I figured that I might as well restart this habit. xD

Well...it's been bloody long since the last update, and Sharon and I have truly been busy with schoolwork and all.

Ever since the last update, I've started dating a beautiful girl, Su.
Sharon's adopting a puppy.

Me?
Still the same old guy, with a Pokemon-maniac vibe.

I'm reading a book, Norwegian Wood, and I guess that I might as well start a mini blogpost series about books. I'm starting the habit on reading a new book every week or 2:)

Cheers.
-Ry

Reviving the dead castle (I)

Happy 9th Monthsary Baby! <:

So Baby brought me to fish spa and this photo shows how hard he laughed while his leg was in the fish pond! Didn't take any photo of before and after of our legs but I can guarantee there was such a huge difference! Skin was much smoother, and weirdly, became slightly fairer. Had so much laughters within the short 30min treatment :)

Then we headed for Dinner @ Citylink's Newyork Newyork....

Cooking @ Baby's place

So for the first time, Me and Boyfriend cooked together! It's was so fun because we never cooked a meal by ourselves before! Hahahahahhahahahahahhaha.

I should have uploaded unglam photos of him when he chopped the onions... Hmph. Anyway, I'll be uploading more photos soon! :) 

" Cooking with your loved one makes a house, feels like a home. "

So go whip up a feast with someone important to you! Won't guarantee tasty food... but sure unforgettable memories! <: 

The long awaited sweets post.

What ever happened to the sweets post, you must be thinking?
Finally, it's happened. It's online, it's now, and it's HERE.
Before I start off, I want to just shout out to my close friend, Su Gi "Transparent Doors" Chandran.

HAHAHA.
Cheers, Sue:)

Anyway, onto the sweets Post.

The whole buncha kit kats:D
Now, you see. Back in December, Sue took a trip to Japan with her school, and knowing that I was an awesome Pokemon Kaki?
Sue asked what I wanted for Christmas.
I really couldn't think of anything. SRSLY. So I researched online.

AND, I found out from Cracked.com that Kitkats were a craze over a Japan. Ever since they were introduced. So I gave her vair specific instructions:
"Sue, just buy me any kitkats with weird ass flavours. I'll pay you for them."

Sue was all..."O_o? Okay!"

And over the days of her journey, I was pretty excited for it:)
And when she got back from her trip, she asked.
"Ry, why the hell do you even want weird-ass flavoured kitkats?"

So I told her about the blogpost, and I promised that by the time Shar's free, I'll have the blogpost up.
Now, due to our hiatus in December, 'twas no go.
Then, in Jan, I was studying and chionging for my final exams in late Feb. Shar? was busy working over the Chinese New Year Period.
Jan and early Feb was no go.

And well, at least now it's here:)

OKAY, so anyway.

Shar and I finally set a date in the 2nd week of Feb to do the pictures and the tasting at her place. And also, the first time in nearly a month that we've seen each other.
Among the kitkats, there was also the meat flavoured gumdrops, Mint M&Ms, and the Phallic Symbols.

So, we decided to get down to business and start with something easy...

That there's Shar and the Dark Chocolate ones.
They seemed the least intimidating among the others, so we tried that first.

-TASTE TEST-

Ry's and Shar's judgement:
-Perfect way to start off the review with something awesome. It was sweet, creamy, and tastes just like dark chocolate(haha. gee, ya think?)


-It isn't the bitter style of chocolate that I like. Those heavy in cocoa? Not this one, but still pleasant.


-Especially considering what else we'll be putting into our mouths......

Next up, Green Tea kitkats.
-TASTE TEST-

Ry's judgement:

-And so, we start with the "weird" flavours with Green Tea flavoured Kitkats.

How do they taste? I don't like it.

They taste like Japanese green tea mixed in with white chocolate. And the green tea taste is REALLY REALLY STRONG. I don't mind green tea, but when we tried this, I muttered to Shar:

"Green tea should stay DA FUQ out of my sweets!"

Shar's judgement:

-Tastes rather good.

-The green tea flavour is pretty good. Thing is, it somehow melts faster than the others...

NEXT UP!

Now, wait for it...

WAIT FOR IT...

Look at my face. Look at that skeptical face.

Do you know what this is?

You don't?

These are kitkats. 2 bars of kitkats.

1 bar flavoured like COKE. And another flavoured like LEMONADE.(Lemon Squash? No idea.)

SRSLY.

