An Artiste's Journal (and picture book)

Maple Review~

2011-12-16T00:51:00.006+08:00

Okay... a maple review~

This involves the job class battle mage of the resistance. A lot of people say this class is amazing and stuff like that. But what you don't know is what you do to other players that have created characters a few years back... (yes that includes me... I play maple). But save your explanations as I will explain my points first.

Battle mage Ratings: (five #'s is the best)

Damage ____#####

(In terms of how much damage you can deal to enemies compared to other jobs)

Survivability ####

(In terms of how well you can receive damage without dying)

Speed ______####

(In terms of how fast you can dish out damage as well as how fast you can navigate around the map)

Adaptability #####

(In terms of how well your class can adapt to the surroundings)

As you can see as shown above the battlemage scores at least 4 #s, that my friend is almost perfect! The average value would be 3 #s... Now, now save you explanations for later and I'll explain my points first.

DAMAGE

As you have seen, the battle mage scores a perfect 5 for this and here's why... Compared to the average mage, (by comparing the damage of magic claw and triple blow) magic claw, at full level only has a 240% damage multiplier which means when your magic attack is 100, you'll do 240 damage to the enemy whereas the battle mage, has a 315% damage multiplier meaning it'll do 315 damage (please note that magic claw hits twice with 120% and triple blow hits trice with 105%). Even the skills of a battle mage give stronger damage compared to a normal mage so its no wonder they are stronger. Now, my second point, battle mages deal more number of hits than a normal mage. You must be wondering, what does this have to do with damage? IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH DAMAGE!!! In maple, your attack has a damage range and not a complete number like the example above, so your damage will be rated like this, 60-100, FOR EXAMPLE. When you have more number of hits, you damage becomes more consistent and you'll avoid needing to attack more to kill the enemy. You also avoid losing more mp... so consistency plays a really big role when it comes to damage.

SURVIVABILITY

Next, survivability... Survivability has to do with how much damage you can take before you get killed. First off, battle mage start off having more hp than that of a normal mage. A good example is that by level 49 a battle mage will already have 1000+ hp whereas a normal mage at level 59 will only have 700+ hp. That is such a big difference! You might think that that is reasonable because battle mages do not have Magic Guard to protect them (Magic Guard is a skill that transfers 80% of damage taken to your mp and only 20% damage goes to your hp, kinda like Mana Shield in Diablo 2) That is a very good point I must say, however, you're forgetting that battle mages have Blood Drain, a skill that allows you to absorb some hp based on the damage you have dealt to the enemy... meaning your hp hardly goes down when your actively mobbing (a term which I will explain later). As an extra point, you save money doing so as you heal the damage done to you meaning you don't have to buy potions becuase the damage disappears but us normal mages, the damage doesn't disappear into thin air, IT'S STILL THERE! only that it goes to your mp and not your hp AND, mp potions cost more than hp potions!!!

SPEED

Okay, speed. Battle mages score a perfect 5 again! Because, you have that stinkin' Yellow Aura... Yellow Aura boosts your movement speed as well as your attack speed. Attack speed is hard to achieve in maple especially for mages because we only get the attack speed booster skill at level 70... now, not only do battle mages get it early, that is level 30, they get Yellow Aura as well so say Magic Booster adds your attack speed by 3, Yellow Aura will add another point making it 4!!! OMG!!! And don't try to use the excuse that you are close ranged and normal mages are far ranged... you have teleport to make up for that AND you get it early as well, level 10, normal mages get it at level 30... plus you have Dark Chain which lets you pull enemies toward you... so you don't have to walk much...

ADAPTABILITY

This is based on how well you adapt to situations... battle mages are highly adaptive... here's why:

When it comes to situations where there are a lot of monsters, DON'T WORRY! Battle mage can attack up to 6 enemies (mobbing is your ability to attack lots of enemies at once with a single attack) even their first skill lets them hit 6 enemies... When it comes to situations where you are chosen based on what you can give to your allies, you have three auras to give them. You have Dark Aura, which increases your allies' attack, Yellow Aura, which boosts your allies' movement speed and attack speed and Blue Aura, which allows you to reduce damage taken by your allies' (and yourself) from enemies. I'd say they're a sure pick compared to normal mages, who only have Meditate to share with their allies (boosts magic attack).

From here, I'll have to say Battle mages are a bit overpowered compared to normal mages... Nexon, why can't you balance the classes before releasing them instead of then going through all the trouble of releasing patches to balance the classes... luckily, now in MapleSea, we have reached the Chaos Update and I am currently waiting for Ascension Update so that my mage will be as strong as the other classes. C: Well, that's all. I don't want to stop but I have to. (=.=)

Your Atiste,

Faruq

I'm Back!!!

2011-12-16T00:50:00.003+08:00

And that's all! Hoho~ I don't want to stop but I'm lazy to go on. (=.=)

Your Artiste,

Faruq

Relief

2011-05-04T22:07:00.002+08:00

Alhamdulillah, the internet's back on... If you don't know what I'm talking about, I shall start from the beginning... at the very time where everything started. Okay it was a Friday (don't get started with R*b*c*a B*a*k, I won't even let her complete name appear in my blog and I don't even know why she even made that song) The internet didn't work... so we went to borrow my uncle's internet thingy and the internet worked... for one day... and the internet was down the whole weekend... Which mostly affect most of my family members... it affected me too... everything I wanted to do...

Moving on, I have finally got all my birthday presents... WOOOO~ The things I wanted (well, almost) were given as birthday presents! I'll post the pictures later... still busy... and that's all. I don't want to stop but I have to. (=.=)

Your Artiste,

Faruq

What I Want~

2011-04-20T23:09:00.007+08:00

I just thought of writing this cause you can't really be sure of what a person wants actually and also the fact that other people are doing it... (if you don't know who, just leave it at that) Okay, let's start shall we? (Everyone nods in perfect unison)

1. An MP3 Player...

I know what you're thinking... (you already have an MP3) That is actually true... but I have very good reasons as to why I need a new one.

1. The MP3 player I have runs out of battery super duper fast, I charged it for like 6 hours and

it could only play 3 songs. THREE... STINKIN.... SONGS!!! Just imagine yourself enjoying

the music and then suddenly the battery goes out. NICE!!! (sarcasm, in case, you never

know)

2. The one I have has no screen... (the people who will want to comment I told you so and

stuff, I know and I regret it, you don't have to say anything... seriously!)

3. I just don't like it anymore after everything that has happened... Okay, so the MP3 player I want is the Sony Walkman as shown above... I want a red one cause the colour of the LED is always red... (it matches, get it?)

2. A Nintendo 3DS

Yeah, who wouldn't want it... T.T I don't have enough money to buy it though... It costs around RM 1200.00 T.T The worst thing is, its already out at Parkson... so its there right in front of my eyes, ALL THE TIME! T.T

3. The Complete Kingdom Hearts Keychain Set

I am a Kingdom Hearts fan (yeah!) so of course I'd want the complete set. And that's it!!! I don't want to stop but I have to (=.=)

Your Artiste,

Faruq

Guess What This Is About?

2011-04-13T22:33:00.005+08:00

If you thought something cool, then you're right! Hoho... but I haven't told you the "cool thing" yet so wait first... Okay, VOCALOIDS!!! (Everyone gasps and become excited, some OMGs are heard in the background) I just found out that Japan has made such a thing called a vocaloid... and this was mainly because of my friends. Anyways, vocaloids are programs made using computers where you can actually type in the vocals and the stress of the notes, you know for music. Meaning, you literally create your very own singer! There are a couple of vocaloids know in Japan. They even created anime characters for the vocaloids. Here are the pictures~

The thing that really got me going with this was the fact that they were not real and how real they looked during the concert! It was so COOL, YO! They really intrigued me when I saw this video~

This is Kagamine Rin (the girl) and Kagamine Len (the guy) singing Butterfly on my Right Shoulder. And if you think they're twins, well, they are! Yeah! They look so nice singing together...

I am currently listening to songs by the Kagamine twins =D

The song that really got to me was Kokoro by Kagamine Rin. Kokoro means heart... and here's the music video... The main reason I want to show you the video is because the translations and the song are all there so you just have to watch it~

It almost made me cry... so sad... I guess that's it for now... I don't want to stop but I have to (=.=)

Your Artiste,

Faruq

Pesta Tanjong

2011-04-08T23:13:00.004+08:00

I know this is a little late but I kinda have to blog about this. Knowing that I am a Kolej Tun Datu Tuanku Haji Bujang student, our school festival is called " Pesta Tanjong ". Well, there was a pesta tanjong last year and to me, it wasn't that appealing. The food wasn't enough and there weren't that many stalls. This year is my last year and I thought that pesta tanjong was held every two years based on the pattern I had been watching for the last four years, I was actually wishing pesta tanjong to be held this year. Fortunately, it was. I was involved in decorating mugs which you could order and we would design it based on what you want and we would write whatever you want on it. Plus, me and Farid wanted to sell pesta tanjong badges during the festival. The designs are like the ones here :

Aren't they nice? Hohoho... You can't buy them anymore. We only made 60 pieces and sold them for RM 5.00. The original price was RM 3.50. Quite expensive for 60 badges but that was the only place we knew that could make badges. Oh, and during the pesta tanjong, me and Farid were kinda keeping tabs on whether the people were buying the badges or not. The thing that made me unhappy was that some people who looked at the badges said " Nya kacak tapi mahal gilak..." Hello?! The original price was RM 3.50 and also they were limited edition badges. Me and Farid won't be here next year! Some of my friends asked me to raise the price because the profit wasn't much. We weren't really going for profit, we just wanted to try selling badges. Luckily I didn't, cause people were already intimidated by the RM 5.00 price tag! That's all for now. I don't want to stop but I have to (=.=)

Your Artiste,
Faruq

I...

