mood for drama

just finished watching a few more chinese dramas. absolute pleasure indeed returning to one of my old hobbies of soaking in d many fantasies dat directors have concocted.

completed 爱情睡醒了

also completed 无懈可击之高手如林

now checking out 胜女的代价

of cuz.. i shudn't be influenced by any of them since these stories r juz for viewers' moments of escapism. tho i muz say i did learn a lot. for eg. 1% can also be said as "百分之一(bǎi fēn zhī yī)". ex boyfriend can be shortened & mentioned as "前男友(qián nán yǒu)" instead of 以前的男朋友. cool rite! k maybe it's juz me dat finds it surprising since my reading/writing of chinese is like dat of a 7-yr old kid. improving on speaking & listening is so much easier yup! besides, i dun rmb passing even my primary 2 spelling in chinese LMAO. 

but yea.. how mandarin is communicated in taiwan is different from how it is in china. juz like how english is in great britain & australia etc. quite easy for me to understand & identify altho i'm not all dat interested in contrastive linguistics stuff. juz wanna have funnnnn!!

first day of 2013 woohoo! okayyyy washing machine calling.. gonna go hang socks now

OGN QuarterFinals . Xuan Yuan Jian

wow! absolutely brilliant & exciting performance by both teams in this best of 5 OGN group A QuarterFinals! back & forth back & forth back & forth action dat i cant even imagine how d finals will be like! amazing!

it's so stacked dat i tink any team dat made top 8 in this competition deserves a whole lot of recognition

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almost finishing on Xuan Yuan Jian 3 (轩辕剑三外传之天之痕) feat. a whole line of my favourite a-list cast. despite some obvious bad 3d graphics which is understandable, its plot/storyline itself begs a lot of quality i cant wait to catch d final 2 episodes!

also had a great time boiling a pot of green vegetables w/ a few crab meat, fish balls & a hotdog for breakfast. ahh.. feeling gratified after consuming 'em, healthy digestion for my intestines i suppose =)

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star wars clone wars season 5 is back! yay i miss d cute padawan !!
i bet she'll grow up to be super beautiful

finally finished watching d drama mentioned previously. holy shit so many episodes, 80 in total. at least it had 40 minutes dedicated entirely for a complete ending. very satisfying show.

i tink besides d few dat i already fancy, i'm liking this zhang meng (张檬) n tang yan (唐嫣) too! it's quite evident to see china bursting w/ so much potential n this is juz d beginning.. at least till year 2080

i wonder which drama would most interest me next before i start working again.

My Daughter 夏家三千金

currently watching My Daughter 愛情真善美, a tv drama series produced in China. enjoying it! wow wish i have a girlfriend who looks like one of em absolutely gorgeous! great storyline too juz wish they have a higher quality like 480p or smth but it's k i like it nevertheless. yay!

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this "Not Sure If" player.. 4 games same team with him, 4 games lost. very bad mannered w/out repentance. apologizes w/out actions of redemption. (might as well dun say sorry right? lol) i have to make use of the wasted 2 hrs of my life to be wary of him. it's amusing that when asked why play so badly/troll-like, he retorts snappily w/ phrases like "u jelly" "umadbro" "baylife" etc reminds me very much of small kids that type away like keyboard commandos but hide behind their computers forever cuz they dun realize that in the REAL LIVING world, they juz possess puny, malnourished bodies dat get crushed by even bicycles travelling at 10km/hr. we call these keyboard warriors humji kias. anyway.. to know that he'll get his own medicine shoved up his face some day by someone else keeps me comforted. cheers

what seems like hope
fades into darkness
wavering much is clarity of none
wallowing deeper..
yet God's consistency abides

NA Next Prodigy Team?

could Curse.Na be d next upcoming prodigy team dat brings revival to d US & Canada in league of legends? or will it be another? CLG.Na? Dignatas? FeaR perhaps? we shall see in d next couple weeks or so. d commentator is so funny btw "cop takin a nap.." "oddone wishing he had some kinda teleport.." haha i like his style very entertaining!

d other commentator is quite dumb tho. of cuz 2 aegis/runic bulwark auras can stack if they're bought on 2 different champs. its description is meant for deterring a player who may wish to don 2 aegis/runic bulwark on himself.

yay! elementz is back! voyboy rocking rengar so hard too WOOHOO. stfailandfeedvicious as usual.
who is mandatorycloud? wow he seems so OP

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i like how my match history looks rite now. all roles played n won haha. tho it obviously doesn't mean anything & there're other ppl w/ so much more attractive looking match histories LOL. well i'm still loving wad i see haha =)

it's ok.. all good..

it's k.. all good.. solo q np.

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btw i have a feeling the NA scene's gonna explode n rise to d top again very soon, outshining the koreans even. dat there's this american team with so much potential n dedication. training so hard in secret to be a super power in d very near future dat it's gonna shock d whole world n Riot's right in d middle of it. can't wait to watch it unfold..

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btw Phreak's going thru all of d new masteries on his stream rite now. cool stuff!