-TASTE TEST-

Ry's judgement:

-Now, I want you to take note of one thing LOOK AT THE COLOUR OF THE BAR. IN MY HANDS. It's like a faded brown colour, right? xD 

-It ACTUALLY SMELLS LIKE COKE. THE MOMENT I OPENED THE PACKET, SHAR AND I SMELT IT.

It SMELLS like Coke. Srsly.

-It tastes like bubble gum, in my opinion.

-This is PROOF of the wacky Japanese. OTL

Shar's judgement:

-Tastes like bubblegum, coke and root beer. and chocolate.

It's like...Bubblegum, then Coke. Then Root Beer, then Chocolate.

As for the Lemon Squash Kitkat?

I think that Shar and my reactions in the picture is enough. xD

Ry's and Shar's judgement:

-THE bloody thing was SOUR. DAMN SOUR.

-Worst thing was that it lured us it, with it's scent. It smelt beautiful, like some lemon biscuit. BUT NO. IT TASTED SO SOUR.

And now. Soup Flavoured Gum Drops.
Not. Kidding. Here.

Firstly, we thought it would be some MSG drop, to put into water to make stock. Maybe something like that.
Sadly, it didn't melt in hot water. making it a sweet.
So, Shar took another from the tin, and gave it a lick.

According to her, it tasted extremely saltish.

And well, I took her word for it. xD
Other sweets not reviewed, would be the Phallic Symbols snack(which are just biscuits with sugar...) and the M&Ms, which are essentially Crunchy M&Ms with Mint.

So, that was our adventure with Sue's sweets:D

-Ry & Shar

ANYWAY! Gonna do a late VDAY post soon! <: , Sharon.

My Momma's birthday, and beautiful steak!

Momma's Birthday!

So, last Saturday was my Mom's birthday, and we went to this place down at Holland V, called Barossa's.
A really really beautiful steak place. Steep pricing, gotta admit, but hey? It's quality food:)
Thanks to Jo-Jie for booking the place:)

One thing I fricking love about the place...
The steak knife.
THE STEAK KNIFE.

IT'S A PROPER KNIFE. Not one of those dinky things you get at your hawker centre, no siree.


You actually can cut a person with these. And it just feels oh so right:)

Another beautiful thing, is the presentation. This was when I started the meal. That's... my steak, steak sauce, creamy spinach and cheese, and potato gratin(go anti clockwise from the meat)
Really really nice presentation. And I have to say that the meal was delicious.

I started the meat. Cut off two chunks already, and dipped it in the steak sauce. One thing I love also, would be that the steak sauce came SEPARATE FROM THE MEAT. It's a very very small and minor detail, but I ALWAYS APPRECIATE that it's kept separate from the meat. It gives the diner a conscious choice on whether to avoid, or to eat WITH the sauce, know what I mean?

Anyway, the meat is a good rib-eye cut of meat, and I loved every bite of it.

So, the meat slowly melted into my mouthhhhh, andddddd

That's the meat gone.
Goodbye beautiful steak:(

Next thing I started on was the Spinach and Cheese thingy. I chose veggies (or at least... a BIT of veggie) because at this point of time, that damn flu came back again. Yeah. Annoying bastard of an illness.
It was, a small portion, but it was big enough in my opinion:)

So, that was the Spinach and cheese thingy.

2 Down, 1 to go~

Goodbye, Spinach thingy!

Potato Gratin.
And this was the weakest part of the meal, in my opinion. The potatoes they used were too hard, and there wasn't enough cheese to form a proper crust on the top. It was still eatable, of course. The cream used was of a very good quality, and the overall inner sauce was still beautiful.
The potato INSIDE however. Eh. Still a bit meh about it.

And that was the whole meal. Good bye, beautiful steak meal:(

So after dinner was over, we had the cake, and wished both Momma and May EeEe happy birthday!

Yeah, that was them blowing the candles out, but I couldn't get a good pic out:/

But it's pretty much not needed. Eh?
My Mom's the awesomest Mom ever. I love you, Mom. Happy Birthday, cheers, and may many many good things come up soon!
Thank you for accepting me for who I am, and loving me no matter what, and I'm sorry that I've let you down so many times before. You're the best Mom in the world and I love you.
There're so many things you taught me over the years ever since I was a young child, 'til this day, and only now, do I start seeing the importance in some of the lessons. Thanks for teaching me, and guiding me all this way! :)

ANYWAYS.

Cheers, people:)


-Ry

Promiseeeee

Candy Post coming up soon. PROMISE! 8)
-Ry

And it's been madness. MADNESS I TELL YOU.

