Ragnarok 2: Closed Beta Testing

A few months ago, someone in my Facebook network shared a post regarding Ragnarok 2 LOTS. At that time, I wasn't really aware of RO2: Legend of the Second. What I know about is RO2: The Gate of the World which according to "some" people was a total let down. I don't know much about it though because the game is only available in Korea. When I first saw RO2 LOTS, I fell totally in love with the 3D graphics. I've been so familiar with the 2D sprites of RO1 that sometimes I just get tired of it. *_* Don't get me wrong.. I totally loved RO1 and I think pixel animation is pretty but sometimes I really wish that there'd be more customization options for players like changing the character's clothing appearance depending on what equipment he/she is wearing. *.* 

I've been waiting for updates about the beta release of RO2 LOTS and a week earlier before the said release, I was really excited to play it even though the game is 3.8 GB big. *_* Dec. 7 finally came and I downloaded the game installer for almost 3 days. Due to download traffic and other technical issues, the game site and forum were down for maintenance. Sadly, I only got to try the game on the last day of the CBT. -_-

I usually go for acolyte or mage class in mmorpgs. Here in RO2 I figured that it would be difficult to solo as an acolyte so I made a mage character instead. One of the awesome features that RO2 offers for its players is the ability to take on a profession like being an artisan, an alchemist, a blacksmith and a cook. Alchemists and blacksmiths are already common in RO1 and we almost see them everywhere and cooks are also like Genetics. I chose to be an artisan because I like the thought of my character crafting equipment, accessories and fancy stuff. =)

This is my mage, Keina, grinding a few levels and aimlessly slaying Baby Porings. The monsters in RO2 are stronger compared to RO1. Baby Porings are only level 1 monsters and they are the weakest ones in the game but it takes about 4 to 5 hits before killing one unlike in RO, hit them once or twice and they're squished. -_-

This is the Kafra lady for RO2. She looks so pretty like the girls in a Maid Cafe. lol. =) The Kafra service offers the same functions such as item storage, save point though I'm not sure yet if it lets you teleport to other places. 

This is one of the quest NPCs offering you some decent equipment for finishing her quest. =)

I stopped playing at level 7 because there's really no point in playing when my progress will be deleted anyway. -.- I was happy to hunt some cards from the monsters -  flip, hornet and lunatic. Hopefully it wouldn't be that hard to hunt for cards in the game because in RO1, one of the many reasons why people bot is because the drop rate of cards is really low. -_-

Speaking of bugs, I encountered this kinda creepy character glitch while I was playing. This happens whenever I face an obstacle and look at my character's face in front view. xD Also while leveling I noticed that some monsters cannot be attacked no matter how you click them or spam them with skills. 

After closed beta testing all characters and items will be fully wiped but the players are given the priveledge to keep their in game characters if they reached level 25 during CBT. Well it's a good thing for concerned players but I'm not worried about my own in game name since the ones I used are not usually common. =)

I can't wait for the Opening Beta. =) You can download RO2 LOTS here. I'll see you guys in the CBT! 

La Corda D' Oro: Seiyuu Event

Seisou Gakuensai 3

La Corda D' Oro Event

I don't own anything. I'm only sharing this for entertainment purposes. :D

I ripped this from Tudou.com and I'm not really sure who to credit.. ;_; Don't worry the quality is okay though. The highlight of this event for me was when the seiyuus were asked to imitate each other. xD

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Pokemon Movie 1: Mewtwo Strikes Back

A Pokemon movie is tearing me up! Yes, I know that this is already old but nevertheless, the original Pokemon and characters will always be a good classic to watch. Ash together with Misty, Brock and seeing nurse Joys and officer Jennys brings back good memories of my childhood. I remember seeing this movie in television when I was in Elementary. For me, Mewtwo will always be the best legendary pokemon out of all of them. Why? Because he is psychic and psychics kick butts. =)

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The movie starts off with Mewtwo having doubts about his purpose of existence. When he learns that he was created to be the strongest Pokemon but genetically made from Mew's DNA, he couldn't accept it and thought that he is far more stronger than ordinary Pokemons and humans. Mewtwo escapes destroying the laboratory along with the scientists that created him. He is asked by Giovanni to become partners in his plans for world domination. Mewtwo agrees and later on found out that Giovanni also wanted to gain control of him and his powers and so he left. Ash receives an invitation from a certain Pokemon master and asks him as well as other trainers to come to a specified island and their journey starts here on.. 

