Things that happen in January

Family 

• Dad in law did his birthday at the orchard. That was nice (Jan 2) 

• My mom is now a honorary professor for life (Jan 10) 

• H1 can ride a bicycle (Jan 31)

Friends 

• One of my friends wants to commission a couple of paintings from H1

• Polo is back on with my friend from Michigan 

• My best friend is having a lot of misadventures which I am glad to participate. Virtually of course 

• Met my best friend physically. It was awesome (9 Jan) 

• My best friend who is working in Korea. His mom got covid (Jan 10)

• Said goodbye and I think this is it to my best friend (Jan 21) 

• Me and my best friend said hello again. We can’t lose this friendship (Jan 21)

Me

• I woke up at 6 to get in line for a ps5 and I was 27/30 which I was super ecstatic. (Jan 8) 

• I got a job. Freelance doing translating for my high school friend (Jan 14)

• I got my ps5 and it’s awesome (Jan 15) 

• I got my new 4K monitor (Jan 25) 

• I did my first 5km run in a long long time (Jan 30) 

Everything else 

• 2 weeks lockdown with military and police roadblocks starting from Jan 13 

• Welcome a new president in the United States 

• Highest cases this month 5725 (Jan 30)

Series finished 

- Bodyguard (Meh) 

- Mindhunter Season 1 (The story is good by the drama between it is boring and the pacing is rather slow) 

- Star Trek Voyager Season 5 (best season so far in the series) 

- Mindhunter Season 2 (better than season one. But there are a lot of unanswered questions and season 3 won’t be happening) 

- The Undoing (it’s a thriller but after you find out who did it. It’s no longer satisfying) 

- Animaniacs (not sure. Mixed bag I guess. There are some great episodes but some are not. Pinky and the brain is here and sometimes funny) 

Spider-Man Remastered

The next Ps5 game. I revisit a good one 

Game no: 387
Genre: Action
Platform: PS5
Release Date: 2020

What is it about?
The masterpiece game from 2018 with a new coat of paint  
Check This Review for my thoughts on the game 

What I liked?
Ok lets talk about Ps5 enhancements

• 60 Frames Per Second (FPS). The PS4 version on run at 30FPS
• Ray Tracing (The picture above) Basically light reflects on mirror surfaces. 
• A new Peter Parker. He looks more like Tom Holland now and I think it suits him 
• No Loading Times. At all. I mean 1 second and done. 
• All DLC is available 
• Dual Sense Controller is amazing 

What I didn't liked? 

I didn't include this in my old review since this was my game of the year but this game have issues

The city crime just sucks. It is there to pad the game and it is just a waste of time to spend another 4-5 hours to finish it and get 100%

Everything that make you the Spectacular Spider-Man is locked behind your levels. You need to be a high level to really truly enjoy the game. Which usually takes like after 7 hours of playing 

Status: Finish the game with all the side missions (Didn't 100% it though) 

Fun Factor: I love revisiting it again. Since I've played it, it is not a contender of my game of the year. But it is an amazing game nonetheless. Better on the Ps5

Weekly Review (Week 4)

 Jan 22 🥰🥰

So today I spend a lot of time talking to my best friend. During the dah I cooked some lamb and made some instant noodles for myself. Spend the day playing a lot of Spider-Man. In the evening watch some 9-1-1 and the third episode of wandavision. The story is getting interesting and yet I still don’t know what is it about. 

Jan 23 🤗🥰

Awesome day today. Spend the whole day playing my ps5. Exercising alone and with my best friend and watching half a movie (she was sleepy 😅😅). Had McDonald’s for lunch and made noodles for dinner. Overall it was a good lazy Saturday. 

In other news 

• Larry King died at 87. 

Jan 24

Did nothing much yesterday again. Just hanging out with my best friend. Did laundry. Made some tandoori chicken with some potato egg salad which was delicious. Played a lot of Spider-Man again. I think I am addicted to this game 

Jan 25 😊🥰

Today I went to do some groceries but there were like too many people waiting in line. So I just went to another supermarket to did a minimal shopping list. My new monitor just arrived and I didn't know how to install the base. It took me 20 minutes to figure it out. What a klutz. My best friend is having some financial problems (well she thinks that) but I think she just needs to manage it correctly. My oldest wants to start dieting at night so I am happy to oblige 

Jan 26 🙂😭

I think yesterday started of fine. I didn’t have to cook. So that was good. So played a lot of Spider-Man. My best friend was busy with work so we talked in the morning and in the evening we FaceTime. I do notice when she is in a big high. She goes down low. That night she wasn’t feeling it. Sh broke down and while I tried to calm her down. I think did more harm than good. So yeah. She doesn’t want to talk to me again. Which makes me sad but I’ll respect that decision... I hope I’ll get to see her again one day. Oh and my tempered phone screen got cracked which is so annoying and I got a unsolicited call from an insurance agency. Which I settle since they can’t charge my card. Suckers 

Jan 27 😞😊

Today was a mellow day. Just did the normal routine stuff. Cooking, cleaning and playing games. I didn’t talk to my friend seeing that they said we need to take a break. Finally in the evening they called and we cleared the air. I’m so scared that one day they will stop calling but right now I am thankful that they call. My daughter lost her phone only to realise that it was in her drawer all along 

Jan 28 😊🥰

So it’s just a normal day today. Talking with my best friend. We planned to get Korean for lunch but my mom in law called and said she is coming over because she missed the kids. It makes us scramble cleaning the house. 🤣. Which is good. I slept after they left because I was super tired. Woke up in a sweat frenzy. I really don’t like it. I also felt super tired. Wife’s friends gave some corn dogs so I decided to fry it for lunch. Basically today ate a lot of friend food including the kfc that mom bought us for lunch. I slept early because I want to try to adjust my sleeping time. 

