Saturday, 8 August 2009

The Irrelevant Case of Akiki (Chapter 3)

The third chapter in the story that you have followed, the Irrelevant Case of Akiki, might be the weirdest of them all. Why you ask? Well, it is because this case is something of an alternate chapter of the story, a chapter where the story is completely different than the others but will match at the end. The story is still about me searching for answers and clues to the case. So please enjoy this chapter like you have enjoyed the previous ones. If you have not enjoyed the previous ones than just try to enjoy this. Sheesh.

Chapter 3 : The Synchorization

I was running. Running through an endless glade, a field where only grass grew. It made no sense to me at all, what was I doing, why was I doing it. I saw a shine in the horizon, and I went after it. It was different than before the shining light was both horizontal and vertical meeting at a straight 90 degree angle. A flash suddenly appeared and everything in sight turned a slight reddish colour. It was an explosion I ran towards it trying to see what was going on.

As I reached the area I could see that it was burnt, and smoke was still coming out of the ground. I was all strange. I ran back following my tracks leading me back to a place I have known so well as home. My house was empty no one in it. I searched my own house not knowing why, and then suddenly, I stepped on a piece of paper. Somehow it looked fimiliar, like I have seen it before. The instant I picked it up I knew what it was, the paper I found addressed to me from Akiki. A thought came to my mind. I ran to the nearest bus station and took a bus back to my school. The place I had gone to at night to search for clues.

As the bus approached to the stop, I was still thinking about the puzzle. Almost forgetting, I managed to get out of the bus and ran towards my school. I passed the same place seeing the same things from the previous time and everyday as I enter my school. As I walked in I did not have to hide, no one was in the guard post. Although it was strange, I took the chance and ran in, to the same block. But before I reached it, I saw a person staring straight at the sky, I recognized him eventually and it was my friend Ziq. I called out to him but somehow he did not bother to look at me.

I ignored him and ran towards Akiki's class. It was completely different, only the tables were there but there were no chairs. I went to look for Akiki's desk but I could not find it. Then, something caught my attention. The table was out in the same glade I was running through. I walked slowly towards it and examined it for any other clues until I felt pain strike through my back. My back was bleeding and someone was there, holding a knife. He knelt down to me and said "Have you solved the puzzle? It's quite easy actually, Numbers are placed in a vertical order and alphabets are in a horizontal order just like the game Battleship". He lifted up his arm, the one holding the knife and said again" It's me, don't you recognize me?It's Z..." Then, everything faded out. I was sweating in my bed when I woke up." It was just a dream." I said to myself.

That would be the ending of the thrid chapter. I hope you'll read the next one. That will be the one where I answer the puzzle. Bye.


Farid

Saturday, 1 August 2009

The Irrelevant Case of Akiki (Chapter 2)

Hey, welcome to the second chapter which is sure to be quite interesting I hope. Now at the end of this post I will put a picture showing a puzzle, the puzzle which I have found. How did I find it? That you have to read yourself but just to tell it took me quite a long time to break it. So I hope that any of you can solve it before reading the next chapter and enjoy reading this chapter. Let the story begin, I mean continue...

Chapter 2: The Investigation

His answer really puzzled me. I thought about it the following night, thinking of all the possible reasons to why and how Akiki just dissapeared from maybe existence and why such a disappearance would happen. I thought about all the ways that it could possibly be done, all the ways it could be solved but they all made no sense in anyway. Finally, after putting much of my thought to it I decided to investigate about this case. I named it the Impossible Case of Akiki because it was almost impossible to commit.

The plan to the investigation was simple yet quite difficult to perform and it would take quite a long time but I have decided. I took a bus to the first stop in the city and from there I went straight on to my school and in order to not allow my parents to know about it I used the night I was supposed to go to tuition. I got off the bus at the nearest stop from the school. It was a beautiful night because it was not very cloudy but the sky was clear and some stars were shining in the sky. I tried not to let this distract me from my main goal, to investigate.

