May 2009 – Page 2

Scholarship

Getting a scholarship in Uni was probably one of the bigger surprises in my life. I actually didn’t think I was going to get it when I applied for it as my grades were not stellar, but I just applied for it anyway as I thought it would be cool to be financially independent from my parents.

Well, it wasn’t a particularly prestigious scholarship but it did pay my fees and give me an allowance, and I also served out the full term of my bond so I suppose it was a fair deal.

Cinema City in Perth

This shot got hit on my Flickr quite a few times from Yahoo searchers today. Not sure why…

I SAW, I conquered

Probably one of the best times I had in the armed forces was during section live firing when I was the SAW (Section Assault Weapon) gunner. It was really cool when I got to unload a whole magazine with the recoil of the SAW going crazy and I really had to grip it just to get my rounds to go in the general direction I was aiming at.

Welcome to Singapore

I suppose people who have been to the arrival hall at Changi would have seen this row of banners

X-COM

One of the biggest (and buggiest games) to hit my JC life was this game called “X-Com: Enemy Unknown”. If you haven’t played it before — and if you’re not in my age group then probably not — you don’t know what you’re missing. Maybe you can search on the Internet for the original version or one of those spinoffs with improved graphics and sound.

The role-playing element was excellent as well as the weapons/capabilities tree that expanded once you hire scientists and allocate them to various fields of research.

My group of friends spent loads of time with this game, and even though it was one of the buggiest games we ever played as DOS4GW would crash repeatedly, the great gameplay kept us coming back for more.