Alundra 2

Posted: 10/10/2011 in Final Fantasy VII, Gaming
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Alundra 2 is one of the very first games I bought for my PS One. Unfortunately, my English wasn’t that good and I was stuck at the kitty boss. So, I gave up and it was quite sad because I had a feeling I’d love this game.

Just from the first 5 minutes, I knew it was a game for me.

First, the hilarious intro that wants a Baron to have abducted the king and put a wooden puppet instead that fooled everyone.

Second, the AWESOME scene (start from 5:45 or feel free to watch the whole thing, it’s worth it 8B) of the mechanic key falling on the whale and turning it into a WONDERFUL MODDAFUKKING MACHINE.

Third, the hero, Flint, that steals little children’s savings by crashing their piggies and taking money.

These days, I play Alundra 2 and I’ve been way over the kitty boss and I’m IN ABSOLUTE LOVE with this game. It’s an action roleplay game full of humor and “plausible” WTF 8B. There are just no more games like Alundra 2!

On PS One since 1999

Synopsis: The story is set in the kingdom of Varuna. A powerful sorcerer Mephisto is using magical wind-up keys to control humans and turn animals into powerful killing machines. You play Flint, a young hero and Pirate Hunter who is wanted for treason, and is after the pirates that caused his parents’ death.

So then?

Riddles are EVERYWHERE. They’re inventive. They’re tricky and smart. Sometimes, they stress me out when it’s all about the controller. I mean for example, I know I have to make this chasing flame chase me until the torch but man! One inch to the wall and the fire goes directly in the wall and I have to start it all. Honestly, I dropped the game quite a few times because of such things. Even now, I’m dropping it because of the moving statues thingy: I need to make statues move to each other and if I let one drop, wich means if I don’t get in the exact place at the very right time, I’ll have to do it ALL OVER AGAIN and this is pissing me off and I don’t want to be pissed off.

I want to see the three lousy pirates. I want to know how hot sexy Mileena came up to have children with this little fat gorilla of Zeppo. I want to understand what’s the ultimate role of this Alexia princess  that has a sword yet never fight and is always abducted by someone yet is always following me, bossing me around and stopping me at EVERY entrance to tell me “LADIES FIRST! Let me pass!” -________-

Dude! Sure I miss Tomb Raider: at least, I don’t get another game female character playing a helpless princess.

Some may not want to try it out because of the graphics. And this is something that makes me rise a brow. It’s like telling me in a trollic voice “I don’t like to drink water, it’s boring”. I know you spoiled brat are too used to awesome XBOX 360 graphics and dynamic moves way too much to actually give a heck about the story or the way it is depicted. But if you brat come to me and speak in a hippy way about how you’re a hardcore gamer because your chipmunk A$$ plays WoW, Counter Strike, Sims and farmville, then be sure you’ll be pwnd as the noob you are -.- !

People, I’m just tired of raising a brow everytime someone tells me “Yeah! I play game’s’ too”, then lists on Call of Duty and WoW or Sorority Life. Dude! Game’s’ with S implies more than three effing games you’ve just come across. At least, this is what it means in my world.

I don’t mean to say some deserve the “hardcore gamer” label and some are just abusing it because of two/three noobie games they’re playing. I’m just saying that if you really enjoy gaming and like to discover new things, crappy graphics shouldn’t be a way for you to discriminate games. Alundra and Alundra 2 are surely vintage and old school games but they are what made action roleplay games what they are today. So, show some respect to the ancestors who made the mindless kids you’re playing with today!

Man, it’s just like the trolls who go on “My favorite FF is the FF XIII and FF VII …. * I can’t even repeat what I heard, don’t worry FF VII freaks though, those trolls are already in hell u___u* and graphics suck!”

Why you little %#*@$ è____é

Anyways! Play Alundra 2 people and prepare for some good laughs and smart moves :3

I came across this video and since these days, the topic floating in my sphere is “parents” and most specially “dads”, I thought I could give it a shout out.

Because you know, pretty much all my upcoming posts would be about books and videogames.

If there’s something I always notice about dads is the fact they’re trying to do “their best” according to “their own perspective”. And if you happen to not have a dad “aware” of this simple fact, the fact that it is “his perspective”, then you’re pretty much settled for a lot of fighting. It’s not that bad I think, since you’re still alive. And as Kanye said: “that-that-that-that don’t kill me can only make me stronger”

Maybe communication could build bridges (heh 8B ?) but when it has been way engrained in someone’s brain and that all the entourage of this someone doesn’t help him be aware of the existence of different perspectives, then again, you’re pretty much settled for a lot a lot of fighting.

