Weird blog title but I couldn't think of anything to describe this post's topic of discussion, as it covers a huge array of things.
Firstly, what a way to kick start my first week of work. It has already officially been 1 week since I started. It was as Daniel had told me, I've got some big shoes to fill, and tons of work that I need to start funneling my energy, time and concentration on. After the departure of 2 of my colleagues, I have to start picking up where they left off, tackling a couple of clients and going to meetings (all on the first week!). I'm not ranting about this, in fact it's nice to actually see a change of scenery in my life, for that I'm truly thankful.
Onward to gaming drama! I've been in LasNoches for not too long in CabalSEA and I've met a few people in the guild (not face to face just yet, lol) but it seems there has been a debacle going on, the closest of friends I made in LN has left due to a dispute. It really isn't something I find comfortable, for my friends who have had made ties with the guild and the members were to be severed because of a conflict that could easily be solved if there has been a thorough assessment made. I would rather cherish a friendship I made over a judgment that seems equally fair. No doubt it sounds selfish of me to say so, but when it comes to trust, would you place it on someone who you've met for a day or two or on someone you've already known for a year now? Figuratively speaking, that is.
Guild conflicts, turmoils and severance of the ties that bond the members together happens often in any MMORPG but I still think the neglect for friendship exist in the decision to be completely fair. I hope things get better, I don't like this one bit. Two of my guildmates that I've known since I started playing CabalSEA have gone to Oblivion and another one of my gossip partner has gone to AK47. It's not something I like, being left stranded here but I'll respect your decisions but I would hope that there comes a resolve that everyone can be equally happy.
Moving on to my Work in Progress, I'm still writing Chapter 3 but requires a little more time than I had expected with all these commotions. Definitely not giving up on this dream, writing is my passion and will be something that I will take even to my grave.
Anyway, this has been a summary of what has been going on with me, again I truly thank you for reading this :)
P.S. Before I go, this song is going to be stuck in my head for sometime, a classic but it's worth a listen, enjoy!
It's been awhile since I last visited my blog, or even post in it. For the first half of 2010, there has been a lot of trials of life that I had to face.
I'm still a gamer, but I've only minimalized myself to social apps on Facebook, mainly Playfish games (yes, it's bias of me lol) and still playing Cabal Online. Though I've spent a lot on the latter, it is high time I start to save my money and invest on something, real.
The reason I'm posting again is because I see the need to re-express myself somewhere other than Facebook, a place where I can 'compose' my heart's melody, a place for my mind to unwind and for my voice to say the things that a one or two line status couldn't suffice.
As of 8 hours from now, a new chapter to my life will begin. Mr. Dramatic here has finally nailed himself a job and can actually contribute to the society, well sort of (while getting paid for it to boot :D).
My social network is of course expanding beyond the horizons of gamers. Meeting with people from different background, culture and ethnicity has been a refreshing change of the usual crowd I use to hangout with, though I'm not saying I didn't enjoy the times I spent with my fellow Blueserverians and Cabalists, I think I've grown to the stage where lifestyle, accomplishments and career became my mainstream topic in life.
All and all, changes are bound to happen, even more now than I would have imagined it would be. What's there to say that it might be for the better, all I can do is to go the distance. Who knows, I might see my name in lights someday.
First time back in the study mode after a quite long snooze.
Okay, where to begin? Let's start off with my final year project. What seem to be hard became an extremely impossible task or feat to be done in such duration. Having to make a flash application which uses 3d max video sounds novice in the world today, but my idea was new to Malaysia. The fact still stands - it was not impressive enough. The correspondent officer from Northumbria U (Sir Ian Bradley) was a nice bloke who told me that the markers that will be basing my project on is not on creativity, but technicality.
Ergo, I have to use lots of technical what-cha-ma-call-doohicky to impress them so I proposed incorporating the use of an external DB for the building information and making the offline application workable online (LAN, WAN, internet, whatever it's network). Wow, I just lost another screw from my head =/
Cutting down on games come automatically because my laptop is rejecting as many games as possible. CabalSEA is officially cleared once more because my lappie just 'threw up' the game, giving me constant BSODs and tons of 'medicated' reformatting. Ever since the introduction of Gameguard, CabalSEA has gone down hill and yes, I'm so not touching that game. It's a shame really, a good game in the wrong hands spells D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R.
Still, the only sane and sound thought that keeps me alive is knowing that when all of this is over, I'm going to go out there and do what I want - a junior copywriter and climbing my way up as a art director (some day), it's a long process, but I know that is something I'll give my all.
I am seriously at ends with my country. I know, this may be another nonsensical rant but what can I say, our country is full of PHAIL.
Saman is still a thing people dread to see and yes, I actually threw away the first saman issued to me because yeah, I just despise the mere look of it. It's not that I hate being saman-ed (however you spell it in the mixed language context), but knowing who that saman came from pisses me off instead.
