I always pray…
For someone will come to my life…
My new life.

Someone so dear I only want nobody but her alone.

But can I?

First thing first…
I need to leave everything here behind and get out from here…

Let’s see…
If I want to make a tutorial, it might as well be the complete one.
And the correct one.
And (probably) the serious one.

I have good records of successfully convinced people to repair their Xbox 360 by themselves (though some of them destroyed the console in the progress instead or repair it, and FYI, not my fault) and to pronounce the words “Yaeba” and “Yurukoshi” without have to “teach” them the stupid accent “Yah-eh-bah” and “Yoo-Roo-Koh-Shee” (you know how Westerner can be so lousy saying Japanese words). So I think I might succeed again…

But who knows?

Wait for the interesting English lesson next days from Ando-sempai, the stupid male protagonist came out of nowhere and failed everything. Well, almost…

It’s been almost a year since I bought this big, black Blu-Ray gaming machine, but it feels like already a decade. That’s because I already bored and tired of this nagging act of PS3 users. Well, mostly. I just wonder if someone out there can answer my question: why would you beg for Dead Rising and Gears of War to be released on PS3?

You might want to ask, as a PS3 owner, how come I never envy anyone who play Gears of War, Tales of Vesperia and (upcoming) Fable II. First, I don’t think that I should envy anyone for anything. For me, if you like it you work your *ss to get it period. You’ll never win anything by whining. Second, I own PS3, among other consoles like X360, Wii and even the ol-timer GameCube (FYI, I still have a working NES). That’s the main reason why I shouldn’t envy anyone for anything. Why would I envy people who play Tales of Vesperia if I can get my hands on it, thanks to my X360s? Why would I envy people who play Metal Gear Solid 4 if I can buy one and play it right away?

Seriously, you don’t have to be a pathetic whiner because you like something. This is why some people look like idiots for doing things like trying to emulate MacOSx on their PC in the first place. Why won’t you buy Mac instead? I believe you have pride, or if you don’t then prove me otherwise. As a man (or woman) who have pride, you don’t whine over things. You fight (well, not literally) over things. You’re dreaming of playing Fable II? Go get real job, start digging some banks in and roll that precious greens for a X360. Wonder how does Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune look like? Consider grabbing some loans (seriously) or, the hard way, work your fat *ss and pull cash for one PS3. You won’t like any progress or effort for a gaming machine on the way (I bet you just want the banks, not the contracts, don’t you, cheapskates?), but the gaming machine itself will be worth your every penny (and your time as well) once you bring that sweet baby to your room. At least finally you’ll find yourself being a winner instead of whiner.

Do you think so?
I did so.

I found out many people are leaving their Xbox 360 behind and turning to PlayStation3. The main reason is simple, ‘though you might think they’re overreacting or just acting ridiculous: no improvements planned by Microsoft to "rival" Sony with their console. Sorry, but from what I heard, they did that regardless advertising and promotions Sony throw at them.

Here are the reasons I heard from them about why they’re no longer interested in Xbox 360:

1. Most troublesome console.
No flash news here, I guess. They claimed that one from so many reasons they left Xbox 360 is because they’re already tired of overheating, jammed disc tray, lagging while playing video games and lack of warranty and support. I wasn’t suprised about the first one, but the latter? They’re comparing that to how Sony provide warranty and support in almost every single country in the world.

2. Money required for everything.
I don’t think I totally agree with this. Money required for everything… sure, if you happened to be an American, cannot read Kanji properly and just love your U.S. Gold account. But if one think that he/she must "waste" another Microsoft Points for Bullet Witch contents, think again: in Japan all contents are free to download. But I think they said that because they’re comparing Marketplace to PlayStation Network. I own PlayStation3 too and I think I can see why: they can play online with friends and others for FREE. No need to be charged monthly, let alone annually. Also they claimed that there are lots of contents that can be obtained without have to pay anything and no regional restriction applied. Since I didn’t browse PlayStation Network contents so much, I can’t confirm this. But that’s what they said.

3. Can’t rely on Xbox 360 the whole time.
First I was confused about this, until some folks care to explain what about what: they just love the way Sony provide their customers with PlayStation3 internal web browser. That means they don’t have to switch to PC or Mac, waiting for Windows or MacOS ready to run first before they open web browser and go online. They simply use that internal web browser whenever they like. So if they got stuck in games, whenever it happened, they can easily find any hint or guide by browsing the internet, grab any and continue gaming, with only one console. If they can access GameFaqs or Gamespot Guide that easy with PlayStation3, it’s no wonder they’re leaving.

4. Blu-ray.
Right, no flash news here too, I guess. And honestly? I’m getting tired of people comparing DVD with Blu-ray. Also I don’t think that I’m gonna abandon Xbox 360 just because Xbox 360 (will) never have any Blu-ray drive.

5. Sony is "overrunning" Microsoft by their features.
Call it weird, deny it, whatever. But some people did say this. And I did hear this as well. I still don’t have any idea what they’re talking about. Maybe the way consoles can run/play media files? Or online gaming?

