I know I said I wouldn't give y'all a shred of attention, but I hadn't anticipated this boring visit to my cousin's house. It's boring because my cousin ain't around FYI.
He went to camp, which he should. But it's making me bored, so he shouldn't have gone. But if he hadn't gone to camp, I'd be strangling him for not being active in his Scout activities. But making me bored also deserves capital punishment... at least.
Okay, back to topic. I shall first give y'all an account of my work.
I work at Coral Computer Supplies, which is situated beside Tanmark Bookstore. We sell office supplies, ranging from computers to stationery and a small number of household appliances. We also function as a printing shop. Laminating, photostating, printing, binding etc. We also sell printer refills, which is one of our main source of income.
The staff is divided (sort of) into several departments. There's the IT department, the stationery department and the accountant department. Everybody does cashier duty, and the cashier also does the photostating jobs. The IT department is in charge of selling computers, fixing computers and printing stuff.
As for work, to put it simple, it's easy. Just go in, sort out and key in data and documents in the morning, then lunch break, then cashier for the rest of the day, plus some promoting work for WiMax. BTW, if you're interested in WiMax, contact me.
Note: WiMax is faster than Streamyx. Youtube videos do not stop to buffer with WiMax.
I find myself in an odd position though. Although I applied to be an accountant, I find myself handling cashier, photostating and printing duty as well. And I start playing a part in the IT department next month. In other words, I'll be involved with EVERYTHING in the shop, which is something no other part-time or full-time staff has done, not even my boss! That's fishy.
The people there are nice so I ain't complaining about my range of work.
Now, for my otaku segment of the report. I bought Romeo X Juliet, Shakugan no Shana and Shakugan no Shana 2 last week. But work has restricted my time, so I have yet to finish even one series.
I'm watching Romeo X Juliet first and I liked the opening, "Inori ~You Raise Me Up~". But I got bored of it pretty quick. The storyline is developing quite well. How Escalus suddenly just popped into the story was weird though, as in how it suddenly became the final boss. And how easily Montague fell was also weird. I expected at least a little resistance from him.
Well, adding the two series puts me closer to completing last year's goal, which was to fill up my top shelf with anime. I'll need 3 more box sets, so I expect it to be filled pretty soon. Yay me!
Ar Tornelico 2 presents a very simple fantasy world story. I haven't completed the game yet, but I can tell some basic concepts of that world. In Ar Tornelico exists special females who can grow into Reyvateils, human beings capable of Song Magic. The world is ruled by a Goddess, who has been pretty oppressive recently, resulting in te rise of a rebel group known as the Grand Bell Knights. The Grand Bell took control of the government and pursued a different path to create Metafalica, the land of paradise with their Holy Maiden. But the Sacred Army who supports the Goddess have started their uprising with a maiden of their own.
And Grand Bell Knight ace rookie Croix Bartel is stuck in the middle of the fight and he has to make a choice which side to fight for. Why? Because one maiden is someone he has sworn to protect for the past 5 years and the other was his childhood friend.
The battle system is fun but time-consuming at times. Vanguards fight on the frontlines while Reyvateils support them from behind with Song Magic. During the Attack Phase, the vanguards will attack to raise the Song Magic bar. During Defense Phase, the vanguards will have to defend the Reyvateils and this is done by pressing buttons at a correct timing, and the accuracy required is slightly higher than the Judgement Ring system in Shadow Hearts. Once the Song Magic hits a desired level, you may unleash it manually or continue to build it up until the Song becomes too powerful to control and is automatically unleashed.
Note: Song Magic is INSANELY powerful compared to vanguard attacks. Vanguards deal about 700+ damage in a single-action. Song magic at 8000% (the standard level to unleash which is usually acquired in one Attack Phase) can deal up to 9000+ damage.
Since the world of Ar Tornelico mainly focuses on songs, there are lots of BGMs which consist of different genre of music, ranging from opera music to relaxing melodies to tension music to... well a hell lot of others. There's even jazz and light rock.
