System Back Online : Farid

Revisiting the Past for the First Time.

2011-12-18T23:02:00.006+08:00

I have been offline for quite a while now, had to focus on the exams that I was about to face this year. Anyway, the test has been set for and therefore, although it took a while, I decided to go back to updating my blog, it has been more than 6 months since my last post so a really long break for me.So, back to the title, revisiting the past. Well, there have been a few games I have yet to try for the Playstation 2(PS2) and after hours of searching and coming up with decisions, managed to get my hands on that console, not permanently but for a period enough to try the games that I have wanted to try. The games that I wanted to try were Armored Core and Virtual On.

About Armored Core, I have heard of it, and I have seen a few models in the stores that I visit often, so I was curious about it for a little while back. With the help of Wikipedia, I managed to find out a little about it, and sadly most of the games were for the Playstation console. But, I had finally managed to try the game out and came to the definite conclusion that the game was, well to put it in my terms, SO DANG HARD!!! Seriously, if there was ever a mech game that would make you cry and sweat through its missions, one of them would be Armored Core. The one I'm playing (I'm still playing it) is Armored Core Nexus. The game comes with 2 discs, Evolution and Revolution. After playing a couple of missions, all that happened was defeat after defeat and I

almost gave up on it, but surprisingly, as hard as the game gets, it has a kind of pull that keeps me going back to the controller and saying "Maybe I'll try that mission again." I know the game was released about 7 years ago, but I never got to try it for personal reasons. So, more about the game, I only managed to win the difficult missions thanks to a few walkthrough I read up on a few sites, and getting used to the analog was very hard, I am a PC gamer, so very used to the mouse, no experience at all on using analogs, when I played Medal of Honour with a friend, let's just say I was moving the character to aim, not the cross-hairs. But, the main attracting factor that the game had was you were able to customize your Armored Core or AC, from the colour to the generators or radiators and each one, except colour that is, plays a role in you winning or

losing missions. For example, you need a good radiator or you AC will overheat just by boosting or after being attacked. And you need a generator if you want to ensure you can boost long enough or use energy weapons. But all this is really old stuff I brought up now. Hehehe. By the way, I spent almost 2 hours on customizing my AC one night....

Now, for Virtual On Marz. I have been very familiar with the Virtual On universe since I actually even played computer games, and I still have the first game on the PC. Sadly, Marz is pretty much a let down compared to the previous Virtual On series. The main pulling factor for Virtual On is its arcade style, fast-paced action, but this was also the main let down in the latest series, Marz. The first game, Virtual On Operation Moongate, was actually very successful and receive many good reviews, I spent quite a lot of time reading them too. The second game, Virtual On Oratorio Tangram, received even better reviews for its steady frame rate and also its even faster speed, in my opinion the fastest mech game ever. But sadly, the other 2 Virtual On Force and Virtual On Marz, had a decrease in game speed, maybe because they introduced 2 vs 2 in the game, meaning 4 players get to beat each other up in a single match, but not many reviews on this game was release because most arcades were released in Japan, so Marz was the only one that actually made it outside of Japan. I can imagine the disappointment faced by fans, you have a good game, and even better sequel and then suddenly the speed is worse then the original one. However, I did not regret buying this game, I couldn't find it online for download, nor could I buy it locally, so I purchased a copy on ebay. I was very comfortable with the game controls, I have been playing it almost my entire life anyway, but I will say that a story mode doesn't really suit this game because it was made for arcade style gaming. But I had fun challenging my younger bro and my cousin to a few matches, since both didn't dare try versus mode in Armored Core...

Aside from all this, I build Gundam models, watch anime and play MapleStory. Well, that's it for the first post after a long time, after I finish the model, might post it here, the model I'm working on currently is Beginning Gundam. Ba bye!!!

Farid

RGM-79FP GM Striker and RX-78GP03 Dendrobium Stamen!!

2011-06-05T23:56:00.022+08:00

During the long period in which I hardly updated my blog, I actually finished 2 HG Gundam Model Kits. They were, as I have written for the title of my post GM Striker and Dendrobium Stamen or GP03. I bought them mainly because these 2 kits appealed to me in some way. I just liked the design of the models and so I purchased them. I started on my RX-78GP03 Dendrobium Stamen first before moving on to my RGM-79FP GM Striker.

So first my Stamen. I the only parts I painted were the blue parts, meaning all the blue even the ones which were already blue to make sure the colours for each part was the same. I also painted the red on the inside of the thrusters. The mixture used was 1 part blue and 2 parts flat white. I was pleased with the blue colour I had, not so dark yet not that bright as well. Originally the blue was very dark, so I had to mix the colours. I have also tried something I have never done before on this kit, that is gluing clear green parts for the Sensors on the head and the 2 light on the legs. Had some problems at first but, yeah, managed to fix it. The legs however had scratches on them because maybe I was sanding them too hard to get rid of the excess dark grey paint for the legs. But nothing much I could do about it. So there you have in my RX-78GP03 Gundam GP03 or Dendrobium Stamen!!!

(Above) Here you can see the clear parts I glued on using Tamiya Plastic Cement. For the eyes however I didn't really want to go to all the trouble so just coloured them Metallic Green using the Gundam Marker.

(Above) The inside of the thruster, but you can't really see the red colour...

(Above) Articulation for the Arm and Leg. Not very good though, slightly more than 90 degrees. Now this limits the poses I was able to make with this model.

(Above) The weapons and shield for this model, it has the XBR-BOWA M-82A Beam Rifle , Folding Bazooka, Beam Sabre and the Folding Shield.

(Above) The model came with 2 different hands for each side, gripped and open. The model also came with a core fighter. Unfortunately, the core fighter can't be folded or be placed in the torso.

(Above) With Beam Rifle and Folding Shield mounted on. Also with the Folding Bazooka, for that however I folded the shield, to make it easier to mount the bazooka.

Now for my RGM-79FP GM Striker. I actually only started this model 2 weeks ago, the GP03 was earlier this year I think. But the gap between these 2 was, maybe, 4 months. Anyway, I actually put in a lot of thinking into this model. I thought of whether I should paint all the yellow parts but I ended up deciding on trying to mix the paints so that I get a colour as similar as possible to the yellow parts, the yellow parts were more orange actually. The mixture used was 1 part orange 3 parts flat white. The colour is very close, I had to continuously add the flat white and see how close the colour was to the plastic. Carrying on, I ended up painting all the parts which were supposed to be white, a kind of greenish greyish white, with a mix not following the manual at all. I looked at the ready made pictures that they usually give in the manual and the white used was quite white. I don't think you understood that... Anyway, I mixed 2 parts dark grey, 1 part light green and 13 parts flat white. This actually took a long time, I added white bit by bit until I got the colour I wanted. For the cockpit hatch and all the other red parts, I used 1 part red, 2 parts orange. Oh, I also painted all the parts in need of painting the base colour flat white for the best results. And I am very pleased with this model. The paint got scratched however at the knee joint and mixing the paint is a real pain, so I just leaving it for now. Should have sand the parts first to leave a small gap. Luckily this happened after taking the photos so not much of a problem.

(Above) Standard Front back view, equipped with weapons and shield. What appealed the most about this suit was that it is mainly used for close combat, the spear was replicated from RX-78-2's Beam Javelin.

(Above) The Weapons and shield, I did not include its optional ranged weapon, the 100mm Machine Gun, which I will show later on. The shield has 2 extend-able spikes which is also used in close combat.

(Above) The insides of the thrusters and the joints, the small part inside were all painted flat white. I painted the weapons a different mix, 1 part dark grey and 5 parts flat white. I also did the same thing with the sensor, cut out a clear part and glued it there.

(Above) The articulation for the arms and leg. I am actually very pleased with the arm's articulation, enabling it to grab its beam sabre. For the leg, not so pleased however...

(Above) I really like the 100mm Machine Gun, kinda reminds me of the MAT 49 sub-machinegun which I use in the game BlackShot!!! The left hand can be changed to make it hold the gun, with the articulation of the hand itself. I took off the shield to make it easier to the action poses.

(Above) Last of all ATTACK!!! with the spear. The beam sabre can also be bent down to look like a scythe. Well something like that. And I just realized, my GM Striker is missing a part!!! Wahahahaah!!! Can't believe I didn't realize that...

Well, there you have it one long post to fill the spaces. I can't really post stuff nowadays, much to do so little time. Well that's all then, FINISH!!!! Ba bye!!!

Farid

Have You Ever Felt...

2011-04-03T23:12:00.002+08:00

Well, it has been a very depressing week and start of the year for me. I cannot explain why. And there are no relevant or acceptable excuses as to why I did failed to post anything for the past 3 months now. Only one word, lazy. I have been very lazy throughout this year, I hardly worked on my gundam models and so far have only been playing video games on the computer. Well, my brother had just bought for me Starcraft 2, not the original one by the way that is coming later, and I started playing it, and playing it and playing it over and over again. I was very excited and wanted to try Starcraft 2 myself when it was officially released and yes, I did try and register to test the beta but never got to try the game until now that is. The gameplay has been improved, friendly units give or make way for other friendly units who want to pass through is one of those. The graphics, spectacular, but I never really cared for graphics, what good is a game with the best of latest graphics but with a gameplay that makes you feel like a game of chess would be more worth your time (not to mock chess by the way). The graphics setting for the computer was low on everything, animation, texture and many others, which surprised me, that was the best computer in my house, and low on everything!!!??? I tried putting it to medium but, well, let's say the game went from car speed to crawling speed. But nevertheless, the game rocks and rolls. To bad I can't play melee maps against the AI. But, these days seem to go by as mere dreams, I mean when you experience a dream, you don't really feel joy or how you normally feel, and that was what every day seemed like, and I don't know why.

A small section for SPM. Well, I can't say I'm not worried about SPM, I am trust me, but, well, I don't really know what to feel. Some part of me wants to cry, another says deal with it, another says relax its a long way, another says don't take your time for granted, another says you should study, another says try studying, another says do what you can, and that's a lot of parts. So, I have been studying, I have certainly, but currently, well enough of that. And that's the SPM section.

Now, about something new, I wanted you update about what happened in those three months but as I said, the days have been like dreams, so nothing much to tell you about how I feel but more towards what I did. Anyway, I think it was a few weeks ago, the topic about Vocaloids was brought up when I was talking with friends, and I still don't remember how. But anyway, you must be wondering, What are Vocaloids? Well, they are, to put it simply, animated divas. Everything was computerised, the voice and the character. It was interesting to see these Vocaloids because, you don't see this everday, but that's for me anyway, something new. It's not like I prefer these Vocaloids over real singers or something, but it is something new to me and only natural for you to be curious about something new. Anyway, real singer are always better, but these Vocaloids have some pretty dang good songs as well. I am going to put 2 videos of the Vocaloids named Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin in their live concert but I'm not really sure if it was 2009 or 2010. And if you think I was mistaken, they do actually have a live concert. Oh, and another thing, it seems that one everyone of these videos, there is at least one comment on Justin Bieber, a negative one. Hahahaha!!! Enjoy!!

That's all. Bah Bye!!!

Farid

Online Gaming Spree!!!!

2010-12-12T22:34:00.000+08:00

The past few weeks have been, er, busy. I had 10 days of Photoshop course over the first 2 weeks, meaning having to wake as early as 6 or 7 in the morning. It has been a while since I had to wake up early since the end of school for the holidays. Yes, it has been a long time since I have posted about anything other than Gundam aside from the post "A Tangled Post". And I am waiting for my dear cousin from Kuching to come here for the holiday too. You know, looking forward to NERF battles since I bought my Maverick Rev-6. I has been 3 weeks of no updating and you all, my fellow followers (you know those who follow my blog not... nevermind) must be wondering, , "What is Farid doing, he said he was going to post every week!?" "Oh, dear me, where has he gone too?!!" "I say, he must be rather busy this few weeks, not having posted anything about his beautiful Gundam Models yet." "I hope nothing has happened to him"... and all that stuff. But these few weeks have been mostly gaming weeks as I started playing Black Shot. It is a massively multiplayer online first person shooter game. And I have been playing it for a while now. I have also watched, as I have said before, Tangled and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. The movie, as my sister says, has not missed out any of the points in the book which is good I guess, for those who want to understand the story better. In my opinion they should have made a 2 part movie for the order of the phoenix too. The book was really thick anyway. So, you must still be wondering, was I only playing games this few weeks. As discreet as I want to make it sound, yes, I have been only playing computer games this few weeks. I am currently playing MapleStory too after a long 4 years. I stopped playing and started again and stopped and started again. So only up to Level 47 now.

So more about Black Shot, I had a lot of fun playing it. The most amazing thing happened too, my sisters started playing it as well. The disease spread to me and then too my sisters. But, the thing I hate the most about that game is the HACKERS!!!! Dang them and their ways!!! But what can you do.

I am however trying to do my gundam models yet most of my time is on the computer... 'sigh'

Oh, and I also started reading Harry Potter books. They were in the house for a long time because my mom, brothers and sisters were huge fans. But I never brought myself to reading those books. Maybe it was because when I first read them I lost interest. I don't know how old I was then. But now I read the first, then the second, and now I'm at Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Maybe the main reason for my reading them was because I wanted to understand the story. But I could have wiki-ed it. So, that's all for a quick catch up on me. Bet you wanted to hear what I have to say next: BA BYE!!!!

Farid

A Tangled Post

2010-11-27T10:10:00.000+08:00

I guess me giving such an obvious post title would mean I am going to post about the new Disney 3D animation movie, Rapunzel a Tangled Tale. However, I am going to put those rumours to rest. Yes, I am going to post about it. I watched it last night in the local cinema and it was awesome. I also saw the trailer of Kung Fu Panda 2 and he said "Kung Fu staring contest!!!" Well, I would recommend this movie to all because it is really a good movie, nice and hilarious. Well, I would not spoil anything but it does explain more about why she, Rapunzel, does not cut her hair. To put it brief, it is a TANGLED tale, about a TANGLED girl, with her TANGLED problems, and her TANGLED adventures with a guy TANGLED in her adventures which leads to a TANGLED end. See what I just did there, I hypnotized you... Nah, just kidding I repeated TANGLED 6 times. Well, have a nice time if you are going to watch it. That's all finish!!!

Farid

(MG) Guntank, It has Ended!!!

2010-11-07T15:00:00.000+08:00

I finally finished working on my Guntank, I took about a week but I enjoyed it. Guntank, unlike the RX-78-2, had much bigger parts, so basically the panel-lining took a while. But here are the pictures as I have said in the previous post. I'll start off with the arms.

The left arm. Didn't really have much trouble putting it together, the only problem was that the front part could be taken off.

The right arm, same not much difficulty, just the front comes off.

See, you can see the part I'm holding, yeah, you can spin this and then the 2 will move forward while the other two move to the back. And the part in front of it is the part that comes off all the time.

Spin it and then, yeah, it moves. It makes it easy of make this model look like it's firing its cannons. And you can see the tip coming off a bit.

The cockpit as I have shown in the previous post but this time with the neck attachment. Under that there's an LED light powered by 2 LR 41 batteries.

Now, this I have added the cockpit cover or maybe protection, it does make the pilot harder to look at though.

The LED lighted up you can see the green light there.

When you light up the LED the display and control screen lights up as well. Its pretty cool.

A closer look.

And the upper torso is complete!!! I forgot to post pics for the 120 mm low-reaction cannon.

The lower body. This is where the torso meets the waist. This is also the part where the core fighter is placed.

A rear view.

Now, I am going to show the articulation for the waist.

Move front.

Move back.

Now for the track joint. you can actually pull it outwards and downwards.

Pulled downwards, this can help the Guntank gain height. Then, he'll be saying,
"I grow taller, you can't look down on me anymore!!"

The tracks, and I lost a picture off the other side. I panel-lined the wheels interior with paint and then cleaned it up with cotton buds. Quite a messy job but easier than panel lining all those wheels.

A closer look at the wheels, I used the same technique to panel line these too.

This is the shock absorber system, it also allows you to increase the height of the Guntank.

When you switch it the other way the tracks loose height.

Now the complete model. I will also show other features it has.

Now you can lower this thing so that it opens.

As shown above.

This part can too be opened to reveal further detail.

As shown above.

Now this is the travelling lock to allow the cannons to stay in position I think.

Well, that's all. I completed it next up will be the Guntank and RX-78-2 together, side by side
and also a distorted look to Gundam models. I really liked this model. And the tracks are not meant to be spun or moved they are supposed to just stay as they are. Earlier tries made the tracks come off easily, an early warning. Appart from that, the gimmicks for this model is just extraordinary. I never liked this model last time, I thought, "Ugh, ugly gundam with tracks for legs!!" But it never looked so good before. Bwahahahahahahaha!!!! Ba Bye!!

Farid

I Wish...

2010-10-31T17:52:00.000+08:00

I had enough money to buy gundam models. But the thrill is always there to collect and buy them. I have arranged my wish list in order of which to buy first.

Now, first of all will be Zaku. Honestly I never liked the Zaku. I never like the bad guy's mobile suits actually. But somehow, I learned to appreciate their unique design. Why? Why? WHY?? But still my RX-78-2 would like to beat some Zakus. So, I'm planning on buying one.Next would be Char Aznable's Custom Zaku.

And NERF?!?! Yeah, I like them, this has always been on my wish list. But, the last on the list so I'll hold it off. I will buy you eventually, just you wait Raider CS-35!!!

Farid

(MG) Guntank, It has Started!!!

2010-10-18T23:15:00.000+08:00

I recently purchased another MG to complete my collection, the Guntank!!! I start showing the progress from upper body to armoured upper body, and head too!!!

First of all, for this MG I started with the upper body unit. There were many parts involved, took a really long time panel-lining the parts one by one. (Above) the completed unarmoured upper body unit.

I painted the bullets, or shells for the Guntank, used 2 different colours, titanium gold for the lighter gold and gold leaf for the darker part.

The lower body part, didn't work much on it really, that's all I finished.

The rear end, a lot of detail, so much fun panel-lining. Wait, no exclamation mark, so much fun panel-lining!!!

A painted pilot of the core pilot, forgot to take pictures of the head unit pilot. Guntank actually has 2 pilots one controlling the armaments and the other the movement. But later on the system was changed and only one pilot was needed to use the Guntank.

The painted pilot sitting snuggly in his cockpit. The cockpit took some time to panel-line as well.

The view of his control panel, if you look closely you can see it in front of the pilot. There is an LED light that will light that up so it looks like a real control panel, activated!!

Now the upper body unit armoured on!! It looks cool and bulky. Bulky because it needs to make up for its low mobility, maybe.

Rear view, the painted bullets are covered but if the cover is taken off you can see them.

Earlier shown was with the chest vents closed, now I opened them. Quite and easy thing to do actually, with the help of the gear system in there.

There are these two things, maybe meant to hold his 2 120mm long-range low reaction cannons.

Now, the head unit covered with armour. I painted the glass top cover, no, its not actually glass. Originally, it was just clear. You can see the pilot there, soon I will add the frame so you won't be able to see it that clearly anymore.

The cockpit is opened.

This, is how big the pilot is compared to the upper body.

Now the head unit and the core fighter. You can see the 2 painted pilots in their cockpits.

The core fighter, this time with a landing wheel base, thingy.

Core fighter folded up to fit the core block system in the upper torso.

See, you can still see the shiny bullets. Now, continuing to armourize the lower body unit and caterpillar wheels, if that;s what you call them, or maybe it was tracks? Well, that's all for now. The progress will continue on the next post. Ba bye.

Farid

Kamen Rider W Review

2010-10-15T14:18:00.001+08:00

I have been very slow in posting stuff these days. Anyway, as the title reads I shall post a review on Kamen Rider W.