I don't think I need to clarify how much corruption that goes on in our so called law enforcers in blue, Namwee did a fine job telling the people around the world in Youtube already how much shit they are. I'm sure within the police force there are some noble people doing their job, but I'm only associating this post to those idiots who succumb to temptation.
Actually, we have to look at what the root problem is and what causes them to be like that. A quick search through news archive shows that an average pay each officers get per month is between RM180 to RM300(source: BBC News). What the ...? Wow, that completely opened up my eyes! Okay, I'm feeling a little guilty now that I'm pinning the blames on them when actually the government is not paying them well. Those people bust their asses and put their lives on the line day after day to keep our country safe for that amount of pay? You've got to be kidding me. No wonder they lack enthusiasm to do carry out their duties. What happened to all the taxes this citizen has paid to the government went to?
Honestly, we all pay taxes and we are thinking where are they going to. The cops aren't getting paid enough, vandalism on public ammenities are usually or never fixed and more over, what is the fate of this country going to be like, 5 years from now?
Okay, let us get back to my story. See, my mom went down to MBPJ to pay the saman that I had 'neglected' to acknowledge at the sum of RM50 (or was it RM100). I paid for it with my own allowance of course as it is my fault after all. She then came to me today telling me that I had an 'extra' saman that I have failed to 'acknowledge'. What the fuck? I know I've only been issued with a saman once and I would have been more careful after that but another saman? Where? When?
She told me it had happened somewhere in June last year and that it was at PJU a.k.a. Kota Damansara. I don't recall having or being saman there and moreover, the only thing I recalled was a minor accident I had with another car but it was resolved there and then but a saman? From out of the blue? Nice going Malaysia, you handled yourself well.
Then, I started to recall a possible outcome to this. The parking system in PJU was a little screwed up. Their machines to accept coins were, in the nicest way to put it - obsolete. See, I do take part time jobs at that place and having the working hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. roughly, which is 7 hours of parking time. The machine only accepted my coins till 4 p.m. that day, for some reason it just blocked its coin-inserting pussy and I have to deal with that. Also, by the time you get to work, had lunch and continued work you could have forgotten about paying the extra hours because we're doing our work no less but if that isn't a convincing reason, here's a business man's point of view - why pay that extra 60 cents when you could be working 4.50 bucks per hour extra? My employers don't charge by the hour but yeah, I think it's much better to focus on my work than rushing down to my car, pay again and maybe the machine won't fuck itself too much and open its pussy to accept coins to pay for the parking fee.
Uh, yeah this is a rant about stupidity in machines and the government, but like I said, my voice will never be heard. I'm just another person among this faceless crowd known as Satu Malaysia, pfft. Given the rightful chance, I'll pack my bags and head out of this shit hole country.
"You tak suka, you kluar"
Nice attitude by the parliament and thanks to your fine examplary, the comments for that video is also seriously fucked up. Nation unity? More like Nation unruly. Think it over people at the higher ups of Malaysia, think carefully. If you want to drive us out, don't come begging to us if your economy falls to the slums, got it?
International sites are slowest in loading or sometimes don't load at all. Sites like Google/iGoogle and regional sites are still fine but I can't login Facebook without waiting for 5 minutes to fully load the home page itself.
GAAHHH!!! I seriously hate TMNUT for not announcing updates on this issue. Seriously, I don't mind if they were to take time on fixing it, but at the freakin' least inform us on the updates or progress.
Malaysia is a seriously farked up country. Given the chance, I'll migrate without even thinking twice. Malaysia Boleh, tiap-tiap hari pun boleh (pergi mampus).
My humblest apologies, since I was rather busy with a lot of stuff :(
Alright. Let us start off with my gaming life. It was official, I had quitted CabalSEA and it is completely out of my system (no traces were left behind, I hope *fingers crossed*. I'm only active in the social application games by Playfish, actually, game, as I too have quitted Country Story and am only active in Restaurant City.
Upon obtaining my PS2 a few weeks ago, I rather spend time playing it rather than busting all my money over HOTD4 (but I do occasionally play it). The game currently active is .Hack//G.U. which has an exceptionally good story line and not to mention they actually studied online communities to the very pin point precision of its exactness.
As for browser update, I kinda taken a liking to Google Chrome over Firefox because my Firefox crashes way too often and has issues with Macromedia Flash after adjusting its network settings, going back to default did not fix the problem ...
How about some studies talk? Why yes, it's tragic that I have to be pressured by due dates, due dates and nothing but due dates! I wish I could borrow time from someone, pweettee pweez?
Also, I have word from Ben that the upcoming private RO Server project will be able to launch real quick, just need a little network test and configuration and we are all set for Alpha Phase testing, anyone interested in being the Alpha Tester? :)
Anyway, this is after all a quick update. So that is all for now, y'all stay smexy now and take care.
