World of Warcraft
I’ve been contemplating on getting (back) into World of Warcraft… the last couple of times I played it was 1. the 10 day trial, and then subsequently 2. on private servers, because I balked at the monthly subscription fee. Dear God, Blizzard must be making billions of dollars from the masses.
Turns out the private servers weren’t that great… every single one of them was bugged, and I couldn’t do any of the normal quests because of missing NPCs, or they were missing the quest bosses themselves. Everyone, apparently, was always going for Illidan and screaming on the chat channel why he didn’t respawn quickly enough.
Anyway, I’ve been playing Warcraft III to get myself in the mood (and still wondering if I really should splurge on 6 months’ worth of playtime), and my computer decided to overheat and die on itself in the middle of the game. Twice. I’ve been thinking it’s a dust problem, so I’ll probably dismantle the thing and give it a good wipe-down, but I have no screwdriver. I don’t want to dismantle the thing until absolutely necessary, which means waiting for the 2GB RAM I ordered from Dell the other day. I can kill two birds with one stone then.
ANYWAY, back to WoW. My main beef with it is… well, it’s a MMORPG, and I’ll be bound to encounter idiots, or make myself look like an idiot. I absolutely love the world Blizzard created - in Warcraft III, there were no bad guys, because the game made you sympathize with every single one of them, even the guy who became the main antagonist in the end. If I had friends who were into WoW I’d definitely jump at the chance, but seeing as I have no friends in the first place (at the very most, I can count the number of friends I have with one hand), the idea is kinda moot, really. And WoW is all about player interaction and cooperation, which I pretty much epic!FAIL at in real life.
EXAMS ARE OVER WHEE 5 MORE DAYS TO SINGAPORE!
Danrom, part zwei
Another reason why I really, really, really need a vacation: I’m falling ill. I haven’t been sick in 3 years, and that last illness was during the A’ Levels. There’s finals week to go, so… yeah.
Anyway, my Behavioural Neuroscience final exam was today, and I feel a bit annoyed by the whole thing because it ended earlier than my other classes (I STILL HATE YOU, PHILOSOPHY). That was my favourite class, and I mean, the professor was absolutely brilliant. I’d honestly take his class again because he’s just that damn good. Meanwhile, Philosophy is the very last exam of the quarter, and GOOD GOD, I HATE YOU.
Wait, let me translate this into PL.
UD: Everything
Hxy: x hates y
Lx: x is the last exam of the quarter
Px: x is a person
e: Elaine
p: Philosophy 250 course
(?e)(?p)(Pe & Lp) ? Hep
I have a headache, and I’m taking today off from studying. I’ve been compiling my music in Excel for some chillaxin’, AND HERE ARE MY RESULTS THUS FAR:
I’m sure nearly everything labeled Tokyo Disneyland was by Jac. xD Also, Jac, YOU’RE SO MEAN TO GIVE ME 64KBPS MP3S!!! D:
Lastly, a couple of fun facts. FFX-2’s Paine is voiced by Gwendoline Yeo. Turns out she’s the niece of Singapore’s Minister of Foreign Affairs George Yeo (if Wikipedia is to be believed). I have lots of TL;DR thoughts on this, not least about the elitist structure of Singapore and how all our ministers seem to be educated abroad, but whatever.
Number 2: James Arnold Taylor, who voices Tidus in FFX, voiced Jack Sparrow and Timon in KHII. I wanted to LOL so hard. JACK SPARROW IS TIMON O SHIT
Kingdom Hearts II
I CAN’T BEAT SEPHIROTH IN PROUD MODE
ARGH!
Money money money
So I’ve decided to splurge on:
1. The OOP 2-disc platinum version of Beauty and the Beast (still shrinkwrapped and security sealed, according to the seller), so that’s one investment. The stupid thing is that I’ll never open it. It’s a collectible now! Have you seen the insane prices the DVD’s going up on Ebay?
2. Dirge of Cerberus.
3. And possibly Amadeus, if I find a new copy that’s selling for 9 bucks or below (I’m such a cheapskate).
I’ve taken a double and triple listen to Disney on Classic, and well, I’ve decided against buying it. Half of it sounds like restaurant music, the other half seems to be ripped directly from the OSTs, and only a handful of songs sound nice.
Ramblings
ETA: Okay, I’m going to nap first before gaming. Ugh I’m so tired.
I’m finished with my finals, and I’m exhausted. I’m going to unwind with KHII (finally I’m able to play!) I used up two booklets for writing out my Holocaust exam - had I enough time, I would’ve written more.
I still don’t quite get why in America people leave so early once they’re done. Don’t they check their work for mistakes, or in the case of writing an essay, write about 10 more things they could touch on? I mean, I had my Stats exam on Monday, and had I not triple checked everything, I would’ve missed one bit where I forgot to square the number. My essay on the Holocaust had like, 6 major points and if I were to go into detail about those 6 points, I wouldn’t have enough time to finish the essay. It turned out that I was the very last student in the exam hall, and I was kinda shocked about that.
Julia apologized for not being online as often as she would be, in which I am completely grateful for (her apology, that is, not her not being online). The iPod I gave her for her birthday stopped working, so I’ll probably ask her to restart it, if not, to exchange it for a new one (since it’s still under warranty and shit).
I feel like I’m supposed to be happy that the exams are over, but I don’t feel anything about it. It’s been that way since I can remember… maybe OSU is easier, and that I’m not pushing myself as hard, or I do have more motivation to study than I did in NUS. Maybe because of that, I don’t really feel a sense of relief, since I didn’t stress myself as much as I could have. I did truly enjoy this quarter, and I guess it’s more of sadness than joy that the quarter had to end so quickly. I do hope that Spring will be as equally fun (and no more math! YAY… except now I have 3 Science courses to plow through).
I need to finish my food swipes by Friday. There’s fried rice and egg rolls tomorrow in the cafeteria, so I’ll probably get like, 5 helpings of that shit for lunch and dinner. It’s made from cheapass ingredients, but damned if it isn’t delicious.
Disneyfied is updated (briefly), I’ve joined the Twilight City RP as Belle (thinking of taking up Hades) aaaand… oh yes. Some Singapore-related whining.
Final Fantasy
I’m rather glad that I’m only a moderate fan of Final Fantasy. Because looking at the list of spin-offs, merchandise and games Square-Enix produced ever since they knew sequels meant quick money, I’d be broke.
