Hansel Portal

Its an really awesome week this week! really pack, busy, meaningful, and its just great, probably the best week of the year! It’s so good that I almost forgotten that I am still serving army. 100% no regrets on spamming my 3 days off for next year away like this!

The week starts off with Console development @ Nanyang Polytechnic on 21 and 22. really great to see all the ex lecturers that are still around, Mr Quah, Ms Tan Siew Lan and some others! getting together with friends like Melissa, Shu Wen, Ren Hao, Gabriel and Adrian to code together again! and what impress me was that I am still able to code with all the shortcuts to compiling and running around the codes. And for eye candy, recorded Shu Wen’s “AAA” title game in making! =X

Next will be Gambit’s new game lab at 23rd level of shaw tower with an impressive view of the city, able to see esplanade, IR and many others. It sure be a great spot to see fireworks, F1 and so on.. Had a super full pizza + Ham + Hot Dog, and console games, card games, drinks, dominic’s nurf guns, and some urban ops in the office =X

And there’s my secondary school band’s chalet for the sec 4s that are leaving, really great to see them after so long, hardly able to go back ever since enlisted in army. Really had some fun there, Liang Rong and some others are still the same as when there are sec 1, still screaming, shouting  and playing. Although only get to see Benedict and Tian Hoe, and Tian Hoe have a girlfriend called Joanna *i think* all have grown up!

Then it’s my birthday on the 24th, nothing epic just simple dinner of  log cake, wine and ham at home with family in front of television, and count down to Christmas!! Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Well that’s all so far for this week 26th will be an ITE class  gathering @ Mr Wong’s place which should be another cool times with friends known during ITE, quite an anticipated gathering as we weren’t able to get together during Chinese new year early this year! oh well! it will be great anyway

Woosh! Ex Wallaby 09 has finally ended and I am finally home after been away for slightly more then 3 weeks! Feels nice to be back! Shall be upload some pictures around!

Well just finish packing my civilian bag right after coming back from dinner at Saizeriya @ Liang Court with old time polytechnic buddies, really happy that able to have this dinner with them, felt really happy and excited about the Ex Wallaby 09 after dinner. Don’t know why! but you guys made my day! Thanks!

Its almost 7 hours to be at the airport, 11 hours to take off, 19 hours to reach destination, 22 days to return home and it just goes on…..

Taken too late! melissa and her boyfriend had left! Melissa!!! next time we shall take 1 more alright!

Bye bye singapore!! hello australia!!
Bye bye home!! hello kangaroo!!

Woot! I am so excited about this new gadget I got. Yea I know it not the latest SE Satio 12.1 mega pixel camera phone, but I have long wanted a SE cybershot phone since K800i period.

Spent nearly the whole wet afternoon at Toa Payoh with Wen Liang just to find a good deal for this 2nd phone with working, physical and price in mind. This was the last phone we hunt and was in the best condition!

Hrm.. How about taking a look at matt traveling around the world!!

Get more detail on trip at wherethehellismatt.com

looks cool? looks fun think again! Wait till you see this!

I think its funny, it caught me the 1st time I watch it too! but no harm after all! I do wish that I would ever have a chance to travel like him!

Saw this link from my facebook by one of my friend (can’t remember who) last week and I think it was very well done! should be shared! enjoy!

Long time since I last updated, have got nothing much going around, but last week heard this song Love Story by Taylor Swift Arranged by Jon Schmidt Co-arranged by Steven Sharp Nelson and called Love Story  meets Viva La Vida and really fall in love with it! there for I shall post it! hee! I know its not new but I really love it! There is a newer version called Love Story meets Love Story but i still prefer the older version. Enjoy!

Hm, someone mention that rubbish bags are trash on friday! which I 100% can’t agree with! I think that someone is the RUBBISH in the rubbish bags! I can think of 101 ways to use a rubbish bags in where I am now, think of how to collect rubbish without a bag. I seriously thinks that “RUBBISH” should reflect on what he/it have said! and to remember that he is always the RUBBISH in the RUBBISH bag!

Yay! Hot new from ren hao when I woke up! Showtime has made it to Penny Arcade Expo 2009 top 10  selections! Congrats so Gambit and Showtime team once again!! wooott~~!! How I wish I could be there at the Expo in seattle but too bad! maybe next year or the year after!

