After weeks of playing Locoroco 2, I finally completed my Mui Mui House:



This is considering that I have to replay the game from the start due to a saved data corruption when I updated my firmware.

Now all I need to complete the game are:

- complete Loco berries in Perculoca 1 (so hard to reach some berries) and BuiBui Fort 3 (hard to complete the stage - did it once with 19 berries)
- the minimovie and free stamp rewarded for completing the berries in the two stages above
- Getting the 4 more music for the Mui Mui House (I think by beating Bui Bui in the race in Kelapton 2, BuiBui Fort 3 and some other stages)
- Completing stamps (I think I need about 12 to 13 more stamps).

Whew! When can I finish it?

Eternal Youth

Just watched Dorian Gray starring Ben Barnes (the cute long-haired guy from Narnia - Prince Caspian).

Makes me envy and want to have eternal youth. Especially if I look like him.

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"I Hate the World Today"

Today at work, I was feeling anti-social.

I disliked many things (not literal things but ideas).

The reason - I was depressed. Maybe still am. Looking for validation in my life. That it is worth living. That if and when I go, somebody will miss me and even when I leave a place, some people will remember me fondly.

(Not suicidal. I'm not passionate enough to be suicidal).

PSP Firmware Upgrade

I bought my PSP slim (officially PSP 2000) about 2 years ago.

Last week, I finally was able to download some new games through the magic of torrents. I downloaded the very delightful Locoroco 2 (much better than the first), patapon 1 and 2, silent hill shattered memories, locoroco midnight carnival (demo game only as I found out). Silent Hill and Locoroco 2 did not work properly on my PSP since apparently, it was ripped from original game using the later PSP homebrews (hacked program).

Yesterday,I finally upgraded the firmware my PSP to the new one (my original firmware was 3.71 m33-2 which I upgraded to 5.50 gen-d3.

The PSP hack was quite easy to do. The website for PSP hacks have all the right links for downloading and even a video tutorial on how to do it.

Finally, Silent Hill Shattered Memories works on my PSP though very slow. The only downside was my save data for locoroco 2 (almost complete except for buibui fort 3 - 20 loco berries, 3 mui muis, 23 or 28 moja bunyos), completion of loco berries in perculoka 1 and kelapton 3, 2 stamp sheets, several stamps and a few other things. Now I have to start again on this game.

I figured this is a small price to pay for the sense of having successfully upgraded my PSP on my own.

Relic from an Artistic Past

When I was a child, my artistic abilities were above that of a regular kid. In elementary, I was getting high marks in the subject called MAPE (music, arts and PE) but I was always second best to this classmate of mine (who was also gay - artistry must run in the blood). But then, I was number one in all other subjects so what's let him has glory.



I made the drawing above when I was in grade 3 or 4. I used a box of pastel crayons that my brother brought me and I copied the girl in the cover of my very first photo album.

My mother put my drawing on the inside door of their closet and somehow it has survived almost 2 decades inside that closet door. Hmmm...

Provincial Business

Today is my parent's 39th wedding anniversary. So we (my older brother and sister) went home here in Quezon.

I generally do not like going back here for many reasons, among them is the boredom (there are not that many lights on the streets and the people in our house were asleep to total darkness by 9pm).

So to keep myself busy, I took advantage of the the full-time internet connection here. I was able to complete the download of the four albums of Libera, an album of Beyonce (all the single ladies! all the single ladies!) and some porn.

At least I get some personal time at home.

One of My Dogs

I really want to have dog but due to space constraints in my apartment, I have to settle for a toy dog.

I'd call him Terry (coming from a Boston terrier) but I don't know if he's supposed to be a Boston Terrier. So for now, he'll just be Dog (like Cat in Breakfast at Tiffany's).