It’s usually about fighting with me 8B. Sorry people u__u, I was never used to get ANYTHING the easy way, and if by any chance I get a break, it’s to have it rougher next time. So yeah, it’s pretty much about fighting with me and I’m aware there must be another “perspective” but let’s stick to fighting for now.

I guess dads may think that too. They’re so convinced they see it best that they tell themselves to just carry on and change perspective after it’s all set up.

I’m aware dads are human. I wish they were aware of that, too. So they won’t see their world falling everytime something goes wrong. So to all people who have stubborn uniperspective dads in this world -and god knows how much there are of them in this generation -, give them a big shout out and take it easy with them when they don’t take it easy with themselves.

Try talking and if it doesn’t work, just be sure of what you’re doing and carry it on so by the end, your dad will eventually understand that you can make it in a different way.

Then again, who am I to give advice in such subjects? Family is really not my thing. Coldplay says “And homes, places we’ve grown, All of us are done for.” But hell! there must be another perspective in here too.

My core point is intentions. I believe intentions are eventually understood no matter how you act or speak or behave. So to my dad, I’ll just say that:

-”I have the best intentions for you, dude. As you seem to have the best for me. That’s why we’re not hating on each other, are we 8B? You’re a good human, man! And you won’t regret it Amen u__u”

Steve Jobs is dead.

It’s my way to say it: straight away. Everyone is giving him a tribute and though I’m not feeling the mourning I felt for Mandelbrot, I understand the extent of such loss, not only for the company but for his fans and his customers. He was a big deal for many of my friends and an inspiring person.

Therefore, I’m praying for his soul to be rested and for his family to get through this event with the less damage possible. Let’s hope Apple will keep its label and if you fans of Jobs out there feel too overwhelmed, just review his inspirational speeches and comfort yourselves with his own words:

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart

— Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

I’m stuck at home because of my treatment, and school doesn’t seem to want to start: everytime a scheduled registration date is three days ahead, the administration posts a new one, and it’s the THIRD time they’re doing this. I wonder what’s going on and it pisses me off a little bit: I want to start my final year so bad >____<. Plus, if we start late, wouldn’t we go for FYP – Final Year Project- late as well è___é? Ekh -.-

Anyways! While stuck at home caring about my health, one of the things I get to do is gaming: I took my To Play list once again and started some games.The first I’ll talk about if Final Fantasy Tactics on PS One.

On Play Station One

By Squaresoft

Release: 1997/1998

Synonpsis:Final Fantasy Tactics is set in a fictional medieval-inspired kingdom called Ivalice. The game’s story follows Ramza Beoulve, a highborn cadet who finds himself thrust into the middle of an intricate military conflict known as The Lion War, where two opposing noble factions are coveting the throne of the kingdom. As the story progresses, Ramza and his allies discover a sinister plot behind the war.

So, then?

In the Final Fantasy family, FFT is the emo  cousin who loves making things complicated and speaking in disdain in a hipster way so as to make himself interesting. Honestly, I wanted to play a good game which wouldn’t stress me out. I’m aware I get too emotional when I play FF, specially FF VII. But one thing I don’t feel is anger or stress, even anxiety. Well congratulations emo cousin FFT -.- you stressed me out and I had to alternate from time to time with you little sister Final Fantasy Tactics Advance because she’s less sh!ttier than you even if she kind of looks up to you, but looks up in the good things thank god!

Basically, Square staff really wanted to make it tactical as sh!t: the first slap in the face called “tactic” is the zodiac system. Every character has a zodiac sign and if you draw them in a circle and take a zodiac sign then draw a square, you obtain the non-compatible ones, meaning the ones who’ll kick your ass in the battle. If you draw a triangle beginning with a zodiac sign, you will get the compatible ones, meaning the ones you’ll easily defeat in a battle.

Ok people! If I tell you it’s the first time I’ve ever heard of “Pisces” or “Aquarius”, will you believe me? I mean I know something called astrology is out there and I know I’m a cancer and there’s leo and something something but to “actually” know what this crap is all about? To know the zodiac signs with their signs and their months?  O___o

So I had to learn a little bit about this sh!t and draw figures and try to memorize who pwns who. And when my mom came to my room and saw me with a controller and a pen and a paper that I see with my phone (yeah, because no sun is allowed in my treatment room -_-), she had a face like “Just when I was starting to think I’ve seen it all….”