Kamen Rider W or Kamen Rider Double has been something to, well, look forward to because it has introduced some new things into the Kamen Rider series. I will be rating this series on the following aspects, storyline, design, characters, special effects, humour and action.
First of all, storyline. Kamen Rider W has a solid story. However, it was the transformation scene that really gave the kick. It was like, first henshin, I mean second since they henshin already when they got the belt and the gaia memories. The enemy is in front of him, almost burns the front of his hat, then, without feeling scared or nervous and stuff (well of course, because they transformed many times before, wait that means it is the henshin number?) pulls out a gaia memory and activates it "JOKA!!!". Yeah, that was it. But the disappointing part was I thought they would merge, combined power of man squared. But instead, the other guy, Phillp faints and Shoutarou tranforms to the body of W. It is pretty sad for Phillp, you know, fainting every time they henshin. So the story is okay, nothing to fancy, but with a nice old fashioned detective storyline. The solid story is good, but not too good. Nothings perfect so maybe 8.5 out of 10. Yeah, I know, writing a review and he says maybe.

For design, well, this is what Kamen Rider W accels in. The design for the Kamen rider goes back to Ichigo, the grasshopper. I've always liked the grasshopper design on them. So, very nice. An added point for both sides of W being symmetrical and only a small amount of difference, apart from colour that is, which is a major difference. In most ways a simple yet interesting design to add to the list of Kamen Rider. For design, I also take into count the execution of his capabilities. I mean, can he henshin easily, is it bothersome in anyway and most importantly, does it take a long time. The only downside to this awesome system is if one is down, W is down, as simple as that. The reason that he can just put the belt on, activate the gaia memory and then transforms after his partner inserts his gaia memory is what makes him transform with ease. I mean, just "juitttt" then "juitttt" then "SAIKURON", "JOKA" tet tet tetttt and he becomes Kamen Rider. The part of changing forms is also something new. Being able to merge 3 by 3 forms gives him incredible flexibility and 9 different forms. Unlike other Kamen Riders, having to go through the same phase all over again, or some new way of transformation, he can just "teeeewwww" then "juittt" on either or both sides and then, wow, new form, new ability, unique design!!! different colour.... He does have to activate the new gaia memory for his form but what I wrote was pretty much what you'll hear, no time to hear the "RUNA" or "METARU".

The same can't be said for the side rider Kamen Rider Accel, whose design is nothing else but unique too. The only problem, quite a slow henshin compared to W. The final forms disappoint me in many ways. It goes the other way around while still slow in henshin speed. This time W gets a, well not so nice design, while, accel turns to Trial with a cool motocross design. The special effects does make up a little for it but I'll touch on that later. Overall design is great but henshin grows slower, and a little bothersome. So 9.0 on design, 6.4 on henshin speed and 9.0 on whether it is bothersome or not, the higher meaning not so bothersome and lower meaning difficult to initiate. All in all its a 8.1 for design.

Now for Characters. The main characters are Hidari Shoutarou and Phillp. Other characters include, the clients throughout the series, the people who provide the information, annoying Akiko, Terui Ryuu or Kamen Rider Accel, Norumi Soukuchi, Wakana, Saeko, Kirihiko, Ryuubee, Shroud and well a lot more. Each character plays a nice role in each episode, so a 7.8 for characters. Shoutarou Hidari is an old fashioned detective, using the typewriter and goes around asking people for information. Phillp on the other hand is the guy with the info searching capabilities, like a walking, talking, part of your henshin phase google, if you may. It is because he has access to the Planets Bookshelf allowing him to read up and almost anything, like Takoyaki for example.

Special Effects are not that good unfortunately. I mean, I recently watched Kamen Rider Faiz and the animation has been pretty much the same. The special effects for the maximum drives were mostly just a large explosion. But apart from the unrealistic look of the animation, it was okay. I was expecting a more kick for his finisher, I mean when the drop kick or Joker Extreme happens the ground is uneffected, no cracks due to the enormous amount of force from the kick just a cool explosion. The animation is cool, special effects, abundant, but not too epic. So, 7.5 for special effects.

Humour, actually plays a nice role in the story, mostly by Akiko. It's not those stories that make you laugh and roll on the floor till your tears pour out, no, but it lightens the story gives it a little freedom. This makes the story not to serious, not too funny until you don't take it seriously but controlled to an amount that you like. A 8.9 for humour.

For action, there are times where the action is just limited to kicking the enemy, take a few hits, then punch the enemy until they reach a point where they hardly move as the finisher kicks in and bam... finish. However, most of the action are Kamen Rider is like that so I lower the standard to Kamen Rider instead of the original setting Gundam 00. It is nice looking at them punch and kick and still maintain the coolness of the rider, but on the second episode for example, a sudden burst of action which was fully animated was shown. Not that I don't like it, but the action in all Kamen Rider series has been rather low, not to the point that you say Woah!! I mean this is excluding the Maximum Drive. I always wanted it to be like he kicks the enemy and the enemy is thrown to the wall and causes a crack there. Then, he jumps to the enemy and throws him to one side and continue the punching. I always wanted fast action. Its always just, punch, punch, punch the enemy rolls on the floor. So, with the Gundam 00 setting, this would get a 2.3, with the standard setting, 5.6, but knowing the audience this series appeals to and lowering the standard more it gets a 6.7.

So, all in all this gets a 9.5 rating over 10. I must say, it is something new to the Kamen Rider series', 2 people transform to a single Rider and stuff like that. So, this is a must watch for those fans out there, and maybe for those of you who just like watching stuff like this, you might take this into consideration.

Farid

Never Ever Read First

2010-09-19T10:49:00.000+08:00

I know you're wondering why did I put Never Ever Read First as the title for my post today. Well, because the first letter of each word of the title spells Nerf. Anyway skip that, lets talk about Raya. Oh, and maybe a mini review of Kamen Rider W.

And so it it is the 10th day of raya. Hmmm, my holiday will end today and school starts tomorrow. And my two sisters are going back to KL tomorrow. It seems the tomorrow will never get worse than that. However, I have to live with this kind of life for 2 more years. They seem so long, but as my teacher says "Pejam Celik Pejam Celik dah habis 2 tahun." And to think of it, I is true, it seems as it was only yesterday that I was having the UPSR and now the PMR has passed. However, the Raya was exciting. I helped make the cookies and cakes and spent a lot of time with family. But the last night was an exciting one. Me and my cousins played Nerf Blasters. It was the kind of game which, how should I put it, make you feel more alive. It was all thanks to my cousin Danyal, he bought 3 Nerf Blasters, 2 Nite Finders EX-3 and 1 Deploy CS-6. Plus my grandparents house was big and spacious enough for a 3 man battle. We played a game which in my terms is called "1 shot kill, last man standing". It is played as said, if you get shot you're out of the game and the one who evades every shot in the end wins. This was fun, because we had to really save up our bullets. I ended up buying 1 Maverick REV-6 for myself and my bro bought 1 too. So, my sisters and elder bro started playing as well.

I have finished watching Kamen Rider W. I have to say, the story pleased me in a way. "Spoiler Alert" The make you think it is going to be a sad ending but ends up to be a happy ending ending really makes you feel in a way relief and irritated. However, it was quite obvious due to the fact that Shoutaro still cannot remove his habit of transforming or "henshin" without Phillp even though it has been a year. The design of this Kamen Rider is also nice, using the classic grasshopper look and also it's capabilities to mix his forms. One of the songs has some what caught my attention. It is the song "Nobody's Perfect" by Narumi Soukichi. Here's the music video.

Well, I don't really want to post such a long post so that's it.

Farid

A Revisit To The Past

2010-08-31T23:27:00.000+08:00

I managed to sit back awhile a think back about the past. Hahaha, sounds so lame, I know. It has been a while since I updated my blog. Laziness was the main factor other than having nothing to blog about. Gundams was not a factor, I finished many and is still in the process of completing one. But, still I thought maybe I should be posting some stuff on my blog so here I am. Well, I wanted to post something on the first day of Ramadhan, to wish happy fasting to my fellow muslims, but too late now.

Recently I thought back about the past as I said above, I remembered about me playing beyblades when I was younger. It was when the first beyblades were released. So, since here they were selling a few of the new beyblades from the new beyblade series Metal Fight Beyblade. It first uses the Metal Fight Beyblade system but then changes to the Hybrid Wheel System. The difference is that the beyblade using the Metal Fight Beyblade has 4 layers compared to the HWS which has 5 layers. The layers are divided to the Face, Clear Wheel, Metal Wheel, Track and Bottom. The Metal Fight Beyblades are divided to 4 which are Face, Wheel, Track and Bottom. The metal wheel is combined with the clear plastic wheel. As you can see below this is the one I purchased, it came with a light launcher which is shown in the picture below. I had some fun playing with mine.

That's all, maybe I'll try posting every week again like before.

Farid

RX-78-2 Gundam

2010-06-20T23:03:00.000+08:00

The Gundam that started it. The first one!! RX-78-2 Gundam. I was very happy with it when I got it. I looked at the runners, and with one guess, I knew it would be one great model to work with. The mecha for this model was amazing, and it also had the articulation which was much better than the previous MGs that I have, no wonder it was the best MG.

Front, Side and Rear veiw of the model, very simple, but the mecha shows otherwise. The model came with a lot of weapons, from the basic beam rifle to the beam javelin. However, you will not see any of the beam javelin photos, till I edit this post for the second time. The Hyper Bazooka was very nice. But it was quite difficult putting it on the gundam. The Hammer was something, looks pretty cool too. The Beam Rifle could also be fitted with a Super Napalm launcher a nice piece of equipment to be added to this model. The Beam Sabre was of course added.

I started work on at the second day after the return from KL. I actually wanted to delay making it, but I changed my mind. Didn't regret it one bit. This time I was extra careful with cutting the parts from the runners, and cut away the marks with a pen knife, the model looked better anyway. This time, unlike the previous ones, I panel lined the inner skeleton so it looked a lot better, and of course took more time to finish. The core fighter alone took a tiring 2 hours of continuous work.

The core fighter and in its folded form, the part goes into the torso as show above.

The Core fighter could be transform just by pulling the head down and the tail was made to fold inwards when this happened. The wings however had to be folded manually.

Farid

A Week

2010-06-15T15:06:00.000+08:00

Man, it's been 2 weeks of holiday, this is the last week, and still I'm not that satisfied with my holiday. What could be missing? I keep asking myself that but I still can't get the answer. What is it that I have not accomplished?? And the results for my exam will be revealed on the first day at school. Hmmm.

All the stuff I did took quite a long time to finish. I made Gundam models, the RX-78-2 Gundam took at least 5 days to complete. I made 2 others which took 2 days to complete, 1 day each. Maybe what I have to do is draw!! Or maybe not. I play Starcraft every day, maybe that's what's bothering me... maybe not.

Arghhhhhhhh!!! My holiday in KL felt like 3 weeks instead of one. Maybe it was because of all the places I visited.

Anyway, I watched the 38th episode of Kamen Rider W. And the storyline has changed drastically, Wakana turned evil, just as soon as she was about to leave the city and her job with Phillip who also agreed to do so. It is getting very interesting, and surprisingly, I just noticed how many episodes were downloaded. And Accel has a new form, Accel Trial which allows him to move more quickly and dodge opponents attacks with his speed. It looks cool, his new form, maybe I will purchase the SH figurearts model. Oh, I so the Kamen Rider W models in KL, they were really nice, and S.I.C Dark Kabuto was there too. There were Heat Metal, Luna Trigger and Cyclone Joker. They all looked great.

A week of holiday left and down to 5 days of holiday. And not many people are online these days. Maybe they are on holiday...

Oh, and here are some of the pictures I took. I borrowed my bro's RX-78-2 Gundam SD for the picture of the trio. Looks good. Looking forward to buy the MG RX-75-2 Guntank.

So many maybes, I just wish I could spend this holiday to its fullest.

Farid

Stocked Up And Ready To Go!!

2010-06-08T00:21:00.000+08:00

Yes!!! I have just come back from Kuala Lumpur today, and I thought maybe I should update my blog and I did. I did a lot of things there other than going to the shopping complexes such as, Midvalley, Time Square, Lowyat, Pavilion, One Utama and Ikea (bought quite a lot of furniture). I also went to Melaka or Melacca I guess the spelling changes from BM to English and Cameron Highlands. The only problem during that trip was the constant health problems I was having. I had a terrible headache, I sprained my arm, neck which also increased the headache pain. So travelling by car was of course a problem.

Now, I did buy Gundam Models there, they were cheaper too!!! I bought the Gundam Model I have always been looking for, RX-77-2 Guncannon, and even better with clear kit and its SD Model. I also bought Decal softener. This is used, if I am not mistaken, to make the decal stick much better and also make it not come off, you know because it seals it so any dust cannot interfere with the 'stickyness' of the decal. It costs RM 9.90. I wanted to buy Flat Clear Paint, but didn't and I regretted not buying it. Anyway, that costs RM 8.00.

I think I'll post more stuff tomorrow, need some sleep. 'Yawn'

Farid

Maybe Not As Good.

2010-05-16T22:38:00.000+08:00

I'm having my exams this week, the following week and the week after the following week. So, my blog might not be updated that frequently as before, which is maybe not every week but I will try my best to update it like always. Anyway, I finished the Starcraft Battle between me and my bro but it is quite big in size, 400 MB for a 17 minute long video. Maybe I should decrease the size to 200 MB, but I'm afraid the quality will not be as good.

I will show the picture of my nice War Machine model I recently purchased the week before. It is actually very well painted but the eyes and the core in the centre is not that bright. But, it still looks good. Bwahahahaha!!!

The new picture for my picture!!!!

Farid

New Post? Yes. Good Post? Maybe.

2010-05-09T20:40:00.000+08:00

A lot has been happening lately. And by a lot, I mean a lot of time wasted. Somehow, I played a lot of games during this weekend, but I doesn't feel worthwhile. I played Starcraft, I didn't feel any joy and fun that I used to have when playing it. So, I played with my elder brother, to "Regain my Honour" so to speak. It didn't work either, the weekend felt gloomy, boring, motionless although time passed by. I didn't work on my gundam models at all either, I guess I was mentally tired from the Military Units.

Oh, I won against my elder brother 3 times. But, somehow it felt as if he was giving me a chance. I'm not really sure, but I want to battle him again, and this time I'm asking him to train a lot first. I guess that would be hard to do for him, because he has work and all. I guess I'll get a video of the battle against him up next week, I'll also try adding stuff to it to make it more interesting. Don't worry I won't change anything that happened during the battle. Last of all, the Starcraft Battle Net finally managed to update, so now it is possible to play using wireless network connection instead of having to attach cables to enable the game to play multiplayer games, IPX and UDP. IPX is cable and UDP is wireless network. And that's all for Starcraft. Wait, one more thing, Starcraft II is out this September, 27th of September 2010 to be exact. This can be preordered through a number of sites which you can find on the main website.

I have recently purchased a new Iron Man model to add to my collection but you won't see any of those on my blog. Should I post them?? Anyway, I now have Iron Man Mark I, Mark II, Mark III and Iron Monger. The new model I purchased was War Machine, It is quite small and has limited articulation but I looked special and better than the other models. I have always like robots with Gatling Guns anyway. The shop also sold other Iron Man models like Mark III, Mark IV and Mark V but they are not really painted that well. I guess it is also because of the price which is less than RM20. So, I might put it on my blog or just leave it in my collection. Oh, and I also saw an Iron Man model for the Marvel Universe Version not the one based on the movie. It really looked nice!!! I wanted to buy it but, after thinking back I didn't. I should save up first and then I buy it.

Games!!! I am now playing Starcraft, Brave Fencer Musashi, Digimon Rumble Arena and Megaman Legends. Except for Starcraft the others are for the Playstation. But I downloaded the emulator and played those games. The game that is still downloading is Army Men Sarge's Heroes and the other Army Men series. Brave Fencer Musashi is a very interesting game. Both needing you to think about solving the problems and skill to execute certain moves and reach your goal. This game is an old game, but usually the old games are fun. That's my opinion anyway and I don't mean the new ones are not fun. Megaman Legends to me lacks a lot of what Brave Fencer Musashi had, it is not very easy to execute moves. For example, the camera does not rotate to suit your view but you have to manually rotate. The other thing is you cannot fire while locked on target while moving. So you have to run, lock on, fire and repeat it over and over again. Brave Fencer Musashi is a better choice!!

Gundam Report!!! I am currently working on my Shiba-I Sazabi. But, I didn't work on it this weekend. It took a while to work on the colours, I had to mix red and white to get the right colour. It doesn't look exactly the same but it'll work. Other than that I am planning to fix up my MG Unicorn Gundam Ver.Ka. I would probably throw and remove the decals, they look horrible to me. I guess that's it. Ba bye.

Farid

Military Units: Finally in the Frontline!!

2010-04-30T23:36:00.000+08:00

Yay!! I have successfully completed working on my Military Units. This was the longest model, or models I guess because there are 3 of them, I have worked on. Mainly because there are 3 units and it requires a lot of painting. I was actually a little disappointed with the articulation points this model had. I had only 4 articulation points!! But, it was a 3 in one model so I quess that can be expected. Now, I am working on my Shiba-I Sazabi. It would look great with him in front of the 3 Military Units.

(Above) Fully equipped Military Units!! All 3 of them!! The one in the middle is painted with titanium gold paint, the same gold I used on my Shiro Oni Zaku III.

(Above) The first Military Unit I worked on.

Actually there were 3 sets bought, but we, my bro me and my other bro, changed the units so we all work on 1 group like Phoenix, Tiger and Dragon. I picked Phoenix because I like the colour red a lot more than the other choices. I took a picture of the flag too so you can see the wordings on it. The Military Units were fun and tiring to finish but I was glad I could finally put them aside.

Farid

The Difference Is Clear.

2010-04-26T22:02:00.000+08:00

A clear difference between my Choko Zaku III and Shiro Oni Zaku III. I just realized that this is my 102nd post on my blog... didn't think I posted that much. Anyway, the Choko Zaku III, was, well, better and easier to make than the Shiro Oni Zaku III and I didn't post about it I guess. I did a lot of customization for my Choko Zaku III as well, I coloured the knuckles red and painted what looked like rivets gold, mainly because it looked so plain just like that. I also used a different red for both Zakus, Metallic Red for Choko Zaku and Glossy Red for Shiro Oni. I actually had doubts painting with that red, because it looked dark when I painted it on my Blitz Gundam. It turned out better and nicer looking however.

(Above) Both Zakus side by side, maybe ready to fight some enemies. You can easily see the diffence in the gold paint used, Gold marker and Titanium Gold.

(Above) The weapons they both share, I wanted to cut the handle on the right for my Shiro Oni Zaku III but I had my doubts and I didn't have the heart to do it yet. Still making the decision whether to do it or not. Hmmmmm.

(Above) The helmet covers. Although I don't use the other one for my Shiro Oni Zaku III, but I painted it anyway just to see how it would turn out. I looks pretty nice, don't you think?

(Above) Another side by side picture.
Shiro Oni : Look there!! Enemies!!
Choko Zaku: Let's get them!!

'prepare to fight'
Shiro Oni: Hiya!!
Choko Zaku: Wahhhhh!!!

Shiro Oni: Let's show them our strength!!
Choko Zaku: Let's do it!!

(Above) A picture from the past. The picture taken right after completion!! Wow!! So cool!!

Well, I posted this a little late. By 1 day to be exact. So, now to continue with the Military Units. Yes, they still have yet to be finished. It is taking quite a while, maybe I should speed up the process.

'Fireworks!!'
'audience claps hands'
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! A happy 102 Post Day to you too. Enjoy reading my blog!
Ba Bye!!
'audience claps hands again as I leave the stage'

Farid

One Boring Weekend...

2010-04-18T14:19:00.000+08:00

I watched a lot of television this weekend, and it was boring. I can't stand watching TV for long hours, my limit was 3 hours at most, then I just couldn't take it anymore. Anyway, an idea for a post finally came to my head today, which explains why there was no post this Friday or Saturday.

Warcraft III: Frozen Throne, RPG Map.

Me and my bro thought of an idea, a map for Warcraft III that is an RPG map, where you level up, job advance and accomplish missions. But so far the idea just stopped there, I have already designed the map but there was a lot triggers involved I just stopped working on it. I have wanted to start again, but Gundam models were my priority that time, and now I am not really working on my Gundams so I'll just tell something about them.

