Yeah , I'm back into action . I went to Simon's house a bit later today since he wanted to sleep longer . His sister opened the door for me since he's in the bathroom . We continued playing as soon as he took out his PS2 from his bedroom . Where did I stop ? oh , yes ! The "Big Shell" story . So far , Solid Snake is currenty "sleeping with fishes" right now , and the story begins with a quote . I was first informed that the terrorists have took over Big Shell, and threaten to blow it up if their demands were not met . They said that if the Big Shell is blown up , it will create the worst environmental disaster in human history .

An unknown guy was swimming towards the Big Shell and yeah , again , his mission is to save the president who was held hostage , and of course , disarm the terrorists . When he emerged from the underwater , he was then , having some CODEC communication with Colonel , and the same dialogue goes .... He got a weird nickname : Raiden . There are some changes in the game . First , I need to logon to a node in order to download the radar from the GPS system . Also , I cannot take the enemy's weapon because the weapons were ID'd . Any weapons found in the locker can be used freely .

Went up to the roof via a cargo elevator and upon reaching the rooftop, the scenary was nice . Seagulls flying around peacefully... ahh !! That was so sweet . Hideo Kojima has some sense of humour . You know , the seagulls love to reject some of their wastes not properly . Try looking at them using first person mode , and somehow , they will throw their stools on you . Also , try walking on their stools . You will fall down stupidly as if you stepped on a banana peel . At first , I can't seem to find the entrance . Actually , there's a small hole at the upper-left corner that I need to crawl through . There goes the CODEC conversation again . We just wiretapped the conversation of the SEAL team and it seemed that they were under attack . So , I went to the pump room to check out what happened . There goes the cut scenes again . All the SEAL team members were killed and I can see blood spills on the walls . There was only one more soldier in the room, and all of a sudden , a mysterious man , known as Vamp , came out of nowhere and he's FAST ! He beheaded the soldier , uncensored , really . Again , there were blood splashes and spills . But the blood looked like gas . Not so liquid after all ... . Vamp saw Raiden , and when he was about to kill him , another soldier came in and shot him with an M4 . Vamp was able to dodge the bullets and somehow injured the soldier. Vamp vanished in the thin air in seconds . He was fast . The soldier walked slowly and checked the surrounding . Vamp reappeared and put his knife on the soldier's throat , threatening to kill him . The soldier threw the M4 rifle to Raiden , and as soon as he got the rifle , he shot Vamp withoout any hessitation . After all , he missed . Finally , Vamp flee away and the soldier removed his mask . No doubt , he is Solid Snake , only that he didn't revealed his true identity . He identified himself as J.G Pliskin . And that Vamp guy , he's one of the Dead Cell member , which is so-called formed by President Sears as the last resort to combat terrorism . The remaining members of Dead Cell are Fat Man and Fortune .

I was informed that there is a demolition expert sent to disarm the bombs , and he might assist me to disarm the bombs planted in Big Shell . My current location is Strut B , which is the pump room . I need to proceed to Strut C , the cafeteria . That is where Peter , the demolition expert was located . Again cut scenes . Peter actually taught Fat Man all the demolition techniques and all those craps . He gave me a ion detector and a coolant . The ion detector is used to detect any fumes released from the bomb .. since Fat Man used to putting some colognes on it as a signature . With the coolant , it can freeze the bomb so that the trigger will be deactivated .

Let's get started . First stop : Strut C . The bomb is hidden in the ladies , and surprisingly enough , it was kept on top of the ceiling where it is nearly conceiled . Next , we went to Strut D , which is the sediment pool . I was freaked out when I see the soldiers walking around . It is hard , though , since I don't have any weapons with me , except for my trusty SOCOM . I blew up a lot of times , and it really brings a lot of frustation to me . We diffused the second bomb at Strut D , seriously speaking , I was struggling when diffusing it , because it was in Alert Mode ... that was sucks !!

The third one is in the pump room ( Strut A ) . It's relatively easy to locate because it's visible from far away places . It requires a lot of crawling, though . Then , we moved back to Strut F , which is the warehouse , to diffuse the fourth one . It is located between the boxes , so it is impossible to reach from the first floor . I need to go to the second and jump down to the area from above . Lots of neat stuffs to find in this strut , and of course, my favourite : M9 Tranquillizer . There are SEMTEXs in one of the rooms , so , be careful .