Some players told me I can go in the game just fine without giving a thought about zodiac stuff. But I just can’t bring myself to disdain a valuable parameter in the winning equation of this freaking game and so, I came up to learn that Pisces does some damage on Cancer and gets won over by some gemini or virgo (And I’m not even sure O___o now, there must be something wrong in my diagrams >____<)

Second slap for the sake of making it tactic is “brave” and “faith: two parameters which determine your reaction/strength in battles and you ability to do strong magic. I’ve neglected them because I was stressed enough with the battles and the zodiac and the sh!tty story (I’ll get to that!) and that’s why my first saving of this game stops at Wiegraf battle because my Ramza wasn’t “brave” enough and I was getting kicked after three rounds at best. During my second try howeverI worked on these two -____- and my best summoner decided to leave the party one day “to lead a religious life”…..

WTF….

I’m still WTF whenever I think about her. How could she do that? Why are they asking me to increase faith if in the end, my character drops everything and wants to worship St. Ajora or whatsoever divinity she’ll end up worshipping? AAAAAAH!

And speaking of female characters! I had this knight that I bred like a cherished chocobo to be the ultimate fighter and turned out what? The ultimate job for a female fighter is a dancer….Ok, so I’m wasting my time lling up my holy knight so as she dances around slowly and doesn’t even do valuable damage? Not to mention that she’s quite useless in boss battles and makes random fights longer than before?

………………Ok, I’d rather make her into a priest, raise her faith until sh!t then see her leave me for her gods than turn her into some girl who needs me to buy her a carpet and a veil -.-

I realize I might be harsh…Duh ! like always perhaps -.-? I think I would have gone smoother if I wasn’t caring whereas the game is getting on my nerves or not. But I care! I play to have a good time and feel some relief, not to be stressed out by dumb zodiacs and sh!tty parameters. Some hipsters may go on like “it’s Tactics DUH! If you’re not into strategy or can’t even cope with it then don’t play”.

….-___- Dude! I had a whole village gradually turning into zombies in Warcraft III yet I carried on drinking my milk and eating my dates while wandering around killing people with my knight. And strategies are fun as long as they’re based on consistent parameters. Zodiac signs aren’t for me. Heh! Here’s my first impression on the astrological “science”….X’D Where’s Sheldon?

But to be a little bit fair, when emo cousin isn’t trying to pick on my nerves, he’s quite enjoyable. The classes of jobs given, the system of mastering abilities and the way we gain experience and job points are impressive work. Thumbs up for the last point specially, since even if my character dies, he/she wouldn’t have lost his/her amount of exp and jp, something which quite bothers me in regular face-to-face RPG.

I can’t say much about the characters. Nothing interesting enough for me, and I don’t find any depth in the relations between all them. The only moment I felt for however is when Ramza and Delita are in the Collins talking then playing an instrument. Otherwise, too much pathos for me. I’d rather read Shakespear if I want it that way.

I loved the cameo appearance of Cloud and Aerith. This made me think in an alternate dimension, they’re both together and it was quite a comforting illusional thought. Maybe I’m being cheesy here but it’s freaking CLOUD&AERITH ;___; .

Finally, there’s too much “religion/politics” issues in this. And honestly, it bores me -.-. Why don’t you say Jesus instead of St Ajora straight away? it’s not like Japanese mangakas and videogamers didn’t abuse the signs, the verses of the bible and the christian religion enough to actually take such complications in the story of FFT to end up saying…Well, you play and you know u___u.

Happens to me everytime they don't serve tea or good tea

Really wonder what’s going on in the mind of those who thinks FFT “is the best game ever made” -_-. I can understand a liiiiittle bit people going crazy for FF VIII, FF VI, FF IX..Hell even FF X and X-2. But FFT, you really have to be an emo cousin to like this emo cousin son u__u

Hey people!

I was intending to write this post in the morning but the videos I just saw messed my mood up and I don’t want to sleep anymore, at least not before speaking.

Nine years ago, I started pulling out my hair from the top of my scalp. I had a healthy thick hair and I remember during my homework, I’d pull it out from the roots without even noticing. Then, the next day when I’d go to the classroom and open my notebooks, I’d notice all the hair in there and just throw it. I came up to realize I was pulling my hair and first didn’t care. But then, when I started noticing it was quite unhealthy, I tried to stop it but couldn’t. One day, my mom saw my hair and she was horrified for I turned out bald in the top of my scalp. When I saw it in the mirror, I really realized the extent of my destruction. Some of you may not know it and others do: I put a scarf on. Just saying that because you may wonder people why people of school didn’t notice this.

