As usual, an update

It's going to be May soon and there's only two more months left back to school. To be honest, I am not really excited upon going back to school. It means having to learn all the theories and formulae which I have put it at the back of my head. No more time to play games then.

Anyway, I went to Pasir Ris yesterday for a mini gathering. For this, I will like to take this opportunity to thank Pearline and her family for the invitation. The food is good and the ambience is great. Besides, yesterday was the day where I witnessed my cousin Ian who has just been enlisted for National Service two weeks ago. This reminds me of myself two years ago where I rushed from Tekong to the previous gathering organised at the same place. He looks more tanned than me two years back. Perhaps this is the best evidence of how rigorous NS nowadays is. All the memories of the BMT life two years ago suddenly flood in my mind with all the marching commands and the left and right timing said out loud by the timer. He seemed to have adapted to the BMT life. Anyway, boys are compelled to serve NS, serve the country so no choice lah.
So, as usual DOTA and NS life are the main topics of discussion yesterday. I guess it can last for several days just talking about these. I remember two years ago that I was having this thought that I would hate Pasir Ris town as this place reminds me of book into Tekong at Changi North. The feeling of extreme boredom of BMT life, the separation of family and your own comfort zone to serve the country. Luckily, two years have passed swiftly without me knowing it. Pasir Ris has changed quite a fair bit. There is a new cinema and a shopping centre now at Downtown East. The traffic congestion at 2000 hrs over there seemed to signify the crowds over there. Downtown East has surely become a more popular place for entertainment.

So, anyway, my cousins and my brother and I have agreed to meet one day with our friends for a DOTA showdown. While I was hoping for that day to come, I wish my cousin Ian all the best and be in good health.

A busy week

This work week passes really fast as I am kept busy for my whole course of work. For this week, I have been working under the receiving department of the warehouse. Numerous goods with confusing part numbers have been coming in and I have to match the part numbers and descriptions in the delivery orders with the purchasing orders in the system. This process alone takes at least a day. There are about a hundred of those items to be matched one by one and to add on to the hassle is there is no sequence nor pattern between the items in the delivery and purchasing orders.

So I have been matching and updating the items received in the system for the pst three days. Besides, there are numerous problems that I have identified during the course of matching like the physical part number is different with the part number stated in the DO. In addition, some descriptions of the items which are seemingly similar is different from what is stated. Sigh!!!

Anyway, I have completed Neverwinter Nights 2. This boss the King of Shadows is harder to beat and it requires strategies to be able to beat it. The whole combat lasts for around two hours alone. It is quite a fierce and intensive battle. Some of my characters die and revive again including my main character. My main character is a cleric who has a resurrection spell plus I have another cleric character on my team. Coupled with the good graphics and animation, I have enjoyed the battle.


Now, I am back to the old game DOTA which the latest AI map is v6.51.

An update for a loooong time

Time flies in the blinking of both eyes. This phrase is used I think during my GP AQ question. lol. Indeed, one month or perhaps two months have already passed without me knowing it. I have worked for Allegro Manufacturing for almost two months now. As I have mentioned in the earlier post, I am getting bored. I have learnt several things, like calculating of goods, using of several big machineries to handle big goods and also get a chance to see big crates which are taller and bigger than me. It sounds easy to count the physical quantity but when a lot of goods come in simultaneously, it becomes a challenge. There are many different kinds of goods and for me, I differentiate them by looking at their part number. However, most of the part numbers are long strings of code. In addition, some different goods have almost similarly "looking" part number (one number or alphabet different.

However, in my opinion, it is the best period now till the commencement of university. I don't have any homework or projects for me to do after work. I don't have any responsibiliies during my work. I am tasked to assist my colleagues in their work. Besides, I don't have to study till late at night. So, for now, I work in the morning and afternoon, play at night.

Neverwinter Nights 2 first comes to my mind if someone is to tell me to list down the games that I can think of. I am currently embarking a quest as a virtual character in the game to eliminate the greater evil dubbed "The King of Shadows." It seems to sound very impressive but its strength will be known to me when I engage him in the battlefield. I have actually played Neverwinter Nights 1 before and I utilised my 2nd lowest spell "Searing Light" to eliminate the final boss. The boss seems to be very resilient in terms of inflicting physical damage or spells onto him as commented by my brother.

For Neverwinter Nights 2, I have restarted once due to a bug that has resulted in a failure to advance my quest. In my opinion, Neverwinter Nights 2 is a rather good game with a balance of pros and cons between the different classes which one can choose from. There are classes for the specialisation of physical attacks, spell casting (more spells casted per day or learn a greater variety of spells), healer, nature, archer, knight, rogue and several others. Besides, their plot quests and side quests are clearly indicated in the journal and the person to look for are marked in the map prominently. I do not have to read the guide as extensively as Final Fantasy 8. So for now, I am on my way to the King of Shadows. Wish me luck.