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Early to work
Maybe it was out of anticipation of real action at work, or the need to avoid the rush hour to bring Samantha the eternity plant safely to work, or sheer luck, or all of the above, that I woke up at a record 530am today.  Having not done my morning routine this early [...]

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Closing Time

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. Yeah. (And yes, that’s from the song by Semisonic.)
It’s done. I had feared that the final parting would be indistinguishable from the usual going-home-from-work scenario (see previous post), but thanks to colleagues and friends, it turned out to be a memorable and endearing experience.
I really wish [...]

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Leavetaking

I’ve always imagined the final goodbye as something grand, dramatic and memorable, like a song…but now it looks like it’s just going to be an ordinary farewell — consisting mostly of short phrases, blank stares and awkward hand gestures. The rest is just turning around, walking away, and never looking back.
More on this on another [...]

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On World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft — It’s a game so wonderfully made that it’s not really a game anymore. It’s a world. Seriously. Incorporating the best of the best in role-playing game systems, the developers have created a game that’s very hard to resist.
I think the success of the game is founded on virtually limitless opportunities for [...]

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the first post

Yey! A new blog, and hopefully the last. I also hope I can update regularly.
So why did I move again? The first move was about changing perspectives. This time it’s more about..better features! Seriously, if I had found WordPress earlier, I’d have started blogging here.
The main motivation is that here I can place password protection [...]

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