I started wearing my scarf at home until I got rid of this habit but started pulling out my eyebrows. Boy! They still remember me back in these days when I didn’t have freaking eyebrows or just liiiiiittle bits of them here and there. People of the outside started therefore asking me if I had cancer, lice, some skin disease or something. They just couldn’t believe I’d pull out my eyebrows just like that. I’ve had more than my fair share about reasons why I’m doing this: girls would say I’m trying to do my eyebrows without tweezers. Boys would go I’m trying to get their attention…Not that I cared, even my friends didn’t believe me when I said I couldn’t even realize I’m doing it.

Yeah, because I’d totally go eyebrows-less for fun just to scare the crap out of people.

Eventually, as I attended prep’ classes, I switched from eyebrows to eyelashes then picked on my skin like crazy. I started the second year with an irritated skin which yet was bearing my treatment and pratically no eyelashes and half eyebrows. I ended my prep’ classes with no eyelashes at all and milia – little white spots- over my skin which I’d pick on and which got worse.

During my engineering years, I scratched the shit out of my face and it got so much worse this year my original color was no longer appearing. It was like I had a bad tan on my face whereas the rest of my fucking me was white.

As I’ve told you this year in some posts, I took this summer vacation as an opportunity to decrease my scratching and take care of my bowels and skin. I no longer scratch my skin like yeah and I’m curing myself and it’s all for good.

At home, people were like “Y U DO THAT?”. At the dermato office, the med just doesn’t understand why I scratch and tells me boldly to “Stop scratching”. In addition to that, he/she -I had too many dermato in my life- doesn’t want to hear how these spots started and always gives me the same crappy medicine for acne which doesn’t work at all.

Now, I got in an argument with my last dermato and she agreed to at least hear what I have to say to her. She looked into my problem and said I had milia and not acne and gave me proper medicine. Now I’m healing, milia isn’t really really gone but it’s wonderfully decreasing.

And just two hours ago, I stumbled upon this article.

I checked on Youtube and found this girl, Beckie:

During these whole years, no one considered my condition as a mental sickness and frankly there was no support at all. I myself believed that I was just doing that to myself. You could think a brilliant puzzled garbage critter could take a hint and roam the sea of the internet?

No. When all you keep hearing is this:

You kind of end up believing it.

I can’t say I’ve been through this thing like Beckie. I’ve never had a proper interest in my looks. Honestly, as long as I’m healthy and strong – which for me isn’t this DUH! as it is for others-, I’m all good. I didn’t care for a boyfriend and still don’t, going bald was always an alternative I’ve considered wisely. And when people are always around me bothering me with the same observations everytime I just grab a book and don’t give an ear.

But when I watched these videos, I couldn’t help but cry. I cried for Beckie (For notice, if you have unbearable periods, hallucinative fevers and dying kittens you’ve tried to breed yourself so hard, I’ll cry for you. And the thoughts of these things make my eyes already wet. I’m not a crybaby, I swear è___é and I’m going to hit you if you believe it! Oh I’m so not in the mood to joke.). I cried for myself too, because I ended up believing what people told me about this being only a freaky habit of mine and that it may be a subconscious need to mutilate myself or to bring attention to me.

So, I’m making this post to ask you people to please raise awareness about this disease. Please if you see someone with such obsessive compulsive behaviour, make him/her aware. Please support him/her! Please give hugs and try to help! Please avoid hurtful lines and understand, try to understand how lucky you seem to him/her and to me for you actually don’t feel any need to pull out or scratch.

Spread the message, be aware and make people aware.

Hey people :) !

So, these past days are my deserved vacation. I’m spending my time taking care of my health, strengthening my body, healing my skin and bringing my diet balance back.

It’s all fun and sometimes depressing, specially when it comes to push-ups: I mean, four years ago, I could do push-ups like 20 on the row I think. Now, I can barely hold the first phase for more than 5 seconds. So yes, it’s definitely kind of depressing and I’m the one to blame and I promise to my little selves, all of them, that once I have my rocking self back, I’ll keep it, pinky swear people.

The other thing which is fun yet sometimes depressing is my attempts to find international internships: I’ve been roaming the internet and I’ve found so many good and tempting opportunities. But everytime, I bookmark the links and write down the name of the company then move on in my research. I don’t know if it’s because I feel intimidated or because it’s a really big step to take in my career, big step? I’m kidding myself -.-, it’s a MAJOR DETERMINING STEP people! That’s how I feel about it personally >___<. And so, I……chicken out u___u. I really hope by 22h00 today, I’d have at least sent something to some company. No pinky swear this time è__é!