I've been watching a lot of Pokemon series until now and as far as I know, Ash is alive and well but this scene in the movie where Ash risked his life to save the Pokemon and appeared to be dead pulled my heartstrings. Pikachu was desperately waking him up but nothing works.. seeing Pikachu with all those tears welled up something inside me. It was really heartbreaking to watch but.. we're talking about Pokemon here. The power of friendship do miracles and wonders. :)

Anime: Sword Art Online Ep. 17

This post will be image heavy as I wanted to comment on several highlights of this episode. :D Here in episode 17, we finally get to know more about the new main characters in this season. One of them is Leafa, a strong-willed girl who is knowledgeable around Alfheim Online. She reminds me of  Link in the Zelda series because they have similar hair and outfit color not to mention that they are elvish. =) Leafa might be as well Link's female persona. xD Yeah, Leafa is pretty charming but I still prefer Asuna. :> 

Leafa taught Kirito the basics of flying without the use of the controller. At first Kirito sucked at it then after a few swooshing and swinging around, he's starting to catch up with Leafa. As expected of the great beater Kirito-sama. xD

But only he didn't learn one of the most important things about flying, the way of proper landing. XD I really LOL-ed at this particular scene. xD Good thing Leafa knows basic healing spells.

Recon, Leafa's friend that we saw in the previous episode made an appearance again. Couldn't the maker of SAO thought of a better name? I feel sorry for Recon (Re-log in). Lol.

And sorry for bringing this up even I'm a girl haha, Leafa has big breasts. :3 I thought she was like Asuna. 8D *kidding*

I just confirmed in this episode that my hunch before was right. Leafa's real identity is none other than Suguha, Kirito's cousin. xD SAO's leaning towards some incest elements as Suguha's feelings for Kirito are somewhat obvious. @_@

And Asuna finally made an appearance as Alfheim's fairy queen, Titania and she's supposed to be that bastard Sugou's wife in the game. I used to think that maybe Asuna's memories in this game has been wiped out especially her memories of Kirito but thank God that was not the case. 

On the other hand, Sugou is Alfheim's fairy king Oberon and the game master as well. He confessed to Asuna that his real intention in making the game is to have the players as experiment subjects. Sugou claims that he's conducting experiments about altering memories of a person and later on sell that technology to some American corporation. This bastard is so greedy and selfish I just want to beat him to a pulp. 

Hurry Kirito, Asuna needs you.. :/

PSP: Sol Trigger

I've always wanted to try and play a Japanese RPG that is not translated into English. I often see those gamers posting their own gameplay of various Japanese games and majority of them claim to have not much knowledge about Nihonggo. I actually admire those people and since I have basic knowledge about Nihonggo (all thanks to anime and Japanese fandom), I want to try playing one as well. So I when I saw a game trailer of Sol Trigger in Youtube I've been itching to play it. :P

Sol Trigger ソールトリガー is a turn-based Japanese role-playing game developed by Image Epoch for the PSP. Imageepoch Inc. is known for their games in different gaming consoles/handhelds such as 7th Dragon, Luminous Arc serie, Sands of Destruction in Nintendo DS; Fate/Extra, Criminal Girls, Black Rock Shooter in PSP; Arc Rise Fantasia in Wii and Chevalier Saga Tactics and Tokitowa for the PS3. Sol Trigger was released in Japan on October 4, 2012.

(Pictures came from Sol Trigger's official Japanese site I put them altogether <3 span="span">) 

The main characters consist of Farel (protagonist), a sword wielder; Ema (main healer), a pistol user; Valter, a scythe user, Cyril (support/offense), a mace user; Sophie (mobber because of her AOE skills) a cannon expert and Gustaf (offense), an axe user. Farel is the main controllable character but you can choose 3 of your party members from Cyril, Sophie, Valter, Cyril and Gustaf. I personally like an all-girls party so I'm using Ema, Sophie and Cyril. :D What's great about this game is that you don't have to worry about those other characters you don't use of being under-leveled. If your party members are currently level twenty-eight, then the sub-members would also be level twenty-eight. I don't use Gustav and Valter but they are the same level as my party. Pretty convenient huh. :D

Here's an example of the battle system recorded by me. =)

I really like this game. I just learned earlier that every party member has its own story. For now, I've only seen Ema and I love her anime scene with Farel. I'm planning to complete all the character's story and master all their skills which will probably take some time. I also want to translate some cut scenes with voiced dialogues specially those with Farel and Ema, Sophie and Cyril.

