Chun Cui He (Latte and Milk Tea): Food Review

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A little late but I'm sure that most of you know that the week before everyone started hunting for pokemons, they were hunting for something else more absurd. Yes that's right. They were hunting for bottles of milk tea and latte.

And like Pokemon GO, Chun Cui He drinkers are segregated into different teams- the Latte lovers and MilkTea lovers. 

Latte

I'm gonna start with the latte first because I'm definitely on Team Latte! My first impression of the drink was 'wait is this coffee?' as the sweetened water flowed down my throat. But after a second sip, I knew for sure that the latte was my cup of tea. The fragrant coffee flavour came in with the second sip and what made it different from other coffee drinks I've tried before was that the coffee had a really distinct taste to it.

MILKTEA

I only have three words to describe the milktea- tastes like bubbletea. And it wasn't even like super good bubbletea.

But I'm really glad that I only drank two bottles of Chun Cui He because just the milktea drink has recently been recalled by some authority due to the addition of unapproved food additive. Even though the latte is still on sale, I don't think I'm going to drink anymore of it just to be safe.

  

Train To Busan: Movie Review

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Being a zombie fanatic there was no way I was gonna sit this movie out.

Before watching this, I've always had this mindset that all Korean movies/ shows are the same like y'know those typical love dramas and Train To Busan definitely made me see Korean films in a different light.

Train to Busan is simple story with many twists. It was very unpredictable unlike every other movie I've watched and honestly deciphering storyline twists is my only talent.

I really loved how the movie revolves around a train because it changes the whole mood of the story. Like usually zombie films take place in a large terrain and by trapping the protagonists in a train creates a claustrophobic and helpless atmosphere, which added on to the fear factor of the movie. And also the fact that the characters had no legit weapons like guns and knives made this movie more intense.

Besides the gore and violence, the other thing about zombie movies which appeals to me is the different human nature in times of a crisis, which is strongly exemplified in this movie. Sometimes I think it's so crazy how one small selfish act can lead to the death of many while how one selfless sacrifice can spare the lives of others.

And of course the violent-gore aspect of the movie was amazing too! The movie kept me at the edge of my seat and my heart thumping wildly throughout the movie. The zombies are so fast and strong unlike those in The Walking Dead. They'd be the last kind of zombies that I'd want in a zombie apocalypse.

Another important factor of a successful zombie movie is character development. I think it's amazing how the movie made me fall in love with the characters in a mere 2 hour movie. In fact it was so good that there were a few people crying during one of the protagonist's death.

"Busan is still open, so let's go there!"

Ratings: 5/5 stars ★★★★★

Zombie Comparison

During the movie I was comparing zombies from The Walking Dead and zombies from Train To Busan and I was thinking which zombies have a higher chance of dominating the world so

SPEED
TBS zombies can move a lot faster than TWD zombies. In fact, TBS zombies can run as fast as humans, or even faster. I'm sure that the people who watch TWD was as surprised as me when the TBS zombies started sprinting after the commuters.

STRENGTH
I'm not so sure about this but I think that the TBS zombies are stronger than TWD zombies as well... or it could be just the way they lunge at their meal.

RATE OF ZOMBIFICATION (?)
By this, I mean the time taken for them to turn into zombies. In TBS, the infected turns into zombies in the snap of a finger whereas in TWD, it takes 30 to 60 seconds for them to turn.

APPEARANCE
TBS zombies are so much more scarier than TWD zombies. Just look at the protruding veins on their skin and the way their joints jerk when they move. Meanwhile TWD zombies are just piles of rotting flesh.

WAY OF INFECTING
Although both types of zombies infect humans through the contact of body fluids (eg. biting), TWD people who die, no matter what happened to them, turn into zombies too.

So in conclusion I think that TBS zombies have a higher chance of taking over the world because they are faster and stronger than TWD zombies. And also because TBS zombies look so much scarier than TWD zombies.

I love zombies omg

Pokemon GO Tips

After weeks and days of painful waiting, Pokemon GO was finally released. The 6th of August marks the beginning of the 'zombie' apocalypse in Singapore, where Pokemon GO players hunt for pokemons rather than human flesh. Mindless players roaming the streets of Singapore, heads down, phone in hand, with only one thought in their mind- "where's the pokemon?"

Exaggeration aside, this is really what Singapore looks like now. The other day I was at NEX with a friend to watch Nerve, and I swear Pokemon GO players were swarming in and out stores and even the library; the roof was overran by them too. 

I have to admit the game is really fun, I'm playing it too but I feel that a lot of people are taking it too far. Like I have friends who hunt for pokemon around Singapore at 3 in the morning. But of course I didn't post this for my readers to listen to me nag about how Pokemon GO ruins our lives (because I'm a player too :-)) 

So here are a couple of tips for Pokemon GO:

1) Pikachu as a STARTER
This is the first mistake that I made while playing Pokemon GO. When you first started, you'd be given a choice of one of the three starters- Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle but if you walk away from them, you'd encounter the fourth secret starter, Pikachu. I think Pikachu is a lot more rare than the starters because it's been three days since I started playing and I've encountered a couple of Bulbasaurs, a Charmander and two Squirtles but ZERO Pikachus!!

