Ephesos: Completed its Wonder in 2nd Age. Few resources to complete the Wonder. Focusing on Commerce buildings & Scientific. A decent Military to fend off attacks from neighbouring countries. Final: 48 VP.

Olympia: Focusing on Military strength, then lots of Civilian buildings! Few Commerce buildings to help trading with neighbouring countries. Collecting lots of Treasury VP as well! Final: 55 VP.

Gizah: Lots of resources! Focusing on Scientific & Commerce early on, then Civilian buildings. Only completed its Wonder in 3rd Age! Final: 42 VP.

Olympia surprisingly surpassed Ephesos & Gizah for its many Civilian buildings!

All in all, 7 Wonders is a great civilization game packed in a lighter card game. Resources, Military, Scientific, Commerce, Civilian buildings and construction stages of Wonder beautifully balanced. Here's hoping for more replay & strategies variety!

(8th Jan loot)

It started late last year, in December 2012. I've officially added another confession to this long-lost personal Media Addict Rehab, that is addiction to BOARDGAMES!!! Though I don't know if boardgame is considered a media or not...

Well, like most boardgamers, this addiction started when I rekindled myself with Monopoly. From there I started a collection of classic boardgames in the likes of Game of Life, Cluedo, Risk, Battleship & I even bought the card version for almost each of them!

Then, I found out about Apples to Apples. I search every Toys R Us in the whole Klang Valley to no avail. Through the power of Google, I found Meeples, an European Boardgame Cafe in Subang Jaya. From there, I was introduced to a lot more recent Euro boardgames. After buying my Apples to Apples copy from them, I started my journey of finding more boardgames to play. Boardgamegeek opened my eyes to the whole Euro games & I'm in love!

I played lots of them on PC first, then registered myself as a member at Meeples. And just recently on January 8th, I splurged for more than RM1500++ to buy all the creme-de-la-creme boardgames during the Member's Sale. Well, I can't wait to buy more boardgames in the future (and already has a long list of them!)

So, my friends, for the next updates on this blog, I'm gonna spend a lot of time salivating through all the wonderful Euro boardgames and perhaps threw some of my personal reviews too! Some of the games that I've recently played: Catan, Carcassonne, Blokus, Ticket To Ride, Dixit, Agricola, Bohnanza, Hey That's My Fish, Lost Cities, Gift Trap, Pandemic, Wasabi, Zooloretto, Pit, Saboteur, 7 Wonders!

Filem "In Time" selayaknya mendapat sebuah reviu penuh, bukan sekadar status-post Facebook yang pendek. Filem ini sukar untuk digambarkan dalam hanya beberapa perkataan kerana ruang lingkupnya sangat meluas, dari pelbagai aspek dan segenap dimensi. Tidak peduli siapa pelakonnya, jalan ceritanya nyata yang terbaik dan tidak salah jika dikatakan, sebuah "masterpiece" atau mahakarya yang terbaik tahun ini. Jika tahun lepas disajikan dengan "Inception" dan tahun-tahun sebelumnya dengan trilogi "The Matrix", "In Time" sebuah filem sai-fai yang setanding dengan kedua-duanya, malah tidak keterlaluan jika dikatakan garapan yang lebih baik dari segi tarikan emosi dan kemanusiaan.

Berlatarbelakangkan kisah pasangan "Bonnie & Clyde" dan anti-hero "Robin Hood", setting filemnya mudah: proses penuaan manusia berhenti pada usia 25 tahun dan masa adalah matawang, secara literalnya. Masa adalah tol yang perlu dibayar antara sempadan zon masa. Kaya vs miskin. Kisah menyayat hati antara Will dan ibunya,  Saat mendebarkan semasa Will mempertaruhkan nyawanya dalam perjudian. Perasaan berbelah bagi dengan nasib Timekeeper. Melonjak kegembiraan semasa kekalahan dan kematian pencuri masa yang bangsat. Dan semestinya, degupan jantung, denyutan nadi dan debaran hati yang ikut sama dalam saat-saat mencemaskan tatkala Will dan Silvia hampir kehabisan masa.

Jika anda punyai masa, tontonilah filem ini.

I am documenting my hackintosh quest over the weekend. (Draft)

1) Check your PC components: motherboard, graphic card (Recommended CPU-Z)

2) Change Boot Device Priority to CD-ROM

3) Install Windows 7 (As easy as ABC)

4) Make two partitions: one for Windows 7, one for Mac OS X

5) Install OSX86 distro, for my PC I choose IPC

6) Use Disk Utility to Erase the partition you want to install OSX. Choose "Mac OSX (Journaled Extended)"

7) Before install, click "Customize"

8) Click Kernel - "9.5.0 Voodoo Kernel"

9) Depending on your components, for the Drivers:
 - Video Driver - "NATIT"
 - Chipset Driver - "AppleNForceATATest nForce Drivers"
 - Audio Driver - "AC97 Audio"
 - Ethernet Driver - "nForce LAN Driver"
 - USB Driver - "Patched USB Drivers"

10) For Fixes & Patches:
 - Seatbelt.kext 10.5.5 (must be installed if Voodoo 9.5.0 kernel is installed)
 - Shutdown/Restart Fix
 - PS/2 Keyboard Fix
 - Patch DSDT
 - AppleSMBIOS Patch - AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev3 667 MHz

11) No need for alternae bootloader. For applications, install later.

12) Done>Install>Skip disk check>Restart

13) I choose Darwin Bootloader to dual-boot both Windows 7 & Mac OSX

14) More fixes at /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

 - Right-click the folder>Get Info>Permissions>Click the lock icon>enter admin password>click "+">add yourself>Choose Read/write>Exit

 - Display resolution: Graphics Mode 1280x960x32 (depends on resolution supported - check at boot: ?video)

 - Change bootloader timer (5 secs is too fast)

 - Change to full screen (in progress)

 - Still looking for the best way to fix network problem

Longer version: http://andrewmajot.com/blog/2009/04/leopard-os-x-10-5-6-on-your-pc/

Why am I always being misquoted & MISUNDERSTOOD all the time?

Why they always painted me in a bad light when they themselves doesn't know who I really am, and even did worst things to me over the time? Is it because because I'm an easy victim, someone they can put the blame on instead of themselves? They are the angels when I am the devil? Is it because I forgive & forget things that they simply throw accusations to me?

When words hurt more than actions. It's not that Ii'm heartless, I've been hurt by so many people in the past that all my feelings just went NUMB.

My heart & mind is as complicated & complex as anything could be, will it ever be untangled by anyone? I so wish I am tethered to someone.

Always pretending to be happy, both in front of everyone else and in Facebook statuses, while suffering deep inside. Will keep all those problems to myself so no one knows the troubles i faced alone in life. I appear strong but I'm weak inside.

All i did was to find happiness in a small amount of time. If seeking happiness is a crime, then yes, I'm guilty all the way. What's wrong with seeking happiness beautifying my own home & meeting new people widening my horizon?

It's time for self-denial, let's buried the sadness deep inside myself.

I know that by admitting I'm always suffering will give SATISFACTION to other people. I know THEM.

Congratulations, you win.