RAWRRRRRRR.
And yeah, so what have I BEEN UP TO.
Simple. I've been busy with my Pokemanz. Pokemon.

A question that's come up before. Many many many times:
"Ry, why do you still play Pokemon? You're like...16. Grow up!"

AH. And that's when I start going into a huge rant, especially verbally, when you say those words to my face...
So, to prevent this anytime soon, let's just end it once and for all:)

This, is the story of why I still play Pokemon.

Versions that I've played, and finished:

Pokemon Red and Blue!
I started out with Blue, and it was a gameboy POCKET, which I first played it on. My Godparents got it for my birthday, when I turned 6, and I remember my Mother's initial skepticism about it.

I got Blue first, and started with a Squirtle, and got stuck halfway through the game, got so fed up, had to get my cousin to help me through it.
Then, my Godparents got me Red version, and me being the stupid little kid, didn't realise that they were the same game, except with different Pokemon on the box. xD

'twas fun, and I remember the first time I ever caught a Missingno.
For the uninitiated? Missingno was a glitch Pokemon, that could give you duplicates of items, such as rarecandies!

Pokemon YELLOW!

And so, I started to get seriously seriously hooked onto the whole franchise. Reading the comics...watching the shows..
Hell, I loved the whole damn concept, and I was hooked onto Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow.

And Yellow? I admit, it was the game of the three which I didn't manage to complete until I reached a higher level of sensory faculty which allowed me to understand and comprehend that "YES, YOU NEEDED TO GRIND LEVELS."

And it was amazing, until...

POKEMON SILVER.

And YES. My favourite of the games so far. Pokemon Silver brought the formula of Pokemon RBY, and further improved it.

I remember getting it for Christmas that year, and it was just awesome.(I started with a Totodile!)
It was a new world, altogether. The feeling was different. And when I finally beat the whole game...GUESS WHAT. I could explore Kanto!

The feeling...that beautiful feeling was just amazing.
Discovering all these new species... :D

Now, this is where the story started changing.
By this time, I had just entered into Primary 3.
And at that time, my parents clamped down totally on my gaming. They had to become strict, and cut off as much of my play time as possible, because I had to start studying.
And well. I missed out totally on the Gameboy Advance. Then I NEARLY missed out on Pokemon
Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, and Fire-Red and Leafgreen.

Yep.
It took me 3 whole years, until 2005, where I was given a Nintendo DS.
And finally...

Pokemon Emerald. A game which is legendary.
I didn't feel much of the true Pokemon Essence, in the 3rd Gen, in my opinion. I didn't feel that whole feeling of nostalgic times with my Umbreon.
Then, I just shrugged. Waited and whiled my time...

Secondary 1 at Yuan Ching, until finally...in 2007, they released Diamond and Pearl!
And I remember getting Pokemon Diamond:

Diamond made me feel young again:)
Playing the whole storyline. It felt like I was playing Silver again:)

And well... that's also the same point of time I first met Adam Kratoska. A good friend of mine that I met over the internet on a forum for Rockman/Megaman.
It was funky, and when I started getting owned by him on Diamond, when we both got Plat, I got him to teach me the tricks and tips behind Pokemon.
The numbers, the IVs and the EVs...
and I slowly stopped being a n00b:)

Adam was my "sensei" at Pokemon, so to speak. And we really bonded quite a bit over Pokemon battles. The late-night calls, and the crazy ass Breeding Chains... hehhh.
And we stopped playing for a while.

I didn't want to give up all too soon, so I played a bit in the Pokemon Platinum era. I played Competitively and I read up on Smogon.
I played on Purplesurge, the servers that SPP-Wifi is hosted on(SPP-Wifi is a place where online trades can be negotiated!)

Slowly, interest waned...
Pokemon Soulsilver came and went, and we were all. Meh.
We got it, and I finished the game, but Adam was in China.

And I totally stopped "Competitive" Pokemon.

Then...I met Naif!

My sword-fighting teammate, and Pokemon came up in Convo.
Naif told me to challenge him in Pokemon...
and finally, he told me about Team Robo!

And Team Robo:)

I don't really think I need to say how much Pokemon means to me now.

The times I spent catching Pokemon as a kid...Raising them...
My friendship with Adam...and then my association to the original few of us over at Team Robo VideoGames...

8)

SO THAT, is the story of why I'm not giving up this hobby any time soon.

Now, Shar knows, and whoever reads this, Cheers!

-Ry