Overall this week has been a mixed bag. But I’m happy in the end of the day. I try my best to look on the positive if I have any... because you know... you try your best to stay cheerful and happy

High School Year 4 Part 2

 So let me write about things that I remember during my year 4 in School 

• I love all my classes. But that doesn't mean I am good in all of them. My three worse subjects are physics, chemistry and additional mathematics. It's like normal maths but worse. I can never seem to get the hang of it 
• We get 24/7 hours access to the new computer lab due to our own stream. Usually when we are there we just play around with different programs. I remember that one of my friends will slowly adjust the volume slider on the speakers and he will give that person a file. When he play it the loud sound will cause the whole class to laugh. It was hillarious 
• Some of my teachers that thought me for last year have moved due to the new headmaster. Which sucks. The new headmaster was a bit of a stuck up 
• Our class is small so it is a tight knit group. We tend to travel in packs. So we usually go out for lunch during lunch is not in session. We always got in trouble but after a while they just let us do it. Again we are a weird class
• There are only 6 girls in class and 12 guys. Those 6 girls don't talk that much and low and behold I was assigned the head class again. Which I don't mind. It means I can go in and out whenever I want
• My class is in the 3rd floor and let me tell you. Going up and down everyday is no fun at all
• Oh yeah I am still 4 feet 6 inches so I was still small. However I am scrawny. I am just bones 
• Still not an athlete so I don't join that much in sports. Even if I try to. 
• The best part of this story is that I have friends in this class. Everyone was okay to me (expect the bully) and everyone tolerate me. 

Doom Eternal

What made the first Doom great. Let's just say this one is not it

Genre: FPS 

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: 2020

What is it about?
The sequel to the 2016 acclaimed game 

What did I liked?
Gameplay is still face paced Doom 
Weapon upgrades makes that there is more variety in killing demons 

What I didn't liked?
What makes the first game fun. This game just takes it all out. The reason why the first game is fun is that you get in a room. Kill a bunch of bad guys and move on. The problem with this game is that:
You'll run out of ammo very fast. Like you can't use a single weapon to beat the game like last time 
The action will stop with jumping sections. They tried to put in a lot of platforming and that makes it frustrating. You'll end falling to your doom (no pun intended) over and over again until you figure out the right method to traverse a stage 
The enemies are not that fun. Sometimes are just frustrating. 

Status: Finish till chapter 4 (out of 10) 

Fun Factor: This game is not fun for me. What makes it fun is just mindless shooting but in this case. It is not. Too bad

High school year 4

So after my year 3 results I get to choose what type of stream (its basically what I want to be when I grow up) of class that I want to attend. The choices are art, science or mechanical stream. The thing is I have no interest in doing all of that. Low and behold our school was chosen to do the pilot program from another stream which is IT or information technology. It means its computers and stuff. I am like. I like playing games on the computer. It must be the same. So I joined the class. Little that I know that this class was also a place where the school bully also went to (more on him on another time). The class was small. Only 18 people. Some of my friends from previous classes moved around. I did see them from time to time. But I love my class. We are kind of like rock stars. I think the school wants to show that we can handle a new subject. So we were given the best equipment. The best teachers and basically having the best stuff. And yet we have one of the worse students. So more on that later... 

Ex Machina

This is like lite version of Terminator 

What is it about?
A programmer teaching an AI on how to be human 

The Good

They have great actors 

The story has premise 

The Bad

The story is so slow

The plot is so boring

The ending is way too messed up 

The Ugly 

Seriously what is with the ending?

After credits: No

Verdict: I didn't enjoy it. 

Finally.. we got this figured out

So last week has been a bit of a mixed bag in my account. There were ups and there we downs. The downs sucks but after less than 24 hours we figured out that being alone is not the way to go for me. I can't just shut people that I care about from my life. So I finally decided to be the bigger man and just will try to make it work for both of our sakes. Frankly, so far things are looking good. We are respectful of each others time as well as being there for one another. These are baby steps but I want them to be in my life for the long run. So I make it work. Let's start the day...

Prometheus

Why do they even make this movie. 

What is it about?
Witness the origin of what started the franchise 

The Good
Well the movie looks clean. I like the cinematography
Some of the characters are interesting

The Bad
Everything. I mean why do we even want to know about this movie.
A movie about aliens there are no xenomorphs in it 
The bad guy is not really interesting 

The Ugly
If the ship is a donut and it rolls in front of you. You should go left.. OR right 

After credits: No but there is a before credit scene 

Verdict: Is it just me or the alien franchise peaked at 2 movies

Weekly Review (Week 3)

 Jan 15😊🥰😭

As I lie on the bed. Let me tell what happens today. Got up and didn’t felt like cooking. I was heading to the mall anyway to pick up my ps5. So I bought the family some kfc and Takoyaki. Good thing there were no roadblocks going to the mall. They miss my number so they didn’t allow me to go pick up my ps5 before 1pm. Went home and had lunch. After 1pm got my ps5. I was so happy. Oh did I mention I was talking to my best friend the whole day. It was awesome. They were also happy for my happiness. Came back hook the console and got an email for my new job. I have a 9 page translating job that I need to do. The problem with me is that my responsibility outweighs my need to have fun. Played 10 minutes of the ps5 and I had to put it down to do work. In the evening H1 decided to cook some fried rice. She put some rock salt in the rice and my wife took a big chunk of it (Like a horse 🤣). She is feeling the effects of it. I ended the day with two sad things. Had a serious talk with my best friend. We decided to put the friendship on hold for a while due to reasons. And my boss told me on how to do the work. She was patient enough with me so she said it’s a learning process. So I’ll be fine. So that’s all for today. Oh I’m done with Mindhunter season 2.

