The Noobette

Too Much Playing, Not Much Blogging

2010-01-21T07:26:00.001-08:00

Yes, folks. I was supposed to be blogging but then again I didn't. I got too much playing going on and not much writing. Just want to post something now and let everyone knows that I'm here and I'll be blogging soon to where I was ( on the gaming world ).

Happy New Year.

Back!!!

2009-09-09T19:19:00.000-07:00

I'm back! ^_^

I was a bit out of focused lately. Have been really busy with facebook games and consider it my all time favorite game at the moment, Rohan.

Soon, I'll be posting some of my experiences with the games that I've been playing with. For now, I'll finish up my work and gather my thoughts and post some new games and reviews.

Back to the old: Sim City 4

2009-07-14T14:40:00.000-07:00

After a long battle on the side quest on The Last Remnant, I decided to slow it down and play one of my all time favorite PC game of all time, Sims ^_^.

Sims have gotten a long way from what I used to play before. I used to enjoy playing The Sims years back but like any other girl, you tend to get busy in real life.

But this time I pick out Sim City to get busy with. And boy did I get busy >.<

So far I have 3 cities which I'm trying very hard to make it good on the financial side. I've been following the tutorials below while doing this but somehow, my thick head still haven't cracked the logic on how shall I make it like what they are doing. And I am beginning to think that these guys are monsters. -.-

San Carlos City

First city in the region
I'm tyring to make High tech industry love it so the High income residentials stay so the City will have wonderful sky scrapers.
Still doing bad on the financial statement side as we are still doing break even

San Juan City

My 2nd city with over 3,000 High residential people

San Agustin City

3rd City
Still small, doing well on the financial side

I still don't get the hang on how to play with the demand, taxes and zones etc. so I'm still not getting the results that I want.

Just to share to everyone, the best video tutorials I found are the videos below. If I got more I shall repost it and of course share it with everyone. ~.^

The Last Remnant

2009-06-20T19:21:00.000-07:00

I've been busy lately. And you guess it right, a new game ^ ^. This game was suggested by our friend who knows that I'm bored with my MMO game and I refuse to go play the paid MMO they are about to play.

If you love Final Fantasy series, I'm pretty sure you will enjoy this game called The Last Remnant. The graphics is great, the story line is good, the quests are pain in the ass, the crafting system is a challenge and the characters are unique. And like the good old rpgs, there are secrets to unlock to help you fight the last battle.

Dragonica: Fun Free to Play

2009-06-06T05:27:00.000-07:00

We are trying out a super cute game called Dragonica. Its a type of game called 3D Fantasy RPG (role playing game) where you would assume a persona and complete quests given to that character. While playing it, it brought me back to the feeling of playing our all time favorite game on PlayStation or PS called Pocketfighter. And over all rating, its a game that a children from 10-16 yrs old would enjoy. It has lots of features also like find a date (which I couldn't believe children nowadays use this kind of functions in a game -.-), Arcade game battle (the pocketfighter part >_<) and PVP. The interface is not that hard to remember too though I prefer a game where I can move the camera more than just zoom in and zoom out. If you are looking for a cute kiddie MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) and love arcade stuff, this game is for you. Enjoy :)

But what the hell is a 28-year old woman still doing playing computer games?

Gaming is a part of my life since I could remember. Any child of the 80's who loves computer wouldn't know about Super Mario and the Rambo like game called Contra on good old Family Nintendo. But like its meant to be, games should be played occasionally to beat boredom out of one's life or to sharpen your mind. But yours truly use computer games to release out stress from daily work at the office. Nothing beats the zombie state of playing a game while still feeling like a child doing so ;). Sounds weird? I think I'll discuss the matter on another post. For now, enjoy playing.

Super Mario and the Contra Bros.

the 80's Nintendo

Meme: Eight Things

2009-05-30T04:46:00.000-07:00

Been tagged by Dj, here it goes.

