Diary of a Returning Gamer #5

Haven't written this in a while. Well here goes.

 Dancing and gaming melded together oh so nicely...

I'm back into gaming mode. On weekends, Friday and Saturday nights, I hang out with my Pump it Up friends. It's been like this for the past year. I've mentioned before I'm one of the only dedicated freestylers to this game among our friends. Everybody else just goes into BEAST Mode doing 7-10+ steps per second rounds, stepper style. Over the past 9 months, I've been incorporating shuffling, or rocking as it was previously called in oldskool style, into my freestyle routines. The hard thing is that most of the great freestyle songs are slower than 140-160 BPM (beats per minute). Of the ones that are within that range, the step charts are too fast to shuffle into. I'd look like this:

I made this GIF myself.

Then again, I haven't looked deep enough into all the songs. Maybe I'll find a good song within range, give or take 10 BPMS, shuffling tune, incorporate my freestyle routines and post a video. I'll keep it posted. I've sprained my ankle two months ago. Still recovering. Then there's the shoulder injury. Also in recovery.
Besides this, I'm playing God of War III and Heavy Rain. Also, Maplestory. I play in moderation now and don't do those 10-15 hour gaming sprints. New challenges awaits....

I'm done.

30 Days of Truth - Day 23

Something you wish you have done in your life

This ties in with what I wrote Day 22.
I wish I chose to become a doctor.

from Day 22:

"I still have desires to help people in need. You know how they say that the first one you pick are always right? It may be true for my case. As far as I can remember, I wanted to be a doctor. I'm don't feel queezy with blood and any bodily fluids in surgeries and whatnot. I know that doctors make a lot of money, but that's not really the reason why I wanted to be a doctor.

"Choosing Computer Science for a major was a financial choice. Also, that's where everything is heading to right now. I gave up piano and art to focus on Computer Science."

I'm done.

30 Days of Truth - Day 22

Something you wish you hadn't done in your life

I have many regrets, but I wouldn't be who I am right now if I didn't do them.

Nevertheless, I wish I hadn't gone on to become a Computer Science major. I wish I went on to become a doctor. I still have desires to help people in need. You know how they say that the first one you pick are always right? It may be true for my case. As far as I can remember, I wanted to be a doctor. I'm don't feel queezy with blood and any bodily fluids in surgeries and whatnot. I know that doctors make a lot of money, but that's not really the reason why I wanted to be a doctor.

Choosing Computer Science for a major was a financial choice. Also, that's where everything is heading to right now. I gave up piano and art to focus on Computer Science.

I'm done.

30 Days of Truth - Day 21

(Scenario) Your best friend is in a car accident and you two got into a fight an hour earlier. What do you do?

This isn't even a question nor a dilemma for me. Argument, disagreements, silly banter... whatever. I'll go to my best friend.

I'm done.

30 Days of Truth - Day 20

Your views on drugs and alcohol

DRUGS:

ALCOHOL:

Only do it in extreme moderation.

I'm done.

30 Days of Truth - Day 19

What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?

I have one unified answer for both religion and politics.

Nothing is absolute. So nothing is perfect. I think that religion and politics are both outdated and flawed. There are other ways to handle the population and I'm sure there will be future geniuses that can come up with something new. Despite it all, both religion and politics are needed and is necessary for modern society to function whether we like it or not. We can't expect everyone to just change something in a blink of an eye. That's why religion and politics must evolve.

I liken this to computers. There are many new developments in the computer industry and as far as the general population is concerned, they will never see it until the powers that be approve it for mass consumption. There's gotta be checks and balances. They'll have to wait until the market has saturated and then release the next big thing, which was actually the next best thing a few years ago. It's silly for us to assume that religious and political leaders haven't discussed prospective changes in their domains. The reason nothing seems to be moving forward is because the majority don't want to change.

I'm done.

30 Days of Truth - Day 18

Your views on gay marriage

ABSOLUTELY NOT... if the couple are just going to throw it away like most divorced couples do.

Other than that... it's alright, alright, alright.

I'm done.

30 Days of Truth - Day 17

A book you've read that changed your views on something

I would have to say that The Da Vinci Code changed my view on faith.

I'm Roman Catholic. I still am. I still respect other people's views on faith. I believe that healthy debate is always good. The change in my view has to deal with the fact that it's never one-sided.

Dan Brown took an idea that has been talked about for many, many years (Jesus was married, had a child, etc). He's not the first one to suggest the notion of a Church conspiracy. He's the latest one to be famous for it. The Christian faith is still the biggest religion in the world. He knew there would be repercussions for this book. And he made millions off of it. Many people, including countries with a predominantly Christian population banned the release of the books and the movie adaptation, citing blasphemy towards Christianity.

What changed for me is that I don't really follow what the extremes of Christianity believe in. For most of my life, I've been taught what Christianity is and what it isn't. I'm at the point where I've made my own decisions and I have my own beliefs towards it. The morals I've learned from Christianity can be applied to everyone, indiscriminate of race, background and/or religion.

I'm done.

30 Days of Truth - Day 16

Something or someone you definitely could live without

Online games.

I really don't feel the need to play games with other people online. I play Maplestory, a massive-multiplayer online game, but I rarely do anything involving other people unless it's a quest or something. I'd rather play a game with other people in the same room as me, not with some immature kid making inappropriate remarks at other players in the safety of their home across the country/world.

I'm done.

30 Days of Truth - Day 15

Something or someone you couldn't live without, because you've tried living without it.

I would have to say electricity. My earliest memory experiencing a brownout or blackout, I cried. We had to use emergency lamps and candles.

The longest I've gone without electricity was when we had Typhoon Ruping. I think I was 5 at the time. Almost a month we didn't have electricity. We survived by getting water from the water pump and donations from the Dried Mango company near us. We also got them from my mom's work. We took barrels and filled it up with water for everyone in our residence to use. When it rained, we took out our plastic barrels. I bathed in the rain, as well. At night we listened to the radio and I slept pretty early then. I woke up with my sister just before my mom left for work. We would always accompany her with our nannies as she gets a ride with the jeepney or a taxi cab when it's really traffic.

At the time, it wasn't too difficult. We got by just fine. As for now, I don't see how our society can function without it. Almost everything requires electricity to work. I work with computers, probably the most significant invention in the last century, which wouldn't have been as big as it is now if it weren't for electricity.

I'm done.

30 Days of Truth - Day 14

A hero that has let you down (write a letter)

Dear hero,

It's been a while since I've had a chat with you. Usually, I'd be the first one to talk to you whenever the occassion arrives.

You'll have to excuse the scarcity of these conversations. It's not because I don't care about you. It's just that I'm disappointed in how you've handled yourself as of late. And that's partly my fault. The reason for this is that I look up to you as this person who can overcome any obstacle no matter how trying and difficult it may be.

The set backs you've had and the way you handled it could have been done much better. Even so, I'm still proud of you. I'm proud that you care a lot and take things to heart wherein others have given up and become jaded.

I just want you to know that you're not alone and it's okay to let others in.



Sincerely,

You