Here's My Story

 Saw this in Canberra:

(Emphasis is mine, to show the mistakes) 1. BBC article "Trump vows to 'take other countries' jobs' in economic speech". Sentence: "Harris will return to the another critical swing state, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to lay out her own economic agenda." 2. FMT article "Grab shares jump 15% after ride-hailing firm raises forecast. Sentence: "Yet, the firm also needs to show it can maintain healthy balance between profits and growth even as tough competition from rivals including GoTo Group weighs on its ride-share and food delivery margins." 3. Malaymail article "PAS spiritual leader says party must lead Perikatan, didn’t back Muhyiddin as PM". Sentence: "PAS controls 43 of the 67 parliamentary seats under coalition’s control, with Bersatu holding the remaining 25 . The other PN parties — Gerakan and MIPP — have none." 43 + 25 = 68. 4. FMT article "Writing a will: 4 common mistakes Malaysians tend to make". Se...

1. Unlocked 135 achievements (Steam median 13) 2. Played 18 games (Steam median 4. Only 4?) 3. Longest streak: 14 days (Steam median 6) 4. Spent 7% of my playtime on 2024 newly released games (vs 15% for all Steam users). 5.  Explained by point (6) below. 6. Top 5 games (with % of total play time): Slay the Spire (21%), Baldur's Gate 3 (20%), Wildfrost  (16%), The Last Spell (13%), Minion Masters (11%). 7. Played the most in February (by far) and the least in May (by far). 8. Seems like they don't take into account of the game I played from Ban's library (he shared it with me): Dragon's Dogma 2 isn't on the list of games that I played in 2024.

1. Listened to 13,163 minutes, which puts me in the top 27% of listeners. This was mostly due to me listening to Spotify when I drove to Butterworth and back home. 2. Apparently the song Spotify played for me (since it's shuffled within the "Liked" album) most was Every Heart by BoA, a song from the anime Inuyasha. It was followed by Baldur's Gate 3 Main Theme Part 1 by Borislav Slavov, A Thousand Years by Christina Perri and Steve Kazee, Beautiful Love by Tanya Chua, and Shadows, Curse and Death by Borislav Slavov. 3. Listened to 6,987 minutes of podcasts. 4. Top podcasts: The Rest Is History, Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast, The British History Podcast, The Explanation, and The Foreign Affiars Interview. 5. Top artists: Borislav Slavov, Mariah Carey, Kaoru Wada, Olivia Newton-John and V.

Here are the books that I read, podcasts that I listened to and shows that I watched in 2024: Books: Cradle: Skysworn - Will Wight Cradle: Ghostwater - Will Wight Cradle: Underlord - Will Wight Cradle: Uncrowned - Will Wight Cradle: Wintersteel - Will Wight Cradle: Bloodline - Will Wight Cradle: Reaper - Will Wight Cradle: Dreadgod - Will Wight Cradle: Waybound - Will Wight Reborn: Apocalpyse Vol 1 - L.M. Kerr Reborn: Apocalpyse Vol 2 - L.M. Kerr Reborn: Apocalpyse Vol 3 - L.M. Kerr Reborn: Apocalpyse Vol 4 - L.M. Kerr Shadow Slave Chapter 1 - 2045 - Guiltythree Shows: The Good Doctor Season 3 Ep 15 - Season 4 Ep 8 Delicious In Dungeon One Piece (Live Action) Ep 1-3 Dr Stone Delicious in Dungeon Frieren My Instant Death Ability is Overpowered Ready Player 1 Young Sheldon Season 3 Young Sheldon Season 4 Young Sheldon Season 5 Young Sheldon Season 6 Young Sheldon Season 7 Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action) Season 1 Bleach: Thousand War The Adventure of Dai Daily Dose of Sunshine Ep...

We tried Bari Uma at Jaya Shopping Centre many years ago, probably more than 10 year ago. The ramen was mediocre and so we never went back there again. It had closed down since then. Recently they opened an outlet at Megah Rise Mall but co-exists with another restaurant, Nishiki Shokudo, which specialises in sushi. I was curious to find out whether their ramen was better or not and so one day we had lunch there: I had Ajitama-Uma (the second photo above) while Ban had Shoyu-Uma and added an ajitama to it. While Ban seems to like his noodle (he ordered the same when I had Nishiki's sushi, the next time we were there), I was not satisfied with mine. Firstly, they mixed up our order: his noodle was firm whereas mine was normal. Secondly, the egg wasn't flavoured. Thirdly, the pork serving size was small given the price of the ramen. The only good thing about the dish was its broth. The Shoyu-Uma's broth was great too. Hence, I didn't try it again. Oh well, too bad. On the ...