Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Goodnight Argent - Those were the days
Written this by ear so yeah, it may not be accurate. Feel free to add in corrections in the comments. :) Updated: 12/6/13 (The acoustic version of this song came out and I edited certain parts of the lyrics accordingly :P)
Sinking in the night's skies
Listening to Bright Eyes [okay I totally guessed this up lol]
And the crashing of the waves
The way you feel in my arms
I can't believe
I never felt this way
Still so young and free
We've got our whole lives
(Falling in love, no need to rush in)
Know just what I see
I feel it in your eyes
And mine
When the sun comes up
Will the stars remember our love?
And as the summer fades
We'll all be the end of our...
I'd rather not think about it
Can we just live in the moment
For all we have has gone away
Stand up, hold it tighter
Watch out, love it brighter
Coz we just left it back and say
Oh those were the days
Lift your head up slowly
Say you barely know me
But you know that.. it feels right
I going out of my head
No time for regrets, girl
Stay alive
Still so young and free
We've got our whole lives
(To worry about, why are you worrying now?)
Let's pass out on the beach
Hoping to daylight
When the sun comes up
Will the stars remember our love
Our love
I'd rather not think about it
Can we just live in the moment
For all we have has gone away
Stand up, hold it tighter
Watch out, light it brighter
Coz we just left it back and say
Oh those were the days
Oh those were the days
Oh those were the days
I'd rather not think about it
Can we just live in the moment
For all we have has gone away
Stand up, hold it tighter
Watch out, light it brighter
For we just left it back and say
Oh those were the days
Oh those were the days
Oh those were the days ()
(Your touch is warming)
Nanananana~
Oh those were the days
If I hold you tight
And wish on the night away
Could we just close our eyes
And end this night of rain
Coz your eyes.. are.. glowing
And my heart is showing
Here we are, so afraid
Let the time wash (it) away
Sooner or later
The sun will shine down on your
Will shine down on your face
Sooner or later
It will all be a memory
Thinking those were the days
Sooner or later
You must have caught up something
You know you can't replace
Sooner or later
And although my heart is breaking
It's better off this way
Coz sooner or later
Sooner or later (Oh)
Sooner or later
Sooner or later....
Sooner or later
The sun will shine down on your
Will shine down on your face
No it's not just a memory
Thinking those were the days
'Seriously a very addictive and meaningful song. Goodnight Argent is a band to look out for :)' S.Y.
Goodnight Argent - Don't get sentimental
Every word that I speak,
every last memory is foreign.
In this place I had love,
now this place I put up feels so haunted.
Sold my soul when she left,
then ran off with the check, I'm fallin
Gaining speed til I crash,
til this house is dust and ash.
Angels all enjoy the show
they thank us for giving them room to grow
Don't get sentimental
Life's just a riddle and you got to
fight your own way out
Your heart may be broken,
but time it aint slowin
Its right on course and it's running you down,
Get the hell out of town.
Soon the stars will hide in shame
and neon lights will guide our way onward
Feel the heat caress your skin,
live or lose we go all in.
Angels all enjoy the show
they thank us for giving them room to grow
Don't get sentimental
life's just a riddle and you got to
fight your own way out
Your heart may be broken,
but time it aint slowin
Its right on course and it's running you down,
Get the hell out of town.
When your back's against the wall
You need the heart of a fighter
No one's answering your call.
You've got to find the will, oh the strength,
To march through hell and it's flames,
and not lose your way.
Don't get sentimental
life's just a riddle and you got to
fight your own way out
Your heart may be broken,
but time it ain't slowin'
Its right on course and it's running you down,
Get the hell out of town.
Goodnight Argent - Vagabond
I'm trying so hard to convey this, In a world where love's so ill-fated,
And you bare your soul with such ease.
Feel a shock when my eyes lay upon you,
The roof could fall my world could crumble it'd be worth it all,
Like a roman soldier lost in war, I'm not scared of what is destined
'Cause you're my heaven
I've traveled this land like a vagabond,
Faking a smile during every song.
I dream of lying awake,
Just to hear you breathe.
Hmm
If this stage beneath my feet collapses,
If this room burns down and all that's left is ashes
Tell the world not to mourn me,
I'm right where I should be.
And I gave all I got to give 'em.
The roof could fall my world could crumble it'd be worth it all,
Like a roman soldier lost in war, I'm not scared of what is destined ohh
If fire rains, a bolt of lightning sends me to my grave,
I'd gladly take that hit, my soul is saved.
I'd do it all without a question.
'Cause you're my heaven.
I'm not giving up, I'll still fight to live and to love by your side.
With you I'm alive.
The roof could fall my world could crumble it'd be worth it all,
Like a roman soldier lost in war, I'm not scared of what is destined
If fire rains, a bolt of lightning sends me to my grave,
I'd gladly take that hit, my soul is saved.
I'd do it all without a question.
'Cause you're my heaven.
And you bare your soul with such ease.
Feel a shock when my eyes lay upon you,
It shakes my whole world just to touch you
It's more than words, it's what I breathe.
It's more than words, it's what I breathe.