The RPG map starts out in a large map, divided into regions were the monsters are stronger the further away you are, just like in any RPG game. You can start out with 4 different jobs which are:

Student
Traveller
Wisp
Dragon Egg

I know dragon egg sounds weird, but it is the hardest job path and also the strongest job to take. Student is the basic beginners' job class, you would want to take that first before trying the other classes. Students can advance to another 4 classes which are:

Student > Blader
> Archer
> Mage
> Outlaw

Blader is a different version of the swordsman. Their abilities are based on increasing the damage and decreasing the chance of enemies hitting them. They are not meant to spam their abilities unlike the Mage which is its exact opposite. In the game, Bladers are the only class with stunning abilities because it will give them a chance against the Mage. The ultimate ability for the Blader is the Illusion Slash. It launches a cutting shock wave forward and then teleports to the target location, this deals damage twice, the shock wave and then the teleport slash which stuns them for 2 seconds.

Mage, this job class is meant for spamming their abilities, all of their abilities have a 1 second cooldown except the ultimate ability. The also have the ability to send a partial amount of the damage to their mana, they don't have the large HP pool like Bladers.

Archers and Outlaws are only different is abilities and attack type. Outlaws are melee while archers are of course ranged. They both have very high attack ratings and are made to evade just like bladers but are better at it. Outlaws then advance to Assasins or Mercenaries.

Blader > Demon Hunter
> Buster Blader
> Paladin

Mage > Elemental Mage (Fire)
> Elemental Mage (Ice)
> Elemental Mage (Lightning)
> Priest

Outlaw > Assasin
> Mercenary

Archers > Shadow Walker
> Shine Walker

Those are the advancements for the 4 jobs a student can choose.
So, that's just a brief topic on the RPG Map, I'll maybe start working on it soon.Gundam
I haven't worked on my Military Units for a long time now, I just have to paint a few parts to complete it but I am quite busy with my pokemon game that I just don't have the time. I also still have a few models to make which are Shiba-I Sazabi, Kakouton Giros and Garazoo.

Yeah, it is still this trio. I'm still waiting for the purple paint to arrive. Hmmmm, not much to post a bout gundam though. Ba bye.

Farid

Shiro Oni!!!

2010-04-10T22:24:00.000+08:00

The White Ogre, I have customized a Choko Zaku III SD gundam model. Customized meaning, only changing the colour, I'm not really that experienced with modifying. I never tried in fact, but soon, I will. Anyway, This model took quite a long time to finish because of the spray paint. I had to put on several coats of paint to get the colour to look nice. However, I did not use an air brush, I used the spray cans. A little problem with the paint is that it peels off quite easily, and to make things worse, its harder to paint back on. And unlike the normal enamel paint, you can't rub off the panel lining on it, so to cover something up you have to paint over it again.

In the end, with all the troubles and repainting and more repainting, you get a beautiful model that does not look plastic but instead a nice clean.... you get what I mean anyway.

There are other benefits to this spray painted model. The colours painted on it, like red for example, is much brighter and flashy compared to when painted on the dark plastic green which was the original colour for this model. The grey colour for the arms and head were also quite good, I didn't actually expect the colour to turn out good. But, the best thing of all is the gold, Titanium Gold to be exact. I used the same paint I tried on the Military Unit, the gold turned out lighter, which is a good thing. For this model, I didn't use any markers for the gold colours.

Well, this working on this model was fun, now to continue with the Military Units, and I will try and post pictures of then as soon as possible. Bwahahahahahah!!!!!!

Farid

Repaired, Repainted.

2010-04-03T23:24:00.000+08:00

I'm very glad I managed to fix my RX-77D Guncannon Mass Production Type. The problem was its hip joint broke, maybe because I exerted too much pressure on it every time I put the parts together again, and also because I changed its pose everyday. I really liked that model. However, even though I liked it that much I couldn't do a nice job on it, I ask myself this a lot. So, after a little thinking, I don't know why, but I took its box out and started looking at the model again, I guess I missed it. To my suprise, it was made horribly. The cut marks, the ugly panel-lining and the horrible paint job.

The thrusters, I remember, I painted them with a gundam marker my brother borrowed, I guess, from a friend so it looked nice to my eyes that time. But, as I picked it up and looked at the paited parts, it was so horrible, I was really bad at making Gundam Models last time. So anyway, back to the repairing. I looked at the painted parts and I repainted them with yellow enamel paint. I looked so much better then. The colour wasn't dusty or sandy but it looked smooth after the painting. I was happy, and then went back to fixing the other parts.

I was quite worried about the broken joint though, I thought it was never going to be able to be fixed. So I thought, maybe I should use epoxy putty, something like clay that hardens to seal gaps and holes, then paint over it. But, I didn't really have any experience in using epoxy putty or even ordinary putty. That thought left my mine, and then my brother suggested to me, to drill a hole in the joints which were broken and then put a metal wire through before I glue them back together. I sounded like a good idea, I did actually drill a hole, but it wasn't that deep, I couldn't go any deeper, I don't know why.

So, I eliminated the idea completely and decided, "Just glue them back together with super glue." I asked my older brother to do it for me. He put 1 drop of glue, which was what I was supposed to do (but I put too much), and pressed them together for 5 minutes before putting them somewhere to dry. Apparently I only ask him to do the 'glue them together' part for me. So the part was fixed, them glue was strong, and I put the model together. I did all the painting before, so the only thing to do was to fix the joint.

So, there it is the Gundam Model, well actually a Mobile Suit Model. There was only 1 part I wasn't able to paint. It was the emblem on the forehead, because it was really small, smaller than your finger in fact, any finger maybe. I still can't understand how that guy painted that part. It really small. So that's all, I really liked this model as I have said before, and I want to buy an MG RX-77-2 Guncannon, but I still cannot find it. Ba Bye!!

Farid

Another Post About Diamond.

2010-04-02T16:12:00.000+08:00

Well, 2 days into the game and I have only obtained an extra 46 pokemon, either through evolution or catching, I haven't traded with anyone yet. That means I have 196 pokemon in my pokedex, quite slow for me. What slowed me down was I went Unown hunting. Yeah, went to the Solaceon City and while I bred certain pokemon that you can obtain only by breeding, I went looking for Unown. It appears that there are many Unown that can be obtained in rooms with dead ends and only 1 type for each floor or the deeper you go into the cave. But anyway, I have caught a Scyther and bred it almost immediately to get a stronger one, luckily, I still had my Kricketune so the younger Scythers were stronger (they all had X-Scissor). Yes, now I am slowly making my team of pokemon, changing a few like Torterra, with Sceptile, and Machoke with a Scyther.

The picture above, is my Charizard, yes, my beautiful, SHINY, Charizard!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! I also seems that I have mistaken the type of food it likes, it likes dry food...

And the next one is my beautiful, SHINY Eevee!!! I bribed my younger brother with it because he likes using Eevees and its evolutions as his pokemon team.

Yup, showing you I have 196 pokemon seen on my pokedex!!!

That's all, a short post today I guess...

Farid

Pokemon Diamond.

2010-03-30T12:48:00.000+08:00

During this glorious holiday of mine, I have finished my Pokemon game by seeing all 150 pokemon in the Sinnoh Region and obtaining the National Pokedex!! It wasn't easy though, I had to trade a few pokemon, which were Riolu and Cherrim in order to complete 2 of the final 4 pokemon needed. Then, I went to Route 221, I think, maybe it's wrong, but anyway, yeah, I went there and caught a Tentacool. That completed the final 3 then went on to Celestic Town and talked to the Town Elder and she showed me a picture of Palkia, which completed the Sinnoh Region Pokedex. Yeah, the League was really hard, even when my pokemon were 10 levels away from their's, so if you want an easy battle go for 20 levels away, at least all your pokemon are at level 75 if you want to insure an easy battle.

Now, as you can see in the picture above, that is a Charizard, but don't you think there's something different? No, its not the size, no,no, no, its, hmmm, let me think, the eyes, Nah, well, duh, its the colour!! There's even a star at the far right corner to comfirm it. No, that is not my Charizard, apparently I tried taking a picture of it in the DS but it didn't turn out so well, so I googled it an found a picture. Now, the above pokemon is under the category of an ultra rare breed, well, more than ULTRA maybe, MEGA ULTRA rare because it is a starter and it is a Shiny pokemon. The thing about this breed is that it is the ultimate pokefan's collectible. Any pokefan would want a Black Charizard or shiny pokemon, its so COOL!!

But in order to obtain this pokemon, your chances of getting one, based on a few sites are 1 in 8000 pokemon, not 800 but 8000. I obtained my Charizard when it was a Charmander at level 3, I traded it with someone and mine likes sour food. I checked a few sites and some of them did mention that getting a shiny pokemon from hatching an egg is harder than to catch it in the wild. To tell you the truth, it really is. My elder bro told me that if I wanted to get a shiny pokemon, I should save before the egg hatches, try and save 1 step before hatching, and when it hatches, see if it is a shiny pokemon, if it isn't then turn the DS off and hatch it until you get a shiny pokemon. I actually DID try that and I lost my patience after the 25th time, I was hatching a Riolu.

I didn't get the shiny Riolu...

I searched the net and found a website that showed how to catch a shiny pokemon. I mentioned that you can obtain shiny pokemon with the pokeradar and the chance increases as you chain the pokemon higher. Chaining means that you encounter the same pokemon with the radar over and over again. This is the important part if you want to get shiny pokemon so read on carefully.

First, you obtain the radar by completing the Sinnoh Pokedex, 150 pokemon on your seen list, you don't have to catch them. Then, after you get it from Professor Rowan, you can start your shiny pokemon search!! The easiest place to get shiny pokemon is your home town, Twinleaf. Go to the grassy areas there, that's where I started anyway. Now, you have to prepare a lot of repels, max repels or super repels do just fine. Then use them before you start your pokeradar.

When you activated the pokeradar, you must do so in the grass, not in caves or while surfing, it won't work. Then, you will see patches of grass shaking, pick one and you will encounter a pokemon, even with your repel on. The reason for the repel is so that other wild pokemon will not interfere with your progress because when you encounter the same pokemon when walking into the patches of grass that was shaking, you start a chain and meeting a wild pokemon not be using the radar, breaks your chain, which is very heartbreaking. You must encounter the same pokemon, using the radar, up to maybe 40 times in order to easily get shiny pokemon. The patches of grass that shake are divided to 3 types:

1) It shakes with its normal colour.
2) It shakes with a small shine to it.
3) It shakes with 2 flashes of bright white shines.

The 3rd ensures your shiny pokemon, the 2nd ensures a rare pokemon, the first... maybe the normal kind. You can get advice from Lucas/Dawn, he/she tells you that the grass that shakes farthest from you ensures you meet the same pokemon again, and this is the most important advice he/she gives you. And you must also defeat the same pokemon you encounter to continue your chain. You must also pay attention to the upper screen after you defeat the same pokemon to see which patch of grass shakes next.

Example, you encounter a Bidoof when walking to the shaking patch of grass, then after defeating it you see 3 (there can be a maximum of 4 patches of grass shaking in one time) patches of grass shaking scattered around the field, pick the farthest one and there's a high chance of meeting a Bidoof again. You must not leave the grassy area because it will break you current chain, you cannot switch off the DS, it to will break your chain, and never use your bicycle, it will break your chain. Always keep your repel on and have a high level pokemon with false swipe and a lot of PP to help you. Once you encounter a different type of pokemon, your chain is broken and you have to start all over again.

Of course, it is a very hard task even to get 1 shiny pokemon. I stayed up till 1,30am to get one but I didn't. The current chain kept on breaking at around the 5th one. Oh, but I obtained a shiny pokemon from the most unexpected place, from hatching an egg, I hatched 3 eevee eggs and the 3rd one was a shiny eevee. That time I was surfing when it hatched. Ahhh, SOOOOO COOOLLLL!!!! And this Eevee is not for trading. Well that's all, you should search the net for a much better guide to catching and obtaining SHINY POKEMON!!!! (Background changes to a galaxy background while I point to the Sky...)

Farid

The Problem Is...

2010-03-20T16:09:00.000+08:00

Wow! And you might be asking, why did I start my new post with 'wow'. So, to explain it all, 'wow', in this case is me saying 'wow' because of how fast time passed by and how I played Yu-Gi-Oh and I have worked on my gundam.Wow! See! Now to the main topic, "What might be the problem Mister Farid? You didn't mention what the problem was." You might be asking that, well to put it in a better way it is quite hard to understand the Yu-Gi-Oh cards' effects with the language translation problems. I have a Yu-Gi-Oh deck and several of them too, most in japanese but I have enough english translated ones to fit a 40 card deck. When I read the effects of some of the cards I couldn't understand the effect, therefore I can not play it properly.

Example 1. (Above)

The effect :
(Winged Beast/Effect)
If you tribute summon this card by tributing a WIND monster, return all Spell and Trap Cards on the field to the owners' hands.

Don't get me wrong, this is the correct version, everything is perfect, and this is how the card should read. But, the version I have reads :

(Name) Speedy Bird Man- Joe

(Bird/Effect)
Sacrifice with Wind tribute monsters and successfully summon this card, all magic/trap cards on the field will be back to the owner.

Now what do you understand? What I understand from the correct one is if you tribute a wind monster to summon the card, all magic and trap cards will return to their owners' hand.

But from the one I have, it says that it seems you have to tribute a wind monster to summon and send all magic and trap cards back to their owners hand.

Big difference right? Well not really, but if you follow the instructions for the wrong one you would waste a lot of time trying to get a wind monster. So on to the next card, I'm showing only 2 cards anyway.

Example 2. (Above)

The effect :
(Fairy/Effect)
You can Normal Summon this card without Tributing a monster. If you do, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase.

This is also a correct version, this also happens to be one of my favourite cards!! But the version I have reads :

(Name) Lightening Gear- Cherry Fire

(Fairy/Effect)
Summon by sacrifice only and will be sent to graveyard at the ending phase.

Now what do you understand?? Really big difference right?!

That is all, finish!!!

Farid

A Day of... Stuff To Do.

2010-03-15T10:02:00.000+08:00

How long has it been since I post a new post on my blog. Well, nothing came to my mind so I didn't have anything to post about. I have hardly worked on my Gundam models because of the computer, yeah, I was really into playing Warcraft III again. So far the three military units I was working on was never touched these few weeks. Better start today and work on them!!! Oh, and of course I have downloaded a new game for the NDS or Nintendo DS. The game is Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship. I downloaded 3 actually but then 2 could not be played so I played the third one. Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship 2008. The other I couldn't play were Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship 2009 Stardust Accelerator and Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship 2010 Reverse of Arcadia. So I just played it and the game is really enjoyable, the only thing boring about it is when you select cards for your deck other than that its good anyone should try and play it. Even my younger bro started playing it. And that's about the DS.

Now, recently I have been working on a comic named MFR Super Robot Fighter, which is about miniature robots MPCRs which are upgraded and used for battles. I have completely finished the story line. And now all that it needs is the drawing. I have also designed the robots and the characters that should appear in the story. You can see one of my drawings at the side column the one that reads MFR, I just drew it again with Adobe Illustrator to make it look cleaner compared to the original drawing. That was my first half-half drawing anyway.

The Gundam Report. As I have said, I have hardly worked on my gundam models but will get to it after this. I have also planned on cleaning up my Unicorn Gundam and taking pictures of it to post on the blog but it will take a while. I haven't started working on my Garazoo or my Shiba-I Sazabi. But I have tried customizing a model. The original model was Choko Zaku III but now I have changed it to Shiro Oni Zaku III, Shiro Oni meaning White Ogre. About the Military Unit I don't think I am going to continue with cleaning up like I have said in the previous post but that doesn't mean I might do it. I all depends on the mood right now so, yeah, better get to work. That's all, finished.

Farid

Military Unit (Cutting and Painting)

2010-02-26T23:03:00.000+08:00

Now the model I am using as the example is the Military Unit. This is an SD model or super deformed model, and I think based on RGM. This model is suitable because you have a lot of parts to paint and it is quite cheap compared to the other models plus it gives you three Military Units to work with instead of one. One from each group, Dragon, Phoenix and Tiger.
(Above) Military Unit.

Now, first of all the basic tools for putting the model together are a nail file, cutters, a pen knife and sand paper the very fine ones. The reason for these items to be used are quite simple. The cutter for cutting, the nail file for cleaning the place where the parts are cut out. The pen knife is used also for cleaning cut marks that are hard to clean with the nail file. The sand paper is for making it really smooth and clean. The pen knife will be used more when you decide to paint your models but used only sometime when you just want to put the model together.

(Above) A part cut from the runner. And the part before and after it is cleaned.

This is the head, body and legs of the Military Unit. This model has only 4 movable points, the arms and feet. Now to clean up the cut mark with a pen knife, you can either scrape it off of cut away the cut mark. I think it is quite hard to see the difference but there is.

That would be all if you were to just put the model together. It would take less that half an hour to finish all the models. But, I guess I'll show a few steps for painting the model. First of all, decide the colours. Look at the side of the box and check out the colours to be painted. You can practice painting on SD or FG models because most of the parts require painting. All the colours will be painted on with brush and marker, instead of spray paint.

Before painting the model there are a few things that you should have prepared. First of all, a good and well-lit work space for you to spend your long hours of gundam making fun!! Second, prepare the stuff needed to clean the brushes if you are using any. Third, make sure you have all the colours for the parts you want to paint and also in advance plan the colours for the part you want to paint in you plan on making a few changes to the colours. With all those done, right before painting, make sure you rub the parts you want to paint with sand paper to give the paint a better grip on the plastic. This also makes it easier for you paint on light colours. And also make sure the parts are clean from dust, wipe the parts with a cloth and try not to touch the parts meant to be painted too much because the oil from your skin might make the painting job bad.

First of all, you should paint on the silver, for this I used Crome Silver. To paint it nicely, take a little bit of paint not too much and paint on, then slowly brush it. The reason for the little paint is that it will look more shiny rather then putting a lot of paint which will be darker I suppose. Then, you paint on the metallic green for the visor. I used a marker for this one. If there are certain spots where it is hard to paint with the marker, put some of the metallic paint from the marker somewhere so that you can take the paint with your brush and paint it. It almost impossible to not make mistakes so if you make some don't give up. You can still clean it up. As shown above I have painted the helmet silver, very shiny, the visor. You can see a little over painting at the corner of the visor.

(Above) Crome Silver paint. Enamel paint.

After you finish painting, clean the brush with turpentine if you are using enamel paint. Then, you paint on the gold. You can paint with the gold marker for an easier job plus, the gold marker gives a nice shiny finish if the painting is done properly. However, just for the fun of it, I used titanium gold enamel paint. Meaning I have to use a brush. As you can see, the front body and back body have already been painted, and clearly, a lot of sloppy mistakes. The difference between titanium gold and gold from the marker is that it is lighter compared to the darker gold paint from the marker.

Well, that's all. I'll post another post to continue from this. The next one will include the cleaning process and about painting on the colour white.

Farid

Street Fighter 4 Review!!!

2010-02-21T14:05:00.000+08:00

So far, Street Fighter has been my favourite fighting game, maybe since I was a kid. Back then I used to play Street Fighter Zero 2 or Alpha 2 as I have said in one of my previous posts. Why is it my favourite? Well, maybe because it was the first I have played and the best one I am at too. I have tried other fighting games, like Soul Calibur, Bloody Roar, Digimon Rumble Arena, Pocket Fighter, or Guilty Gear. But most of these were introduced to me by my cousins, they had a Play Station 2, I, however, don't. So, I couldn't spend time playing those games.

Well, I brother downloaded the new Street Fighter 4. I could say I was both impressed and a little disappointed with the game. The graphics were really, really good compared to the previous ones, and the special effects were really good too. But they limited the super combos for each player to 1 and 1 ultra too. While in the previous ones they had at least 2 super combos. But the game was good and hard. So far my favourite characters are Akuma (still very strong) and Fei Long.

(Above) Akuma. My favourite character since when I first played Street Fighter Zero 2. After that I tried other characters like Charlie.

(Above) Fei Long. So far, I have only tried using him when playing Street Fighter 4. There's something cool about him.

Well, just to sum it all up, you should try playing Street Fighter 4. I requires a lot of graphics and RAM I guess. That's all, now back to using Akuma in Street Fighter 4. Dang you Rufus!! Arghhh!! I'm gonna beat ya up!!!