2011-04-06T18:01:00.002+08:00

I won't tell you the reason behind the long break from blogging was because of pure laziness. And that I could have written something but I didn't. And also I merely procrastinated (wow, "procrastinated", what's happening to me?) every time I thought about writing something. So I'll skip that and say that this year feels weird and I guess some of it has to do with SPM and another part of it has to do with the fact that this is my last year at school and I might never see the light of school ever again. I used to complain last time, about how much I didn't want to go to school. I mean, at that time I only looked forward to school because I could see my friends. I didn't like the fact that every time I went to school, it would mean some homework at home. I wanted to learn though, cause the subjects were interesting. (except sejarah) But considering the fact that I might never see it again, I kinda feel the opposite. Well, you know as the saying goes, you won't miss it till it's gone. Anyway, the fact school is weird now is that, I feel compelled to contributing my "expertise" to the school. It's kinda nice though. I guess that completes the section about school and stuff. I won't talk about how I know about SPM coming but doing nothing despite the fact. There's no point discussing it if I didn't do anything about it. Wait... I have nothing to talk about... Okay, bye then. Oh, and it seems like everyone has their own favorite catchphrase to put at the end of their post so I shall try one. I don't want to stop but I have to (=.=).

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Badges~ Badges~

2010-10-01T11:39:00.002+08:00

I have finally completed one set of badges, it is so cool as I say so myself that is... Okay, my interest towards badges started of when my brother returned from Australia. We picked him up from Brunei and something something and went home. Then I opened his DS and saw a game called The World Ends With You. Knowing that most games produced by Square Enix are good, I tried it out. So, you play as this one guy who's an introvert so he doesn't like people and despises friends. Then, he dies and enters this one game where you have to fight for one week and then the person who scores the most gets a second chance to live. Yay! But, the game requires you to have a partner to allow you to fight. Which changes his attitude cause you have to have a partner. And then some other stuff unfolds and yada yada yada. Play it yourself! Anyway, that guy uses badges to fight cause each badge has a different power and the badge designs are really nice and you see where this is going so that's how, Tada~ (Did you realise I didn't put any brackets in this post, it's a record!!!)

Your Artiste,
Faruq

I'm alive in case you are asking...

2010-09-15T23:11:00.002+08:00

You must be wondering where was I for the past few months... Well, I'm not dead if that's what you are thinking... cause you know, I wouldn't be writing this post unless of course someone manages to find out my password and then after that for some reason wants to write something in my blog (because its famous), I mean why would anyone want to write something in someone else's blog (unless it's to sabotage) because as if they don't have their very own blog which is a huge responsibility already and they want to go through the trouble of filling in another person's blog (obviously they're crazy and look at the trouble I'm having just updating my blog). To cut it short, I'm alive! Yo~

Okay, if you think about it, I have a lot to cover but I won't because it's not that interesting so I'll just speed it up to NOW! CLOCK UP!!! Okay, umm... I finished watching Kamen Rider W, its a good kamen rider series compared to the others I tried to watch. The ending was really sad cause Philip disappeared and then Shoutarou was crying like crazy (as the comments in youtube said "manly tears") and the Philip was trying to not cry and just smile but then when he was about to disappear, he cried too. (Those two were good partners and they were Kamen Rider W, can't have one without the other...) And then after that Shoutarou was still crying when he went back to the office and then Philip left him a present and then he opened it and then Philip's book and a lost driver was inside. Inside the book were words telling Shoutarou to keep taking care of the city and Philip will be watching from the Earth (cause that's where he disappeared to). And then the next episode, Philip was revived and then that sad story I watched turned into a touching one... sniff... so sad...

Next!!! Kamen Rider OOO (pronounced "oz" as in when there a lot of flowers you put a "s" at the back so in this case the "o" has an "s" at the back making it "os") is out and instead of two people transforming together a single person uses three medals to transform... sounds cool at first... then, the suit came out... "Dang, that's ugly..." Those were the words that came out from my mouth... "Nevermind, maybe the movie'll turn out okay..." Then it came out... "Dang, that's ugly..." The first series was lame... unlike W which drew my attention. (Seriously, W was more amazing compared to this... ) So, I've lost hope in OOO (pronounced "os").

Next, turns out my comic'll have five books (I estimated of course, minus procrastination, laziness and giving up). Oh, and I changed the name from Animal Bench (which was inspired from animal crossing, a ds game, how embarassing was that...) to Yesterday/Nightmare (pronounced "yesterday slash nightmare"). I even made the logo already... its "yesterday" and when you reflect the "yesterday" it becomes "nightmare" and there's a slash in the middle (not this "/" slash but a slash like from sword like that). Following the order of how I'm going to produce it is (I'll change Yesterday/Nightmare to Y/N for easy typing purposes) Y/N Animal Spirits, Y/N Rememberence, Y/N Awakening, Y/N Ryuko and Y/N Okyu. (these names can change if I feel like it...)

Next, (I'm not touching on studies...) Raya turned out great! Although it passed by real quick. Of course no surprise cause we only had like five or four days for raya then my cousins had to go back because they had exams... two had SPMs to deal with, one had a PMR to deal with and three had UPSRs to deal with... (I should have put it in the order of PMR, SPM and UPSR cause they would be in this sequence 1,2 and 3!!!) So, because of this three things happened. One, they couldn't have much fun cause they had to study. Two, they couldn't sleep over at my house with the reason as stated in number one. And three, they had to go back early cause of the reason stated in number one... (wait... I'm talking about studies...) Change topic!!! We had a lot of photos taken this raya at my house... somehow suddenly, they wanted to have an outdoor photography session and apparently, my house had a recently cleaned and beautified garden suitable for that occasion... and the photos were taken... check them over at facebook... if I ever post them... if I don't check people connected to me for photos (I'm sure there are some).

That's all I guess...

Your Artiste,
Faruq

How Long Has It Been Since I've Seen The Light of Blogging?

2010-05-08T00:11:00.003+08:00

It's been a really, really, really, really long time... (duh). So long even I notice it... I can just make up some reason why but I won't do that this time... (=.=") Where to I start? Gah!!! I haven't blogged for so long I don't even know where to start!!! ... 3 months... A lot has happened in these 3 months... a bit too long I think... this practically felt like a year was passing... I guess I should start with my studies... So far so good... but chemistry and physics were disappointing... I thought we would learn new stuff but all we do it count!!! COUNT!!! Its so frustrating... looking forward to something just ending up being a total disappointment... but now chemistry is okay, we're not just calculating stuff anymore but physics is still the same. As for agama... the ustaz is not that good... (plus he's pretty scary when he's angry) so my marks for PI is a mess. Oh yeah, my marks for physics and chemistry are okay... (to me they are of course) and my math is okay, both of them. BM is okay, English is okay... and Biology.... (no comments). CHANGE!!! SUBJECT!!! Hoooooo!!!!,Okay, right now and since the last 3 months, I don't know what to do exactly... make my RPG map, draw my comic (which is not much of an achievement for me), level up my character in maple (which is mostly what I am doing...) and paint my gundam (which is not what I am mostly doing, pretty sad actually)... Ummm... some information about the RPG map...

-The abilities you can learn are more than the abilities you can have but you can only select some (this allows self-customization)

- It has job advancements which must be made on only specific levels.

- It has different sections for more interesting gameplay...

- We don't know how to make an AI so you'll have to play with someone (hey, we're only 16...)

That's about most of the things you'll have to keep in mind...

Ooooo!!! Yes!!! I have a holiday trip coming up... I'm going to KL!!! Yeah!!! Looking forward to that!!! And if any of you think its weird I don't post any pictures of gundams on my blog its because the one that I painted didn't really turn out nice... I want to play Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep... I saw the intro and it was soooo COOOL!!!!! There is a new kingdom hearts coming up... Kingdom Hearts III Keyblade Wars but its for PS3... nothing for Wii... Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days was a bit of a disappointment... It was cool and all but it was lacking the first thing that drew my attention to Kingdom Hearts... flashy flashy stuff... especially Kingdom Hearts II... That was so nice... Even Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories's flashy flashy stuff was more flashy than the flashy flashy stuff in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days... But the opening was just AMAZING!!! To be that detailed using the DS was amazing... and the music just fit right in, SANCTUARY by Utada Hikaru... NICE... Well, that's all... I guess...

