair journalists, but its sure good to have a different perspective of things and to be aware of the 'lesser' things the mainstream medias are diverting your attention from.

happy birthday to my ma

the week ended with a birthday celebration for my mum. happy a year older!

what a Sunday service today. thank You God for Your Word and I resolve to work harder at making my life right again in my spiritual walk and my physical being.

I felt in my spirit a prompting that IF (big I-F) I can learn to wait upon the LORD and take care of my physical health, God will show and push me to do great things.

not tough except that this 2 is the exact areas I have been having trouble with. although I recognised that even before this mornings spiritual revelation, I still haven't done anything much about it so far. not a good steward.

and so I have made a chart with quarterly goals that seems impossible. and they are, by 31st March ...
1) finish up to the Book of Acts in the new testament
2) lose 10kg

woah! better get down to it.

2010 week 1

relatively painless for me. except that every night went with nightmares. wifey attributes it to stress from work. perhaps but was it really? I don't know.

as of now I'm juggling work, plus some add-ons but nothing that would tip the scales. and the website development. doesn't help that I went to buy gta trilogy and borderlands on impulse. not regretting them but I'm not exactly spending time playing yet too.

dim joy! the dim sum place we went to on sat. very nice place with nice ambience. good for gatherings without blowing the budget. must try: char siew su and char siew bau. growing fat!

just wish I can be less lazy and get on with my physical conditioning (aka slimming) program. need to get into a healthier physique for june's beach getaway!