The Wall of Fire

Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire. Play Scenario 2 as Sun Ce. Try to see if you can get him to be Emperor before he passes away. Sun Ce dies at a really young age. So when Sun Quan joins your army (he’ll join in about 4 – 6 years after you start the scenario), you’d better already be on the way to ascending the throne. And don’t cheat, play Historical mode on Pro difficulty please. Here a hint: getting the Secret Books of Healing to prolong your life really helps here. I know it’s a really old game (it was available in 1995) but I still enjoy the classics. =)

My understudy finally came today. He’s a Malaysian from Sarawak. But he’s already stayed in KL and JB for 3 years each, and he’s joined our company after graduating on the Dean’s List. Quite an accomplished fellow. I’m still waiting to see if getting good grades in school would equate to performing well at work. So far, he’s shown he is intelligent enough. He asks me questions which shows that he thinks. He’s observant enough to notice the small details (which I’m pretty particular about). And he’s shown a little enthusiasm by asking to look through my files even though I didn’t ask him to. Not a bad start. But he’s experienced only the tip of the iceberg so far. Still credit must be given where credit is due. I think if he continues on like this, he can make it pretty far.

I went to lunch with him this afternoon and we got around to discussing politics. I asked him whether, as a Malaysian, he preferred the ruling style of Mahathir or Abdullah. He said Mahathir, which both surprised me and made sense at the same time. It was only fair that I, as a Singaporean, would be thinking Abdullah is the better leader, primarily because Abdullah is more receptive and open towards Singapore. He argued that Mahathir was the one who actually stood up for Malaysia while Abdullah was more of a soft-approach leader. Come to think of it, it’s really true in a way. Mahathir did speak up against the US when he thought the US was being unfair to Malaysia. Plus he took a firmer stand with Singapore as compared to Abdullah. The most recent example being Lee Kuan Yew’s comments on Singapore marginalizing the Malays here. I had a feeling that Abdullah had demanded an explanation from Lee Kuan Yew only because of intense pressure from the media. And Abdullah didn’t press the matter. He just let it rest after Lee Kuan Yew offered his explanation. I felt the situation would have been very different if Mahathir still was in charge. He would have definitely blown up the matter beyond proportion.

Ugh.. I’m disgusted. I just heard my sister say to me “Kor, another guy going after me leh! He very rich!” I don’t mean to put my own sister down but come on, can she be more shallow here? Utterly disgusted with her. I’d expect her to show more class than that. With girls like this in Singapore, I can pretty much throw intelligence, character, etc out the window. Why bother when I can just use money to buy their filthy, materialistic pussies..