Thursday, January 31, 2008

cheerleading

Since soccer is the most watched game in sunny Singapore (and anywhere except the US for that matter), I'm not a particular fan of the NFL or the upcoming Superbowl this weekend.

However, what did catch my eye was this site.

Heck, it would probably catch any straight guy's eyes for that matter ^^;

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

this is your captain-to-be speaking

Any wannabe-pilots for the A380 can get their first shot at the cockpit with this pretty awesome interactive website.

Still worth a look even if you haven't once dreamed of having your callsign as Maverick ^^;


Monday, January 28, 2008

godzilla sticky men

I'm sure anyone who has walked along Orchard Road recently has seen them - peddlers selling a basket full of 'sticky man' toys. Well, today I just found out they are actually called Wacky WallWalkers (the power of wikipedia ^^;), but thats besides the point. The thing is, some wacky Japanese actually recreated a live-sized sticky man and let it loose on a building. Unsurprisingly, the results are hilarious, even if they aren't too successful to begin with but who cares anyway? XD





To be perfectly honest, I much preferred the 1st clip where it made a hole in the roof ^^;

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Sunday, January 27, 2008

old boys

I just came back from a reunion dinner with my secondary 1/2 classmates from RI at Brewerkz. No, not that type of Chinese New Year reunion dinner, but one where we could meet up after almost 6 years of not seeing each other.

I guess I could say the turnout was pretty good - 13 of us out of the original class of 34 were present while some others were overseas or just too busy to come. Some of us did change physically: growing longer hair, having growth spurts, slimming down and what not, while others (myself included ^^;) just stayed and looked the same.

We talked about many things over the overpriced dinner and smooth beer such as former teachers, old classmates, National Service and even forgotten register numbers (my friend kindly reminded me I was no. 31 lol) Everyone was feeling nostalgic and sheepish at the same time as we relived the old memories, whether good or bad - but mostly good I guess.

Plans about the present and future were discussed as well, with everyone getting a sit-rep from everyone they haven't seen in years. Laughter was traded, smiles were given and friendships were rekindled as the night went on.

As for me, I just felt pretty damn happy.

Because I just remembered how much I miss you guys.

Friday, January 25, 2008

code geass R2 trailer

Well, what can I say? Pretty short but it does capture the imagination I suppose. 3 more months to go ^^;

Thursday, January 24, 2008

VR-Wii FTW!!!

Now here's another reason to get a Wii and start playing around with it.



Pretty mind-boggling no? It kinda reminds me of this cop game I saw at the arcades where the player actually has to stand on a mat holding a light gun. It plays exactly like Time Crisis but to hide you literally have to move your body downwards, making for some more intense gameplay - or more hilarious scenes depending on whether you are the player or not ^^;;

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

me, myself and I


I recently stumbled upon this really unique Japanese game while getting my usual dosage of gaming news from Gameaxis. Named Cursor * 10, this flash applet basically has you literally moving your mouse cursor from one level to the next while its life counts down to zero at the bottom right of the screen. When your cursor does 'die', you start all over from level 1 again - but this time you have a little help from your ghost which does exactly the same thing it did. Sounds downright bizarre but - well, you just have to try it for yourself ^^;;