More Arc Rise Fantasia. Spoilers to come!
Went to Itaewon with my friend earlier. Our mission was to find the American store where we could get some things that are difficult to get in Korea, such as deodorant. I got some Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup and some Kool-Aid Lemonade. The store buys things from the army base and sells them at marked up prices. Despite that, it's the only way that we weiguk can really get the things we need. Costco is around, of course, but Costco doesn't have everything, and they mostly just have stuff in bulk.
It's amazing how much you really start to value the little things once you can't get them so easily anymore. One Sunday on the way to church we were discussing Costco's awesomenes and how you can get cupcakes there, something you can't get in any store in Korea. They don't even sell them at the bakeries! Granted, it works the opposite way too. There is a lot of food in Korea that you can't get in the US as well, after all.
Went to What the Book and got the last volume of LJ Smith's "The Forbidden Game Trilogy" for $2.00. After that I went to Book-Off got the volume I needed of Duck Prince (LOL that manga) and randomly got Lagoon Engine, volume 1. They had the box set of Fruits Basket for 14,000 krw that that I was tempted to get, but I wasn't sure if it had English subtitles, and I don't like buying region 2 or 3 DVDs anyway since only my own personal DVD player and my PS2 can play them. Might buy it eventually in the US, but it's not really a high priority anime for me, especially since I already have the DVD with all my favorite episodes on it.
On the way back from Itaewon, our travels were interrupted by an alarmingly overweight male foreigner with a balding afro who seemed to be arguing with a Korean man who worked behind the counter of the subway. We didn't hear the whole conversation, but we assumed it had to do with the fact that he was carrying a bike through the subway. The man was very disrespectful, yelling all sorts of colorful sentences at the man, angered because apparently he was only allowed to do something on Sunday that he thought he could do everyday. The foreigner said that was "horse sh*t" and that the man should check the manual again because he'd been living in Korea for thirteen years and that's how it's always been. Blah blah blah. The poor Korean kept his cool, and from what we could tell, acted polite, but the foreigner was past the point of losing it. He was yelling so loudly that all the Koreans and other foreigners in the near vicinity stopped to listen and were just gaping at the guy, myself included. The Korean wasn't putting up much of a fight and the foreigner went through bike and all, stopping twice to turn around and further yell at the poor Korean. And then he was gone and that was that.
That encounter further made me disappointed in my own people. I feel like if you live in a foreign country that you should represent your country well. Not saying you have to be stiff and not have any fun, but yelling aloud in English to some poor Korean guy who's just doing his job is definitely not appropriate or respectable. There's a reason why so many countries hate Americans, and this guy isn't helping any to soften the blow. >_<
Played some more Arc Rise Fantasia. I just finished the cradle and....spoilers to come!
So the other day I went to the cradle, where all the divine race people are in waiting to wake up. There are two boss fights there, one with Ignacy and one with Hosea. Ignacy was not too bad. I did wind up having to use my cure all during that fight, so I was a little worried when it came to Hosea, especially since I couldn't leave the cradle in between the two fights. He was level 58 and I was level 56. Regardless, I was sick of leveling up and of the cradle in general, so today I went at it.
Hosea turned out to be one of the easiest bosses I have faced.
In previous boss fights I focused a lot on elemental magic. Even though my AP was not leveled up as it should be, it was a whole lot easier taking my opponents out once I found out their elemental weaknesses. This time around I focused more on trinity artes, complementing my artes with Simmah's fearsome power. Watching the turn cards, I was able to pull off trinity artes at least five times, each trinity arte doing over 13,000 damage. So in the end I only had one death and nine wasted high potions. I set Rastan up as my healer, giving his sword the ability to bump up healing items' abilities to the point where a high potion acted almost as if it were a full potion.
Two main character deaths, though they were not as sad as it should have been considering I've been out of those characters' company for some time.
