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Monthly Archives: September 2010

How to study like an elephant

In case you wondered where I’ve been the past few days, I had an accounting exam on Friday and then I spent the weekend avoiding anything related to school or work to avoid potential burnout. In fact, I did very little besides sleep, eat, and play video games. I do admit I did some laundry… Continue Reading

Teamwork is not just a buzzword in The Forbidden Kingdom

Teamwork is a huge buzzword in many corporations today. Uniqueness and individuality are often displaced or even scorned. People who are nonconformists are “not team players” and everything spirals downward from there. Once it starts getting quantified and measured, it’s entirely lost it’s meaning. Below is my version of teamwork: Video by forbiddenkingdom . This… Continue Reading

5 reasons why Guild Wars 2 may trounce competition

Guild Wars 2 looks amazing so far and I can already think of at least 5 reasons why this game could shatter its competition once it’s released. Take a look at the game trailer to get a better feel for the gameplay and the beauty of the game world, and then we’ll move on to… Continue Reading

Footnotes and Footnote Free (if only….)

I’ll just come out and say that I’m not a big fan of footnotes. I groan every time I’m reading a book and I come across that little number at the end of a sentence. It means that I either have to disrupt my reading and look at the bottom of the page for the… Continue Reading

I’m still eating elephant

Do you remember all those fairy tales where some hapless, but good-hearted farmer, princess, or goose-herd would come across something magical that would keep regenerating wonderful things if and until someone did something foolish? For example, there was the sister who had gold coins continuously falling from her mouth when she spoke, the bottomless bags of food and drink… Continue Reading