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!

Steins;Gate

I watched Steins;Gate. And yes, the premise is very promising. That's what hooked me up to watch it. I'll give it 8.5/10.

But lemme just rant on what Steins;Gate could've done better. Spoilers everywhere. Consider yourselves warned.

The first arc, where all of the D-Mails started being sent...those episodes were kinda slow, but the conflict will surely start at episode 11 or something. All those D-Mails were not without purpose for the story. So it's an okay. 

Then, Okabe was presented with Mayuri's death, and then he swore to save Mayuri no matter what. He repeatedly time-leaped, always watched Mayuri's deaths in those different world lines. His action made me believe that he REALLY cared for Mayuri that he couldn't accept her death. For me, if Mayuri was just a friend, I would stop time leaping after watching a few of her deaths and then tried to analyze the whole thing rationally. Then maybe I'll stop time leaping all together and come to accept Mayuri's death. He instead kept going time leaping until he sort of broken inside. Well, maybe his personality is different than mine, but that's okay. I get why he so desperately wanting to save Mayuri, or rather, I formed my own opinion in why he wanted to save Mayuri so much. Because he cared for her. But I've also read in a blog that said that he simply wanted to save Mayuri over and over because he couldn't accept his mistakes of changing world lines through D-Mails. But for now let's go with the opinion that he cared so much for Mayuri.

So he time leaped. Discussed about Mayuri's death with Kurisu each time. And Kurisu helped him each time, supporting him. Yes, I can get that by this time Okabe would develop feelings to Kurisu, but love...wasn't really on my mind. It was more like....care. Grateful...or something. More of like care between dear friends, loyal companions that would die for each other...something like that. If you say that it's love...I don't know...I feel like something's missing. Because Okabe's main mission is to save Mayuri, remember? Then why would he wasted his time kissing other girl? It...contradicts, if we go with my opinion that Okabe wanted to saved Mayuri because he really cared for her. Or maybe...the love relationship wasn't shown and explained quite well.

Besides, if Okabe's in love with Kurisu, why would he sacrificed her instead of Mayuri? I can't brain this. If you love someone, you couldn't live without her, right? That's why he so desperately trying to save Mayuri. He love Mayuri. But then he twisted logic by saying he love Kurisu and let her die anyway. Can somebody explain this for me please? Hmm. Well maybe he's being rational and just really wanted to return to the original world, clean from any time machine whatsoever. But why would he want that in the first place? Because he experienced a fearful situation lest he let them continue doing the experiments. Existence of time machine made his loved one died. So he sacrificed Moeka, Mr Braun (a useless death), Faris's and Ruka's dreams to return to the original world with no time machine. But what is his main objective, really? To return to Beta world line, or to save Mayuri no matter what? If the first, then his love towards Kurisu is acceptable. But if the latter, then why the heck that when he finally got to Beta world line, he's acting like nothing is going on with him and Mayuri? But he wanted to return to Beta world line in the first place because he doesn't want Mayuri to die, right? Argh I'm confused.

Furthermore...I am among the few who believe that the 22nd episode would be the better ending. Kurisu's death would've been meaningful and give more impact if left just like that. The continuation of the next episode where Okabe was given a chance to save Kurisu would be better if it's a spin off. It sort of made the whole pain, effort and tears in trying to save Mayuri in those episodes went to waste. It sort of threw the importance of Mayuri into...umm somewhere worse than the dumpster. Suddenly in those last two episodes, Kurisu became damsel in distress. In just TWO episodes. Compared to those ummm almost ten episodes where Okabe's mission is to save Mayuri from dying. That said, I don't really ship Okabe x Kurisu.

In addition, why does Kurisu needed to be saved again? Because if she's not, WW3 would happen? So this WW3 happened because of the making of time machine, right? Wouldn't it be enough just to burn that thesis report and let Kurisu die? Because if you let her live, then she can just make a new one, right? If she lived, the world will probably still be having a time machine. If she remained dead and that thesis report on time machine is burnt, then the probability of having a time machine is impossible, right?

