Heavenly Sword: The Demo

I stopped by my regular gaming haunt (Gamer's Hideout) at Cineleisure today and had the chance to play the Heavenly Sword demo. The graphics are awesome but the gameplay leaves much to be desired. I mashed buttons all the way through the short demo and am not too impressed by it. If this is what next-gen gaming is all about then Sony's really got a lot of catch up to do to get to where Nintendo is at. I'm having loads of fun with my Wii despite the fact that it's not a graphical powerhouse compared to the Playstation3 and the Xbox 360.


The above is an image of Heavenly Sword that I got off the official site. The pic features Nariko, the hot red head who is the heroine for the game. Incidentally the game features tonnes of motion capture work done by Andy Serkis (Gollum in the LOTR Trilogy) and his team of actors & animators. Hollywood is crossing over into video games in a big way but having all this motion capture work doesn't do a thing to evolve video games at all.

Give me my Nintendo Wii any day. Oops ... the Wii isn't really mine. It's shared with my brother. So give US our NIntendo Wii any day.

What an AWESOME Day

I had such an awesome day today. I mean it's just such a joy to have had a good day and to have been pretty productive too.

I got up on the morning. Prepped the photos that I promised to make into prints for Yin Meng & the kids in Cambodia. Hit the gym, had a simple breakfast of 2 roti canais & some mutton curry then sent off a document to RIM (the recording industry association in Malaysia).

Then I finally got around to editing the recessional track for my cell member Jac's wedding which is happening real soon in September. I got that done ... sent out some work-related emails to follow-up getting distribution for Juwita's album in SIngapore then I pushed off for Mutiara Damansara where I picked up some stuff for Yin Meng & also got the prints done. I'll send all these items back with the August youth team from DUMC who'll be flying to Cambodia on Monday.

The best part today was just having an epiphany of sorts. It's been a struggle holding the fort at Four Forty Records and I believe God's been preparing me a lot since I left my first job at Arachnid. I'm more prepared now to do this. To go the extra mile for Four Forty Records, I know that I must be prepared to make hard decisions and to even work extra hours. Right now the biggest challenge that we have is monetary and a small opportunity has opened up that might possibly allow for me to get a full-time position at my old ad agency Mantra. If that happens then it'll solve my own personal finances while at the same time free up what little resources we have over at Four Forty to expend it on a proper accounts person to help us out part-time. If any of you are looking for a part-time accounts thing do feel free to drop me a line.

Anyways, I've been very wordy in this post. It has been a good day and it still hasn't ended yet. I'll be meeting up with my good friend Roland to catch up a bit over dinner & then it's off to the movies. There's nothing much on now so I'm relegated to watching DIsturbia which I hope will be good. That kid from Transformers is in it and he's a decent actor. Of course I could be very much be influenced by some of the write-ups I've read about him.

That's all from me today. Here's to hopefully me returning to Mantra and also to have some of the flexibility I need to keep doing Four Forty Records and to grow it further.

Cheers!

My Movie Hit-list: Ratatouille

I am so looking forward to catching Pixar's latest animated flick Ratatouille. Directed by Brad Bird (who also directed Finding Nemo & The Incredibles) I am sure it'd be as heart-warming and visually gorgeous as his previous two movies. I've replaced my Transformers wallpaper on my iBook with Ratatouille wallpaper in anticipation of the movie. It's gonna be good fun. Wait for my review when the movie opens on August 16th.

For more Ratatouille goodness and wallpaper check out the official site at http://disney.go.com/ratatouille/

Say Cheese!!!

Cambodia, ELC 07 & NECF Dinner Pix

Here are some links to some photos I took while I was in Cambodia, Singapore and at last night's NECF dinner! Check it out ...

http://wengyuen.multiply.com/photos/album/2

http://wengyuen.multiply.com/photos/album/3

http://wengyuen.multiply.com/photos/album/4

Enjoy!

Breaking My Dead Silence

I've been super silent these past few weeks cos' I've been doing a lot of traveling. I was in Cambodia and that was followed up by a recent trip to Singapore for Eagles Leadership Conference where I was thoroughly inspired by all that I heard there. In case some of you don't know who Joni Eareckson-Tada is here's a link to her website. I've been very touched by her sharing of her life to all those who attended the conference.

Here's a pic of Joni I pulled off the web

I have had the privilege of listening to her 3 times in the past few days and I look into my heart and I realise that the disabilities I have are far worse than Joni's quadriplegia. The one thing that strikes me most is the pure joy that emanates from her and I shared with Juwita that I'll miss hearing that. I am more disabled than Joni in her wheelchair. I am bound and trapped by my own selfishness, self-centredness and by self-pity. I'm not being who God wants me to be and I'm thankful that He shows me right now in this time of my life.

I have had to make hard choices in this past month especially. I have to let go of someone who has become very close to me and to trust God to bring her back to me if it's within His plan but more importantly I have to right now work on things in my own life that I've struggled with immensely all this while. I want to lean on God in my weaknesses and come out of this strong and totally dependent on Him. I understand now that the pang of loneliness in my heart is one that is crying out for God. Even though I've known Him for almost all my life I have yet to totally give my life over to Him. I'm just as stubborn in having my own way as any other person. To be fair to myself I have grown a lot and learnt how to give up things to Him but I guess being human it takes us such a long time to really learn how to trust God completely with our lives. A very good friend of mine once said to me that the problem with being a living sacrifice is that we tend to wander of God's altar. How true that is. How true.

I've got a few pix to post on my recent trip to Singapore. I'll drop a link to them later tonight once I've uploaded the pix. Right now I just wanna close by thanking God for Joni Eareckson-Tada and the inspiration that she is to so many; that she allows God to use her and in her humility to not let her suffering become a crutch but rather a strength that gives God complete glory. I was just telling my business partner Juwita that I'll miss hearing her voice because it has become so familiar all throughout the conference. There is such joy that emanates from her and I thank God for someone like Joni who can rejoice because of her suffering.

That's all from me. Keep an eye out for my pix soon. I've gotta get em' off my phone and upload em' in a bit.

Cheers!