Enter, the week of hell!

Hey guys!

Lack of posts still I know! God I'm finding it hard to write systematically. The reason for my inactivity?

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It is truly killing me, that when I discuss it with some one, I wig out. Really wig out and then I space out. :/ The reason I'm getting stressed over this is because... well I've put it off till the last week to get it done! And yet look at me, blogging for the sake of procrastination! omg, 5th of September is looming fast....

I can tell it's not going to be as laid back as usual this week as there are so many things I have to take care of. For one, tonight I have to pack up every junk that I don't need to be with for the next 3 months to ship them back home to Brunei which the people are coming to collect tomorrow morning :/ The good thing is I don't have much stuff as I did after 3 years of staying in Kent for my undergrad. Back then I had LOOOOOOOADS of stuff including but not limited to: a 32" HDTV, XBox 360, a guitar, lots of posters, random junk and so on. Still, I went and bought some overpriced boxes that costed me 40 pounds :/ damn them taking advantage of people who wants to pack!

That's one thing, another is I'm gonna get kicked out of my hall of residence this 31st and I need to pack the remaining junk on the 30th and then move to Shin's bro's place where I can hopefully concentrate and rape the last bits of my dissertation. :/ Hand in is on the 5th and on then I'm moving in with Shin for a while :> Looking forward to that!

The good thing is, I feel that everything is actually possible in the short time which I have :/ Like just an hour or so ago I had an epiphany on writing the paper which I am VERY happy to get before it was too late! Speaking of which, I should REALLY get back to writing and figuring out wtf I'm on about.

Will update sooner or later! :S


~Fox

Captain America Movie Quick Review

Hey guys!

Reeeeaaaaaaaaaaaallly sorry for the lack of updates. Been busy with going to Nottingham, dissertation, and lazing about playing games (though the last bit is the most done)

I actually marathoned Captain America and Harry Potter 7 Part 2 on the same day which was........ maybe more than a week ago. Probably shouldn't have been lazy with my posts haha :/

Anyways Captain America centers on... well, Captain Stars and Stripes himself! It begins with a scrawny young man with a patriotic heart as well as massive amounts of courage. He got selected by a special branch of the army aiming to create super soldiers but alas, he was the only one the US produced during World War 2. The main baddies in the movie is called Hydra, a special research branch of Hitler's which turned on the Nazis after it amassed a big enough army and supporters.

The casts were pretty good. I though Chris Evans was a pretty good fit to be Steve Rogers aka Cap. He's also the guy who stars as the Human Torch in the old Fantastic Four movies as pointed out by Shin's bro. Hayley Atwell plays Rogers' love interest, Peggy Carter. And Men In Black's Tommy Lee Jones plays Colonel Chester Philips.

In short, the movie's well worth your money if you're into the Marvel universe. The 3D effects are stunning and I was pleasantly surprised by one of the shield throw scenes which flew out of the screen lol (never expected that in these new IMAX stuff) Really loved the action scenes, it felt really fulfilling seeing them fight the baddies, more so in this particular movie I don't know why. The special effects were done well but not over done (considering it is a super hero movie) The humour from the characters are sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek; just my kind of comedy :P

All in all I give it a 4.5/5 just because I enjoy superhero movies. I do recommend it but if you're not really into superheroes, I don't know if this will change your mind :/

P.S. Oh yes, like all Marvel movies, stay til after the ending, this time it's a real treat :D


~Fox

Le Quick Update

Hey guys!

Still lacking posts :/ BUT I've already seen Captain America and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 last Wednesday. So expect a quick review or two :>

Nothing much is going on these days other than me picking up pace for my dissertation but not enough steam in my opinion. Been playing fewer and fewer LoL games as it just pulls me in xD one game will end up being 3 meaning a maximum of 3 hours spent on gaming. Not that I complain but it kills my productive time haha.

Thanks for checking in (b ^.') Will update soon.

~Fox

Commenting comments that a commenter comment on a commentable... thing.

Hey guys!

Still lacking posts day by day but hey, at least I'm writing stuff from time to time so that you know Tales is not dead :>

Something just came to mind literally a few minutes ago. I enjoy reading comments. Why did I realise it now while I have been doing it for aaaaaaages escapes me. You see, it doesn't matter if I'm reading a blog, or watching a Youtube video or ever just looking at a Facebook photo, I will almost definitely scroll down to have a look at what people are saying.

There are so many things you can realise from taking people's opinion into account. Like something funny which you wouldn't have thought otherwise. Others make good arguments. But for the most part I enjoy the lol factor from reading comments. A video on Youtube will at least be twice as funny from the comments.

The negative side of things is just that there are lots of anonymous comments which involve racism, hate and so forth. That makes me sadface :<

So how about you, dear readers? Do you just watch the video and that's it? Or do you lurk and read like me? Or are you one of those avid commenters :P


~Fox

Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon Quick Review

Hey guys!

Been a while, sorry for the lack of updates as I've been wasting away day by day without much progress on my dissertation...

A few days ago, I went to watch Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon with Shin's bro. It was 3D and overall it isn't bad. The story is still as flimsy as a piece of cling film like previous movies but that's not really what we want to see, right? What we want to see is cars and appliances that can transform into robots and beat the crap out of each other. And in that respect, the movie doesn't disappoint.

Actors from the earlier movies come back to do TF3. I was disappointed at Shia LaBeouf's role as emo kid Sam Witwicky. Seriously, it was painful to watch his performance. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as Megan Fox's replacement as leading female role was some what  alright I guess... Shin did tell me she's hot from top down but not the face and I am convinced now LOL. Was funny how one of the lines in the beginning was on how the little autobots didn't like Megan xD

As I said story is not that hot. But action sort of makes up for it. It feels as if they're trying to make up for the crappy story with senseless explosions and violence.

All in all it's an alright movie... I give TF3 a 3/5... But then I wasn't able to enjoy the movie as I would've liked.

WARNING! RAGE! WARNING! RAGE!
So like while we were watching from the beginning trailers, there was this group of 4 black teenage girls that kept making as much noise as possible from talking loudly to playing with their phones to laughing like a freaking monster. Some people shushed them and they shushed back. I was appalled at the lack of respect and full-on rudeness of these kids. Many a time, I wanted to either smack them over the head or ask for my money back but I did neither...

Worst part is even when we moved towards the back seats, one of those little b**ches shone her phone torchlight towards the back. I was and still am distressed by the actions of those damn animals. I keep wondering to myself recently is it because the stereotyping is true, or they are just undereducated by their parents or are they are acting this way because their parents weren't there so they wanted to abuse this freedom. Regardless, I try to believe whole heartedly that it is the last case. These little mongrels should learn some respect otherwise they will learn the hard way that there are people that are very much less tolerant...
/End of rant




I'll try to update more, peeps. Thanks for sticking around! :>

~Fox