Hi there! Ever since the A Levels have ended (almost) a month ago, I have been playing this game (almost) every day; from when I wake up to when I sleep, which is about 12+ hours each day. While others are addicted to MMORPGs like DOTA or WoW, this is the game that I'm addicted to:
In a nutshell, the goal of the game is to transport passengers, goods and mail by a variety of modes of transport (rail, road, monorail). Seems easy? Consider the transport system that I'm working on, shown below in the screengrab:
This screenshot shows all the buildings. However it hides most of the road network!
This screenshot hides all the residential buildings, so that the road network is more visible!
Currently, my system comprises of 15 cities of varying sizes, 3 MRT lines linking up the cities, a railway network that is used to transport freight, as well as over 600+ convoys (buses, trains, monorails) running around in my Simutrans network!
In the coming few days, I will be posting more information on the following:
Details, as well as the (feeder) bus network, of each of the cities in my Simutrans network
Development of the MRT network as well as the freight network
So do check back to find out more about my cities in Simutrans!
It's been a very long time (more than 1 year I think) since I have come over to Blogger to update my blog. Quite a lot of things have changed since then:
Myself! I have since completed the A Levels (my last post was after the Promos!) and now I am waiting to get myself a boat ride into the resort island of Tekong. But more on that on another post (that is if I do decide not to procrastinate!) ...
The Blogger interface has changed drastically! After changing to a brand new look, Blogger looks like it has totally shed its old look (like a caterpillar morphing into a butterfly?), and I'm still getting used to it. Upon exploring around, it seems that my blog still can get some pageviews which I don't know if it is due to friends coming to this blog or by bots. Hahaha :)
Later and in the next few days, I will be posting images of the things that I am involved in now that I've completed my A levels. So do check back for updates soon!
Welcome to my blog!
I have posted details of the game that I'm playing now, Simutrans, in this blog. They can be accessed by clicking the following links:
I finally made it to the top! With a mindblowing rank point of 78.8/80, I got ahead of everybody else of my cohort; essentially I'm the top student among the JC1s in AJC!
Thus, today's song, I Made It by Kevin Rudolf, is appropriate to express my emotions :P Anyway, enjoy!
[Chorus - Kevin Rudolf]
I look up to the sky
and now the world is mine
I've known it all my life
I made it, I made it!
I used to dream about, the life I'm living now
I know that there's no doubt
I made it, I made it!
[Verse 1 - Kevin Rudolf]
Known from the city where no one believed in me
But I never gave up the fight.
Yeah, but now I'm on top.
I told you to let it rock (Rock!)
Now the money's fallin' from the sky-y-y-y-y
I made it.
[Chorus]
I look up to the sky
and now the world is mine
I've known it all my life
I made it, I made it!
I used to dream about, the life I'm living now
I know that there's no doubt
I made it, I made it!
[Verse 2 - Birdman]
Yeah
YM
CMB baby
Birdman
Swagged out
100
Rooftop, hella choppa burning smoke
Louis bag stay strapped wit' a priceless glow
High life, flippin' and gettin'some more.
Paradise, the luxury marble floor
When I hit, hit me full of that cash
More money than I seen in a garbage can
On Stunna Island, money and the power
That's how we do it, make it rain make it shower
Top floor, big timer doin' big things
Over city views bought shawty new Range
Flip another 100, poppin' throwin' hundreds
In a new Bently, uptown stunna!
[Chorus]
I look up to the sky (to the sky!)
and now the world is mine (the world is mine!)
I've known it all my life (all my life)
I made it, I made it!
I used to dream about, the life I'm living now
I know that there's no doubt
I made it, I made it!
OOOOH I made it
i made it
i made it
i made it
I-I-I made it
[Verse 3 - Jay Sean]
Yo, ay, ay, ay, listen
See I don't live for glamour, and I don't care for fame
I'm in this for the love of the game
Funny how things can change
They didn't believe in me then
Now callin' my na-ame
Now look who cashed in
They didn't wanna know me back then
But ever since I done gone platinum
Everything turned around
And now the sky is falling downnnnnn
[Chorus]
I look up to the sky (down now)
and now the world is mine (mine)
I've known it all my life (oh oh oh oh oh oh)
I made it, I made it! (i made it)
I used to dream about, the life I'm living now
I know that there's no doubt (oh ho)
I made it, I made it!
