And here I am again, coming towards the end of yet another term. Exams are coming and I feel like I have barely learned anything for this term’s modules. Loads of catching up to do. Been pretty busy with all sorts of stuff the last couple of weeks. *sigh*

Something cool I found the other day: Ubiquity for Mozilla Firefox (via MetaFilter).

12 more days to pass my IPPT, and I’m in worser shape than ever. Argh.

Many, many things to do. *yawn*

I have not been here in over a month. Oops. Should update some time soon, definitely next week.

Got stuck trying to materialize this concept/idea I had for the website I’m working on. Is it the tablet’s fault? No, I’m just not good enough with it yet. I think I  should stop trying to pull these little things off, stick with what I know works for sure first, I can explore the other areas when I have more time. Thanks to my little ventures, I wasted quite a few hours producing very little.

In other news, my Paladin’s at level 16 now, thanks to quite a bit of group questing. My latency with Cairne server is increasing though, between 500 and 650ms. Gameplay seems fine though.

I have many, many things to do. Got to focus, get into the momentum…

Just created a new category for WoW-related posts, I have a hunch that such posts are going to increase in number over the next few weeks. =P

I’m studying for tomorrow’s Statistics test, researching for some stuff regarding my web design work, and webcam-ing with my girlfriend all at the same time right now (although the active tab in Firefox at the moment is my blog).

I’m a level 11 Paladin now. A couple more quests and I’ll be moving out of Elwyn Forest to Westfall area next. I still want to do loads of mining though, I’m always short of cash, and I’m in serious need for more bags too.

And new armor while I’m at it, I’m using a full set of Light Mail armor right now, but the defense is still pretty weak even with my Paladin’s Devotion Aura at rank 2.

I feel like playing a Hunter though, not so much for the pet, but I want to use a Bow weapon. Heh.

Argh, I sold myself to the dark side. I cracked and bought WoW after having stayed away from it for so long. Normally I stay away from pay-to-play MMORPGs, and normally I stay away from MMORPGs in general because I get addicted to games pretty easily. Played Mu Online quite a bit in the past, till my account got hacked, was quite addicted to Battlefield 2 and its expansions as well. And now, I cracked and got myself the World of Warcraft Battle Chest.

I guess I should blame South Park, watched the episode on WoW recently, and it made me really want to get back into the RPG scene. I’m a level 7 newbie Paladin right now. (You have to watch the South Park episode to understand the quote in the title. =P)

Ok, got lots of important things to do, so its time to put my WoW character to the side…

Back from Hangzhou. I returned to Singapore last Tuesday, and since then I’ve been keeping myself pretty busy. It’s strange sometimes, that a person’s presence (or the lack of it) can change so much the way we go about our daily lives. I really enjoyed the short amount of time I spent in Hangzhou with Dy. I really wished I could stay longer. If it wasn’t for school and other commitments, would I have stayed? Yes. Had it been the holidays, I may have very well just stayed there right till the end of the hols.

*sigh* For now, I should use this time and work towards achieving my goals. I have a project to complete (KYDZ), a test to study for (Statistics: got to catch up on the lessons I missed!) and a long to-do list (that’s getting pretty dusty) to settle (blog and website updates, photo editing, Dreamstime submissions which I haven’t touched in many months, and other little things that I keep procrastinating about).

And of course, there’s the little bit about money (mostly the lack of it). I have some IOUs to clear off, and lots of goals in mind that require the moolah that makes the world go round. Have been looking around for a part-time job with really flexible working hours (or better yet, with an option to work-from-home). Preferably IT-related, as in setting up PCs, networks, troubleshooting, that sort of thing (not so much sales, I’m really bad at that). And I’m about to embark on certain money-making projects (more on that later). Anyone got lobang? Working hours preferably in the afternoons on Mondays till Wednesdays (and on occasional mornings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays).

So, how do you pronounce “messrs”? Have been looking at names recently, trying to find a suitable one, and one that sounds trendy. The word “messrs” definitely got my interest. I think I first came across it in one of the Harry Potter books. Messrs is the plural form for Mr. It’s a little awkward, but I think it could work. itMessrs. Yeah. (Although only because itGuys was taken).

Oh, its pronounced msrz. Have a listen at TFD.

It’s also about time I got kalestarler.com fully up and running. Photo gallery would be important, it would serve as a photography portfolio as well, web design portfolio would be very important, would really like to take on more projects.

Oh, I just bought a Wacom Bamboo Fun (small). Played around with it last night, it’s pretty interesting. A powerful tool, once I get used to it (still a little awkward at the moment) I should be able to get a lot more work done, and at the same time explore a few new areas of design now that I have a tablet. Would have loved to get the larger Intuos or the Cintiq, or a Tablet PC notebook (HP has a great one with student discount), but, what’s the word again? Moolah.

Ok, got to go. Lots of stuff to do. Cheers. I’ll update with photos again sometime soon (no promises though).

P.S What’s up with today’s entry? So many parentheses. Hehe.

Heyho. I’m posting this from within Changi Airport’s Terminal 3 Transit Mall. Yep. This is the first time in my life travelling by plane alone, pretty darn cool. Will be in Shanghai in a few hours, and then hopefully Hangzhou.

China Eastern Airways MU546.

I hope my next post will be from my hotel room. =)

When emotion and desire face logic and reason. Someone help me. I’m bloody obsessed with a dream, but logic and reason won’t allow it to come true.

I’m not kidding about the obsession. Haven’t had eye bags and so many sleepless nights in a while. To the point I’m almost getting paranoid, sometimes I feel so lost, I don’t even know what I’m doing either. *sigh* I see only two ways to overcome my current obsession. Success, or total failure.

By the way, I passed Discrete Mathematics, and scored a distinction for Applied Programming. *Phew* safe!

“I’ve dreamt a dream, and now that dream is gone from me.”

Seems like I haven’t done much in the last few days.

Anyway, I think I have proved to myself that when it comes to productivity, it isn’t the “working” that is the problem, but the” starting to work”. Finally forced myself to sit down and concentrate, ignoring distractions such as Hong Gil Dong, Gundam 00 and D.Grayman.

http://kalestarler.com/kydzedu. It’s starting to come together pretty nicely, though I’m still along way off from completion though.

I think I need a nap though, I’ve been up for quite a while now. *yawn*

I’m on some blogging roll here. Entry after entry. Heh. Escapism at work again. *sigh*

Here’s a quick look at my desktop.

By the way, if you want to know who that is, that’s my baby girl, my Dy. Hehe. My girlfriend’s currently in China on a study exchange program. *sigh* I miss her…