Your Artiste,
Faruq

A Picture Out of Hiding?!

2010-02-18T09:31:00.006+08:00

Well, lately I have had trouble putting up pictures on facebook, my blog and probably any webpage available so maybe I'll try now...It turned out negative for no reason at all... so I'll try negativing it and see what happens...
Okay... negativing it doesn't work... I'll try changing its picture type...Okay, it seems I'll have to post pictures with the "PNG" format... That's a relief... And here are the rest...

Tadaaa!!! Okay, the red one is Blakwail (My favourite), the purple one is Cismo (Haven't thought of a better name yet...), the one that looks like a bug is Mevii (No problem with this one) and the last, green one is Kyystal (What a name!)... Now I'll try posting it on Deviant Art...

The Daily Ruqqi (not exactly daily though)

2010-01-11T22:54:00.005+08:00

Well, in the first week of school (now's the second week), everything was kind of fine to be exact... the homework though was a load I almost couldn't bear... (Well who wouldn't when one's so used to not really doing his homework...) The teacher's are fine which is really much of a relief for me... (I don't know what I would do if the teachers weren't good...) I can also say most of the subjects are kind of to almost understandable but the truck load of homework usually makes me forget what I learned especially for add maths (which is the first subject I want score in). Civics was troublesome... they asked me what were my plans for the future (which was not quite to my liking as I hate telling people what I have in store for my future... that is unless I decide to tell them not they force me to spill it out...). Also I don't know what's happening to Kolej but most of the English or BM teachers this year also teach civics... and the Math and Add Maths teacher is the same person... (which is really hard cause my teacher decided to do only one subject each week so Add Maths this week and Maths the next... The worst thing is cause everyday I have Add Maths so I'm kinda bored or tired of doing Add Maths now... T.T) I even promised myself I'd do my homework this year... how am I supposed to do it if I'm already bored of it... I have to do homework everyday now... T.T but never mind Faruq stick to you promise that's what you'll do!!!

Okay now for the fun stuff I did in my first week...

I played the game Plants VS Zombies... It's sooo nice and very addictive!!! I've been playing it quite a lot now (especially when I have a laptop to play it upstairs) The game is very simple... use all means of defense to protect you house from zombies... You have a wide arsenal of plants to either kill zombies or help you kill zombies... practically you kill zombies so nice bah...

Here's some info for my comic and if you read the comic you'll see that this post right here explains a lot of stuff you don't know or will never find out (but you've never read the comic right? Right? hahahahaha!!! Oh well, read first as it is the one that connects the dots...) In the first few pages of the comic, the lives of Ryuko (the main character) and his parents are shown... (its only a few pages so you'll get confused as to where everything is) and then the scene shifts to where the Darklings are released. Okay, now I'll get to Ryuko's merging... the animal spirits have this special capsule called the Elemental capsule... It stores up elemental energy over time for the Animal Spirits to materialize (they are not in material form to begin with...) The capsule is there so that in case a Darkling manages to coat over a human (and then the Darklings can control them like a puppet, you know pulling the strings and the puppet moves but the human is still conscious) which enables them to become material. (Animal Spirits can only attack non-material beings such as themselves) So when they use the capsule, it supplies them with energy to materialize... Okay, now comes to the part where they need Ryuko... so when they have used up their capsules (which means they don't have anymore energy to materialize) they will have to use Ryuko's energy supply to materialize (this is kinda like the Darkling coating a human) The only difference is that Ryuko is totally conscious, free to control his own body and obtains the skills for the animal spirit... where as the Darkling assumes command of its host. Tadaa!!! And lastly Ryuko can maximize the energy output for a single attack, his Final Strike but the energy supply for the form is used up (in other words, he uses Final Strike... Boomboomboom die... and he separates with the Animal Spirit... (this counts a lot for him cause he doesn't know how to fight so if he messes up with the timing he'll end up returning back to normal before finishing the enemy off...)

Okay, that's all oh ya Ryuko's world is the Third World in all the Five Worlds...

Your Artiste,
Faruq

See you next year!!!

2009-12-31T22:28:00.002+08:00

It has come to a time where someone can say "See you next year" and it won't sound like a very long time cause next year is tomorrow... but anyway.... School's starting soon and I don't know why I'm kinda satisfied about my holiday (I mean who wouldn't having a holiday for almost four months...) I guess I'm also kinda excited about learning new subjects... I get to pick art!!! I don't really care about PJ but art matters... (I guess the only subject I'm looking forward to is art...) Oh well... I think that's what you get for being deprived of art for THREE LONG YEARS... T.T If any of you are wondering about my comics... I still draw them, just that I don't continue on by inking it... I just leave it after drawing with pencil... Well anyway... I guess I'll be saying goodbye to restaurant city... bye restaurant city... I'll still see you on weekends though (unlike my brother (I think you'll understand by now haziq I don't mean you right?) who plays computer at work not like he has anything to do...) And also there may be a chance I won't be playing restaurant city... that is if I go to tuition... (Its kinda sad really... I thought my mom would trust me enough now to study by myself... not to mention I kinda resolved to finishing my homework next year (tomorrow)... ) Oh well, one relief is I'll still be going to ITS... That's all I guess... (my sister wants to use her laptop I don't know why I used her laptop in the first place...)

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Flashbacks from the Past

2009-12-17T19:01:00.003+08:00

Walking into the examination hall...
Sitting down in the most relaxed fashion...
Arranging my stationary in a proper yet easy to reach manner...
I wonder why I'm not nervous...
This was not how it was when I was sitting for the UPSR,
The feeling in the new examination hall is just so calm...
I mean, why wouldn't it on a cold morning...
Then BOOM!!!
A new, wrinkled paper is on my table...
Hmmm... what should I do with it...
Oooo, maybe I should look inside...
But the examiner hasn't allowed me yet...
I think I should write my name...
Yeah, I think I should...
Hey, what's he saying over there?
"You may open your test papers"
Oooo, open! OPEN!!!
Readreadreadreadreadread...
Ummm... okay, this is kinda hard...
Enie minie mynie mo...
Hey, what does this mean?
Wow, this word looks nice maybe I should circle this one...
Wait... this is PMR cannot do like this...
But that word's so nice...
Oh well... (circles answer)
Answer...
Answer...
Answer...
Answer...
Oooo, lookie a picture...
Answer...
Answer...
Answer...
Done! I feel like drawing... maybe I should draw...
Wait, this is PMR I can't just leave it like that...
Check...
check...
check...
Done! Now I can draw...
(Draws a picture of the monsters that come out in my comic)
And yes the monsters are mostly cute... the weak ones are though...
Hey, an examiner coming by!
Hide drawing, hide drawing...
Hu hu hu hu not doing anything...
"The time is up, please stop writing"
Yay!!! Another eight exams to go...

And that was what I was thinking most of the time during the exams...

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Mamma Mia!!! (Italian Slang)

2009-11-13T11:35:00.013+08:00

Man that pizza was great! Cause we went to Fratini's for some pizza making... of course my mom brought the whole Junior 3 along as well but you get to make your own pizza and have all to yourself!!!
Tada!!! The very reflection of the banner saying "Free Delivery" and the motorcycle they use for the delivery...

We arrived early so the kids were not here yet...

And here is the arrival of the kids...

Look at those happy faces... (I asked them to)

The rolling of the dough... (everyone did this)

The putting of the sauce... (is there such a thing as "putting"?)

The toppings are on top!!! Lookie, toppings!!!

Then, eatie time!!! Oh ya, before that the chef for Fratini's lifted the pizzas using this oversized pancake taking thingy... it was really huge... I couldn't take a picture of it cause I was making my pizza... yes, I made pizza as well...

Well, here's my pizza!!! And I even put some cheese at the side and fold the dough on top of the cheese to make a cheesy crust!!!

And here they are all the tiny chefs...

And now they're singing the Fratini song...

The thank you card...

And now they're lining up, waiting for the bus...

Well, that was most of what happened while at Fratini's...

What I have learned about talking...

2009-10-31T16:27:00.004+08:00

There are a lot of ways of talking or saying something. But what I have learned and used a lot in my life is talking or saying something but still remaining neutral. This is usually used when someone asks me what do I think about this person, whether he is good or bad and whatever like that. The most easiest and common answer is "I don't know." This usually tells nothing about what you think but is still considered an answer. (This will most probably not score you any points in an interview cause people will most likely say your dumb) Which leads me to thinking of another answer. The answer is "If you say so". Saying this is not really neutral cause your admitting the person's answer but you can still put the blame on the person because you are simply agreeing with that person.(This is not considered safe neutral... they can use it against you so stick with I don't know but I don't know shows you're hiding something) So instead say "I would love to agree with you but then I also disagree with you in a way..." This is kinda like the "I don't know but the trick behind this is the length... Long sentences are harder to understand... therefore leaving the person you answered unable to use your points against you... (This doesn't work on people who can understand long sentences, example: people who read a lot) Another shorter way or saying this is "Maybe". Okay, something else I have learned about talking or a way of talking is in the sense of being politically correct, in other words non-discriminatory language. This way of talking prevents what will happen below (trust me it happened to me):

Person 1: So what do you think of policemen?