Truth be told, I like Mayuri. I feel like she has a bit mystery, matureness and depth in her character, if given the opportunity to do so. Like Okabe and Kurisu said, maybe she's the only one who can see a clear view of the lab and the situation they are all in. Yes, maybe she's stupid, but I believe she can be a strong supporting character to Okabe with her 'genki'ness and optimism. It gives balance and hope to those dark times in the anime. If only Okabe gave her a chance and tell her what really happened. Yes, Kurisu is more useful with her brain, but Mayuri has her strength too. Maybe she'll even tell Okabe to save Kurisu instead of trying to save herself so hard. For me, Mayuri was the one who stayed by him eventhough he has no money, just a delusional mad scientist who has no friend...she stopped by the lab everytime and bought some things for him. Mayuri take cares for him. But he fell in love with another girl. Not that I said Kurisu didn't deserve to be loved by Okabe...but Okabe really should appreciate and give more attention to Mayuri. Lack of these makes me feel like he's saving Mayuri for a weak reason. I don't really dislike Kurisu...it just that I feel like her love relationship with Okabe is forced.

Other than that, I am totally liking the whole mystery this anime presented. However, when it started to focus more on relationship and a bit haremish where Ruka went for a date with him, Faris called him her prince, Moeka managed to mutter a thank-you to Okabe before she died...that majority of characters are female and all of them somehow like him (~_~;)...a small part of my heart hates it. I was actually expecting that this anime's gonna be full of mystery and thriller till the end...but whatever. Those scenes with all those female characters just silently scream "Harem!" to me.

Character development of Okabe was very well done. Kurisu was a good character too. I wish Okabe gave more appreciation to Mayuri, and went to a date with the male Ruka. Mayuri and Daru really deseve credits for being Okabe's first friends. Suzuha's character was just nice. But Mr Braun (how did he get Nae anyway) was lacking. Why should he be FB anyway? It almost seems like the world only comprises of the people around Okabe, no other big organizations involved other than a small group of  Moeka and Mr Braun. Okabe keeps reporting to no one through his phone, and a huge organization like SERN has only Mr Braun as its face? Come on...show some English men in suits please. Hee.

I love Steins;Gate, I really do. That's why I spent my midnight writing this long rant. Or else, I wouldn't even bother.

Jodi Picoult's House Rule

Bismillah.

Today I've finished reading Jodi Picoult's House Rules. Well, actually I started reading it the night before, and finished reading it this morning,but I didn't skip my 'beauty' sleep.

From Google

Why I read that book? Because on its front cover, it claims that its author is an *International Bestseller* (well, that's what it says on my copy of the book). Yeah, this thing intrigues me to know more on her writing style. And yeah, I got to know Dan Brown from that tagline too.

What is it about? It's about a family of three, a single mother with two boys, the older one has Asperger's syndrome. It's a syndrome where a person couldn't understand someone else's display of emotion, and the patient himself couldn't understand or express emotions well. That's what I understand. And if you have watched the movie My Name is Khan starring Shah Rukh Khan, you might know a bit about the syndrome. To know more, search for it (do I have to even tell you that?).

My opinion about it? Well...average. Maybe it disappoints me a bit. I expect something from it, and it isn't met. Please note that I'm not a professional and am very far from claiming to be one, but hey, this is my blog (deal with it).

The language level is not as challenging as Dan Brown's (maybe I shouldn't compare my newly bought novel to my all time favorite). Some words are being used repetitively (which *doesn't* help with my vocabulary building), and I find it a bit boring (from the lack of challenges of having to open a dictionary to look up for the words, and thus learn something new!)

Even though I do like how she writes from the perspectives of different people, some of them have less importance and somehow I wish the story is told from someone else's view.

