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Okay okay I know this is the 3rd consecutive post concerning teh Chobot that I might as well call it Chobot Week. I'll stop after this one. Promise. Maybe. Watch the video. It's funny.

This is why I heart teh Chobot <3

Was browsing the blog archives of Jessica Chobot; you know, the sole reason I bought a PSP. Found out later you can play games on it too. Bonus! :p

Anyway in one entry she pointed out how Rockstar (may or may not have ) ripped off her face as the lolly sucker character on GTA IV's cover.

And she gamely posed for a comparison:

Uncanny, isn't it?

She's cute.

And hot. Normally I'd classify girls as either cute, or hot. Seldom both together. But the Chobot comfortably sits on both sides. cf. Jessica Alba. I guess it depends on what they're wearing. Or how they're wearing it ooo~~

Also, why does Rockstar insist on putting chicks on the cover art that we never get to see in the game? How come VC and SA are integerless? Why is GTA IV not GTA VI? So many questions!

The GTA III, Vice City & San Andreas girls

Finished GTA IV btw. But just the main storyline though. Still got 190 flying rats and all stunt jumps minus 1 to go...

Speaking of finished games, you can add MGS4 to my list. But it's not so much of a game as it is a movie trying to be a game. Or is it a game trying to be a movie? Anyhoo, if you even give a snake's tail about MGS you probably knew all that already.

And Meryl, hoho, has she changed since being all pixely in MGS1. Maybe she looked better in Twin Snakes (the GameCube remake). I dunno, don't own neither game nor console.

But man, is she buff yet feminine in MGS4. In short, consider her tapped. Here's a little trivia: Meryl's last name in Japanese is Shirubābāgu LOL.

After listening to this podcast, it seems Meryl's voice actress Debi Mae West remembers more of The Twin Snakes (which she refers to as 'the remake') than the original MGS1. Not chastising her or anything, just an observation.

I still remember getting MGS1 in Penang during the LTC. Xing introduced it to moi and I distinctively remember him warning me about the looong cutscenes. Gee, how right you were man. Also recall getting Meryl's Codec number from Loopy, who I think got it from FK. Why didn't I just go to GameFaqs.com is beyond me.

And looky here, searching for Meryl produced this on Google images:

It's like looking in a mirror

Jessica Alba as Meryl? Hmm...

I'm sure many of the Chinese speaking community know about Stephen Chow's latest film to hit the silver screens during Chinese New Year - CJ7. And if you don't... what's wrong with you?

Now it doesn't matter if you found the movie funny or not, that's not the topic of discussion for today (though I personally found it entertaining). I'm sure by the end of the film many of the audience (read: female) will be wondering where they can get their grubby hands on a 'Chat Zhai' or '7 Chai' plushy. That's the green furball in the poster above.

And you can bet your uncle's toy store a plushy will be produced, as long as there are greedy business people out there ready to take advantage of audience's sentimentalism for all things green and cute. But unless you live in a predominantly Chinese community / Asian country, I doubt it'd be an easy task procuring one. I did a check and realised you can get them on eBay, though you'd be hard pressed to find an affordable and decent-looking (plus authentic) '7 Chai' for sale.

What's the next best thing? Winning them in those UFO catchers of course. Which incidentally are also designed to bleed you dry of your coins. Notice a pattern here?

But yea, since we had a female to please, we tried clawing for '7 Chai' and got it for a measly 6 bucks! With my dexterous hands! Okay okay, I can't take all the credit though. Firstly, my house mate had already primed and knocked over a '7 Chai' in his 2 previous attempts, and it wasn't even my change that we used :p

Heheh, quite ecstatic since I haven't played with one of those claw machines since I was like, what 9? And that was in Singapore too.


Incidentally, CJ7 is out now on DVD and later on Blu-Ray.

Believe me, I really wanted to do my part for the environment. Earth Hour this year was scheduled for yesterday at 8-9 p.m. And exactly like last year, I just totally forgot to switch off the lights when the time came. Even though I've been looking forward to it the whole day.

And what was I doing instead? Watching LiLo in 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'. Whaat? I haven't seen it before okay. Don't judge me :p

They should have screened an ad on TV at 8 o'clock to remind all the couch potatoes out there about Earth Hour ^_^;;;

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!! Yes, I realise this post is 2 weeks late. Heck, even Chap Goh Mei has already passed. But you can't knock a guy for at least wanting to extend the festive cheer a while longer, right?

Okay, okay, I admit I was too lazy busy to post this up sooner, though I had all the photos already uploaded. But better late than never, right? At least my pictures and effort won't be put to waste ^_^

These were taken during the CNY festivities at George Street, Sydney.

Warning: loads of pics to follow below. But I reckon they shouldn't take too long to load, considering they're taken from my mobile phone, ergo smaller file size. Would've taken them with my camera, but I left the battery charging the day before, and promptly forgot to put it back in the camera later... *doh!*

So anyway, here goes! (Click photos for larger images)




















Okay that's it for now. Stay tuned for part II with even more pics of random costumed people walking down a street!

And what's this I hear about lolis?