The roof could fall my world could crumble it'd be worth it all,
Like a roman soldier lost in war, I'm not scared of what is destined
'Cause you're my heaven
I've traveled this land like a vagabond,
Faking a smile during every song.
I dream of lying awake,
Just to hear you breathe.
Hmm
If this stage beneath my feet collapses,
If this room burns down and all that's left is ashes
Tell the world not to mourn me,
I'm right where I should be.
And I gave all I got to give 'em.
The roof could fall my world could crumble it'd be worth it all,
Like a roman soldier lost in war, I'm not scared of what is destined ohh
If fire rains, a bolt of lightning sends me to my grave,
I'd gladly take that hit, my soul is saved.
I'd do it all without a question.
'Cause you're my heaven.
I'm not giving up, I'll still fight to live and to love by your side.
With you I'm alive.
The roof could fall my world could crumble it'd be worth it all,
Like a roman soldier lost in war, I'm not scared of what is destined
If fire rains, a bolt of lightning sends me to my grave,
I'd gladly take that hit, my soul is saved.
I'd do it all without a question.
'Cause you're my heaven.
'Very nice song. With a bit of 'skyfall'-like music in it. :) Recommended: listen to the piano version. It's way better :P' S.Y.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
List of the best tower defense (TD) games and their reviews
Recently, I've gotten myself addicted to tower defense games... again haha. Anyways, just thought I'd compile the tower defense games (in no particular order at the moment) that I've played (completed or uncompleted) and liked.
1. Incursion + Incursion 2: The Artifact
Version 1 is pretty challenging and has cute animations.
Version 2 has nice Warcraft III-like dialogues and has a story line (in comic form). A few new monsters and maps. A new hero (with other hero sidekicks) which has up to 4 super powers replaced the super powers in version 1 and IMHO, this is definitely better. And more twists in the game play (like the one where you fight against a traitor = your own troops). You can collect gold coins to buy power ups for your hero too. It's pretty cool.
- medieval age/fantasy+demons-themed - which includes swordsman, archers, mages, dragons etc etc
- movable units - 3 units max per outposts. Outpost number are fixed.
- nice graphics and maps
- Unique monsters
- Talents for hero (per hero level. Max 10) and upgrades for units (using diamond won via battles. Max 5 per map for a total of 14 maps)
- Cool dialogues (Version 2)
- 3 difficulty modes to choose from.
- there's an option to have the attack earlier - reducing wait time
- browser-based game but internet is not required after you've completed loading the game
'Definitely a nice, relaxing (easy mode) game to play. Though I would prefer having some new units and that I thought the story is a bit redundant hehe, I still look forward to its sequels.' :)
Link here: (via armorgames.com)
2. Demonrift TD
This is really tough near the end IMHO and the swordsman becomes redundant in the later battles. The system here is that upgrades cost a lot more than building a new outpost. There are 4 varieties of outposts that each has 1 unit in it. You can get an extra unit per outpost by upgrading it (up to 3 upgrades only). The strategy (at the later stages) mainly involves having golems (and on the rare case, knights. In the earlier stages you'll have to use the weaker swordsman) holding choke points while you keep placing archers all over the place to rain havoc on the enemy. Basically, it's up to how fast you can place your outposts once the game starts.
The scroller is a major problem especially when you plan to build an outpost near the edge of the map. You'll keep clicking it accidentally and cannot build your outpost in time. :\ oh well...
- medieval age/fantasy+demons-themed - which includes swordsman, archers, knights, golems etc etc
- Resource gathering required for upgrades and buildings (1 building per city captured. Each type of building has their own limit as well and the cost to build them increases exponentially as you build more similar buildings. You can collect more resources by replaying a map).
- Buildings have perks - like extra cash to start a game with and faster cash generation in-game
- Money is gained over time and not by kills - this is pretty cool. And you can get buildings that add on to that (refer to above).
- And maybe because of this (refer to above), you cannot have the next wave earlier. oh well, you can get more cash in the mean time though. :)
- browser-based game but internet is not required after you've completed loading the game
'I like how my archers rain their arrows down on enemies :P but well, it's tough at the end... too tough (even with full upgrades) and I can't lower the difficulty. Bummer.' S.Y. Edit: Well, I've just finished it last night. I guess a break from the game does help with designing a new strategy for the map that I was stuck at hehe.
Link here: (via armorgames.com)
3. Warcraft III
With its elemental towers and hero units, this is one of its kind :) and not to mention, the warcraft sentimentality :P And you can LAN/multiplayer with your friends!
No link - you need to download the game (warcraft III) then download the TD maps. It's worth the trouble though :)
4. Toy Defense 1 and 2
A unique new outlook to the tower defense genre (toys! ftw xD) Anyways, it's challenging and fun. Though, in order to get full stars for all maps, you might need cheat codes (hehe).
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| Mowing the enemy down :) |
No link - Download and install the game to play. You can buy the game at Amazon.
