The Final Fantasing Takahina

Ok, as most of you guys know now, I'm playing Final Fantasy XII, after like a few years after it's release. From what I know, it's released during my A lvls, and I know Sam was chionging the game on the night of the C maths alvl test. What happened afterwards... ask him yourself la hor.

So yeah, here I am playing this game after like 4 years of it's release. Is it good? My first impression of this game is that...

"Ok, this takes time to get used to."

I like the novelty idea of playing it in a Dimension Active Battlefield, very creative, very adventurous.

The whole game has a lot of things and ideas to absorb in, so it gets a little overwhelming initially. You know I actually took like an hour experimenting with the power attack of FFXII, Quickening (Limit break for FF7, Trance for FF9, Overdrive for FFX). You can seriously take damn advantage of Quickening at the start of the game to kill things which you shouldn't be able to kill in early game. Just tons of luck, coupled with some ether and a good hands.

But as it got a little more to the back, it becomes useless from what I heard from Sam, and I find it hard to doubt him. I'm not very fascinated with Quickening at all. But then I'm still in early mid-stages of the game, so I won't talk too much about it yet.

And Ashe, whom I thought will be a character I seriously like, kinda disappointed me with her whiling and impulsive character. I thought she'll be cool and calm... kinda a bit like a lvl 100 Freya. But then, who cares, I'm still early in my game, she could get better I don't know. Other than her red hot skirt... no wait, it's red hot underskirt (a merge of underpants with skirts), I haven't loved her totally.

Just in case you guys are wondering... my favourite FF girl will surely and 100% be...



Why do I like Rinoa so much?

Cause she is so damn freaking positive! I mean, she tackles one of the most emo-tic protagonist in all games, SQUALL. She's initiative, lovely, cute... ok... enough fanboying...

If I see Alan/Matsu Takako, or some Japanese artist which I really like cosplaying Rinoa, I'll fucking faint and bleed from my nose.

There's this...



Pretty Imbar man...



This one not too bad too seriously... but...



OMG...

And also, Ashe is quite hot in the final fantasy world,



No, not you Ash wannabe... you are a guy zomg.



Smexy Ashe.... in real life...

And how about the holy summoner turned hot pants gunner Yuna?



Summoning is too slack... so Yuna works out and becomes...



ZOMG Seductive Gunner Yuna...

And naturally, the hottest girl in the gaming world IMHO... Tifa 锁心。



Imagine Woon in L size, acting as Tifa. You get TiFUCK.. But if you get a real chio girl to be Tifa..



She can morph into all types of Tifa...

Huatness...

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Just a few weeks ago I kinda re-played a small bit of FFIX. It's strange. It brought back a bit of nostalgia feeling, like getting fucking pissed off and Yan's blowing me away for no reason, and the pain of training to lvl 100. But the most irritating bit about the game would be the chocobo hunt, it took like forever and made me want to kill all chocobo's in FFIX. No other FF has made me so hateful of chocobo.



YEAH U CAN FUCKING KILL CHOCOBO'S IN FFXII!! HOW ABOUT THAT!?!?! I'm imaginating KFC... Kentucky Fried Chocobos.

FFVII's chocobo provides the best transport ever. FFVIII's chocobo is close to being useless. FFX's chocobo is well, a pain in the ass too but a must for the story, FFX-2 don't really have much of a chocobo story to tell, but FFIX's... I hated Chocobo hunt with a fury man.

Anyways, FFXIII has came out, I'm just waiting anxiously for the english version to be out soon in march so I can utilise the PS3 which I bought with MA MONEY, although my brother sponsored me first.

But in a sense, I owe him like $700+ for everything. And the motivation really came, when I saw FFXIII's trailer on E3. So one day I just told him...

"Eh... bro, I make proposal with you."

And then, the PS3 just popped out.

So to say, Final Fantasy is quite important to Takahina you know?? Bet most of you don't know right?? Har har har har har..

Ok quit it. Senseless post anyway. Just felt I have to spread my love after watching the English trailer of FFXIII and some cosplay pics.

PS: I actually planned to complete FFXII by this year mid-year... but from the looks of it... and the way I like to "complete game" everything, it looks like it'll take a long longggggggggggggggggggggg time....

Just a little shout out...

To anyone in a relationship whatsoever:

Never ever boast of your relationship with your current flame to your ex, unless he/she wants to know more about it themselves.

Never do that.

It's inconsiderate, totally foolish and shows of either your incompetency to think logically and sensibly, or simply the level of evil you have in inserting that sting to someone.

