New Home, New Phone - GET!

Whew! I haven't posted here in a long time. Nothing much going on anyway... Well aside from finding a new place!!!

Yep! After days and weeks of sleep deprivity trying to find and checking out potential places. I've finally found one. Very spacious. Bigger than my previous room in my old apartment. I love it! Have nice and cool roommates too but I don't see them much since my schedule is a little odd.

Enough of that. I have finally stepped away from BlackBerry and into the Android world. Ditched my Torch 9800 for the new Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket LTE. Whew! Long name! Bought it the first day it came out from Rogers. A little pricey though but well worth it.

I have endured getting tortured from that slow fail BB Torch for over a year and now I'm free! It was just awful for my needs. I'm sure some like the phone and its more than enough for THEIR needs. But for me, I need something faster and iPhone was not an option. Not a fan of apple. So hello Android! 100x happier now. I feel complete.

Anyways... That's all for now. Til next post... Whenever that is.....

VOCALOID Awesomeness

Love to go in one of these concerts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFHWW8PuoDw

Oh and if you're wondering my favorite Vocaloid songs, it's a short list as I do not know most of it.
1. (2 songs tied) Romeo and Cinderella - Hatsune Miku and Promise - Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin
2. Migikata no Chou - Kagamine Len and Kagamine Rin
3. World is Mine - Hatsune Miku

Searching for apartment. MAJOR PAIN!

Okay, maybe it really isn't but what makes it hard for me is that I have specific "needs" for a cheap place.

• Date availability. Most are available immediately and asking them to delay it for me for a couple of months is... unreal lol.


• Unfurnished. I have this single bed that goes a long way with me. Very comfortable and I like it. Plus it's raised high enough to store things under the bed. I also have a futon. Like a month old. A table that goes well with my gaming system. A bulky computer chair which I don't like much... it's huge. A couple of dressers. And some small folding tables.


• Nice landlord and clean place. A flooding basement or bug infested place is a no-no!


• Nice tenants or roommates (if it's shared). Messy people are a turn off and you're just obliged to clean after them just because you like things clean. Also, no parties! No annoyance! AGH! I respect you and your belongings and your privacy, do the same please?


• Finally... price is just right. Or if it's a bit high then it should include things like internet.

I also have some appliances like water cooler and microwave but I don't really need them unless I find a bachelor apt/basement.

Yeah, I know there's still time but it's nice to find that right place soon than going insane because your time is nearly up. Gives you a sense of peace of mind.

Back to searching.....

Nothing new here...

So I haven't touched RIFT in a long time. Just been really busy or just relaxing. I actually already cancelled my subscription weeks ago because I won't have time for it. No more raid healing and being top healer. See, funny part about that is, whatever I do, I show extreme dedication and I am extremely dedicated to doing it. And people notices. This goes for real life stuff too, managers and big bosses acknowledges. Even if it's just healing a raid or being a healer... or a tank in a MMO. I'm never addicted, just fully dedicated. So what's the point here? Well... the point is, I wanna relax after work. Not get home and "work overtime" with pressure in a MMORPG, lol. It was fun, but I need a little change. I'm sure my guild won't miss me. I was annoying anyway. I was that person who try to give knowledgeable and logical suggestions and strategies that nobody wants to listen to because he's just the "new guy".

Anyways, personal things. Working on something big... future. Etc.? Hopefully everything works out. Gonna be moving soon too. Looking for a bachelor or 1 bedroom apartment. New plans for success for an awesome future!

(Corny!)

I'm out!

Work, work... Zzzzz zzzZZZzzz~

Ugh... Snoozing, working. Working, snoozing. Tired... zzzz... Good night.

Continuation of Greenscale Blight - Lord Greenscale DOWN!

Well, after running out of time yesterday... we downed our 2nd LGS today! Although it took many tries... and eventually people started to wonder if our first kill was a fluke! Well, it wasn't! It seems our strategies are solid and set in stone. Now we have much more confidence when facing this fellow in the future... again and again.

And what post in the "Games" category doesn't end with screenshots!? Not this one!

More raiding!

I have to say my favorite raid boss is the 3rd boss in the new Raid Dungeon, Drowned Halls. I first entered it a couple of days ago and cleared it right away. All 4 bosses. No screenshots though. The 3rd boss is just too much fun!