Cheat codes (compiled by me :) )
5. Gemcraft and its sequels
A very unique approach to TD - and it's pretty challenging too if you don't know what you're doing. :P Anyways, if you're a hardcore TD fan - this game is a must-play. Seriously.... it's that good :) Though the sequels are a bit of more of a grind that I would have liked - chapter 0 is the worst grind, labyrinth is better but still a grind lol (coz well, I cannot get pass the second epic boss at lvl 31 lol)
Strategy: (in order)
- Complete all maps with glowing frames (you can go back and redo the maps once you're higher level to get the glowing frames; reset skills when necessary) - except the final epic boss battle
- Complete all hidden maps for extra skill pt (very vital if you want to complete the final epic boss battle easily) - for hidden maps, you must put all skill pts (until max) into pure gem mastery. There are a total of 8 hidden levels - in order to unlock them, you must have glowing frams of all the maps near to it. So in other words, just get glowing frames for all the other maps once you reached the final epic boss battle map.
- Use this strategy for final boss battle for easy win - Video for final epic boss battle
- P/S: here's my skill tree :) Bombs are useless for me (coz my strategy doesn't require it)
A more complete guide/walkthrough here: (provided by armor games)
Gemcraft walkthrough
- Keep spamming the mana pool boost (around 23k to 33k is okay; it gives extra mana regen as well as more score pts) and traps (all in a row where your towers overlaps the most) when you start, you can call in around 5-10 waves if you have maxed 'high grade starter gems' skill.
- keep combining gems up to lvl 7 (lvl 8 is not that useful - wasteful of gems) - pure and/or dual lvl 7 gems are the best (depending on the skill you've maxed)
- use the fast forward button for faster game play :P
- you can combine lvl 7 gems with lower lvl gems to boost the damage slightly (useful if you have loads of low lvl gems that are pretty useless in high lvl maps)
Gemcraft Labyrinth guide
Link:
Gemcraft
Gemcraft - Chapter 0
Gemcraft Labyrinth
Strategy: (in order)
- Complete all maps with glowing frames (you can go back and redo the maps once you're higher level to get the glowing frames; reset skills when necessary) - except the final epic boss battle
- Complete all hidden maps for extra skill pt (very vital if you want to complete the final epic boss battle easily) - for hidden maps, you must put all skill pts (until max) into pure gem mastery. There are a total of 8 hidden levels - in order to unlock them, you must have glowing frams of all the maps near to it. So in other words, just get glowing frames for all the other maps once you reached the final epic boss battle map.
- Use this strategy for final boss battle for easy win - Video for final epic boss battle
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| Click this pic to enlarge it |
A more complete guide/walkthrough here: (provided by armor games)
Gemcraft walkthrough
- Keep spamming the mana pool boost (around 23k to 33k is okay; it gives extra mana regen as well as more score pts) and traps (all in a row where your towers overlaps the most) when you start, you can call in around 5-10 waves if you have maxed 'high grade starter gems' skill.
- keep combining gems up to lvl 7 (lvl 8 is not that useful - wasteful of gems) - pure and/or dual lvl 7 gems are the best (depending on the skill you've maxed)
- use the fast forward button for faster game play :P
- you can combine lvl 7 gems with lower lvl gems to boost the damage slightly (useful if you have loads of low lvl gems that are pretty useless in high lvl maps)
Gemcraft Labyrinth guide
Link:
Gemcraft
Gemcraft - Chapter 0
Gemcraft Labyrinth
6. Bloon TD and its sequels
Although it's a bit childish at first view, but it's an amazingly relaxing TD game - the way a casual game should be (okay, also besides being a time sink haha). Anyways, I recommend this especially you've gotten fed up with Gemcraft Chapter 0 or Labyrinth :P But well, the sequels aren't that easy :P oh well, it's still better than gemcraft's sequels lol.
Strategy:
I doubt you'll need any strategy guide to help you here especially if you're a hard core TD gamer and knows how to place your towers :) Anyways, despite the constant talk from the creator of Bloon that you cannot win the game using only Tack towers - he's right... up to a point :P As you can see, freeze towers and bombs aren't really that useful and they are damn expensive as well. Just save up to get the superhero monkey and you're set :)
For Bloon TD 3, there are lead balloons, so you might want to get that boomerang monkey built and ofc the 'Thermite' upgrade (you'll have to upgrade the 'can attack frozen balloons' skill first before you can upgrade 'Thermite') as soon as you can. And well, it's tough, so you might want to go with easy first (still can't get pass the 4th map... argh).
Link: (Full Bloon collection)
Although it's a bit childish at first view, but it's an amazingly relaxing TD game - the way a casual game should be (okay, also besides being a time sink haha). Anyways, I recommend this especially you've gotten fed up with Gemcraft Chapter 0 or Labyrinth :P But well, the sequels aren't that easy :P oh well, it's still better than gemcraft's sequels lol.
Strategy:
I doubt you'll need any strategy guide to help you here especially if you're a hard core TD gamer and knows how to place your towers :) Anyways, despite the constant talk from the creator of Bloon that you cannot win the game using only Tack towers - he's right... up to a point :P As you can see, freeze towers and bombs aren't really that useful and they are damn expensive as well. Just save up to get the superhero monkey and you're set :)
For Bloon TD 3, there are lead balloons, so you might want to get that boomerang monkey built and ofc the 'Thermite' upgrade (you'll have to upgrade the 'can attack frozen balloons' skill first before you can upgrade 'Thermite') as soon as you can. And well, it's tough, so you might want to go with easy first (still can't get pass the 4th map... argh).