8 Things I'm looking Forward To:

Going home everyday to be with my husband again.
Our soon to come baby (bilisan mo anak, mabuo ka na! :) )
My weekly bike ride with my husband with our japanese bicycles.
My weekly date with my husband.
Our pet's cuddle ( we got a puppy and 3 cats ^^)
CSI rerun on justin.tv
Mastering Adobe Creative Suite (that's a lot O.O) and 3Dmax.
Decorating our future house

8 Things I Did Yesterday:

Go to work.
Eat lunch with my cousin at Reyes Barbeque.
Watched CSI reruns.
Bought vray plug-in for hubby
Work.
Read my book in LRT
Ordered food from the canteen and not eat it
Surf the net

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:

Take a long vacation from work
Play online game every day ROFL (that would be a bore though)
Be part of a game community who develops online game
Bake delicious cakes and cookies
Learn to break to do street dancing
Watch every major concert that comes
Workout everyday
Win a triathlon

8 TV Shows I Watch:

American Idol
TMZ
CSI
Gossip Girl
24 Oras
Jessica Soho
....
....

*this one is hard. believe or not, we don't own a tv

8 People I Tag:

Carlotta
Ate Sienna
Toni
Randum Magus
Chacha
Donnie
Andrei
Tsokolat

LOL! This post took me an hour to make.

Love listing things? Join Listal

2009-05-30T00:31:00.000-07:00

I seldom join social networks as I usually don't have time to update them. However, I just couldn't resist listal.

Listal is a social network based around entertainment including Movies, TV shows, games, DVDs, Music and books
Actors & Actresses, Music artists, Authors and Directors.You can list your owned, watched, read or played items and share with friends. You can also rate items and add reviews, tags, images, videos & lists and organise your Movie/TV, Music, Game or Book collection.

AND, you can also showcase your collection on your site with the widget button and choose from three different type of format.

So there. :) Have fun listing.

Thousand Birdies Giveaway

2009-05-27T06:27:00.000-07:00

One of the most talented web designer, Ms. Gisele Jaquenod, is giving away a Blog Revamp! For more info, please head to her lovely site. Hope I get lucky ^^v

Personalizing a Pre-made Blog Theme

2009-05-16T19:31:00.001-07:00

I have been blogging for almost three years now. And one thing that i do first before I write like crazy is personalize it. As much as I want to code on my own, it is not possible as I don't know enough CSS and Html to do so. There are many ways to personalize a pre-made theme. And here are some.

Change the Header

This is the easiest way to personalize a theme. You can use a favorite picture or favorite illustration and use an on-line image enhancer like picnik or you can use your ever friendly MS Paint. Here are some of my favorites

Ana Maria Homer

Chicken Girl Design

Eendar

Change the Background

I found this site that makes you use of beautiful backgrounds for the Minima Theme of Blogger called The Cutest Blog On the Block.

A day in a life of Brodie

That's all for now. I shall post more soon of some tips to personalize themes for the code challenged like me.

Visual Addict

2009-05-13T21:22:00.000-07:00

One thing I am pretty sure of myself is that I am a very visual person. I LOVE visuals. I could never get tired of looking into beautiful colorful things. This where my dilemma starts.

Back in April, I have said that I shall be blogging (journaling) a much as I can as therapy for me. Its gonna be a part of my "getting back into the wagon" scheme. However, one thing that kept bugging me. I want my blog to be pretty. I want my blog to be unique. I want it to be visually pleasing. Hence this is where my quest for own blog design starts. I got one problem though. I DONT KNOW HOW TO CODE! yet. ;)

So for now, I'll be contented browsing lots of blogs and soon I'll be designing one for my own.

What not to do when you just woke up

2009-05-05T21:19:00.000-07:00

Last 23rd April, I never thought I will discover the best way to wake up in the morning.

This is what happened. I got up around 4:30 in the morning. I'm the type of person who wakes up in the morning on the go. My husband greeted me and asked me to make some coffee. I happily obliged to.

While i was preparing the cups, I was already boiling the water. So when the water is done, I poured the water into the cup mindlessly. I'm just pouring water. Not much thinking needed there. Wrong!