For those who are reading this, you should get this game. You won't regret it. :D It's fun to play and you don't really need to know Japanese to finish the whole game. :)

Anime: Sword Art Online Ep. 16

I just finished watching episode 16 of SAO a couple of minutes ago. I'm glad that they finally introduced the new fairy land virtual game, Alfheim Online, that I've been seeing in trailers.I prefer Kirito's black long coat before compared to his elf appearance now. For me he looked cooler and more badass before. :/ Hopefully he'd get a change of robes in the next episodes. 

It seems that AO is actually a sub part of SAO that's why Kirito retained some of his skills though not all of his items could be read in AO's system but fortunately, he still had Yui's virtual heart in his inventory which actually revived Yui in the game. (Oh wait, what? I thought Asuna made Yui's heart as a pendant of a necklace that she was wearing? o.o)

I'm really glad to see here again. :D If Yui was an immortal object in SAO's system, here in AO she's a cuuteeeeeeee navigation pixie. Take a look at her transformed pixie perfect look and her size is pixie-fied too. <3 nbsp="nbsp">

And a new character is introduced but I am too lazy to search for her name. :D I'll know her name in the next episode for sure since she's one of the main characters in SAO for this season. When I first saw her in the trailer, I thought she was Sugu, Kirito's cousin. XD 

Maybe it will be a while before we get to see Asuna again. :/

Dragon nest: Minotaur's nest first solo attempt

Two days ago, I attempted to solo Minotaur's Nest with my level 34 engineer. The dungeon was recommended for a party of 4 people that are at least level 24 so being 10 levels higher I thought I should give it a try. Together with my robot army Alfredo and the mecha ducks, I entered the nest without really knowing what's waiting for me inside... *panic*

At first, I could handle Minotaur's minions. Setting all my cannon attacks and shooting my ducks here and there but when Minotaur itself engaged us in a battle, I always found myself getting dragged around by him. >.< He was huge and enormous for my loli character that sometimes I could no longer see myself. lol. With around 4 to 5 deaths, I still managed to kill him and had all the loots for myself. I got lucky with that S-rank and the epic Cow Strike heraldry. =) My character was only geared up with a +7 Gaia set (with the suffixes and enhancements). I'll probably get myself epic gears upon becoming a Gear Master. :)

Bad Job Application Experience

I just want to share my experience with this BS II Company in Ortigas and it's "fraudulent" ways to get people to work for them. A month ago, I received a text message coming from a certain Ms. Ella who was telling me to come for an interview the next day. Supposedly, there were hiring people from all kinds of courses for their newly opened office at Ortigas Tektite Building. At that time, me and my best friends were having a sleep over here at my house so I asked my friends if they want to come with me next time. They agreed and so the three of us went to Phil. Stock Exchange Center Tektite bldg. and decided to check the job opportunity being offered. When we arrived there, a man around early 30's asked us if we were there for a job application. I said yes and he offered us to check out their office inside the Phil. Stock Exchange Center. I asked him what company he was talking about and it seems that it was the same company that we're actually looking for. The guy asked us if we were there for an appointment and I told him yes with Ms. Ella and he asked again if I had an appointment with Ms. Ella that certain day. When I told him "no" he told us that he'd be our contact person instead and that if we were asked by the company how we learned about them, we'd tell them that we're only walk-in applicants. Me and my friends made glances at each other and we're starting to think that something's kinda fishy. With caution, we went with our "contact person" and he guided us a couple of floors up the building (can't remember the exact floor). We were guided inside a room with only tables and chairs that is packed with applicants . Nothing more. There were no computers or other office equipments of some sort. We were immediately presented to their Senior Area Manager and he was the one who conducted the interview with all three of us. Actually, one of our friends was only there to accompany us but people from that company insisted that she too should participate in the interview, seminar as well as the exams. So okay we finished the initial interview, attended their afternoon seminar and took the exams. It turned out that there were fees to be paid for us to become hired by the company. Part of their requirements is for us to pay P500 which they called their "accreditation fee" and to avail at least one of their offered products which is around P2k+ I think. There was no job to begin with. They hire people to recruit other people and for those people to recruit more people. It's a pyramid marketing scam. They earn through those requirement fees that they collect from their applicants. The senior area manager even told us that he could pay for the 500 on our behalf and we could just pay it the next day but good thing we were smart enough not to be deceived by them. Finally, he told us that we are hired *insert evil sarcastic laugh here* and that we should come back the next day. We said we would. When we got home, we blocked their numbers and laughed how we almost made a fool of ourselves. :D  

  

It is BS II Company located in Phil. Stock Exchange Center, Tektite Bldg. in Ortigas. Now, I'm merely sharing my bad experience with this certain company. For all those job seekers, please always be cautious. Don't just barge in a company after they contact you. Make a research first about the company and decide whether the company is legit or worth your time/money.