If you still want to keep a friendship going on, please be considerate, please be sensible, please be logical.

Thank you.

The Confused Takahina

An average person's life in Singapore or any part of the world should contain the following steps:

- Grow up, learning essential skills

- Mature, understanding your life and environment

- Realize, start to know what you want in life,

- Plan, devising out the most appropriate way to carry out this plan

- Action, to carry out this plan and revising it along the way to suit the surroundings.

- Relax, to keep pace slow and enjoy life more now after fighting for almost half a decade.

Along the way, you will feel confused and bewildered.

Takahina did, in fact I always feel confused and bewildered while walking along this path.

I'm now stuck at the "action" phase, still carrying it out. After all this phase is the longest and hardest phase to go through, and whether your life can succeed or not, whether you can relax or not depends on this Action phase.

I have my certainty on where to go, but doubts on my planning, doubts on my skills. Along the way, I get distracted, and let things overshadow my proper view.

It's natural I guess, things like love, lust, friendship, kinship, emptiness, boredom... etc etc, many things in this life tends to shift your view, affect your emotions and alter your priority to something else.

These things are necessary, I don't believe in a life not experiencing any of this and achieving straight route to your goal. If anyone can fully detach himself from all of such emotionally-attached concepts, that person is not human. These things make life more exciting, more nerve-wrecking... imagine it to be like the little crooks that always pokes you while you're concentrating on the boss of a stage in a game. Not really a bother, but seriously irritating and if you don't bother about it it'll poke you to death.

Recently I've let this little creeps to irritate me to death. I kinda deviated from my priority at a point of time. This CNY, meeting up with my cousins and talking a bit, made me understand my folly in ignoring this little creep to let it poke me to critical life. Although I'm not dead yet; just let this thing continue to slowly poke me, I'm pretty sure it'll kill me in my final boss battle.

Everyone should at some point in time, experience the same thing, it may not be now, may not be later, but it'll appear. No boss battle is the same without the little critters around.

For now, I'm trying my best to figure out how to get rid/recruit in this little creep disturbing me now and then, but until then I cannot lose my sight which I did.

Stop being confused, deal with the creep, and continue to fight the boss.

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Just a form of "self-motivation" to myself on this CNY day, which isn't very happy. :/

Hope you guys get a Happy CNY, if not, just take some time, rest up and continue on the boss battle after resting. :)

The Camwhoring Takahina

If you thought Takahina is a guy who doesn't like to be taken photos at, or doesn't camwhore at all..

You're so wrong.

Once again Takahina's theory of being "open", gets into pictures as well. Of course I don't act like some hongkong playboy kid who thinks he can get into every girl's pants with his looks and fame, and take pictures of whatever girls he wants. Seriously, screw such people. Casanova's should have principles of their own, and some brains to like not upload those photos to anywhere, maybe you can burn it into like CD-R, and forever let it be sealed into your deepest memories, no one gets hurt and it's a very sweet memory...

For you anyways Mr E.

Anyways, I'm not going around the whole speech of insulting some playboy, but instead... to show PICS...

And it's...

PICS OF MYSELF!!!!

YAYYYY~~ I know alot of you wanna see it right... ;)

K. The inspiration I admit, comes from a certain girl, and I realised, yes... THIS IS IT!!

Miss Kasumi Chai... take a bow... (to protect her image, I've removed the juicy parts...)



See Kasumi? Image protected by Takahina. :D

Anyways, this year buying CNY clothes for Takahina is quite an enjoyable trip.

Due to a few things.

Firstly, Takabenben said something which made Takahina a happy person.

"Woon, you look better in M, than in L."

Seriously, that made me realised...

"Takahina, you can finally wear M and look good." Huat liao, chaos ensures. Therefore following Kasumi's example, I decided to take pics of myself when I try on clothes which were either chosen by myself, or selected by others in which they felt was good for me. So to say, the pics which I post of myself, will never suck.

Naturally. Takahina is like... good... awfully good...




First one is this, the shirt which Takabenben said I look better in M. Huat liao. My first camwhoring experience... NOW I KNOW WHY THE GIRLS LIKE TO DO IT SO MUCH

ZOMGXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZXZ....

Taken in Recoil, $40 worth, this shirt is the typical ah-beng t-shirt which you see nowadays in public. A more normal style for Takahina, this shirt goes mainly into the "clubbin" category, meaning you won't see much of Takahina in this. Not too attracted, but... I like it, simple, normal, adaptable, and that hint of ah-bengness in it. Good. Plus the cutting isn't too bad for someone of my size. However 1 thing is that I can't go any bigger in size, if not this shirt will look bad.