[Verse 4 - Lil' Wayne]
Came from the gutter, lookin' like my motha
Made it to the goal line, straight out the huddle
Cash Money goldmine, Weezy stay loyal
Boy we gettin' money like we just found oil
Uh and that's word to my red flag
I live first and leave the bull s**t dead last
I lay it down so hard I got a bedrash
And i just tell 'em to loaf it when the bread pass
Starin' at you from the top of the game man
I might drop the world if I change hands
Uh, it feel good to be here
Weezy in the building got this b***h rebuilt
Young Money
[Chorus]
I look up to the sky
and now the world is mine
I've known it all my life
I made it, I made it!
I used to dream about, the life I'm living now
I know that there's no doubt
I made it, I made it!
i look up to the skyyy!
i made it!
Ooo!
i made it
I made it
I-I-I made it
i made it
i made it
i made it
Yes I did
Yes I did
Yes I did
Yes I did
Yes I did
I-I-I made it
Before today, I had a good feeling about my Promo results. After all my left eye had been twitching continually yesterday. So when I received my results today I got a shock. A good one though :) Especially with GP: From MYCT's S, now I got a B!!! All the other results also had their results upgraded, and Geog was also surprising, with a shockingly high A! Looks like I can have a good night's sleep tonight :D
So here's a nice song to fit today' mood. It's I Gotta Feeling, by the Black Eyed Peas. Enjoy!
Lyrics to I Gotta Feeling [Black Eyed Peas]
I gotta feeling...
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
A feeling... Woohoo
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
Tonight's the night,
Let's live it up
I got my money,
Let's spend it up
Go out and smash it
Like oh my God
Jump off that sofa,
Let's get, get off
I know that we'll have a ball
If we get down and go out and just lose it all
I feel stressed out, I wanna let it go
Let's go way out spaced out
And losing all control
(Chi CHi Chi)
Fill up my cup,
mazel tov
Look at her dancing,
Just take it off
Let's paint the town,
We'll shut it down
Let's burn the roof,
And then we'll do it again
Let's do it,
Let's do it,
Let's do it,
Let's do it
And do it and do it,
Let's live it up
And do it and do it
And do it, do it, do it
Let's do it, let's do it,
Let's do it
'Cause I gotta feeling, woohoo,
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
A feeling, woohoo,
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
I gotta a feeling
Tonight's the night
(Hey! )
Let's live it up
(Let's live it up)
I got my money
(Paid! )
Let's spend it up
(Let's spend it up)
Go out and smash it
(Smash it)
Like oh my God
(Like oh my God)
Jump off that sofa
(Come on! )
Let's get, get off
Fill up my cup
(Drank)
Mazel tov
(L'chaim)
Look at her dancing
(Move it, move it)
Just take it off
Let's paint the town
(Paint the town)
We'll shut it down
(Let's shut it down)
Let's burn the roof
(Whoooo)
And then we'll do it again
Let's do it,
Let's do it,
Let's do it,
Let's do it
And do it and do it,
Let's live it up
And do it and
Do it and do it,
Do it, do it
Let's do it, let's do it,
Let's do it, do it, do it, do it
Here we come,
Here we go,
We gotta rock
(Rock rock rock rock rock)
Easy come,
Easy go,
Now we on top
(Top top top top top)
Feel the shot,
Body rock,
Rock it,
Don't stop
(Stop stop stop stop stop)
Round and round, up and down,
Around the clock
(Rock rock rock rock rock)
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday
Friday, Saturday,
Saturday to Sunday
Get, get, get, get,
Get with us, you know what we say, say
Party every day, p-p-p-party every day
And I'm feelin', woohoo,
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
I gotta feeling, woohoo,
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
I'm back after a 1 month + hiatus! Now it's time to chill out and today's song shall be Magic, by B.o.B, featuring Rivers Cuomo. Enjoy!
Lyrics to Magic [B.o.B feat. Rivers Cuomo]
I got the magic in me
Every time I touch that track
It turns into gold
Everybody knows
I've got the magic in me
When I hit the flow the girls come
Snappin' at me
Now everybody wants some presto
Magic, magic, magic
Magic, magic, magic
Magic, magic, magic
I got the magic in me
These tricks that I'll attempt
Will blow your mind
Pick a verse, any verse
I'll hypnotize you with every line
I'll need a volunteer
How about you, with the eyes?