Farid

The Recent News

2010-02-15T15:48:00.000+08:00

Hello and hi. Good day today for the Recent News Report. Congratulations to my cat Inai, who has given birth to a cute baby kitten. It is the first time I have seen a cat who has given birth to only one kitten instead of five or four. But anyway it is super cute and grey in colour. And yes I will post pictures of this kitten on my blog soon when it has finally opened it's eyes, cause really young kittens are temporarily blind. So yes it is a very happy day today. I also thought the kitten was gone this morning because I couldn't find it at the usual place. But, later I found out that the kitten was moved by her mother, Inai, to the living room, first it was in my elder bro's room. So, congratulations to Inai, super cute kitten and a happy 2nd day of Chinese New Year.

Now moving on to news about Gundam Models. I have recently finished fixing my Crossbone Gundam. Yes, it took quite a while but I finished panel lining all those joints and stuff, painting some of the parts but still needs finishing touches and I managed to finish my Tyouhi Gundam BB-senshi as shown in the picture below. It looks so cool!!!

(Above) Tyouhi Gundam

Right now still working on my Chouryou Gerugugu as shown in the picture below. So far it took me two days of work to complete the shoulder armour, chest armour and all other parts except the helmet because of all the gold colouring needed.

(Above) Chouryou Gerugugu.

So well that's it not really much of a long post today, I jumped straight to making my gundam instead of taking pictures of how I finished it so I am not able to show my work. I really wanted to but I was so excited. Anyway, right now I am trying out spray painting my gundam models. I is really hard because I need to mask the parts I don't want to turn that colour with masking tape so it is going to take quite a while to finish the model. That's all for the recent news.

Farid

Kamen Rider (Infectious Disease)

2010-02-05T21:44:00.000+08:00

Beware, beware, and maybe watch out for the infectious disease of the Kamen Rider Disease!!

Widespread:
A wide spread of this show is broadcasted all maybe all over the world through the media, merchandise and maybe other hings that are related to it in anyway. A "person" who continuously poses as a Kamen Rider and does all their transformation (henshin) movement may also spread this disease.

Symptoms:

Early Stage:
The person maybe enjoying the show, watching it continuously sometimes or maybe keeps on looking at the television when is is shown and pretends not to like it (like me, yes, I am infected). Person may also start buying things related and this means that he is going to the medium stage.

Medium Stage:
Starts finding ways of speaking japanese text of transformation (before transformation, after transformation phrases). Also loses sense of embarrassment and does it in front of people without the feeling of shame. Buys toy-like weaponry of the Kamen Rider such as the swords and guns.

Critical Stage:
Starts fighting other people, two usually each person taking the role of a Kamen Rider and shouting out phrases as they weakly punch each other (even though their punches look strong), such as "Shoulder Fang", "Wake Up Fever", "Heato, Metaru", " or "Final Attack Rider, Di,Di,Di, Decade".

Recently we have also discovered some people being infected by this disease by just walking pass an infected person or breathing the same air. I has also been discovered that wearing face masks will only make the effect worse because they are partially fulfilling the "Kamen" or "Masked" phrase meaning face masks don't work. To avoid infection stay in isolation from the infected people.

Healing:
So far there is no cure for this disease because apparently the scientists involved in finding the cure have either been infected and are posing as Kamen Rider as we speak or they are paying attention to more severe diseases such H1N1. The easiest cure lies in the person itself. They must choose to ignore the disease and focus on maybe non-discriminatory language, their work and studies.

Side Effects:
The side effects of this disease is clear, making the infected person unable to stop watching Kamen Rider series. But, there were also some positive side effects of the disease. They apparently boost knowledge and memory span. One case was a teenager who was infected with this disease scored 8As in his PMR by watching more Kamen Rider and studying less.

Finally, by concentrating on ignoring the diseases' effects, we will be able to remove this disease from this world. Don't let the spread continue!!

This message was brought to you by:
The Masked Rider Disease Curing Centre.

Farid

Gundams!!!

2010-02-05T21:10:00.000+08:00

GUNDAMS!!!! Look at all the gundams!!!! Oh, sorry, I was... umm, really excited that I have 6 new Gundam models ready to be made, just waiting!! The new models are GNZ-005 Garazzo, Tyouhi Gundam, Shibai Sazabi and 3 Military Units. But, sadly I have to wait for my RX-77 Guncannon again because there was no stock in the shop so it was not bought. Man, in a way I am very happy and in another way I am quite sad. The Geara Zulu was not in stock too. But, anyway the happy feeling beats the sad feeling so, Yay!!

I also this week went back to fixing and making my Crossbone Gundam Ver. Ka better. I removed all the decals because at the time I received it I had no experience at all in decals and stickers. Yeah, Master Grade was very new to me at that time. So, the decals were really horrible all the dark spots on it and all. I removed them, quite quickly you can say but it took a while. I also removed the small cutting defects from the runners, I was actually shocked to see how badly I made my Gundam models at that time. So yeah I fixed those bad cutting defects and did a little colouring with the gold and silver markers for the hydraulics. Then, I thought before I posted it on the blog, how bout maybe take off the left side of the armour leaving only the skeleton and paint it and all, then post it so that it'll look kind of cool. And then, Blam!!!! While I was bending the joint of the knee it broke!! ARGHHHHHH!!!! I BROKEEEE!!!!! So now I had to postpone the picture because it is still under repair. I also plan on fixing up my Unicorn Gundam for the blog as well. That's gonna take some time. That's all, now back to the Gundam!!!

Farid

A Post?!?!

2010-01-22T15:26:00.000+08:00

I seems quite okay now that I have time to post something new, a new topic. I was quite busy last week, I completely forgot to update my blog!! So today's topic is.... DS. Nintendo DS to be exact!! Yes, I am planning to buy a DS soon but the thoughts of the new RX-77-2 Guncannon is killing me and stopping me from collecting money for it. Anyway, there are many variations of the Nintendo DS.

Variations :

The DS lite. This is basically a redesign of the old one only a lighter and slimmer. The DS also has a setting for the brightness level, 4 levels to be exact!! The lowest is level is brighter than the old one however!!! Strange isn't it. They changed the buttons a bit to match the Wii and the gameboy micro's controls and the charger is different. They moved the start button, select button and the microphone too. This is the one I'm aiming for although the DSi is out, but we'll get to that later.

The DSi!!! Yes this is the new DS is slimmer and a wider screen compared to the DS lite and the DS. The gameboy slot has been replaced by an SD card slot. It also has two cameras and AAC playback capacity. The DSi also has 16 MB of ram about four times bigger than the previous models. I'm not really going for this because losing the GBA slot makes a difference.

Last of all the DSi XL!! This is exactly the same as the DSi with all the cameras and stuff but has a wider screen 3 cm larger than the DS lite and the previous designs. But that's all I think.

Well I'm just typing back about the Nintendo DS even though I have posted about it before. Oh, the GUNDAM REPORT!!! Good news for those who like Strike Gundam. They have released Strike Noir and Aile Strike Master Grade with clear kit and a few other models.

(Above) Aile Strike with Clear Kit.

(Above) Crossbone Gundam Full Cloth with Clear Kit.

(Above) Strike Noir with Clear Kit.

(Above) RX-78-2 OYW Anime Colour version with Clear Kit.

All the following were from Ngee Khiong's blog.

There were other models too like God Gundam and Guntank all are MG (Master Grade). This is the second volume of the Clear Part Campaign. These are Mid February, Early March and Mid March releases. Cool, huh? Anyway, the recent games that have been played are Street Fighter 4 and Plants VS Zombies again!!! It really is addictive. And my elder bro is now watching Kamen Rider Kiva!! Why!!?? I mean just stick to one!! Besides, it's affecting me!!!! Arghhhhh!!! If my Guncannon arrives I am thinking of trying out spraying the runners with red for the parts that are red and others matching their colours. Because as I read through Dengeki Hobby, all the models look soooooo good after they spray it!! Wahhhhhh!!!! I want to try it!!!! Well that's all for the New Post!!!

Farid

Something New For A Change

2010-01-11T21:29:00.000+08:00

Hmmm, a bit late I see, hmmmm. Well, I didn't really have the time, homework and all, yes school has started, but I wanted to keep a clean record this year. I will finish my homework, that is my new motto, maybe. But, I will finally post something new!!! Wahahahaha!!!

(Above) Geara Zulu.

Okay, to begin where do I start? Oh, yes, THE GUNDAM REPORT!!! Yes I have I think about 3 new gundam models, hopefully, coming this February. The models are Garazoo, Geara Zulu and BB-Senshi 301, I think. But I have decided that maybe RX-77 Guncannon (with clear armour) will be my priority. Anyway, Geara Zulu and Garazoo are not gundams, they are mobile suits, well, gundam are mobile suits too but made out off Gundarium alloy, some of them that is. RX-78-2 is not made out of Gundarium alloy but what makes it a gundam is maybe the technology used on it because gundams have better technology and stuff.

Also I would like to add, I DON'T LIKE KAMEN RIDER!!! But I can't stop watching Kamen Rider W or Masked Rider Double. I think it is one of the good Kamen Rider series which is quite fun to watch. It must be the KRA waves, there are affecting me again!!! The action is okay and a little more realistic in my opinion. Right now I am currently at the 16th episode and ready for more. I'm okay with this series but I don't really like the others like Den-O or Kiva. I especially hate Kamen Rider Decade!!! (Cry Ziq!! Cry!!!) So far my favourite combination is Heat and Joker because of the maximum drive, Joker Grenade (it has the word Grenade). And the new form Fang, ohhh the suspence!!!

(Above) Plants VS Zombies

Now this is the video game report!! Recently I have been playing, this, this, this, SUPER ADDICTIVE TOWER DEFENSE GAME!!! It's really, really, really, really, really, really addictive and it keeps you playing it over and over again. Now, I'm trying out Survival!! Really nice because I can complete my Gatling Pea defense line. Basically you use plants to take out the zombies to stop them from eating your brains. I was introduced to this game for the first time in the Surau of my school. My friend was playing it and I watched. It looked like a pretty cool game. So I tried downloading it. But, at that time the internet caused lots of trouble so it was not downloaded. But, then my elder bro got it from a friend and here I am playing it!! Even my elder bro can't stop playing it.

(Above) Coraline.

This is a good movie. I mean it was quite weird at first, and I hate weird movies. I just have a feeling go down my spine when I watch weird movies, weird as in the storyline, and no I don't get a feeling down my spine when I watch scary movies only weird. But after watching it for more than 3 times, I understood the story, but the feeling still goes down my spine. This movie was actually a book by Neil Gaiman, published in 2002. But they made it into a movie in 2009. You should read the book then watch the movie, but I watched the movie and never read the book. The reason is that you will know the original story and see the difference in the movie. This is a stop motion film adaption but the changes include some new characters, like Wybourne. The characters were made using plasticine. A very nice movie with positive reviews that you should watch.Believe it or not there's also a game for it for the Playstation, Nintendo DS and Wii consoles!!

And I'm now thinking of a new story to put on my blog like the Irrelevant Case of Akiki, but longer. This was a story continued from the original comic, my comic in making, Frontal Wars. It is 14 years after the Nomal War or Rebellion in the second world. There are 5 worlds and this is about the life after the war in the second world. A new technology is found allowing robots to 'capture' the personality of a human based on the Cyber energy unconsciously being released from any person living in the second world. Cyber Energy is the energy used in the second world but the energy differs in other worlds. A boy named Hachi, bought a commercialized robot toy or Miniature Personality Capturing Robot or MPCR and the story goes on about him and the robot. Well, that's the plan I'll see to further planning and drawing. That's all. Have a good night!!!

Farid

Mistaken

2009-12-31T22:27:00.000+08:00

"Oh, sorry I must have mistaken you for...." that is what some people would say if they have mistaken you for someone else but that's not really what I want to post today. It is about a drink that many people in the place were I am staying have mistaken for an alchoholic drink. Can you guess the beverage that I am talking about? Huh? Can you? Can you? Well, if you thought Bundaberg Ginger Beer, then you are correct!!!!

Well this happened when I was in Kuching, I was walking around with my cousin and my younger brother around the 'Spring' perhaps you have heard of it. Well, we were using the time of around 2 hours because my sister wanted to watch New Moon the new Twilight series movie, thingy, and I didn't want to watch because, well, Twilight, a story about love and blah blah blah. So my cousin didn't want to watch and neither did my younger brother. Well, we looked at Gundam Models, of course that was my idea, they had the new Gundam models there too, and then we were thirsty so we went to buy us drinks. My cousin said they had Ginger Beer there so I thought I'd buy some because I'm addicted to it. We bought our drinks and I bought 2 bottles of Ginger Beer. So we decided to sit by the water fountain place on the lower floor, the one near the parking area, and when while I drank my Ginger Beer, I realized that muslims were watching me drink it. In their mind it was "He is DRINKING an alchoholic beverage!!!"I'm a muslim drinking what SEEMS to be an alchoholic beverage in public!!! Yup, that sounds and looks so bad. But in the end it turned out funny looking at people stare, shake their head and glare at me for drinking something that is not HARAM!!!

Yeah, if you think that was bad, I'd have you know I left the other bottle on the strap on my bag I was carrying to the Surau!!! But that had passed. It's just weird that people think that all drinks in glass bottles are alchoholic. Anyway, that all, one more thing is that the label on the bottle there, in Kuching is different, here, there's the sentence 'Non-Alchoholic Beverage'.

Farid

A New Day, Brings Hope.

2009-12-24T16:07:00.000+08:00

Why did I type the post title that way, well, I just wanted to put that phrase as a post title, so I did for this one. This was a rather joyous day for me, why, for reasons I keep to myself, but one of them are because most of what I wanted to achieve was achieved. I managed to find a gameplay recorder program a few days ago and I painted another Gundam model my first FG (first grade) yesterday. Well, now that I have it istead of posting pictures or screen shots for the games that I play, I can ppost videos!!!Cool huh, especially for my map, which I made through the Warcraft World Editor, so you can see all the abilities in action. Oh, the joy!! I am also currently watching a lot of series such as Kamen Rider W and Kateikyoshi Hitman Reborn (Kateikyoshi means At-Home-Tutor) which is hilarious. But now the are going into the serious parts of the series. But, I finally realized that I have not been to any amusement parks for a long time, and I long to go on a Roller Coaster again. Right now, I have lost most of my interest in games, I hardly play them.

Just to hint about my upcoming posts, I am going to post gameplay videos of the heroes that I have made, before they are forgotten. I am awaiting the arrival of RX-77 Guncannon with clear armour and saving up too. Well that's all, I just feel really happy right now.

Farid

A Trip To....

2009-12-20T15:52:00.000+08:00

Wow, now this was quite an amazing month for me. I think it was the first time I went to 2 different places in the same month. I just came back from Kuching as you know from my previous post but then I went to Bintulu. So, I thought I should update my blog as soon as I arrived and I did. Recently, I have been playing games that I have played a long time ago. The game is Virtual On, the game that inspired my drawings of robots. If you watch the video I have uploaded you will realize that it looks just like the robot in the game. Well, that's because he was my favourite character and my main inspiration. But now I have managed to edit my robot base design, which I have not shown, so it would not look the same.

I am not the one playing in this video, I downloaded it from the official website. Just to tell you the latest version of this game was in 2004, Virtual On Marz for the PS2 and it is the one I am showing you now. However, the one I have been playing is an older version of the game, I remember playing when I was still really young, around my primary school years. The first to be released was Virtual On, the one I am playing, the second was Virtual On Oratorio Tangram, the third was Virtual On Force and the last one was Virtual On Marz. It is a really good game. But only the first was released for the computer I think, the other were for consoles like, Dreamcast, PS2 and Virtual On Force was only available on arcade, if I am not mistaken. That's the reason why I did not buy Virtual On Marz, I did not have the console, but only recently did I realize there were emulators. I'm so sad. Well, this is all I got, I really didn't have anything to post.

Farid

The New Post

2009-12-10T14:33:00.000+08:00

The New Post!! Well, I haven't posted anything much lately because of the recent trip to Kuching. And it was a while since I posted anything, by that I mean 1 week so I wanted to post about Iron Man 2. Yes, I'm back to posting about Iron Man with the new movie Iron Man 2. It's so COOOLL!!
So I'll just show a pic right here :

Farid

Cookies

2009-11-26T13:45:00.000+08:00

This post might be strange, because I don't usually post about recipes and everything. But, hey, Raya's coming soon so I thought maybe I should post something special. So, cookies it is!! Now first of all you'll need to follow the instructions (you might want to print it out) :

Neiman-Marcus Cookies

(Recipe may be halved as this makes heaps)

2 (500 ml) cups butter

680 g chocolate chips 4 (1000 ml) cups flour

2 (500 ml) cups brown sugar

2 teaspoons (10 ml) Bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon (5 ml) salt

2 (500 ml) cups sugar

500 g Grated Cadbury chocolate

5 (1250 ml) cups blended oatmeal

4 eggs

2 teaspoons (10 ml) baking powder

2 teaspoons (10 ml) vanilla

3 cups (375 ml) chopped nuts (optional)

Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to fine powder.

Cream the butter and both sugars.

Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda.

Add chocolate chips, grated chocolate and nuts.

Roll into balls, place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees (180 C).

The above quantities make 112 cookies. Enjoy!

So the whole part which I coloured a different colour is based directly from the recipe sheet of paper. No these cookies can vary in size, it depends on your liking. Just so you know, the smaller ones harden faster than the bigger ones. Don't eat the cookies right after they come out because they are still soft so wait just a few minutes or so. So on to the pictures !!

(Above) This is the mixture in which you have to take a small amount and roll it up into ball shaped thingies...

(Above) See. Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll em' up!!

(Above) And there. You should have a nice round ball to place on the tray.

(Above) This is how you prepare the tray. Spread margerine all over and make sure you do it evenly.

(Above) Then, you put flour. Don't spread it with your hands but tap the side and let the flour fall into place, evenly and beautifully.

(Above) You should have it look like this when you're done. These cookies have yet to be placed in the oven. Don't put them too close together because they expand.

(Above) You should have the cookies be like this when they are done, they will easily come off after a few seconds of waiting. These cookies have already been baked in the oven for 10 minutes.

(Above) Just to prove I followed the original recipe and not try and sabotage it. Bwahahaha!!!

(Above) There, you should have them ready after all that. So, enjoy the cookies, and you can also have them on a special occasion. They really are delicious you know!!!

Farid

Footwear

2009-11-20T15:25:00.000+08:00

The tale is told,
Of the footwear we wear,
We sometimes don't appreciate it,
Other times we do.

Have you ever thought,
What in the world would happen,
If ever shoe or slipper,
Or boot or sneaker.

Would retaliate against us,
For the treatment they get,
For we step on them,
What if, they stepped on us.

We would be out numbered for sure,
Every family, having more than one pair,
We might not even go out,
We would be filled with fright.

If we put on our footwear,
It would attack,
What would we do,
Could we fight?

Think again,
We throw them away,
When they no longer provide,
The needed protection.

What if that was us,
How would we feel?
They have experienced dirt,
Filth, mud and water.

We take them for granted,
For what they do for us,
What have we done for them,
How much do we owe them.

Footwear is improtant,
We need them most often,
Think about how we wear them,
How they protect us.

How would they feel,
If they are not used,
What should we do,
The right thing, for sure.

We should.

Farid

My SD Gundam

2009-11-18T22:46:00.000+08:00

I know I said I was going to post about something else but, this is my first SD that I painted almost completely so I thought it would be nice to post about it. This SD was from KL, my sister bought it with the money my brother gave her for her to buy it. At first, I thought they were for him, but right after he took it he said "Here, this is for you" or something like that. I liked it but I liked another one better.

Soon, I fell in love with this one and almost completely forgot about the other one. The feeling I get when assembling a Gundam is like everything disappears from your mind and you focus on that, only so it was fun. This Gundam would have taken me less than an hour to complete without painting it or doing the linings, but it took me 2 days and is still not complete, the horns have yet to be coloured. This is a very nice and the most tiring Gundam I had to work with, I thought that SD would be a piece of cake, well, I was wrong.