Some facts mentioned in the beginning are being repeated somewhere in the middle or at the end of the story. I kind of, don't like that because it feels like it's telling that I'm not competent enough to remember those facts (hey, just mention some keywords on what you wanna refer back to and I can just easily flip back through a few pages).

That, and also to mention, some sentences that are written in the middle of the story doesn't match with what was being told before. I mean, the story is about Asperger kid with crime scene, some lawsuit and all, but one time I notice the witness is talking contradictory to the time he arrives at the crime scene. Well, maybe you would say that the lawyer in the story supposed to (really) suck, but as for me, (who likes to read investigations with no stones left unturned, and also who has finished playing Ace Attorney series on NDS), these kind of contradicting details that goes unnoticed make this novel falls one star behind Dan Brown (despite the claim that it's internationally bestselling). In the story, the crime scene is not properly described, (or investigated), and no one ever mentioned about *murder weapons*! How can you charge someone with murder if you don't know what kills the corpse? (and oh the prosecutor is so convinced that she's gonna win the case!). How can the most basic thing like this be forgotten by the cops, and the lawyers (and the judge)?Well, maybe you'd tell me that this novel isn't supposed to be a crime investigation novel, but, I've said what I wanna say.

Other than that, I don't like reading about sex (even a hint of it, well, maybe a peck on the cheek would be passable). Luckily, this novel is not as bad as some other novels that I've stumbled upon.

Last but not least, I don't like it when the novel ends when it reaches its climax. I wanna see how the complicated turns of events untangle themselves free from all my doubts. Yes, you've told me all the truth that have been kept inside, but then you end the story abruptly, leaving me to imagine: Even though the truth has been told, would they win the trial? What will happen to Jacob and Theo? Emma will end up with Oliver, or does Henry want her back? What about Detective Matson who likes Auntie Em a lot, would he develop a relationship with Emma?

(Yes, I know none of these characters are alive for me to know and care so much about them. But I just don't leave things as they are without being solved thoroughly).

Fuh. I think I've finished ranting. Oh no wait. Maybe I haven't. Maybe I'm just sleepy and couldn't think anymore (it's 1.18am now). Anyway, still, congratulation on being and international bestseller, and I wouldn't be afraid to look up for your other books to read from, Mrs. (or Ms) Jodi Picoult. I've said it, and I'll say it again. I'm not a professional novel analyst, so you can take in or ignore what I've said in this blog. Thank you.

p.s: Waiting for Dan Brown's Inferno to be published in May.

Karya Hilal Asyraf: Sinergi

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Semalam aku baru habis baca buku Sinergi by Hilal Asyraf. Berdekah-dekah aku ketawa. Tak percaya tanya la Zah rumate kesayangan aku.

Aik, kenapa gelak? Bukan buku tu penuh pengisian ke? Bukannye cerita komedi ke hape?

Haha memang la. Tapi aku ni memang jenis macamtu. Sesebuah buku, kalau jalan ceritanya bagus, memang aku akan ketawa, tak kiralah buku tu buku serius ke, thriller ke, history ke, tazkirah ke…sebab aku excited baca jalan ceritanya yang penuh dramatik dan kejutan! 

Lagipun aku juga memberikan tumpuan kepada perkataan-perkataan yang penulis gunakan dalam dialog, penyampaian atau cara dia mendeskripsi sesuatu. Aku akan berasa kagum dengan cara penyampaiannya kalau dia tulis menggunakan perkataan-perkataan yang aku tak terfikir pun boleh digunakan untuk mendeskripsikan sesuatu benda tu. So, kalau tengah duduk sebelah aku yang sedang membaca buku cerita, be prepared la untuk dengar bermacam-macam bunyi yang akan keluar dari mulut aku. 

