Uh yeah, got back from Manila yesterday and I'm kinda tired. I went there for a few days to have a holiday (which was a giant shopping and eating fest really :P) Anyway, I'll try to keep it short so read on!
Holiday? Or shopping spree and eating fest? Is there a difference? Long headline?
So like I said, I went down to Manila for a few days. Spent the night at some nice hotel called Pan Pacific. We had a few problems in the room but the service was FANTASTIC! The butler, technician and receptionist we're all very calm, patient and friendly people always ready to serve! It was really nice. As for food, we ate at different places like TGI Fridays, Hard Rock Cafe, Banana Leaf, China Place and the hotel's restaurant (We get free breakfast :P), all very nice restaurants. Had tortilla fish at TGI Fridays which was really good but I couldn't finish it :P Had seafood spaghetti at the Hard Rock Cafe which was also nice :D Loved the shrimps and the mussels oh and I loved the shirt I got there :lo: (damn that sounded girly lol). Banana Leaf is a malay restaurant, we had roti canai and some spicy noodles. My mom and dad we're funny, they teased the waiters and waitresses by speaking a bit of malay and correcting the way they pronounced the dishes :lol: Funny fun fun oh and the lemon grass drink there was AWWEEESSOOMMEE. Seriously it was, wish I had a pool filled with it :lol: At China place, we had all we can eat dimsum. We ordered pork siomai, shrimp siomai, pork spareribs, some mushrooms wrapped in this cover thing and had chinese tea. Very nice as well but the waiters we're a bit creepy (Probably out of boredom, we were the only ones there :lol: Customers started arriving when we left though)
Now it's time to tackle the shopping we did. My mom and dad did the most shopping, dad got 5 shirts which is a record because he hates shopping and never buys clothes :lol: Mom has to force him. Went to places like Nautica, Gap, Levi's, Am Blvd, Guess, and some other places I forgot. Anyway, you probably don't care for all that :P So I'll just say what I got:
~Shirt from Am Blvd
~Shirt from Hard Rock Cafe
~Dead Rising Chop Till You Drop (Discuss this later)
~Krispy Kreme donuts (More of a family thing, not all mine :P )
That's about it for our holiday. We didn't really do much :lol: I guess I better be good and list down the sponsors of this blog. Here ya go!






Yeah damn it, that's enough! More sponsors later lol.
Holiday and we're watching movies?!

Yeah we don't normally go on holidays to check out the cinemas :lol: but this time we did. We saw Monsters Vs Aliens in a normal cinema and some sea monsters movie in IMAX. First off Monsters Vs Aliens, this movie was rather bland at most parts. Being a bit fan of Dreamworks, I was expecting a lot from this movie. It had so much potential to be a great film! but sadly, just didn't turn out to be one. Seth Rogan did a great job with B.O.B though, he was probably the best character in the whole film! Followed by Ginormica because the movie kinda follows her. Next would be Dr. Cockcroach because he's super smart and all. Least favourite is the Missing Link, dang it he could've been such an awesome character but his lines are so cheesy :x Dang it Dreamworks, what a letdown! Still, it wasn't a bad movie. Some parts were really funny and the B.O.B is such an awesome character, I give the film a 6/10.
I won't even bother talking about the sea creatures movie :P Wasn't really my thing although the animation was good. It's all about dinosaurs and ancient sea creatures. I give it a 5/10 because it was different, would rather have watched Monsters Vs Aliens in 3D instead :(
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Holiday and I had to face a tough gaming decision!
That's right, amidst the relaxation and great food, I was faced with a tough gaming decision! My dad gave me P1500 to spend and I had an extra P1000 from my own savings, that's roughly $50. After checking out the game store Datablitz (One of the only good shops that sell original software) and the Rock Band 2 forums, I had to think.... think hard....
DEAD RISING CHOP TILL YOU DROP?! OR WII POINTS FOR ROCK BAND DLC?!
Yeah pretty damn tough :P I had to choose between a fun looking Wii game or a couple of awesome songs in an awesome game. In the end I chose Dead Rising because that was my only chance to get it. Wii DLC won't run away so I'll just try and save up for that.
Here's to Frank West and Datablitz! You are the winrars!


Anyway, let me talk about Dead Rising Wii because it's sad to see everyone turning it down because it looks like crap :( One thing I'd like to say is that there are less zombies, that's true but there are more than 5 people! I could see atleast 20+ zombies on screen most of the time although some areas have very little zombies like around 10 but the zombie AI makes up for it because in this game, they seem more aggressive. Still, I feel bad when I see websites laughing at the game and criticizing it when they obviously played Easy mode. I'm currently playing Normal mode and the number of zombies is pretty good, enough to satisfy my zombie killing hunger. I heard Hard mode has more zombies too which is a good thing, I'll try that out afer Normal. Another good thing about the game is that saving survivors are now missions which means Otis won't annoy you anymore. Actually, the whole game is pretty linear and you'll always know what to do. This is a good thing because that eliminates the time pressure of the first game which made the game pretty hard. Lastly, the text is now readable on an SDTV! My eyes hurt trying to decipher what Otis was saying in the 360 version :( One bad thing about this version is you can only carry one melee weapon because it uses the RE4 engine. Another bad thing is you can't jump, again because of the RE4 engine. Still, both games are great and I think people should stop comparing them. Admittedly, compared to the 360 version it isn't that good but as a standalone Wii game, it's good! 360 is more of a brawler because you can carry lots of weapons and make use of the melee wespons while the Wii version is more of a 3rd person shooter, guns are definitely better here. At the moment, I give the game a solid 7.5/10 :)
Enough Walls of text! Where's my gifts?!
Relax my friends, I have gifts for all of you!
To blazinpuertoroc

A nice tent with a lovely campfire so you can tell us stories!
to auron_16

A stickman friend for your stickman avatar!
to MistressMinako

I heard you like chickenz and pinkz so I got you a pink chicken! We better run though, I kinda stole it from the kids....
to tancred8120

Since you're loving your nazi zombies, I got you a zombie shirt! Hope it fits!
to alexh_99

A case for your new DSi!
to CRman930

Blogs are a great way to vent your feelings but here's a punching bag to help!
to vito_128

A book to help you get around Singapore!
and lastly, to darkmagcite

A guy with a bazooka to take care of some "annoying people" haha.
Just my way of saying, thanks for reading and commenting on my blogs! :D Best bunch of gamespot friends! Hope I'm not forgetting any other people who comment a lot....
To the rest, thank you too. Have a donut:

That is all! Comments are welcome ;)
Thanks for reading~
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