The colouring was killer. For example, one part, the shoulder armour was completely blue, but after colouring, the silver and gold parts were added. Colouring took me about 3 hours, excluding assembly. The lining took me a longer time which I forgot to calculate so I don't really know how long it took. The 1/100 and 1/144 would have been much easier. Now to show you :

(Above) the box of this SD Gundam model. From all sides except the back. This Gundam looks really nice and most SD Gundam have a lot of gold colouring, so you might need 2 gold markers to paint it if you want one.

(Above) The parts that have yet to be opened, Ohhhhh!! The waiting is killing me!!! Now, I'll just skip to after I have painted all the parts and assembled the Gundam without its armour. I have also took close up picture for all that fine detail, if you have an eye for detail that is.

(From top to bottom)

Here's a picture before I added any of the finer details so you can see some of it that was not there appearing in other pictures, if you can find them that is.

Now this is a picture I recently took which was tonight the other one before that was yesterday. Still in a different position than before. you could see the difference, I don't think it was that much of a difference however.

Look at those. Those took me 3 tries to get it right, the lining not the colouring. But it paid off. Look at those shoes!! Nice gold and amazingly it only took 1 coating.

Now the forehead had a lot of detail, that's why I took a close up. This part was hard too. Nothing you will incounter when dealing with full body Gundam models, I guess.

The armour. I did the colouring yesterday and the lining today, I had to wait for the paint to dry and settle down. It was not that difficult because the lines were easy to follow.

The 3 swords. The first sword is actually completely gold. You might think there's no painting needed but the colour, my bro said was orange, so I should colour it as well. I haven't did the lining too.

The armour which was really hard and took a lot of painting to get it done. This was hard because there was not much room to hold on too so I had to use tweezers. The first time i painted a part which is held by tweezers.

The back mounted armour and the stickers given. If you look at the stickers, I only used them for the eyes, I ignored the others and painted on the colours instead. Bwahahaha!!!

Also to add in, this is the first model I painted first before assembling them together, I usually do the opposite, assemble first, colour later. I am only going to do this for SD however, not for full body Gundam models. And last of all, thank you Abang for the SD Gundam model and thank you Kakla for bringing it here. (Sob, Sob, tears of joy). This Gundam has sentimental value.

Farid

321 Days

2009-11-17T18:03:00.000+08:00

This post may sound like it is about a game but it is not. This is a story (yes, I'm going back to stories) about a person whom I choose to keep his name a secret and I will refer to him as 'Subject F'. Why? I will tell you and you will find out eventually after you have read this post.

Day 1-306
The subject was in a normal world, a normal life. He went to school, he was still a student. But in early January this year he came in contact with another subject known as 'Subject H' who was still stable last year. But this year he suddenly emitted KRA waves which affected anyone who came within a certain radius. Because Subject F frequently came in contact with Subject H, he was soon affected. What is KRA you ask? KRA stands for Kamen Rider Aura which are emitted in a form of wave that makes people copy and perform moves shown on the Kamen Rider series such as transformation acts and fighting. However, the KRA waves can be deflected by any other stronger waves such as the GA waves (Gundam Aura) and others. Unfortunately for Subject F his GA waves were weaker than Subject H's waves making him affected by these waves.

Day 307-312
Subject F was no longer incontact with Subject H allowing him to gradually heal and increasing the strength of his GA wave radiation. However, when chatting through the internet, the KRA waves somehow managed to slightly affect the Subject but the GA waves were strong enough to repel them. However with that week, Subject F made contact for a few days making his current condition worse. Now, he is deeply affected and starts acting. This is also made worse because of Subject F's family member who also emits the KRA waves.

Day 315- present day.
Subject F is still struggling to rid the after effects of the KRA radiation emitted by Subject H. He asks "Why Ziq? WHY?!?!"

This is the sad story of a boy who was been exposed to large amounts of KRA waves and in striving to rid himself of them and continue to strengthen is GA waves.

Farid

Kinda Boring

2009-11-12T22:01:00.000+08:00

I seems to me that I am getting bored, at home. Nothing much to do right now if only I had a Gundam model to make. Well, I had to take care of the house because there's some construction going on. I shouldn't be complaning. Now about today's topic. It's about the games I have been playing to keep me, well, not bored. The recent games I have been playing for the DS and through facebook. But my bro did tell me about the online game Dragonica, which I think I would like to try. So far DotA didn't even come to mind now and neither did Starcraft.

The DS games I have been playing are mostly old. They were in the top 100 DS games played, so I tried them out. They are:

Custom Robo Arena

Now this is a good game, one of the good RPG games that suits me other than Pokemon, yes, I the only RPG game I play is Pokemon, I think it's an RPG game. The reason why this is such a good game, and I highly recommend it is because you actually go to a real arena when battling other robos, Virtual On style. So they don't take turns and you get to control the jumping, evading and attacking. Really cool. But I haven't finished the game yet because I went back to finish my unfinished game.

Super Mario 64 DS

This is a more challenging version compared to the Nintendo 64 version, one reason is because you have to switch to the right player in order to gather the stars needed unlike the Nintendo 64 version where you just stick to Mario, because he is the only playable character. This game proved to be annoying, frustrating and above all sometimes enjoyable. It really brought a big challenge, falling into a pit, onto lava and just handling annoying enemies. Unlocking the other characters were dificult too since you have to go for missions which you didn't even suspect was going to help you unlock those characters. But the challenge was what made it fun.

That's basically what I do, sometimes I just sit home and watch TV or go online, open up facebook and play Restaurant City or any other games I wanted to try out like Tanks. That's all, now back to the games!!

Farid

Canarium Odontophyllum

2009-11-11T10:48:00.000+08:00

You must be wondering what is 'Canarium Odontophyllum. Well here we just call it Dabai (Pronounced Dabey). It is a delicious and nutricious fruit which I usually eat with rice and maybe some 'sambal' if I like. The reason why I am posting about this is because... I... am.... a Dabai addict. I have been addicted to it every since I tried it the second time in my life (the first time I just spit it out). It was in my aunt's place I think. Recently my addiction towards Dabai increased dramaticaly ever since I started going to my grandparents' house for dinner. They would serve Dabai all the time, and well I couldn't resist so, yeah I took 10 or was it 15 pieces of Dabai. What can you say no one was eating that much so I took the opportunity to eat as much Dabai as possible.

What puzzled was that when I searched for an article about it on wikipedia was Canarium. I read the article and Canarium Odontophyllum is the scientific name for Dabai. I have always liked Dabai the normal way it is cooked and I don't think there are any other ways of cooking it. The flesh is only edible after it is soaked in water. This fruit also contains all of the protein, fibre and fat making it an ideal meal. The flesh of the Dabai is black on the outside and soft white flesh in side each one having it's own taste.

Well, I will always love eating Dabai and I will continue to eat it because it's healthy.

Farid

The Unicorn

2009-11-08T22:10:00.000+08:00

This post is dedicated to my RX-O Unicorn Gundam. It is because I should have posted pictures about this Gundam a long time ago but I didn't. To make up for it I will now show you my Unicorn Gundam which is very fragile and nice at the same time. This pictures will show it in Unicorn mode and not Destroy mode because its parts are getting loose.

(Above) This picture of it standing straight. Can you see the decals, I don't think so.

(Above) Side view, this is the first time I am doing this, showing the Gundam from the side, front and back.

(Above) Look at the cool backpack, it actually comes off easily. It looks even cooler in Destroy mode but too bad I wouldn't show it.

I bought this a year ago when I was not really familiar with the new grade I have chosen to buy. The grade is MG, and I was not used to the decals and stickers which required a lot of time and nerve to put on. I put in those stickers, I did but the right leg is not complete so you might notice the right leg having less decals than the left. This Gundam was beautiful, even to my brother and his friends (he usually likes different Gundams, different taste) and a lot of people I know have bought it including my cousin. Now the long awaited pictures :

(Above) Holding its main weapon, the beam rifle the first model that I bought in which the ammunition can be taken out.

(Above) Reaching for his beam saber, but he actually can't with its current mobility. The arm can bend a maximum of 90 degrees while my Crossbone Gundam can bend more than that.

It seems that I am getting tired of posting about Gundam. Well maybe the next post might be about Gundam or food. I'm thinking DABAI. I'm addicted right now to dabai. So next time it'll be food be it fruit or vegetable or even meat!!

Farid

Behold! Blitz Gundam!!

2009-11-01T23:46:00.000+08:00

Wahahahaha!!! Now, is the time of showing you my completed Gundam or should I say Gundam Blitz. It took a lot of work but the Gundam turned out so nice I had to post on my blog to show all who enter my blog. So behold, Gundam Blitz in action and also from the front and rear.These pictures are taken somewhere with the Gundam behind its box, so you won't see the stuff behind it.

(Above) This is the picture of the Gundam using the beam saber which is in the Trikeros offensive, defensive system. This system is just a combination of a shield and weapons such as the beam saber, beam rifle and lance darts.

(Above) Guarding with the shield. This shield also turns invisible when the mirage colloid is activated but only the dark parts.

(Above) Releasing one of the deadly lance darts. There are 3 lance darts which are shorter than the other. The lance darts, I think shoot out like missiles. I think.

(Above) Revealing the Gleipner gappling hook mounted on the left arm. Looks cool. I just took this picture to actually show the painted parts on the Gleipner. I think you should be able to see them.

(Above) Showing off his opened up Gleipner!! The Gleipner is ready to fly off and grab any Gundam or Mobile Suit it is aimed at. Fire!!!

(Above) Posing with his beam saber. It was pretty unstable though. In this picture.

(Above) Releasing the Gleipner out to catch a Gundam or Mobile Suit that gets in its way or just happened to be there.

(Above) Here's a picture of it standing straight so that you can see the painted parts. Try finding the painted parts.

Well, I wanted to put more pictures but the uploading takes almost forever, so no more pictures for now. Wahahahaha!!! Well, there shall be more!!!

Farid

I... am...Tired...

2009-11-01T21:03:00.000+08:00

Yes, I am tired as I say in the title of this post. Well, a lot had happened today, I woke up at around 6.30 a.m. today while I slept at 2 o'clock last night, it was hard but I like to wake early. Anyway, my mom had this graduation thing going on for her school. I was in charge of controlling the music and sounds played for example, during the time when the guest are coming and entering the place where the graduation is held, I play filler songs like mozart or beethoven but my mom asked me to play the song, Sway by pussy cat dolls. I was not really wanting to hear it but I played it anyway. But, just to stay in the story it went on from around 7 a.m. to 12 in the afternoon. That was excluding the time I helped load the stuff for the graduation into the car and I got a major headache.

But, it was fun looking at the students of my mom's tadika perform, a few laughs and well, it was quite an experience. I just came home at around 6 in the evening and performed Asar solat, then, disturbed my elder brother and then Maghrib solat, then eat, watch Sergeant Keroro and finally use the computer for the following things :

Play DotA.
Search the net for Sergeant Keroro.
Open facebook, play Restaurant City.
Play Crazy Planets on facebook.
Was too lazy to play Pet Society.
Open up DotA again, system crashed.
Open up facebook again, feed my workers.
Play the Nintendo DS, Animal Crossing.
Too lazy to play Metal Slug.
Go back to the computer and update blog and check other blogs.

Well, that's all of it, I guess. But now I'm too lazy to go to school tomorrow so I don't think I want to go to school tomorrow. That's all, keep reading my latest blog updates.

Farid

Why Gundam?

2009-10-30T00:27:00.000+08:00

There was this one time when I was chatting with my friend, I was complaining to him about the posts he posted on his blog. And then it occurred to me that he bought expensive stuff even when it was on sale because it was branded. So I then told him that just because it is expensive does not mean it is the best of quality. But, it also occurred in my mind that I was buying Gundam models at expensive prices. My friend asked me why I bought the expensive ones and not the RM 5.30 or RM 14 Gundam Models. So, I had to explain, which is what I am going to post now. And don't get me wrong I just saying what I think, but I did buy a Gundam Model at RM 14 which was not produced by Bandai and the results where devastating! My brother cut some of his fingers while he put the parts together, because it was past my bed time and I couldn't finish it so he finished it for me. Well, you could say it was a nice model but lasted in its nice form for about a week or two and then parts came loose, and it wouldn't stand up. I was frustrated and vowed to stick to buying original Gundam. My reasons are:

First of all, the quality of the plastic used, shoes don't really differ in the sense of fine quality so far I have seen, some cheaper shoes last longer than branded ones. For example, a cheap shoe might outlast a branded shoe depending on how it is used and any other thing you might think of. But Gundam models are different in the sense that you only display them, and if a model can't stand or the parts come loose every time you make a pose for it, even just a standing pose then it is useless. (This happened for real by the way with my RM14 Gundam)

Second of all, the parts hardly fit! Which of course is a definite no! To make a Gundam every part must fit perfectly (which worked well so far the parts not fitting happen to never happen!). But the RM 14 Gundam was really hard to make because you had to actually hit the parts together for them to fit (hurts really bad too). This caused a lot of trouble for me at that tender age. So, the parts don't fit, the quality is bad, even after it is filed it still cut some of my brother's finger while putting it together.

Last but not least, the parts that fit are almost a one out of 6. So for every six parts you put together, only one will ease your pain and suffering, the rest just make it worse. But as for the original, the parts that don't fit are almost impossible to find, it never happened to me anyway and I had made more than 10 Gundams my intire life, but now I have 3 that I didn't break, I was a kid anyway.

Well, I know it is quite hard to understand and accept, but how hard is it to find good clothes or shoes these days. On the other hand Gundam models are only located in certain areas, 4 so far in where I am staying, quite limited you see. But, I am comparing a toy to something you need so it might be sure that it would turn out like this. But anyway, I just wanted to explain why I buy Gundam models at RM 100 when I could have bought one at RM 30 or less. So I guess that's that. I think there might me comments stating complains, I hope not. That's just all I wanted to say.

Farid

The News So Far

2009-10-25T21:15:00.000+08:00

Hello, and thank you for reading the new post that I have posted (clearly). Now, the news that have been going on in my house hold is well nothing much amusing. So fai... fai... I mean far it has been okay. But I have not met any of my friends lately, my whole class, and I haven't even battled with my cousins in DotA. But anyway the Gundam painting and lining have been complete!! So I will soon have the picture oh it posted here on my blog for all to see. The only thing I have yet to do is give you tips on how to play Metal Slug better. So here are some tips:

First of all, make sure you are comfortable with the settings on Metal Slug, the sound, controls (if you can change them). Also be sure you go through the game at your own pace. Don't rush through, just try to complete each mission and avoid dying ( in the game that is) which of course is the main thing. If you have played Metal Slug 7 then you should save up ammo for the secondary weapons even if it is a Heavy Machinegun. Make sure you do anything to stop the enemy from managing to shoot at you, running around or the most basic thing is shooting them. Also use the weapons to its maximum potential.

Ways of keeping your vehicles are essential. Make sure you let the vehicle not take a single hit if possible (which is possible). You should also go with the game. For example, hum out the songs while playing. This is best when you are wearing headphones connected to your DS or computer but you can't connect it to PS 2, can you? But, anyway do it if possible. Should also shout out the names of the secondary weapons you receive when you get them. Example, you get a Heavy Machinegun, so shout out "HEAVY MACHINEGUN" so you show you are really into the game.

To release frustration from lossing a life or have to press start again, you should not do any of the actions listed below:
Kill someone (for real)
Shout out so loud (just a small shout)
Throw the controller/DS (if it is the arcade you should not kick the machine)
Smash the TV (only applies for Playstation)

You can however slap your lap and utter an "Ugh!!" for dying it is acceptable. If there is someone nearby you can slap them, not on the face but some where less cruel so the go "Hey!! What was that for?" This works because after that you've released all the vengeance towards that one unit that hit you while the other died. And make sure you kill that unit straight away unless you want to lose another life or have to press start again.

Well, those are some ways of playing Metal Slug more effeciently. I hope you get the high score. If anyone got hurt from performing anything I have written in this post, I do not hold responsibility for the damage because it is their choice to follow the act that I have only SUGGESTED. Thanks for reading this post.

Farid

Metal Slug

2009-10-24T13:07:00.000+08:00

Yo, and hi. Now, I am recently (after the exam that is) playing Metal Slug, or as they pronounce it in Japanese, Metaru Suragu, which actually means Metal Slug. And the lastest one I am playing is Metal Slug 7 for the Nintendo DS. The missions are really challenging keeping me, well, busy mostly. I was also really happy with the new weapon added. The first Metal Slug I played, I remember it like it was yesterday and no, I did not just play it yesterday. It was Metal Slug 2, I think. There were camels and everything. I also remember me getting the weapon 'Enemy Chaser' so I just blasted my way through all the enemies with ease. I was using the second player.

The characters changed for each new game, for example, in Metal Slug 2 Tarma was on second player and Marco on the first. The characters are Marco Rossi, Tarma Roving, Eri Kasamoto, Fio Germi, Nadia Cassel, Trevor Spacey, Ralf Jones and Clark Still. Tyra Elson and Walter Ryan were the characters for Metal Slug Advance for the Gameboy Advance. The characters I listed were from Metal Slug to Metal Slug 7.

(From top to bottom) Marchrius Dennis Rossi (Marco Rossi), Tarmicle Roving III (Tarma Roving), Fiolina Germi (Fio Germi), Eri Kasamoto, Trevor Stacey, Nadia Cassel, Ralf Jones and Clark Still.

Marco is present in all Metal Slug games.
Tarma is present in all except Metal Slug 4.
Fio is present in all except the first Metal Slug game.
Eri is present in all except the first and fourth Metal Slug game.
Trevor is only present in Metal Slug 4.
Nadia is only present in Metal Slug 4.
Ralf first appeared in Metal Slug 6 and is still in the game.
Clark first appeared in Metal Slug 6 and is still in the game.

(Info about them can be found on the official site : http://www.metalslug10th.com/top_e.html)

Those were the Characters and now for the Vehicles and Weapons. I like many of the weapons because of how they are used in the game. My favourite is the 'Enemy Chaser' because it was the first weapon to keep me alive for so long and it homes down on nearby enemies. I also like 'Thunder Shot' from Metal Slug 7 because of it is more likely to hit and also affects other nearby enemies (like chain lightning).

The weapons are :
Heavy Machinegun, Double Heavy Machinegun, Shotgun, Rocket Launcher, Super Grenade, Enemy Chaser, Iron Lizard, Dropshot, Laser Gun, Flameshot, Thunder Shot, Zantetsu Sword and Sniper Rifle which is only available in Metal Slug Evolution for the PS2.

And of course you know the main vehicle used in the game, the Metal Slug or SV-001 (SV stands for super vehicle). There are many other vehicles:
Slug Copter, Slug Flyer, Astro Slug, Slug Gunner, Slugnoid, LV Armour, Walking Machine, Slug Mariner, Drill Slug, M-15A Bradley, Metal Crow, Forklift, Car Slug, Spider Slug, Slug Gunner Prototype, Slug Digger, Slug Truck, Slug Armour and Slug Gigant (the biggest and toughest Slug). There are other vehicles ranging from animals and so on but I only listed the Mechanized ones.

(All found on the website: http://metalslug.wikia.com/wiki/Metal_Slug_Wiki)

Well there it is one whole post about Metal Slug. I did this because it is a really nice game and the mechanical vehicles and weapons are really inspiring for my robot drawings. SNK Playmore made a really good game. Well, that's all. Bye and try out Metal Slug if you haven't.

Farid

Yes, Yes!!!!

2009-10-21T22:23:00.000+08:00

Bwahahahahahaha!!! Look, look!! My new Gundam, completely assembled but almost completely painted. But some of the parts are really small so they are really hard to paint. Anyway, the picture is below, one with a dull background and another with the box as its background which look so cool. Oh, and these pictures are without weapons because I haven't even started painting them yet. So, these pictures show just Blitz Gundam, without its Trikeros system, and its Gleipner. No beam rifles, no beam sabres and no lance darts, just to be clear. Feast your eyes on this:

(Above) There it is, as you can see, it has no weapons. The parts that haven't been coloured are not really visisble but you can clearly see it near the waist. Oh, and no lining, I haven't started yet because I don't really want to finish it that fast. This Gundam might have been the one I've been working on the longest.