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| One of the easier maps - Map 3. As you can see, Tack towers are kinda my calling card lol :P |
Link: (Full Bloon collection)
7. Tower wars
Amazing 3D graphics, very unique concept (you can send attackers and build and upgrade resource gathering mines to get more money, castles that have their own upgradable defense systems), and cool, special towers (each upgraded towers will ahve their own unique look and each tower can be upgraded 3 times), what more can you want? Oh, I'd want a campaign which does not rely on multiplayer. Sigh, as you can see, this epic game is, unfortunately, multiplayer only (except that brief moment you can enjoy a 'vs computer'-campaign in the last part of the tutorial, which is not exactly hard but it allows you to explore the possibilities :)). The endless mode is just downright boring, especially if you have good tower placements, the game can last over an hour with no signs of ever ending.
Enemies have real cool items too - the trojan horse thingy (when you destroy it, it'll release some troops), 'robot bosses' with shields, troops with healing abilities which can only be triggered once they are killed, etc :) Pretty cool.
This is one steampunk-themed, epic game gone to waste - for people, who doesn't like to play multiplayer. A huge pity.
You can buy the game at Amazon.
8. Pokemon Tower Defense 1 and 2
Being both a tower defense and pokemon fan, I simply love playing this. It's a bit of a grind but it's, at the same time, rather casual. You start with 1 main pokemon and you'll go around catching more by playing tower defense. You can swap the type of skills for the pokemon you use (I like to use String Shot to slow em down and the rest of the pokemons set on high dps :)) and you can swap the pokemon's positions in the map. The boss fights (a.k.a. arena battles with gym leaders) are pretty challenging - you'll need both strategy and high-enough leveled pokemon to beat them.
The graphics are similar to those of the original pokemon games and the in-game locations are similar as well.
Another plus point is that the games are completely free to play! :) So, enjoy! Oh and gotta catch em all! :D
Links:
Pokemon Tower Defense 1
Pokemon Tower Defense 2
9. Steam Punk Towers
Pretty cool game. I'm still playing it at the moment but I'm having a great experience - though most people might prefer to switch off its music and play their own music :P
I usually don't reload my weapons' bullets until they have totally ran out = faster reload time yay!
Link:
Steam punk towers
10. CastleStorm
Check out my review for CastleStorm here. It's not actually a tower defense but it has TD elements in it + some RPG and stuff. :P Worth a play.
11. Kingdom Rush and Kingdom Rush Frontiers
I can't believe I missed out mentioning this very fun tower defense game.
Link to my kingdom rush frontiers review: http://aveyntoh-blog.blogspot.com/2013/11/kingdom-rush-frontiers-browser-version.html
Link (Armor games):
Kingdom Rush
Kingdom Rush Frontiers
12. Orcs Must Die 1 and 2
An extremely fun somewhat-tower defense game - more like trap-defense + RPG elements in it :)
Check out my review of this game here.
13. Pockie Defense
Link (Facebook): Pockie Defense
Guides:
1. New player guide
2. PvP guide
14.
Amazing 3D graphics, very unique concept (you can send attackers and build and upgrade resource gathering mines to get more money, castles that have their own upgradable defense systems), and cool, special towers (each upgraded towers will ahve their own unique look and each tower can be upgraded 3 times), what more can you want? Oh, I'd want a campaign which does not rely on multiplayer. Sigh, as you can see, this epic game is, unfortunately, multiplayer only (except that brief moment you can enjoy a 'vs computer'-campaign in the last part of the tutorial, which is not exactly hard but it allows you to explore the possibilities :)). The endless mode is just downright boring, especially if you have good tower placements, the game can last over an hour with no signs of ever ending.
Enemies have real cool items too - the trojan horse thingy (when you destroy it, it'll release some troops), 'robot bosses' with shields, troops with healing abilities which can only be triggered once they are killed, etc :) Pretty cool.
This is one steampunk-themed, epic game gone to waste - for people, who doesn't like to play multiplayer. A huge pity.
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| Clicking on the hexagonal boxes and this menu will pop out whereby you can choose which tower you want - 8 varieties to choose from; each with their own strengths and weaknesses. |
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| Did you see my catapult kill zone? (Hint: look to the right side of the screenshot) Hehe :) |
You can buy the game at Amazon.
8. Pokemon Tower Defense 1 and 2
Being both a tower defense and pokemon fan, I simply love playing this. It's a bit of a grind but it's, at the same time, rather casual. You start with 1 main pokemon and you'll go around catching more by playing tower defense. You can swap the type of skills for the pokemon you use (I like to use String Shot to slow em down and the rest of the pokemons set on high dps :)) and you can swap the pokemon's positions in the map. The boss fights (a.k.a. arena battles with gym leaders) are pretty challenging - you'll need both strategy and high-enough leveled pokemon to beat them.
The graphics are similar to those of the original pokemon games and the in-game locations are similar as well.