Come on down to the front
And stand right here and don't be shy
I'll have you time-travellin'
Have your mind babblin'
People tryin' to inherit the skill
So they askin' me
Even David Blaine had to go
And take some classes
And I see Mindfreak like
What's up man, what's happenin'?
So come one, come all
And see the show tonight
Prepare to be astounded
No Ghost or Poltergeist
You know I'm no Pinocchio
I've never told a lie
So call me Mr. Magic Man
I float on Cloud Nine
I got the magic in me
(I got the magic, baby)
Every time I touch that track it
Turns into gold
(Yes it turns to gold)
Everybody knows
I've got the magic in me
(I got the magic, baby)
When I hit the flow the girls come
Snappin' at me
(They be snappin' baby)
Now everybody wants some presto
Magic, magic, magic
Magic, magic, magic
Magic, magic, magic
I got the magic in me
Well, take a journey into my mind
You'll see why it's venom I rhyme
Stay on the road
So I call my mama when I got time
I hit the stage, go insane
Then jump into that crowd
See, see, when I rhyme
I flow on the beat like pidda-dow-dow
See I deceive you with my
Intergalactic ether
I sing just like Aretha
So respect me like I'm Caesar
I kick it like Adidas
Flowin' sticky like adhesive
Be cautious, 'cause what I be on
Will leave you with amnesia
I break all the rules
Like Evel Knievel
It's a spectacular show
'Cause my heart pumps diesel
So whatever you saying
It don't entertain my ego
I do this everyday
Hocus pocus is my styl-o
I got the magic in me
(I got the magic, baby)
Every time I touch that track it
Turns into gold
(Yes it turns to gold)
Everybody knows
I've got the magic in me
(I got the magic, baby)
When I hit the flow the girls come
Snappin' at me
(They be snappin' baby)
Now everybody wants some presto
Magic, magic, magic
Magic, magic, magic
Magic, magic, magic
I got the magic in me
While we are in the midst of the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, I thought it would be appropriate to share with people reading this blog the theme song for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, Everyone, which is sung by Jessica Mauboy, Steve Appleton, Jody WIlliams, Tabitha Nauser & Sean Kingston.
Today's song is Dance Forever, by Allstar Weekend. Enjoy!
Lyrics to Dance Forever [Allstar Weekend]
Baby, get up
Open your eyes now
the world's waking up
you realize we'll walk
to the beat so suddenly
while we make believe that this will
last forever
We won't sleep 'til 3 in the morning
this song speaks and
it's saying the real thing
it feels like we're living a dream
but tonight we're gonna
make this one right
We'll set the stage
and let the records play
on a Saturday
and we can dance forever
we'll burn the light that makes
the city sway
when we set the stage
and we can dance forever
forever X7
and we can dance together
We're crazy enough
to feel alive now
you've got the stuff
when we arrive
we'll walk to the beat so suddenly
and then you tell me
that we will stay together
We won't sleep 'til 3 in the morning
this song speaks and
it's saying the real thing
it feels like we're living a dream
but tonight we're gonna
make this one right
We'll set the stage
and let the records play
on a Saturday
and we can dance forever
we'll burn the light that makes
the city sway
when we set the stage
and we can dance forever
forever X7
and we can dance together
(Dance forever)
Turn around
just move it
with your feet on the ground
you'll prove it when you hear the sounds
we'll both lose it
then we'll make the rounds to dance forever
And when the music stops
and we can't wait for another day
well we'll just dance forever
We'll hold on tight and think of Saturdays
if you say my name
Then we can dance forever
We'll set the stage
and let the records play
on a Saturday
and we can dance forever
we'll burn the light that makes
the city sway
when we set the stage
and we can dance forever
forever X7
and we can dance forever
Hi everyone! I will be taking part in the Journey of the Youth Olympic Flame, tomorrow!
Here's a map showing the location of my torch relay. I'm starting at Woodlands Dr 50, near Blk 888 (at the junction with Ave 4.) My end point is at the junction of Woodlands Dr 42 and Woodlands Ring Rd.
I will be running at about 6.05 pm, so do come down early, in case the flame reaches me early!
Here's the link showing how to get to my starting position (my ending position is indicated with the white circle somewhere along the route): Walking directions to my starting position
I shall update with photos tomorrow, after my leg of the relay!
Since today is National Day, today's Music Monday shall feature this year's National Day song, which is Song For Singapore, by Corrinne May. Hope you enjoy it!
