Tower Defense

Had been working all day long and my brain juice drying up....
Time for some relax, and I found this little game from MetaCafe, very simple, but somehow I got hooked up and play until 3am in the morning... :-D

This is how it looks like:


All you need to do is to defense your tower. There's 10 citizens in the tower and the intruders will come in from the upper left entrance, following the dark gray pathway. You need to build cannons which either shoot out fire, water, or wood. There's also thunder and boom that you can use (but I found these 2 rather useless).


My highest score is 68!... had scored 67 many times, but 68 is still far the best for now.

Here goes the URL for the game: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/916942/video/R/CFD_1002/

Update scoring 77:

MOE of Ireland Exam Sheet?

Whether it is true to not an official exam sheet, I doubt, but you have fun doing it.

Credit Card Call, Real or Scam? Time for 2-Factor Phone Authentication?

A couple of days ago, I received a call from a credit card company that I'm holding credit card with them. I was asked for my address to confirm my request of card replacement. Well, I didn't request for any card replacement! That raise a big alarm to me, so I was very reluctant to reveal anything with him. This is how it goes, paraphrased:

Me: I didn't request for any card replacement.
Him: From our record, it shows that you've request for a card replacement, on Nov 7.
Me: (after thinking..) Well, could it be a card upgrade? I did request for a card upgrade.
Him: I'm not sure if it is a card upgrade, as our system didn't show that information, it is a card replacement.
Him: Anyway, I need to confirm your address for the delivery of the card.
Me: Ok, can you tell me the address that you are going to send to?
Him: Before I proceed with that, I need to verify you are the Card Holder, may I have you NRIC No?
Me: Errr... mm... Why don't you just tell the address and I just confirm with you.
Him: Sorry, I have to verify that you are the valid card holder first before proceeding.
Me: (.... pause for awhile to think...) That sounds suspicious! I mean....
Him: (... also paused, he seems puzzled as well)
Me: I didn't ask for a card replacement after all!
Him: Okay, did you hold the credit card no. xyxy-xyxy-xyxy-xyxy?
Me: (After checking ...) No, I didn't have that card. I have 2 cards with you, but none of these 2 has that number.
Him: Okay, let me tell you what cards you are holding, you have one card zyzy-zyzy-zyzy-zyzy and another byby-byby-byby-byby.
Me: Oh yeah, you are right!
Him: Can I ask a few questions for verification purpose?
Me: Yes, please.
.... it continues as usual .. and I passed the verification.

Yesterday, I've received my "replacement" card, which essentially a card upgrade.

But looking at it, it is still possible for someone to imitate the call and I really can't verify since the caller ID doesn't mean anything nowadays (can be forged). I guess next time when I encounter this again, I'll get his name and extension and then make sure that I can call him back thru the bank's official number. Some sort of 2-Factor Phone Authentication? anyone?

Back to blogging...

Had been long didn't blog, and ever since so many things changed, I'm back now and will start to post up what had happened for the past few months... Dizzy in office after eating this big Japanese Food @ Shenton House @ 1pm @ SGD5.50. Thanks for Richard and indirectly Pete that brought me there.