Welcome home homie!!!

Bff from Australia flies in today, to settle some of her stuff for her marriage next year. Last chance to hang out before she gets hitched so we're going to get properly wasted and eat like gluttons and what not. Time for some good times!!

Been playing Dungeon Defenders with Janice lately. Its been long enough for the both of us that we don't feel bored of that game so we're starting all over with a new character. Hopefully then we can finish the old challenges that needed other character classes to finish. Is great to be playing games with Janice, too bad there aren't a lot that she's willing to play.

I'm struggling to find a game to play now days. There's a slew of games that I will definitely play, too bad they are all coming out a few months to a year later. Till then, I'll be staving off my gaming needs with Dota 2. Max Payne multiplayer is getting kinda dry and Diablo 3 definitely has gone off my list of games to play.

On the cooking front, I made some Asian-ised Seafood Paella with Bomba rice and a sofrito base with prawns and clams. It turned out OK I suppose, tasted alright though I'm sure I did something wrong somewhere. For the sofrito base, I used canned tomato puree and cooked it with chopped onions, garlic and rosemary herbs with a dash of nutmeg powder (substitute for paprika? I think not). Loads of vegetables went in; peppers, shitake mushrooms and loads of onions. The prawns and clams were cooked separately, stir fried and boiled respectively, before being stirred into the rice. The rice was boiled in chicken stock and left to cook and voila! Paella rice.

Further down the road...

The competitive fever I had for Magic these past few months has kinda died down for me, partly because I have been reminded (again) how it can be a real drag playing here with unsporting opponents and a community who cares about themselves and their cliques, rather than newcomers. I'll just stick to playing casual drafts with the cube or repacks from now on.

Love the new Christina Perri song feat. Jason Mraz, Distance. Her songs are always so hauntingly harmonious and, coupled with Jason Mraz's easy listen voice / songs, this duet is pretty good.

I've finished Max Payne 3 of late, now replaying it on harder difficulties and multiplayer. Its a decent game, I always liked the Max Payne dark storylines and noir setting. MP3 is a departure from noir but it puts a fresh spin on the franchise so I'm not complaining. Besides upgraded graphics and a brighter setting, the game is similar to the previous two, lots of action, bullet-time and blood.

Janice and I planned a 'makan-makan KL' trip together last Sunday. It promised to be really good, lots of touring the part of KL we never go to while tasting some great food in almost exotic locations. Instead, what we got was lots of walking, closed shops and traffic jams (of both vehicles and people). Who closes a food shop on a freaking Sunday anyway?

After lots of walking, we decided to move on to Bangsar to explore the food at Lorong Ara Kiri. We had Char Kuey Teow (not so good), Pork Ball Noodles (even worse), Tom Yam Seafood Noodles (so so) and Sarawak Laksa (very nice - but not as nice as my friend's mom's laksa). Rounded it off with a pricey Caramel Latte at a small outlet. We're going to try again the week after next, maybe go to Malacca this time around since my good buddy will be back to settle her wedding.

Good times to look forward to.

"Making Customisation Affordable"

This would be a great vision for a company, I think. Simple, catchy and direct. The company can be involved in all sorts of customisation activities, like raw materials for customisations (e.g. paints, glues), customisation designs (e.g. art, decals) and so on. Wish I could build a business like this someday.