I have shipped my 360 to my friend over in Singapore to get my 360 fixed. The shipping cost roughly RM 145.00 with return by some courier company. Not the usual Fedup though. Anyway it took only 1 day for it to reach its destination in Singapore. Not bad for my first ever stuff sent by courier.

My 360 get to visit Singapore instead of its owner ... rigghtttt.

Right now I'm on a "puasa" from buying Transformers figures. After the HUGE buying run last month, the only TF purchase I made this month is the RM 211 Bt-06 Corvette Tracks. Other than that no other TF was purchased. It didn't help that my 360 broke down and I have to spend money to repair it.

Maybe next month I'll get 1 or 2 figures, then the following month another 2. Its getting wayyy to expensive to maintain such a hobby.

Another reason why I'm not keen to "invest" in such indulgence is after a msn conversation some time ago. Had a chat with a former school mate of mine and i told her that I spend quite a lot on toys.. i mean TF figures. She was a abit taken aback and said why dun I go out more. Then I pulled her leg by saying why dun she introduced some of her friends to me.

After that she said that i was too obsessed with toys and very unlikely will introduce me to someone since I'm too into toys :P

So I guess from that conversation it proves one thing: Girls dun like boys who are too obsessed with their toys/games/computer/cars/hobby!!!! Note the bold word obsessed. Meaning still can have a toy hobby, but in moderation and have something else to do.

Now I wonder if girls like ppl who are obssessed with girls.....

I have always believe that PC gaming is better. Cheaper games, availability of mods, tried and true controls for games like First Person Shooters & Real Time Strategy, ability to cheat easily, can put in your friend's save game if you give up (never used, but its nice to know you can do it) and free online gaming. ** Yes, I know PC can play ahem games, but nowadays I buy ori and have so far never bought any pirated game ***

Having an Xbox 360 is great and I can tolerate certain things like have to pay to play online if the service is good, but then things like need to PAY to unlock cheats, need to PAY to unlock stuff on the disk (cough cough EA, Chromehounds), cannot mod the game, need to pay for .. everything, even your DISPLAY PICTURE if you want to customize your looks and use a different display picture than the initial ones provided. Imagine paying MSN to use a different picture provided :P

But since it is working fine I can tolerate the above issues since I can still can play the 360 without certain things.

BUT NOW, my 360 is NOT WORKING ANYMORE!!!!! AARRHHGHH!!

I am now contemplating my options the best method to fix it. If it proves too expensive to claim its official warranty I will fix it cheaply then if it dies again I'll leave it for dead. Cheaper to invest in a PS3 or to keep my PC running.

So for those of you thinking of getting a 360, make sure you are in Singapore or have good contacts there or willing to buy a backup. Wait till M'soft release the newer version which is claimed not to die so fast.

Till then, get a PS3 where you can watch blue-ray discs and still be able to play GTA4.

Or just get a PC.

Halo is overrated anyway (for someone who was spoilt by BF2PC, Unreal tournament PC, DOOM 3 PC (Xbox version was simplified) , Dawn of War, HL2, Crysis)

P.S : Forgot to add, it does not come with a wifi antenna. So if you want to connect your 360 to your wifi router you got to fork out RM 300 the 360 wifi adapter, which is PURE GORENG since I can easily get a usb wifi adapter for less than RM 100 if you buy a generic brand and the 360 is designed to only accept is own kind. Oh, PS3 comes with a wifi antenna in built.

I have been contemplating to get the wireless adapter for some time, but always shoot it down due to the ridiculous inflated high cost of it (like our cars here, TAXED to the maX!!!). Now that my 360 is spoil, good havens I didn't buy it.