Person 2: I think policemen are very lame-bah, they're so slow at responding to emergency calls...

Person 1: Yalah, there's one time kan, I called like at midnight kan, cause the accident happened at night bah, so I like called the like policemen, then right, they like came like at like 6 like that bah, in the morning somemore...

Person 3: So slow punya policemen...

Person 2: Ya ku madah!!!

Person 1: Ya kata ku nganok!!!

Person 3: Ya-Lah!!!

Person 4: Meow!

A police man who was overhearing the conversation and couldn't stand it anymore appeared...

Policeman : Owh, policeman lah kenak! Policewoman sikda?

Person 1: Huh?!

Person 2: ...(Speechless)

Person 3: Umm... err... umm... about that..

Person 4: Meow?

There, so what they were supposed to say in a non-discriminatory kind of way was:

Person 1: What do you think of police officers?

Person 2: I think police officers are very "good"-bah, they're so "fast" at responding to emergency calls. (uses fingers to show inverted commas)

Person 3: Yalah, there's one time-kan, I called like at midnight-kan, cause the accident happened at night-bah, so I like called the like police officers, then right, they like came "straight away-bah", like "lightning" somemore.

Person 3: Waaaa, so "fast" punya policemen, so "good" bah...

Person 2: Ya ku madah!!!

Person 1: Ya kata ku nganok!!!

Person 3: Ya-Lah!!!

Person 4: Meow!!!

And of course the police didn't say anything about that... and even if he did, it would sound like this:

Policeman: Waaa... sooooo "good" lah you all, puji-puji police officer somemore...

And if he got angry at them, they can just say but we were talking good about you...

So use non-discriminatory language... look it up on wiki or google...

That's all,

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Yo~ People!!!

2009-10-25T22:08:00.002+08:00

Yo~ People!!!

Waddup!!! Man!!!

I am trying to continue activities on facebook now, just so you all know...
I don't know why but I don't think I have much to do now despite the fact that I have a million games to try on the nintendo DS and not to mention making my map. (This is the part where people would say,"Don't you have anything else to do rather than just play games?") Well, frankly, I do have a lot of stuff to do but some of them involves going to school.(Which is what I am not doing right now...) But I am going to school soon... (Hear that haziq!!!) Some of the stuff I want to do are:

1. Go to school bringing a monopoly set to play with my friends.

2.Go to Fai's house and wreck havoc.

3. Force Haziq to come over to my house... (he hasn't done that, but I don't blame him)

4. Practice drawing (Yeah!!! Ali your goin down!!!)

5. Draw my comic if I can (currently I can't)

6. Make my very own game cards (which takes a whole lot of money)

7. Create and repair the Akiko/Poke' Driver (also takes a whole lot of money)

8. Force Haziq to come to my house with the Akiko/Poke' Driver if forcing him to come the first time didn't work (By now Haziq would say,"Why me?!")

Answer: Your practically the easiest to deal with...

Support for answer: Arikki always goes out with his friends... and even if he does come I don't know what to do with him later...

Support for answer 2: Fai, hmmm, Fai, I was planning to crash his house not ask him to come to my house.

Support for answer 3: Any other of my friends and they'll be bored to death (I not a very social person if I say so myself...)

Plus, I'm dying to challenge haziq in warcraft...

I guess that's all...

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Status Report!!!

2009-10-23T10:33:00.002+08:00

Sir, yes, SIR! Keroro!!!
It has been two weeks now, SIR!
And that whole week I did not go to school, SIR!
I started playing the DS since then, SIR!

Harrumph!!! (ground shakes violently as I salute again!)

I also spend some time upgrading my map, SIR!
The DS games I am playing if you will listen sir, SIR!

Is as follows, HARRUMPH!!! SIR!

Knights in the Nightmare, SIR!

SEGA Superstars Tennis, SIR!
(By the way, I begged Abang (not you haziq) till he was left crying for him to download this game for me)

Kingdom Hearts 356/2 Days, SIR!
(Ohh!!! My favourite, by the way the game play is the same as the one in PS2 which is why this game is still nice even in the DS...)

Final Fantasy Something, SIR!

My schedule starts like this!!! Harrumph!!! (Rolls out a long roll of paper)

In the Morning, SIR!

I watch TV happily while drinking a hot cup of milk!

I also play Animal Crossing for a while!

And then its either playing Kingdom Hearts or chat online!

I don't have breakfast, SIR!

In the Afternoon, SIR!

I eat lunch!

I pray first! Or sometimes I play games first!

Then I play games! Or sometimes I pray after that!

Then maybe Abang (not you haziq iboh nok prasan...) will force me to train with him!

Currently I am on a sick lift right now so I don't do that!

Which makes night arrive, SIR!

I go to the mosque to pray maghrib!

Then I eat dinner, SIR!

Then I go to the mosque to pray Isyak!

Then I either play the DS or I help mamak with her work (which is pretty rare)!

And I sleep or draw!

Harrumph!!! (Tears the paper violently appart!!!)

Bang!!! (Hits the table)

Which concludes my dialy schedule, SIR!!!

Your Energetic Artiste,
Faruq

Note to self, remember always artiste...

2009-10-17T23:02:00.003+08:00

The world is not as good and peaceful as it looks as trouble and misfortune lurks everywhere... I had just known this and I shall remember it always. A person talking to you might just be cursing at you at the same time... A good offer might just be too good to be true... nothing's too good... Your friend is actually your worst enemy... the world is so bitter... tiny things too hidden to be known might come and bite you. And everything is clear, the world is just bitter in the end. Treat it as a challenge you may and as an end you may as well. Younger people may have a hard time to accept this... I have, sometimes I would just like to ask "why are you doing this?!". Families not getting along, bad intentions... never forget. The weather? Heavy rain that would just not come to an end...

Your Artiste (that says that's not going to bring me down as there is sweetness in the world as well, everything must have an opposite!!! Yeah!!!!),

Faruq

How's the weather there???

2009-10-17T21:35:00.004+08:00

How's the weather there y'all??? Over here its sunny like its never been before!!! Why you all ask? Because practically PMR is officially OVER!!! Okay, using weather to describe my undescribable and yet overwhelming feeling of joy as yet another huge, oversized, troublesome, irritating, annoying and any other word for annoying obstacle in my life has been overcomed by your artiste is lame, but as you all know already, I'm just reminding you I'm having fun and your not! Hahahahahahahahahaha!!! PMR!!! GONE!!! Don't feel sad Kakla... (Back to the story of my undescribable joy...) I know that I have just passed the part where everything depends on me and now it depends on all those people who mark my papers. (Which is yet another obstacle but not as annoying as the "sitting for PMR" obstacle as it doesn't affect my life now but not later... now I'm having fun!!!) I hope you guys are reading (the guys who mark the test papers) and please give extra marks!!! I know abang udin must be saying "fat chance" when he reads this... Ajiq... I'm sorry for not coming to school, I really am!!! I'm sorry (and as you are reading, multiply that line by infinity) I already ironed my clothes (which is how I measure the willinglyness (okay that word just does so not exist in my dictionary) of me to go to school cause if I don't want to, I would not iron my clothes... to strengthen that, I even took out all my text books I needed to send the next day.) And just so everyone know that's the first time I have put a pair brackets (which I love to use) inside a pair of brackets. Back to the main story, and just so you know Haziq, I never would like to go to school when I have missed already half of the day, in school. So again I send my deepest and most sincere apology as I did not mean it... I really wanted to go to school. (weather report: Its raining like there's no tomorrow!!!) Sunshine? Happiness? (news report: It seems that a flood caused by the heavy rain washed away the sunshine and happiness...)

