What a situation I'm in. it's 3:00 am and I'm in uni at city east in the computer sweep. I'm pretty sure everyones asleep, so I'm not going to be bothered giving them a call to pick me up.
Since then alot has happened. I guess it's the reason I blog is to stop and think about how are things shaping up. hmm?
So it was about last week that I entered a street fighter 4 tournament (i suppose it could be compared to state league) and placed second. But Although that sounds good and all, there wernt many good players there (prob 5 max ) and I know quite a few more people who DIDN'T enter the tournament who are just as exceptionally good. Having said that, I dont think it was a very well representation of who was the "best" in south australia, but it's not like i'm complaining ...
So the winner, who's an absolute beast (in sf4) turns out to be a 1st year uni student studying science at adelaide. It's funny, because we are actually really good friends now ( competativeness is still there, he beats me much more then i can him ...). The Winner of the competition gets to go to sydney (FOR FREE) and compete in the national tournament. second .. doesn't get anything (which totally sucks.. oh well) but I've decided to go anyway despite paying for my own tickets : mainly because
a) I still have a chance to compete in nationals just have to start at the bottom of the list.
b) I was asked to represent team Adelaide ( team games will be there, teams consist of 3 people)
c) Support my friends entering
d) Meet the top players in australia who I vs online at home
e) Get to see the top player in the world fight off (might even take a picture with him, his celebrity status in the world of fighting games )
f) I get to go to sydney for the first time and explore for a bit
The 2 finalists of this nationals tournament THEN gets to go to las vegas and particpate in the "world" championships representing Australias best. How epic is that?
By now you've probably stop reading, because its so boring and you want to get to some interesting stuff....So I ask myself, why am I still doing this?
I'm young (19) and want to enjoy it while I still can ( even if it is sf related...)
I'm single, which means i have time on my hands and can do whaaaaaaaatever I want :) as long as it doesn't effect my studies, then Its fine. If i suck at sf so badly I always have uni to lay back on. (though im still behind lol.)
I know it sounds kinda stupid and maybe lame, but think of it like this. Do you have a hobby? is it piano? badminton? cars? chatting up girls/boys?( I suck at all those btw) lol. Exactly its something we enjoy. Imagine taking it those activities the next level, were technique, execution, knowledge and mind games form the basis of your skills ( can be applied to all of them albeit piano). This is what I'm talking about. It's deeper then you think...
But at the same time theres alot more to life then this. I am very aware of that too. It's just a phase I'm in and when I do eventually exit and move on with life ( you know.. get the job, the girlfriend :), have the car to take her out and do all sorts of crazy stuff ) then that will be the end of it. I'll have a memory to look back and say (yeah I was one of the best at sf4 in my days... hah) but until then, enjoy it while your young.
To be honest though, I'd never talk about this to anyone. Its kind of like vanta by day, street fighter by night. or something. not the person to talk about myself at all. kind of hey whats up yeah nothings going on. whod be interested in this stuff anyway.
My flight to sydney will be on the 27th, going for the weekend. it's quite exciting though, can't wait! but i'll behind a weekend on uni. argh.
This is the only place were I can be selfish and talk nonstop about myself. I rarely do it on facebook, msn or in real life. It's like the world revolves around you when you do stuff like that, and hat can be spared.
I haven't seen my friends in such a long time though... Its busy exam period though too but I wouldnt mind catching up with them.
My sf games.
Quarter Finals
Semi Finals
Finals
And to finish off a relly nice music video... Well i found it sweet and enjoyable:
SSF4
Been a while since my last update. been so busy with heaps of stuff. ..
nah not really - the new street fighter locked me up in my room for quite a bit.
Anyways so whats been happening since..
Got the haircut - its the first thing everyone notices : Vanta you look different what happened?
" Oh i Shaved, that's all"
lol. However it is growing out pretty fast, so by the time you see me again, it'll be normal again so hahah :<
But yeah unis started and its getting hectic, zzzz
Birthdays past, caterings past, yada yada
Its actualy 3 am in the morning so ill elaborate on something another time.
Till then - waves
nah not really - the new street fighter locked me up in my room for quite a bit.