I was quite excited to see who are the other entries and notice that 1 of them (Tag: The Power of Paint) is done by students of Digipen!

The PAX 10

After sifting through over 150 submissions from a gaggle of gameplay types and a plethora of platforms, a panel of game industry experts have selected the ten best submissions to be recognized as this year’s The PAX 10.

What is PAX?

PAX is a three-day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers. We call it a festival because in addition to dedicated tournaments and freeplay areas we’ve got nerdcore concerts, panel discussions, the weekend-long Omegathon event, and an exhibitor hall filled with booths displaying the latest from top game publishers and developers. Even with all this amazing content the best part of PAX is hanging out with other people who know their shit when it comes to games.

From gamasutra:

July 16, 2009

Organizers have chosen the 10 best games from over 150 submissions to be showcased at Penny Arcade’s PAX consumer event this year, including CarneyVale Showtime and Osmos.

Now in its second year, the PAX 10 is designed to highlight the efforts of indie game creators working on original, self-funded and self-published, fully playable, non-mod game projects across all platforms.

The developers of the top ten games will be given four exhibitor passes each to the Penny Arcade Expo to be held September 4 to 6, and will showcase the games in a special booth at the show.

The PAX 10 selections are as follows:

CarneyVale: Showtime by the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Games Lab (Xbox 360)
Closure by Tyler Glaiel and Jon Schubbe (PC)
Fieldrunners by Subatomic Studios (iPhone)
Liight by Studio Walljump (Wii)
Machinarium by Amanita Design (PC)
Osmos by Hemisphere Games (PC)
Puzzle Bloom by Team Shotgun (PC)
Tag: The Power of Paint by Tag Team (PC)
Trino by Trinoteam (Xbox 360)
What is Bothering Carl? by Story Fort (PC)

PAX, organized by popular Penny Arcade comic creators Jerry “Tycho” Holkins and Mike “Gabe” Krahulik, first featured the PAX 10 last year, with finalists whittled down from more than 80 submissions. Last year, Expo attendees chose Twisted Pixel’s The Maw as the overall champion.

“The judges were absolutely blown away by the polished and robust experiences offered by the 2009 submissions,” said Robert Khoo of Penny Arcade.

“We’re impressed yet again by the amazing games that indie developers are creating and know that, when you stop by The PAX 10 booth at the show, you will be, too.”

This year’s Penny Arcade Expo itself will be the sixth annual event, with attendance having grown from 4,000 in 2004 to 58,500 in 2008. In 2007, it moved from Bellevue, Washington to the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in downtown Seattle to accommodate its rapid growth.

The SSC Ultimate Aero is a powerful engine sports car manufactured by Shelby SuperCars. The precious SSC Ultimate Aero TT is the world’s fastest production car, which travels at a top speed of 257 mph.

The new version known as 2009 SSC Ultimate Aero has been modified where some changes have been added to the exteriors, interiors, and the increase of horsepower about 15%. The most important change is the single piece aluminum block engine that improves the oiling capabilities and structure of the engine, so that the SSC Ultimate Aero produces an output of about 1287 horsepower.

At the cost of $654,000 and with a newly designed engine, the Ultimate Aero can reach a maximum speed of 270 mph, which is a world record speed. It can reach from 0 to 60 mph in 2.7 secs. The front face of the car has been redesigned with improved aerodynamics and carbon fiber which draws 20% additional air to the radiators for better cooling.

The AeroBrakeTM system has been introduced in this car which is a rear spoiler system that can be controlled by a switch. The spoiler speed can be set depending on the pressure applied on the brake pedal.

The interiors are mostly designed of carbon fibers that bound the doors, steering column, speedometer and tachometer.

Specifications

Vehicle Type: -Production car, two doors coupe
Configuration: – Mid Engine/ RWD
Price: $654,000
Engine: – Twin-Turbo V8
Displacement: – 7000 cc
Horsepower: – 1287 bhp @ —rpm
Max RPM: – 7200 rpm
Transmission: – 6-speed Manual
Width: – 82.7 in
Length: – 176.2 in
Height: – 43.0 in
Wheelbase: – 105.2 in
0-60 mph: 2.7 secs
Top speed: – 270mph