Another plus point is that the games are completely free to play! :) So, enjoy! Oh and gotta catch em all! :D
Links:
Pokemon Tower Defense 1
Pokemon Tower Defense 2
9. Steam Punk Towers
Pretty cool game. I'm still playing it at the moment but I'm having a great experience - though most people might prefer to switch off its music and play their own music :P
I usually don't reload my weapons' bullets until they have totally ran out = faster reload time yay!
Link:
Steam punk towers
10. CastleStorm
Check out my review for CastleStorm here. It's not actually a tower defense but it has TD elements in it + some RPG and stuff. :P Worth a play.
11. Kingdom Rush and Kingdom Rush Frontiers
I can't believe I missed out mentioning this very fun tower defense game.
Link to my kingdom rush frontiers review: http://aveyntoh-blog.blogspot.com/2013/11/kingdom-rush-frontiers-browser-version.html
Link (Armor games):
Kingdom Rush
Kingdom Rush Frontiers
12. Orcs Must Die 1 and 2
An extremely fun somewhat-tower defense game - more like trap-defense + RPG elements in it :)
Check out my review of this game here.
13. Pockie Defense
In short, it is extremely entertaining and a huge time sink.
Although it can be considered a pay-to-win game, it is still very interesting. Instead of towers, you position your characters along the pathway that the mobs will be taking.
There are 4 classes of fairy-tale-related characters (like Sinbad, Snow White, etc), each having their own advantages (high single target damage or AoE) and disadvantages (only single target, low damage etc).
They also have their own spells and grades that will boost their damage, range or attack speed both for PvP or PvE. Oh and yes, this game is not only a TD game - it incorporates PvP into the game too!
There are gears to equip your characters, puzzle shards to form new characters (after you've had 10 of them), artifacts to boost your PvP damage as well as character training, equipment enhancing, evolving a character from 1 grade to another higher grade and etc.
Link (Facebook): Pockie Defense
Guides:
1. New player guide
2. PvP guide
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Imagine Dragons - Demons
When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood’s run stale
I want to hide the truth
I want to shelter you
But with the beast inside
There’s nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
When the curtain’s call
Is the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl
So they dug your grave
And the masquerade
Will come calling out
At the mess you made
Don’t want to let you down
But I am hell bound
Though this is all for you
Don’t want to hide the truth
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you go
Your eyes, they shine so bright
I want to save their light
I can't escape this now
Unless you show me how
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
Don’t get too close
It’s dark inside
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide
--- This song was dedicated to Tyler Robinson by Imagine Dragons for his optimism in his fight against a rare form of cancer. His positive outlook on life has inspired a lot of people.
'A very meaningful songs - everybody has their own demons... it's just how you overcome them that matters. :)' S.Y.
Goodnight Argent - Battlegrounds
Lately, this world seems kinda strange
As my perception changed
Am I losing the war?
Enemies that only you could see
Or is this empathy?
Tell me how hard would you fight if everything was slipping away
Before you just laid down and died
Night falls, still darkness never comes
Silence forever gone, you just keep dropping bombs
On my inner peace, you could not be more pleased
Where is your sympathy?
Tell me how hard must I fight to keep you from slipping away?
When I've done everything to make this right
There's nothing left to save
In the battlegrounds, we're burning burning down
In the battlegrounds, we're burning burning down
You're gone x5
Got your gun cocked, now you're firing without thinking
Oh no not you, how could you be mistaken now
Sittin high on your throne, always throwing the stones
And never weighing your own
Tell me how hard must I fight to keep you from slipping away?
When I've done everything to make this right
There's nothing left to save yea
In the battlegrounds we're burning burning down
In the battlegrounds we're burning burning down
Light of the sun, the damage we've done
This world lingers on, and nobody's won yea
When my oldest game, was the one I betrayed
Oh I'd give anything to take back the day
In the battlegrounds we're burning burning down
In the battlegrounds we're burning burning down
In the battlegrounds we're burning burning down
In the battlegrounds we're burning burning down
You're gone x10
'A new band that I've found on Youtube. They are not exactly new to the world but they are new to me hehe :P Their cover of Radioactive by Imagine Dragons is notable :)' S.Y.
As my perception changed
Am I losing the war?
Enemies that only you could see
Or is this empathy?
Tell me how hard would you fight if everything was slipping away
Before you just laid down and died
Night falls, still darkness never comes
Silence forever gone, you just keep dropping bombs
On my inner peace, you could not be more pleased
Where is your sympathy?
Tell me how hard must I fight to keep you from slipping away?
When I've done everything to make this right
There's nothing left to save
In the battlegrounds, we're burning burning down
In the battlegrounds, we're burning burning down
You're gone x5
Got your gun cocked, now you're firing without thinking
Oh no not you, how could you be mistaken now
Sittin high on your throne, always throwing the stones
And never weighing your own
Tell me how hard must I fight to keep you from slipping away?