Haha. I tell you, bestnye baca buku cerita ni, macam bestnya tengok movie kat panggung! Bahkan lagi best daripada tu. Sebab kalau baca buku cerita, bayangan tempat, ke’hensem’an hero atau ke’cantik’an heroin, semuanya imaginasi kita sendiri. Dan sudah semestinya, imaginasi kita mesti lebih best berbanding apa yang producer movie mampu buat…tak ada siapa boleh challenge kehebatan otak yang dicipta Allah ni! 

Dulu aku pernah baca buku Terasing by penulis yang sama. Buku Terasing tu bagi aku jalan ceritanya biasa-biasa je. Sebab kita dah selalu dengar/baca/tonton cerita aksi macamtu kot. Tapi cara penulisannya dan isi-isi yang diketengahkan dalam buku tu boleh dikatakan agak baru bagi aku. Yelah sebab sebelum ni aku asyik dok baca thriller je kan. Mana nak berkembang. Haha. But, not bad. Lama-lama aku baca best jugak. And lepas aku baca buku tu, aku mula membukak website Hilal Asyraf bertajuk Langit Ilahi, and aku start membaca cerpen-cerpen dia dalam tu. Banyak sangat, tak larat nak habiskan semua. Tapi not bad jugak la, bagus-bagus semuanya.

Buku Sinergi Hilal Asyraf tu best la jugak, somehow buku tu sedikit sebanyak dah ‘berjaya mempengaruhi’ aku, terutamanya watak Irfan tuh. Ahha. Mula-mula baca aku dok tergelak jugak la membaca betapa ‘rapat’nye hubungan Irfan dengan Asid tu. Huih. Tapi lama-lama bila pikir balik bukan apa sangat pun. Biasalah tu sesama kawan sendiri.

Tapi memang, bagi aku, bab-bab cerita, cerpen, novel, segala jenis macam ni, satu yang aku agak tak pueh ati sikit la. Jalan ceritanya akan mengikut imaginasi penulis. Dah penulis tu nak si Irfan kahwin dengan Sara, kita si pembacanya mengikut je la. Memang dah tak boleh nak ubah dah hakikat tu.

And lagi satu. Boleh pulak di akhir-akhir cerita, si Syafiq tu rupanya adalah Secret. I was like, “What the…”. Mati-mati aku teka si Erman tu adalah Secret. Bila penulis revealkan bahawa Syafiq adalah Secret, aku tergelak besar kot! Dah aku berdosa su’uzhon pada si Erman. (haha padahal bukan watak real pun). Kejutannya tak berhenti takat tu je. Penulis pergi reveal pulak yang si Irfan bukan kahwin dengan Sara Nasuha, tapi Sara Afifa, si kembar Sara Nasuha. Poyo je. Tapi aku tak kesah pun. Lantak kau la nak kahwin dengan cinta hati Asid ke, cinta hati Erman ke, yang penting bukan aku. Haha.

Tapi bila aku pikir-pikir balik, memang la. Dalam buku Sinergi tu, penulis asyik-asyik menceritakan tentang sifat sarkastik dan pessimis si Erman je. Mana tak pembaca syak Erman tu orang jahat. Yang si Syafiq dia ceritakan bab-bab baik je. Tak boleh la pembaca nak syak pada Syafiq. Kat sini memang penulis dah terang-terang ‘menipu’ kita. Heh. Itulah seni penceritaan. Cerita dia, lantak dia la nak buat ending macam mana.

Pastu yang aku tak puas hatinya, time Sara Nasuha terlepas daripada tali batu tu, nak terjatuh, boleh pulak si Asid berlari pergi sambut dia. Hah, bab tu memang tak puas hati. Perlukah penulis masukkan scene si Asid sambut budak perempuan tu? Takyah pun takpe kot. (haha ke ko jeles Teha?) Hoih mana ada. Kalau ikutkan hati aku, aku biarkan aje perempuan tu jatuh tersembam makan pasir. Bukan sakit mana pun, jatuh atas lantai bumbung je, bukan jatuh dari tingkat 20. (jahat gila aku). Pastu boleh pulak tepat-tepat si Asid tu dapat tangkap si Sara buah hati dia tu. Macam disengajakan pulak babak tu.

