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MyRepublic, My ISP

Christian — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 08:57:43 +0000

My home fiber broadband provider MyRepublic is currently having a contest. I’ve been pretty pleased with my experience so far (actually best ISP ever! even including mobile broadband), so I’d decided to flex my (now atrophied) creative muscles and submit a poem for it. I thought it might be cute (and a bit of a challenge) [...]

Now Playing: Glitch – Becoming Self Sufficient!

Christian — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 07:44:03 +0000

It’s been just about a month since I started playing Glitch (according to my Glitch account info, I started on October 3rd 2012) and quite frankly I never thought that I’d stay on as long as I did when I first began. As mentioned in my First Impression review, MMOs often fail to hold my attention due [...]

Now Playing: Glitch – First Impressions

Christian — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:37:41 +0000

Ever played an MMO? MMOs, or “Massively Multiplayer Online” games are basically multiplayer games that involves a much larger player base than your usual 8-16 player internet games. MMOs come in several varieties, but most commonly in the FPS (First Person Shooter) and RPG (Role Playing Game) genres. Now for de-stressing I often enjoy a good high-intensity [...]

UniSIM Convocation 2012

Christian — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:40:14 +0000

I’m not really all that excited about this kinda stuff, but for the benefit of keeping my friends updated, I’ve graduated from SIM University on October 3rd, 2012 with a BSc in Management and Security Studies. We could purchase up to 2 guest tickets per graduate, with an option to request for more on a [...]

Prayer Request

Christian — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:24:00 +0000

I posted the following on Google+ a few days ago: — My father was admitted to a local hospital over the weekend due to signs of ischemic stroke. At this time he has been in there for several days, but is not responding well to the treatment procedures and medication. While his mind is still lucid, his [...]

Home Office Redesign

Christian — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:04:38 +0000

So for the past few weeks I’ve been spending my time cleaning out my room and moving things around, getting ready for some serious development work. Be it writing, design work, software development or otherwise, I’ve learnt quite some time ago just how important it is to have an ideal workspace for creative pursuits. Long story short, I simplified my computer [...]

Love Waits…

Christian — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:22:52 +0000

~ The end of day, an evening sky, in pastels pink and blue The sun peeks out, behind a cloud, its radiance bid adieu A bus ride back, a long way home, my heart was not with me It’s somewhere else, and where it was, it waits most patiently It dared not speak, for it had feared, a reproach stern and cold But it lies [...]

The Wealthy Miner

Christian — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:24:14 +0000

It is morning. A man shut the front door to his house and headed for work. Dressed in a pair of dirty overalls and wearing a hard hat, he carried pickaxes, shovels and ropes along with him. The man’s name was Sam. Sam is a miner. From the break of day, till the early lights of dusk, Sam [...]

Mountains Blue

Christian — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:31:37 +0000

4.06 AM. I should be asleep now, but I not. The past few days had been tough. Been feeling down but trying not to let it get to me… I had other responsibilities that need to be taken care of, and had to keep myself standing. It’s not easy. Then the weekend comes; a chance to unwind, but also [...]

Reflections over Christmas 2011

Christian — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:55:16 +0000

Slightly more than a decade ago, I spoke for the last time to someone most dear to me. I’ve had sporadic contacts with her over the years, but each of them either ended on a less-than-happy note or simply tapered off into nothingness. The Christmas holidays are an especially hard time for me, because it was then [...]