When I've done everything to make this right
There's nothing left to save yea
In the battlegrounds we're burning burning down
In the battlegrounds we're burning burning down
Light of the sun, the damage we've done
This world lingers on, and nobody's won yea
When my oldest game, was the one I betrayed
Oh I'd give anything to take back the day
In the battlegrounds we're burning burning down
In the battlegrounds we're burning burning down
In the battlegrounds we're burning burning down
In the battlegrounds we're burning burning down
You're gone x10
'A new band that I've found on Youtube. They are not exactly new to the world but they are new to me hehe :P Their cover of Radioactive by Imagine Dragons is notable :)' S.Y.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Beelzebub (Personal review)
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| Beelzebub - starring Furuichi, Oga and Baby Beel (from left) |
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| Cute Baby Beel - da bu!!! :D |
Baby Beel is super cute when he's over excited. There's a scene where he was on top of Oga's head and he was doing a whole lot of actions (pumping his tiny fists and doing cute baby noises :P).
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| Super cool Aoi Kunieda and her Red-tails gang :) |
Kunieda's a bit grossly over in love with Oga though xD but well, she's cool in her own way. Okay okay, I love her hair style (which is probably the same hairstyle plenty of other female/male anime characters have as well lol) and she could do super cool, kung-fu style actions... that's why she's cool. :P Hehe.
Overall, unless you're in for senseless fighting and funny dialogues, you're probably watching it just to see Baby Beel, Oga and Kunieda.
P/S: Furuichi's character is a bit too overboard for my liking though, IMHO and Alaindelon is gross haha :P
New Blog!!! :) - My Grandma's Stories
I've finally gone and created this new blog - My Grandma's Stories. Go check it out if you got the time. It's about the true stories that my grandma told me from her experiences. She's not particularly unique (the fashionista type or the traveler type) - just the average grandma. :)
I might be putting up some of her traditional recipes as well hehe :P for a vast number of kuihs (*local delicacy) and Chinese New Year biscuits and cookies. See first la~
I'll be adding new posts there from time to time (not very often though I guess) - when I recall any stories she might have told me when I was young or when she recalls any stories herself. I hope you'll enjoy reading about them :)
I might be putting up some of her traditional recipes as well hehe :P for a vast number of kuihs (*local delicacy) and Chinese New Year biscuits and cookies. See first la~
I'll be adding new posts there from time to time (not very often though I guess) - when I recall any stories she might have told me when I was young or when she recalls any stories herself. I hope you'll enjoy reading about them :)
Friday, May 3, 2013
Fall Out Boys - Alone Together
I don’t know where you’re going
But do you got room for one more troubled soul
I don’t know where I’m going but I don’t think I’m coming home
And I said I’ll check in, tomorrow if I don’t wake up dead..
This is the road to ruin
And we’re starting at the end
Say yeah
Let’s be alone together
We could stay young forever
Scream it from the top of your lungs
Say yeah
Let’s be alone together
We could stay young forever
-We'll stay young young young young young
Cut me off
I lost my track
It’s not my fault
I’m a maniac it’s not funny, anymore
No it’s not
My heart is like a stallion
They love it more when it’s broke in
Do you wanna, feel beautiful
Do you wanna
yeahh
I’m outside the door
Invite me in
So we can go back
And play pretend
I’m on deck
And I’m up next
Tonight I’m high as a private jet
Cause
I don’t know where you’re going
But do you got room for one more troubled soul
I don’t know where I’m going but I don’t think I’m coming home..
And I said I’ll check in, tomorrow if I don’t wake up dead
This is the road to ruin
And we’re starting at the end
Say yeah
Let’s be alone together
We could stay young forever
Scream it from the top of your lungs
Say yeah
Let’s be alone together
We could stay young forever
-We'll stay young young young young young
My heart is like a stallion
They love it more when it’s broke in
Do you wanna, feel beautiful
Do you wanna
yeahh
I’m outside the door
Invite me in
So we can go back
And play pretend
I’m on deck
And I’m up next
Tonight I’m high as a private jet
Yeahh
Let’s be alone together
We could stay young forever
Scream it from the top of your lungs
Say yeah
Let’s be alone together
We could stay young forever
-We'll stay young young young
I don’t know where you’re going
But do you got room for one more troubled soul
I don’t know where I’m going but I don’t think I’m coming home
I said I’ll check in, tomorrow if I don’t wake up dead..
This is the road to ruin
And we’re starting at the end
Song on YouTube: Fall Out Boys - Alone Together
'Another nice song by Fall Out Boys from their new album :)' S.Y.
Fall out Boys feat. Elton John - Save Rock and Roll
I need more dreams
And less life
And I need that dark
In a little more light
I cried tears you’ll never see......
So f**k you, you can go cry me an ocean
And leave me be
You are what you love
Not who loves you
In a world full of the word yes
I’m here to scream
No
Wherever I go
Trouble seems to follow
Only plugged in to save rock and roll
No
Wherever I go
Trouble seems to follow
Only plugged in to save rock and roll
Blood brothers in desperation
An oath of silence
For the voice of our generation
How’d it get to be only me?....
