To strangle or not to strangle

Update on Sam the Scammer

This is what he replied after the confrontation (see previous post):

Thanks for the mail , I understand how you feel, but i want you to understand that i only own an Apartment in Singapore, i noted that my number been use for scam, I have reported this to the Authority and they are makeing investingation about it .

I will like you to secure the Apartment fast as My mother need an urgent tenant for the Apartment since she is not presently in Singapore now, As i want you to know that she is presently in West Africa for a teaching programm, and i am in london for My job .

Kindly understand that my lawyer will need your detail to get the contract ready.

get back to me with this detail full name and Address, move in date , move out date , and a copy of your international passport or driver Licenses.

Thanks for the mail

Sam

• Number of spelling mistakes spotted: at least 5
• Unnecessary capitalisation of letters: MANY. GOSH, so annoying.
• Why need my passport? Unless want to use it to pose as me when scamming future victims, eh?

The worse thing about this: he doesn't even admit that he's the one at fault. And kept stressing that he's working in London and how his mum needs an urgent tenant. UNBELIEVABLE la this person. GRRRRR.
Solution? So I told him I don't trust him at all. WAHAHAHA! Serve him right. Hope he gets caught by the police someday.

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Back in the Studholme days (2006), Halo was a BIG deal.

No, I'm not referring to the ring of light on top of angels' heads. (by the way, why would angels need those rings anyway?)

Anyway. For those of you who don't play Xbox/Xbox360, Halo (ori, 2 and 3) is a first person shooter game played on Xbox or PC platforms.

I personally have not played any kind of video game before I came to NZ, so was quite hesitant to pick up video games then. But soon enough, became quite addicted to shooting the aliens, shouting/jumping up and down while playing Halo with Rebec, May, and Ramon in Arana (2006). Once, we played until so late when on the way back to the hall, I actually heard birds chirping and thought to myself, "HMM, that's weird. It's quite early for birds to be chirping now, right?" then realised that it was actually 5-ish am already.

The Halo craze continued on till last year- courtesy of flat 1/777 Great King street. =) Then this year, though not as intense, played Halo 3 occassionally at Unicol. Ahhhhhh the fun-ness and adrenaline. The best part would be firing away the big-as guns (aka rocket launchers) at each other. Ultimate syokness if playing on big screens.

So when I heard about Halo Wars (read here for more info), I seriously can't wait for the release in 2009. (why so late?!) Though I'm not a fan of real-time strategy games, for Halo, I'll definitely give it a try. The OST for Halo3 is still one the best soundtracks I'd ever heard for a game.

Oozing with coolness.
Pictures taken from http://www.halowars.com.

P.S. I struggled to control myself from strangling my micro presentation team member this morning. How can you NOT want to when he's content in getting 65% for a 30% internal project?!!!