Pastu bila si Syafiq nak terjun bangunan, boleh pulak si Erman tetiba datang sambut tangan dia. Aik dari mana pulak muncul ko ni Erman? Ahha. Tak kesah la. Cerita kau, lantak kau la kan. Yang penting aku gelak sakan baca cerita kau. Terima kasihla sudi menggembirakan hati aku ni. Ahahaha.

But overall, bagi aku watak-watak dalam cerita Sinergi ni terlalu perfect kot. Nak compare dengan aku, macam langit dengan bumi! (well, bumi pun bumi Ilahi jugak kan, sedara Hilal?). Betul ke wujud orang-orang macam tu kat dunia ni? 

Dulu, time aku dok menghabiskan cerpen-cerpen dalam Langit Ilahi,  aku dok marah-marah pada sedara Hilal ni, aku kata dia penipu. Sebab aku tak percaya orang-orang macam dalam cerita-cerita dia tu wujud. Baik giler dowh! Macam malaikat! Siap aku tulis satu post lagi cakap aku tak percaya pada dia (tapi aku tak publish la post tu). Tapi lepas baca Sinergi ni, hmmm…tak mustahil jugak ada orang-orang macamtu kat dunia ni. Ye lah mana tak nya, biah kat Jordan, Yarmouk, PERMAI and seangkatan dengannya dilihat mampu menghasilkan orang-orang baik seperti mereka. Bukan takat menghasilkan, malah mampu mengekalkan peribadi-peribadi mulia. Mantop…mantop pimpinan diorang.

Aku? Entahlah. Bila aku nak jadi macam diorang ek? Huhu. Takde kekuatan lagi kot. Entah. Aku takut. Takut tak boleh nak jaga kawan yang aku ada sebaik Irfan menjaga Asid. Huahua. (Asid kena jaga, takut tumpah kat tangan, corrosive!). Aku juga takut aku sendiri tak mampu nak handle kawan yang ramai. Manusia, bukan senang nak jaga. Bab-bab hati terasa tu lah yang paling susah bagi aku.

Heh. Aku tau. Sebab aku tak clear tentang satu benda. E.

What the heck is E by the way? Apa-apa je lah. Korang tak perlu tau. Tapi aku percaya, kalau aku ada E, mungkin senang sikit aku nak jadi kawan yang lebih baik.

Hai la E. Kalau la kau se’definite’ Mathematics, kan best.

Versus Hlovate, from my perspective

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Sorry McWa, aku tak suka Hlovate macam kau. Haha.

Aduh. Setelah diberi cdgn oleh seorg kawan utk mmbaca karya Hlovate, tergerak jugak hati nak baca. Lebih2 lagi aku mmg pembaca buku cerita, Hlovate pula seorang pengkarya yg agak feymes setelah buku dia disebut2 oleh member2 keliling aku.

Aish, aku tak paham.

Ok aku tau, selera buku kita berbeza. Mungkin korang lebih suka buku2 chicklit. Bukan macam aku. Haha.

Aku dah try cari buku Versus karya Hlovate kat merata2 tmpat kat kedai buku Kuantan ni, satu pun takde. Takde rezeki kot. Aku tanya kawan2 aku yg ada buku Hlovate. Sorang kata dah bawak balik umah. Sorang lagi dah pindah, sebelum aku sempat pinjam buku dia. Haish, memang takde rezeki.

Akhirnya semalam aku gi fotostat kat bilik kawan, kebetulan dia peminat Hlovate jugak. Heh. I wont let go of this chance that easily. Ape lagi, aku pinjam dua buku dia. Versus and Rooftop Rant.

Well, bawak balik buku tu ke bilik, mula2 aku berasa agak kurang yakin la. Ye la, aku kan jenis peminat Dan Brown, ada ke nak baca buku Hate+Love=Hlovate mcm ni?

