I have the best luck.

I love video games. The Big Cheese got me into those addictive little nuggets of happiness.

I have so many memories with Nintendo’s DS line. I received a silver Nintendo DS for my birthday, a few years back. Somewhere along the line, I found a beautifully perfect, white Nintendo DS Lite.

I played my Pokemon games to death on those two beasts, but after my DS Lite broke, I was left without a portable gaming system. Two years, I’ve gone without splurging or asking for a new Nintendo DS, but my PS3 is most likely to be held accountable for that. My PS3 is the only gaming platform (besides my Android phone and computer) that I own and use on a regular basis. I do have a Nintendo GameCube stagnantly seated next to my PS3, however.

Anyway, today brought back some of those memories. The rage-quitting, the pride in finally defeating a gym leader, the shouts of excitement after winning a race in Mario Kart DS, the funny and often inappropriate drawings on PictoChat, the amazing, destructive fun of Bomberman…

What brought such awesome memories back, you ask? Well… Much like how I found the white Nintendo DS Lite, I found myself a white Nintendo DSi. An oldie, but at least it isn’t oversized, like the new 3DSXL or DSiXL.

I’m so happy. Time to break out the Pokemon Platinum and Diamond. Gonna catch me some weird Sinnoh Pokemon.

Random Flickr photo of the Day – September 27, 2012

I love macro photography, not so much as taking close up of bugs, and other tiny objects, which, don’t get me wrong, I also love to do, but, taking photos of normal sized things, but much much closer.

Like today’s RFPD.

Nikon D700
Micro Nikkor 60MM
1/100 sec.
f/5.0

Random Flickr photo of the day – September 26, 2012

One of the shots from my failed 365 set. This was close to my house, and as I driving, I happen to look that way, and saw some nice colours due to the setting sun. I stopped real quickly, and pulled out my Pentax K10D, and take a couple of frames.

Now I should’ve taken some 10 minutes and carefully shot it instead of just shooting it from inside my car. I’m overall not that pleased with the shot.

At the time thought I was still really learning more than anything else.

Pentax K10D
1/6 sec.
f/8
28 mm
ISO 800

Volkswagen Golf GTI Mark 7

I like it, it’s not overly different from the Mark 6, which I have, but it’s different enough to make it look new and refreshed. I think it is a bit more angulared than the previous generation, more sleek looking. I’m not sure if I like the single red accent on the bottom of the grille which extends to the head lights.

I do like the fact that they colour matched the lower part of the front fascia, which they dind’t do with the Mark 6’s. Some owners colour match it, and I think looks more aesthetically pleasing. The only other thing that I’m not too crazy about is how the fins extend to the fog lights. Overall, I think the face has this mischeivous grin look to it, and it suits the personality of the car well.

Volkswagen GTI Mark 7

I also like the new look Detroit/Huff’s. I’m not sure what city they are going to be naming these new wheels after, but they do keep that same unique and distinct look. The stock wheels by far gets the most attention. I’ve been asked a lot if they are aftermarket or custom wheels, and more often than not, it grabs the attention of on-lookers, and that usually starts off the conversation about the car itself.

With an all new platform, and some weight reduction from the use of lighter weight materials, the Mark 7 GTI will sure be a blast to drive, just as it was to drive the previous generations. I’m entering 1 year of ownership with my Mark 6, and it still gives me a smile on my face everytime I get behind the wheel.

Earworm: “Stay” by Hurts

Ah, right in the feels.

I am a Whovian. A few months ago, through the fandom, I heard this song. It’s a great song, really. I can’t say that I don’t like it.

But the pain in this song is made more obvious through the fan made music video. There’s no use in explaining it if you haven’t watched the series, and I do highly suggest you watch. It’s brilliant. Fantastic. Bring a banana, because the show is a party. Geronimo! Jump right into it, don’t hesitate. Season 7 part 1 is ending this weekend, and I do not want to miss it.

Here is the official music video:

And here is the fan-made, Doctor Who themed video:

Random Flickr Photo of the Day – September 25, 2012

One of my favorite spots to eat at in NYC’s Chinatown. It’s by no way means a fancy place. You have to walk down a set of steps to enter, and it’s not that pretty on the inside. Very basic decor of chairs and tables, but, it’s the food that count’s, and they do have some delectable selections.

My personal favorite, the salted fried squid, salt fried pork chop, snails, and young chow fried rice. The lemon fried chicken is freakin’ awesome too.

Anthony Bourdain also likes this place, he featured it on his show ‘No Reservations’, I think saying that it’s one of the few old school traditional places that’s still around.

In any case, it’s a must place to visit when you are in NYC.

Nikon D700
Nikkor 24mm
1/320
f/4.0
24 mm
ISO 4000

Random Flickr photo of the day – September 24, 2012

My train station. It’s my portal. This was my first attempt at doing 1 photograph a day, and I lasted maybe a week.
Not as sharp as I wanted, even with the built in shake reduction in Pentax bodies, my shutter was too slow, although maybe I could’ve shot it at f/16 instead of f/22. I could’ve upped my ISO too. I can’t figure out why I didn’t

Pentax K10D
Pentax FE DA 10-17mm
1″
f/22
10 mm
ISO 400

Random Flickr photo of the day – September 23, 2011

A few first’s for this RFPD. It’s the first entry that I shot this year, first that is also the most viewed from my Flickr Photostream, and the first flower shot with my new to me Nikkor 50mm f/1.4. (picked it up this past Friday).

This was shot at Cheesecake’s house, in their backyard. Not that crazy about it, but I really was just playing around with my new to me lens. I have shot with the fast fifty before, but, this one, I call my own, and it just feels different. It’s one of my favorite lenses really, and I am so glad to have it finally in my bag. Hopefully I can get to shoot more with it soon.

Nikon D700
Nikkor 50mm f/1.4
1/800 sec.
f/1.4
ISO 200

I might do some more post-editing on this one. I’ll make sure to post it up when I do.

Random Flickr Photo of the Day: September 22nd, Cheesecake Edit.

Andy: The Conqueror, a photo by This Guy Patrick on Flickr.

Today’s photo of the day is brought to you by me, for your amusement, of course.
Andy the Android shows his dominance over Apple, and with the recent release of the iPhone 5, he is still showing some luster. Androids go!

Via Flickr:
Andy the Android is showing his dominance. He ravaged an apple and I couldn’t be any more proud.