(Above) A very nice background, which is the box by the way, I don't plan on throwing because I didn't throw the others anyway. This Gundam is clearly symmetrical without its weapons but after I put them on there are no axis of symmetries. And lastly, of course this Gundam is a Bandai product. Hehehehehe. I bet you don't know which part I coloured. I'll just keep that a secret. Well, that's all. I hope this post will bring you into liking Gundam. Bwahahahaha!!!

Farid

Something's Wrong

2009-10-15T19:16:00.000+08:00

Well, let's say this post might not make any sense. Well, mostly none of mine do but think about it properly you might understand, in a school way by the way. Hey, it rhymes. Anyway on with the post.

I was playing warcraft 3. The map I made, Fortified Forts (yes, I haven't made a new one yet), I was playing it with a bunch of friends. I was on the North East Side and the other was on the South West side. It was 3 on 3. Well, the game went on quite well of course, I was keeping up with the tech and making sure I had enough troops. When I was just about to make and expansion, my friend asked me to check out one side of the map to make sure the enemy's team had not controlled that area yet, but well I couldn't really go because I had a smaller amount of troops even though I had enough to defend my base. So I didn't check it out because there was also something fighting keeping my troops buisy. And as you would have thought, the enemy did control that area and was the production base for their troops. It was a little late when I found that out. Their army rushed in on our team and we lost. My friend was angry, he said I should have went, I should have checked it out. But I didn't, so I was sorry. Very sorry. Sorry again. I should have, I should have. Sorry Ziq.

Farid

My New Gundam

2009-10-14T00:02:00.000+08:00

My new gundam. See. I Bought it somewhere where I live. Hehehehe.

This is the new gundam I recently bought with my raya money. Its name is GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam whose pilot is Nicol Amarfi, who is a girl don't be mistaken I thought she was a guy. That still scares me. Anyway this is the only gundam from Seed or Gundam Seed that caught my eye. Yeah, I don't really like the other gundams. Well I like this one maybe because it has something like a grapling hook. The Blitz that I bought is clearly the No Grade (NG) 1/100 version which does not have clear armour (clear armour does not look nice to me).

Actually Blitz Gundam was one of the 5 to be produced by the Earth Alliance. But the suit was stolen by Nicol Amarfi. She died by being killed by Kira Yamato the main character. The phase shift armour is used to protect the suit from ranged attacks such as beam fire and artillery. However, Blitz cannot use its Mirage colloid (which turns it invisible) and Phase Shift armour at the same time making it visible when using Phase shift armour and vulnerable when using Mirage Colloid. Nothing's perfect.

Its equiment are Sensors, phase shift armour and Mirage Colloid.

Armaments are Gleipnir Anchor, Trikeros offensive and defensive system, 50mm high-energy beam rifle, beam saber and lance darts. The beam rifle, beam saber and lance darts are all in the Trikeros System.

Now, I have started making the gundam but have yet to finish it so I'll just show some pictures. Here they are:

The Box and the Construction Manual.

The parts that have to be assembled.

You must have the following to make a nice gundam. Not really all but at least some. The cutter is the most important of all of course.

The tools needed. Well not all actually. You should have a cutter with one side completely flat so that it cuts nicely. A file is essential as well so be sure to have these if you plan on making gundam models. The outline marker, tweezers and pen knife are not really needed but your gundam should look better with their help.

Oh, and of course, have a nice big area to build you gundams. Well lighted and comfortable because you might be making the gundam for hours and just sit there letting you buttocks get hurt. It took me about 3 hours just building the arms, head and body excluding waist and below.

There I have shown you my latest addition to my gundam collection. Now, to BED!!!

Farid

The Irrelevant Case of Akiki (Final Chapter)

2009-10-13T23:21:00.000+08:00

The final chapter is the chapter that you are reading now if you are reading it. I know it's very late but exams was up so I couldn't even touch the computer let alone use it. But now I can continue the final chapter and get it over with. So her it is, the FINAL CHAPTER!!!

Chapter 5 : The Irrelevance

It was a school day again. I went on taking a shower, putting my clothes on and went down for breakfast. After breakfast, the usual, I packed up and went to school in the same car like any other day. I thought about how tiring this case was. Thinking of all the possible ways for Akiki to disappear just like that. But today was different. Very different.

As I came out of the car I saw something that might not be true to me myself. I was Akiki. I thought he disappeared. He wore the same face he usually had when he came to school. I thought to myself. "Were the previous searches and clues some kind of dream?". Maybe it was but I was sure enough it is impossible to dream about dreaming. So the previous acts must have been real. But how could he appear here. This really, really, really puzzled me, so much I almost forgot to continue walking.

I made my way to class and tried forgetting about what I saw and just continue listening to the teacher teaching. But it was too much for me to just forget, so I decided. I would ask him during recess and that was what I did. It was recess time and because I made up my mind, I went straight to his class, to ask him about how he disappeared. When I entered the class, I saw Ziq there as usual and I walked up to him and asked "Hey Akiki, how come you just disappeared for those few days? Where were you?"

He then answered " I had fever, I thought Ziq was going to tell you. Ziq did you tell him or not?"
I looked at Ziq thinking about the dream I had. Ziq then answered " Okay, okay, I made him a puzzle or something and he took such a long time to solve it." Everything finally made some sense to me. The dream showed Ziq as the killer because he was the one who made the puzzle. After knowing this, recess was almost over and I went back to class.

Soon, school had ended that day. I thought back about everything I did just to find out about something so simple. How I didn't even think of calling his mother and asking her about Akiki. How I searched the school at night. All the trouble I went through just to find out he didn't go to school because of a fever. After thinking of all that, I thought to myself that this case was nothing else but Irrelevant.

There the end of the Irrelevant Case of Akiki. Thanks for reading. Bye.

Farid

The Irrelevant case of Akiki (Chapter 4)

2009-08-21T22:29:00.000+08:00

Yeah, you have reached the 4th and next-to last or penultimate chapter of the Irrelevant case of Akiki. Good news!! I will post this chapter and the 5th chapter will be the longest chapter of all. So I hope you have not given up on reading about this story. So, thanks for reading the case of Akiki's disappearance or so it seems. Start!!! Fourth chapter!!!

Chapter 4 : The Solution

I sat up straight after waking up for bed that night. The dream shook me up a bit, I was still terrified. Who was that person in my dream, was it someone I knew, or someone who is a complete stranger to me. And the worst of all what was his name, I couldn't really guess who it was. Was it my friend Ziq, or some other guy whose name is familiar. And what has he got to do with Akiki's disappearance. This thought bothered me throughout the day.

As I went into the shower I thought about the note or puzzle that Akiki left me or he should have. I thought carefully thinking of the possible ways of getting the hidden message left within it. Then something came to my mind, Math!! It was one of the things that Akiki was best at and maybe just maybe there was a way of getting the message by solving all the questions. I answered each one carefully making sure that the message is clear.

For the first question I had answered the answer was, O=G, I thought about how this could become a note. Then, a thought struck me, I remembered my teacher saying something about where there can be the number 1. I started adding the number 1 to all the answers not on the first letter but on the ones after the equal signs.

I cleared it out, and the new answer was, O=1G. I received more answer when answering the following questions, K=1B, I=1A and so on. I finally found it, the way of solving the puzzle, the first letter represents the letter and the following ones represent the coordinates not on a Cartesian plane but on the coordinates like when playing Battle Ship as I saw in my dream.

The answer from the puzzle was horrible but I tried to hold my self together. I sat back on my bed thinking of all the ways I could overcome and solve this case. The message the letter held was something I had never expected and I tried not to think about this case, this impossible case that cannot be solved by any mere human being and what more me a school kid. That thought filled my head as I read a book about the White Wolf.

Well that's all I'm quite sleepy so this is a short chapter and still the penultimate chapter of this 5 chapter story. Bye.

Farid

The Irrelevant Case of Akiki (Chapter 3)

2009-08-08T13:17:00.000+08:00

The third chapter in the story that you have followed, the Irrelevant Case of Akiki, might be the weirdest of them all. Why you ask? Well, it is because this case is something of an alternate chapter of the story, a chapter where the story is completely different than the others but will match at the end. The story is still about me searching for answers and clues to the case. So please enjoy this chapter like you have enjoyed the previous ones. If you have not enjoyed the previous ones than just try to enjoy this. Sheesh.

Chapter 3 : The Synchorization

I was running. Running through an endless glade, a field where only grass grew. It made no sense to me at all, what was I doing, why was I doing it. I saw a shine in the horizon, and I went after it. It was different than before the shining light was both horizontal and vertical meeting at a straight 90 degree angle. A flash suddenly appeared and everything in sight turned a slight reddish colour. It was an explosion I ran towards it trying to see what was going on.

As I reached the area I could see that it was burnt, and smoke was still coming out of the ground. I was all strange. I ran back following my tracks leading me back to a place I have known so well as home. My house was empty no one in it. I searched my own house not knowing why, and then suddenly, I stepped on a piece of paper. Somehow it looked fimiliar, like I have seen it before. The instant I picked it up I knew what it was, the paper I found addressed to me from Akiki. A thought came to my mind. I ran to the nearest bus station and took a bus back to my school. The place I had gone to at night to search for clues.

As the bus approached to the stop, I was still thinking about the puzzle. Almost forgetting, I managed to get out of the bus and ran towards my school. I passed the same place seeing the same things from the previous time and everyday as I enter my school. As I walked in I did not have to hide, no one was in the guard post. Although it was strange, I took the chance and ran in, to the same block. But before I reached it, I saw a person staring straight at the sky, I recognized him eventually and it was my friend Ziq. I called out to him but somehow he did not bother to look at me.

I ignored him and ran towards Akiki's class. It was completely different, only the tables were there but there were no chairs. I went to look for Akiki's desk but I could not find it. Then, something caught my attention. The table was out in the same glade I was running through. I walked slowly towards it and examined it for any other clues until I felt pain strike through my back. My back was bleeding and someone was there, holding a knife. He knelt down to me and said "Have you solved the puzzle? It's quite easy actually, Numbers are placed in a vertical order and alphabets are in a horizontal order just like the game Battleship". He lifted up his arm, the one holding the knife and said again" It's me, don't you recognize me?It's Z..." Then, everything faded out. I was sweating in my bed when I woke up." It was just a dream." I said to myself.

That would be the ending of the thrid chapter. I hope you'll read the next one. That will be the one where I answer the puzzle. Bye.

Farid

The Irrelevant Case of Akiki (Chapter 2)

2009-08-01T23:56:00.000+08:00

Hey, welcome to the second chapter which is sure to be quite interesting I hope. Now at the end of this post I will put a picture showing a puzzle, the puzzle which I have found. How did I find it? That you have to read yourself but just to tell it took me quite a long time to break it. So I hope that any of you can solve it before reading the next chapter and enjoy reading this chapter. Let the story begin, I mean continue...

Chapter 2: The Investigation

His answer really puzzled me. I thought about it the following night, thinking of all the possible reasons to why and how Akiki just dissapeared from maybe existence and why such a disappearance would happen. I thought about all the ways that it could possibly be done, all the ways it could be solved but they all made no sense in anyway. Finally, after putting much of my thought to it I decided to investigate about this case. I named it the Impossible Case of Akiki because it was almost impossible to commit.

The plan to the investigation was simple yet quite difficult to perform and it would take quite a long time but I have decided. I took a bus to the first stop in the city and from there I went straight on to my school and in order to not allow my parents to know about it I used the night I was supposed to go to tuition. I got off the bus at the nearest stop from the school. It was a beautiful night because it was not very cloudy but the sky was clear and some stars were shining in the sky. I tried not to let this distract me from my main goal, to investigate.

I sneaked by the guard post, making sure no one heard me coming or hear me going past the guard post. But this was harder than expected because of the wide open field in the school which was the first obstacle I had to overcome. Swiftly and silently, I moved through the field hiding shortly behind tree after tree until I came to the first block, the block where Akiki's class was. I took a deep breath and rushed to his classroom. It was there where I started my search for any clues leading to his disappearance.

I found his table, where it used to be, by the corner near the window beside a few others. But, there was something different about it. The desk was clean, no papers, sweets , chewing gum or even text books. It was clean like someone had remove all of the belongings of the friend Akiki. This frustrated me, but as my hope was fading something brought it back again, the rubbish bin was full of papers and other rubbish. I went through the items inside and there where all quite clean. Most of the papers where activities and test papers which were thrown away and of course most of them belonged to Akiki. Finally, I found something but its presence made me even more curious about what had happened. It wasn't a note or any short poem, it was something more, I was a list of mathematic questions that maybe had a message hidden in it. I went home that night, feeling even more puzzled than before. I laid down on my bed with the paper I found and tried to see what message it had.

The Paper I found...
Click the picture to enlarge it and question number 16 is (N=A....) Sorry no so clear.

You have now reached the end of chapter two. I hope you continue reading the following chapters of the Irrelevant Case of Akiki. Bye.

Farid

The Irrelevant Case of Akiki (Chapter 1)

2009-07-24T21:19:00.000+08:00

Before starting the story of the mysteries of a boy or teenager named Akiki, I would first like to say that this story contains 5 chapters and the first one is the one I am about to post. This was a true story which was exaggerated to form a more interesting and better story. So yeah, have fun reading it and maybe solve the case before you find out what really happened. This story was based through my perspective so I will be talking about what I went through. Let the story begin!!!

Chapter 1: The Disappearance

I was on my way to school, just like any other day of course. The weather was calm, a normal morning in which I started my journey to school. My sister was driving the car and since the beginning of the second week my started leaving the house at 6,30 a.m, unlike the usual times when we went at 6,30 or 6,20 a.m. So I arrived early at around 6,30 and made my way to class.

As I went through assembly and the teaching sessions I felt something different about this day, somehow I felt like today was the end of someone I knew. Soon, it was break time and as usual my friends Ziq and Akiki (their nicknames) would come to my class and we talk about almost anything possible. Ziq would beg for food and Akiki would talk too. As we talked, the break was soon over and my friends went back to their classes and I continued with my learning sessions untill it was 1,30 p.m. Shool was over and I said my goodbyes to my classmates and rushed out eager to go home. But the thought still troubled my even during class.

I managed to ignore the thought but then I reached the spot where my friends Ziq and Akiki would gather again. We talked a little until akiki was the first to go as his car made it through the drive way. As he said goodbye there was something in his face that showed he would not come tomorrow, like he was leaving and never coming back. I thought hard about the feeling I had and my car arrived to take me home. The whole way home I could not think of why I had the feeling and I just tried to make sure I could bring myself to be optimistic about it. And as I went to bed that night, I took one last sigh and went to sleep.

The next day, I did the same and took the same road to school and did all of what I usually did. The assembly in the morning which was different puzzled me because my friend Akiki was no where to be seen. I thought that it was some kind to trick my friend was playing making me feel that he was not there. I asked Ziq about Akiki but he ignored the question completely. This troubled me and made me even more curious about Akiki. As the school hours went by this thought filled my mind. I made my decision finally in asking my friend Ziq about Akiki. I walked up to him and asked "Hey, Ziq, have you seen Akiki lately?" and with the answer the shocked me he said"Who's this Akiki you keep talking about?". I was shocked completely.

That would be the end of the first chapter of The Irrelevant Case of Akiki. I hope you read the other chapter when they are posted. Bye.

Farid

Hello there, Again!!

2009-07-05T23:17:00.000+08:00

Hello there, again!!! Hehehe, yeah just to say that there was supposed to be a battle report for Underwater Battle 3 multiplayer version. The players are Farid in the North East corner which is me against Ziq Q in the South West corner. But it was cancelled due to some techinical errors. Hmmm, I was really looking forward to it. But anyway, the new Underwater Battle map for Warcraft 3 is made with a bigger space for buildings and a completely mirrored map so both players will have the exact amount of space, resources and terrain like the other will. The map is a 1v1 map so only for two players. The creeps will be made to make sure they don't interfere in the main battle and like the previous maps, Underwater Battle 3 and Fortified Forts, the clash of both armies will be in the centre of the map and also the lcation where the Mega Titan will spawn. The Mega Titan will have decreased regeneration because it is making him almost indestructable.

The second half of this post is just a 2 questions for you all to think about. I don't expect you to think too much because they are simple questions. Please think carefully although they are simple. So here they are :

1) How many faces can you see on a cube?

2)How many sides can you see on a cube?

Post your answers in the comments section. Thanks. Well that's all for now I gotta go get ready for school. Bye.

Farid

Kitten Report

2009-06-27T12:26:00.000+08:00

Hello, my name is Farid, I'm the owner of a really cute kitten I'm about to show you today. Here's the picture of the kitten:

As you can see... HE'S SOOOO CUTE!!! Awwwww!!!

His name is Mushu Ryu. The name is nice but I wanted to think of another name. I didn't because my sisters forced me to quickly think of a name or else it would be Clouseu. So, yeah a good name and inspired from the dragon in Mulan, voiced by Eddie Murphy, the dragon Mushu. Yes, it just happened that he was looking at the camera so I took a picture.

This is a picture of Mushu and his brothers and sisters drinking milk from their mother:

From the right: Satine, Tikki, Nyx, Mushu, Micky.

The enourmous cat is the mother whose name is Inai Lucia. She gave birth to them on Monday the 18 May 2009. They are about 2 months old. Inai was quite a good mother although everyone wondered how she could become a mother. When she was still quite young, she always 'Berak' everywhere in the house so we left her out. But now, she's a caring mother always meowing when she sees her kittens running around. And we (my family) always said things about her like "Inai!!! Camne mok jadi mak tok, berak pun sik betul!!". But we were mistaken... Hmmmm.

And since the old cage was too small for those cute, cuddly, kittens, my mom had to go and buy a new cage. The cage was the type with the many stories but it was good. We weren't going to keep them in there for long anyway. Here's picture of the cage:

Well there's the cage. As you can see the cage has proper places for the kittens to sleep and the space was much bigger even without the stories. My mom also bought a new litter box with the special litter meant to absorb the smell and urine so it doesn't stink that much as ordinary litter. So, abang I forgot to take a picture of Nyx but I'll take it and post it soon don't worry. The bad news is that my mom says we can't keep them all so we might have to give them away. But I tried to enjoy the time with them while it lasts. Oh and just to say it Nyx is the black kitten. Bye and just continue to look at the picture of Mushu Ryu.

Farid

Games

2009-06-10T15:28:00.001+08:00

Playing video games is one of the things I like to do most. And one of the games that I usually play is Street Fighter Alpha 3 and 2 but now 3. I know it's an old game but still very difficult to win. The character I used to like was Akuma but I tried others like Charlie or Zangief. Well, today I'm just gonna post about Akuma so here it is :

Basic Controls :
Jump (J)
Crouch (C)
Front (F)
Back (B)

Those controls basically move the character around.

Attacks :
Weak Punch (P)
Medium Punch (MP)
Strong Punch (SP)

Weak Kick (K)
Medium Kick (MK)
Strong Kick (SK)

So those will deal damage differently and of course allow more or less time to react.

Strong kicks and punches take longer time to inflict damage compared to weaker ones even by a 1 quarter of a second so quite a big difference.

Abilities :

Vacuum Fist (C,F, Any Punch)
The damage and speed of the vacuum fist is different according to the punch you use slower if a weak one is used and faster if a strong one is used.

Red Vacuum Fist (F,C,B, Any punch)
I don't really know the name for this but I call it red because it's slightly red and causes the enemy to burn when hit. The damage differs of course according to the punch used but the number of hits change too. If a weak punch is used it will be 1 hit but if a strong one is used, 3 hits.

Dragon Punch (C,F,F,C, Any punch)
I'm not sure if the combination is like that because I rarely use it and it sometimes occurs. A strong rising attack that throw the enemy up. Quite useful because it deals a lot of damage. The height changes when different punches are used.

Tornado Kick (C,B, Any Kick)
Spins like a tornado towards the enemy if not jumping and has a maximum of 5 hit combo. This ability is very useful because it can go over vacuum fists but very vulnerable. My favorite ability.