In other news
• my mom state is also on full lockdown for 2 weeks starting tomorrow.

Jan 16 🥰😭
Today wasn’t a lazy Saturday as always. I needed to finish my translation work. After that I need to cook lunch for the girls. After lunch I continued work and manage to finish it at 5pm. I really don’t know how much I’m getting paid for this. But I hope it’s worth it. But if it’s not I’ll be okay as well. I’m in it for the long haul. Today I spend the whole day talking to my best friend. We spend hours on the phone and just enjoying each other’s company. Finally in the evening we decided to put the friendship on hold due to the both of us feelings towards on another. As I said goodbye I don’t know if this will be the last time I get to see their face. I am a firm believer of hope of I am really hoping this is not the end but the beginning. At night I cook some fresh king prawns. Turns out I am allergic to a lot of shellfish. And there were a lot of fish so I developed hives all over my body. It was so annoying. Catching up on some Astro playroom. That game is so wholesome that I can’t help but smile every time I pick up the controller. Today started watching the first MCU (marvel cinematic universe) tv show on Disney+ called Wandavision. So far I’m loving it. Can’t wait for next week. Okay that all for now. It’s 2:30am I need to get some sleep

In other news
•Today the whole country cases has reach more than 4000 😰

Jan 17 😊🥰
Lazy Sunday they said. But for me I need to cook the shellfish that we bought yesterday. I did chilli crabs and butter prawn. The crabs were a bit hard to cook probably due to the wok is small. But it turn out okay. The butter prawn looks nice and taste nice as well. H1 didn’t like it. So she made her own lunch. After that I spend the day by finishing Astro playroom (game of the year for me) and started on Spider-Man remastered. My best friend called me again. So it looks like things are back to normal for us? Sort of? I don’t know...

Jan 18 😊🥰
Woke up early and didn’t exercise today. Need to get lunch ready because today need to send the wife to therapy. Therapy was good because I wasn’t the cause of her issues. Usually just the same old stuff. Kids. Work. Then we just had some sandwiches for lunch. Going back home I took a nap which make me miss the delivery guy for the new monitor. Talked to my friend and she is not feeling that well. Everything hurts. I feel so sorry for her since I can do anything. In the evening after cleaning up. I decided to clean up my gaming setup and to make it more cleaned. Said goodbye to my PS4 and now just the ps5 sitting on the right. Overall a good day.

Jan 19 😊🥰
There are a couple things I did. First I burnt my pressure cooker base. It took me 30 minutes to clean it up. Second my boss gave me two documents that I need to pass up before midnight. I’m so thankful that my best friend is there to help me in doing a bit. She saved an hour of my time. Other than that is just a normal day. It was hot so I manage to do some laundry

Jan 20 😞😭
So not all days are good days. Today is one of them. I didn’t want to cook and just wanted to play games the whole day. I did just that. Played some Doom in the morning and went to get some food for lunch. Manage to talk to my best friend in the morning which was great. Things started to change after 2 when I got another document to translate. After that I got a call from my best friend. They are not happy with the current situation and we need to talk. So we manage to to talk and it wasn’t happy talk. She cried. I am sad 😞. But my friend just gave me another document to do before midnight. They manage to helps bit so I get to finish it earlier. We had one last talk before and they told me what they felt. My heart dropped and I was sleepy as well. So I said goodnight and know tomorrow I have to say goodbye for good.

Jan 21 🙂🥰
So this morning was the long goodbye. Both of us cried. Well I cried a lot. We laughed. We talked. We said things from the heart. I am going to miss them. I think this is it. This is the end. I am going to miss them a lot. But I think this is not the end. I hope one day I’ll get to see them again. And that’s what I am going to based it on... hope. Without hope I’ll be lost. So I decided I need to do some grocery shopping. Got ready and tried to start the car. What do you know. My battery is dead 😥. So I need to call for a replacement battery and pay with money that I needed to save for something else. Sigh... Bought some lunch and after that just hang out and played some games. In the evening cook some pasta carbonara. I was sad because I miss my friend a lot and then after 8pm I got a call from them. They were not doing well like me. So we got to talk to it out. And we decided that we can’t be apart. So we are going to be the best of friends and this time we are going to work on it.

