My Favourite Views

This is the view from my house in KL and for me it's very inspiring as it reminds there's a lot of oppurtunity in life. I love the KLCC view; shining gold in the morning and glittering like diamond at night.

KLCC holds many pleasant memories; lots of my treasured item are bought there, being in company with PalmX members at the park and the recent trip to Aquaria with my siblings. Although primarily known to many just as a shopping centre I've learnt a lot there - engineering talk by Pak Adib, photography tips from Nazley and a lot of other things. Not forgetting the Petrosains & Aquaria as well. ;) Also learn some artsy stuffs at the Galeri Petronas.

But then at times KL becomes too tense and I need a break at somewhere serene. My escapade are usually my hometown in Kuantan and below are one of the view I deemed most soothing. The still water, the greenery, hills and it's reflection. This simple pleasure of merely enjoying a good scenery is one of the thing that makes life meaningful and motivates us to reach for something better in life.



What's your view?

Notorious Puduraya

Puduraya is one of the place I usually try to avoid and I will take bus from other station if available. For example I always depart from Pekeliling if I'm going back the Kuantan. The reason? So many thing to loath rather than even acceptable at Puduraya. That is even after their recent renovation.

Firstly is the pesky ticket peddlers that will just casually hold your arm and just guess your destination. If you are unfortunate enough to be guessed right then he'll simply whisk you to the ticket counter or straight to the bus if the bus is about to depart. It really annoys me as I have my own preference of bus company. Moreover if I need to get off halfway to a specific destination. For example I take the Batu Pahat bus to reach Pagoh on the way and there's only one bus company that take that route.

The other one is the filthy and choking departure area. Dark, gloomy and couplee with suffocating exhaust fumes it's almost life threatening. I noticed some carbon monoxide sensors but I believe it's not working. And the condition is made worse by people who's smoking while waiting for the bus to come. I wonder how they seen immune to poisonous gases.

Another blow he you have to wait longer than expected for the bus to come and late busses are so common. My bus was once delayed for two hours plus and just now my bus is late for around fifty minutes! And to rub salt to the wound they change their departure point. Why? They use double decker bus that wouldn't fit at the normal area. And it was raining. Such a bummer but I'm quite pleased to be able to ride a double decker today. The ride is comfortable and offer a better view. This is my first time riding such bus in Malaysia and I'm looking forward for another good trip. But please, someone please do something about Pudu!

Sides Compared

As an avid IT enthusiast it's natural for me to have a penchant in computer games as well. So today I decided to write about my relatively-useless hobby of playing computer games. My favourite genre is RTS (real time strategy) which is actually something I discovered from my mother's cousin. The first RTS game I play is of course the venerable Command & Conquer. Then I've played almost all of Command & Conquer releases until Generals.

The latest game in C&C heritage is quite controvesial actually in terms of the factions playable in the game. As you know China has banned it and the GLA side present in the game strongly associate Islam with terrorism. But then this two sides remains my favourite. China have lots of firepower, solid defense and efficient power usage. Reflecting the real world China units is powerful en-masse with it's horde bonus.

GLA meanwhile requires no power at all although they have weaker armour for all units. Anyway it's compensated by it's low prices which allow you to a build massive force to overwhelm your opponent. This side is wicked also, in the sense that it give you various way to play with explosives & biological weapons. You can have booby traps, demolition truck and shells coated with toxin. Not to mention the toxic truck that can reduce a squad of rangers to goo in seconds. Really love to use GLA against USA. Ahh~, intoxicating. ;)

How about USA? I'm amused by it's nifty ideas such as drones to assist vehicles but it's too expensive and fragile on top of the already expensive vehicles. Power? Real inefficient, base defense system drains too much power while the power plant is costly to build. Base defense system is rather weak and largely incapable of handling rush attacks early in the game. But the variety of air units is appealing but it's easily countered by GLA stingers & China's gattling weapons. Their supply line is supply is fragile as well as they totally rely on air units for it. Maybe I'm just incompetent in using this faction but overall the three factions is quite balanced. (At least more balanced from past C&C Games)

But then, this game also departs from the original C&C tradition. There's no more cinematic experience in their story telling. In the previous series they incorporate real motion video in the campaign giving immersive experience in the game universe and not to mention it's quite fun actually. And it also reduce the dependancy on the Command Center which is a great relief for a lousy player like me. All and all it's a good game to let off some steam of tension. Off to the battlefield!