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Artist to Artiste to Artist-Te

2009-08-06T19:50:00.001+08:00

Usually, up to most people who read my blog, when I write "Artiste" they would already know that it is pronounced Ar-tis-te as to what I meant it to sound like. But I got concerned when I checked the dictionary to find the word "Artiste" to mean entertainer which is not what I wanted it to mean as what I wanted it to mean was "Artist" which does not mean what "Artiste" means but to what "Artist" means which is well practically what I don't want to explain because practically everyone knows what "Artist" means. What I'm trying to say here is that the word "Artiste" does not have the same meaning as the word "Artist" and the word "Artist" does not have the same meaning as the word "Artiste" because "Artiste" means entertainer which is exactly not the meaning of the word "Artist". So I am trying to start spelling "Artiste" to what I meant it to sound like and mean artist, which is not entertainer, to "Artist-Te" which still maintains the meaning of the word "Artist" and not "Artiste" but emphasise on the pronounciation of "Te" at the end of "Artist-Te". But after I think about it, bytyping the words "Artist-Te" and not "Artiste" and definitely not "Artist" which does not emphasise on the "Te" I would like to add at the end of the word, I am actually wasting some time. After doing some intensive calculations, I have found out that by typing "Artist-Te" and not "Artiste" and definitely not "Artist", I am actually typing an extra two letters as "Artist-Te" has nine letters and "Artiste" has only seven letters. This makes me want to type only "Artist" but by typing "Artiste", I will not emphasise on the pronounciation of the "Te" I would love to add to the pronounciation as it will sound different without the "Te". So, after this report, I have concluded that it is better to type "Artiste" as it will still emphasise on the pronounciation of "Te" in that word. But as a reminder, the "Artiste" I am typing simply means an artist with an added "Te" at the back and not an entertainer which is what "Artiste" actually means and not what "Artist" means.

Your Artiste (Remember this means "Artist"),
Faruq

Kakla Go Bye Bye...

2009-07-05T21:26:00.002+08:00

Okay, just so you all know... Kakla go bye bye means she went back to KL not the other meaning you know that one... Okay never mind lets not talk about that... (Sighs) Kakla went back to KL so I'm practically sad (Duh I'm always sad when one of my siblings goes back) Haih, no more laptop for me to play with Farid... Haih, no more iPod... Haih, no more Shooting Zombies Time... (by now Kakla would have said "Enough with the Haihs!!!" And I have to sleep early cause practically I have one sister who HAS to sleep early... Haih!!! Oh well she's coming back three weeks later so lookin forward to it Kakla!!!

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Hehe!!! Me sa back with a Cat!!!

2009-06-27T14:06:00.004+08:00

Huhu... I have a kitten!!! His name is Tikki Cabeiri (I know the name sounds like a girly one but its a boy name for sure...T.T) Tadaaa!!!See cute kan~!!!!

I have five kittens rite now... see? see?

Urgent News From the General!!!

2009-05-03T09:13:00.004+08:00

Kakla and Abang(not you Haziq), before I write anything more, I would just want to apologize for not writing for sooooo long... ok kakla there has been sightings of the L Virus through out the entire household... (the symptoms of course) The cause or origin of this virus is clearly unknown but a known source has been confirmed recently... Lambo (cause 'L' stands for lambo) symptoms of this virus include; acting cute and virtually lovable, sleepy eyes when happy and the most apparent symptom of all is...
Yes, as you can see they somehow have been able to do the froggy pose... Patient No.1(a.k.a Inai Lucia) is a known victim of this virus... It is of course safe to assume that the virus does not harm the victim in any way... they just get so cute!!!
We have also identified a life form capable of being immune to the virus...
Tina!!! Awwww isn't she cute... she sleeps in my room now kakla and she mostly spends her time there... I think they miss you somehow... that's all I guess... have a nice time.

Oh Hoi my personality quiz thingy...

2009-03-29T11:16:00.003+08:00

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You are not looking merely for a girl/boyfriend - you are looking for your life partner. Perhaps you should be more open-minded about who you spend time with. The person you are looking for might hide their charm under their exterior.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:

You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

Your views on education

Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.

The right job for you:

You have many goals and want to achieve as much as you can. The jobs you enjoy are those that let you burn off your considerable excess energy.

How do you view success:

You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

What are you most afraid of:

You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.

Who is your true self:

You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

OK, I don't know whether any of this is wrong or right because no one can ever see their true self even with a mirror but only other people can. Please tell me if any of this is wrong cause I seriously don't KNOW!!!

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Update For The Month of January!!!

2009-02-20T21:05:00.002+08:00

OK, so here's what has happened to the Kendong Family throughout the entire month of January... Lambo Died... Lumi Ran Away... Amin got infected by lice... and Tina is fatter as ever!!! I went to school... learned Maths from chapter 1-3... learned Science chapters 1-2... sejarah chapter one... bahasa arab a whole lot of stuff... bahasa malaysia not much... English finished the book Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde...geography lazy to talk about it... and other stuff... Parkson got a whole new makeover... its pretty cool... went to cyber cafe for the first time and yes I acted like 'sakai'. And thats the update for January... whats happening now in february is that mamak went for her operation... I got to sleep in the hotel... eh hospital... skip tuition... play computer for the first time while lying down on the bed cause they have this like table that is big enough to go on top of the bed so that was fun... go to school... and currently have a new 'use the computer schedule'.

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Lumi!!! Come back!!!

2009-02-08T19:04:00.002+08:00

Kakla... you're the first I'm going to apologize to... Lumi's missing... I'm sorry... I should have taken better care for him... but he went away for his little reproduction thing and he hasn't come back from what he is doing for three days from now... I don't know where he could be but it has to be within a 1-10 kilometre radius... again I'm so sorry... I'm worried, he could have been knocked down by a car... killed by a dog, to hurt to come back... or worse!!! Anyway, mamak's worried (yeah I know, I'm surprised too) as well as everyone else... Lumi... please come back... T.T

Stop Complaining!!!

2009-02-08T19:03:00.001+08:00

Hi!!! Okay, that's all... happy now? I wrote a post!!!

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

2009-01-24T09:05:00.001+08:00

May all of you receive Ang Pau!!! We received ang pau early in the form of School Homework!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

P.S.

2009-01-24T09:02:00.000+08:00

I dont have any pictures of LAMBO because they are all with Kakla in her phone...

Paying Respects to a Lost Friend

2009-01-24T08:45:00.002+08:00

I'll just want to say bye LAMBO for whenever you near me I was never sad. Your funny acts and poses were always something to cheer people up. Your friendly attitude made our friendship everlasting... I still remember how Kakyam and I used to play hide and seek (where you will always find us though). And how you and Kakla used to have a race up the stairs (amazingly Kakla got there first but you both will end up bumping into each other on the bed). How your frog pose created an arrow pointing towards some direction... Remember when I got mad at you when you fell in the drain and I had to give you a bath in the middle of the night... I was so angry I let you out in the night when your fur was still wet (I wiped him with a towel but of course he's still wet) And I felt so sorry after that... Farid didn't even give you a bath on the tragic day... (he was supposed to the deal was he could have 50 seconds on my stomach and he would give LAMBO, LUMI and INAI a bath). We would always sleep in the same room (of course Kakla was there and he would most probably sleep with her). I'm sorry for all the times, I would kick you when I'm a sleep (not that I know I did but just in case). Have a nice time LAMBO and I hope you are well... You know we will always miss you... our funny black and white fat cat...

Have a nice day LAMBO beside the bougainvillea plant...

Your Artiste,
Faruq

KL WAS GREAT!!!

2008-12-27T13:56:00.002+08:00

On the first day of our 11 days in KL, we ate at KFC... it was a big deal cause if you have noticed, we don't eat in KFC in Miri... that's cause the chicken they use in KFC is from CCK and as you know CCK is not HALAL... so after we reached the airport or LCCT, we went straight to KL Sentral ( it is spelled that way...). Oh yeah here's the story in between our trip from LCCT to KL Sentral... we met our cousins at LCCT and unlike us they were going back to Miri. They came a week before our trip. So after a few photo taking sessions and other goodbye stuff which pretty hard cause they wanted to stay in KL with us... Farid and Kakyam even tried to hide them behind their backs and walk slow away backwards... (LAME) but of course my aunt knew there was something fishy about the way they were walking... (sorry got a little caught up over there back to the real story...) A long wait in the bus was torture before reaching KL Sentral... then my mom said (that was when we were already at KL Sentral) I'm hungry let's eat at KFC, so we ate THE END (or is it the beginning?)

Your Artiste,

Faruq

List of Commands

2008-12-03T11:24:00.004+08:00

Remember them well cause you're going to need it...

-hw

-hr

-hs

-hb

-adc

Ok, that's all of it

The Faerie Dragon

2008-12-03T09:49:00.003+08:00

Hmmm... next hero... the Faerie Dragon... He's the best to use against mana users. That's cause he deal a lot of damage towards them. His first skill is Energy Magnet, which burns out their mana and deals damage equal to the amount of mana burnt... plus it pull the targeted unit towards you allowing no chance of escape when they are out of mana... His second skill is not for single users but for backup... It deals damage according to how much mana they used when they used an ability. At the first level it might be weak but it deals 5 damage for every mana point used at the last level. So imagine Pyro Sphere takes up 8 mana... 8x5=40!!! 40 damage for every time he casts Pyro Sphere. So now imagine the Knowledge Seeker... Mind Blast=300 mana 300x5=1500 damage!!! Tadaa~ now you see how effective it is. Okay, third ability... just like the Reverse Faerie's Zero Energy but its a little better cause it helps deal extra damage to summoned units and burns more mana. Last skill... the last skill is a killer really cause it deals 200 damage every wave and there are 3 waves 200x3=600!!! and 25 damage per second for 10 seconds... do the math 25x10=250!!! if the waves don't kill you the buffs will... so the best thing to do is run away... before you receive a full hit from the blast... its better to at least receive 450 damage rather than receive a full blast... Tune in next time...