Anime: Sword Art Online Ep. 12

This episode breaks my heart. How could they kill such an adorable and nice character. :'( When Yui first appeared in episode 11, I thought Kirito and Asuna would finally have their happy      family inside that damned virtual world. So much for keeping my hopes up. :/

Oh well, this probably goes to show that SAO isn't your typical yey-Kirito-Asuna-became-a-couple-we-should-celebrate kind of anime. Kirito should just give Asuna a real baby, kidding. :3 

Kara: Jiyoung - Wanna Do (Jap. PV+Lyrics)

[MV] Jiyoung (KARA) - Wanna Do JP Ver. by mrhoneyhammie

Kang Jiyoung - Wanna Do Jap. Lyrics

(Please credit me and link back to this blog when posting the lyrics to other places thanks.)

yume mitai na
koi mo itsuka
owari o suge
kioku ni naru
demo kimi to sugoshita hibi
kantan ni wa
kesenai no
mou iie ni naru
imademo kimi ga
modotte kuro no
negatta iru nante
baka mitai yo ne

chorus:
(oh i wanna do wanna do)
kimi o wasureru
kore ijou namida
kobosanai
(oh iwanna do wanna do)
subette wasureru
omotte mo kimi ni todokanai
dakara

shashin no naka
kimi to watashi
shiawase sou ni
hohoemi kara
yubisaki de kimi no egao
kakushite mitta
konna funi kesettara ii
itsu hi nattara
kizu wa iette
omoide ni kegashitte
jiyuu ni nareru

*repeat chorus*

kirai ni nareba
raku na no ni
dekinakutte
kokoro ga itai

kono negau koto wa
kimi e no kimochi
mou let it go, let it go
te banashite

oh i wanna do wanna do
tsuyoku naru koto
hitori demo mae ni
susumitai
dakara~

oohhh oh be mine..

Kara: Dear Kamilia English Lyrics

I made this English lyrics based from this English translation. :) If you're gonna use it for your cover, kindly inform and credit me. Thanks and enjoy~ :)

With All of my Heart

Since the day that we first met

There are words, that I've had hidden until now

It's not because I got so embarrassed

That I've tried, to keep those words away from now

They say that dreams won't be always true

But I know somehow I can still be with you

Even though we are in different worlds

I believe, I'd still be able to meet you

Even if, the world, will change every single day

With your smile, I know, I can still wipe those fears away

Even if a long time will pass us I can still believe

No matter what, that you would still be here with me

Chorus:

From the bottom of my heart

I want to show you how much I thank you

Can you hear me now?

You protect me everyday 

and shower me with so much love and warmth 

Baby I just want to tell you how much I love you

A promise that we'll make

That no matter how much time will pass us years from now

We'd still be side by side

What we have now is destiny

It is fate, that you are right now here with me

Even if I'll be born once again

I know, that you and I will surely meet

Sometimes, sometimes, even if it hurts and I shed tears

Softly, softly, you whisper nice words in my ears

At those times, when my heart and mind is full of sadness and fears

You're always there to raise me up and take my hand


Repeat Chorus

K-pop: T-ara Alleged Bullying Controversy

     Tons of articles are everywhere on the internet regarding this whole CCM/T-ara issue, Hwayoung even made it as the 5th trending topic in Twitter days ago. I believe I've already read enough proof to be leaning towards Hwayoung's side of this scandal. I'm not really a big fan of T-ara but I liked some of their songs and one of their members, Eun Jung. Later on, a friend of mine introduced me to their latest song, Day by day and Hwayoung really impressed me with her rapping. For me, Day by day would no longer  be that good without Hwayoung's rapping parts. As much as I want to have faith in T-ara and keep supporting them amidst all of this mess, I can't. I may not know the root of all this issue but I can't keep quiet when the issue of bullying is already involved in this matter.

Here are some articles written regarding evidences gathered by the netizens:

• Hwayoung bullying evidence/pictures
• Rumored post written by Hwayoung 
• Eunjung rice cake stuffing issue
• Hwayoung falling while dancing
• Hwayoung wasn't given any food even though Hyomin got 2 for herself  

And do you remember the umbrella issue wherein Boram supposedly broke Hwayoung's umbrella? It was confirmed fake by this article.  Even if that umbrella issue was proven to be fabricated by netizens,  I believe we already have an ample amount of evidences lying around that lead us back to the bullying issue. As much as I've wanted to give you proof of T-ara's friendliness towards Hwayoung, unfortunately I can't find anything of that sort around the internet. xD Are all of this coincidences? But we have that old saying "When there is smoke, there is fire". :) It's all up to you how you should side with this issue but once and for all, my sympathy is for Hwayoung. She, or no one really deserves to be treated like this no matter what the reasons are.