So overall week 3 there is some snags but it ended well. And let’s hope it continues 😁

Year 3 Results

It's been a while since I've written about my memories. So I am going to tell they day that I got my results for my final year 3 exams. I was a smart kid but I didn't study that much during this time. I also played a lot of videogames during this time so I really didn't pay attention to the books. So during my final results out 8 subjects I got all a single letter grade. One might thing that amazing assuming it was 8A's but I got 8 B's. Since I got 8B's I was considered an average student. Not too smart to be acceptable to any boarding or science school and also not too dumb to be kick out of the school. So I stayed at the same school and just continue on. I saw the look on my mom face and she showed me the face of disappointment. I think she felt embarrass since all her friends kids all got an A (or more) in different all subject and she has to content with me. I am okay. But I think it wasn't the wake up call I need

15 minutes till tomorrow

I still made it. Today has been a tiring day. Today I feel sad due to the pain I cause the person I care about. They told me everything and the conclusion is that the problem is me. I am holding on to them and it’s causing them to regress. Their souls is pure and beautiful and I feel like a bad person hurting them. So tomorrow after I wake up I’ll do the thing I dread the most... We will put our friendship on hold 😞

Something Just Like This - The Chainsmokers

This is song is when you want something that you know you can get. The lyrics sounds like someone who is prefect. But the person just wanted someone else to hold back. This is a beautiful song that sometimes when I heard it I will just cry thinking that some people don't have someone to hold and love

There are a lot of versions of this song. But the one sang by coldplay is the best I guess

Something Just Like This - Coldplay

Astro's Playroom

I got a Ps5 and this is the first game I played

Game no: 386
Genre: Platfomer
Platform: PS5
Release Date: 2020

What is it about?
A love letter to all fans of the PlayStation. You follow Astro as he journey throughout the years of PlayStation heritage

What I liked?

Everything. There. This game is one of the best games I've played in a while

All the Easter eggs of past PlayStation games. Really you won't know it all but when you get the reference is it fun to watch
Gameplay. Really the DualSense controller really makes this game shine out

Collecting all the artifacts in PlayStation history.

Did I tell you I like everything. Being a built in title for the PS5. It is an awesome way to start of your new system

What I didn't liked?

Nothing. This game is flawless for me

Status: Finish the game and collected all puzzles and artifacts 

Fun Factor: A must play. Game of the year for me so far. 

Alien Resurrection

This movie is just all over there

What is it about?

Set like 100 years after the 3rd movie. Ripley is back and now she is a clone or something

The Good

Let's see.. Sigorney Weaver is back I guess. 

The plot is the same at the first movie but they miss the mark a lot. 

The aliens finally are slow enough to be filmed

The Bad

The characters are all one dimensional 

The story tries to be a thriller but it just miss the mark. 

The final scene. I'm like what the heck is that. It looks like doomsday (from Batman v Superman) and alien had a baby. It look like that

The Ugly

Again 200 years in the future and laser guns didn't exist but they have space flights. 

After credit: No

Verdict: The alien movies are getting lower and lower quality

Why do this things keeps happening to me

Made it before the next day. Really blogging everyday is actually a challenge since I usually don't have time to do it. So I have done all my chores and now I can rest and do some writing to past the time. Let's do a recap on how I am currently feeling right now. Last week was amazing. I mean I can say I had the prefect week. I was tired but the week went on without a hitch. So going forward I am quite worried. Covid case has just went up to 4000 cases and my state has the most cases as any state in the country. So I am quite worried about going out for now. I don't think the lockdown will end anytime soon but I also hope for the best. As for the family they are doing well. No complains from me so I consider that a win. The girls are enjoying their online school the wife is stressful with her ever growing work. As for me... I don't know. I mean I am okay but a part of me is missing for now. I said goodbye to my best friend. Basically we put things on hold due to complications in this friendship. We keep on doing this and every time I get sad. But this time I will be okay because I know they is not leaving me and one day I get run back to them knowing that I am a much better man. Am I going to cry? I hope not. Am I sad? I can say probably. But the key is to keep myself as busy as I can. So as I end today's post I am just going to pray. Pray that God listens and grant me the thing that I desire the most in due time. Ok I want to play some ps5 now... I got this for 48 hours and I've only touch it for 30 mins. Really... I am so responsible that I need to do some adulting first. 

Weekly Review (Week 2)

 Jan 8 🤩🥰

So today is the day that the PS5 will go up for preorder. So I woke up early and got ready and came to the mall. Low and behold that there were already 21 people in front of me waiting. I am now sitting down between 2 pepper and playing with my phone... the shop doesn’t open for another 2hr and 30 mins. Okay at 830 the Sony employee came and asked us not to block other shops and queued beside the railings. The police also came because we are not social distancing ourselves. And then the employee said we have only 30 ps5’s to give out. I started to panicked because I think they were more people than 21 in front of me. He started to count and low and behold I was number 27 😅. So we are all giving a piece of paper with a number on it. We need to fill out our contact information. The piece of paper had a funny terms and condition. One of them read was anyone who is caught selling this ps5 at a higher price will be banned... which is good in my opinion since people are buying it and marking up the price. Oh I forgot to tell what happen to the rest of the people who queued behind me (by that time is was already close to 100). They left to the next gaming shop which already promised to do a preorder at 11am. But since the shop didn’t get any approval for morning launches... they were dispersed by the police. Got my piece of paper and then went to the get breakfast with people who were on the line with me. I treat them to breakfast since it’s the least I can do for them listening to me talking non stop 🤣. At 10 went back to the Sony store... queued... paid in full.. I kinda wanted the disc less version but Sony only have the disc version which was $100 more. Oh well... it’s better than not have any. After that went to mom in laws to get lunch. Took a much deserved nap after lunch. Woke up and H1 was in a mood. I kinda suspect that she wasn’t happy painting. So it was true. She didn’t paint because she was passionate but she wanted money. We immediately told her to stop. Because she is doing it for the wrong reasons and frankly my she was killing my mood. My best friend said trying to find a new car so we are brainstorming on that. Which is fun...