I sneaked by the guard post, making sure no one heard me coming or hear me going past the guard post. But this was harder than expected because of the wide open field in the school which was the first obstacle I had to overcome. Swiftly and silently, I moved through the field hiding shortly behind tree after tree until I came to the first block, the block where Akiki's class was. I took a deep breath and rushed to his classroom. It was there where I started my search for any clues leading to his disappearance.

I found his table, where it used to be, by the corner near the window beside a few others. But, there was something different about it. The desk was clean, no papers, sweets , chewing gum or even text books. It was clean like someone had remove all of the belongings of the friend Akiki. This frustrated me, but as my hope was fading something brought it back again, the rubbish bin was full of papers and other rubbish. I went through the items inside and there where all quite clean. Most of the papers where activities and test papers which were thrown away and of course most of them belonged to Akiki. Finally, I found something but its presence made me even more curious about what had happened. It wasn't a note or any short poem, it was something more, I was a list of mathematic questions that maybe had a message hidden in it. I went home that night, feeling even more puzzled than before. I laid down on my bed with the paper I found and tried to see what message it had.

The Paper I found...
Click the picture to enlarge it and question number 16 is (N=A....) Sorry no so clear.

You have now reached the end of chapter two. I hope you continue reading the following chapters of the Irrelevant Case of Akiki. Bye.


Farid

Friday, 24 July 2009

The Irrelevant Case of Akiki (Chapter 1)

Before starting the story of the mysteries of a boy or teenager named Akiki, I would first like to say that this story contains 5 chapters and the first one is the one I am about to post. This was a true story which was exaggerated to form a more interesting and better story. So yeah, have fun reading it and maybe solve the case before you find out what really happened. This story was based through my perspective so I will be talking about what I went through. Let the story begin!!!

Chapter 1: The Disappearance

I was on my way to school, just like any other day of course. The weather was calm, a normal morning in which I started my journey to school. My sister was driving the car and since the beginning of the second week my started leaving the house at 6,30 a.m, unlike the usual times when we went at 6,30 or 6,20 a.m. So I arrived early at around 6,30 and made my way to class.

As I went through assembly and the teaching sessions I felt something different about this day, somehow I felt like today was the end of someone I knew. Soon, it was break time and as usual my friends Ziq and Akiki (their nicknames) would come to my class and we talk about almost anything possible. Ziq would beg for food and Akiki would talk too. As we talked, the break was soon over and my friends went back to their classes and I continued with my learning sessions untill it was 1,30 p.m. Shool was over and I said my goodbyes to my classmates and rushed out eager to go home. But the thought still troubled my even during class.

I managed to ignore the thought but then I reached the spot where my friends Ziq and Akiki would gather again. We talked a little until akiki was the first to go as his car made it through the drive way. As he said goodbye there was something in his face that showed he would not come tomorrow, like he was leaving and never coming back. I thought hard about the feeling I had and my car arrived to take me home. The whole way home I could not think of why I had the feeling and I just tried to make sure I could bring myself to be optimistic about it. And as I went to bed that night, I took one last sigh and went to sleep.

The next day, I did the same and took the same road to school and did all of what I usually did. The assembly in the morning which was different puzzled me because my friend Akiki was no where to be seen. I thought that it was some kind to trick my friend was playing making me feel that he was not there. I asked Ziq about Akiki but he ignored the question completely. This troubled me and made me even more curious about Akiki. As the school hours went by this thought filled my mind. I made my decision finally in asking my friend Ziq about Akiki. I walked up to him and asked "Hey, Ziq, have you seen Akiki lately?" and with the answer the shocked me he said"Who's this Akiki you keep talking about?". I was shocked completely.


That would be the end of the first chapter of The Irrelevant Case of Akiki. I hope you read the other chapter when they are posted. Bye.


Farid

Sunday, 5 July 2009

Hello there, Again!!

