Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Did I mention in my previous post that I managed to enter Marina Square's female toilet? heheh!
Went to Marina Square again the next day, this time to fill out as much feedback form as possible to try to win something. Was nice that mum came along, I suppose I wouldn't be able to do it without her around. It's not easy going to some corner and acting like kiasu people, and now those kiasu aunties have earned my respect. It's not easy to be able to openly fill out forms after forms of goodie-winning chances, and those aunties got guts, I hand it to them.
After that was just loitering about X08. Left 4 Dead looks interesting, even if abit "expressive" with the gore, and tried out the demo of Farcry 2. Farcry 2 for the 360 is ok, but could have a better aiming system, the fact that I have to travel long distances with no action at all on foot, and also not kill off players when they wander too far by throwing malaria at them. It isn't exactly fun to see your character faint all of a sudden for no reason without explanation, resulting in a return to the previous checkpoint. Aiming system is also a tad slow, even at highest sensitivity, so making weapons like SMGs not easy to aim at times, and makes shotguns and pistols easier, but still slow.
Went Istana on Monday. But it rained when we reached Plaza Singapura, so we went Carrefour to find a motocar for the maid to bring back to Indonesia. I like the new Lego: Star Wars toys, but the droideka looks less like the actual one, compared to the Series 1 Lego Star Wars. Droids are nice though, and like the fact they finally have a rifle, not like last time when it was simply a bulky blaster.

The Istana is big. A small lake for two swans, guards all over the place, huge greeneries throughout the place, personal golf courses for His Excellency, and flowers set in various patterns. The gifts our nation have received is equally exquisite and grand, some simple, but still beautiful. The Istana also looks like some of the more handicap-accessible place in Singapore, with slopes everywhere, and lifts in the main building itself. Amazingly the place is really quiet, even while being near the main roads and crowds. Guess trees do really help as sound muffers.

Got a new pair of earphones. Some Japan brand, made in China one I think. Least it works, so I'm not complaining, yet.
Think that's it.