Anyways so whats been happening since..
Got the haircut - its the first thing everyone notices : Vanta you look different what happened?
" Oh i Shaved, that's all"
lol. However it is growing out pretty fast, so by the time you see me again, it'll be normal again so hahah :<
But yeah unis started and its getting hectic, zzzz
Birthdays past, caterings past, yada yada
Its actualy 3 am in the morning so ill elaborate on something another time.
Till then - waves
Uni again >_>
and the mid semester break has come to an end. yikes that was fast.
Its the last Thursday night of the break, 3:25 am in the morning and there are 2 reasons why I can't sleep.
- Sleeping patterns are screwed
- Have this crazy sore throat with a persistent cough. ( damn bro ) Argh its such a pain in the butt. Can't even drink properly.
So I try sleeping and it doesn't work; whats next best thing? blog about it. lame. As far as the holidays went, it was alright. Had a few catch up with friends including a movie, a party, the odd day at work and the recently passed Khmer New year, with good food. mmm. It was quite eventful actually. But yeah nothing really to big or life changing occurred - is that a good thing or a bad thing?
So uni starts in about 4 days for me (start on weds) and I suppose I'm not really looking too forward to it ( means i got to massive study again, exams, tests, quizzes to catch up on ) and what could be worse when uni starts right before the release of Super Street fighter 4 comes out ( On Thursday which is totally exciting, from a gamers point of view...)
Random thought : do you ever get the feeling you tend to be overlooked, underestimated and well, even just not noticed ? i guess it happens for me time to time, and it doesn't look so good, so I usually talk to those who are in that situation too, because its nice being talked to.
Sec0nd random thought: Its interesting how everyone has a different type of humor. I mean some are mutual ( cracking an awesome joke ) and there are just some friends who have the best sense of humor ever. Then you get the times where it's only YOU laughing uncontrollably in a situation that isn't meant to be funny.
The other day when we were bike riding, a friend fell off his bike. Do you find falls any bit humerus? some find laughing at them offensive. I don't, I think it's the funniest thing ever. The friend fell down and was in a light degree of pain, but I coudnt stop laughing. He had scratches on his fingers, his back, his shoulders, his knees, his waist and his helmet.
I Haven't laughed so much in ages man, because the guy kinda deserved the fall ( for being a jerk half the time ) so he kinda got what was coming. Of course I asked if he was alright and all but it was just too much for me to keep in. The motion of him falling just kept replaying in my head.
Anyways that totally made my day, I'm never going to let this go on him.
Its the last Thursday night of the break, 3:25 am in the morning and there are 2 reasons why I can't sleep.
- Sleeping patterns are screwed
- Have this crazy sore throat with a persistent cough. ( damn bro ) Argh its such a pain in the butt. Can't even drink properly.
So I try sleeping and it doesn't work; whats next best thing? blog about it. lame. As far as the holidays went, it was alright. Had a few catch up with friends including a movie, a party, the odd day at work and the recently passed Khmer New year, with good food. mmm. It was quite eventful actually. But yeah nothing really to big or life changing occurred - is that a good thing or a bad thing?
So uni starts in about 4 days for me (start on weds) and I suppose I'm not really looking too forward to it ( means i got to massive study again, exams, tests, quizzes to catch up on ) and what could be worse when uni starts right before the release of Super Street fighter 4 comes out ( On Thursday which is totally exciting, from a gamers point of view...)
Random thought : do you ever get the feeling you tend to be overlooked, underestimated and well, even just not noticed ? i guess it happens for me time to time, and it doesn't look so good, so I usually talk to those who are in that situation too, because its nice being talked to.
Sec0nd random thought: Its interesting how everyone has a different type of humor. I mean some are mutual ( cracking an awesome joke ) and there are just some friends who have the best sense of humor ever. Then you get the times where it's only YOU laughing uncontrollably in a situation that isn't meant to be funny.
The other day when we were bike riding, a friend fell off his bike. Do you find falls any bit humerus? some find laughing at them offensive. I don't, I think it's the funniest thing ever. The friend fell down and was in a light degree of pain, but I coudnt stop laughing. He had scratches on his fingers, his back, his shoulders, his knees, his waist and his helmet.