Next up is the hozone island. I'm kind of tempted to think that Alf is behind it all...I wonder whatever gave me that idea. -_-
This weekend is another trip to North Seoul Tower in Namsan Park, followed by Namsangol Hanok Village and maybe the animation studio, if they allow us in, anyway. And if the weather works out, maybe I'll do some sightseeing on Sunday as well.
It's amazing how much you really start to value the little things once you can't get them so easily anymore. One Sunday on the way to church we were discussing Costco's awesomenes and how you can get cupcakes there, something you can't get in any store in Korea. They don't even sell them at the bakeries! Granted, it works the opposite way too. There is a lot of food in Korea that you can't get in the US as well, after all.
Went to What the Book and got the last volume of LJ Smith's "The Forbidden Game Trilogy" for $2.00. After that I went to Book-Off got the volume I needed of Duck Prince (LOL that manga) and randomly got Lagoon Engine, volume 1. They had the box set of Fruits Basket for 14,000 krw that that I was tempted to get, but I wasn't sure if it had English subtitles, and I don't like buying region 2 or 3 DVDs anyway since only my own personal DVD player and my PS2 can play them. Might buy it eventually in the US, but it's not really a high priority anime for me, especially since I already have the DVD with all my favorite episodes on it.
On the way back from Itaewon, our travels were interrupted by an alarmingly overweight male foreigner with a balding afro who seemed to be arguing with a Korean man who worked behind the counter of the subway. We didn't hear the whole conversation, but we assumed it had to do with the fact that he was carrying a bike through the subway. The man was very disrespectful, yelling all sorts of colorful sentences at the man, angered because apparently he was only allowed to do something on Sunday that he thought he could do everyday. The foreigner said that was "horse sh*t" and that the man should check the manual again because he'd been living in Korea for thirteen years and that's how it's always been. Blah blah blah. The poor Korean kept his cool, and from what we could tell, acted polite, but the foreigner was past the point of losing it. He was yelling so loudly that all the Koreans and other foreigners in the near vicinity stopped to listen and were just gaping at the guy, myself included. The Korean wasn't putting up much of a fight and the foreigner went through bike and all, stopping twice to turn around and further yell at the poor Korean. And then he was gone and that was that.
That encounter further made me disappointed in my own people. I feel like if you live in a foreign country that you should represent your country well. Not saying you have to be stiff and not have any fun, but yelling aloud in English to some poor Korean guy who's just doing his job is definitely not appropriate or respectable. There's a reason why so many countries hate Americans, and this guy isn't helping any to soften the blow. >_<
Played some more Arc Rise Fantasia. I just finished the cradle and....spoilers to come!
So the other day I went to the cradle, where all the divine race people are in waiting to wake up. There are two boss fights there, one with Ignacy and one with Hosea. Ignacy was not too bad. I did wind up having to use my cure all during that fight, so I was a little worried when it came to Hosea, especially since I couldn't leave the cradle in between the two fights. He was level 58 and I was level 56. Regardless, I was sick of leveling up and of the cradle in general, so today I went at it.
Hosea turned out to be one of the easiest bosses I have faced.
In previous boss fights I focused a lot on elemental magic. Even though my AP was not leveled up as it should be, it was a whole lot easier taking my opponents out once I found out their elemental weaknesses. This time around I focused more on trinity artes, complementing my artes with Simmah's fearsome power. Watching the turn cards, I was able to pull off trinity artes at least five times, each trinity arte doing over 13,000 damage. So in the end I only had one death and nine wasted high potions. I set Rastan up as my healer, giving his sword the ability to bump up healing items' abilities to the point where a high potion acted almost as if it were a full potion.
Two main character deaths, though they were not as sad as it should have been considering I've been out of those characters' company for some time.
Next up is the hozone island. I'm kind of tempted to think that Alf is behind it all...I wonder whatever gave me that idea. -_-
This weekend is another trip to North Seoul Tower in Namsan Park, followed by Namsangol Hanok Village and maybe the animation studio, if they allow us in, anyway. And if the weather works out, maybe I'll do some sightseeing on Sunday as well.