I have always been curious about Pulau Ubin – an island off our mainland. For more than a decade, Cynthia and I and some of our friends have been talking about visiting Pulau Ubin. To cycle, or to observe the wildlife. For some reasons, all that talk does not seem to go anywhere. Earlier last [...]
Entries Tagged as 'My Good Life'
Dinner & Lunch
January 17th, 2012 4 Comments
Part One – Dinner Perhaps I shall hand out a feedback form to my mother to fill in at the end of her each visit to Singapore, at the airport, before flying back to Hong Kong. The questions, I would imagine, go something like … Have you seen enough of your son in your visit? [...]
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Are You Ready To Tank Deathwing, Version LFR?
January 9th, 2012 No Comments
Quite recently, Blizzard the creator of World of Warcraft has done something rather innovative to a 7 years old online game. They put together a mechanism to automatically matchmaking 25 random players from around the world to form a raid to slay dragons and more. This is a five times expansion of the existing 5-man [...]
Tags: Blizzard Entertainment · Cataclysm · World of Warcraft
Speed Of Light!
January 5th, 2012 4 Comments
My boss has been kind and understanding. Over an early evening meeting, he said to us in all sincerity, “I know I should have asked you two to do this back in November. But can we have a document in two days?” Can Michelangelo paint the ceiling of Sistine Chapel in two days? I suppose with [...]
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How Did You Celebrate New Year’s Eve?
January 1st, 2012 2 Comments
This year, I am not going to over complicate my New Year’s resolution. It would be: read more, write more, play more music, and do more sport. Other time sinking activities will have to be scaled back accordingly. We stayed at home on New Year’s Eve, thanks to a laborious walk at Ubin Island the [...]
Tags: Luc Besson · Natalie Portman · Quentin Tarantino
Deathwing Must Die (And He Did, A Few Good Times)
December 26th, 2011 No Comments
A choir. I shall use a choir to illustrate what raiding in an online gaming environment is like. In any given choir, think Christmas Caroling if you may, there is usually one organist or a few guitarists who set the key and pace of the performance. The music draws attention but it alone does not [...]
Tags: Blizzard Entertainment · Cataclysm · World of Warcraft
“Wah” – And Two Cars Banged
December 19th, 2011 No Comments
Singapore is a small country. You can drive from east to west along the highways that totaled to approximately 50km. That is from Changi Airport to Tuas Checkpoint that leads to Malaysia. Or you can drive from south to east, a 30km journey from our beautiful resort island Sentosa to the not too beautiful Woodlands [...]
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My Niece Says the Funniest Things
December 15th, 2011 2 Comments
My mother is in town. All of a sudden, my humble home has turned into a family headquarter. My sister visits my home often, with or without my presence, together with my buddy a.k.a. her husband and my niece a.k.a. Bethany. Bethany and I converse in various modes . I often stick to my mother [...]
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Wind Powered Decorative Door Damper (Alternative Title: A Week Moving In Jelly)
December 11th, 2011 4 Comments
“This is my patent pending invention!” Recently, the inanimated objects around me seem to have taken an unanimous decision to stop working. I felt like moving inside a huge swimming pool filled with grass jelly. Maybe I am too lazy, quietly observing the hole on my sofa growing bigger and bigger. More holes have appeared. [...]
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Diablo III Beta – Part 1: First Impression
November 19th, 2011 No Comments
I am grateful, to say the least, when I received a beta key from Asiasoft, the new distributor of Blizzard Entertainment games in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Thank you Asiasoft! I tried to ask when the Collector’s Edition of Diablo III will arrive in Singapore and they said Soon™. It’s OK. I am a patience [...]
Tags: beta testing · Blizzard Entertainment · Diablo · pc gaming