Meanwhile, whenever I feel depressed, I head to Youtube.com and I ..err….spend too much time on it. The reason is easy: I can no longer stand TV but I definitely need its “dumbening” power, if you know what I mean. TV is the thing for me to stop using my neurons. But heck! I can’t stand it anymore. So, I got to discover Youtubers’ sh!t on Youtube and hence got hooked on it.

And no! I’m not watching lolcats, people getting hurt, weird videos on Youtube. So, that’s what I’d like to talk about it: Youtubers.

You see people, there are artists who make a living by creating little shows and sketches with no big deal of editing and way many characters. Then, they post it on their youtube channels. It’s very entertaining I assure you people! And you get to find so many types and styles. Plus, the fact that you can interact with the youtuber and stay alert makes room for your own opinions – trolling even 8B, what a nice concept by-the-by -. I therefore declare that indeed a new form of television is here.

One which doesn’t require you to meet Hollywood standards.

One where you can express yourself the way you want it and just throw it in the big ocean for people who are into such thing to pick it and people who are not to leave it.

One which is truly built by the people and for the people.

One where your ‘stars’ aren’t far away, get paid by you for they get paid per views and take feedback and constantly improve themselves -unless they don’t want more subscribers.

So, I’m a full supporter of this trend and I cross all my fingers and toes in the hopes it’ll get bigger and bigger.

If you’re already familiar with the concept, I’d be curious to know your favorite youtubers. When it comes to me, it’s basically:

Shane Dawson

For once, it’s easy for me to say “this guy is my favorite” -I hardly have a favorite thing or stuff or person or whatsoever-. Basically, it’s this guy who wears his mom’s clothes and performs sketches and spoofs full of cussing and trashy humor while bringing up moral and memories or personal experience. I like trashy humor (got a problem with that Hypo’ è___é?) and the guy is talented in my opinion. Plus, he gives so much and connects eagerly with his subscribers, so I really don’t have to explain why he’s such a huge success or to justify why I watch his videos several times again and again.

I'm pretty sure Shanaynay will grow up to be an American icon. I just LOVE her and BASTA u__u! She's my homeguuuurl people 8B!

Epic Meal Time

Epic Meal Time is a group of guys who make extreme food then eat the sh!t out of it. It’s disgusting and fascinating and I can’t keep myself from watching it and always spamming them with health questions but,.. people,… THEY’RE EPIC! THEY’RE AWESOME! I wonder if there are people that drool over the food these guys make or if even they would like to eat it (they might be..I mean this world is so full of several kinds of sh!t you just can’t know anything anymore 8B), but one thing for sure: you want to see this meat cooked like a boss, getting ripped like a boss. And you sooo want to hear Harley tell you what they’ll eat next.

So yeah, all girls in this show are called “b!tches”. It’s all about bacon strips, red meat and Jack Daniels. The members or the crews seem quite cliché stereotyped and so and so and so but man! Man they’re making art. Here I said it and I feel it. In short, these guys always make my eyes all wide, my mouth all opened and my brain all sparkly 8B.

Dixit RyanHiga: "it's gonna be EPIC UPON HERE! EPIC UPON HERE! EPIC UPON HERE! EPIC!EPIC!EPIC

 Jenna Marbles

A thing you may notice after watching Youtube videos for a while is that most girls on Youtube have Tig Ol’ Bitties and tend to be a barbie doll shaped woman playing barbie doll women. It’s too bad since Youtube is giving a good opportunity for anyone, and I say ANYONE, to make the best of themselves and show the world their talent and worth. There’s this girl, Bree for instance, who has spoken about not being taken seriously in the acting field because she’s blond and thus, decided to color her hair red. I wonder if it’s true or not, but one thing for sure, would it be her own performance or her appearances in other videos, it’s always about making out, being the girlfriend and having tig ol’ bitties. Girl! You could say no, you could at least perform other stuff on your own freaking channel! you could direct or propose new ideas! but nuuu, it’ easier, way easier to weep over blond hari and dye it red -___-. Ugh!

Jenna has tig ol’ bitties too and dances in her underwear to make a living. But her videos are a delight! Funny, witty, with rich content and actually brainy people! So, I don’t give a sh!t if she poses for photoshoots in bikinis -yeah! sure go check her pictures on Facebook people -.- I’ll wait here for you before I carry one =__= – or works in nightclubs and parties. When it comes to her videos, I’m not hearing brainless clichés paragraphs being depicted with a playful cleavage.

Don't worry girl! it's not like your major is Physics or neurobiology 8B!

