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...cuz it was updated on the TAFE's website at long last. As mentioned earlier, I'm doing a Game Development course. The description recently added to the site mentions the three roles of game development: Games Designer - comes up with the game play ideas, perhaps story line Games Programmer - the programmer actually constructs the game code Games Artist - creates all the art assets for the game While they all look fun, I believe Game Design would suit me best, as that's where the most creative aspects of game development, including the story, lie. We'll see in just over a week when the course starts.
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Last year, one of my assignments for TAFE was to hand-code a website for a real company. I submitted the website for my selected company, and passed that assignment. It was then left to them to sort out uploading it to the Internet. I just got an e-mail from them last night, saying they've still yet to upload it. I'll be seeing them this afternoon to try and answer questions they have for me. Wish me luck!
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By comparison to the stories told in the past, my friend has had a rather eventless past few months. At one point he went to the beach and was caught in a rip. Luckily he was found and saved from the brink by a lifeguard. At the beaches in Queensland, they have flags along the coastline. These flags indicate safe areas to swim, and you have to swim between them to avoid being caught in rips. However, he says he WAS swimming between the flags! I imagine the flags were moved after this incident. Later, he was attacked by a dog that had gotten free. He recovered quickly, but the dog's fate is unknown. Laws here say that any dog that attacks a human is to be killed, but he doesn't want it to. I haven't heard about the incident since. My friend was an op at the Bring Back Bionicle Club's official chatroom. However he decided to retire, and relinquish his part to another friend from his school. Recently, I told my friend that I was going on holidays in Sydney (see the My Sydney Holiday series), and had no contact with him while I was away. When I returned, his friend told me that he had gone missing! Naturally I started to panic, thinking that maybe he was dead and I'd never find out. Thankfully he went on a social media site, and I was able to contact him. He had moved to Brisbane and was living with some random stranger and working on his song-writing. Before long, though, he had made a new enemy with another street teenager, one who was apparently quite well-known in the city. I made the suggestion that he leave the city and return to his home to avoid being killed by the violent animal, so he agreed. When he returned home, he received a hero's welcome! He says he got 2,000 hugs! It was gonna be 3,000 but the other 1,000 people were men. I need to teach him that there is nothing wrong with males hugging each other!
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On Wednesday, I took a monorail for the first time! We went to Darling harbour and went on a sea cruise on a catamaran. My dad exhausted his phone's entire memory taking photos of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House! Next, we went to the aquarium. I noticed there was a LEGO Store next door, so naturally I went to have a look... and naturally I walked out broken-hearted. There was NOTHING Bionicle-related in the store AT ALL!!!!! It was like Bionicle never existed, because even the cashier had no idea what Bionicle was! The aquarium itself appeared to have affiliated themselves strongly with Lego: they had lego models, mostly of minifigs, scattered throughout the tour area, as well as a large statue of Poseidon (I think that's him) out the front. However, the constant presence of Lego models all over the place simply rubbed in the face that Bionicle has been banned. Thus, I don't want to go back until either the models disappear (which won't be for ages because of how detailed the models were; it'd be a waste) or Bionicle comes back, whatever comes first.
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I always speak to others the way they speak to me. Therefore, when dealing with me, you have to be gentle and respectful, so I will be gentle and respectful right back. If you get hostile, I can't help but get hostile right back. It's just who I am. If you don't realise that this is how I usually react, then that is your problem more than it is mine. It is a normal part of my personality, always has been, always will be, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. So please remember to be careful how you speak to me.
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I'm finally ready to go for this year's TAFE course! I paid the fee today and am all done! I start 3 weeks from today. Now I should be able to pay my dad for his car!