Your Artiste,

Faruq

Knowledge Seeker

2008-12-03T09:33:00.003+08:00

Oh hoi!!! A new hero!!! The Knowledge Seeker!!! Ok, the knowledge seeker is practically just good at receiving more EXP than the other heroes do. Making him always have the upper hand. You may be lvl 5 but he is already lvl 7 haha!!! So practically its pretty unfair right? But he has some flaws too. His first skill gives him extra EXP when casting on an enemy and if the enemy dies then he receives double!!! But he can only cast it on one person... anyway his second skill is brilliance aura you might be wondering why he has an aura that increases his mana regeneration but he really needs it. You'll see why later. His third skill is Concentrated Burst which lets him concentrate real hard resetting all his spells. Sounds great but requires a lot of mana... Ring a bell? Yup thats the use of Brilliance Aura... His last skill is kinda okay, I guess deals 300 damage in a line? Quite good I think... a lot of mana too... but you can double the damage by resetting and casting again... but you're using a lot of mana... Lets calculate the minimum mana required to cast two Mind Blasts ( his last skill) and one Concentrated Burst... Concentrated Burst takes about 450 mana at the first level, and decreases by 25 for each other level, so at level 6 ( last level) it will be about 300 mana taken and Mind Blast is always 350... 350+300+350=1000!!! Ah!!! One thousand?! Wow!!! Ok bye!!! Tune in next time everyone!!!

Your Artiste,

Faruq

Oh Hoi!!!

2008-12-02T19:18:00.002+08:00

Hey, have you watched Twilight? I haven't... I think it was probably my fault... but one part of me says its interesting and another says it won't be interesting... I think one part of me thinks that is because Kakla was soooo excited to watch that movie and when she did... I don't know what happened cause I wasn't really paying attention... but I guess thats why I feel that way... well the other thinks its boring cause I know its about vampires and thats all I need to know...but then... I still feel like I want to watch it... DANG YOU KAKLA!!! You made me feel this way... T.T umm... I guess thats it from me... Haha...

Till then =D

Your Artiste,

Faruq

The Reverse Faerie

2008-12-02T11:05:00.002+08:00

Oh Hoi!!! The next one, the Reverse Faerie!!! Haha!!! My favorite hero besides the Pandaren Storm cause he gets on people's nerves!!! Quite balanced, I might say... his dependency on mana is less compared to the Pandaren Storm though... so you might actually enjoy using him rather than worry about mana all the time. First skill!!! Anti-Lightning... ummm... just think about it as a red color chain lightning k? Nothing special... but what makes it special is his third skill which is not going to tell you cause I haven't told you the second one so the second one is!!! ( drum roll ) Zero Energy!!! As well just think of it as feedback... you know decreases mana and stuff... and deals damage equal to the mana decreased... but the third oh yeah!!! This power makes all his other attacks cool... because with this skill whenever the Reverse Faerie casts a skill, it will discard all the wasted energy and turn the field around him into a negative field making anyone who steps into it receive damage multiple times... And his last skill tops the rest cause it deals heavy circular damage to units around him... and its best used against buildings!!! Yay!!! There goes tower defense!!! Tune in next time for Heroes Weekly!!! Only here in De Artiste, Faruq's Space!!!

Your Artiste,
Faruq

The Pandaren Storm

2008-12-01T23:17:00.002+08:00

Ok, the next hero is ( drum roll... ) The Spontaneous Pandaren Storm ( I so like that word ) !!! ( Applause and Claps ) The Pandaren is quite hard to use as he uses up his mana quite spontaneously... just kidding he uses up his mana quickly so you might run out of mana right after a battle. His first skill is explosive as well as cool. He can teleport a short distance and deal damage and dispel negative buffs. Three in one I might say... Useful for escaping, dispelling and getting on your enemies' nerves!!! The second skill is Tornado Flush as the name is he flushes his enemies... no thats not it, he deals damage in a straight line and the tornado travels quite far really... good for destroying buildings, enemies and also getting on your enemies' nerves. The third skill is the Storm Fury... traps the unit in a tornado?! How lame is that?! But trust me its pretty good at getting on your enemies' nerves!!! Remember though, traps in not tosses them around and round in the air... AND HIS LAST SKILL IS........ ( drum roll again ) Storm Surge. This skill actually allows you to deal enormous damage as long as they get close to you... but the question is how do you get them to get close to you... Ring a bell? Yup thats right Storm Fury!!! Which totally means that even if he runs you can stop him and if you can't use Storm Fury you can always catch up with Flash Step ( Thats the first skill ). Tune in next time on Heroes Weekly only here at De Artiste, Faruq's Space!!!

Your Artiste,

Faruq

Information on Heroes!!!

2008-12-01T23:05:00.002+08:00

Ok, you may not be used to the new heroes and believe me there is a huge line of new heroes. I think its because of this school holiday. Anyway here is some tips on how to use them.

Firstly we'll start on the Pyro and Anti-Pyro. The Pyros are quite balanced... plus they very easy to use. The first skill allows you to deal extra damage with a small amount of mana. Thumbs up for mana saving!!! But with small usage of mana the effects are explosive, ( literally speaking ) because their second skill is Pyro Kinesis which allows you to deal damage to multiple units all the time with no mana cost. And as stunning as that sounds, ( again, literally speaking ) the third skill allows you to actually stun multiple units in a group. Its a triple COMBO!!! Extra damage, auto damaging and stunning. The last skill will work perfectly with Pyro Kinesis, and it is Pyro Raid, which allows your to deal damage to a lot of units around you quite spontaneously ( a line from MAMMA MIA!!! ). Tadaa!!! Tune in next time for Heroes Weekly here on De Artiste, Faruq's Space.

Your Artiste,

Faruq

Information on a new version!!!

2008-12-01T22:49:00.002+08:00

Here is some info on the latest map that we are making and for your information its already Version 0.09!!! Wooohooo!!! Ok, added new towers for you to build at your own pleasure. Each tower has its own unique feature for example this tower is really strong, and the other one can attack from a very far distance. Plus there are upgrades for the towers you make for example this upgrade increases your tower's defense and the other one increases its attack. But the fall back of this is you'll have to buy the tower builder at the market place which is at the left bottom corner of the screen. You can buy more than just those, you can also buy potions, weapons, scrolls and even heal for free at its fountains... this provides you a place to heal rather than going back to your base to heal and also save money from buying potions just to heal. YAY!!! We even added the automatic unit ordering system which allows you to receive units just by typing a message. Of course it might take up some of your gold and lumber but just imagine, instant units for a low price. Its worth it!!! ( man I feel like a salesman ) Each player will have their own start circle just like in DotA but its there for different reasons. For example, when you order units they will appear on that start circle. Now, you will have to order the CROWN OF KINGS because you are playing in groups now right? So it might be unfair if I put down 6 Crown of Kings and maybe one player might take all of them before the others so this system will solve that problem. Of course we won't charge you for the crown of kings.

Your Artiste,

Faruq

Something To Write About...

2008-12-01T13:17:00.005+08:00

Firstly... rules in life...

ok...

here goes...

1. To gain is to lose... and to lose is to gain...

2. To trust is to risk... and to risk is to trust...

Secondly...

ok again...

here goes again...

Here are some riddles that my 7 year old cousin made and if you can't answer them then your just as dumb as a 7 year old person... haha hope you can answer them.

1. A hunter is shooting a flock of birds but he always misses. Why is that??? And upon hearing the gunshots the birds flew away except for one bird... Why is that???

2. There were two monkeys on a tree. Then, lightning came down right in front of the tree. One monkey rushed down the tree shivering and what happened to the other monkey?

3. There were two curtains hanging in front of the window... one was purple and the other was blue. Suddenly, the purple one was gone, what happened to it?

4. A worm went into the living room... WHY?

5. There was a very very very very very tall coconut tree. No one could climb it... and man managed to take the coconuts that were on that tree. How did he do it?

6. There was a river. And there was three people beside it. The first and the second fell down and the third disappeared. What happened to him. If you manage to find the answer... what made the events above happen?

Please leave your answers in the chat box or the comments section thank you... Hope you can answer it and keep the rules in life in mind...

