I went to the Orthodontist today in order to get my metal retainers removed and having one that I can wear only during night time. That cost me $300. Man, braces is such a scam I feel. So expensive for a piece of metal.

Went to TD bank to deposit a cheque to myself. The exchange rate that TD gave me is a complete ripoff. It's like, you have no choice with banks. No, that's stupid. I paid the lazy tax. I'm sure there is a better exchange rate from a different bank... I always thought TD was a good bank, but I guess this isn't the case.

I finally went to Phoenix. The Hainanese chicken is soooo goood. For work I finally got the action bar working. But then merge conflicts. blargh. Merge conflicts make me sad, because... I expect it to be smart enough. After the merge conflict my R got stuck and weird shit happened which took me way too long to resolve. Basically I spent time fixing stuff that shouldn't need fixing.

I finally got some exercise today. Did jump rope. 200/200/200/20 of regular/single leg/single leg/double loop. Wow, I'm kinda outta shape. The double loop jump seemed so hard. I could only do 3 in a row at a time. My last week at E3 and SF already preemptively fattened me up and made me out of shape. Toronto is probably gonna make it worse. But it's good I got exercise. I also tried to go from crow pose -> head stand in my basement. I flipped over and broke my back. too jokes. Well, I can handle flipping over, and now that it happened, I guess the fear should lessen since I didn't die. It just hurt so much.

Gonna go desserts later tonight, then looking forward to more DMC. I'm trying to get myself to just consistently post on here... then I'll add in the creation of the pages for anime/video games/products.

tl;dr - tried to do headstand, broke my hip. too jokes.</strong></p>

Just played a solid 3 hours of Devil May Cry on the PS3. Shit, I forgot how much fun DMC was. That style. It took me awhile to get used to the control. I feel like the dodge mechanic on the shoulder button was a bit weird. I don't remember how the old dodges work though.

So far in missions 1~6 I only died once. And the one time I died, it was like.. literally the last wave of enemies to the finish line. It was two fatasses, and they killed me. Right after I killed them, I walked to the end of the mission.

I'm currently playing it on level 2 mode and not level 3. Maybe I should try playing it on level 3... I dunno. Right now I'm maximizing my enjoyment with all the stylish action. I guess the thing that annoys me now is the shoulder buttons for weapon switching, I should look into how to switch weapons permanently... I think that will help me achieve more style points.

Devil May Cry is such a fun series. The new version has a lot more platforming though, and the secret missions are more difficult to find I think. I'm not sure if you just simply have to reply them to get it, but I keep missing secret missions.

Story wise.. I guess it's interesting that they changed Dante from half devil half human to half devil half angel. The graphics are pretty good, and enemies are now passive when they are off-screen which you can exploit to your advantage.

Now, I'm gonna try and squeeze in a midnight 30 minute workout before showering.

tl;dr - devil may cry is an awesomely stylish game</strong></p>

It's been less than 24 hours since I arrived in Toronto for vacation. I've just been feeling lethargic. I think it's partially because I've been sleep deprived since E3 and I'm seriously lacking exercise. I haven't exercise since E3 week which is fully one week ago. Me without exercise is not good.

Chris picked me up from the airport and then we went to get food at Congee Queen. My first meal back to Toronto was a big disappointment. I tried something new and it was so bad. During the day I had dim sum with my grandparents and then bobba with my cousin. Then I got home in the afternoon and worked for 5 hours or so. My energy levels just feels zapped.

I kept imagining myself doing crazy cool shit like going through my PS3 backlog. I even bought my PS3 from the US to Canada. You apparently need to take out your PS3 in order to pass through TSA... which is weird.

I forgot to pack my retainers... possibly the most critical thing that I needed to pack and I didn't do it. For shame. blargh. Oh well, nothing I can't handle. I realize now that I own too much stuff. I didn't bring any headphones back, and I was a bit disappointed because I love music on headphones. Then when I got back I realized that I left my Sony XB-300s at home. It's pretty good given it's price, and since I have no alternative... it'll have to do. I definitely miss my Sennheiser 598s.