Hello there, again!!! Hehehe, yeah just to say that there was supposed to be a battle report for Underwater Battle 3 multiplayer version. The players are Farid in the North East corner which is me against Ziq Q in the South West corner. But it was cancelled due to some techinical errors. Hmmm, I was really looking forward to it. But anyway, the new Underwater Battle map for Warcraft 3 is made with a bigger space for buildings and a completely mirrored map so both players will have the exact amount of space, resources and terrain like the other will. The map is a 1v1 map so only for two players. The creeps will be made to make sure they don't interfere in the main battle and like the previous maps, Underwater Battle 3 and Fortified Forts, the clash of both armies will be in the centre of the map and also the lcation where the Mega Titan will spawn. The Mega Titan will have decreased regeneration because it is making him almost indestructable.

The second half of this post is just a 2 questions for you all to think about. I don't expect you to think too much because they are simple questions. Please think carefully although they are simple. So here they are :

1) How many faces can you see on a cube?

2)How many sides can you see on a cube?

Post your answers in the comments section. Thanks. Well that's all for now I gotta go get ready for school. Bye.



Farid

Saturday, 27 June 2009

Kitten Report

Hello, my name is Farid, I'm the owner of a really cute kitten I'm about to show you today. Here's the picture of the kitten:


As you can see... HE'S SOOOO CUTE!!! Awwwww!!!

His name is Mushu Ryu. The name is nice but I wanted to think of another name. I didn't because my sisters forced me to quickly think of a name or else it would be Clouseu. So, yeah a good name and inspired from the dragon in Mulan, voiced by Eddie Murphy, the dragon Mushu. Yes, it just happened that he was looking at the camera so I took a picture.

This is a picture of Mushu and his brothers and sisters drinking milk from their mother:

From the right: Satine, Tikki, Nyx, Mushu, Micky.

The enourmous cat is the mother whose name is Inai Lucia. She gave birth to them on Monday the 18 May 2009. They are about 2 months old. Inai was quite a good mother although everyone wondered how she could become a mother. When she was still quite young, she always 'Berak' everywhere in the house so we left her out. But now, she's a caring mother always meowing when she sees her kittens running around. And we (my family) always said things about her like "Inai!!! Camne mok jadi mak tok, berak pun sik betul!!". But we were mistaken... Hmmmm.

And since the old cage was too small for those cute, cuddly, kittens, my mom had to go and buy a new cage. The cage was the type with the many stories but it was good. We weren't going to keep them in there for long anyway. Here's picture of the cage:


Well there's the cage. As you can see the cage has proper places for the kittens to sleep and the space was much bigger even without the stories. My mom also bought a new litter box with the special litter meant to absorb the smell and urine so it doesn't stink that much as ordinary litter. So, abang I forgot to take a picture of Nyx but I'll take it and post it soon don't worry. The bad news is that my mom says we can't keep them all so we might have to give them away. But I tried to enjoy the time with them while it lasts. Oh and just to say it Nyx is the black kitten. Bye and just continue to look at the picture of Mushu Ryu.


Farid

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Games

Playing video games is one of the things I like to do most. And one of the games that I usually play is Street Fighter Alpha 3 and 2 but now 3. I know it's an old game but still very difficult to win. The character I used to like was Akuma but I tried others like Charlie or Zangief. Well, today I'm just gonna post about Akuma so here it is :

Basic Controls :
Jump (J)
Crouch (C)
Front (F)
Back (B)

Those controls basically move the character around.

Attacks :
Weak Punch (P)
Medium Punch (MP)
Strong Punch (SP)

Weak Kick (K)
Medium Kick (MK)
Strong Kick (SK)

So those will deal damage differently and of course allow more or less time to react.

Strong kicks and punches take longer time to inflict damage compared to weaker ones even by a 1 quarter of a second so quite a big difference.

Abilities :

Vacuum Fist (C,F, Any Punch)
The damage and speed of the vacuum fist is different according to the punch you use slower if a weak one is used and faster if a strong one is used.

Red Vacuum Fist (F,C,B, Any punch)
I don't really know the name for this but I call it red because it's slightly red and causes the enemy to burn when hit. The damage differs of course according to the punch used but the number of hits change too. If a weak punch is used it will be 1 hit but if a strong one is used, 3 hits.

