Life Outside PLT1

Gaming: Neverwinter Nights 2

Read Jawyei’s blog entry on Neverwinter Nights 2 at http://jawyei.blogspot.com/

Dining: Hot and Spicy Instant Noodles

Read Jawyei’s blog entry on hot and spicy instant noodles at http://jawyei.blogspot.com/

Gaming: Jawyei’s Most Memorable Games for the last Decade

Read Jawyei’s blog entry on his most memorable games for the last decade at http://jawyei.blogspot.com/

Cooking: Salt and Pepper Prawns

Read Jawyei’s blog entry on Salt and Pepper Prawns at http://jawyei.blogspot.com/

Movies: Sherlock Holmes

Read Jawyei’s review at http://jawyei.blogspot.com/

Movies: Avatar

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Musings: Luck vs Fate

Luck - noun - 3. a combination of circumstances, events, etc., operating by chance to bring good or ill to a person (source: dictionary.com)

Fate - noun - 1. something that unavoidably befalls a person (source: dictionary.com)

Both these words can be good or bad given the outcome or process (although fate it seems associate to the bad and destiny is used to reference the good). Whether you believe in these two words there is no mistake that you will have use them to describe something. In one off instances one would use luck to state the good or ill fortunes of someone but what if that instance happens to that person again and again? Would that person then just be incredibly lucky (good or bad luck) or it’s fated (or destined if it’s a good outcome/situation).
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I hate lying to charity workers

Let’s face it, everyone does it. Some charity drive is in full swing, crosses your path and you don’t have the heart to say “no” flat out; I guess it’s in our nature as humans to both suppress and embrace our inner douchebag.

I mean, it’s not like we all personally hate the idea of charities fulfilling their intended purposes but it’s really not by any stroke of bad luck that we go “sorry, I don’t have any change” or “i’m really busy right now but i’ll check out your website when I get home” or “i’ve just had my prostate and testicles removed and my doctor has discouraged me from reaching into my pant pockets so if you want me to donate you’ll have to help me carefully remove my pants and extract my wallet from them and then help me carefully put my pants back on”.
These are all pretty lame excuses but at the heart of it all we’re just trying to avoid having to say “look, I have nothing against your organisation but we as first-world borne citizens of the free world have been taught our entire lives, by people with vested interests in our success, to not be altruistic and to strive against all odds to hang on to what is ours.”

There’s no point hiding it anymore, so let’s take turns admiting it:
My name is Simon and i’m a douchebag.

Musings: North Korea

Whilst paruzing through the internetz I came across a discussion on North Korea at GP Forums that can be found here. In amongst the jib jab came a link to quite an interesting documentary.

http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3
http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-2-of-3
http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-3-of-3

A vbs.tv presenter, citing that “no one knows anything about North Korea”, ventures into North Korea and embarks on one of their ‘tours’ to see their sites and sounds. What’s interesting is the fact that you get to see what North Korea is like through a video camera. I’ve seen photos taken of people who have been on these ‘tours’ and read articles on them but never actually seen moving images of one of the most secret places in the world. It’s very well presented showing how entrenched the nation and just your joe average citizen is into Kim Jong Il’s behind. This got me thinking, how would you integrate North Korea to the rest of the world?
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Movies: Surrogates

Went and saw Surrogates Tuesday (10/11/2009) evening with Alex Mason and Steve Biggins. Was looking forward to this movie as people of my outlook then to be people sitting on a comfy chair typing into a computer and being something more than their real life selves can be. Or maybe that’s just me. I can, however, say that this movie’s premise would appeal to all your WoW players out there and anyone that ever has ever donned an avatar persona. The trailer to the movie can be seen here.

Pros:
Interesting premise of exploring people’s fears of going outside
Properly paced story
Decent action

Cons:
Story was interesting but predictable and fell short
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