Jan 9 🥰🥰
Well today is very special day. But let’s not get ahead with ourselves. So woke up this morning and had to do my exercise because I miss yesterday since I need to get the ps5. And also we need to leave early since H1 needed to go to the therapist. So we arrived and waited. Low and behold I got a text from my best friend saying that she is around the corner. Mind you we’ve never met physically before so I ask if I could meet her. She reluctantly said no. But being the stubborn person I am I went anyway. We ran towards each other by chance. Said hi and she gave me a lift back to the hospital. That was an awesome experience and I can cross one of my resolutions for this year. I hope one day I can meet her for a longer time but for now... I’m happy. After therapy (which ended great since H1 wasn’t crying. We both went for lunch at the mall. Proceed with shopping. It was a fun day... the funny thing is that I was talking to her and then I realised that she has fallen asleep and I was talking to myself 🤣🤣. So far today has been a day that I will never forget. There was some things that happen later that I don’t want to say. I don’t want this day to end on a sour note. So I’ll just say... this day was extremely awesome

Jan 10🙂🥰
Today is laundry day... but it’s been raining this whole week that it seems impossible to dry to clothes. Didn’t have to cook today and my mom in laws maid is going home. So he is cooking for the last time. Our favorite nasi dagang. Back home I got a couple of news... first my mom became an honorary professor. That means she will be a professor for life. Second... my best friend from Korea... I just found out that her mom is positive for Covid-19. And her mom is 82. I talked to my moms and she said he doesn’t need to go home... but I talked to my best friend and she said ask him to come home just to visit. So I don’t know. Talking to my best friend a lot which is fun as always. Watching Mindhunter season 2. Still slow as ever... but I’m sticking with it

Jan 11 😅🥰
So today I cooked some chicken and fish... and the fish was undercooked 😅😅. It’s a good thing I can just re-fry it again. After lunch I went to do some grocery shopping. Coming back I wanted to find a 4K monitor but most of the shops are not selling it. Today I spend the day talking to my best friend. It was fun since we talked for hours... but all of that came to an end after the announcement

In other news
• the prime minister announce that starting the 13th. There will be a full lockdown for 2 weeks. Means limited movement with limited shops open

Jan 12 😅🥰
Today is the last day for me to move around the town before lockdown commence. So I did last minute shopping as well as stock up on cat food. My school mate made some food which I picked from my mom in laws house. She was guilt tripping me for not buying her any. So I called my friend to send her a packet of food. Bought pizza for the girls and found out that we only have like $200 left for 13 days before the next pay check. So that is going to be interesting. So lockdown is happening in less than 2 hours. Oh my best friend and I are having a competition... I’m going to win 🤪. Finish voyager season 5 which ends in a cliffhanger.

Jan 13 😊🥰
Finished watching Alien 3. Man that sucks. Today feeling to cook som western. So roast chicken and some wedges. Today just did some ironing. Went to go get some bread and it turns out there were no roadblocks on the road. So here is hoping that things will look up since I need to pick up my ps5 later in the week. Had some grill chicken sandwiches for dinner. Oh the highlight of the day is really talking to my best friend. We both are like two peas in a pod. We are really inseparable.

Jan 14 😊🥰
Cooked, cleaned and do the normal stuff. Watch some tv. Talked to my best friend the whole day. Being there is enjoying her shenanigans. Eventually we worked it out. In the evening I got a call from my friend to do some translating work. She gave me two documents which I did from 4-10 (my best friend helped me). Overall today has been a good but tiring day. My brain is overheating 🤣🤣🤣

Overall this is week has been an awesome week. Not sure I can keep it up

I got a job... hopefully it will last

Well at the title says that. Last month I texted my friend and she said the may have an opening in her company. Fast forward a month later she called me said if I’m interested. It was a translating job but I decided to do it right there and then. I am probably not going to ask for a high salary. More like I want to build a solid relationship with my friend so I can make this my permanent gig. In other news my best friend and I are going to part ways soon. I’m going to be sad but yet I’ll be fine... I’m going to miss them a lot. I know one day we will see each other. 

Alien 3

My god this movie is boring 

What is it about?
The continuation of the second movie but all the characters are dead. Expect for Ripley of course

The Good
Signorney Weaver is back I guess

The Bad
The setting is in a prison which have like less stakes than ever
What made Ripley a badass in the first 2 movies now she seems like a different character.
All the people that we love from the second movie is dead
The really skip on the budget because the alien sucks 
The setting is all beige in colour. I really fell asleep.

The Ugly
The ending. Man.. The ending really is something 

After Credit: No

Verdict: You can avoid this movie. Not worth the time

Move Along - All American Rejects

I was shuffling my youtube music app and I got a blast from the past with this song. This song is close to 17 years already. But it sends a great message. It says that in life things will get you down but all you need to do is just move along and something better will come along since there is nothing much you can do about it. Plus it has an awesome drop before the chorus so yeah. This is a good song to sing alone when you are in the car and feeling frustrated 

Move Along - All American Rejects

The video is also quite awesome in my book. 