We went to look for the fifth one in Strut B - The Transformer room . The bomb is concealed at the back of the locker's door . I need to kick it so that it will fall of and reveal the bomb to me . Then , goes the conversation again . I was informed that there was an odorless bomb being hidden in the Sea Research place ( the basement of Strut A ) . I was then told to locate the last bomb , which is in Strut E - Parcel Room , depending on how you play . It is located somewhere on the rooftop of the Strut and the bomb was hidden beneath the Harrier aircraft . After I diffused the last bomb , Peter was blown to death , and as soon as I reached for the stairs , which headed down back to the Parcel Room , I met a cyborg ninja which looked like Gray Fox . Simon was astonished . I also met Olga Gurlukovich .

To locate the odorless bomb , I need another type of sensor , which I had to struggle myself to Strut C . Great ... *mad* . When I took the detector , I wsa told that I only have 400 seconds to reach Strut B's basement for the bomb . I blew up at first because I was running towards the place blindly ignoring the soldiers . Second take . This time I just go stealthily and Time seemed to be on my side . I finally diffused the bomb and it is located beneath a hanging mini submarine thingy .

When I need to move to the top and proceed back to that Harrier place , Fortune held down my pace . She wanted me to kill her , but it is impossible because she deflects bullets . Somehow , when I was hiding , another cut scene kicked in . Vamp joined the party , and he made a mistake . When he was talking to Fortune , Raiden shot him at his head . I felt strange , the boss died so soon ? I just wondered . Then Fortune felt sad again because she was kind of isolated .... yada yada yada ... . When the cut scene was over , I then proceed the rooftop of Strut E and confronted Fat Man . He kept planting bombs all over the place just to buy some time . I need to diffuse bombs while killing him . The trick is to shoot him till he falls , and then , in FPV , I need to shoot at his head for a severe damage . Otherwise , it will take me forever to kill him .... gosh !!!

When he died , there's another bomb to diffuse but he didn't told me where the bomb was . I searched everywhere before I knew that I had to drag his bulky body away in order to reveal the bomb . Phew ! That was so close !! Bombs over . Time for some new mission . When I walked down the stairs , I met with the ninja again . He told me that I need to get to Shell 1's core and locate Ames , one of the secret service guy . He gave me a uniform , a cellphone , and a level 2 card . However , I still need to find the AK-74u and a directional microphone . It was quite a treasure hunt , since I need to run around the complex like hell , in search of the necessities .

After that , I proceed to Shell 1's core as planned and then to level B1 . However , I still need to have retinal scan in order to gain access to the hostages' place . At first , I don't know how to use the retinal scan thingy . The trick is to choke-hold a soldier when he was exactly standing in front of the scanner . This requires good timing , but it is relatively easy . When I reached the place , it was hard to locate Ames since it requires some trial-and-error , even though I had a D.Mic . Ames is located at the right-hand corner facing the main door . It's cut scene again .. Ocelot's here , and all of a sudden , the ninja was here to my rescue . I ran away , without my mask . But somehow , I was able to flee off . Ames gave me a level 3 card .

The last part of this episode is when I need to search for the president . He's located in Shell 2 and I need to pass through from the Shell 1-Shell 2 bridge . It was equipped with SEMTEX , so , there goes the frustration again . I need to run back to Strut F where I need a PSG-1 , because some of the sensors are really far away . I even need to shoot a CYPHER carrying a sensor . We managed to disarm 8 of the sensors . We can't find the last one , though . It is almost 5:45pm . I gave up and I really need to go home since Andrew's party is coming up next . When I was waiting for the bus , Simon called me and told me that he cracked the puzzle . The bomb was actually concealed behind the 'Sons of Liberty' flag . Weird . The bus was a bit slow , and I finally reached home at 6:30pm .

Bathed a bit and dad drove me to McD , Pandan Mewah . When I reached there , no one's around .. I wait about 15 minutes before I can see Sin Loo and Wei Gin . Chan's there to . He fetched the girls . Simon reached there a bit later , since he need to bath . Had a good time chatting with Ginny , and gosh ! She was hot that night . I was damn tired that night and started to hallucinate . If you're tired reading this blog , then you can imagine me playing MGS2 for 6 hours non-stop . The blog has already been summarized , since I'm lazy to type in all the details .... .

Slept early that night and the adventure continues on Monday .....

Solid Snake - Zzzz