2nd one...



T-shirt in Pull and Bear, also worth $40, spotted by Takabenben on the same day. I loved the design of the T-shirt, Japanesy, complex yet subtle. The material of the T-shirt is good as well, fitting and shows of my new bod... HUR HUR HUR HUR....

3rd one... Not exactly a clothes thingy, but taken in the toilet after my haircut and a bit of hairstyling by the hairstylist.



To be frank, I wasn't very pleased with it. Kinda normal, and predicted to be hard to handle without good gel/wax. It focuses on layering and parting, a pretty normal style done by him.

I wanted to get back the feel of the hairdo I've done in the past when I first decided to dye my hair, only Desmond, Shimin who both coincidentally saw me on the streets and Priscilla who accompanied me throughout the whole process of the hairmaking (appreciate it... will give you a candy in the future :D) saw the design of the hairdo I've liked the most and felt confident the most. I didn't camwhore then, which is wasted. But to say it felt just a bit like this...



Takahina obviously didn't do a good job with both the camera and the hair. Obviously hair still remains one of the biggest obstacle for me, preventing me from becoming someone like



Takuya Kimura san.

Or



Takeshi Kaneshiro san, for my 2011 plans, activated by Takachinchin.

4th one, taken when shopping with Takaminmin in Ion's Muji. They have some real damn good casual Japanese wear there which Takahina didn't realised. DAMN.



Well apparantly, Takaminmin likes Cardigans and this type of savy casual as I call it. Takahina has NEVER in his life wore a cardigan before so it's the first time... Didn't buy this cause Takahina felt it's still a tad tight, despite Takahina being M-proof already.

5th one, same place, same time... different style.



I love the blouson, seriously it's the design which I was kinda looking for this year's CNY, a shirt-like jacket... can act as both anyways. Has a rather formal casual look to it which I like, not too beng, not too business either. The mood is just nice. Not too hot either, and cutting fits. I'll prefer a L for this, but M will do. :) It's a $100, at Muji.

So in the end, Takahina has finished his CNY shopping. HAPPY ^_^.

In anyways, when you realise that you can actually look good, just buy the clothes and think later. I mean it's the first time Takahina is really satisfied with his clothes this year. :D Initially wanted to buy a $175 jacket from Zara... heng Takabenben stopped me. :p

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To all the new fans of my blog, only 1 or 2 I know from UNI, :p, I'll throw in an extra pic of Desmond in the past just for fun. (JC pic...)



Desmond... is the nerd at the right, with glasses looking like a cock. Beside him is Qing Heng the Walking Joke. Me in front, a natural leader since birth. ;D Junwei the yardstick for noobness behind me, and the can't stop grinning Takasamsam at extreme left.

Huat la. Des, don't hate me man. I'm too good for you to hate.

The Japanese Takahina part 2

Mention Japan.

What are the few things you'll think of?



Sora Aoi... humba humba...



Yua Aida... huat la.... guys sweat liao right???

Ok ok, that's the perverted Takahina.

But seriously, it makes you think, why is Japanese's porn industry so vibrant? I mean Anime industry I can understand, with the story plot, the characters, the fantasy behind it, anyone can get interested and attracted to Anime/Manga industry.

But... porn... why??

Previously I stated before. Japan has a few greats. 1 is anime and their popculture. 2 is porn, 3 is their industry and financial power in Asia.

The 2nd great makes a good wonder, why Porn? I mean their porn industry is so brilliant, they have OLD PEOPLE PORN!

(Believe me, you don't wanna see the cover. It's nightmarish to the extent that even Takahina doesn't dare to post any of it on his blog)

Well of course with cute girls with angelic faces and demonic bodies, which guy won't be tempted to them? Their high pitch voices in porn can make anyone sweat.

But why did Japan enter this field in the first place? I thought on general they are a very conservative bunch?

Conservative? Yeah. Extremist, yeah. Fanatics, yeah.

The culture of Japan works in a strange way. The nature of "Rape Club" itself shows something. Their lack of respect for woman, and woman's nature of not being able to stand up for themselves, and in a sense a woman's lack of respect for themselves.

Takahina in a sense is conservative in that woman of all things, should protect their body and chastity the most, not being loose. You respect your dignity as a woman. (In a sense that's why I don't like the stereotyped clubbing girls, cause they seem to display a lack of self-protection) Naturally guys should do the same, don't fool around too much, have some self-restrain.