The misadventures of being alone

So my brother was away and mom was with him. So that means I am alone for the duration of my third year. Imagine home alone kids... but I have someone to take care of me. My mom send any of my single cousins who are in their university break to take care of me. But usually they will just cook and then we will have dinner together... that’s all. We rarely hang out together because of our age difference... and I just stay with myself... I did have a bicycle do I did do a lot of travelling... if I wanted to eat something it’s just a cycle away. Mom left me a monthly allowance which is a lot... so I use it on food mostly... not videogames (I should write about that). But living alone does have it challenges... when I’m sick. I had to take myself to the hospital. Mom checked up on me every couple of days... but we didn’t have smart phones back then... so it’s a land line (google that kids). So yeah...today is a short post... but at least I have something to write about 

Uno 3rd game

It's been two weeks since we played Uno. So I decided to try it again. Sadly luck was not on my side. We only played 5 games and I won once. H2 won it while looking at her ipad

Game 1: H2
Game 2: H2
Game 3: H1
Game 4: Me
Game 5: H2

I celebrated her victory by singing we are the champions to her. She seems amused. We did play a couple more games later just for fun. So the current score now is 

Me: 2 wins
H2: 1 win
H1: No wins

Aliens

The second movie is way better

What is it about?

57 years after the first movie, Ripley comes again to the place that started it all

The Good

The story is face paced. There are no draggy moments. Everything has a purpose

The Aliens didn't come close to 90 mins after the movie but it made the wait worth it

The action is awesome. The final fight scene is so nerve wrecking 

The child added the human element to the movie 

Ripley is like the first woman action star which is great in my book

The Bad

We can't see all the Aliens. They are only there for a couple of seconds. Except for the final scene 

Really sending just a team with an unmanned ship. That's kinda of dumb...

The Ugly

Space travel, colonize planets and yet there still use bullets for their guns. I mean where are the lazer. Pew Pew

After Credits: No

Verdict: A great action movie. Is it not scary at the first but really enjoyable 

I’m good...

Well as the title says I’m good... I mean there are always issues but this week proves to me that life is like a scale. Sometimes you go up and sometimes you go down... you just have to pick yourself back up when it happens... 

So cases of covid is getting way to out of hand. And really that’s a worrying thought. I don’t think I am okay sending the girls to school in this conditions. But we need to find them alternative school which cost a lot of money... 😓. Am I stressed. Not that much... really something will come up. They always do. Family is okay. H1 is being a bit ungrateful which is causing me to doubt myself being a dad. I mean I am not a prefect dad but I try.. and yet she seems to think that the world did revolve around money. I mean money is awesome... but money is just a means... I’ve been living with no income for 3 years and yet I feel that my life is just fine. I am not a monk per se but if I don’t have it... I just smile and say it is not my time to have it yet... hopefully I’ll save enough and get it. Which makes me worry that H1 thinks that her parents money is free flowing... I don’t know how to explain this to her without her causing a hissy fit. Wife is okay... basically work and family will get her down (which she is currently is) so I try to be there for her as much as I can... My friends however... they are my rock. I think they keep me sane throughout the day. I get to talk to them and it keeps me calm... as for me... I got a ps5 so I really don’t have anything to say expect I’m getting a ps5 🤣🤣🤣... the thing is I don’t want it. But someone wanted to pay it for me... just as long I wake up early and get it... I’m like sure. But if I didn’t get it... I’ll be like... life has no meaning 🤣🤣🤣

Weekly Review (Week 1)

So this year I’ve decided to do a weekly review instead of a monthly one. The reason is because that a lot of things happen that are not recorded on my phone. So it’s good to have some memory of it...

Jan 1 😁

Since the kids are away with their aunt. We can run our errands. I needed to get a battery pack for the phone... okay is it just me or everyone else calls it a power bank. I’m like at the shop and ask them. Do you have a battery pack? Excuse me sir, what’s a battery pack? 🤣. Had lunch at an old steak shop. Ordered something off the menu. It took an hour to arrive. The food was great but it turns out that there was something wrong with the system. So our order didn’t went through. Came back to the car we found out that wife didn’t close the door properly. So the car was left open for at least 5 hours 😳. Thank God nothing was stolen (or the car could be stolen). So H1 bought a skateboard. I use to be able to skateboard when I was young but now I think I loss my centre of balance 🤣. So before going to bed H1 came to me crying saying that she can’t find any under garments. I’m like what? How? Why? 🤯. She cried but I manage to calm her down. Really... a dads job is never done. 

Jan 2 😊🥰

Just finished the bodyguard this morning. I can say or a British show. They need to have people who can talk properly. It took me a while to understand what the main hero is trying to say. So today we are going to a get together at my dad in laws farm which he is going to convert into a resort by the end of this year. The girls woke up on a bad start. H1 is super pissed at H2. My theory is that she has to wake up early in the morning. We got them sorted out. Made our way here. It’s a durian farm that has a lot of mosquitoes... I’ve been bitten like countless times. Well I am sweet... so they left me with my dad in law while the rest went somewhere else. I notice that both of us are polar opposites but I try my best to show that I am interested in what he is planning for this land. He plans to build a resort inside the natural environment. Looks cool I guess. Ouch... mosquito bites 😅😅😅. We had to stay until 3pm because our family is the host and plus we all to have one family photo. The problem is the girls are all sweaty and annoyed at this point 😅. I was so tired coming back so I took a 30 min nap to recharge as usual. 

Jan 3 😢🙂

It’s been raining non stop since last night with some parts of the country has been getting flooded. And here I am wanting to do the laundry 😅. So today I we did the same song and dance with my best friend 😞. I was in denial at first seeing that they want to leave me. But after having a clear head I think I’ll be okay. It’s not goodbye. It’s just I’ll catch you later. So after doing groceries and having lunch. I had one big scoop of ice cream. Ice cream always cheers me up. There is nothing for me to do. I know they are not going away from my life... but it doesn’t help that I makes me feel sad. So I think I just need to keep busy... because when I am alone. My mind wanders... My best friend from Korea got a Lego Batmobile for his birthday coming in two weeks. So lucky... I am watching season 1 of Mindhunter. Heard it was good from so many people.

