2 weeks and more...

2 WEEKS! Wow SAT is finally in 2 weeks time. Honestly, I am feeling stress. But the thing is since when I am never stress. So, I getting stress will not make pigs fly or armageddon day occur (DAMN!).

I still remember when it was 2 weeks for SPM exam. Whoa! That time, I was studying furiously. But I did play computer games (DOTA, DOTA and DOTA) =)

After 3 months in a new environment, I realized that are many similarities of my Form 5 class and Austin (my current class in ADFP). Well, for one thing everybody there is smart. Everybody has their share of opinions and views. This makes the class eclectic and diverse. Every day, I learned new things and my classmates are fuuuuny. HeHe Another similarity is, both in my form 5 class and Austin, the top 3 students are girls. I supposed girls are getting smarter and boys (ME) are getting more obtuse.

Will girls one day dominate the world? Well, if that day comes in my lifetime, I am getting my lazy ass straight to Mars or the ISS. You know what I mean, right? ;)

Not only that, this is the 3rd time I met a quite sissy guy. So, KJ, you are NOT alone.

Oh yeah!!!!! I was browsing the girls picture thread and I found so many pretty girls. OMG OMG OMG OMG, they were so mouth-watering. Where the pictures you ask? Well, I rather keep them for myself and label them: "FOR PRIVATE AND PERSONAL USE ONLY". Tootles~

DotA

After reading the title, you may ask yourselves, Oh my gawd! Is this guy going to ramble and babble about DoTA?

That is certainly not the case. Instead, I will explain that DoTA is actually underrated and it is as beneficial as any other sport.

I first experienced DotA during my second year of secondary school. Back then, I knew nuts about it. Although I had played the Warcraft III campaign, I was bemused at what was happening on the screen. Sometime or the rather, a pop-up message will say XXX has pwned YYY. Unfortunately, I was YYY. And the process kept repeating itself. If I remember correctly, I had been 'pwned' 34 times in that game. What is more amusing is that the game had just reached the mid-point. I was utterly humiliated, so to avoid further ignominy, I chose what most gamers would do: I left.

After that, I haven't been in contact with DotA. It was only in my 3rd year of secondary school that I finnaly "played" the game. This time I was more knowing of the game; I was familiar with all the gambits, builds, techniques, bugs, and even the game play. Hence, I would say I was knowledgeable about the game, inside out.
The question that I want to address is: Isn't DotA just a waste of time? My answer to that is absolutely not.

To me DotA has actually taught many moral values, the primary would definitely TEAMWORK. In DotA, teamwork is quintessential. Without teamwork, the chance of winning the game is LESS than 1%. In a typical game of DotA, there are usually 5 players on each side, battling out to destroy the opponents’ headquarters. Therefore, these 5 players have to work together in terms of strategy and trickery, in order to come out on top.

Also, Dote also teaches its players HOW to be smart. Smart here means the ability to seize the golden opportunity. During game play, players have to ALWAYS be alert so that they WHEN and WHERE to attack, to intercept and to 'pwned' the enemy. DotA players have to consistently update themselves of the surrounding area in the game in order to launch an attack or a counterattack. Isn't the same tactics use in ANY other team sports? I asked you. In any team sports, for example soccer, each player has to take into account on what IS HAPPENING! Even though DotA doesn't exercise you physic, it sure exercises your brain.

Not only that, DotA might possibly be catalyst for success. Nowadays, e-games are becoming pervasive into our society. The proof: WCG. DotA is one of the games offered in WCG and it is the most anticipated game. DotA competitions have increased all over the world, especially in the western countries (No doubt about that). Cash prizes are also increasing. Day after day, the view on e-games, especially DotA, is gradually changing from outcast to guest of honor. Don't be surprise in the near future DotA will the more rave on than soccer or basketball and newspapers will give reports (!) on the vogue of DotA.

Go figure!

English Cartoon VS Japanese Anime

After years of being exposed to these 2 types of animation, I wanted to express my perspective of the matter. Personally, I highly prefer Japanese Anime.

Before I explain myself, allow me first to explain what is typically English cartoons. To me English cartoons are basically independent series that resolves around common issues such as crime, justice, the supernatural and magic. Most, if not all, English cartoons do not have main plot but rather each episode in the cartoon has its own plot and synopsis. Watching many cartoons, such as Batman, Superman, Justice League, Ben 10 and the Fantastic 4, I began to diddain them. At times, I even felt reluctant to switch on the tv due to the fact that each episode will probably be same at the previous one. For instance, I used to be an avid fan of Batman and I regularly watch the Batman cartoon. After a while, I am sad to say that the suspense or the excitement died out. Every epsiode that i watched will start off with a crime and in the end Batman will save the day. As result, I just could not take it. Thinking about it made me feel the heebie-jeebies. Now, I could care less about the crime or whatnot that is or will happen in Gotham City.

Japanese Anime, on the other hand, it something on another level, REALLY! I first started watching anime when my brother showed it some of the episodes. If I remember correctly, I think it was GTO : Great Teacher Onizuka. Man, did I laugh my ass off [LMAO]. Ever since, I have focused my attection more on Japanese Anime. To me Japanese Anime is more focused This is because, each series has a main plot. Subsequently, each episode contributes to the plot. And that is what I called nice, that is, all the episodes in a particular series are united but at the same time, each and every individual episode makes an impact on the viewer. For example, (to take the GTO again) in GTO, the main plot is a gangster wanting to reform has acrhieve his life-long dream of being a teacher and later to teach his students to value of life. Thus each episode does its job in portraying that. BUT, at the same time, each episode has a moral value, and a whole bunch of laughter.

Nevertheless, tho English cartoon has some good points (espacially for lazy bums ZZ), I will strongly prefer Japanese Anime. I certainly can't imagine myself as a hardcore cartoon fanatic. So, I supposed the question we will ask ourselves is not Which one is better? but Which one do are interested more? Basically, it boils down to preference. Hence: The choice is your: Love it or Leave it.