League of Legends Season 3 Item Review

so s3 has kicked in and everyone's just testing out new varieties and such. it's prolly gonna take a month or two for ppl to find out ideal or highly viable builds and masteries, most importantly suiting their play styles. 

i'll just do a review of the items section here today while waiting to collect my 8th apple from tristana after 12 midnight lol. only for sg server i think yup yup.

ok so let's go real quick into a defensive item, Mercurial Scimitar(see-me-tar). previously, ADCs can only acquire a Quicksilver Sash n it ends there. now with this new item in, they can actually upgrade their QSS into this arresting armament if the game is prolonged beyond a fully stacked red-blue-green elixir team.

Twin Shadows provides APCs with a different option from their Lucky Kage's Pick upgrade. it's very affordable n i can see it being used against Akalis or Wukongs. a favourable addition when only Morello's n DFGs(which got nerfed so hard) were previously d only available upgrades.

an exciting new item in s3 is this, Runic Bulwark. it's a relatively cheap upgrade from Aegis of the Legion. a must-have for junglers or supports entering mid-late games n always finding themselves in the middle of all d main skirmishes n team fights.

Mikael's Crucible opens up more ways for supports or bruisers to make full use of their inventory if they actually picked up a chalice of harmony. no more waste of money for Malphite up top lane vs Singed or Elise players anymore with this new item!

another desirable utility/support item upgrade would be this Shard of True Ice rite here. n i tink its name fits it perfectly too! builds from Lucky Kage Pick or Mana Manipulator, no more late game uselessness for Zyras or Sonas out there. can u imagine a support Taric placing its active on a Diana or Rengar? d possibilities r endless =)

 i'm not sure how Banner of Command is gonna be used in teamfights but it could very well be picked up by top laners Rumble, Galio or Yorick etc for dat split pushing tactic. we'll juz have to see how communities in EU, NA, KR & TW use em first i guess.

this new item, Sightstone, is smth dat top laners n supports alike r gonna love to death in s3. mathematically or theory-wise, it's already 200% more cost effective than buying singular wards for 75 gold each. no doubt this may be d most common pickups n rightly so imo.

melee or close-ranged AP-reliant assassins surely consider this Iceborn Gauntlet for its armour n cdr. i'd say Evelyn/Ryze/Kass etc. wad's so gold-efficient abt this beauty is dat it can be built out of a Sheen or Glacial Shroud. Zhonya's Hourglass? step aside yo =)

first thing ppl will ask is, "Tiamat??". nope.. even better. this Ravenous Hydra. provides lifesteal for higher sustainability like Fiora n champions of d like. this 3.5k gold item is quite a worthy adversary for turret huggers.

 built specifically for Irelias & Shens etc, a hefty AS n MS coupled w/ a nice chunk of flat dmg, cdr n tenacity is wad bruisers wanna have outta this ravishing Zephyr. of cuz.. it's Janna-approved!

this rite here is a game changer for all Junglers out there. Warwick, Gangplank & Xin Zhao, welcome back to neutral grounds =D

 Spirit Stone is the first upgrade from Hunter's Machete. it provides dat extra bit of buttress n is later built into three different tier 2 upgrades of ur choice. "Spirit of the Elder Lizard" may be suited to LeeSin/Nocturne/Shyvana types, "Spirit of the Ancient Golem" may be preferred by Malphite/Maokai types n "Spirit of the Spectral Wraith" could be tailored for Diana/Veigar/Gragas/Amumu types. tho i tink Amumu stands in between Ancient Golem n Spectral Wraith depending on d match-ups.

so there ya have it, a review of 95% of d new items from s3. below r juz some of d reworked ones.

BFG9000 or Best Friend Sword is now cheaper alongside Warmog's Armour. obviously lower stat count for Warmog's but possibly, just maybe.. a higher health regeneration rate compared to d old one since FoN's been taken out.

having its 5% cdr n 25 hp5 chipped away, d new Randuin's Omen is now more focused in s3 for supports or utility bruisers/junglers w/ dat bonus health n lower armour. price range still abt d same.

Eleisa's Miracle could be very useful in ARAM. tho we'll have to wait n see if it's viable in d competitve scene.

OP OP OP OP!! dis new rework/buff of The Black Cleaver juz screams OP. ty Riot! is quite a crowd favourite from wad i've seen from NA/EU pro players when they livestream. can't wait to use it on Darius when i get d chance to. it's also surely going to work exceptionally well w/ champions like Jayce, Pantheon, Rengar & Renekton top etc. not too good for ADCs tho since they need to change targets often in heavily frontlined engages depending on d positioning of both teams n where they choose their fights. it's more preferable to have them autoattack d enemy champs dat have been cleaved. but then again, only time can tell how all of d abovementioned items r gonna be d most beneficial under differing circumstances.

gogo Singapore! i believe we have wad it takes to be World/Asia eSports Champions some day juz like Taipei Assassions, Azubu Blaze/Frost n World Elite =)

STARVING... need to cook some noodles NAO urgh..