As I return the pot onto the base, I knocked downed one of the cups and guess where it landed? Yes, it went down through my shorts into my legs.

My husband said, he never heard me shout in pain like that before. I guess its pretty loud because my dad and sister got out of bed as well when they heard me.

The result of the mini-accident, 1st and 2nd degree burns. And it hurt like hell. I was thinking of posting the pics here but thought again as its not a pretty sight. Nevertheless, you can look it in here.

This is the first time something like this happened to us and we are clueless of what to do. We tried putting one some toothpaste as we were told that toothpaste has a cooling effect on burns. However, we didn't realized that I had endured second degree burn so when we put a bit of toothpaste, it worsen the burn and took out a bit of the skin. We learned the hard way. -.-

Mayo Clinic gives some pointers on how to give first aid on burns.

First-degree burn

The least serious burns are those in which only the outer layer of skin is
burned. The skin is usually red, with swelling and pain sometimes present. The
outer layer of skin hasn't been burned through. Treat a first-degree burn as a
minor burn unless it involves substantial portions of the hands, feet, face,
groin or buttocks, or a major joint.

Second-degree burn

When the first layer of skin has been burned through and the second layer
of skin (dermis) also is burned, the injury is called a second-degree burn.
Blisters develop and the skin takes on an intensely reddened, splotchy
appearance. Second-degree burns produce severe pain and swelling.
If the
second-degree burn is no larger than 3 inches (7.5 centimeters) in diameter,
treat it as a minor burn. If the burned area is larger or if the burn is on the
hands, feet, face, groin or buttocks, or over a major joint, treat it as a major
burn and get medical help immediately.

For minor burns, including first-degree burns and
second-degree burns limited to an area no larger than 3 inches (7.5 centimeters)
in diameter, take the following action:

Cool the burn. Hold the burned area under cold running
water for at least five minutes, or until the pain subsides. If this is
impractical, immerse the burn in cold water or cool it with cold compresses.
Cooling the burn reduces swelling by conducting heat away from the skin. Don't
put ice on the burn.
Cover the burn with a sterile gauze bandage. Don't use
fluffy cotton, which may irritate the skin. Wrap the gauze loosely to avoid
putting pressure on burned skin. Bandaging keeps air off the burned skin,
reduces pain and protects blistered skin.
Take an over-the-counter pain reliever. These include
aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others), naproxen (Aleve) or acetaminophen
(Tylenol, others). Never give aspirin to children or teenagers.

Minor burns usually heal without further treatment. They may heal with
pigment changes, meaning the healed area may be a different color from the
surrounding skin. Watch for signs of infection, such as increased pain, redness,
fever, swelling or oozing. If infection develops, seek medical help. Avoid
re-injuring or tanning if the burns are less than a year old — doing so may
cause more extensive pigmentation changes. Use sunscreen on the area for at
least a year.

Caution

Don't use ice. Putting ice directly on a burn can cause
frostbite, further damaging your skin.
Don't apply butter or ointments to the burn. This could
prevent proper healing.
Don't break blisters. Broken blisters are vulnerable to
infection.

So there.

But the most important lesson is Before you make some coffee, Be sure you are awake. ^^

Eerrmmm....I did that?

2009-04-18T17:33:00.000-07:00

I think I'm suffering from somewhat kind of memory loss. There are times that I have just done something then I forget about it. Like the other day, I knew I photocopied something. I remembered doing it. I came looking in my desk where did I put it but couldn't find it. Then I asked myself why did I need to photocopy these papers. I remembered I photocopied it to give to my colleuge. So I asked my mate and he said I already gave it to him. I'm amazed. WTF!

I usually just laugh out loud when I do this. I remember doing something but I don't remember doing it. But come to think of it, it's kinda scary.

Wikipedia states some causes of memory loss:

Alzheimer's disease is an illness which can cause mild to severe memory loss.
Parkinson's disease is a genetic defect which can always result in memory loss.
Huntington's disease is an inherited disease which can result in memory loss.
It is sometimes a side effect of chemotherapy in which cytotoxic drugs are used to treat cancer.

