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May 14, 2015

In the mood to cook

Bismillah.

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Menu for today is:

○Nasi putih
●(White rice)


○Patin masak tempoyak
●(Silver shark catfish/iridescent shark (scientific name: pangasius hypophthalmus) stew with fermented durian)
Lol payah nor bahasa omputih nye ^_^"

○Ayam, ikan goreng
●(Fried chicken, fish)

○Ulam (ulam raja, timun, lobak, tomato)
●(Salad: cosmos caudatus, cucumber, carrot, tomato)


○Cip kentang + ikan bilis
●(Potato chips + anchovies)


○Keropok ikan tamban
●(Fish crackers)


○Tembikai
●(Watermelon)

○Puding roti gula hangus
●(Caramel bread pudding)


○●Cappuccino ice blended

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God...so appetizing. Especially the patin masak tempoyak, made by yours truly ( ´ ▽ ` )οΎ‰

May 11, 2015

Can't stop walking: Part 3

Bismillah.

So on the third day we spent the morning playing with our young cousins. After cooking and having lunch together, our uncle suggested to bring us to Sunway Pyramid. Hurray! I've never been to Sunway before, so this chance was sure not to be missed. There, I got to finally see the ice skating rim in the middle of the mall, but we're not there for that. We headed to the archery shooting range first at the third floor. The price is RM25 per entry, and you get to shoot 10 or 15 arrows, I can't remember. The bows provided for adults and children are different, children got a much simpler bow while adults' bows are much more...let's just say tougher.

To the left was my cousin

 I made a mistake of wearing two layers of clothes when they put on my archery gears, causing me to feel fatigued after some time. The blood on my arm was unable to flow freely, the bow felt heavier after shooting a few arrows. Should remember that next time. Most of the arrows of course...miss the target board completely. Lol.

After playing there, we proceeded to the bowling alley! 🎳Haha oh no I don't have good good first experience in this sport. This would be my second time playing, where in my first time, I totally lost with most of the turns were zeros. Now, let see what happened this time...

At first, of course, I was scoring zeros. But not for long. My uncle told me how to throw the ball correctly. For beginners like me, I should just sort of push the ball and let it roll freely instead of throwing it from taller height. Lol I've been trying to copy what I saw from the experts, the pose was good, but the accuracy was in the drain πŸ˜…. So I listened to my uncle and lowered my pose, threw the ball with more grace and gentleness and just gave it a small push. Sure enough, the ball finally managed to hit those pins! Score! πŸ˜† Haha. Though I can't get a strike, that,ll be good enough for a beginner, right? Finally, I get it!

At the end of the game, my uncle won at the top with score too far for me to overtake at the second place. And my cousin, 14 years younger than me, came at third place with a close one πŸ˜₯. My sister got last place, this was her first time playing bowling. Haha whatever. I had fun that day.

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On the the next day! Uhh what day was it...? Oh yes, fourth day of me and my sister staying in KL. I kinda get anxious waiting for when the highway's going to be opened because my mom's already asked when were we going to get back to Kuantan πŸ˜₯. So on the fourth day me and my sister took the bus and then the LRT to get to KL Sentral for one purpose: to find a place with free wifi. Lol you might wonder why go that far to get internet. First, I don't have a mobile phone equipped with internet data plan. Second, my uncle's house has no internet (and I'm too embarrassed to borrow his phone to browse the internet). Third, I don't my uncle's place that much, nor do I have the courage to go around looking for free wifi.

 So there I was, at NΓΌ Sentral. We walked around first, in order to get familiar with the place and see what shops are there. There are a total of 10 floors, the tenth being a cinema yet to be opened. The roof's supposed to be a garden, but we couldn't get there, the signs said there were some renovations going on. Most of the shops are high class, so I'll only be window shopping. There is also MPH Bookstore there, quite nice but still new and a bit small compared to MPH in Midvalley Megamall. Now, the food floor...haha, is where all the food, fast food, beverages  and desserts are situated. Hmm I can't remember which floor it was.

Once we're on that floor, we quickly browse for a food place with free wifi. We went around looking for that free wifi symbol on the shop's glass display. There's this shop that sells macaroons, which I really wanted to try, but that place got no wifi 😣. So at the end...we went to DubuDubu, a Korean food restaurant.

Here's what we ordered. Can't remember the name.