So any idea about this? Any plan to "rival" these Sony strategies? I mean, seriously! The only option I can contact Microsoft is by submitting questions through support link. And right now, I’m just wondering if you guys ever happened to listed to your loyal customers’ wishes…

Other than the lenghty, oh-I-started-to-get-boring Dashboard update (which unfortunately hasn’t been released yet) is there any other upcoming improvement Xbox 360 customers should expect to come? Or you guys simply just playing everything with your own rule, and think your strategies and marketing tricks are the only best thing in this world?

Thanks for listening. And if you do have time, would you mind to tell the Xbox 360 Development Team about this little "survey" of mine? I doubt if Microsoft ever listened to anybody (you guys are way too stubborn, aren’t you?), but at least I’ve told you what I heard from people. And please try to do something if you don’t want those Sony folks laughing at you.

Best wishes,
Ando Williams

Beat it!

I am always very proud of being a true Christian.

Walk alone face the world and defeat whatever it’ll throw toe-to-toe with Father, Son, Holy Spirit and the Extraordinary Talents given from the Divine Kingdom of Heaven.

万歳!!!

Is everything going to be changed soon?
What happened?
What’s happening?

Even one of my dreams lead my steps in real life to find something about Christian, and accidentally - if I want to consider it as unintentionally act - lead me to the fact that there were fellow Nihonjin who died because of being Christians, along with other Gaijin (non-Japanese) who suffered the same way. It was around year 1500-1600, and the event is called “26 Martyrs of Japan”, which its monument was built right where the event was occured in Nagasaki. The question is… why do I have to see this? No matter how brave I am, no matter how calm I could be, the moment I saw and knew that there were Christians murdered in Japan simply because they are Christians causes great, painful sorrow, which later give the birth of greater stress to my mind.

I was asking Father and Son since days ago, yet I haven’t have any answer to any question. There’s nothing in “unconcious” state of my mind, nothing in my dreams. What’s going to be happened? Is my life’s going to be ended soon? Something big is going to be happened and will change the way I live my life?

Father…
Jesus…
What’s happening now?
Why can’t I be calm no more like I used to be?
Why do I always feel uneasy these days?

This noon I got good news. For myself, unfortunately, not for anybody else. Thanks to my habit of yankin’ rudimentary terms over simple matters - ‘though I never been proud of doing it - Microsoft finally restored my Xbox 360 gamertag. At the time I write this, the process still in progress according to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Live agent’s reply, and hopefully tomorrow or couple days later I’ll be able to use “my own” gamertag back again (no thanks for whoever misused it).

Now while waiting here like a sittin’ duck, why don’t I think something else? Well people, I’m gonna ask you to think something: do you ever want to make mistakes? Did you ever do any mistakes? I did, and I’m still love doing it. For real, intentionally. What, you think I’m just a loser who can’t stand a chance against competitions and do mistakes because I can’t do anything right? Now you’re wrong. See, no matter how bad the judgements people threw at me, the funnies thing - and maybe the only thing that caught my interest so much - is that these self-righteous group of cocky goblins keep following me in every single step I made, even though they said I was wrong, I was bad, I was this and that and whatever-blah-blah. I remember when I use this word “onechan” in one of my bulletins and can also be found in some of my blog posts. You know what? There are lotta I-love-Japan-to-the-bone-but-unfortunately-I-didn’t-understand-what-I-was-doing guys who think that the word means something, and they use it! ^^~ I don’t know if you got my line here, but actually what I meant was “oniishan” instead of “onechan”, and I did that mistake intentionally to fool you people. But they keep following me, got sunken in a wild water without knowing anything while I calmly walking in its surface towards the ship. ^^~ Now you know the way Ando get even. ^^~

Also there’s another related issue: I usually put this word “shiasinsu” or “shiasinshu” to describe photobooks. And guess what? Instead of trying to set my intentional foul right, they simply believed that photobooks in Nihongo is “shiashinsu” or “shiasinsu”. How hillarious! ^^~ Look, hon, sorry for the trick, but actually it was “shashinshu”, and like I said before, it was intentional foul. ^^~ Don’t confuse “Akibahara” with “Akihabara”, will you? ^^~

My… these people really put me in laughs. Keep following me, o thou who claimed themselves as Japan-lover. Ando will gladly “show” and “lead” the way. ^^~

Ikimasu.

special note: for those who love to copy/paste my images, just be very careful there. You’ll never know what I “did” or “made”. You’ll never know the real “thing” behind my creativity. ^^~

Never been anyone but 『ANDO 安働』。

Thank you, Father。。。
Thank you, Jesus。。。

I believe sunset should never set upon an argument. And so will I throw happy words as sweet as honey. A good news for you role-playing fan this morning. It has been confirmed that Mass Effect, The 2007 Role-Playing Game of the Year that massively sold in Xbox 360 will take mass-relay jump towards another platform. Mass Effect
will be available soon in PC, with its official release date set on May 6th in United States (and hopefully… Japan).

The game itself will have several modifications, particularly on controls and gameplay system. PC users will be able to use hotkeys to easily execute
psionic powers and abilities, make Mako M35 keyboard-mouse friendly and even more, additional save slots (Thank God) and improved inventory system. Sugoi ne!

Man with so many modifications, I can’t wait any longer than May 6th to have that baby. If those thumb-destroyer gaming experiences on my Xbox 360 were so amazing they even made me drooling, what could it be when Mass Effect finally dock to PC bay? Can’t really wait any longer…

Ikimasu,
Ando