But enough of that. Time for more screenshots from Greenscale Blight! Oh yeah, we downed Lord Greenscale a week ago. That was awesome. First kill from our guild.



Earlier today, we did GSB (Greenscale Blight) again and downed 4 bosses. Wiped some on Duke, wiped some on Infiltrator... ONE SHOT Oracle and Prince! OH YEAH! Saviours, my guild, getting really awesome now. If only we'd stop healing the Warmaster boss in River of Souls... come guys! Pay attention! Oh yeah, my guild is found on the link to the right side. Saviours Guild.

Anyways, we only tried LGS (Lord Greenscale) twice. There was a server shutdown before we started him. Wiped once, then no time left for the second try (as you can see below). Here's some fun screenshots.




Anyways, I'm out!

Rift Action

So quick update. Lots of Rift action happening during the week. I actually decided to raid which started 2 weeks ago(?) I forget. Doing Greenscale Blight and River of Souls.



Still in a progressing guild. Got Lord Greenscale down to 24%. But that's where the hard part begins. Anyways, this is just a quick little update.

If interested, my twitter is @yamiluceid . I may post updates there more frequently about random boring things I do. Which includes RIFT and Monster Hunter, etc.? Whatever!

Out for now!

RIFT = Fun

So I haven't posted in months here. Not like anyone reads this anyway. My PC is awesome. Getting quite dusty now. I was gonna buy pressurized air canister then I reminded myself that I once found a $60 powered duster at Tigerdirect. So why not spend more and save in the long run? Yep, did that. I got it and it's super awesome. Super strong and super loud, like a vaccuum.

Anyways, I've been playing RIFT the past few months. Shortly after I assembled my PC. It's fun. Gonna be raiding soon.

Hopefully I can update this more often. Outie for now!

PC Status: UP and Stable

Motherboard delivered @ around 12:20PM while I was napping and as soon as I got it, I went to town with it! First PC ever built, hooked up everything, fired it up... ALL IS GOOD!

Work time, I'll update next post and mention all the parts.

Disappointment!

Update on the new PC.

So I've received 8/9 of the parts that I've ordered from newegg.ca. 3 separate deliveries, 3 separate locations. Got the first package containing the case and PSU, CPU and OS on Monday. Second package came in Tuesday containing GPU, HDD, RAM and free Shogun 2 game. Now I'm just missing the motherboard which is the most important part, because it's where everything is connected. It's like the body of the PC. It would've been awesome if the last part was like the OS or the ram, I mean... it could've been ANYTHING. ANYTHING AT ALL! But NO! It has to be the motherboard. So, it seems it's not coming at all until Monday. Yeah, that blows.

I was really hoping I could assemble it during my day off. But no. If it was like the PSU or whatever... except the case, I could've assembled some of them and just attached the missing part on Monday. Unfortunately, things just doesn't go the way you want them to be. I have to amuse myself with some other form of entertainment during this weekend. Friday is a holiday but I'm most likely working anyway.

I can't really gather all my thoughts because of how bummed out I feel right now. It sucks, but ya know. Just life. I'm thinking though, since I've waited THIS freakin long for all the parts. I am hoping that there will be no more disappointments once it gets here and everything turns out well. I don't know what I just typed right there but whatever, I hope it made sense. I need sleep.

I'll update again... soon. Hopefully something good.

Brand New PC! - First Custom Build PC

Just ordered PC parts to build myself a powerhouse a couple of days ago. Was just shipped this morning. I'm so excited! Never built a PC before but I've always wanted to. I hope everything turns out good. And nothing is DOA (dead on arival) because that would suck bad! And very frustrating!

I'll list my hardware when they all get here. Its not an over the top PC but definitely pretty good. Cost me a little less than $1200. My budget was $1000 and I reached it. Except when the taxes and shipping kicked in... BAM!

One thing to list, CPU is i7 2600K, and... might as well list the GPU: Sapphire Radeon 6870. I didn't get a SLI ready motherboard because I don't need to SLI. In the future, I'll just get another single GPU for upgrade... which hopefully won't be too soon. Hoping this lasts 2-5 years!

I'm out!!! ZzzzzZZZZzzz...

Laptop Reformat — Just like new...

"We owe you for that."
"Just like new..."
"Drop your weapon!"

Matrix... yeah anyway. Reformatted my HP Laptop and brought it back to factory settings. Had to delete crap from it again like before. That's also the last time I'm buying HP Laptop. I'll go Asus next time. Only reason I bought that is because I didn't have money to pay it in full so I used Best Buy X months to pay thinger-majigger.

