I'm moving there. I feel that Blogger is not keeping up with the times, and that its functionality is very limited.
Updates stopped for this blog. Last post 20 August 2013.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Highlighted one seems to be the address for my router.
See the bar graph section where Starhub SG does so much more poorly for mean response duration compared to its fastest response duration? This is why I'm bitching about how shitty Starhub is. Very unstable and inconsistent. Tests done on http://www.pingtest.net/ can return results from A to F, no wait, A or F. Extremely good one second, then ultimately shitty the next second.
I would give up my 25mbps fibre optic connection for my old Singtel 5mbps connection anytime, as long as I had it all to myself. I only bitched about my previous connection because two other people in the house like to hog the connection by streaming movies illegally. Tests done on a Singtel connection on http://www.pingtest.net/ returns a consistent result of B. You won't see any other grade from it.
To test it yourself, http://code.google.com/p/namebench/
posted @ 11:51 pm
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Full 360 degree view in the link. Cool stuff. http://www.zorilestore.ro/pantofi-casual-barbati-puma-suede-burner-m-351281_03
posted @ 11:48 pm
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Monday, June 25, 2012
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Friday, June 22, 2012
I broke. I couldn't take it anymore. I quit WoW. Probably pissed off a few in the guild. I was an important member of the guild. The guild, being a small, close-knitted one where we would have conversations over Skype, had only 2 tanks and 2 healers. I was one of the healers, and a player with better raid awareness and sense. A 10-man raid group usually consists of 2 tanks, 2 healers, and 6 damage dealers. That is the standard composition. I left. I left the guild crippled.The guild was putting in effort and resources into gearing me up, since there was going to be a raid tomorrow. But I took all of it and shoved it back into their face. Do I feel bad? Of course I do. I broke the guild. I broke their efforts and trust. I broke the mysterious friendship that was forged over the internet, connecting only in WoW and over Skype. I even played with one of them in Starcraft II and the Diablo III beta. I could even stay up after the raid for 2 hours till 3am just to chat. That's right, just to chat. Did nothing else but stand around like a bunch of old uncles in Ironforge and chat.
But the problem was, that was all there was that was holding me to this game. The guild. The people. I only stayed because of them. I kept late nights till 2-3am, just for them. To be that 5th man, to heal for them, to deal damage for them. I wanted to leave months ago. But I couldn't. I would feel bad if I did
In fact I had the perfect opportunity to quit when the private server I was on was upgrading to Cataclysm. We all started anew then, so I wouldn't have to owe anyone anything, or feel bad about it. I had even made known that I was quitting once Guild Wars 2 is released. Many guild members didn't continue over to Cataclysm from Wrath of The Lich King anyway. But I guess the curiosity was too strong; I wanted to see what Cataclysm was like. Well, bad decision.
Cataclysm was no different. In fact, it only served to piss me off more. It was harder to heal, and dungeons were not faceroll anymore. Crowd control and mana management had to be used. I tried to get into it, to enjoy it, but I couldn't. I feared logging in to WoW, because I didn't want to be asked to heal. This isn't fun gaming, there is actually fear and hesitation.
I didn't get Diablo III because of the whole item grind and obsession over getting the best loot possible. That's exactly how WoW is like. The drop rates served to piss me off more. WoW never changes. Retail, private server, Cataclysm, Wrath, it's all the same. I told a friend that once, he went to retail, came back a few days later, and said, "You're right."
And I fell into the trap myself.
So I raged quit. I gave a bad attitude in a dungeon earlier on. I passed an item I needed. When questioned why, I said, "w/e, can't be bothered to play". The guild broke.
I broke.
The guild notice changed to cancel tomorrow's raid.
I couldn't take it any more.
I dumped all my gems, cloth and enchanting materials into the guild bank.
I quit WoW.
Back to early nights and early mornings for me. No pressure, just me, doing what I want to do.
It's over.
Not sure if I can sleep tonight.
posted @ 1:36 pm
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
“Sorry for being so blunt but I’m sick to death of people looking at this as “childish” or “a waste of time.” Oh! I’m sorry! I didn’t realize your hobby was going to cure cancer or something! Wait! What’s that?! You say your hobby is just to collect bottle caps or something?! Then why the hell are you talking to me about wasting time?!?!?!”- ReiAyanami4Ever, Kotaku
http://kotaku.com/5919656/when-we-are-on-our-deathbeds-will-we-regret-the-hours-we-spent-playing-games
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Another 2 months has passed since I updated. Honestly, nothing much has changed in terms of what I've been doing.---------------------------------
Driving.