Like I’m the last damn kid still kicking
That still believes
I will defend the faith
Going down swinging
I will save the songs
That we can't stop singing
No
Wherever I go
Trouble seems to follow
Only plugged in to save rock and roll
No
Wherever I go
Trouble seems to follow
Only plugged in to save rock and roll
Oh no we won’t go
Cause we don’t know when to quit
oh oh
Oh no we won’t go
Cause we don’t know when to quit
no no
Oh no we won’t go
Cause we don’t know when to quit
oh oh
Oh no we won’t go
Cause we don’t know when to quit
no no
You are what you love
Not who loves you
In a world full of the word yes
I’m here to scream
No
Wherever I go
Trouble seems to follow
Only plugged in to save rock and roll
No
Wherever I go
Trouble seems to follow
Only plugged in to save rock and roll
Oh no we won’t go
Cause we don’t know when to quit
oh oh
Oh no we won’t go
Cause we don’t know when to quit
no no
Oh no we won’t go
Cause we don’t know when to quit (wherever I go)
oh oh
Oh no we won’t go
Cause we don’t know when to quit (trouble seems to follow)
no no
Oh no we won’t go
Cause we don’t know when to quit
oh oh
Oh no we won’t go
Cause we don’t know when to quit
no no
Oh no we won’t go
Cause we don’t know when to quit
oh oh
Oh no we won’t go
Cause we don’t know when to quit
no no
'Love this song :) Elton John's voice sounds so out of place yet so fitting here :D'
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Dreams and the Purpose of Life
This title is a bit philosophical but well, let's just do this.
Dreams. Today, I just had my dream job (a scientific mag/book [fiction/non-fiction] writer/columnist) crushed to the ground by my father. T.T Perhaps my motivation in doing postgrad is wrong - I was hoping to get credibility for my future publications but well, my will power isn't that good I guess. I'm wavering between ditching everything to get a good stable job with a good stable income and to hell to my dream (though, thinking about it, I don't exactly need a MSc or a Doctorate to write). In Msia, there are no local publishing firms which specialise in Discovery Channel Mag or National Geographic type of magazines. There are some scientific articles (with way less jargons) in newspapers but those jobs are like really hard to get since I have -nil- experience in writing professionally. Writing in a blog? Yeah, sure, but I'm not a writing factory and I cannot churn out enough well-written articles to get any notice or even earn anything. Some people are actually doing these stuff for free.... how am I going to compete? I can write for fun.. if I had the time.
The purpose of life. I just wanna scream: 'WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?' Honestly, I don't know. I don't have it planned out like my friends who were working or friends who know they want to get a PhD. I previously thought I knew what I want in my life, but now I don't. I just hope I won't suffer though 4-5 years of PhD studies or ~2 years of MSc studies just to land myself in a job that I don't like or get stuck in a lab forever. Sigh! Most people who study biotech in universities can end up in (super dreary and competitively back-stabbing) sales job or (if you continue your studies) lecturer or (if you're only slightly unlucky) a company that asks you to do a (very repetitive and boring) technician's work (a Form 5 student could do it, heck, for some stuff, even a machine could do it. You're just there to 'supervise' and make sure the machine doesn't mess up). I like science, but the prospects in Msia is just... ... dreary. I'm just not sure whether I could like science enough to cage myself in a life of dreariness and boredom. It might just be worth it if I don't have a family-based life ahead of me.
To have a family, I'll need financial stability, meaning that even if I muck around now, I'll need to get my head straight in a few years time or I'll miss the chance and perhaps even lose a loved one. No one likes to be someone else's burden - and I'm the same. I hope I could get a nice job at a nice place doing the stuff that I like but I guess most people would tell me to dream on.
Can people get tired of life? I'm insignificant and life's meaningless without your loved ones around. Why I cannot break away from society's bindings? Perhaps I care too much how people would think of me I guess. I mean like come on! Even if I wanted to and had the determination to continue on and finish my PhD, other people would be like... yeah, you have a title but you're poor and are just looking for a job. Well, I have a house now, enough money to spend and probably a family to be with. I feel like I would be missing out so much.
My dad told me to be realistic. In this society, to be realistic is to have plenty of stability - in terms of cash, emotions and necessities. See how 'cash' comes first? Sigh.
I don't know what to think anymore or whether that I should be over-thinking this anyways. I hate this. Maybe I should just curl up on my comfy bed and refuse to respond to anything from the outside world. Just me and some comfort.
I guess some people would say this is some sort of an early mid-life crisis. It's like I'm at a crossroad and instead of choosing a road to move on, I just slumped to the ground in despair and refuse to get up. Indecision? Perhaps. I cannot decide what I want for my life and, hence, some people are trying to force their decisions onto me. They may be trying to help me but I'm only feeling the pressure... the urgency to quickly make a decision or lose out. I just hate this.
Sigh. Why am I troubling myself with this? I kept escaping into the gaming world where everything is pretty much clear cut but ofc it depends rather heavily IMHO on luck/chance. I need to face the truth. I need to make decisions. I need to be truthful to myself. I need to clear distractions and know my path in my life. It may not be as clear cut as in the gaming world, but at least I need a head start in a right (a very objective word) direction. At least I won't feel as trapped and stucked in the middle as I currently do.
Demotivation. That's what all these problems are causing me and it's really harming my current undertakings (for example this review paper that I'm supposed to complete by the end of this week but I kept postponing it... lol). Or perhaps, it's just laziness - I still have bouts of energetic bursts of working mood that I hope to believe that I've utilised it fully.