Well, writing this somewhat recovered my energy levels. I shouldn't just sit here and waste time. So... gonna install my PS3 and get started on Devil May Cry

E3 2014 has wrapped up and I had a pretty good time I suppose. The thing that I liked better is that I was better prepared for the day because you basically want to skip lunch and go beast mode the whole day and then have a massive dinner afterwards. Because you can then time optimize for lining up for shit.

The luckiest thing that happened to me was getting to see the last showing of Batman on day 2. We got into the last showing and had to stand, but it was so awesome because there was zero wait time. I think the typical wait time for batman was 2 hours. And so, I got the batman t-shirt for zero wait time. The next batman game looks SICK. Like, DAMN. Graphics so good, gameplay so good. It's becoming more and more action based and less stealth - which is what I like.

The total cost for my E3 trip will probably be somewhere along the lines of $900. That's excluding my Toronto trip. All the products that I got from the trip was the physical t-shirts. I think I counted about 7 t-shirts that I got so I basically paid $100 for a E3 related t-shirt. If I look at it that way, it's a pretty stupid investment because for $900 I could've bought myself some real nice t-shirts, or way more than 10 t-shirts... and I could've used the E3 time to do other shit. It makes me question why I went to E3 and line up to get shirts. =/

As a child, I've always dreamed about going to E3. Getting to go in 2013 was a dream come true, and it was pretty entertaining since I got to meet Ono and other people. This year, it feels like I went simply because I wanted to repeat tradition and satisfy my long lost childhood as opposed to being actually interested in the games. The Sims 4 trailer was really amazing. I think the Sims 4 will probably be the game I most want to play given what I saw.

Man, I wanted to get a battlefield t-shirt and to get one you had to give a testimonial. It's so fucking retarded, because they only let 2 / 40 people give testimonials and the way they choose is whoever gets there first. Fucking bullshit. My friend Chris got there first and he was able to give a testimonial and when he asked for an extra shirt for me the people there were like fuck no. This just raises my hate for EA even more. EA people are not friendly and EA justifiably deserves the worse company award that it typically wins.

I think playing video games at this point in time not something that is high on my priority list sadly. I used to be so good at SSFIV being able to reaction uppercut stuff, and do sick combos. When I played the new iteration of Street Fighter IV at E3 this year... I got bodied. I only played two people. The first person was not that good, but he still beat me like 4x cause I kept dropping combos. I was on tilt because I was sucking shit so much. I guess you really lose your video game mojo once you stop playing =/. The second guy was actually really good. I don't think I could beat him even in my prime. Same thing for smash brothers. I really want to spend my time playing video games, but I have so little time that other stuff always takes precedence.

tl;dr - spent $900 for 9 t-shirts and I'm getting too old for video games. :(</strong></p>

Didn't go to E3 on day one. We went to Disneyland, and it was a very interesting experience. I think it made me relearn a lesson that I've learned... I'm going to use this blog post as a draft for my post.

I find that a lot of adults really like going to Disneyland. I think that we all want to be the protagonist in the Disney movies and that we want our lives to be like a fairytale. I guess the fantasy is very addicting.

The thing is, at some point in our lives we stop living our dreams and start settling and accepting our situations. I think a lot of the people I know are where they are simply because it became really comfortable to do so. In a way, they gave up the opportunity to live the fairytale life that they wanted and so that's why the really enjoy Disneyland because it gives them a chance to re-experience their dreams and wishes.

For me personally, my life right now is pretty damn comfortable and sweet, it makes me 'postponing' the chasing of my dreams that much easier. Living in San Francisco I get to have groceries delivered to my doorstep (via instacart), I can easily order take out food (via eat24hours) and my lair is complete. I get paid a decent salary and I can afford to buy random shit on amazon. It's kind of hard to give up the guaranteed lifestyle to chase after my dreams when the statistics say that I should keep my job and just work.

The other thing that I wanted to write about is planning and taking action. I think that people who don't plan properly just find themselves older but still with a younger mentality almost. I feel like that's the reason why adults like Disneyland and try to live through their kids. It's because they didn't live the childhood/life that they wanted for themselves. Live the life that you want for yourself... that's the most important thing.

I've realized that I wasted a chunk of my life living it according the way that my parents wanted me to... and now that I've changed that aspect, I'm so much more positive and life is just... good.