But of course, no one in the world cares about that, neither will the Japanese do. (Nor Sgreans as well) If money or impulse is able to make you sell your body, then you don't appeal to me. You can like me cause I'm rich, but you can't have sex with me and request money from me for it.

The modern Japanese, under Takahina's scrutinized view, is that they are divided into 2 extremes. And a 3rd percentile in the balanced area.

1 the traditional and conservative type. Mainly influence from the older generation. The other is the open, fanatical type, mainly new age youngsters influenced from Western culture with added features of their own. Imagine US people to be at 80%, Japanese will be at 100%.

Let me just say about the 1st type, the older generation traditional view.

They are the ones who are anal and not letting freedom.



Owwww... so sweet... but...



"Son, you don't take over the shop as the Ramen Unker you're gonna be cooked with the soup! I'll freaking disown you!!! Look at my eyes they mean freaking business!!"

Or...

Imagine a son who doesn't want to become a doctor, yet his father forces and stressed him to become a doctor. What do you get? A stressful society.



"Look at me... I'm stress."

Why Japan is such a stressful society is contributed by mainly 2 things, 1 I believe is the naturally fast paced society of Japan, 2nd is the mentality of this traditional family. Why so many people in Japan commit suicide, be it students who can't cope with the expectations of life, or old man who are abandoned by family for being useless, has gotta to with 1 nature of their traditional pride and nature. Survival of the fittest is very evident in Japan. (Another place I know with an even higher rate of committing suicide is Hong Kong)

If you think Singapore is stress, wait till you go to Japan. You think you can handle their society?

Pt number 2, the other part of the picture: The freaking open people.

Ok, maybe it's a bit wrong to call them open. Should say "Open-minded". Casual sex, posting pictures, whatever you say it, they did it. The leading industry in sex toys and stuff, they seem to excel in it. I can truthfully say now that the US porn industry is losing out to Japan, in terms of quality, and quantity per square inch. (Meaning for the same amount of land-space and area and population, US pales in comparison) And believe me... when Japanese mean extreme, they are extreme.

It's never a coincidence that porn industry strives so well in a nation. It's the social thinking, be it due to monetary issues, or so much stress from studying that the girls need some "love", or whatever you have, something about the society made it soar into world history.

I dare to say most people around hadn't been to a Japanese club before, I also want to take a look for myself, see whether the Singapore clubbing culture is open, or just plain crude compared to Japan's. For all you know, maybe Takahina, who's approach towards clubbing is never initiative but sporting, could get some action or 2 in Japanese clubs, unlike Singapore clubs whereby girls just ignore Takahina... (Just you wait you singapore girls... just you wait...)

Ok, joking about that, but I dare to bet my ass off that Japanese clubs are more hyper and open than Singapore's. Being Open??? Yes.

So it's good, it shows a good reason for a guy to go over to Japan. Well of course if you don't mind your Japanese girlfriend licking another guy in front of you in the club go ahead. Or she may suddenly show you a DVD with the cover...

"Fantasy with 18 years old, 100 man straight ぶっかけ..."

Well, if you like that, and can handle it go ahead. I'm not saying that it's bad to be open-minded, but there should be a limit to open-mindedness while Japanese from my impression seems to be able to go the whole stretch. So the innocent image of any Japanese girls you have... could be fake. And believe me, not all Japanese girls are as beautiful as you think. Enter their society and see for yourself.



Ganguro, the weirdest species of female ever.

How about Japanese guys? Well, truth be told, I'm haven't heard or been able to dig out too much about them. Rape Club only gave a part of the picture of Japanese guys. But I have a weird gut feel that Japanese guys are less horny than the Singapore counterparts. But the possible lack and the feature of guy power in Japan is still very much around, as hinted by my Japanese School's teacher 福島 Sensei.

男尊女卑. In romanji Dan Son Jyo Hi. My teacher taught this phrase in Japanese with a slight tinch of anger and passion.

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But overall though, take what I wrote with a pinch of salt, after all Takahina has never really lived in Japan before. I believe elements of what I wrote exist, but still it shouldn't be that prevalent.

As i stated above, a 3rd percentile of the people should be living a normal live with a balance in between. But... people being people, how many appearance of a "normal lifestyle" hides a deep secret inside??

Look for yourself. :D


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Takahina may write more about Japanese and his personal opinion on them, when he has the mood and materials. Ready for part 3?