Roll (C,B, Any Punch)
The combination might be different but when I do it this way it works. It just allows you to go under vacuum fists and around the enemy. I rarely use this.

Teleport (Far) (C,F,C,F, Three punches at once)
Evades vacuum fists or any attack thrown at him until he stops. It's not really teleport but he moves quickly to the other side. Can be changed to (C,B,C,B, Three punches at once) to move backwards.

Teleport (Short Distance) (C,F,C,F, Three kicks at once)
Evades the same way but shorter distance. Can be changed to (C,B,C,B, Three kicks at once) to move backwards.

Aerial Vacuum Fist (J,C,F, Any punch)
Just throws a vacuum fist while jumping.

Combos :
The First Combo is the one I regularly use. The Dragon Punch Combo! I don;t know the real name.

Perform (C,F,C,F, Any Punch)
It's just like a vacuum fist but double the crouch, front. It will look like this if you finish of the enemy with it that is :The second combo is the Aerial Vacuum Fist Combo! It throws a fire ball with 8 combo hits at full power.
Perform (J,C,F,C,F, Any punch)
Quite useful. Here it is :It burns too!!

The third one is the Fire Vacuum Fist. I, too, don't know it's real name. Fires a fireball at the enemy without jumping. I never use this and had a hard time to try and perform it. When I use this there's a 1 out of 20 chance in performing it.
Perform (F,C,B,F,C,B, Any Punch)
Here's a picture of the fire ball :But I didn't kill him with it unfortunately.

The final and very cool combo is the Raging Demon. I think that was the name but I call it Firecracker.
Perform (P,P,F,K,SP)

Yes the combo is very different but very powerful. Here's the picture :
Charging up the Combo... andKaba-BOOMM!!!
Nice huh? But very hard to perform.

Well, That's all for now. Some of it might be wrong but I know I got some of it right. Now I'll just continue playing. I have to beat Shadaloo or M.Bison.

Farid

I'm Back!!!!

2009-06-09T23:05:00.001+08:00

Hello!!! Long time no see. Hehe. Been busy these days, well much studying and studying and playing DotA and studying. And as you can see I mentioned 'studying' three times which means that I had to STUDY!!!. Yeah, I know the only time you hear 'Farid' and 'study' is when 'doesn't' is in the middle. But, there's a reward so yeah worth the trouble and I might get good results for my exam which is coming up and my parents are stressed because of me not studying and it does not affect me. And speaking of stress, did you know that the longgest palindrome is stressed desserts, yeah, spell it backwards and you'll find out. Oh and just to mention I started cubing and I am using the 45 degrees method. My average time is 2 minutes 50 seconds. Yes, I know lame and slow and whatever you can think of to say I'm inferior to you... But the good thing is that we are going to make new abilities for the heroes in or map. The heroes effected are :

Bone Archer
Marine (Major Transformation)
Darkhunter
Faerie Dragon
Bone Warrior
Lightning Revenant (Secret Hero)
Druid of Talon
Nether Pandaren (Not going to change just make a Mark 2 version)
Anti-Faerie

And new heroes might be added they are:

Wind Master
Naga Guardian

These are some of them but there are more to be changed and unit spawning system has been disabled due to problems during multiplay. The new map Everhale Plains will be made later on this year. Well that's all for now. See Ya!!!

Farid

P.S How do you like the drawing of a robot I made. Nice, Ugly? I drew my own design and yes it looks like Temjin from Virtual On.

Arggghhhh!!!

2009-04-12T10:54:00.001+08:00

Arggghhhh!!! My Leg!!!! Well the story goes like this and yes I am talking about myself. I was giving my cat or my brother's girlfriend, Inai, a bath and then she suddenly scratched my leg and held on to it. So I did the worst thing possible... I pulled her paws off. The cut was really bad. Here's a pic.
Here's the picture. It was on both sides but I only took one picture. The sound of pulling her paws off was like tearing paper. Really Gruesome!!! I hope your happy abang. And to torture Inai I gonna feed her fish. She doesn't know how to eat fish you know. Seriously. Hehehehehe, I mean owwww!!!

Farid

Oh, Wow...

2009-04-09T22:01:00.000+08:00

Yeah, wow... nothing fun to do. People appearing offline. Am I in an isolated world like in school? Well, not really much to say just bored, bored and bored. All I do is draw and read and eat and play computer and read again. Actually there is something to post about, I just wanted to put a few stinkin' lines first, hehe. The good news is, to those who don't know, is there's a new unit for the Terran in Starcraft 2, the Terra-Tron!!! It's so big seriously!!! It's a combination of all Terran buildings put together to form a mobile, destructive, massive and armored robot allowing it to move and fight at the same time. Cool, huh!? Yeah, that's nice. But not really much new in Diablo 3 though. Oh, and now I am wanting to play both Digimon Dawn and Pokemon. Torn appart by awesome games... GAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Which one, which one?! Oh, I would like to introduce a digimon that's so cool, Shinegreymon. It looks very nice. You either google image search or just type it at search.

Or see it here!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Well that's all for now and sorry for the long 'no post season'. Me and my bro are working on a new map that has gameplay like an RPG. Just imagine Warcraft in the form of an RPG, weird, huh?? Well bye for now. I'm working on a comic and still in process so I might post it here. I already have the front page. Bye.

Farid

Reunion

2009-03-16T23:29:00.000+08:00

Finally something to blog about. Hello, and hi it's been a long time since I posted a new one. So anyway back to the story. My friend just reunited my with my old friend Diablo 2. Yes, I know it is a game and the graphics stink and it's just hard but I like challenging, low-graphic games sometimes. Well as usual I pick the character class Necromancer because of the summoning spells and bone and poison skills. Now I am at a low level because I just started last week and is only allowed to play computer on weekends. My current character level is 24 and that's the level I can learn Iron Golem. Summons a golem made of iron from a weapon or armor and fights for the Necromancer. Cool, huh? The best part is it takes the properties of the weapon or armor. Well nothing new about my map, just a lot of bugs and leaks. Oh, and I just wanna ask, does anyone have a GBA Emulator because my emulator version is unable to support the latest games. If you do please say so in the comments because then I will be able to use the cheats. So bye and have a nice night.

Farid

Hello There!!

2009-02-25T16:03:00.001+08:00

Hello again and thanks for reading my blog. Well, now both my sisters have left home and off to a life in a condominium. My brother is not here too. Sigh~ Well, I;m just gonna say that it's been quite hard lately. But today was a good day. Why, do you ask, well because my shirt has finally been completed and I can wear it soon and those prefects can get angry at me anymore. Hehehehe. And easy homework has been given such as Kerja Khusus Sejarah and Math Chapter 4 Statistics. All I have to do is type and calculate and I'm done. Oh, and while I'm at it I'll post and poem too, my very first poem. Here it is :

Oh, energy,
It's like eating your favourite food,
Making you ready,
To do bad or good.

The pain, the agony,
Of trying to fit in a part,
To make a gundam, standing beautifully,
Cutting out every single part,

The completion of a level,
In any ordinary or rare game,
Provides joy, laughter and fun,
But no matter what it's always the same.

"Remember the good times, the bad times, your weaknesses, your specialties, think, feel, know, and you will see... balance."
(Adapted from 'The Mind of Farid')

Well if you don't understand anything this poem means then nevermind, I like to write stuff that doesn't make sense. If you do then good!!

Farid

All the Heroes of the Latest Map

2009-02-08T00:24:00.001+08:00

Here they are the talked about heroes and a few others that are still experimental. The image might be blurry but click on it to enlarge to full size.

Farid

I'm Here, and Asking

2009-02-07T20:23:00.000+08:00

Hey, finally got to post my 51 st post. Didn't know I got so many. Well it's Saturday and soon Sunday and back again to my educational prison. Not that I hate school but... just, the time is so limited and school takes almost half or three quater of the day and I come back at 5. Hmm, it's hard to achive my dream of making things go boom! Oh, yes what subject do you have to be good at to be able to take Mechanical Engineering? I'm asking anyone there reading my blog. Looking forward for an answer. Bye.

Farid

The Latest Map

2009-02-01T13:27:00.000+08:00

Here's the whole map view. The marked areas show certain points of the map. For example team start points, titan and mega titan spawn points and town areas.

Latest News Yet

2009-01-31T23:00:00.000+08:00

This holiday was the time of birth of a new HERO in Warcraft! The Troll Shadow Shaman!! It is the most efficient hero ever made. No bugs or leaks and one tough hero. The Troll's abilities are certainly effective against one on one hero combat or just annoying large groups of enemies. With the crown of kings the Troll is almost invincible but without it it packs quite a punch. Here are the abilities:
Fire Barrage
- Deals damage and fires multiple bolts and each bolt has a set percentage of stunning the target.

Shadow Trap
- Creates an immobile shadow of the troll that can attack any nearby enemy. If it is attacked the attacker falls asleep and the Troll teleports instantly to the attacker.
Shadow Aid
- Heals a certain amount of mana and life.

Fire Burst
- Launches a fire ball that deals damage to any unit in its path.

And those are the abilities that have proven the troll to be a worthy opponent. If a single hero attacks just use Fire Barrage and stun it to death. Low on mana or life? Use Shadow Aid. Shadow Trap appears to be a two in one ability. Either throw it forward to the enemy and join the battle or throw it out of the battlefield and attack it to move out. The sleep effect only works on enemies that attack it so it's safe. An army coming at you can just perish with the Fire Burst. But although all the cool abilities have a good effect he can still be killed through mana loss and overwhelming him. Because he needs mana to actually cast Shadow Aid he can be stopped with any mana depleting ability. The Shadow Trap is also a double edge sword. Misplacing the trap can teleport you right in the middle of the battlefield. So its just a matter of using the right ability at the right time. Well that's all about the latest hero in our map. Bye.

Farid
(P.S I didn't take the screen shot of Fire Burst. Sorry.)

Service Tax?!

2009-01-25T14:55:00.000+08:00

You know, sometimes I feel that it's useless to put service tax because, well the service is not that good and sometimes very bad. For example, earlier today me, my sis and brother were eating at Secret Recipe. Well, it's a franchise so the food and SERVICE should be good. So when we entered the shop the waitress said something that sounded like this "Welcomewouldyouliketakeoreathere" and since I didn't put any spaces in between those words she said it really fast so we couldn't understand. And when we ordered our food which was just three slices of cake they forgot the order and sent only two. That was weird because how can you just forget three orders and not even ask again whether they forgot anything. It's just weird and there was something cold about them the not friendly but trying to act friendly look. You know, and we paid RM22.45 cents including goverment tax and service tax. Well just telling in case you told your family "Let's eat at Secret Recipe today". I'm not refering to all the other Secret Recipe shops but just this particular one. Well, that's all. Bye and good day.

Farid

Hey, Hey, Hey!!! Look Who's Here!!!

2009-01-24T16:05:00.000+08:00

Hey, it's me, the one, the only Farid, is here to give you news about the latest news yet. Well there's nothing really new now still here, playing the same old game. Still here ending up with the same problem and... IT'S CHINESE NEW YEAR. Yeah, I know I'm not supposed to be happy, the chinese are but it's just that almost every mall here is filled up with cars, cars, CARS!!! Well, earlier that morning I went to the Cyber Cafe for the first time in my life. Yes, I have never been to a Cyber Cafe before because I have no buisness there. Well I just played DotA, a Warcraft game for those who don't know, and I found it quite exciting to be playing with my friends. Other than the humiliation from my friend who was shouting out loud everytime I engage him it was okay. Well I just telling what happened. Bye.

Farid

Here... Now??

2009-01-23T13:25:00.000+08:00

Hello, and I'm feeling... sad. Yes, mostly all my feelings are mixed up and the one with the highest percentage is SADNESS!!! First day of school, first thing that came in mind... sadness, at school first thing in mind happiness/sadness, after school first thing in mind tired/... SADNESS. But now there's a holiday... well you know Chinese New Year, and first thing in mind... HAPPY, after mom said no computer on Friday that Happy feeling is gone and changed into SADNESS. And, yeah, the homework is the bonus that comes with the holiday. I just hope I can get over this exam and let the fun. Well, hard work comes first, how you're feeling after comes next and happiness in the end. Sorry this post is all about sadness and irritating words so... bye.

Farid (Still Sad)

KL Trip

2009-01-11T10:36:00.000+08:00

Sorry I forgot to complete typing my holiday trip so I gonna continue here.

Day 2
We went for breakfast at a nearby stall. We ate Nasi Lemak. It was nice because the sambal there is pedas unlike the ones here which are sweet and not pedas (spicy). Then, we walked to the LRT station which was quite far from where we were staying. We got on the LRT and went to KL central where we can change transport to either a Monorail or KTM but we used the KTM to UKM. There or Uncle was waiting to pick us up. And he's really good at making jokes which made my sisters laugh quite a lot. He took us to his house where my Aunt was waiting. Then, my Aunt welcomed us all. A meal was waiting and it was something I have never heard before, it was GUMBO. I bet you guys don't know what it is too. Well, its really delicious especially when eaten with crackers. Yeah, I thought "Crackers... how does that work?!"but as soon tried it...Man!!! It was good. Gumbo is kinda like a soup with almost everything inside, including sausages... beaf sausages. And during that period of time I went for Friday prayer, learnt how to use the Tablet and how to properly use Photoshop. But at around 7 we went back to the condominium which was pretty sad because we just spent about half a day. Now, there's a new item added to my 'Food I Wish I Could Eat Again' List or FIWICEA List... and it's GUMBO.

Day 3
Wake up early,blah blah blah, Have breakfast, blah blah blah, and... OFF TO THE PC FAIR!!! Oh, man it was cool!! It was sooooooo much bigger than in where I was staying. There was about five halls and me and my family only made it to 2 halls, then we went to eat at Nandos. Well, we bought what we were looking for, here's the list for different people :

Me : MP 3 player
My sis No. 1 : Mp 3 player too but much cheaper.
My sis No. 2 : None
My younger bro : None
My mom : Tablet, kaspersky anti-virus 3 users (original), pen drive.

And we bought all of them. So then, we walked around KLCC, blah blah blah and back to the condo where we relax, sleep and use our newly bought items.

Well that's all for now. Bye.

Farid

Cool Man!!

2008-12-26T23:34:00.000+08:00

Wow!! Have you checked out the Starcraft 2 Battle Report. If you haven't then check it out. You can either go to the main site http://www.starcraft2.com/ or just go to YouTube and type the word. It's really nice Terran vs Protoss in the new map for the Alpha version of Starcraft 2 Kulas Ravine. And there's some new stuff that was added to improve the game. Sorry I can't upload it here its just the video needs to be downloaded and I didn't. Hehehe. Well see ya.

Farid

The Holiday

2008-12-22T21:44:00.000+08:00

Yeah, I'm back with news worth about 10 days. And sorry for not being online so much because in the place I was staying there was no internet only Warcraft.

Day 1
I got on the plane with my mom, my sisters and my younger brother. We arrived at LCCT in KL or Kuala Lumpur after about 2 hours when getting on the plane. I met my uncle, aunt and cousin on their way to board the plane and took some pictures which I shall not show. We got on the bus 'SKYBUS' and it took us about 1 hour to reach KL central where we can take the LRT, Monorail and KTM Komuter. Our first stop, KFC. I don't know what that stands for I think it was Kentucky Fried Chicken. Well I'm sure you all know what and where that is. But since we can't eat any of it in where I'm staying so it was our main target. And we bought a bucket and drinks and mash potatoes and it was DELICIOUS!!! Then we went to my grandpa's condominium. And stayed there.

The Sadness

2008-12-03T09:29:00.000+08:00

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! It's really sad cause almost none of my family members have watched Iron Man. Well last, last night my sister did watch it but... ONLY HALF OF THE STORY!!!! I wonder why but it's weird because my mom like and wanted to watch the INCREDIBLE HULK but she refuses to watch Iron Man. What does that green man have so special in him. Muscles... body weight... green coloured skin or it's just the fact that HE'S NOT IRON MAN. Oh, yeah I forgot that did you know that the story was supposed to be like this.
Tony Stark (Anthony Stark) was at the age of 21 when he inherited the company Stark Enterprise. Then he developed mini-transistors to help the war during the East Asian conflict. While he was checking the plant which was sabotaged he was injured by exploding shrapnel and captured by the warlord Wong Chu and forced him and Ho Yinsen a famed physist to make weapons for him. During that time the shrapnel left in Tony's body was slowly reaching his heart. So, he and Yinsen made an iron suit allowing him to live and escape from the warlord. Doing so sacrificing Yinsen to give more time for him to change into Iron Man and escape. And on his way home, Tony met a helicopter pilot, James Rhodes and returned to America. See the story is quite different. He was not supposed to be captured by the arabs, he did not meet the pilot and he was not hit by a bomb. Well now you know the story I hope you watch the 2008 Iron Man if you haven't because its really cool. I mean really Cool. Every time I ask her to watch it she says " I have already watched it why should I watch it again." Well she should because The SUIT was NOT a 3D animation. IT... WAS... REALLLLLLL!!!! Well that's all bye.

Farid

Stories

2008-12-02T00:06:00.000+08:00

Hi, hello!! Sorry for not updating for a really long time. I guess I didn't have much to post about and if I did it would be... BORING. So now I have something interesting. The latest version of our map. Here they are.

First of all the main thing that is new is the heroes which are :
Flesh Eater
Pandaren Fire
Darkhunter
Bone Archer (modified not new)
Knowledge Seeker
Fairie Dragon
Reverse Fairie

The abilities are also updated to better effects and damage. The map is now different in it's size and battle area. Its in the CITY. A new titan and towers added to improve defences against armies not single heroes. Allies have been given and the best part is they gain benefits from the titans as well. They are most likely to bring armies too instead of single heroes.

The new titan or hero titan is for now invincible against up to 3 heroes (the super ones not normal) which are at level 20 and, yes, have the crown of kings. He can also cast abilities which are avatar making him invulnerable to magic and thunder clap.

Well that's most of the new added stuff. If you have never played the map then you will not know what I'm talking about. Don't worry I have another story.

This weekend my cousins came and are still here. Oh, the things we played was cool. Well, not really cool. We just played badminton. Here's what happened. We started playing at 5 p.m. It was tense, a battle between cousins from to different cities collide in a battle of... BADMINTON.
We started of with the WARM UP. But unfrotunately my COUSIN was scoring more points during... THE WARM UP. Then the real match begin. But I lost the first round. But as soon as we were going to start another BATTLE my brother came. And because of his failure... We lost again. It was stressful, sweat was pouring from my face as the THIRD match begin. It was me 2 and my cousin 5 and he won. That's just the start. Since we didn't have a net because we were playing outside in my yard we wanted to use my brother as the net. But he was busy watching TV. So luckily my two cats were nearby and they became the net. We lined them straight and THEY DIDN'T MOVE. It was also funny because they couldn't resist looking at the shuttle cock. And in the end they ended up casing it when it landed. It was really fun. Well that's all. Actually I'm in a hurry gotta watch Iron Man.

Farid

Yeah!!

2008-11-12T18:39:00.000+08:00

Yeah, just two more days to go till MY FREEDOM. Then I'm gonna play Dota, Dota, Dota and more Dota. But, maybe during the holiday I'll go to KL. Oh yeah, to my friends I'll deliver my lastest maps if you give me your e-mail and tell me when you are online. If not you'll miss out on ver. 0.07 and more! Catch ya'll later!! Yeah!!!

Farid

Really Bad Next Week

2008-11-08T22:00:00.000+08:00

Sorry for not able to post anything for these few days because nothing interesting came to my mind. But I have finally found something to blog about. Here it is :

AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!! An exam is coming up next week and everyone else is already enjoying their holidays (students from other schools). The worst part is that we only receive our report card NEXT YEAR when EVERYONE is in FORM 3. What's the use of having an exam on the last week of school. You want to know the school's excuse ? Well, they say that at the end of the year students start skipping classes because... well it's the END OF THE YEAR. So make an exam at the end of the year on the last week and the problem is solve. WRONG! Just WRONG!! Their way of thinking is so different from other just because it's a 'SEKOLAH BESTARI' that STINKS. And next year classes are going to last until 2.10 p.m and they we'll maybe doing some more STUFF afterwards.