I think it's important to always know what it is that you want in life I guess. I still know exactly what it is that I want and I'm continuing to work towards it. Chaos man. Chaos. But the most important thing is sifting through the noise to find the signal.

tl;dr - don't settle and give up on chasing your dreams. live the life that you want, not the one that others want for you or you'll end up as an old person full of regret.</strong></p>

Just got to the hotel next to Disneyland in Anaheim. The drive from SF to Anaheim took 7 hours. It's now 4am in the morning and I'm getting ready for bed.

I feel so sleepy, but I feel obligated to write this despite being really tired.  I'm really excited for disneyland and E3 with my super cool friends. It's unfortunate that space mountain is out.

I wanted to write something about how the long trip here gave me time to think and ponder on the car, but all my important thoughts seem to have evaporated once we got here and now I just feel like sleep.

tl;dr - super excited for disneyland and e3 2014

Shit, this game of thrones episode was all I've been looking forward to this season. I really wanted to see the fight between Oberyn and the Mountain despite having read the book and knowing the ending.

I knew that the Viper was dominating and had the fight won before a momentary instant of utter stupidity. I honestly didn't think it was possibly as I was reading it because he fucking jumping impaled the dude. But, I guess the show made it believable.

I'm a bit bummed that we didn't get to see the viper announce his champion*ing of Tyrion in front of everyone. As well as the preparation where Tyrion gets to play with the spear and it's pretty much revealed that the SPOILER HERE -- lance is poisoned so the mountain is gonna die no matter what END SPOILER.

tl;dr - sad that the viper died. he was such an awesome character and fighter.

OMG. Hunter x Hunter Manga hiatus is over. Too crazy. My mind is blown. No idea how the story will advance, but I really want to find out with happened between Danchou and Hisoka. HxH is my favorite manga possibly because it's honestly unconventional and there's generally no uber power jump.

HxH manga reminds me of Charlie and the football. I must not get my hopes up.

The trailer looked so amazing, the actual movie was bad.

+ keira knightley and her accent?

- everything else

verdict : don't watch this yo.

So after the massive overdose of sugar from yesterday...woke up at 2pm.  I went to the gym today. Went to the gym to get my daily dose of exercise but didn't do much else.

Heavenly sword so far is a disappointment. There's no trophy system. The story so far just seems really cliche. The gameplay is a bit straightforward and button mashy. It's nothing like DMC stylish battle combat or god of war where you gotta be alert, block and stuff.

All this time I really wanted to play heavenly sword. and when I got to play it it was a disappointment. I'm not sure if I'll even be finishing it.

tl;dr - finally got to play heavenly sword after the longest time... and it disappoints

went to see x men movie with my friends. the movie came out yesterday so it was packed. had to sit in the second row. bleh. overall movie was okay.

then after movie we decided to get food. we stopped at donut place. and got 8 donuts. i ate probably 5 donuts.

went to mel's diner. i ordered a strawberry shortcake. then a cheesecake. i feel like my blood is mostly sugar right now. i'm like near puke levels.

i wanted to write something thought provoking. about how too much of a good thing is bad. or how when you get what you fantasized - lots of sugar and cake. it isn't as good as you imagined it. i imagined enjoying every second of the sugar binge. but honestly, it started sucking about halfway through. i blame nanting. should not have gotten cheesecake after donuts and shortcut.

heavenly sword just arrived. it's something that i've always wanted to play. i hope it doesn't turn out like the cheesecake. gonna start playing it now at 2am in the morning because... im having an uber sugar high. and why not? might as well start some heavenly sword.

I've finally got around to setting my blog. It's hooked up to twitter and shit and then I realize that I'm scared to write. Fear has been holding me back from so many things. I'm not sure why I have so much fear....

It's not like I hide who I am. For some reason I've just always had the fear that having a blog about my hobbies on anime and video games would affect my job opportunities and what not.. but I know that it isn't the case. After all, I tell them I play a bunch of video games and stuff in the interview.

I know that there'll always be haters and in anything worth doing. haha. To be honest, I don't think people I know will ever find my blog. Most people only care about themselves, so I don't think people give a shit about what I write online.

Despite that, I'm scared. Blargh. Well, taking action despite fear is good right.

tl;dr - take action despite fear