Retro Game, Paper Mario!

When I saw how engrossed my sister was playing Paper Mario (an N64 game) on her Fujitsu, I decided to replay the game. Well, I have not been playing the game for years, ever since I completed it several years ago. (For those who are not into console gaming, the N64 was Nintendo GameCube's predecessor. GameCube has since been replaced by the extremely innovative and popular wii.)

Here are some very beautiful images of Paper Mario, a highly addictive and entertaining game.

Princess Peach's castle sitting on top of Bowser's evil abode.

Princess Peach, the damsel in distress, can be seen talking to Twink, a young star.

Uh-oh! The evil Bowser, Mario's all-time enemy, seems a little agitated here.

 

A Star Spirit is trying to explain to Mario how Refresh (some kind of special power to kick Bowser's bum) works. :D

 

I really enjoy playing the game.

Open House, Open House!

Last Saturday, I met up with Ernie at Chua Chu Kang bus interchange to attend Chua Chu Kang Primary School's open house. We boarded 300 and alighted at the fourth bus stop, which was directly opposite the school.

The school is really big, compared to my practicum-cum-posted school - South View. Its main building is six-storey high and is connected to 3-storey high buildings by its sides. The school was thoughtful to distribute mini-maps to its guests to help them get around its premises. We spent an hour more there before leaving for another open house at South View.

LEGO Designer, I Am!

I have so much fun with the newly discovered LEGO Designer 2.0 from the Denmark company. Take a look at the above picture. It is my dream house. Unfortunately, it has not been completed yet because I am still contemplating if I should build a 3-storey or 2-storey building. Hmm... Anyway, what do you think of my house? :D

More pictures...

I Am Rotting Away...

I have been meeting up with many friends during this super long vacation, which lasts from 22 April to 27 July! This is my second longest vacation. The last one was in my Diploma years. Ultimately, the first question they ask would be, "What have you been doing all this while?" Great, the answer to this question is surprisingly hard to give.

 

Anyway, here is a breakdown of my past activities:

22 Apr - Changed bed and sofa sheets.

23 Apr - Collected SONY PS3 from IBP and lunched with Fannie.

07 May - Went to SVPS.

13 May - Collected ALS101 Research Paper from NIE.

16 May - Watched DVD - "The Kingdom" (much like Black Hawk Down but story pales a lot).

17 May - Tidied one corner of my living room. Yawn. Watched DVD - "National Treasure 2" (same formula). Yawn.

19 May - Went to Tampines Mall alone. Can you imagine the bus journey from CCK to Tampines is 2 hours!!! My bum hurt! Watched DVD - "Kill Bill 2" (I only watched it for the gore).

20 May - Watched DVD - "The Butterfly Effect" (intriguing story). Great!

21 May - Went to Raffles Hospital for A95 Review. Finally cleared it!

22 May - Watched movie - "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (lousiest story of the lot). Yawn, and more yawn.

26 May - Visited Ludwig at NIE.

04 Jun - Results out! So depressing... :'(

07 Jun - Watched DVD - "Interview with the Vampire" (unexpectedly good).

09 Jun - Met up with Ernie, Fazy and Lydia for breakfast at Lot 1's McDonald's. Watched movie - "Kungfu Panda" with Lydia.

13 Jun - Watched DVDs - "Jumper" and "Skinwalkers".

 

Short and Sweet Gathering...

Yesterday, I met up with Weiming, Raymond and Zhongxiang for lunch at the Coffee Club (the one at Raffles Place). As usual, I was the first, followed by Zhongxiang, Weiming and Raymond. We waited for thirty minutes before we were being ushered to our table.

 

Zhongxiang has been working as a trader for seven years! Weiming is an accountant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Raymond is a successful Prudential associate manager. And I am still a student teacher at NIE. *Sigh*

 

We had a good chat. Weiming told us that he would be getting married soon as they had already applied for a 4-room flat at Dover. We were rather surprised that they would opt for a HDB flat instead of a luxurious condo, given their combined income. (Well, his other half is a scientist at A*Star).