Friday’s Feast #2

Friday, 1 of June , 2007 @ 11:08 am

Tags: Friday’s Feast, Suikoden

Appetizer
Name something you think is “the best.”

I think the PlayStation RPG Suikoden II is the best out of the Suikoden series. Actually, I think it’s the best RPG ever, but that doesn’t really mean much because I haven’t played a whole lot of RPGs.

I’m a very big fan of the Suikoden series. I’ve played all five games in the franchise (except for Suikoden Tactics which is a spin-off of Suikoden IV, my least favorite), but Suikoden II is still my favorite out of them. Suikoden V is also a brilliant game and comes at a very very close second, then Suikoden III, then the original game. I really hated Suikoden IV. I don’t even remember the plot.

Suikoden II came out in the first PlayStation console in 2000. It’s one of the first RPGs I’ve ever played, so that’s probably one of the reasons why I love this game. I think I’ve re-played it 5 times already. Okay, so Suikoden (in general) is a very easy game to play. If you’re a hardcore gamer, you will be disappointed at how incredibly easy it is to breeze through the game. But the awesome story really makes up for that. I know it’s ridiculous to say I was touched by a video game, but it’s true! If only the novelization of Suikoden II had an English translation, I would order it from Amazon and read and re-read it forever. I just love the twists of the plot, and how un-cliche and unconventional the characters are. One of the best stories I’ve ever heard. I never get tired of it. I was affected by this game big time, ha ha! Suikoden V was just as captivating and touching, but I guess Suikoden II will always have sentimental value.

What I am sure of, though, is the Suikoden series has THE best original soundtrack in a video game. Hands down. Nobuo Uematsu doesn’t stand a change.

If you’ve never heard of Suikoden II, dig out your old dusty PlayStation and play this game, damn it! I promise, if you’re looking for an RPG with a superb story, you can’t go wrong with this one.
Soup
On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 highest), how stressed are you today?

4? Ha ha. Summer classes has ended, so I’m not that busy. The only mildly stressing thing I did today was making logos and publicity materials for Psychedelics.

Salad
What kind of cleanser do you use to wash your face?

Neutrogena Facial Cleanser. I use St. Ives’ Apricot Scrub to exfoliate once a week.

Main Course
Tonight is a blue moon! What is something that you believe only happens “once in a blue moon.”

I’m a homebody. I only go out once in a blue moon. By going out, I mean parties, movies or just hanging out somewhere. I don’t know why, but seeing my friends in school is enough socialization for me.

Dessert
When was the last time it rained where you live?

Rainy season is upon the Philippines again! Shit. But I don’t think it rained today! Yay! It rained yesterday when I was in school. Argh. I despise the rainy season. Not only is it dangerous, I can’t stand walking around at the risk of getting wet by the rain or flood. I especially cannot stand the smell that emanates from the ground when it rains - that musky combination of soil, dirt, and rust. Yuck.

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Registration is next week.

Friday, 1 of June , 2007 @ 2:29 am

I spent the whole day yesterday with the Psychedelics, planning our projects for the first semester and preparing for registration next week.   This registration will probably be the last time we enlist our subjects manually, since they (whoever is in charge of student enrollment) are hell-bent on implementing real-time enlistment come second sem. Which fucking sucks, because everyone I know really hated real-time enlistment.  They can’t even get the damn server to withstand the influx of users without crashing down on its ass. That also means we’re probably the last batch of registration assistants for the Psych department, and the last time I will get first dibs on the classes I need and the last time someone else is going to enroll for me.  Oh well.

I have to make a couple of publicity materials for the Psychedelics by Tuesday.  I tried to start doing it yesterday when I got home, but I couldn’t make anything nice so I decided to sleep on it.  But when I woke up, I watched a movie instead. Ha ha.  I’ll do that later, then.

Hmm. I’m sleepy.  I’ll blog later, I guess.

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