2) Don't level up/ evolve anything yet
Another mistake I made was to level up my Golduck and evolve my Weedle, both which have a relatively low CP. I didn't really know how to play the game on the second day and I was like "oh look I can evolve ok yeah I'll just do that." I've learnt that if you evolve a Pokemon with a higher cp, it's evolution will get an even higher CP. You can check this on a CP calculator which tells you how much CP the Pokemon will have when you evolve it. So unless you're really aching to fight in a gym, just wait awhile and see if you can find a Pokemon with a higher CP so that your Pokemon can be even stronger.

3) PokeAlert
Some people may call this cheating and stuff (it's actually condemned by Niantic) but I think it's a pretty cool app. Basically PokeAlert is an app that tells you exactly where the Pokemon is, including the time of its de-spawn. I tried using Poke Radar, which is the same thing, but is super laggy and it doesn't have the timer on it.

4) Play on a vehicle
This kinda beats the objective of the game which is for players to exercise more but this is so much easier. When I'm on the bus or something, I'd turn on the app and wait for the bus to pass by a Pokemon. Unless you enjoy staring at the phone, turn on the vibrations in your Pokemon GO settings and your phone will vibrate when a Pokemon pops up.

5) Turn off AR
There's an AR option on the right hand corner of the screen when you're catching a Pokemon. Turning it off will remove the legit background(?) of where you're at and it makes it easier to catch it because the Pokemon is automatically placed in the middle of the screen.

It's also easier to catch Pokemons when you're in school or working without people noticing heheh. 

6) Method of catching
To increase the catch rate, spin the pokeball with your fingers until little sparks appear and throw it at your Pokemon. But because it is a curve ball, you need to throw it to a side, left or right depending on which direction you spin the ball. 

I'm not really sure about this one but apparantly the size of the little inner circle matters when you throw the pokeball. From experience and friends, I think the bigger the inner circle, the higher the catch rate? I'm not really sure about this so if I'm wrong about it please leave a comment down below.

7) Transferring
You can only store 250 Pokemons in your phone. "Oh no so how am I gonna catch more Pokemons??" There's a transfer button on every Pokemon which you can use to get more PokeSpace (I just came up with this). You should transfer all the pokemons with very low CPs bc they're useless anyway and in exchange, you get 1 candy for it. 

8) Eevee evolution
I'm sure many of you are wondering "what's my Eevee gonna transform into...? I hope I get a Vaporeon" (A Vaporeon has the highest base stats, followed by Flareon and Jolteon). Just change the name of your eevee before evolving it- Vaporean--> Rainer, Flareon--> Pyro and Jolteon--> Sparky.

9) Heavy bag
Because I live at a Pokestop, I can get like 13401438 items a day easily which contributes to my super heavy and filled bag. Unless you upgrade the size of your bag, you can only have 350 items in it so what I do is I delete Potions to make space for other more important items like Revives and Pokeballs. My friend deletes his razzberries though.

10) Eggs
There are 3 types of eggs in Pokemon GO- 2.0km, 5.0km and 10.0km. And you have to walk the distance in order for the egg to hatch. The greater the distance, the rarer the pokemon is and so far, the only 10.0 km egg I got hatched me an Eevee...

Thank you to my friend @kageyami_law7 for teaching me how to play this game like a pro B)

#TeamMystic

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Nerve (2016): Movie Review

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Nerve is the best movie ever and I'm not even exaggerating one bit. The storyline, the actors, the cinematography; everything about this movie is just so so great!

Welcome to NERVE. A game like truth or dare, minus the truth. Watchers pay to watch; players play to win cash and glory. Are you a watcher or a player? 

'Kinda sounds like a rip off of hunger games' was what my friend said when I asked him to watch Nerve with me. To be honest I didn't even know what the movie was about except that it's a game which you either play or watch and I'm really glad I didn't watch the trailer (neither should you) because the trailer gives away the entire movie.

The build up of the storyline was really good from the beginning to the end. There wasn't any boring scenes in the story. It was either hilarious, emotional or breathtaking. The cinematography helped to add suspense and depth into the movie by filming from the different points of view. And as an art student I really enjoyed it :-) 

And I also really loved their soundtrack. Someone was using soundhound during the movie haha. Here's the link to the playlist of the movie's soundtrack.

If Nerve was a real game, I would probably join as a player because of the money $$$ and it seems kinda fun? But I'm definitely not going to the finals because the final dare will probably be insane.

"Are you a watcher or a player?"

Ratings: 5/5 stars ★★★★★