Wow, I'm really just insulting my school. Hope they don't find out. Hehehehe (Evil laughing tone).

Farid (still laughing in an evil tone)

A Post Full of Trash

2008-10-26T17:11:00.000+08:00

Wooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! In this post I will talk about anything and everything that makes no sense, example:

The monkey jumps on the butterfly and the butterfly kills it with a flower.

Makes no sense right. But I'm sure you'll like it.

Think of life as a donkey going with the flow and any time soon the donkey will be knocked down or get food.
Don't be so sure whether the lion will eat a deer but it might change and eat a fruit.
Feel the energy flowing through your body use it well, do something smart or dumb, do the right thing, buy a gundam.
When you find any of your old stuff don't throw it away. Sell it? Maybe not. Find something useful for it. If not, see whether it can help something else.
Gundam and hug both start with a 'G' am I right.
When you correct something use the right equipment to do so. If you want to clean up your mess incinerate it. If you want to sweep the floor use a broom. If you want a straighten your friend... use a hammer.
Be sure to appreciate what people give you, use it, keep it. If not, don't appreciate it.
When you count till ten count quickly so you don't miss the train while waiting.
If a black cat crosses your path what happens... nothing it just slows you down if you're using a car.
If you spill some salt throw some over your shoulder if you spill some nails you'd better not throw that over your shoulder.
Do what you want.. kill animals, buy stuff just accept the consequences.
When you go hunting don't bring a gun... if you're hunting for a product in a store that is.
Don't get mad so fast when people punch you or tease you. When you get home take it out on your pillow.

That's the end of it. Hope you enjoy the entertainment. Don't do what this blog is telling you to do. It's just for fun.

Farid

My Brother Back Where He Studies and Relatives Nearby

2008-10-26T15:10:00.000+08:00

It was quite a sad weekend for me but also the best one ever. My bro had to go back to Australia, back where he studies to get a job. To think that those days, one month and a half to be precise, went by so quickly. When he came I thought "One month and a half is a long time" but now it's over. Me and my family went to Brunei to send him to the airport. But since it was still Raya in Brunei we went visiting. We visited our cousins, uncles and aunts who were really friendly to us even if we haven't even met them over the years. And for just 2 days staying there, I got to know a lot about my relatives living so close. They didn't really care whether they knew us or not, they tried to make conversations even if it was a boring subject. My bro became friends with a few his relatives in just 1 hour. But it took me 3 just to start a conversation. Those are the type of people I would like to stay close with my entire life.

Farid

Banned from Playing 'Mercun' (Firecrackers)

2008-10-09T21:16:00.000+08:00

Yes, it's true my mother said that I was banned from playing firecrackers. Here's the story.

It all started this morning when my friend brought two 'mercun'. The name of those 'mercun' was Crazy Robots the loudest firecracker that explodes once and releases a deafening noise.

(Above) The 'mercun' Crazy Robots.

The size of this loud 'mercun' is actually quite small but bigger than its younger brother the A-bom ( the name of another 'mercun'). It is about 7 cm tall and 3 cm wide in a silinder form as you can see.

Back to the story.

My friend was talking about how he played this 'mercun' is by throwing it near but still far from a car parking lot. When it explodes almost all the car alarms will go off. By hearing this I was very interested about this 'mercun'. I couldn't wait to buy it. The cost of this loud and terrifying 'mercun' is... RM 3 only, not 3 thousand not 3 hundred not thirty just a basic RM 3. It was quite cheap for my friends so I bought only two.

I waited until night time after me and my family broke our fast ( puasa enam bah). I tiptoed out carefully while my family watched me go. My mom said "Play the 'mercun' far from here. But I replied "Even if I go far you'll still hear it." So I went to our back yard with a candle to find the perfect spot where the sound would be reflected directly to my house. Of course, I took my friend's advice lightly. He said it was very loud. But I just lit the 'mercun' and threw it to a corner near the gate. Just in case, I closed my ears but not too tightly. Just looking at the 'mercun' and then it exploded. The sound was thundering in my ears and I said to my younger brother nearby "Woah, it's loud!!" Then, my mom called me in. She scolded me for not playing it further away. I didn't think she would punish me. She did, by not letting me play unless under adult supervision.

So that was the story. Pretty sad huh. I still have one more. Maybe I'll light it when she's at work. I'm just afraid she might hear it.

Farid

Dreams to Fulfill

2008-10-06T15:11:00.000+08:00

There are several dreams of mine which I would like to fulfill.

The first would be:
I would like to live in the country side. Where I can hear the birds singing and live in big open fields so that I can make an underground base to store all my weapons and creations.

The second would be:
I would like to make an iron suit of my own. Better than the iron suit worn by the Iron Man. It would have missiles, rockets, machine guns, beam knives, repulsors and other damgerous weapons to easily defeat enemies who stand in my way and blowing up heavily armoured vehicles. It would also fly faster than Iron Man's suit and reach a higher altitude.

The last would be:
I would like to live a peaceful life with my family and all my cousins, aunts and uncles.

Those would be my dreams. A little to high right, but I'll try achive them.

Farid

A New DS, the DSi

2008-10-04T19:46:00.000+08:00

Oh yeah, there's a new ds. The DSi!!! Its 12% thinner than the DS Lite and has a camera, louder speakers and an internet browser. Cool, huh!!! It's gonna be released in Japan in November but it will take a year or two to reach where I'm living.

The first Nintendo DS (Above)

The second Nintendo DS or DS Lite (Above)

The DSi (Above). You can see the camera there between the two screens.

Farid

The Raya News.....

2008-10-04T18:39:00.001+08:00

Hello, this is Farid speaking on CNN news....................... just kidding. Okay, I'm back and ready for the fun of blogging. My Raya was.......... well............ just to say..................... AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! It was fun visiting people, eating cakes, having drinks and getting to know other people. On the first day, We all went for the usual Raya prayer. Then, we went to my grandparents house for photo taking sessions and we do that every year. While doing that we also collected our 'duit raya'(Raya Money)and I got a lot. LOL. My cousin because of influence from me bought GUNDAMS. Well not to say that they were cheap. One was RM 168, another was RM 199 and another was RM 249. Crazy,huh! Them buying gundams worth RM 616. But one of the most terrifying things was they handled their gundams like they were worth RM 2 because they broke it and didn't really fix them well to their matching parts. The weird thing was I was scared of what they were doing not them. Seeing them handled the gundams almost made me cry. I thought "They were worth RM 299 c'mon just handle them more carefully. Please!"

Well, back to the raya news. On the first day we were at our grandparents house like I said. People came rushing in like an endless wave to visit my grandparents house. So, we had to do most of the work. I didn't help much but my sisters help with serving the drinks and entertaining the visitors. I fewlt kindda sorry for them after the told me to help. When it was night time my uncle brought fireworks and they were so nice. I tried many experiments with the firecrackers and was lucky to not lose any fingers. The only firecrackers my uncle or Mamu let me play was the 'sparkler', the 'mercun macis' the 'mercun bunga' and 'mercun rocket'. He wouldn't let me play the 'A-bom' because he said it was too dangerous for me but I didn't really want to play it anyway.

There's only one thing troubling me the first week of raya........ the way most people wore the 'Samping'. You see the correct way to wear the 'Samping' to tuck in your baju melayu in the samping. This way you look neat, clean, proper and most important for all men handsome. But I know most of my friends, cousins and other people I don't know wear the 'Samping'in a different trend. They wear the baju melayu tuck out instead of tuck in. This way they look lazy, sloppy and weird. So please wear the 'Samping' the right way. It looks better. Bye.

Farid

A Very Happy Raya to All

2008-09-26T23:45:00.000+08:00

Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!!! Raya is coming up in just a couple of days. So to all the people reading my blog.................. Happy Raya!!!!! Wahahahahahaha. Do you want to know why I'm doing this??? Okay, I'll tell you. But before I start I know some of you people are thinking " I didn't ask why you're doing this you're just telling us". So, I'd like you all to remove that thought. Okay, here goes. I'm doing this because many of my friends are asking when am I gonna send them Raya cards. I wanted to but time just wouldn't let me. So to save all the trouble ( and to prevent my friends from making an angry mob) I decided to send a virtual SELAMAT HARI RAYA announcement. I'm also doing this because some of my friends are refusing to give me their address so I can;t mail it to those who are living far from my reach. The reason they are refusing is because of a weird, maybe lame excuse: "If I give you my address, you'll bring your cousins and relatives and wipe out my live stock of food." See, don't worry I won't bring my cousins and relatives because even my family could do enough damage. If you're lucky I won't even go to your house.
So don't worry about your live stocks because surely you guys received hampers containing goods that are close to expiry so you'll be glad to let us finish the close to expiry food. But if you're mum were to make rendang, pulut, curry or other delicious Malay food you'll have to be careful. There's going to be a 90% chance I'm gonna rampage your house. Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Oh, this doesn't include you guys staying overseas. You guys are lucky. Sheesh. But for locals, beware. Lastly have a pleasant Raya. Hope your food supply lasts for at least a day during open house.

Farid

I'm so Bored!!!

2008-09-23T23:21:00.000+08:00

Today I have nothing to blog about........ except what I'm typing now. It's just hard to find good things to talk about. AAAARGHHHGGRRAAAAGHGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK ...........................................................................................................................................................bye.

Farid

Up Late ........... Again

2008-09-14T01:13:00.000+08:00

I'm here staying up late. And as you can see I have nothing to blog about because I'm just putting out words that make no sense. This was because my friends said that I didn't update my blog for a while. So I decided to post something at least once a week. Okay, so here's a story.

It was a late night. John Carbine was up late having a drink while watching a game. It was 3.00 a.m. As John knew he should not be staying up that long, but he just couldn't go to bed. Something was bothering him. Something eerie and suspicious. So through the night he kept on watching until he heard a small sound, so small that he thought it was just his imagination. The noise kept disturbing his concentration. He then check to see where the noise was coming from.
Suddenly, the noise started to get louder. The noise came in a weird pattern because it went slow at first and then suddenly fast. Then, it would come to a complete stop for precisely 2 seconds and continue its routine. John started feeling chilly. To his fear he was the only one able to hear the noise because it was as loud as someone banging a door with a hammer full of force.
In front of him three weird creatures appeared. They looked like they were pixels joined together forming a monster. The monster look just like a blob of spilled paint but it soon turned into a blade like form. The three monsters rushed at him, just like thrown swords coming at you. John ran from them but to his dissapointment there was a another one in front of his path. But something was different about this one. It was human like and took the form of a little boy standing.
The boy jumped at him and whispered" Don't be scared, Man, you're like a sissy running from those level monsters. And why were you dumb enough to stay this late." John just stared. He was to suprised and scared to talk. He finally asked," W....wh.....who a..are y...you?""Man, you're like the worst of the ones I've saved. Huh, just wield me for a sec and kill those 'things' would you?" answered the boy in a relaxed tone. He then turned into a dagger. He too looked like pixels formed together but the strangest thing was all that talk rushed into me mind in a split second.
John then took the boy unwillingly and charged at the monsters. His hand moved on its own and killed the monsters quickly. The boy turned back to human and said" See !!! That wasn't so hard. You're still shaking, huh. Well, bye for now." The boy jumped and dissappeared pixel by pixel.
John thought to himself."Who was that guy. And, why was he so calm."Later, far from the place John was in the boy thought to himself," I finally found me a team member. Finally," as he dashed through the night.

Inspired from,
Animal Genus.

How that story? Hope you like it. Bye.

Farid

Still....

2008-09-12T22:55:00.000+08:00

Hey, I'm back. Sorry, I've been gone for a few weeks.........or was it a month. Well, as you can see I'm back with new stuff to post and blog about. Maybe, I should blog about the plane model me and my friends have been working on. Well actually I wanted to post the pictures I took of my gundam........................you know the one I've been talking about so that you know I'm not braging about some imaginary gundam named RX-77D Guncannon Mass Production Type.

But the problem was finding the card reader and it really took my time. Yes, I'm still searching for the card reader. Right now I alone here bloging about this.

Oh, yeah about the plane model. Okay, first my teacher gave us an assighnment to bring used stuff like bottles and make planes out of them. It was for the school holiday so we didn't really bring the things needed. She (our teacher) gave us another chance to bring it and we dissapointed her again by not bringing anything.................again. Hahahaha. So one last chance and finally I decided to draw the plane and turn it into a model. With sweat and more sweat I designed the plane model working through the night. And finally, after a long period of time the drawing was complete. But I had just won the battle, how was I to celebrate my victory when the war is still to come. So then I started with measuring equipment to calculate and measure the lenght, weight and density of the paper model. To my horror it was only an imagination, I had not really even create the plane let alone measure the real lenght. So with my drooping eyes just waiting to fall asleep, I worked through the night until dawn, which was the time..................the time to finally triumph..................the time to finally celebrate the victory of the completion of my long hours of work, the plane model. The next day, I brought the designs to school to show it to my team members and of course creating the plane scaled model. And it was that time that I had brought a few items to help in succeeding the project. I brought 2 bottles and a piece of hard paper or drawing block paper. My friend brought polystrene. There we were working hard while my younger brother, jumping with joy doing all he wanted. It took us quite a hard time putting it together because most of the measurement weren't really fiting the draft. There I had to improvise on the tools I had and the time I had. The model was finally complete with the help of the useful..............................DUCT TAPE!!! Yes duct tape really helped because most of the tape we used didn't stick. It was weird how come the tape that is so powerful to hold a pipe in place unable to stick polystrene to a bottle. It was quite a hard time indeed.

The day after that, we displayed or plane. It's capabilities were the ability to be undetected by radar, speed up to mach 5(5000 km/p) and cloaking. But when the question that came up was whgt was the real abilities of the model plane not the imaginary plane...................... my conclusion was "It uses DUCT TAPE!!! Lots of it!!!".

Because the other teams had not completed their plane (it's actually only one team) the taecher gave them time to complete the plane. So, my team mates decided to paint and add colours to the plane since we had 5 days to send it up again.

So that's the story. I'm still painting it with a friend who was kind enough to help ( unlike my younger brother). We're still waiting for the results of paper mashe. Then we're going to spray it black. Cool huh. Well that's all. Bye. Bye. Bye.

Farid

Gundam

2008-08-26T22:46:00.000+08:00

I love Gundams just like my elder and younger bros. But I thank it all to my elder bro for introducing Gundams to me. Last time I used to buy Hotwheels, Transformers even Sesame Street dolls but when Gundams came to me it knocked me of my feet and I lost my consiousness. When I woke up Gundam was there waiting for me to buy it for RM 150.90 in Toys World. But with a reluctant heart I sadly turned away hoping to forget about Gundams for the price was the only thing dividing us. The next day I was alright. I shed a few tears for the memory of the Gundam but I soon forgot about it during breakfast. Suddenly my elder bro came zooming in with a Gundam so beautiful I almost fainted for the second time but my first experience kept my awake. The light was so intense it felt like boulders crushing me for that was the time the memory of the beautiful Gundam still waiting for me to buy it came rushing to my head. I cried for 4 whole hours remembering the Gundam. As days passed by I forgot and my bro reminded. That was the daily routine we went through until Hari Raya came. That was the time of triumph for me because the money I received was more than enough to cover the expenses of the Gundam I have long awaited. Soon enough that day the Gundam was with me in my hands waiting for me put it together. I cherished every minute, every second was precious. And soon enough, after 2 hours, 4 minutes and 26 seconds the Gundam was there standing tall. Tears filled my eyes. We were finally together.

So that's the story....... you wouldn't want to know how I got 2 more cause that story would be to long it could be turned into a Novel. Lastly, I thank my bro again.

Farid

No One....

2008-08-26T22:33:00.000+08:00

Why doesn't anyone post comments one my posts.......why can't you write something. If it is BORING than at least write:

Your blog........STINKS!!!! Big time.

or

I hate it..... all you ever talk about is.....well......IRON MAN.

or the most simple is

It's so boring that I can't even write a comment.

See, it's so simple. So if you do comment maybe I'll put more interesting things.
Just kidding I just see it's so boring without any comments..........but the good thing is that I know the hardly anyone checks this blog. So I'm not that exposed. But at last I want to give my special thanks to skewer for posting a few (I think it was a few) comments on some of my posts.

THANK YOU SKEWER

and I would like to thank my elder bro who has been advertising , my blog and to my sis to

THANKS GUYS ( and girl I guess for my sis)

Farid

Gonna buy Giroro

2008-08-24T15:54:00.000+08:00

Yeah I'm gonna buy Giroro Rounin. It's so nice cause the armor looks much better than the original. Besides that the weapons look so much better. The machine gun in a form of a sword, the bazooka in a form of a bazooka (but olden style) and a really shiny sword. Ohhhh, it's soooooooooooooooooooooooo nice and I'm gonna buy it.

There's the picture up there. Cool, huh!!!!! You can check it out at http://e-toyz.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=76_112&products_id=1030. There's other Keroro Gunsou models and other products.

Farid

Excuses

2008-08-19T17:46:00.000+08:00

Have you ever wanted excuses to not exercise? Well here are some excuses:

If someone asks you to go on a diet say:
Did you know DIET is DIE with a T.
or say:
The fridge ask me to eat.
or say:
I can't diet for medical reasons......it makes me hungry.

If you are eating and someone asks you to stop eating so much say:
Once my eating gains momentum its hard to stop.

If someone tells you you're over weight say:
I'm not over weight everyone else is under-nourished
or say:
I'm not over weight, I'm just under tall.

If someone asks you when are you going to exercise say:
When the gym puts up a snack bar.

So I hope you can use these excuses when those answers are asked.

Farid

As Always.....

2008-08-19T17:32:00.000+08:00

China won in the Olympic for badminton...... as always. I know that this news is quite old because the match was on Sunday but I forgot to update my blog for the latest news about my favourite sport badminton. (Men singles) They now have........ well I don't know the facts but they have a lot of Gold medals.

Farid

The TV Programs

2008-08-17T03:31:00.000+08:00

Now that the olympics were on I didn't really have much time updating my blog and watching Sergeant Keroro. What's shocking is China is in the lead with 26 GOLD MEDALS and climbing. They are sure to win this year's olympics. I watched the game between China and Indonesia and Indonesia won (Woman's singles). But sadly, still no gold medals for Indonesia or some other countries I missed out. The worst part is I've missed almost all Sergeant Keroro episodes these 2 weeks. GAH!!!!!

Farid

Just Finished My Exams

2008-08-09T19:07:00.000+08:00

Just finished my exams but I had to take math again because almost everyone failed (it was really hard). So I took my math test and I'm still waiting for my results. By the way I hate math. SOOOOOOO So SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO much. HATE IT!!!

Farid

My Bro comin' home

2008-08-09T19:03:00.000+08:00

Yeah, I'm so glad he finally finished his univercity years and come back here and stay with us. But this maybe the only time he'll come back if he starts working. It's really hard. So he'll come back and we will be a happy family again.........=D.

Farid

Somehing Funny

2008-08-03T13:48:00.000+08:00

Tarnslation is funny.......you know really....I'll show you

You see some titles translated to Bahasa Malaysia (direct translation)
-Harry Potter: Pembuat pasu berbulu.....which means: Someone who makes pots who is hairy. LOL

I got over it

2008-08-01T15:11:00.000+08:00

Yes I got over the pain of the stolen things. Still I have another computer (its slower than the stolen one) so that's why I can still post stuff here.

Farid

Man......

2008-07-29T22:25:00.000+08:00

I wish Iron Man could take them out........ then I'd have my revenge. Anyway, I just completed my first drawing (I know it took a long time) so once I get the scanner going I'll post it up. I'm looking forward to it.

Farid

@//$%....

2008-07-29T21:41:00.001+08:00

As you can see I'm mad.............. Yup I'm mad cause my house got robbed. They stole something.... But I'm just so frustrated because the stuff they stole did not belong to me...... they valuable too....... @#!!*//>>/.!@%**&&!.... good thing I censored those words cause........... WOAH!!!!

Farid