I like writing... you can see this via this whole wall of text :P It's just me writing out what I'm thinking with very little organisation (as in I don't really organise my thoughts into a coherent flow but if they do came out in a coherent flow, then good, you'll be able to understand what I'm trying to express then). I do these kind of stuff often, just writing and not really thinking much. Going with the flow. But weird that I can't write like this when I'm writing in our diary :P maybe I'm nervous hehe.
Oh well, I'm tired... like very tired, but am planning to go a few rounds of PvE(N) on my dpsers :P Ciao!
Dreams. Today, I just had my dream job (a scientific mag/book [fiction/non-fiction] writer/columnist) crushed to the ground by my father. T.T Perhaps my motivation in doing postgrad is wrong - I was hoping to get credibility for my future publications but well, my will power isn't that good I guess. I'm wavering between ditching everything to get a good stable job with a good stable income and to hell to my dream (though, thinking about it, I don't exactly need a MSc or a Doctorate to write). In Msia, there are no local publishing firms which specialise in Discovery Channel Mag or National Geographic type of magazines. There are some scientific articles (with way less jargons) in newspapers but those jobs are like really hard to get since I have -nil- experience in writing professionally. Writing in a blog? Yeah, sure, but I'm not a writing factory and I cannot churn out enough well-written articles to get any notice or even earn anything. Some people are actually doing these stuff for free.... how am I going to compete? I can write for fun.. if I had the time.
The purpose of life. I just wanna scream: 'WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?' Honestly, I don't know. I don't have it planned out like my friends who were working or friends who know they want to get a PhD. I previously thought I knew what I want in my life, but now I don't. I just hope I won't suffer though 4-5 years of PhD studies or ~2 years of MSc studies just to land myself in a job that I don't like or get stuck in a lab forever. Sigh! Most people who study biotech in universities can end up in (super dreary and competitively back-stabbing) sales job or (if you continue your studies) lecturer or (if you're only slightly unlucky) a company that asks you to do a (very repetitive and boring) technician's work (a Form 5 student could do it, heck, for some stuff, even a machine could do it. You're just there to 'supervise' and make sure the machine doesn't mess up). I like science, but the prospects in Msia is just... ... dreary. I'm just not sure whether I could like science enough to cage myself in a life of dreariness and boredom. It might just be worth it if I don't have a family-based life ahead of me.
To have a family, I'll need financial stability, meaning that even if I muck around now, I'll need to get my head straight in a few years time or I'll miss the chance and perhaps even lose a loved one. No one likes to be someone else's burden - and I'm the same. I hope I could get a nice job at a nice place doing the stuff that I like but I guess most people would tell me to dream on.
Can people get tired of life? I'm insignificant and life's meaningless without your loved ones around. Why I cannot break away from society's bindings? Perhaps I care too much how people would think of me I guess. I mean like come on! Even if I wanted to and had the determination to continue on and finish my PhD, other people would be like... yeah, you have a title but you're poor and are just looking for a job. Well, I have a house now, enough money to spend and probably a family to be with. I feel like I would be missing out so much.
My dad told me to be realistic. In this society, to be realistic is to have plenty of stability - in terms of cash, emotions and necessities. See how 'cash' comes first? Sigh.
I don't know what to think anymore or whether that I should be over-thinking this anyways. I hate this. Maybe I should just curl up on my comfy bed and refuse to respond to anything from the outside world. Just me and some comfort.
I guess some people would say this is some sort of an early mid-life crisis. It's like I'm at a crossroad and instead of choosing a road to move on, I just slumped to the ground in despair and refuse to get up. Indecision? Perhaps. I cannot decide what I want for my life and, hence, some people are trying to force their decisions onto me. They may be trying to help me but I'm only feeling the pressure... the urgency to quickly make a decision or lose out. I just hate this.
Sigh. Why am I troubling myself with this? I kept escaping into the gaming world where everything is pretty much clear cut but ofc it depends rather heavily IMHO on luck/chance. I need to face the truth. I need to make decisions. I need to be truthful to myself. I need to clear distractions and know my path in my life. It may not be as clear cut as in the gaming world, but at least I need a head start in a right (a very objective word) direction. At least I won't feel as trapped and stucked in the middle as I currently do.
Demotivation. That's what all these problems are causing me and it's really harming my current undertakings (for example this review paper that I'm supposed to complete by the end of this week but I kept postponing it... lol). Or perhaps, it's just laziness - I still have bouts of energetic bursts of working mood that I hope to believe that I've utilised it fully.
I like writing... you can see this via this whole wall of text :P It's just me writing out what I'm thinking with very little organisation (as in I don't really organise my thoughts into a coherent flow but if they do came out in a coherent flow, then good, you'll be able to understand what I'm trying to express then). I do these kind of stuff often, just writing and not really thinking much. Going with the flow. But weird that I can't write like this when I'm writing in our diary :P maybe I'm nervous hehe.
Oh well, I'm tired... like very tired, but am planning to go a few rounds of PvE(N) on my dpsers :P Ciao!
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