I Haven't laughed so much in ages man, because the guy kinda deserved the fall ( for being a jerk half the time ) so he kinda got what was coming. Of course I asked if he was alright and all but it was just too much for me to keep in. The motion of him falling just kept replaying in my head.
Anyways that totally made my day, I'm never going to let this go on him.
1st Semester break 2010
First two days of holidays gone, ALREADY. But it was a good start, because med rad
Pub crawl was awesomeness cheese.
Shout out to Med Raders!
Anyway the next night I had work. >_> but it wasn't too bad. One of the free perks as a wedding caterer is the free entertainment. This time around, it was a Chinese wedding, and plenty of old people went ( and left quite early to lol ) About half way through the wedding though, the bridal party gathered on the dance floor and out of nowhere the groom put on an usher like hat, and started dancing to the music, which, mind you, was put in a well choreographic manner. Soon enough, the other males of the bridal party started dancing all in sync and what you saw was a miniature backstreet boys like dance that gave the bride a night to remember. It was repeated with the girls in sexy stylish dance later too.
At the same time, you get to see what works and what doesn't. For example, this couple had an Ice sculpture of a groom and a bride kissing, sort of like a center piece which was pretty cool. Something to oversee for when my awesome wedding day comes.. (Kinda want my wedding to be memorial too but thats not going to happen anytime soon though D:)
So 1st mid semester break of 2010... What plans do you have for me?
Nothing on you
Ever notice when two swans meet, they make.. a love heart shape?
Yeah its old news so you've probably have heard that.
Watched she's outa my league today. Must say it isn't a bad movie, but isn't anything special, very solid,though it has it's awkward moments.
But it's good in that I can relate to that quite a bit. The whole concept, you kinda want it to be true, but you kinda know it wont ever happen lol.
3 assessments this week... though -.-
but it should be okay .. med rad pubcrawl. Wonder how that will go?
Nothing on you (bobby) is a good song, Might I recommend it? :3
Yeah its old news so you've probably have heard that.
Watched she's outa my league today. Must say it isn't a bad movie, but isn't anything special, very solid,though it has it's awkward moments.
But it's good in that I can relate to that quite a bit. The whole concept, you kinda want it to be true, but you kinda know it wont ever happen lol.
3 assessments this week... though -.-
but it should be okay .. med rad pubcrawl. Wonder how that will go?
Nothing on you (bobby) is a good song, Might I recommend it? :3
Round 1... FIGHT
Today was... at least something.
Entered a Street fighter 4 tournament (16 players).
Contained quite a few pros, and last years Avcon winner, Peter.
For those who don't know, I actually wrote this long article about vsing him in Avcon, because I was that excited ( but looking at it now, I've realised how lame it is..)
Anyways long story short, I won it with no use of my "lives"(You get a second chance if you lose). The prize? nothing really except a free energy drink and the respect of other players. I mean, no one knew who I was, so I was like, an underdog.
If you... can be bothered at all , here's a clip of oa couple of my fights against a pro guy. ( WOW IM ON YOUTUBE! one of the players records and hosts the best matches of the night on youtube.., but its not the greatest quality.) If you do decide to watch, at least watch until the ending; I promise it was a very tight ending match, with an explosive finish.
Semi Finals
Grand finals
But it's hard if you don't really understand SF4, because you don't appreciate the technique/skill and subtle mind games that make the game so enjoyable.
Anyway during the game, thoughts were racing through my mind. Thoughts, like I had to prove something. Prove that If I really focused and put my mind on something, then I could get to where I wanted. Channeling all the thoughts and making it a purpose to win... But I was also fighting, just so I could stand out, maybe even get noticed. Fighting for something...someone
How long can I keep doing this? It's just a leisure thing, but just as a way to escape reality once in a while. which comes crash-landing back right after.
Entered a Street fighter 4 tournament (16 players).
Contained quite a few pros, and last years Avcon winner, Peter.
For those who don't know, I actually wrote this long article about vsing him in Avcon, because I was that excited ( but looking at it now, I've realised how lame it is..)