If it's a laptop, Asus from Newegg, Tigerdirect, or NCIX. But I really want a power house custom PC for my next one. This laptop can play good games but the problem is overheating. Sucks.

Reason for reformatting is... I don't know. Paranoid that something is in my PC lurking around? I also bought Sandboxie to keep it clean. Hopefully I won't need to reformat for a few years.

[MHP3rd] Dual Sword vs HR5 Green Nargacuga [8:21] (双剣vsナルガクルガ亜 種)

Killed in 8 minutes and 21 seconds. No juice. No bombs. No traps. No flash bombs. Not captured. Just slicing and dicing from start to end.

My very first "Speed Run" video for Monster Hunter. I was inspired when I finally got my Artisan+4 Sharpener+8 charm after countless charm runs. I took the completed set (which was only missing the charm) for a test drive. Target: Naruga.

That very first attempt (which wasn't recorded, but screenshotted, I killed him in 8:19. This one is 2 seconds longer. But with enough luck, you can kill this guy in around 7 minutes. But I didn't wanna go there. He was limping before the 7 minute mark, IIRC.

Thanks to the Armor Tool by crashdriive for helping me create this set.
http://mhp3rd.zxq.net/

Monster Hunter Portable 3rd database
http://p3db.com/

MHP3rd GameFAQs board (I'm SuperVolt there)
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/991479-monster-hunter-portable-3rd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNxVXOT_gIE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNxVXOT_gIE

Resetting Sleep Cycle -- Nifty

Stumbled upon an article. I could definitely use this.
http://parentingsquad.com/easy-way-to-reset-your-sleep-cycle-stop-eating

Easy way to reset your sleep cycle: Stop eating

by Will Chen

Not eating for 12-16 hours can help people quickly reset their sleep-wake cycle, according to a new study from the Harvard Medical School. This discovery can drastically improve a person's ability to cope with jet lag or adjust to working late shifts.

Scientists have long known that our circadian rhythm is regulated by our exposure to light. Now they have found a second "food clock" that takes over when we are hungry. This mechanism probably evolved to make sure starving mammals don't go to sleep when they should be foraging for food.

The lead researcher Clifford Saper explains:

The neat thing about this second clock is that it can override the main clock ... and you should just flip into that new time zone in one day.

It usually takes people a week to fully adjust to a new time zone or sleeping schedule. To think that this new "food clock" hack can help you change your internal clock in one day is mind boggling.

How does it work?

Simply stop eating during the 12-16 hour period before you want to be awake. Once you start eating again, your internal clock will be reset as though it is the start of a new day. Your body will consider the time you break your fast as your new "morning."

For example, if you want to start waking up at 2:00 am, you should start fasting between 10:00 am or 2:00 pm the previous day, and don't break your fast until you wake up at 2:00 am. Make sure you eat a nice healthy meal to jumpstart your system.

Another example: If you are travelling from Los Angeles to Tokyo, figure out when breakfast is served in Tokyo, and don't eat for the 12-16 hours before Tokyo's breakfast time.

Why does this work?

Like everything else in our evolutionary history, it has to do with survival:

"For a small mammal, finding food on a daily basis is a critical mission. Even a few days of starvation, a common threat in natural environments, may result in death," the study said.

"Hence, it is adaptive for animals to have a secondary "master clock" that can allow the animal to switch its behavioral patterns rapidly after a period of starvation to maximize the opportunity of finding food sources at the same time on following days."

The shift is a survival mechanism in small mammals that forces them to change their sleeping patterns, Fuller suggests. One starvation cycle is enough to override the traditional light-based circadian clock, the study suggests.

"This new timepiece enables animals to switch their sleep and wake schedules in order to maximize their opportunity of finding food."

"A period of fasting with no food at all for about 16 hours is enough to engage this new clock," says Saper.

"So, in this case, simply avoiding any food on the plane, and then eating as soon as you land, should help you to adjust — and avoid some of the uncomfortable feelings of jet lag." CBC (quoting study published in the May 22 issue of Science.

Ad-hoc Party goodness

Played with an old SC2 buddy, which I haven't played SC2 with in a LONG time. Like months lol. Was fun, we were rusty but we got our mojo back somehow, but not 100%. Need to play more Starcraft II goodness. I'm also trying to get my brother to buy a new computer/laptop and get SC2 lol. Don't really wanna pressure him though.