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On Thursday we didn't do that much. Mostly we took the train around a few places looking for a Bendigo Bank, which we believed was also not in NSW. Thankfully we did eventually (at about 3pm) find one in a suburb a fair distance from Sydney. The biggest pain with this search was that we had to get separate tickets for each trip, unlike with Victoria's Metcards, where a single card could be used for every trip. Later, we returned to Central station and took the tram there. Sydney has only one tram route, and that route only takes about 20-25 minutes to go from one end of the line to the other. Later we looked at the small railway museum back at Central station, which, as always, was very interesting. I always love looking at the train models places like that have. After that, we had Hungry Jacks for dinner, and then my dad tried in vain to charge up his phone. Then I tried to use a nearby Internet cafe, but it was pathetic! They had a version of Internet Explorer that was so old that it didn't even have tabs! Worse, many places --- INCLUDING BZPOWER --- were inaccessible "for security reasons"! Then the whole computer crashed and restarted itself! What a pathetic waste of $2! NEVER USE THE INTERNET CAFE AT SYDNEY'S CENTRAL STATION! IT DOESN'T WORK!!!!! Afterwards, we returned to the hotel and picked up our luggage, and then quickly had the Countrylink staff pack it away on the train. We then went in to our allocated seat and took the train home overnight. It was not a pleasant trip. I suddenly got Hay Fever, forcing me to take frequent toilet breaks to dry my nose with toilet paper, because the train had no other medication. For that reason (among others), I was unable to sleep pretty much all night. I'm surprised I wasn't that exhausted when we finally arrived back in Melbourne! On the way, we got delayed for an hour when the police showed up to escort someone from the train. I don't know the exact details because no-one told us anything, but I believe it was because someone was drunk. After 12 hours on a train, it felt REALLY good to step out and get fresh air! And that comes from someone who loves trains! All in all, a surprisingly eventful holiday!
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I remember when the Announcement was first made, I vowed to fight to bring it back until the end of 2011, and if it wasn't back by then, I'd fly to Lego's HQ in Denmark and kill myself. No joke. I've since mellowed, as if I've actually gotten over it (which I haven't).Now I'm just fighting until it comes back, even if I die first anyway. Otherwise I'd just be seen as just another madman, like that guy who did that terrorist attack in Norway "as a warning".
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The night we arrived at the hotel, I realised I had left my pyjamas at home! :/ Now i have to wear what I wore that day to bed with me each night! Yesterday I took a New South Wales electric train for the first time, going to Sydney's Luna Park. It was while we were at Luna Park that I realised how much I had changed since going to Melbourne's Luna park with my grandmother so long ago. Very little there interested me; all I went on was the Dodgem Cars and Coney Island! I guess the heat didn't help either, because I can't stand the heat. After we got home and relaxed a bit, we tried to find a Red Rooster restaurant in the area, but couldn't find one. We did find, however, that our hotel was not far from Sydney's Chinatown! For a while we thought that was why we couldn't find a Red Rooster (despite finding a KFC), but then when we returned, we asked the receptionist, and he said he had never heard of Red Rooster! Tha told us that there are none in New South Wales. Later, my dad went shopping and got some cereal and chips for the rest of the holiday... and then realised our room doesn't have any bowls! XD It was hard to sleep that night, because the roof of my mouth had started to hurt as if I had acute Tonsilitis again. However I believe it was just from a lack of water compared to how much we walked and how hot it was.
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Okay, so I was wrong. Turns out my dad brought his laptop and wireless Internet on holidays with us! Okay, so yesterday dad and I walked to the nearby station and took it to Southern Cross station, which took about an hour. The train trip was quick because it was the biggest express on the line, bypassing 10 stations, and not taking the City Loop! When we arrived at Southern Cross, the diesel train that would take us to Sydney was already there, on the platform on the other side of the station! It was about 8:30am when we left, and it would be 8pm when we would arrive at Central station in Sydney. However, it didn't quite work out that way! At about midday, not long after we had passed Albury station and were nearing Culcain, the next station, the train stopped. Apparently the front passenger carriage and the carriage with the buffet had lost power, and before long, so did the whole train! In other words, IT BROKE DOWN! It was an hour and a half before it was deemed too dangerous to continue its journey, so everyone had to get out into the heat of Culcairn station after the barely-running train was able to limp there, and await a series of chaches (buses that carry luggage) to pick us up. Three were express coaches straight to Sydney, which took us straight there. Dad and I took the first coach that arrived, and made it at 9:30pm, after taking a dinner break along the way. We then got lost in the city trying to find our hotel in the night, and I was constantly afraid we'd get mugged (as I do). Eventually, about half an hour later, we finally found it and settled in for the night. We have to use a card to access the venue, the lift (we can't go up without using the card, for security reasons) and our room. Our room in particular is a pain to get into because we can't use the handle to get in like we're supposed to. We have to push the door when we scan the card, and even then it's difficult. BTW, if you think this non-fiction story is gonna be as dramatic as Taming A Street Teenager, then you're going to be disappointed.