One meal, shared with two persons. I can't afford the price πŸ˜₯. This one came at RM22 if I remembered correctly. Moreover, the taste is...weird...not the usual food you get to eat every day. The rice and the tofu soup were okay (though somehow it tasted like instant noodles' soup), the anchovies were...not as expected. Not the same anchovies we eat in nasi lemak. And of course, the kimchi (the smaller bowl in the middle). That was the first time I tasted kimchi and...I'm not sure if I wanted to eat it again. The kimchi (made from cabbage) was mixed with ginger...which is far from my favourite. But anyway, me and my sister both managed to empty our bowls. We are not ones of the food wasters, especially meals as expensive as this!

See! Cleaned! Now if only we could get free refill...lol

In contrast, this was what ordered by the table beside us (and the table beside them). Both tables were two-persons.


Seeing they left the shop with THAT much food on the tables...I could only stare in disbelief. Here I was, sharing one meal with two people but there you were, ordering three meals but couldn't even finish one?! 😱😱😱 Now if only I didn't have self-restrained...I would've just take it to our tables and fill our stomachs happily. I was VERY tempted to do just that. Really. Oh my God. People, please don't waste food. Please. The pain I felt was magnified as the food was expensive and we were sharing it.

Ugh. Okay, this is a reminder for me too.

After eating, we turned on our wifi and browsed the internet while sipping our iced tea away. I began searching for more news on the flood on the highway. Turned out the flood just got worse 😭. We couldn't go back as soon as we wanted. Oh God. Well, what to do. This was already planned by Him, right? On to more walking, then! Haha!πŸ‘£πŸ‘£πŸ‘£πŸ‘£

May 4, 2015

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Bismillah.

Finished playing Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, and it was AWESOME!

No, really, I mean it. Maybe part of the awesomeness comes because I haven't been playing computer games for a while now...but my point still stands! You don't believe it? Ask around, which Assassin's Creed is the best among the titles in the series?

Most would say AC4 or AC2. Yep.

For those who are not familiar with the game, Assassin's Creed (AC) is an action/adventure sort of game, where you can climb buildings and kill people stealthily as an assassin obviously. The franchise's from Ubisoft. I like their Prince of Persia 2008 too.

A few published titles of AC up until now:
AC1 - play as Altair Ibn Lahad. Arabic origin of sort...I don't know. Haven't played.
AC2 - play as Ezio Auditore la Firenze. Italian...I think. Haven't got the chance to play either.
AC2 Brotherhood - Ezio too. Travel around Rome. Pretty cool to be able to climb the Colloseum.
AC2 Revelations - Ezio again, he's old now. This time in Constantinople. Which is way fascinating. Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace...But I'll be damned, I only got to play halfway before the game crashed on me :(
AC3 - play as Haytham, then Connor (or RatonHaketon if you prefer the native name). Travel around Boston, New York...basically America during the struggle to independence. Currently playing.
AC4 Black Flag - play as Edward Kenway, a pirate! Travel around Carribean sea. He's father of Haytham, grandfather of Connor.
AC4 Rogue - play as Shay, a Templar. Haven't played this one.
AC5 Unity - play as Arno, in France. Haven't played too.

Ezio at the Colosseum

So what's awesome about AC4? Everything! Haha. The game's won the best action/adventure game award if I'm not mistaken. The Assassin's Creed wikia says so.

First. At the beginning of the game, you are well guided. The controls are intuitive enough, and explained well. First timers to AC may need some time to be familiar with it, but believe me, you won't regret it. This time around you'll only need to right click to free run, instead of pressing space too, like in AC2 Brotherhood. Less hassle. After that, the game slowly introduce you to controlling ship, synchronizing viewpoints, guns, buying at stores, naval combats...it gives you time to be familiar with one skill before introducing a new one, which is good. It doesn't provide you with lots of information at the same time, like in AC3.



Second. Of course, the beautiful graphic. Landscape, nature...oh God the water! It's so beautiful and crystal clear! Then we travel from an island to another, climbing trees, killing crocodiles, hunting whales! (Luckily it's only in a game). Discover undergound caves...oh you'd feel like an explorer in no time. And that's just about the graphic. Now the sound...I've always been fan to pirates soundtracks, like that movie Pirates of Carribean? Cool, majestic sounding OST. That, and the sound of the sea while you're controlling your ship, chatters of your deck crew, the shanties...! Yes! The crews sing shanties when you're travelling in the sea. It makes you feel like the ship is your family.

