Archive for July, 2008

What’s For Dinner?

Just a bowl of lightly roasted Special K cornflakes breakfast dinner cereal with big chunks of dried strawberries, along with a small cup of skimmed cold milk. What? Were you expecting one of Marzouq’s mouth-watering, delicious-looking, and oh sweet Lord, seducing chicken breasts that almost invite to have a sex orgy with just your mouth [...]

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A Dreadful E3 2008

How to sum up the most awaited gaming convention that almost every gamer in the world was waiting for since July of last year?
It. Sucked. Major. Ass

Microsoft’s conference was flashy and hip just like last year, but it didn’t have as many surprises and announced titles as initially anticipated. The new Avatar system was a [...]

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An Upcoming Dubai Trip

I shall be leaving Kuwait and heading to the lovely land (but radically hot and hopefully dust-free) of Dubai this upcoming Saturday with my aunt and her delightful daughters. Apparently, they designated me as their “big man” for the trip but I’m pretty sure that will change as soon as we land in Dubai. You [...]

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Book Review: Invisible Monsters

Anyone who read any of the notorious Chuck Palahniuk’s novels (he’s the author of Fight Club) should know what he got himself into. The characters are usually people who have been marginalized in one form or another by society, and who react with often self-destructive aggressiveness. The narrator usually is the character himself, beginning at [...]

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The Couple That Mesmerized Me

Observing people isn’t something new to my personality, and God knows how many observations I’ve written so far in my blog. But the thing is, I don’t like to stare at someone for a long time and then “gossip” about it. I believe the definitions of observing and staring are dissimilar, but you might disagree [...]

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How Sweet It Is: iPod Touch Applications

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Since I downloaded the latest iTunes version (7.7) yesterday morning and purchased the newest firmware (2.0) for my iPod Touch, I’ve been quite a frequent visitor to the iTunes Store, searching for neat and new applications to add to my iPod Touch. Thankfully, I have a US-based Apple account, so I was able [...]

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Do A Little Dance, Chrono Trigger Is Coming

Chrono Trigger, originally released for the Super Nintendo in 1995, is undeniably one of the greatest and most influential RPGs of the 16-bit era. Created by a “dream team” of producers (including Dragon Quest’s Yuji Horii and Final Fantasy’s Hironobu Sakaguchi), the innovative, engaging epic wound up selling millions worldwide — and also making a [...]

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Back In Blog Town

Pardon the brief absence, but it seems I was distracted in other amusements other than jotting down posts and creating comments. Fear not though, I was shrewdly keeping up with your blog updates and other write-ups. I used this summer vacation seemingly in reading the recent books I purchased and replaying classic games from the [...]

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