Brittani Louise Taylor

Brittani owes my subscription to Shane Dawson: since she appears several times in his videos and he keeps on asking to check her stuff, I was like “..mnaah..”

At first, I didn’t really enjoy her sh!t since she wants to project this sweet white picture soooooo freaking much that it doesn’t feel real and I can’t help myself thinking of an actress who’s digging her way instead of an artist who’s actually caring and daring. But, when I watched her video memorial about her father, I decided I could give it a shot. I encountered her spoof of Party In The USA and this was enough to get me to subscribe.

I feel Brittani is performing for a young public but she’s enjoyable nonethless and is actually embracing herself and going for it.Whenever, I think about her, it’s this video that pops in my mind 8B. I LOVE THIS ONE!

Ray William Johnson

I’m sorry u__u, I don’t think watching Ray WJ means watching lolcats, people getting hurt and weird videos of the internet….Or does it 8B? Well, it’s mainly for the reviews that I watch this midget perform and bear his jackass self. I don’t know what bothers me exactly about this guy: it’s just that I don’t really appreciate him or something… I like his videos though. His reviews are hilarious and he picks quite enjoyable videos, sometimes hilarious, sometimes just wtf and others “FAKE AND GAY =___=”. So if you want some “internet culture” with some laughter, you should check his channel. He’s got another one featuring his cartoon character YourFavoriteMartian in which he makes sh!tty yet awesome funny songs!

OH MY GOD! YOU STUFF YOUR SHIRT!?

I could go on for a while since so many great people are out there doing so much with so little and just hanging on to their creativity and talent. But I won’t. If you want more, check:

The FineBors: the guys who actually made this. Plus they’ve got good stuff going on like the LOST parodies and KIDS REACT TO series.

Smosh: they’re fun and fine 8B, dessert after some Shane and Hganiga :3.Their special thing is the “if stuff were real” series ^^

Key Of Awesome: awesome spoofs people! AWESOME spoofs 8B!

and Ryan Higa, MeekaKitty, TotallySketch

Two more things people:

1- There’s a Moroccan vlogger, Karim Boubker in the wide Youtube and though he’s not commiting consistently to his channel like other guys, he’s worth the try. So, it’d be good to see his noobie stuff, give him a shout out, some words or encouragement and a slap. The slap part, make sure to tell him it’s from me with hugs ù_u

2-There are other Youtubers that don’t entertain you on Youtube, but actually give you advice, help you with your issues or simply share their life and tips on Youtube. I just realized I haven’t spoken about them O__o. Mainly because I use Youtube for entertaining. Yet there’s AfgHijackersExposed‘s channel that I eagerly follow because this dude uploades random, awesome and interesting documentaries. And he was kind enough to feed my love for anacondas <3! Thanks again dude!

My point is, whether you have an issue or a question, try Youtube just like you’d try google and I’m pretty convinced that you’ll find others who have been through the same thing than you or share the same problem or question. You’ll get an interactive response, people’s experience and it’s like you’re in a therapy group or so O___o.

Enjoy Youtube people 8B!

And that is one hell of a fanmade video gathering Final Fantasy fighters. Original, funny as hell and nostalgic. And since I’ve been playing FF VII like drinking tea – which means every once and a while and compulsory everyday -, it kind of makes me want to replay the other ones, FF VIII and FF VI for instance. I feel I’ve never given enough time for these two episodes yet they have large fandoms too.

Some points to clear out however:

* FF VII Freak mode on*

-Sephiroth would have NEVER been beaten up this fast è___é!! Dude, it’s NOT funny, you think it is but it’s NOT FUNNY

-And joking about Aerith’s death??? You’re sure going to end up in hell my friend -__- and I’ll find a way to make it start from now

-And CLOUD??…. No actually, that’s quite a Cloudish personification.

-But this Vincent is one passive moddafukka -___-, an INSULT to the character è___é it’s NOT FUNNY *or is it 8B?*.

*FF VII Freak mode off*

- I’m kind of guilty too when it comes to adding the girls in the party ;___; . I always try to play with them, at least Aerith rocks the sh!t out of her specie and I always have a hard time replacing her ;_____; but Linoa and Tifa….Ugh >___<. Oh well, I’ll try harder next time! Freaking Square Enix hasn’t put that much of efforts in secondary female characters = ___ =

-I TOTALLY agree with Squall by the end 8B.

-Thanks for reminding me FF girls are banging material FineBros =___= as if it wasn’t enough with Tifa being always referred to for her tig ol’ bitties è__é

I came across this book several years ago and I found it depressing and I related to it so much that I was pretty convinced that most of the children of this generation were Buendia’s breeding and I felt so sorry for us and I just wanted to drop it as soon as I was done reading it. I couldn’t go further in the book though ;__; and gave it back with the firm intention of forgetting about that sh!t.

