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Sunday, February 15, 2009


Disappearing Act.... and Lawyers.

YES!!!! I’ve done it again, haven’t I??? I managed to do it again, for the umpteenth time. Do what ah? Haha…. DISAPPEAR lah…. Not physically, but from the virtual world.

Disappear.

Haha… that’s just a nicer way of saying “procrastinating for the longest time ever”….
Alright, before I manage to bore myself out (plus u out there), here’s a laundry list of what has been “slightly exciting” in my life…..which yeah, I had the truest intentions of blogging until I became too darn good at my disappearing act.

- (Early) Christmas party @ Mimosa Walk
- Malacca Trip over Christmas holidays (this I really want to blog, perhaps in the future?... which is effectively never….haha)
- Chinese New Year trip to where else, but Malacca again
- Ed’s farewell party (I MISS U ALREADY GAL !!!)
- Valentine’s Day (or rather, preparations of that)

Oh well, if and when I do muster enough motivation, perhaps I’ll back-date and write some stuff regarding the above pointers….
Yeah, IF and WHEN….. haha..

Well, anyway, I have a confession to make. I have a serious addiction !!!!
Yeah, you heard me right…. This addiction is what has been distracting me lately from blogging…. Haha, don’t let your imaginations run wild, it’s definitely not an addiction to smoking, gambling, drinking, … - all of which are DISGUSTING habits, in my opinion. My addiction is to….

THIS:

AND THIS:


MORE OF THIS:


Yes, these are the NDS games which I’ve been playing non-stop … well, not exactly non-stop, because that’s humanely impossible (All you loser gamers out there, who eat, sleep, drink gaming, boo on you!! What a way to defy the rules of humanity!!) …. Only on the train / bus on my way to/from work, when I’m waiting for people, before I fall asleep at night, blah blah blah…

Anyway, in case you were wondering, this game (well, 3 games, to be exact, but I shall just use the singular from now on, since they are all similar) is what z calls “lawyer game”.

“Are you still playing your lawyer game”

“Have you completed your lawyer game”

To give a really short summary of this game – basically, I’m playing the role of a lawyer (either Phoenix Wright or Apollo Justice), and I get clients that I have to defend for in court. But before going to court, I have to go around different places, gathering evidences, talking to people, spying on people’s dark secrets blah blah… And then in court, I get to hear testimonies from witnesses, get shot down by the stupid judge and prosecution, raise objections, and then I have to choose the right evidences to present in order to expose people’s lies…
If you want to know more about this game, you can easily go Wikipedia or Yahoo or Google to find out. I shan’t bore you with more details here.

I love this game a lot. Generally, I think I prefer investigative / detective-style games more… Absolutely can’t stand those shooting / killing games …. What’s up with those kind anyway!!!?? U don’t need much brain matter to go around shooting people … totally brainless…. Ok, z loves those kind of games, and so do many of my other guy friends…. So, I guess I shouldn’t “defame” such things too much….hahaha… =)

The other kind of games that I like are the “adventure” kind… like Mario Brothers (ABSOLUTELY LOVE), Little Big Planet (on PS3)… But the irony is this, I don’t enjoy playing them myself, I’ll much rather prefer WATCHING people playing them… (Like z, he is AWFULLY good at such games too)
Yup, u heard me right…
Reason being: Unless you know what’s coming ahead (which usually you won’t, unless you’ve played it before, or cheated by reading solutions online), hey your character can “die” quite easily by being eaten up / squashed / burnt / hammered / nailed / dropped down into the deep valley below / all other kinds of horrific ways of causing death…..
And truth be told, I don’t really fancy dying so much, whether in the physical world or virtual world…. What !!! when u’re playing a game, u’re supposed to take on the identity of whichever character you’re playing, even if he is a stupid plumber or some dumb rag doll….

So yeah, anyway, I get really easily stressed up by such “easily dying” games…. Cos I’m not very good at them… What !!! Cannot meh??
But still, I really enjoy watching people play….cos they’re so cute!!! And creative!!! all the little adventure lands…. And oohh…. All the evil traps lying in store, waiting to swallow your character alive….buahahaha… now I just sound plain evil, don’t I?

Anyway, I really enjoyed playing my lawyer game..
I use “enjoyed” because I’ve completed all 3 series…
Well, if not, u wouldn’t be reading this post… I’ll be too busy trying to crack those cases.

I think this game kinda reminded me of my little ambition last time….how I wanted to study law in university, and maybe become a lawyer. But blah blah blah… as the story goes, that never happened…

But anyway, speaking of lawyers, I had lunch last Wednesday with z’s neighbour, who happens to hail from a bloodline of lawyers!!!
Ok ok, so this is a little exaggerating… but how many families you know where EVERYONE is a lawyer…
So anyway, I had a really nice chat with my lawyer friend… who shall be known as VK in my blog.
Really nice chap, very humble, very down-to-earth, none of the airs you would expect of someone who is already relatively successful in his own field, despite being only 30 (or thereabout). Hmm…. I shall arrange to have lunch with him more often… since his office is in the same building as mine. But then, lawyers…busy people eh…

Ok, end of blog post.

Yes, it’s an abrupt ending… I’m too hungry now to think of anymore worthy things to write.


Just U & Me .
12:28 PM