In other news 

• today we are getting 20c weather due to the rain. It’s too cold 🥶🤣🤣🤣

Jan 4 🙂🥰

So the whole family is going on a diet. So that means that I need to start cooking healthy. Well that’s something. Let’s hope we can stick to it. So i just watched an episode of Star Trek Voyager. It deals with the emotion of love. What the Vulcan said is that love is a dangerous emotion. It can lead to sadness, anger, hate, jealousy, happiness, lust. Basically love is an emotion that is roll into one. Which I tend to agree. I think me and my best friend can make it work. Yeah I think we can. Well the day ended on a good note... so I’m happy. So I spoke to soon... we are going to part for a while so we can come back stronger than ever. For once I am really in peace with it. Because my feelings are clear. So one day God willing I will see my best friend again 

Jan 5 🙂😅

Spending the day just relaxing and watching tv and playing super Mario sunshine. I am going to beat that game today... it’s getting boring but I don’t want my first game to be a unfinished one. My mom in law is clearing the house of the kids junk... and now the kids junk are in my house. All 8 boxes of it... it’d going go take a while to clear it. I was so tired and I missed my nap today that I decided to call it a day at 930. I know what is going to happen before it is going to happen. I am going to wake up tomorrow at around 3 ish

Jan 6 🙂😅

Yeap it happened. I woke up at 330. As expected. I think my body only can sleep for 6 hours and then my internal body clock will just automatically wake me up. Did my prayers and exercise. After that at 630 I decide to cook right away. So it's now before 8 and my whole day is done. What am I going to do... Finish that damn Mario game today. [updated 1:45pm] yup finish that Mario game... yay. So one of our mutual friends wants us to invest on stocks... I’m like buddy... can you take your money out... he was like... yes... of course... have you tried it?... he said... no.. but I’m sure it’s there.. 🤯🤯. I’m like first rule of investing. Make sure you can take your damn money out 🤦‍♀️ . Get to talk to my best friend again but she is being all formal just because she doesn’t want to any incident to happen I guess. Which is good. Need to go out later to get some art supplies. We all have no clothes 🤣🤣... it’s all in a big pile on the bed so it’s like a treasure hunt everyday finding clothes 

Jan 7 😊🥰

A lot of things happen today. Let’s see woke up at 5am and did the usual. Had to get the cleaner from the train station. Cook... Finally finished Mindhunter. I don’t get why people say it’s awesome... it’s just alright I guess... it’s slow. H1 wanted art supplies but most of the shops over here doesn’t have a lot of choices except for the one at the big mall at the city. At 430 send the cats to the vet which I had to leave them there... and the got news that tomorrow the ps5 2nd batch preorder has started and tomorrow morning I can go and queue... this is going to be exciting. Me and my best friend are doing great. Overall it’s a good day 

In other news 

• today is the highest covid cases in the country with 3,027 

• White protestors went to the US capitol building to protest and someone got shot 

Overall. Week 1 ended good. Let’s just hope the momentum will continue... but again life can’t be all rose petals and rainbows... just take it day by day 

Super Mario Sunshine

First game of the year and honestly it is not a fun game

Game no: 385
Genre: Platfomer
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Release Date: 2002

Factory Sealed: 215

What is it about?

Delfino Island has been dirtied by sludge and it is up to Mario to clean it up

What I liked?

The platforming is super precise. Which is fun in certain stages

The secret stages really test your platforming ability

The FLUDD is awesome. Playing with water is fun as heck

The stages are so vibrant. This game is so fun and colourful. You feel like you are on a vacation

What I didn't liked?

For a mario platformer this game is unforgivingly hard. One wrong move you will end up dying

Some stages are impossible to beat without being lucky (I'm looking at you the chucking stages)

The FLUDD is fun but really requires a lot of patience to handle

The Hotel Delfino stage. I didn't like it all one bit. Oh and the theme park stage

You have to beat all stages to get to the final stage

Status: Finish the game with 68 Shines 

Fun Factor: It a good game but really not for everyone. If you want a fun platformer, avoid this game

Before I sleep

So journal time before I take a nap. I have a headache. I need to make this work... I need to make us work because the thought of losing them far outweighs the feelings that I have. So I’ll be burying my whatever I have deep inside for now... hopefully one day it will be unearthed. And yes... we can keep this strictly as just friends. Okay. Nap time. Need to sleep... I’m not feeling so good 

High School Year 3

This is my middle point of high school Where technically I need to concentrate for the final exams which will determine where will my future will be. So I thought... but I think this year was the year that I actually played a lot and didn't take things seriously. I remember that this year that I got a PlayStation. Where everyone is busy studying I was busy playing game after hours mind you (I don't want the family to get angry). But in terms of schools I was doing okay. I mean I have a group of friends. Accepted by everyone and try not to make a big scene. I love to learn and I like all my teachers especially my hot english teacher. I think that was why I was like the best student for english. Just to impress her. 

So during this time my brother was no longer here and I was living alone with cousins or anyone who wants to take care of me. So I am pretty much without supervision at the end of the school year. So final exams come and I think I did well... After a couple of months (the results usually comes at the end of the school year) There are 8 subjects and usually the target for all students is 8A. With 8As the world is your oyster. You practically can go anywhere you want. It all depends on what do you want to do I guess. So when result times come I got 8... Bs... oh boy. Was I sad. Not really. I was a bit disappointed that english I got a B. Probably over confidence that did me. So what can a kid do with 8B. Nothing much. It is a good thing that my current school still wants to accept me. So that is good. So I'll be continuing my year 4 and 5 at the same school.

