Keeping sane during a fortnight of bitter hibernation

Well, today marks 2 weeks till start of my exams and with the advent of a (finally) colder climate here of around freezing, the beginning of  the peak of my sedentary lifestyle is here. Other than grappling with the consequences of revision procrastination, my teeth also decided they want attention and is gingerly hurting with occasional flares brought on by less cautious chewing and whatnots. My hair and skin is also frizzing and cracking somewhat. 

On the brightside, all my recent online shopping orders came through (saw so many mailmen) including bodyshop tolietries, the usual bag and clothes and more significantly, a yellow pikachu  nintendo 3dsxl console! 

(Yes I gave in against better judgement). 

Got the cartridges for pokemon white 2 and a free e-download professor layton & the miracle mask, and waiting for "The world ends with you" to arrive.

Some thoughts on the console itself:
-The design is average, it could be cuter with a full bodied pikachu instead but no complaints here. it is limited edition and so far released only in Japan and Europe so I'm happy it will be a rare species in Singapore (for the moment at least).
-Screen resolution is like the reviews said, not as clear as it can be. Even my samsung ace phone has better screen, but is a bummer I guess cause it is the one thing I think could have made this console perfect. The selling point is its 3D capability which nintendo tried to maximise with things like augmented reality etc, but if the resolution is poor, it highlights the fact that you are still seeing it on a screen instead of helping the imagination that it is more like a hologram.
-Nintendo's interface is cutesy vs sony etc (Japan. figures) which is definitely appealing to girls. :)
-Its a little heavy, but feels sturdy and durable.
-There is a browser for internet but its not as friendly to use as your handy smartphones.

Overall I think it is (definitely) a tad overpriced, since the games are all so expensive 20-30+pds per game?!? (keeping in mind i traditionally do not fork out money for all the games i have played, this is too much for my poor wallet.) And the blasphemy is that some games like pokemon black and white only allows one save file so your friend/family member can't even share a cartridge. :(

But well, price gripes aside, its a cute little nifty gaming console to keep in your bag and open up at will to play it. I especially like leaving it on sleep mode and flipping it open to see the game loaded on the screen immediately. Thats something a PC can't do!

x Back to studying!