http://daryltay.net My Personal Life Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:48:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Because I'm actually in a pretty foul mood tonight, I'll let myself blast the kind of blog post I rarely do. 1) I'm not stupid. Just because I don't actively play the "game", doesn't mean I don't know how it works. Believe me I know how these things work. I can ... http://daryltay.net/2009/01/im-not-stupid/ A trend that I've noticed (and as someone has said to be the "annoying question") is how girls like to ask "So why do you like me?" when they find out that you do. Guys, on the other hand, kinda just nod, accept it and that's it. I usually don't know ... http://daryltay.net/2009/01/the-why-question/ Coming back to Singapore after four months of being away, stuff in my room was moved around in an attempt to be "neater". This of course was a bad idea because either: a) I couldn't remember where things were left or b) If I could remember, they weren't there anymore. So the newly GTD-ed ... http://daryltay.net/2009/01/the-mess-that-is-my-room/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="275" caption="Guitar Hero World Tour"][/caption]From previous nights of being a guitar sidekick and booze and Guitar Hero, we spent roughly 7 straight hours on Guitar Hero World Tour on Monday, stopping only to eat dinner (even then, it was a forced stop). Before I show you the videos ... http://daryltay.net/2009/01/music-mondays-xv-guitar-hero-world-tour/ We all kinda know "that period" right? where we only think about the other person and wanna talk to them all the time and see them all the time. That period commonly referred to as the "honeymoon" period. Isn't it sad that we've been trained, on some cognitive level, not ... http://daryltay.net/2008/12/the-problem-with-the-opening-perio/ Since coming to Kingston, Amazon has consistently impressed me, leading to increased purchases from them. Whaddya think? Did I overdo it? [caption id="attachment_493" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Just A Few Of My Amazon Boxes"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_494" align="aligncenter" width="315" caption="My Books, DVDs and Graphic Novels"][/caption] I think I may just miss Amazon most of all when I ... http://daryltay.net/2008/12/packing-my-stuff-from-amazon/ Now that exchange is officially over, I've been thinking about what singular change I would have made if I knew what I know now, and could rewind time to make the decision all over again. What I wouldn't change: School - Queen's University was my second choice, but I have no regrets ... http://daryltay.net/2008/12/exchange-thoughts-what-id-change-and-what-i-wouldnt/ "Depart not from the path which fate has you assigned" I can definitely place that "path" right about now. http://daryltay.net/2008/12/in-my-fortune-cookie-today/ As promised last week, this week I'll take yet another look at an opening band, specifically Fun, who toured with and opened for Jack's Mannequin in Montreal. Fun is a straight up well... fun band. I really loved their quirky tracks with the utterly nasal voice that reminds me of pop ... http://daryltay.net/2008/12/music-mondays-xiv-fun/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="252" caption="Superman - Escape From Bizarro World"][/caption] Bizarro, a twisted version of Superman, was one of the key characters featured in Superman: Last Son, and this volume continues his story. He kidnaps Pa Kent and flies to "Bizarro World" which is powered by a blue sun, that gives ... http://daryltay.net/2008/12/graphic-novel-review-superman-escape-from-bizarro-world-by-geoff-johns-and-eric-powell/