This is also the time I said goodbye to most of my friends. The ones that got good results are offer to continue their studies far away. So I don't think I'll see them again. Nor that I would hear for them in a later date. It's okay. People come and people go they say. Is the people who makes the most impact on you will stay on forever. 

1/3 junjou na kanjou - Various Artist

I've been meaning to start a post about songs that I listen to but and then I realised something. I listen to a lot of songs. Like a lot of songs. So I don't think I can put all of them in the blog. Or if I could it would just take like 50000 posts or something. So I think I am going to do it depending on the mood I am in  I guess. So I am going to start with my most played song in my phone. I play this at least twice a day because I not just love the beat. I love the message of the song. It's a love song but with a rock tune. Oh and it is in Japanese. 

Over there years there are a lot of different artist who have sung this song but I think I love it from the all girl group Raise A Sullen (yes I listen to a lot of songs from all types of genre) 

1/3 junjou na kanjou - video 

Read the lyrics. It is actually a sad love song about two lovers who are not together but their love goes strong from each other. So yeah... Why do I love this song? I just like a rocking beat. I am like the least musically inclined person out there. And with that... A new post is born... I need to figure out more ways of writing about songs that I love  

Okay... here we go again

So yesterday I posted something and then I deleted it because the day ended so beautifully that I didn't want the memory of me being sad in the morning to cloud the day. So today I am going to post on what is currently the state of my mind moving forward. Without spoiling too much I think I am going to be fine. I am going to miss them a lot but a lot of great things were said and promises were kept. So I am a man who keeps his words so hopefully I get to deliver on that promise one day. So what does this mean? Well I need to live my life. The problem with that is that I am already living the best version of my life. Having they around in my life made living it a bit more fulfilling. Am I sad... Honestly yes.. but I am not broken. I think yesterday showed me that the memories I have is a constant reminder that things are going to look better in the future. Well I need to hope because that what I am running on... Hope... Hope that I will boomerang back into their lives one day... Okay time to start the day.. 

I made my mom cry

I was a trouble kid when I was young. I think is because the lack of a father figure or I was just being a rebel without any lack of authority. But I can't forget the day I made my mom so upset that she didn't want to talk to me for a week. So she was supposed to give a talk at my school and I bluntly told her not to come because I am embarrassed by her. Clearly she was hurt by the remark. There is no defence that I can give but in all fairness even my kids are embarrassed of me at this age. So she left the dining table and I stayed there cleaning it up. I cried because I made her cry. I think she didn't talk to me for a week and I tried apologizing but the damage is done. She did give the talk but it took me a while to build up my relationship back with her.

So kids the moral of this story is. You future kids will get embarrassed of having you around. But don't take it to heart. Or do like me. If you know you are embarrassing them... just lean in and embarrass them some more. Basically you can't beat them... join them I guess. But I can say don't do that to your kid. As much you feel that you want to be dissapointed at them don't show it. Because it really leave a psychological effect on them (It did on me). You can give advice but never show that you are hurt. Because deep down inside they actually love you and they really can't think that well at this age.  

Alien

This movie is a psychological thriller 

What is it about?

A space station crew discovered they have an unwanted guest 

The Good

The movie is slow but it a good kind of way. It builds tension and when the scare happens. It will happen out of the sudden

It a lot of walking in corridors and dark and steamy corners. A good for any horror movies.

Ripley makes a good action hero 

The Bad

I can't see the Alien that well. It just for a couple of seconds which sucks

The ending is awesome yet funny in the same time 

The Ugly

Nothing at all

After Credits: No

Verdict: No wonder it is a classic. A great watch. 

My brother

So I am going to dedicate one post on the guy who I look up to. The guy who gives me a hard time but deep down inside I know he cares for me. So the story of my brother is a beautiful tale. He was my play buddy when we were just the two of us. The thing is he is 18 months older than me. That means that mom paid attention more to me. Which in a sense is not fair for him, but I think in a way he grew up to fast. He is the opposite of me. He neither has a sense of humour or a could care less attitude. He was serious and stern all the way. He kind of was like a father when I have none

I have a lot of funny moments with him but I don’t think I’ll tell it. It’s just for me and he obviously won’t like it if he ever gets a hold of this blog 😅😅😅. 

So let’s skip ahead when both of us were in high school. He is a smart student. He got all As for his examination when made him eligible to a boarding school. He left me when I was in year 3 (I haven’t tell that story yet) and then something happen. He got really sick and mom had to be with him for his treatment. He was a different person but he came back the following year better than ever 

He is always busting my balls. When I am out of line or not following my mom instructions. He always will call me out on it. And if I refuse to listen (which I mostly do). I will get a beating. Since I am small. I am always the victim of getting beaten. Eventually I will stop talking to him and do the silent treatment which will make him apologize because he doesn’t like to see me getting upset. And then we repeat the cycle. 

I think our last meaningful interaction as brothers was when I was 16. After that he left for his higher education and I didn’t see him that much (only through the holidays) but by that time is just mostly casually talking. I mean we really have nothing in common but we usually talk about current events. I am going to tell another story about him but probably in further in advance I guess... since the young brother I knew is different when he came back from his studies.

That’s all for now