I've completed everything I need to complete for driving now, and all that's left is my practical test. It's on the 24th of July. Yeah, still really far away. They should really increase the number of tests that they can do per day. To think that I actually booked this on the 17th of May. If there wasn't any waiting to do, I would have gotten my licence 1-1.5 months ago. No shit.
Here you go, my final lesson progress. Don't even know why I'm posting this.
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NUS Special Term.
I failed again. Didn't manage to get into part 1, didn't manage to get into part 2. I don't know whether because I picked modules that don't have exams and as a result, have too many people trying to apply for it, or whether I did the application process wrongly. I'm not too annoyed by the fact that I'll be wasting more of my free time doing pointless stuff, but I'm more annoyed by the fact that I won't be able to reduce the amount of modules I need to study in year 1.
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WoW.
I actually quit playing WoW for about half a month, because Cataclysm was going to be released and there wasn't any point playing. Well, Cataclysm is now out, and I'm a paladin. I'm not too happy with the choice, because there are quite a few paladins in the guild. Too many actually. I was expecting the number of paladins to decrease due to the heavy nerfs that they received for Cataclysm. Not to mention, they now actually require a lot more skill to use. If you know my class choice habits, I like to pick underplayed classes. So, I really want to change to a less played class, but I've already put quite a lot of time into my paladin, and I really don't feel like doing it all over again. Level 80-85 is also a bitch, since a lot of the quests are broken. I'll just stick to what I have and hope for the best.
As much as possible, I'm going to try to tone down the amount of time I spend on WoW. It's a pretty shitty game, but I have no idea why I spend so much time on it. I'm going to force myself to play one and only one class, no more. I will do what is required, and nothing extra.
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Path of Exile.
I recently got into the Path of Exile beta. It's been a long wait of 8 months. It's annoying, really. I see others who get their beta access in a month or two, and I have to wait for eight whole months. Even though the wait was unjustified, I have to say it's totally worth the wait. I played the Diablo III open beta, and comparing it to Path of Exile, Path of Exile totally kicks Diablo III's ass. By the way, Path of Exile is only in closed beta, with only 1 act fully completed. Act 2 is almost complete; only the final boss is not in the game yet. There is a global chat channel in Path of Exile, and I have not seen a single person say that Diablo III is better. All I keep hearing is disappointment, disappointment and more disappointment. However, those who prefer Diablo III over Path of Exile wouldn't really be playing Path of Exile, so I can't judge just like that.
If you preferred Diablo and Diablo II over Diablo III, you'll prefer Path of Exile over Diablo III. I honestly got a little spooked while playing Path of Exile. I was heading to a Church to do a quest, so I walked in, saw that it was dark, dirty, spooky, with messed up furniture and bloodstains here and there. I thought to myself, "It's kinda late now... I think I'll do this tomorrow afternoon." And the prisons, oh man.
Do yourself a favour and check out the open beta when it's out in August. Or better yet, try your luck at entering the closed beta. Or if you want, fork out 10 bucks for instant access. From what I've heard, everyone says it's worth it.
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Heroes of Newerth.
One of my friends actually got me to play this. I agreed, because I was in the period of having nothing to do. I was waiting for WoW to upgrade to Cataclysm, and there were no new games coming out until June.
I tried it out, and well, I don't really have much opinion on this. I feels like DotA, it plays like DotA, and I've never really been much of a fan of DotA. The need for me to learn all the heroes and items all over again doesn't really help with anything.
I haven't touched this game for a really long time now, because I've got better games to play right now. I'm not entirely sure if I'll be going back to it any time soon.
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Rayman: Origins.
I've actually had this game for quite a while now, but I haven't been playing it consistently. It's a good game, it really reminds me of my primary school days where I played Rayman. If you don't know what Rayman is about, it's essentially a platform sidescroller, sort of like Mario. Of course there are differences between the two, but I shall not go there.
This is a game I'll slowly complete, and definitely not chucking out before I'm done with it.
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And that's it.
posted @ 12:11 am
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