Your Artiste,

Faruq

My first trip to the Palliative Care Program Place... (and maybe last)

2008-11-18T21:55:00.002+08:00

When I got there I was thinkin that we're goin to help some people u know oldies or very sick but I was ready for it... and of course I thought there would be u know guys... cause the guy that my sister called was a guy to sign up for that program... so as I went in... I saw...( to my horror ) NO GUYZ not a single guy... NOOOOOOOOO I felt so out of place... plus I had to massage this lady... and not that I have anything wrong with that I've massaged my aunt and my mom before... but when I came to massage her I could see she was not comfortable with me u know massaging her... she kept fidgetting and looking away and at other people... then when I least expected it another lady who was volunteering to help them like my sisters came down to me and showed me how to massage cause I don't know how to massage their way... usually I just keep hitting the part ( which is what I call massaging ) which needs massaging with a fist or KARATE CHOP it... okay back to the story... so the volunteer showed me how to massage then I tried and the old woman said to me that she didn't feel anything when I massaged her... so she massaged my hand just to show how I'm supposed to do it... then I thought ( I'm supposed to be the one massaging her but now she's massaging me... ) so I massaged her again then she laughed... she said " Tidak, bukan macam ini, lu buat tangan lu macam ini tidak ada lasa ooo, tengok macam ini... tengok ada lasa kan, batut? Batut?" okay if u don't understand here's the translation... still in BM but without the Chinese Accent... "Tidak, bukan macam ini, kamu buat tangan kamu macam ini tidak ada rasa ooo, tengok macam ini... tengok ada rasa kan, betul? Betul?" Understand??? okay then I massaged her again and after a few tries ( and in those tries I look at her and she will reply... " Ahhh, okey, macam itu..." ) I got the hang of it... then after that blah blah blah okay

THEE END DESU

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Oh Hoi!!! Jaco,Jaco,Jaco!!! Holidayz!!!

2008-11-15T20:39:00.002+08:00

Oh yeah!!! Holidays are in!!! I can't believe it (sob sob) it came faster than I thought... wow next year PMR... didn't think about it either... lets not talk about the future cause the artiste doesn't really like to talk about it... Rite now the plans for the holiday is Warcraft, World Editing, Warcraft, World Editing... but something popped in... JENG JENG JENG( haziq's line ) don't worry its nothing bad its actually really good... KAKLA GOIN TO KL!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!! Yay!!! Yay!!! I can't wait there's soooooo many things I wanna do now!!! Domino's pizza here I come... oh ya did you know TOYS 'R' US is comin to PARKSON and so is BURGER KING!!! AGAIN!!! Yay!!!

Your HAPPY, EXCITED, THRILLED, OVERJOYED, CHEERFULLY HAPPY, OVEREXCITED, SUPORU HAPPY ARTISTE!!!

Faruq

Silence Won't Solve Anything

2008-10-28T23:39:00.002+08:00

I got up early one morning and,
I rushed right into the day,
I had so much to accomplish that,
I didn't have time to pray.

Problems just tumbled about me,
And the heavier came each task,
"Why doesn't God help Me?" I wondered,
He answered, "You didn't ask."

I wanted to see joy and beauty,
But the day toiled on, gray and bleak,
I wondered why god didn't show me,
He said, "But you didn't seek."

I tried to come to God's presence,
O, I used all my keys at the lock,
God gently and lovingly chided,
"My child, you didn't knock."

I woke up early this morning,
And paused before entering the day,
I had so much to accomplish,
That I had to make time to pray.

PS: I took this from my school...

Holiholiholiholidaysssssssssss

2008-10-26T22:56:00.003+08:00

Ok... I rite now, do not know how many more torturing days till the moment or maybe one and a half months of joy, happiness, freedom and lets not forget one and a half months of playing!!! Woohoo!!! But as you know, I'm waiting... waiting for the day my heart and mind can relax like they never have (actually I do it all the time), where I can run in the fields filled with green enjoyment and colourful fun!!! Oh hoi!!! Yeah still waiting... still waiting... still waiting... ... ... ... HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE!!! (Sob,sob,sob) Oh well I'll just wait. Now there is no more WII in this house as we have returned it to its right and of real owner. But what I'm really looking forward to now is when I'm going to have my final smash with Abg Ben... Cause well nothing... hehe and also for my cousins to come here during the holidays. Hey, come to think of it... I don't really have anything to do during the holidays... hmmm... what should I do PLEASE LEAVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE CBOX OR THE COMMENTS SECTION THANK YOU (narrator tone) hehe... If I go swimming then I'll become black and have everlasting goggles on my eyes... I won't actually run in green fields and enjoy looking at flowers... Maybe my dad will bring me to play golf and be his caddie... aiyayaiyayai... so many possibilities unexplored... (change of subject) Hey have you watched THE INCREDIBLE HULK? Its kinda cool but that was the first time I saw hulk that human as in saving that girl and not having uncontrolable anger and just trash about... hey wait he always saves that girl... but he was seriously more human... an its also kinda disgusting... you know when the blood of hulk fell onto the professor's wound when the bad hulk pushed him... then it(the wound) started kembanging and have blobing and the professor smiled Eeeeeeee so disgusting... HIYA OUT OF TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT OK THEN BYE BYE

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Eh... Ya Ho

2008-10-19T23:20:00.002+08:00

I forgot to like post like new comic pages and and poems soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry!!! I'll post them next time... HEHE!!!

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Dang It All!!!

2008-10-19T22:56:00.002+08:00

Ok after raya seems a bit awkward... my cousins who are sitting for their PMRs have finished so now they are vowing to torture me when I'm sitting for PMR which is next year... why of all the THINGS they want to do to me next they have to choose that! WHY!!! WHY!!! anyway... the school have moved the end of the year exams to the final week of school again... 1 2 3 WHY!!! WHY!!! now I'm stuck with studying my head off until end of the exams...oh yeah... I got a new gundam... and I would like to send my most sincere thanks to ABG BEN who have let my sister borrow the WII and I am enjoying myself by playing it(duh what else can you do) oh hoi!!! I would just like to say... ABG BEN YOU'RE GOIN DOWN THE NEXT TIME WE BRAWL CAUSE I'VE BEEN PRACTICING!!! GO LUCAS GO LUCAS... Now more dilemmas and problems have popped up in my artistic life and one of them is... Where is kakla goin when she continues her studies... KL? or KUCHING? If it is kuching then again... WHY!!! WHY!!! my other chance of goin to KL is ruined!!! again haziq's line JENG JENG JENG oh hoi so nice to say that... I want to go to KL cause there is stuff I wanna do like go to IKEA and force my mother to buy me some furniture!!! and like going to SUNGEI WANG and buy my MP Twee(three) some new earphones!!! and like buying some ear cleaners cause I haven't cleaned them for like one month and a week... (just kidding) and and going to Carrefour to buy some sushi of course at 6 pm cause half price and eating RAMEN!!! Oh Hoi!!! and goin to JUSCO to see gundams but I can't buy it anymore cause I already bought one... (trauma) WHY!!! WHY!!! I'll just continue sulking... (for now)

Your Artiste,
Faruq

We're not the only ones celebrating RAYA!!!

2008-10-03T09:46:00.002+08:00

Ok... on the first day of raya we stayed at our grandparents' house until at least 6 o'clock in the evening, the my parents thought we should go raya visiting until 8 because we were going to play with fireworks... so we went of but we only visited our neighbours because they were the closest and we wanted to save time... Little did we know there was other people in our house celebrating RAYA!!! JENG JENG JENG (haziq's line) went we walked to our neighbours house, our cats went along with us... they were LAMBO, LUMINA and INAI... they followed us until the front door of our neighbour's house... our neighbour saw them and we were so embarrased because they actually waited for us... well they followed us to the next house too... that time they actually went into the house... again more embarrassment... well when we played with MERCUN it was fun man!!! I played with dragon eggs and flowers (names of mercun) while some of my cousins played with mercun mancis and A-Bombs... (the one that is sooooo loud) my uncle (the source of all the mercuns) played with flying flowers (I guess that's what its called), the machine gun ( a few thousand mercun mancis tied up together to form a long rope), the nice ones that go up into the air and explodes beautifully and the one that go up into the air and just explode like an A-Bomb... we started at 8.30... and finished at 9.30... I guess the guests who were at my grandmother's house enjoyed the fireworks too... Happy Raya!!!

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Raya Raya Raya~~~~~~

2008-10-01T14:22:00.002+08:00

Hohohohohohoho.... I'm celebrating raya right now and as always.... my relatives will all gather at my grandmother's house!!! Including my family if that's what your asking... Its nice to see people come to the house to visit us and finish our close to never ending supply of food... Before people start rushing into our house like a huge tidal wave of people... we (of course) salam~salam~ and get some raya money~ and blah blah... Haziq sorry I didn't call you back... pls forgive me for my grief is almost swallowing me whole as the waves of happiness start to dry up because of your burning, flaming rage start to envelop my very feelings... I only hope for a small shine of light from the stars will help extinguish the flames of anger enabling you to forgive me like gentle rain drops filtered by by the trees falling onto the ground...

Your Artiste,
Faruq

I'm Back!!!

2008-09-12T22:07:00.002+08:00

Hey y'all!!! Did you miss me? I know I did...I think I'll be able to post new pictures tomorrow... so I hope you still have some patience left in you. School's been pretty tight all of the sudden so thats why you haven't heard from me in a long time. Okay... here are some updates on new DS games... 'The World Ends With You' is a nice game and it is made by square enix... for people who play GBA I'm sorry no nice games yet... hope you are still looking forward to new posts.

