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Another game that I’m currently addicted to – The Smurfs Village iPhone Game.  The objective of the game is to start building the Smurfs’ Village from scratch in an empty land since Gargamel, the evil wizard, destroyed their home town.

Every mushroom house accommodates 1 Smurf. You plant crops that will help you gain gold and you use the gold to buy additional Smurf mushroom houses, garden, decorations, plants, trees and more. You also gain experience from harvesting crops and completing quests.

Different Smurf characters can be seen in the game and gives a special quest every level – Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Brainy, Clumsy, Grouchy, and more. Jokey Smurf gives random daily gift while Vanity Smurf, Lazy Smurf, Baby Smurf, Miner Smurf, Handy Smurf, Greedy Smurf and Farmer Smurf have their own special houses with mini games or they just provide special bonuses.

Some notes on the game:

-    You increase your experience by harvesting crops, buying and placing an item, and completing quests. Some decorations, plants, crops, trees, houses, etc are unlocked as you increase your level.
-    Some special items can only be bought using Smurfberries. A few smurfberries are given each time you level up. If you want more, you have to buy it using real money.
-    Some crops help you gain more gold, experience, etc. (see table / spreadsheet below)
-    You can visit your friends’ village and give gift
- You can upgrade the mushroom houses to accommodate more Smurfs.

Mini Games:
-    Papa Smurf’s Potion Mixing Game
-    Painter Smurf’s Painting Game
-    Miner Smurf’s Mining Game (my favorite)
-    Greedy Smurf’s Baking Game
-    Handy Smurf’s Hammering Game
-    Lazy Smurf’s Fishing Game

In the recent Smurfs’ Village version 1.1.3 update, there are some additions to the game play:
-    Marco Smurf will appear starting level 16. He can be found wandering in a friend’s village. If you click on him, you’ll get an XP reward.
-    Alchemist Smurf available at level 23
-    Potion Making game update:  1 new game mechanic, 3 new difficulty levels, Magic flask available
-    New Day/Night feature

There is a cheat for Smurfs Village game – you can manually adjust the time in your iPhone to speed up the time. However, once you revert to the current date and time, Papa Smurf’s message will appear “I’m disappointed that you’ve been overworking the Smurfs by changing the clock. Careful, or your Smurfs will leave the village.”

Growing Crops

Today, August 25, 2011, Kim Hyun Joong met fans at Trinoma Activity Center for promotion of his album from PolyEast Records. The event was supposed to start at 6:00 PM. The first 500 who were able to buy Kim Hyun Joong’s solo album “BREAK DOWN” got a chance to hi-five the handsome Korean celebrity. How were they able to be one of the first 500? – The answer is they bought the album as early as they can. We were there at around 5:30 PM and the albums were already SOLD OUT.

We can hardly breathe as the crowd was as thick as a nimbus cloud. There were a few guest singers not known to me aiming to pacify the crowd’s excitement before Kim Hyun Joong’s arrival. Since we were there even before 6:00 PM, we have been waiting for at least an hour already standing with the crowds at the far end. We decided to just grab a burger at Brother’s Burger and gulped iced tea to relieve our thirst before we got back to standing and waiting. At around 7:05 PM, the handsome Kim Hyun Joong came and the crowd naturally went ballistic, cheering their hearts out. All the lucky 400 fans who had the chance to enter the event lined up as they literally high-fived Kim Hyun Joong. It was being announced that fans must only do hi-five, meaning no embracing and Kissing Kim Hyun Joong. However, kids were lucky because Kim Hyun Joong seems so fond of children and he kisses them as they go (and every time this happens, crowds cheer their tonsils out). After around 10 minutes of Kim Hyun Joong’s appearance, the event was concluded.

Because we were not able to get into the event and wasn’t comfortably sitting, I decided to go to The Face Shop, another one promoted by Kim Hyun Joong. I saw a poster with the details about Kim Hyun Joong Meet & Greet for August 26, 2011. In some earlier posts, it was said that if you buy P500 worth of The Face Shop products, plus you buy his album and two (2) posters for P500, you will have a chance of winning a) an individual Photo taking with Kim Hyun Joong on August 26, 2011 Mall of Asia, 10 AM (5 winners); b) Autograph signing with Kim Hyun Joong on August 26, 2011, Trinoma, 5:15 PM (100 winners) c) pre-signed KHJ Poster. The amount totaling to P1,000 is not a guarantee that you will get into the event, but rather, you’ll only have a chance of winning the prizes.

Kim Hyun Joong The Face Shop Promo 1

Kim Hyun Joong The Face Shop Promo 2

However, I saw today that if I buy P1,000 worth of The Face Shop product and buy KHJ’s album, I will have one admission pass to the August 26, 2011 event’s autograph session. I bought the package and I paid a total of P1,650, one P1000+ product, and the P500 album. I got the ticket but I read a note that it’s not valid for the autograph session. Now I’m confused but at least I don’t have to go there early as I already have a reserved seat. I wanted to invite my husband and my friend, but I know they’re not willing to pay P1,500 just to get an entrance to the event and I do not have another P3,000 to pay for their entrance. The sad thing is I won’t have anyone to take my picture. Here’s my ticket to the event (Picture C)

Kim Hyun Joong Admission Pass from The Face Shop

I also heard that there was an auction for KHJ’s signed Adidas Sports Shorts and bid started at P10,000, with bid increment of P5,000. Last day for bidding is on August 21, 2011.