Super Long Hiatus...

Hello fellow mortals, this is the Dark Lord speaking again from his chambers.

Firstly, I have to bid my apologies for not posting for so long. This is due to my overwhelming pressure of thesis and other personal problems, preventing me from continuing my blog for almost 11 months. Truthfully speaking, being a final year student that has to go around non-stop doing research is quite stressful and tiring, not to mention that I have to go to multiple locations looking for respondents for my surveys, which serves as my biggest factor of me being unable to blog...

Yes, surveys, lots of them.

But the problem is, I am really that busy, and I have to be that busy...

Not only this, it is also because of the above mentioned factors that my gaming life is kinda ' vanished' for so long. During this period, I can say that I have literally minimal to none gaming time, as my thesis will decide my life or death of my degree... It's basically a race against time, just like the picture below, it's either I become the hunter, or I become the hunted...

So yeah, I'm really sorry for not being able to post for so long. But no worries, I promise you all that I'll blog more often now, since I'm having more time for gaming nowadays. And not forget to mention, I've picked up some new games (still card games though...), namely Weiss Schwarz, and Cardfight! Vanguard. Somehow these few games has become my main gaming source and most likely you'll be seeing more posts about them compared to L5R. But no worries, I still play L5R, and will still be providing my 2 cents for the game.

These are my current favorites, very interesting, and you all should give them a shot.

So, please do stay tuned for future posts regarding my gaming life and tips of the games that'll be featured in my blog. And not forget to mention, I'm trying to improve the looks of my blog (though I'm not that good in it, but I'll still try...), so any ideas please do tell me so I can implement them in my blog.

Quite a long post by now, so to make things short, apologies again for my super long hiatus, and stay tuned for future updates! And now, the Dark Lord shall retreat to his chambers once more.

New Year, New Post, New Life, New Wishes

Hello there everybody, this is the Dark Lord speaking again. Today is a very special day, where the Dark Lord will be heading out to the mainlands to experience something different from his usual scheming. (In other words, I’m now starting my internship in a magazine and event company.)

Starting from today, the Dark Lord will not have much time to game, or maybe even blog, due to most of the time being occupied by work. Nevertheless, I’ll try to work it out, maintaining a balance between gaming and working. Also, after I start work, expenditures will be a big problem as well, as I now have spend more in addition to my usual expenses, namely petrol, parking, and the increasing costs of food.

What I can only say is I seriously need to learn how to manage my finances, because 2011 is also the ‘payback’ year for me, where I need to buy back all my shares of my soul, slowly but surely. Apologies to those concerned, and I promise that I’ll settle all this with you all whenever I’m able to.

Alright, back to the usual stuff, my gaming time has now been reduced to only Friday nights, Saturday and Sunday, and that is also given that I don’t need to work extra time. Frankly speaking, I’m totally not used to this, since I have been spending the majority of my time doing things that I like to do instead of sitting in the office doing work.

A new year means a new start. This year, the Dark Lord will try his best to finish his degree, and also improve more in his gaming skills, namely for L5R and stuff. The ‘Amazing Race’ is still going on, and the top 4 in the second leg 2 weeks ago really serves as a morale boost for me. I shall try my best to do better in the upcoming leg, hopefully improve my standings if not maintain it. And I’ll be also anticipating the release of the new set ‘The Dead of Winter’, which will be available later this month.

Okay, quite a long post for the first post of 2011, and I think this should be enough for the moment. Well, time to bid farewell, and wish everybody have a pleasant 2011.

Forgoing the Lesser Good...

Greetings mortals, it has been a while since the Dark Lord stepped out from his chambers...

People always said, in a Chinese saying: "Do not give up the entire forest just because of a single tree". Frankly speaking I'm always a believer of that saying, but not until 10 years ago. Because of that one tree, I actually made my life quite miserable.

Rumors is a very deadly weapon. Due to the rumors my stubbornness towards the lesser good brought me a lot of bad stuff... From that moment, the gap between me and the lesser good widens to an extent that silence is the only outcome.

Time flies, and the former little kid has transformed into an adult. And yet I'm still a firm believer of the lesser good. However the situation doesn't change much, well looks more like the situation still maintains the same, the silence still roams.

Until now, I still don't want to give up hope for the lesser good. But due to the powerful tool known as Media, I finally gave up on that believe. Not to say that I really wanted to give up on that one tree, but the reality forces me to do so.

Up to this point the Dark Lord doesn't want to say further anymore. Hence, he shall return to his chambers now. Apologies for not posting my normal stuff, because I just want to express my inner feelings once in a time...

Farewell mortals...