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Wel, I was happily playing Warcraft 3, and I had just reached the end cinematic when there was a knock on the door. Some girls playing next door had accidentally thrown their ball onto the roof of our car port, and the ball had landed in a difficult position to get it. I had to face my fear of heights and climb up and knock the ball down using a long rod, risking a head or neck injury. I ended up missing most of the cinematic, and now I have to start the level over again to see it in full! Well, that's Friday 13th for ya...
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Tomorrow I go to Sydney for a week-long holiday! During that time I will be away from BZPower. I should be back some time on Friday.
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This Sunday I have another meetup in the city with a group of friends I met online This Monday to Friday I'll be on holidays in Sydney - AND I'LL TAKE THE TRAIN THERE AND BACK! Around that time, my laptop should also come home. at the end of the month is another Pokemon tournament, this time held by those same friends I'm seeing this Sunday, rather than by Nintendo. I'll spend much time preparing.
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BY READING! I was never a fan of reading, especially long novels, hence why I hate Harry Potter. However, yesterday saw me ordering three Warcraft novels at the nearby bookshop: the War of the Ancients trilogy. However, only part 3 was on the shelf, so I decided I'd buy that and order the other two, and just read part 3 anyway, since I had little else to do. The difference between these long novels and those of Harry Potter is that I was already a fan of Warcraft before getting these books, whereas Harry Potter started with the long novels.
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The Enter button on my MacBook Pro broke into pieces, so I'm getting it repaired. However, they are replacing the entire keyboard, so repairs will take a week. So, my activity on BZPower will be reduced until I get it back.
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So, I took the train to the city (going down my line is getting staler every time I do it), and then met all my friends at the EBGames in Melbourne. As always, we went inside and started playing Pokemon together, and tried out some of the games they had on display at the Nintendo Experience upstairs. I was able to win every battle I participated in (which was actually quite a few), except one multi battle (where two people battle against two other people). The champion of the recent tournament in October is STILL unable to defeat me one-on-one, and I've been using the same DS team each time! This time I ended up defeating him without loss! Many people believe I could become the next champion at the coming tournament next month. If it's the same rules as it has been in the past (which tbh I doubt), then there is a good chance I will! We then went to Maccas and had lunch, chatted a bit, and then went back. EVENTUALLY the other guy who's birthday we were supposed to be celebrating showed up, at about 4pm! I should've given him an alarm clock! I then decided to go home early because I was getting tired in my old age. It had become more like just another meetup than a birthday party anyway, but at least it was good to see more new faces from the social media group. My party with my family will be tomorrow. I couldn't have it yesterday because someone else was celebrating their 60th on the same day.
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I'm headed into the city with a group of friends I made in a social media group, where we will celebrate my 21st and a fan's 20th, so I'll be out all day! Tonight, I and a babysitter (yes, I'm getting a babysitter at 21 :/) will have to look after my brother, and he's in a bad mood atm. My parents will go out to another friend's 60th birthday party. I wasn't invited because of my 21st birthday; it'd be impolite to interrupt a 21st with another birthday. I hope to spend that time playing Pikmin!
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A while back, my friend (yes, the one from my infamous "Taming a Street Teenager" entries) wrote a song about me and how I saved his life. Sadly, that song was lost when his laptop's hard drive blew up. However, he has since written another one! Just as a heads-up, his spelling and grammar are sub-par as a result of his hard life. Enjoy!
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I turn 21 tomorrow, on the 30th! Take that Comrade Gato! (lol I kid ) To celebrate my 21st, I'll be going to the city to meet some friends I met online, and we'll play video games together! I wonder if I'll be able to request to play Pikmin at the EB Games there. The second floor of the EB Games we're headed to has an exhibition called The Nintendo Experience, which is the same place the past three Pokemon tournaments were held.