Third. Interesting main character. Edward Kenway is a pirate, you guys. Who wouldn't want to play as one! And he's a cool one at that. Before, I used to think Assassins as serious people, going around fighting injustice...but Edward's different. He's mistakenly helped the Templars at the beginning, but then he righted his ways by helping the Assassins even though he wasn't one. And he's a jovial one. Maybe some will say, Ezio's a better AC character. I wish to feel the same too, but I didn't play AC2. But I can see that, Ezio seems prety cool too. I mean, three AC titles just for him! Haa. But Edward's cool too. And he's half naked when he went whale hunting! Lol. Tell me, who other Assassins take off their clothes and show their abs in AC? Tell me now because I wanna play them. Haha. And also, that collectible Templar and Mayan armors are pretty neat. Especially the Mayan one. Looks like IronMan, without the helmet. It deflects metal projectiles as a bonus. The Templar one increases your defense.

 
Mayan armor

Let's hunt, lads.


Fourth, a big world to explore, and the fact that you got yourself a nice ship named the Jackdaw. What signals a good game for me is that I will strive to complete everything. And in AC4, I do just that. I go around almost every is,and, synchronize almost every veiwpoints, explore underwater wrecks (yes, you can do that in AC4), complete naval contracts, destroy naval ports...ooo I love me Jackdaw. I love upgrading its broadside cannons up 23 on each side (the max, I know I'm cool 8) ), the hull, swivel guns, I love attacking and plundering other ships...I almost run out of upgrades and places to travel after not even half of the main story line yet. That's how exciting the world in AC4 Black Flag is.

Compared to others in the series that I have played, namely AC2 Brotherhood, AC2 Revelations (half) and AC3 (currently playing), AC4 Black Flag certainly takes things up a notch. AC2 has got the usual assassin stuff, climbing building, killing people, search for secret treasure...AC3...I get it, Ubisoft sort of tried to introduce lots of different ideas at the same time, with the crafting, accounting book, trading, hunting...what the hell. Trading's too complicated especially, and I don't know why do we need hunting anyway. AC4 Black Flag is much simpler and more focused. Hunting's only to craft things, but you can still buy crafting goods in stores. And I still can't find where the stores are in AC3 T_T!

Comparing AC4 Black Flag to Tomb Raider now, because all those climbing reminds me of it. Tomb Raider's much more realistic with how much easier Lara can die, and all her movements and survival instincts (eagle sense in AC). In AC I feel like you are much more resilient. You don't die after falling from high places into the haystack lol. But to each its own. Tomb Raider's much more grim and mythical, AC's much more unrealistic but with a touch of real history.


Anyway, I play games in order to do things that we couldn't do in reality. And I've been having fun with the AC franchise for bringing me to places without even lifting my butt of the seat. Lol that actually sounds sad. But it's pretty cool. You can even travel to galaxies beyond ours in Mass Effect 2. Who knows where else would games bring us to next?
Off into the Omega 4 Relay!

Less travelled.

Bismillah.

 Kawan lama. Kita mesti nak tanya khabar, kan?

 Ye, aku paham. Aku tau. Tapi...aku takde apa cerita untuk diceritakan. Itupun, kalau ada orang nak tau la. Haha.

 Aku sihat. Ada kat rumah ni ha. Mak aku sihat. Adik beradik aku sihat. Abang aku kerja, mak aku kerja. Adik aku 2 orang kat UiTM.

 Tapi aku...?

 Dah, dah, jangan tanya. Aku taknak cakap apa-apa.

Nanti tiba masa aku dah bersedia, aku bagitau la apa yang patut. Korang tak yah risau ea.

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Chained.

By your own self.

...

In this situation, nothing feels true.

You begin doubting.

You ask, "Is this really what I'm gonna go through?"

"Won't there be any other route?"

...

Why, but yes there is. It's just that...

...that route is almost unknown to people, such that if you decide to travel on it, you'll be...

...alone. Full of doubts. Uncertainties.

...and loneliness. (I have mentioned that, haven't I?)

Road less travelled.

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Out.

Out.

But...

...someone...

...

...alone.

...?