Start baca lebih kurang 11 mlm. Then berhenti baca kol 12.30mlm, nak tido. And serius, aku tido malam tu dgn perasaan yg agak sakit hati. Dengan permulaan buku Versus, dgn watak MinnEdina dlm tu.

Ape ke murah sgt dia nak gi kluar dgn lelaki berdua macam tu je??

Ops sorry aku bab2 mahal murah harga diri ni cam angin sket.

Last2 aku pujuk diri aku balik. Ok2 relax beb, buku ni mnceritakan tntang perubahan, so nnti tgah2 novel tu nnti msti dia berubah punyalah. Then mesti laki tu berubah punyalah. Wlupun mula2 lelaki tu berubah demi pompuan tu, and pompuan tu berubah sbb wasiat nenek dia (what a lame excuse!) but aku yakin in the end diorg akan berubah kerana Allah. Then diorg kawen. Then happy ever after. Owh and dont forget,mungkinla akan ada konflik sket sblm kawen tu.

Oh my God. Itu baru aku baca smpai part si AO tu ugut nak terjun atap. Aku tak baca smpai habis lagi tau! Aku tak tau jalan cerita sebenar dia mcm mana.

And guess what, aku sambung baca harini, huh. Please la AO and Minn, kawen je la. Buat penat je aku layan konflik korang tak sudah! Aku dah tau la, in the end korang akan kawen jugak! Aku smbung baca buku tu pon sebab aku mengharapkan ade la twist sket dlm jln cerita dia. Mngkin la si Minn tu tetibe Kena rogol ke ape. Something more drastik. Tengok2...sama je maca tekaan aku.

Oh well. I admit, mngkin je tekaan aku bg ending cerita ni salah. Ok fine. Klu diorg tak kawen pon, mungkin salah sorang mati. takpon si Minn tu kawen ngn Sun. Tak pon takde sape2 kawen. Dah. End of story. Ape susah sgt nak teka?? Adoila.

Sorry2, no offence. Aku tau, taste kita berbeza, bahan bacaan kita berbeza. Dan apa yg kita nak dari sesebuah buku pon berbeza. Aku kalau baca novel, (English preferably) aku baca sebab aku nak fakta dlm buku tu. History, science or maybe debates about religion. Debates put in an interesting way. That's why I'm trying not to miss any of Dan Brown's books.(walaupon dia buat buku like 4-5 years per book). Lama, sebab dia bnyak buat kajian. Dan tajuk2 yg diceritakan juga berbentuk fakta yg tak ramai org tau.

Meanwhile, buku Versus ni pulak masuk bab2 nak berubah, with a little bit of romance. (Oh bagi aku bab cerita cinta diorg tu lagi pnjang kot.). Jalan cerita yg dah biasa didengar, cuma mungkin Hlovate dedahkan dari satu sudut yg tak ramai org sedar. Dari kacamata budak2 skate, basket, breakdance shuffle etc. And aku akui, bnyak jugak la tajuk2 buku agama Hlovate senaraikan dlm buku ni.

The good thing is, dlm buku ni bnyk tazkirah. And Hlovate dedahkan pd pembaca tntang budaya dak2 skate, bahasa diorg. (Woo bagi aku bahasa skate yg digunakan dlm ni kasar la sket dr bahasa yg aku slalu guna.)

Anyway, aku tak abes baca pon buku tu. Aku baca smpai bab Minn ngn AO kawen je. And buku Rooftop Rant tu pon aku tak baca. Aku teros pulang 2 buku tu pada member aku.

Peminat2 Hlovate, jgn marah ea? ;) Ini just pandangan aku je. Buku tu still memberi pngajaran pada org ramai...

*UPDATE*

Aku tak habes ulas lgi sbnrnye. Haritu nak cepat, nak blik umah. Meh kat sini aku smbung.