On another note, MHP3rd is getting a little bit too boring again and playing it is quickly becoming a chore. Not cool. So, to solve it, I logged on Japanese Ad-hoc Party and group up! Was fun! Having played FFXI before, I knew some terms to communicate nicely, ^_^;

Speaking of FFXI, I need an MMO as good as that. WoW suck, and FFXIV is broken and I don't feel like levelling again in XI. Why did they have to raise level cap, damnit! Hope they fix XIV soon and release it for PS3.

Also, Diablo 3 needs to come out soon too. Hahaha.

Oh yeah, I found out that there's a WordPress Blackberry app. Actually posting this there. Don't need to sit down on my PC to blog about nonsense. Yay. I'm out!

I think I'm developing sleeping disorder, lol. Trying to fix it by sleeping the same hours each day. ~_~

Starcraft II - Inactivity

So I haven't logged on SC2 in forever. I ran the game and there was like 5+ updates. Then after logging in, Last login December 5, 2010. Hah!

I haven't played with my SC2 buddy too in a long time. I probably suck now, not that I was good in the first place. My work shift suck!

[MHP3rd] Dual Sword vs HR6 Deviljho (双剣vsイビルジョー)

Casual Deviljho farming.

Skills used:
Thunder Attack+2
Stamina Recovery Up
Evade+1
Speed Sharpening

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQk-tJ7DLPg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQk-tJ7DLPg

Newegg.ca rocks!

Bought 2 items from Newegg.ca. A HDD that I've always wanted for sooooo long, to bring all my anime and junk in one place instead of 500 DVDs scattered around. And some nice Logitech speakers.

Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB 64MB I got these when it was on sale 2 days ago for $84.99. It seems now it's back to its regular price of $119.99.
Logitech S-220 17 Watts 2.1 Multimedia Speaker System This I got with a coupon code from a newsletter email from Newegg.ca ($7.00 off). $31.99 regular price.

Ordered both at the same time and HDD was delivered the next day. Speakers came in the next day. Too awesome. Newegg is the best. Tigerdirect too. Love em both.

First impression on the items. Awesome. I'm sure they'll last me for a very long time. Transferred some animes on the HDD and watched some for a few hours. No problems. Doesn't even get as hot as my previous WD 250GB 7200RPM HDD. I use a docking station to plug them in on USB2 on my laptop. Speakers are just amazing. I live in an apartment and the bass is adjustable so I could cancel it out completely since I don't want angry neighbors. These can get LOUD!

Overall, very satisfied with the products. 2 of the items that I've been eyeing for so long on sale/coupon? Lucky day it was. 5 stars for Newegg, WD and Logitech!

FFXIII or MHP3rd

My only game for PS3, which I have owned for less than 2 months. And the game for less than a month. LOL. Who buys a PS3 just for Adhoc Party? ME! I think Monster Hunter needs more loving, for now. FFXIII can wait...

On the other hand, I just figured out a kickass set for my Dual Sword usage. I'll reveal it once I get the charm it needs. Which will probably be never... 1/64,000 chance ftl.

Dual Lance vs HR9 Black Diablos

Old video. Me and my brother haven't played MHFU in a long time. We currently play Monster Hunter Portable 3rd. Might post a video of it eventually. I have moved to Dual Swords from Lance. Which means DS is now my main weapon in MHP3rd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kYVRmpUXvg

And a year later...

I forgot all about this blog lol. I have been working like a dog 6 days a week, 8 hours a day, MIDNIGHT shift. So in other words, I have no life. I don't see the day. My sleep is screwed up most of the time when I need to run errands. It's terrible!!!

Game update, I got a PS3 with MOVE which I rarely used, lol. It was on sale during Christmas. Got a new 24" 1080p HDTV. *nod* I didn't buy my first game until a week ago, hah! It was Final Fantasy XIII. Slow game at first, but it's starting to pick up now, I think. Been playing Monster Hunter Portable 3rd as well. Big fan of Monster Hunter series. I lost track of Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology. Apparently, there's a third one coming soon too. Haven't played part 2.

Anime update, I saw half of Fortune Arterial because a friend of mine let me in on Crunchyroll for a month. Other than that, I haven't seen any anime in a LONG time!

Life suck at the moment! lol