Definitely not cause of mine. And I hope I will not endure this kind of challenge.

Certain forms of mental illness also have memory loss as a key symptom, including fugue states and the much more famous Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Hmmm... multiple personality disorder or having alter egos... I usually am moody that I switch persona once in a while but this pertains to the alter ego to the highest level and quite sure that's not it.

Stress-related activities are another factor which can result in memory
loss.

Now this is more likely me. Too many brain activity at once.

It can also be caused by traumatic brain injury, of which a concussion is a
form.

I know I act like a lunatic once in a while and maybe said to have brain injury, I do sometimes bump my head to the weirdest ceiling imaginable but thanks to my thick head, I'm still alright.

We'll I guess for me, I just need to relax a bit and lessen the "multi-tasking" I am doing so often. I should be mindful of what I am doing too and lessen the spacing out I usually do. We'll if something happened more than occassional memory loss, I will write about it here. That is.. if I remembered it. :)

Friday Rant

2009-04-17T17:49:00.000-07:00

For more than a year now, our department is located now on our old building which is far away from the eye of our "customers". We transact with them from then on via the phone and thru their crewing supervisors. Unlike before that we see them everyday and they can disturb us in every way imaginable.

Its nice to see them visit the office once in a while... not. Especially if the person was one of the unwanted one. I was not supposed to be offended. I am used to being greeted by people who I havent seen from a long time by "Hey, how are you? You got fat!". Except yesterday I was already a bit down 'cause I haven't doing well on my diet and then the fu**er came in our room and greeted me that way.

WTF!

I wanna go berserk! But I can't. I need to finish a bunch of papers. I just replied to the man, "I know. What can I do for you?". We'll he was requesting me to do something for him. He got a NO for answer. What do he expect? : )

Later in the day, I just laughed the incident away but it's a wake up call.

The challenge is now, to stick with my diet. It's so easy to plan. So hard to stick with it.

Falling Off The Wagon and Getting Back

2009-04-15T21:35:00.000-07:00

I planned year 2008 to be my best year ever. The world agreed but it has other ideas. It was not great. It was nowhere near good even. 2008 was a year of nightmare for me.

I had started the year with a new career. I left the awful job who takes 12 hrs of my day for a super busy day. I found myself in fast-paced industry of call center industry. The job is easy but the schedule sucks. But I was optimistic. And I believe I was happy. But somebody is not. And he hid it from me. That's where nightmare started.

After a month on the new job, I noticed a lot of changes in my marital relationship. I understand my husband coming home late 'cause its the job. What bothered me was he was always out of focus. He's always texting. Funny, he don't text me much. The worst was he was not there for me on our first wedding anniversary. The reason, he was with co-workers on their boss's mother's funeral. WTF! A dead stranger is more important than me? Something is wrong. I am troubled. I am not number one anymore in his list. I got to do something.

I quit the fast-paced call center job and went back to the awful job. Husband was happy. He said he did miss times we spend together. So I bring back the old times. But still something is wrong. I can feel it. I wanna threw away the cellphone and break it into pieces. Then I read something I'm not supposed to read. I had discovered a pieces of a puzzle. Curious as I always have, I solved the puzzle. Bingo!

I died.

I fought back.

I died again.

I fought back and resurrected as an on-line game addict.

I got depressed. I don't wanna leave house.

Playing the game was all I wanna do.

I was numb. I was dumb.

I ate some of that depression. Stress at work joined-in at beating me up. I ate away the stress too.

As they say, time heals. And I believe I am healed. Not 100% but it got better. I am grateful.

I'm pretty much in love. I could say I'm happy now again. Except that I have to endure the fruit of the destructive habit I did during my zombie phase. The excess baggage.

I was browsing Oprah the other day. It looks like I was not alone on my struggle last year. I'm glad for her she started the year with a bang. I just started on this 2nd quarter. I was still out of focus when the year started.

One thing I know today. I have to get back in the wagon. As of the moment, the wagon is still running faster than me. But I wont give up. I shall run faster and get back on it soon.