I'm enjoying this game since the system is simple to grasp, but it is annoying how some party members keep disappearing for a long period of time, mainly the Reyvateils. There is an amzaingly obvious gap in difficulty when fighting with one Reyvateil instead of two. And it's insanely difficult with NO Reyvateils in your party, since you can't do anything but stand there and get hit for the entire Defense Phase.
The overall atmosphere is very variable. The game can make you laugh, tense, depressed, swt, angry, disgusted, surprised etc. etc. at different moments. Jacqli is a good example. Just when you think you can like her, she says something to make you distrust her again.
I haven't started on Shadow of the Collossus yet since I still need to work on my timing for Defense Phase.
That's it for the report. Oh, can you believe an hour has passed? And I'm going home! Yay!
P.S. It seems I clicked 'Save Now' instead of 'Publish Post' last night. So, I guess I'll post it now. And I finished RXJ already.
I'm watching Romeo X Juliet first and I liked the opening, "Inori ~You Raise Me Up~". But I got bored of it pretty quick. The storyline is developing quite well. How Escalus suddenly just popped into the story was weird though, as in how it suddenly became the final boss. And how easily Montague fell was also weird. I expected at least a little resistance from him.
Well, adding the two series puts me closer to completing last year's goal, which was to fill up my top shelf with anime. I'll need 3 more box sets, so I expect it to be filled pretty soon. Yay me!
Ar Tornelico 2 presents a very simple fantasy world story. I haven't completed the game yet, but I can tell some basic concepts of that world. In Ar Tornelico exists special females who can grow into Reyvateils, human beings capable of Song Magic. The world is ruled by a Goddess, who has been pretty oppressive recently, resulting in te rise of a rebel group known as the Grand Bell Knights. The Grand Bell took control of the government and pursued a different path to create Metafalica, the land of paradise with their Holy Maiden. But the Sacred Army who supports the Goddess have started their uprising with a maiden of their own.
And Grand Bell Knight ace rookie Croix Bartel is stuck in the middle of the fight and he has to make a choice which side to fight for. Why? Because one maiden is someone he has sworn to protect for the past 5 years and the other was his childhood friend.
The battle system is fun but time-consuming at times. Vanguards fight on the frontlines while Reyvateils support them from behind with Song Magic. During the Attack Phase, the vanguards will attack to raise the Song Magic bar. During Defense Phase, the vanguards will have to defend the Reyvateils and this is done by pressing buttons at a correct timing, and the accuracy required is slightly higher than the Judgement Ring system in Shadow Hearts. Once the Song Magic hits a desired level, you may unleash it manually or continue to build it up until the Song becomes too powerful to control and is automatically unleashed.
Note: Song Magic is INSANELY powerful compared to vanguard attacks. Vanguards deal about 700+ damage in a single-action. Song magic at 8000% (the standard level to unleash which is usually acquired in one Attack Phase) can deal up to 9000+ damage.
Since the world of Ar Tornelico mainly focuses on songs, there are lots of BGMs which consist of different genre of music, ranging from opera music to relaxing melodies to tension music to... well a hell lot of others. There's even jazz and light rock.
I'm enjoying this game since the system is simple to grasp, but it is annoying how some party members keep disappearing for a long period of time, mainly the Reyvateils. There is an amzaingly obvious gap in difficulty when fighting with one Reyvateil instead of two. And it's insanely difficult with NO Reyvateils in your party, since you can't do anything but stand there and get hit for the entire Defense Phase.
The overall atmosphere is very variable. The game can make you laugh, tense, depressed, swt, angry, disgusted, surprised etc. etc. at different moments. Jacqli is a good example. Just when you think you can like her, she says something to make you distrust her again.
I haven't started on Shadow of the Collossus yet since I still need to work on my timing for Defense Phase.
That's it for the report. Oh, can you believe an hour has passed? And I'm going home! Yay!
P.S. It seems I clicked 'Save Now' instead of 'Publish Post' last night. So, I guess I'll post it now. And I finished RXJ already.
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