Season’s Greetings from my office tabletop!

Get your Fratastic badge now! I’m not too sure what constitutes a Fratastic Bar, but hey, whatever helps.

I don’t think anyone one here would understand that title unless you’re working at

a) PIDM, or

b) Long’s Creative.

Either way, December has lived up to its promise of being apeshit insane — the amount of production work that the company has been up to is the most I’ve seen in the (quasi) three years I’ve been working there, and it doesn’t seem that the madness is going to let up anytime soon.

It’s been fun, but understandably hectic.

Also, to underscore my laziness, here’s a snapshot of the Japanese buffet at Umai-Ya in Puchong that I went for earlier today:

Did I ever mention about that time when I took leave from work just to play God of War III?  It’s that sort of behaviour that I can’t really abide by — yet I practice it.  Fortunately, this month demands that I refrain from taking leave (although I have a gazillion days of leave that I have yet to clear) — but it doesn’t mean I can’t stretch my thumbs out for some racing goodness.

I started playing NFS: Hot Pursuit last night, but I can safely say that it’s got me hooked.  For starters, it looks great.  Let’s try not to compare it with GT5, because when all’s said and done, GT5 is for people who don’t like to go anywhere in particular, while the NFS games are for those of us who just want to get somewhere.  So far, the single player component is challenging without being obnoxious, and the multiplayer component is fast (fortunately proving my initial reservations wrong).

Get the game if you have a PS3, seriously.  It’ll keep you more amused than GT5, which has its own merits — it doesn’t mean that NFS doesn’t deserve your attention.

I’m here in the Tanjung Aru Resort in Kota Kinabalu overnight for business.

Classy!  I don’t know what to say, so I’ll just post these:

I’m staying in a fancy-schmancy suite, thanks largely to my employers.  I wouldn’t mind extending my stay, but I don’t have a couple of hundred bucks to spare.  Phooey.

I was frantically searching for the Mark 1 suit during the furor of the lead-in to Iron Man 2.  I was still doing the same after the movie had concluded its run; my rationale for obsessing over the Mark 1 suit was that it looked incredibly awesome, despite its apparent awkwardness.

Months and months of labourious casual surfing on eBay every now and then didn’t pay off — the action figure was either too pricey or just…too pricey.  Luckily, a few weeks back, I redeemed my Toys “R” Us points for some vouchers, and found a Mark 1 suit that was part of the Iron Man 2 Hall of Armor collection.

I picked it up straight away.

My main complaint is that the figure doesn’t actually fit into the small display case — it’s quite a snug fit.  However, the option to perpetually light the display is a nice touch, despite the fact that it’d probably run the AAA batteries dry.   Luckily, the first set of batteries were already included, though changing them would require getting an incredibly small-headed screwdriver to open the underside of the base.

Apart from the minor gripes aside, I am quite a happy camper.

Thank God for vouchers.

Hi there, True Believer!  I’ll be back at Laila’s again this Wednesday, the 17th November!

I’m kicking things off at 9:00 p.m. (so that I can leave early and catch a good night’s sleep), and I’ll try to start punctually.

Try is the operative term here.

If you’re in the PJ neighbourhood, you can swing on by to catch us.

Cheers!

Here’s the FB event page which has more details on the F&B deals at Laila’s.