Dragon Punch (C,F,F,C, Any punch)
I'm not sure if the combination is like that because I rarely use it and it sometimes occurs. A strong rising attack that throw the enemy up. Quite useful because it deals a lot of damage. The height changes when different punches are used.

Tornado Kick (C,B, Any Kick)
Spins like a tornado towards the enemy if not jumping and has a maximum of 5 hit combo. This ability is very useful because it can go over vacuum fists but very vulnerable. My favorite ability.

Roll (C,B, Any Punch)
The combination might be different but when I do it this way it works. It just allows you to go under vacuum fists and around the enemy. I rarely use this.

Teleport (Far) (C,F,C,F, Three punches at once)
Evades vacuum fists or any attack thrown at him until he stops. It's not really teleport but he moves quickly to the other side. Can be changed to (C,B,C,B, Three punches at once) to move backwards.

Teleport (Short Distance) (C,F,C,F, Three kicks at once)
Evades the same way but shorter distance. Can be changed to (C,B,C,B, Three kicks at once) to move backwards.

Aerial Vacuum Fist (J,C,F, Any punch)
Just throws a vacuum fist while jumping.

Combos :
The First Combo is the one I regularly use. The Dragon Punch Combo! I don;t know the real name.

Perform (C,F,C,F, Any Punch)
It's just like a vacuum fist but double the crouch, front. It will look like this if you finish of the enemy with it that is :The second combo is the Aerial Vacuum Fist Combo! It throws a fire ball with 8 combo hits at full power.
Perform (J,C,F,C,F, Any punch)
Quite useful. Here it is :It burns too!!

The third one is the Fire Vacuum Fist. I, too, don't know it's real name. Fires a fireball at the enemy without jumping. I never use this and had a hard time to try and perform it. When I use this there's a 1 out of 20 chance in performing it.
Perform (F,C,B,F,C,B, Any Punch)
Here's a picture of the fire ball :But I didn't kill him with it unfortunately.

The final and very cool combo is the Raging Demon. I think that was the name but I call it Firecracker.
Perform (P,P,F,K,SP)

Yes the combo is very different but very powerful. Here's the picture :
Charging up the Combo... andKaba-BOOMM!!!
Nice huh? But very hard to perform.

Well, That's all for now. Some of it might be wrong but I know I got some of it right. Now I'll just continue playing. I have to beat Shadaloo or M.Bison.


Farid

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

I'm Back!!!!

Hello!!! Long time no see. Hehe. Been busy these days, well much studying and studying and playing DotA and studying. And as you can see I mentioned 'studying' three times which means that I had to STUDY!!!. Yeah, I know the only time you hear 'Farid' and 'study' is when 'doesn't' is in the middle. But, there's a reward so yeah worth the trouble and I might get good results for my exam which is coming up and my parents are stressed because of me not studying and it does not affect me. And speaking of stress, did you know that the longgest palindrome is stressed desserts, yeah, spell it backwards and you'll find out. Oh and just to mention I started cubing and I am using the 45 degrees method. My average time is 2 minutes 50 seconds. Yes, I know lame and slow and whatever you can think of to say I'm inferior to you... But the good thing is that we are going to make new abilities for the heroes in or map. The heroes effected are :

Bone Archer
Marine (Major Transformation)
Darkhunter
Faerie Dragon
Bone Warrior
Lightning Revenant (Secret Hero)
Druid of Talon
Nether Pandaren (Not going to change just make a Mark 2 version)
Anti-Faerie

And new heroes might be added they are:

Wind Master
Naga Guardian

These are some of them but there are more to be changed and unit spawning system has been disabled due to problems during multiplay. The new map Everhale Plains will be made later on this year. Well that's all for now. See Ya!!!


Farid

P.S How do you like the drawing of a robot I made. Nice, Ugly? I drew my own design and yes it looks like Temjin from Virtual On.