Keep strong Hwayoung. :)

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AdF.ly - shorten your links and earn money

     AdF.ly is basically a site that shortens your URL and generates income for you whenever someone clicks your links. I've been shrinking my links for a week now and slowly building up more traffic for my blog to increase my "link clicks" :D You can place these links on your blogs, Facebook and Twitter. It's for FREE so sign up now~ :)

Recommended Vampire Novels for Teens

Here are some recommended vampire novels for young adults and adults to read. :)

Vampire Academy

      Vampire Academy Official Website

Vampire Academy is a best-selling series of six young-adult paranormal romance novels by American author Richelle Mead. It tells the story of Rose Hathaway, a seventeen-year-old Dhampir girl, who is training to be a bodyguard for her Moroi best friend, Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir. In the process of learning how to defeat Strigoi (the evil undead vampires) in St. Vladimir's Academy, Rose finds herself caught in a forbidden romance with her instructor, Dimitri Belikov, while having an unbreakable bond with Lissa." 

source: wikipedia

Vampire Diaries

     Vampire Diaries Official Website

Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels Created By L. J. Smith. The story centers around Elena Gilbert, a young high school girl who finds herself eventually torn between two vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore. The first four novels in the original series: The Awakening, The Struggle, The Fury and Dark Reunion all feature Stefan Salvatore and Elena Gilbert as the narrators and main protagonists of the series.

source: wikipedia

Vampire Kisses 

 

Vampire Kisses Official Website

     Vampire Kisses is a series of books written by Ellen Schreiber and revolves around the life of a teenaged goth girl named Raven Madison. The first book in the series, Vampire Kisses, was one of the American Library Association's young adult book picks for 2004.

source:  wikipedia

House of Night

     House of Night Official Website

House of Night is a series of vampire-themed fantasy novels by American author P. C. Cast and her daughter Kristin Cast. It follows the adventures of Zoey Redbird, a sixteen-year-old girl who has just become a "fledgling vampyre" and is required to attend the House of Night boarding school in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

source: wikipedia

Thirst

     Thirst Author's Official Publisher Page

Thirst follows the story of Alisa who has been in control of her urges for the five thousand years she has been a vampire. She feeds but does not kill, and she lives her life on the fringe to maintain her secret. But when her creator returns to hunt her, she must break her own rules in order to survive.

 source: goodreads.com

Night World

     Night World Official page

Night World is a series of ten young-adult fantasy novels by American author L. J. Smith. The series presents a story in which vampires, witches, werewolves and shape-shifters live among humans without their knowledge. These supernatural races make up a secret society known as the Night World, which enforces two fundamental laws to prevent discovery: 1) Never allow humans to gain knowledge of the Night World's existence and, 2) Never fall in love with one of them.

source: wikipedia

Twilight Saga

     Twilight Official Website

Twilight is a series of four vampire-themed fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. It charts a period in the life of Isabella "Bella" Swan, a teenage girl who moves to Forks, Washington, and falls in love with a 104-year-old vampire named Edward Cullen. The series is told primarily from Bella's point of view, with the epilogue of Eclipse and Part II of Breaking Dawn being told from the viewpoint of character Jacob Black, a werewolf. The unpublished Midnight Sun is a retelling of the first book, Twilight, from Edward Cullen's point of view.

source: wikipedia

PBB Teens Big Night 2012

4TH BIG PLACER - Joj and Jai

 I really wasn't expecting this. I thought the twins would be ranked 3rd or 2nd but not 4th. Oh well, I'm still glad that the both of them made it until Big Night. Cheers for these twins. <3 :)

3RD BIG PLACER - Roy

Roy in the 3rd place. I thought he'd end up in the 4th place though. =) Good for him though.. with all the hard work that he's done as a good son, he deserved to make it this far. :)

2ND BIG PLACER - Karen

 Karen. Even with her kind of personality, I always knew that she too has many supporters. I used to dislike her during the first month of PBB. But as time passed by, I realized that there were good changes in her as an individual. Keep being strong Karen. :)

BIG WINNER - Myrtle

Myrtle~ I knew it. :)) I knew that she'd be the Big Winner this edition. She's awesome as a teenager. She's responsible, smart, good-looking, nice and down to earth. Congratulations Myrtle~ <3

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