Confessions of a Computer Game Addict.

Its been awhile since i blogged, and i feel guilty. At first i felt nothing because i studied alot, but now. Ever since the release of the World of Warcraft, i have reason to be guilty. I can feel the addiction creeping in under my skin, i can taste the competitiveness in computer games that laid dormant for oh so long. The late nights and nonstop playing have begun.

I fight sleep by taking expresso shots that i make myself, only to be hindered by puffy eyes that are not able to focus due to the long continuous hours of staring at my computer screen. My wrist hurt from carpal tunnel syndrome, which has flared up, the first time since i quit playing CounterStrike competitively. I played and played, stopping only when my body failed me and when the servers got shutdown.

2 weeks till the finals, and i'm faced with the greatest MMORPG to be made and the best academic experience that i have achieved in all my life. For most, it'll be an easy decision to make. Not for me, i struggle the begining of this week to get back on track and study, only to stare at the game's icon every few minutes.

Let it be said, these are tough times i face, scholarly excellence or virtual dominance. My body yearns to be engulfed in the game and race on, as those who are close to me know what i am like, possessed with a virtual bloodlust. However, it is my better judgement that tells me to moderate or fight it off.

Yes...this is the confessions of a computer game addict. Double click here.

Aussie Applications

(Nov 2004)
I'm up to my neck in work and vexed by the sheer inefficiency of IDP's administrative system. So I'm calling a day to waiting for remaining apps (UNSW, USyd, QUT, UQ) and taking up the offer by ANU by the end of the month. Finish up medicals/acceptance, make visas and buyin' boxloads of Chiu Chow Chilli Oil are now my top priorities.

...which also means I'll be flying off before the end of Jan '05, missing Chinese New Year and having much less time to catch up with friends. Also my work contract ends in Feb, so the amazing 12 days of leave I have wouldn't be of much help during my uni preparations.

Sorry to those in Sydney & Brisbane, for entertaining the idea of me bunking down with you down under. Truth is I'm sorta happier with this decision mainly for the fact I'd be starting a fresh new phase in foreign place. Much can be said about the lack of this and that in Canberra, and the better life in the other states, I can only say that I'll give a fair report card on 'boring' Canberra next year.

Cheers,
Cher



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(sometime in September)
I just got my Application accepted by...

The Australian National University, Canberra
Monash University, Melbourne
Macquarie University, Sydney
University of Queensland, Brisbane
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(an old side story about application Acceptance later)