Thank gawd the book didn’t give me a week of hard time like Wuthering Heights ;___;, I wonder if you people get pwnd by some books like that too -I should write about that, I’m pretty curious O__o – and just have a hard time while or after reading them.

Anyway! Before going to Tangier, I went to the “Lirak”, the infamous used book stores gathering in Fez *o* (if you’re coming to Fez, you MUST visit this freaking place, you really have to!). I wasn’t looking for anything special and ended up with a bunch of good books, 100 years of Solitude in fact. When I saw it, I remembered I’ve read it before but couldn’t go through the end because it was depressing and so I bought it to see if my impressions grew up with me or not.

Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Original title: Cien años de soledad

Summary: The story evolves around the seven generations of the Buendía Family in the town of Macondo. The founding patriarch of Macondo, José Arcadio Buendía, and Úrsula, his wife (and first cousin), leave Riohacha, Colombia, to find a better life and a new home. One night of their emigration journey, while camping on a riverbank, José Arcadio Buendía dreams of “Macondo”, a city of mirrors that reflected the world in and about it. Upon awakening, he decides to found Macondo at the riverside. After days of wandering the jungle, José Arcadio Buendía’s founding of Macondo is utopic.

Soon after its foundation, Macondo becomes a town frequented by unusual and extraordinary events that involve the generations of the Buendía family, who are unable or unwilling to escape their periodic (mostly) self-inflicted misfortunes and thus doomed to live in a solitary world of their own throughout the events of the history and the upcoming new people.

So then?

As much depressed as I was when I read this book the first time, I now feel such a “joy” recalling my favorite events, the Buendia family tree and the steady narration.

This book is EPIC – and I’m not raping this word in this contest-. Truly, you people should really² give it a shot. The author is just telling you what he’s seeing, would it be happy or sad, dramatic or comic. He’s just freaking describing what he’s witnessing and not abusing adjectives at all. I just loved how he could describe a woman going to heaven taking away with her a home nap, or a 40 years-old virgin giving a hard time to a war veteran while sitting outside knitting in front him.

Narration is the bomb in this book. Moreover, the plot itself, the story, the characters are such a brain f**k I couldn’t get enough of it: the mix of real world and wonderful fantasies is so good that I actually feel it’s completely plausible to have such a village where gypsies with magical tools come over and give shows. I can’t find the right words to describe this mix but it’s like you’ve been told that flying rugs and Flamel’s stones are exhibited in the neighborhood and you’re like “Cool! I’m going to check on that” like it’s a wonder yeah but with plausible existence.

Ekh -___-! I feel I’m not making my point è___é. I’ll read the sh!t out of this book again and take notes this time ;__;. I’ve been addicted to this book during my whole internship.

Waiting to be picked up? Read the Marquez!

Going somewhere? Read the Marquez!

Wandering in the streets? Read the Marquez! (Funny fact 8B: while reading my book in the streets, people often yell at me that I’m so not passing this year…Like really often..)

And once I’m done with the Marquez, I start over while telling yourself: “Oh boy! The chicken fight story again and this Prudencio ghost X’D”

Sometimes, I’m laughing until I choke with my own laughs. Others, I’m so sad I’m about to cry -BUT I DON’T…Or one tear =_= -. I know it’s extremist, but then again, I write about sh!t that get to me on my pandemonium 8B. Feel important, people!

To sum it up, it’s a classic. If you’re a hipster book, you should have it on your library. If you’re purist reader, you have to have read it. If you’re a bookworm, it’s a must-read that you’d better not postpone reading it.

And if you just happen to love books, love this one for me. Affection well-rewarded I guarantee u__u. Otherwise, you can always try and sue me è__é

Hey people! =3

Since I’ve been back from Tangier, I spent most of my time online watching Pretty Little Liars (I know I’m a bad critty 8B) and youtube videos.

I’ve been way away from the music world (no radio to blast new sh!t, no homies to give me new vibes and Nobuo Uematsu and Bernard Lavilliers are all what it takes to make my mood Oru’-friendly 8B.. So, really no reason to look for something new u___u) like forever and eventhough there is some good stuff that has been going on, I can’t help listening to some songs’ spoofs instead.

Mainly because it’s funny, and I love FUNNY SONGS 8B, and because spoofs may be BETTER actually than the original songs.