Anyways long story short, I won it with no use of my "lives"(You get a second chance if you lose). The prize? nothing really except a free energy drink and the respect of other players. I mean, no one knew who I was, so I was like, an underdog.
If you... can be bothered at all , here's a clip of oa couple of my fights against a pro guy. ( WOW IM ON YOUTUBE! one of the players records and hosts the best matches of the night on youtube.., but its not the greatest quality.) If you do decide to watch, at least watch until the ending; I promise it was a very tight ending match, with an explosive finish.
Semi Finals
Grand finals
But it's hard if you don't really understand SF4, because you don't appreciate the technique/skill and subtle mind games that make the game so enjoyable.
Anyway during the game, thoughts were racing through my mind. Thoughts, like I had to prove something. Prove that If I really focused and put my mind on something, then I could get to where I wanted. Channeling all the thoughts and making it a purpose to win... But I was also fighting, just so I could stand out, maybe even get noticed. Fighting for something...someone
How long can I keep doing this? It's just a leisure thing, but just as a way to escape reality once in a while. which comes crash-landing back right after.
Shift Into Turbo
Don't you just hate it, when you think of a plan, get WAY too excited about what could happen, and you decide to initiate , but even during that first vital step, you hit an obstacle?
Now ideally speaking, you would try your best to get around such things. No really you would. But even then you have limits and your plan doesn't follow through, or openings you had hoped would never appear. Oh well, I'm sure there will be other chances, though time is ticking away...
Time waits for no-one...
Anyway in other news, Learned how to drive manual the other day which wasn't too shabby. Was tricky at first, with the bunnyhops and stalls, but got used to it fast. I'd like to think my leveled up hand-eye coordination (from gaming xD) helped me through that haha. It's just a shame that some people can take so long to just to learn manual *cough* or to to drive overall *cough*
Was talking to the brother who owns that manual evo 3, and found out his got some contraption that doesn't make you clutch for the first 3 gears. Sure makes life easer. Moving from stationary to first gear is the hardest part from what I hear and yeah it's true.
Also... my new fight stick came in. (wth is that?) Here's a picture. Pretty neat huh?
nah prob not, probably thinking geez vanta your the biggest geek for buying such a thing lol. ( I am though technically, just no body knows )
Talking to this Avcon guy, they say the new super street fighter tournament is gonna be bigger. 1st prize .. $1000, second is like $500 or something and then 3rd and 4th is a stick. He also mentioned people would be flying in from other states to compete in this tournament. I suppose that kills any chance of me winning, but still, I'll give it a good shot. how exciting :O
Anyway uni is also getting pretty intense now, so I should really focus. gotta do well... D:!
Now ideally speaking, you would try your best to get around such things. No really you would. But even then you have limits and your plan doesn't follow through, or openings you had hoped would never appear. Oh well, I'm sure there will be other chances, though time is ticking away...
Time waits for no-one...
Anyway in other news, Learned how to drive manual the other day which wasn't too shabby. Was tricky at first, with the bunnyhops and stalls, but got used to it fast. I'd like to think my leveled up hand-eye coordination (from gaming xD) helped me through that haha. It's just a shame that some people can take so long to just to learn manual *cough* or to to drive overall *cough*
Was talking to the brother who owns that manual evo 3, and found out his got some contraption that doesn't make you clutch for the first 3 gears. Sure makes life easer. Moving from stationary to first gear is the hardest part from what I hear and yeah it's true.
Also... my new fight stick came in. (wth is that?) Here's a picture. Pretty neat huh?
nah prob not, probably thinking geez vanta your the biggest geek for buying such a thing lol. ( I am though technically, just no body knows )
Talking to this Avcon guy, they say the new super street fighter tournament is gonna be bigger. 1st prize .. $1000, second is like $500 or something and then 3rd and 4th is a stick. He also mentioned people would be flying in from other states to compete in this tournament. I suppose that kills any chance of me winning, but still, I'll give it a good shot. how exciting :O
Anyway uni is also getting pretty intense now, so I should really focus. gotta do well... D:!
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