Slepas baca Hlovate, somehow ada kata2 yg digunakan oleh Minn Edina macam sama dengan kata2 yg aku pernah cakap kat diri sndri. Haha. Bolehla nak kata me and her do have a little similarities,tapi aku mmg BUKAN Minn Ed. Sebab Minn Ed peluk teddy bear yg diberi oleh seorg lelaki yg BUKAN suami dia. Aku rase mcm nak bakar je teddy bear tuh. Huh.

Marah benor nmpak. Takdelah. Lantak kau lah Minn Ed. Kau bukan wujud di alam nyata pon. Why should I care about you?

Haha. But somehow I was jealous with her. She's Ed'Sassin, adik kepada the Faymes Ked Flop, gf pada Sun the Wrath. Argh, how feymes she was, sampai AO pon admire dia. Haha. (ok2 dia feymes dri segi tak elok)

But anyway, I do have gained one good thing to keep for myself.

Selepas aku selesai baca buku Versus tu, aku rasa bersyukur sebabTuhan jaga aku. Sebab Tuhan letak aku masuk sekolah agama, dari Form smpai masuk U, title sekolah aku semuanya ber'agama'. Haha. Buat aku sedar yg biah solehah tu penting utk dijaga. And I thank God sebab Dia jaga biah solehah aku berbanding Minn Ed.

Dah2 la tu pasal Minn Ed. Cuba cerita pasal Effe Nelle plak. Haha.

6700 Slide melawan X5-01

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Aku nak cari henset baru. Boleh?

Ahha, korang kata tak boleh pon, aku nak beli jugak. Aku nak cari henset 5MP Nokia. Aku dah survey, tapi antara dua henset ni aku tak tau mana nak pilih. Boleh korang tolong pilihkan? Hehe.

Yang ni henset Nokia  X5-01. Jenama yg agak baru jugakla keluar di pasaran. Kamera mmg 5 MP, ada flash. Dan yang best nye, dia ada Wi-Fi! Tapi video fps dia cuma 15 fps, and zoom dia sampai 4x je. Handset ni berat sket dri 6700 slide, and display color yg dia suport tak sebnyak 6700 slide.

Ni pulak Nokia 6700 slide. Kamera 5MP, ada dual flash, auto focus...vidoe fps dia 30, so ia merakam video yg berkualiti lbih sket dr X5-01. And zoom dia bleh smpai 8x, dan yg best pasal henset ni, dia ada kamera kat depan! Bleh video calling, leh tgkap gmbar dari depan. And henset ni bleh support flash video, and video camera resolution dia sampai QVGA, berbanding X5-01 yg hanya VGA. 

Yang aku suka pasal 6700 slide ni, sbb keypad di jenis biasa. Aku tak suka sgt Qwerty sebab kecik nor butang nak ditekan. And 6700 slide ada kamera depan. Tapi aku tak kesah sgat pasal kamera kat depan, asalkan kamera kat blkang dah 5MP pun dah cukup. Tapi X5-01 ada Wi-fi, mmg henfon zaman moden lah tu. Aku takut kalu aku beli 6700 slide, nnti outdated sebab dia takde Wi-Fi. Tapi aku bukan nak pakai Wi-Fi pon kat henset. Laptop dah ada watpe nak surf kat enset..?

Bajet aku dalam 500-600 ringgit je, tpi klu lebih sikit tu bleh consider sikit la...

Hmm...hati aku lebih memihak kepada 6700 slide sbnrnya, sbb kaler dia best, keypad dia senang, dan dia taklah se'besar' X5-01. Tapi aku nak tnya 'restu' korang dulu sblum aku beli...hehehe...silakan2..bg pendapat anda di ruang komen kat bwh ya...kalau ada yg dah penah pakai henset ni lagi bagus! Hehe...thank you! ;)

P/S: Kalau korang ada lagi henset 5MP yg bleh dicadangkan, cepat2 la gitau aku ea! Thanks~