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Wishes...Wishes...We All Have Wishes...

2008-09-06T00:28:00.002+08:00

Well we all have something we want in this world... mine came just two days ago... when my mother bought a new laptop or should I say notebook... well it instantly flashed through my head, I want a laptop (or notebook) so very much!!! I already have one but its old because my father gave it to me when he got a new laptop (or notebook) yes... (sarcastic tone) everyone's got a new laptop (or notebook) except me... I'm not saying having an old laptop (or notebook) is troublesome I have no problem with ITS FUNCTIONS but what I would like is a new laptop (or notebook) because it looks new and you feel nice using it and I'll admit I'm a little jealous...

Your Artiste,
Faruq

School And The Fasting Month Don't Mix With Each Other...

2008-09-01T22:45:00.004+08:00

Apparently... right now is the fasting month which means no eating (not that I have anything wrong with that). But it means I won't really perform well in school (this doesn't have anything to do with my results) but how my drawings I draw in school turn out. Mannnn... I wish it was a holiday right now, where school is hardly visited, where children roam freely knowing it is a holiday, where stuff like homework and assignments do not matter... oh how I wish it was a holiday...

Your Sad Artiste,
Faruq

An Artiste's Sincerest Apologies...

2008-08-31T23:53:00.002+08:00

Sorry but I guess I won't be posting up two new comic pages to fill your hearts with enjoyment... taking full responsibility as your publisher, I'm sorry... and of course everyone would like to know the reason ok... here goes... my computer, which is linked to the scanner is broken so you will maybe have to wait another week for it to be published and again I apologize for the inconvenience cause...

Your Artiste,
Faruq

A World Changes When One Gives A Helping Hand...

2008-08-29T22:01:00.002+08:00

OK... as the title reads we all need to help each other with different stuff. So I need your help (kakla sik payah because I get enough critics from you at home...) so anything missing from my drawings? Please tell kindly... your dear Artiste cannot take such harsh comments... I might just die.... (nah just kidding) so help me to help me get better har!!! har!!! (its actually 'help me to help you')...

Your Needing Artiste,
Faruq

My Bro From Brisbane!!!

2008-08-29T21:34:00.002+08:00

My brother's coming back tomorrow from Brisbane!!! And..... I'm going to pick him up at Brunei!!! Yay!!! Finally my long wait has paid off. Although I don't know why I'm so eager to meet him, which is why I can't tell you... I'm so excited. But my mom said that this will be his last visit here for the next 3-4 years because if he gets a job there he will have to work there. So I'll try to make the best of it... it sure is going to be a long time with holiday fever for me that's for sure... :p

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Is there or is there not a DS 2?!

2008-08-26T22:28:00.002+08:00

Rumor has it that there will be a DS 2, 2!!!! I wonder whether it's real or not? Because it may disturb my careful plannings for the future to have a DS... Anyway there's going to be a new pokemon game called Pokemon Platinum. They have (of course) new pokemon...

Your Artiste,
Faruq

How's Kuching? FINE!!!

2008-08-24T16:31:00.002+08:00

As you know I just came back from Kuching ... I could say that I am happy but I only have one day in my home town. Noooooo!!! All my plans for the week are gone... Oh well... The first day in Kuching, we ate at hartz chicken which is a big deal because in my home town we don't have hartz chicken. We arrived at night so that was pretty much what we did for the night. On the second day we went to the Spring which was a new shopping complex in Kuching it was pretty nice and I think its size is a half of Mid valley in Kuala Lumpur. Boulevard is a quarter of Mid valley. There's Big Apple there which is a shop that sells dough nuts. On my third day we didn't go anywhere so I just played at my cousin's house. On the fourth day, we went to Boulevard. Let me just tell you that the one in Kuching is pretty lame compared to the one here. They don't even have good customer service (no straws for drinking carbonated drinks and if you ask for straws they get all angry and they don't have any and that they can't get any for you) Is it because it was new or what. On the fourth day we didn't really do much (Never Mind) oh this was my last day with one of my cousins because the next day they have to go to KL to go for a convocation.... Anyway, on the fifth day we went to eat KFC for lunch and we headed off to the Planetarium. After that we went to the Spring and guess what we saw... an anime and gundams expo and an enormous toy sale... YAY!!! Ok, almost... on the sixth day we visited my mother's friend and because it was a Friday I had to go for my Friday prayer. Oh my mother fell in love with my friend's cat so she bought it and we spent the whole day getting ready for it to go back tomorrow. Lastly... the seventh and last day... we went back

THE END!!!

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Me In Kuching

2008-08-18T12:03:00.002+08:00

Hi this is your Artiste speaking... I'm in Kuching right now an I can say that its not that bad... (I guess) I'm now staying in my cousin's house and every time when I come here the annual problem I'll have to face is which house to stay at cause I have three cousins here each requesting me to sleep at their house.
I can say that a lot has changed since I have come here last year. At least I can still communicate with you all and keep reading.

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Vista in Windows XP, How does that happen?!

2008-08-17T01:33:00.002+08:00

I'm now addicted to making my laptop look better by downloading some programs to make it look like windows Vista. You, my dear lovable fans, can download it from the website
http://www.google.com and google search CRYSTALXP and there you have it. The website rocks so you should go there... when you're at the website you go to downloads and then costumize something...(I forgot >.<) nevermind... find out yourself ok?

School's For Studying Only?!

2008-08-17T01:21:00.002+08:00

Nowadays, its hard to obtain general knowledge... at school you only learn what you need to learn. Have you ever observed your friend's answer and figured out that the whole class wrote the same answer for the same question ! Its irritating cause you don't know who actually came up with that answer.Not only is it irritating but also weird, imagine if you are the examiner and you have to go over the same answer for at least 30 people... so the only way is (I don't like it too) to read books or go seach the internet...

The Next Destination, Kuching?!

2008-08-17T00:47:00.002+08:00

As you all know, I'm off to Kuching... this Sunday... I guess I'll be bring my precious laptop with me. An the worst part is ok well there is this cousin of mine I would like to meet when I get there but it turns out that he won't be there because he has to attend his sister's graduation... and my hope of having fun there is quarter gone because of him! Anyway, I was thinking of sleeping at his house but now... I CAN'T!!! NO NO NO this cannot be happening!!! Oh well all's well that ends well...(not really)...

Secret Information

2008-08-13T18:12:00.002+08:00

Yield you all before you read,
Only as insult willcome which we do not need,
Understanding this will not be for the better,
Sentences are to be ignored but it is the initials that matter,
To a person with a faint heart,
Is advised never to start,
Near the end it seems clear,
K is the ending we all hear.

Just for your information... no offense this is just art, k?

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Beijing Olympics

2008-08-13T18:09:00.001+08:00

Have you watched the Beijing Olympics Opening? Its really nice and you don't know what your missing if you don't watch it!!! It is also known as the most spectacular and expensive Olympics Opening. The people who were chose to put the opening together must be some great artists... like ME... nah just kidding.

A DS, Something I Want!!!

2008-08-12T23:01:00.002+08:00

I want a Nintendo DS, if you don't know, a DS will give more excitement to you than a PSP would. You know why? Cause it has a touch screen which would change your gaming experience. You can actually pet a dog with the stylus or cook dishes with a stylus rather than just punching buttons on a PSP so try it sometime k?

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Transfering A Transformer

2008-08-12T22:47:00.002+08:00

Right now I'm waiting eagerly for my coveted Transformer model of Jazz, the coolest of them all !!! I wish to hold it and cherish it while it will keep me safe, to play endlessly with it and for it to win me a few battles, for it to be with me while I sleep and for it to protect me from the coldness of the night and while I clean it from the forces of the dirt it will repay my kindness by beating up my BROTHER OHHHHHH YEAHHHH !!! But we are still far apart for now as it is located in the land of koalas which is known as AUSTRALIA while I'm here a galaxy away in MALAYSIA, I hope my brother will bring it here quickly so we can meet.

Your Artiste,
Faruq

Holy Holidays

2008-08-12T22:40:00.002+08:00

Holidays are coming up and you know what that means... SCHOOL'S OUT!!! Yay... I could say Yay... but for this holiday I'm off to Kuching to visit my cousins. I could say I'm looking forward to it but I'm also not looking forward to it because of some reasons I cannot share with you... anyway I'd rather have them come to Miri instead of me going to them. Oh yeah, did I mention that I have a lot of cousins in Kuching than I have in Miri. Anyway, the reason I'd rather have them to come here is cause I can use my computer here along with my wireless connection which grants me access to the internet anywhere in my house! In effect, I can continue speaking with my loyal fans which are you all!!!

Your Artiste
Faruq

Maplestory

2008-07-23T20:06:00.001+08:00

Hey, I like playing Maplestory but I'm bored of playing it and I needs friends to play with!!! You can find me in Delphinus and my name's Transdorm!!! My level is 34, I think...