For those of you who don’t know what a spoof is: basically, it’s the parody of a song with the same instrumental but with distorted lyrics and video clips.

And here are my top 5 favorites ^^

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About Tangier

Posted: 09/12/2011 in Life goes on..
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Now that I’m close to finishing my internship, I’m eager to spend a week of vacation and get the best out of it, would it be resting or looking for my Final Year Project internship. I was told not to speak about my internship’s details (confidentiality matters). But basically, it’s a little french company owned by a Moroccan who wanted to settle his business in Tangier Free Zone. There are few employees and I love it. My tutor is the French associate of the Roccie and he happens to be the sweetest, most enriching person I’ve come across this summer. He’s so kind and patient with me that I don’t mind at all working from 8h00 to 21h00-22h00 with him even on Saturdays. Plus, he’s always blasting Linkin Park and Pink Floyd whenever we’re alone. This and my bottle of water while working on mechanics make my day orgasmic 8B.

So yeah, as TFZ may suggest, my two-months internship have taken place in freaking Tangier, and Tangier is really not my favorite city..Like at all. I thought it’d be a good opportunity to erase the prejudiced ideas and the bad memories but, the city wasn’t that much of a help.

I mean everytime I go out alone, with my freaking suit and my bagpack (so really, nothing bangable-material suggesting), it’s like an open invitation for whoever wants to hit, to bang, to cat-talk or whatsoever. In fact, no one has ever grabbed me by the waist until freaking Tangier and I still feel appalled even after like two months of the incident. Plus, often when I try to ask people for directions, they start by telling me “I have none” or “I don’t want to”

O____o

Ok, either way I look like a prostitue or a begga’ -___-

I’d tend to go for the second possibility since someone gave me  2 dhs while I was waiting for a white cab to go to Assilah (yeah Mercedes with 6 people packed in to go to nearby cities ruuule 8B!)…

I swear I don’t look like a beggar people ;__; ! I mean, I HAD A FREAKING BAGPACK WITH ME PEOPLE AND IT’S LIKE A  40$ BAG AND I WAS WEARING NEW CLOTHES AND I WAS ONLY SITTING IN A CORNER BECAUSE I WAS TIRED AND ANYWAY I DO THAT OFTEN BUT IT WAS NEVER A REASON FOR ANYONE TO GIVE ME SH!T

Oh my Gawd I dislike Tangier ;___; dislike it so freaking much ;____;

And the PIPOL! AAAAAAAAH!

I know, I know, I shouldn’t have generalized statements and I agree with this people, but it becomes kind of hard for me to have none  when all the people you encounter:

-Wake up at 14h00 or way past it.

-Are more interested in gossip than actually speaking about themselves.

-Can’t help criticizing your clothing style, you anti-bra policy, your disgust towards anything applied to your freaking skin.

-Don’t try at all to respond to your actual efforts to speak with them.

-Have such macho-arabic ways with girls that just speaking with a guy about something for more than 15 min is called hitting on him

-Have such frustrated hormones that just speaking with a homie in a telephone makes him your unlucky boyfriend (Guess who spent two hours speaking about Neo or Teej or Yas’ or Stan’ -___- just because guuuuuurlz want to know EVERYTHING about this guuuuuuy eeekh =___= I feel nauseated just remembering the greedy eyes of them girls)

All these facts always combined always in a same person always in my way always make me want to choke a b!tch or a sonofb!tch. Have breakfast in a decent coffee shop alone in a Saturday morning and guys will knock on the glass, try to call you from the door or even come and offer to pay you breakfast (wtf?)

Go out and buy an ice-cream and be sure you will have to bite it not to lick it and you people can guess why -__-

Plus, the bad memories just keep on flowing ekh, I’d rather not speak about them or I’m really going to be pissed off at the city for sizzle.

Many people say Tangier isn’t bad and stuff and maybe without my history with its people, I may actually see something. Even now, when I get lost in the city’s rural markets, I see some beauty, bittersweet landscapes and I often tell myself that I understand what may attract but don’t feel it.

For me, Assilah is the Northern jewel of the kingdom.

But it wasn’t this completely bad since staying in Tangier with WE in the countryside or in Assilah helped me gain my health back. No more bowel problems, hence no more farts -how classy 8B -. I no longer scratch my skin to relief stress or have pimples out of freaking bad health. The thing I’ll never forget about this city though is this wind speaking in the morning. I don’t get to hear the wind like I do in Tangier and it’s such a soft thing to start your day with that it doesn’t make the ups and downs of the city or the cat-talks this hard.

And that’s all I have to say about freaking Tangier.