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My friend's birthday was yesterday, my mother's birthday is today, my birthday is tomorrow, my cousin's birthday is the day after, and another friend's birthday is the day after that! There are many other birthdays I know of around Christmas and New Years time. Are birthdays REALLY this commonplace this time of year?
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...and NOTHING has been opened! my illness yesterday meant I didn't want to eat anything else, my parents won't let me play my Pikmin games, and I haven't yet gotten around to watching Red Dog. :angry:
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I just got back from visiting my nan in her aged care home for Christmas. We had gone out to have lunch, and I ate WAY too much, and feel sick... AND I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD ANY CHOCOLATE YET!
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One day my friend WILL become a music sensation and I'll reveal who it is in my blog. And you will all be so shocked that you will... ANYWAY, I showed him some of the stories this blogfad has spawned. He liked the stories, but doesn't like the attention. Because of the traumas of the past year, he just wants to forget it all and move forward with his music career. Maybe it was a bad idea to tell his story... BTW, unless something happens, there will be no part 4 to his story until he becomes famous. In other news, the reason I'm saying this here is because for some reason I can no longer post comments or fast replies. I think it's a side-effect of hitting 100% Internet usage this month... What this blog needs is an alternative method to fast replies regarding posting comments in blog entries.
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Despite all the drama that has gone past and all the threats that disappeared, my teenage friend, who I mentioned I was taming in past entries, has not entirely come out of the woods. A month or so ago, my friend's school was holding a family day. My friend's parents were killed by a serial killer ten years before, so the constant reminders of his parents being dead were like daggers to his heart. That night he went to the local cemetery where his parents were buried. Another friend of his was also there, which is why I know about what happened there. Suddenly, he was attacked by a man wielding a knife, who claimed to be the brother of the guy who killed his parents! Someone else was also on the scene, and he helped my friend fight off the attacker, but was killed. My friend then got out his own knife and tried to fight back. At one point they both stabbed each other in the heart at the same time, and both fell. The Ambulance was called and both were rushed to hospital. My friend's attacker died, but my friend JUST survived! He was put on life support, and awoke days later. He was unable to move or even talk for about a day later. When he was finally able to talk to me online, he told me the days he was comatose went by in an instant! He passed out at the cemetery, convinced he was gonna die, and then woke up an instant later in hospital, thinking he was in Heaven with his parents. Before long, he began to lose his memory. The doctors said he had only a month to live, and he would gradually lose all his memories. The last time I spoke to him before he forgot about me, he had forgotten about the Internet, and he only remembered me as "Machop". Because I was going by the alias "Machop_Fan", he thought I was someone different! 40 minutes after the end of the conversation, he forgot about me completely... or so we thought... Apparently someone in another ward had a poster of a Machop on their wall (don't ask me why; Machop's not that popular a Pokemon). When my friend saw it, he paused, as if those memories of me were still hidden in there somewhere... Another close friend to both of us soon came in with a sign of hope: he may have simply had Retrograde Amnesia, which was only a temporary form of memory loss! This would later ring true, as his memories did slowly return, and it was revealed that he would survive! The only thing he had not forgotten during his Retrograde Amnesia period was how to make music. I doubt that'll ever disappear. Soon, my friend got out of hospital, and things were surprisingly eventless from there. However, he did do something (for some reason I forget what) that got him a 1-year good behaviour bond. His popularity had also disappeared: everyone had become afraid that if they affiliated themselves with him, they too would die. Later, his friend (the same one who saw him get attacked) moved away, and his adopted sister moved in with her father. Her mother is going somewhere for Christmas, so my friend will be alone on the day. He tells me he will spend it at the cemetery with his real family. He told me this morning that he was considering giving up rap and becoming a policeman, so no-one else would have to go through what he went through. He also plans to start TAFE soon, and study IT, since he has an interest in computers. We'll see what happens in due time.
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I got a replacement power adapter today, so my sanity remains intact.
