For the whole two weeks, I was an addict…with SimCity 4! I have been playing it on and off since five years ago. It was introduced to me by my high school math teacher. He made us compete for our grade through computer game in the last two weeks of the school year (when we finished all our lessons). It was a method of learning… and boy, do I agreed! It taught us how to manage our time (anyone remembers The Sims?), manage our money (Railroad Tycoon and SimCity).

Anyway, due to this introduction, I’ve been playing it on and off whenever I am between games. I usually played a few weeks and then stop, but this time, I was so addicted I couldn’t think of anything but.  I would like to blame this on Simtropolis: Online Community. It was because of them that I download so many B.A.T. (Building Architect Tool) into my city. It made my cities so diverse and colorful… I can’t stop playing! Those people over there are so creative and have eyes for detail. I envy them.  But more importantly I am very grateful for them to put their time and efforts to make the game more enjoyable.

For the first time, my friends start to notice of this addiction of mine. They mentioned that maybe I should major in Civil Engineer instead of Business Management. I was a bit dumbfound by it because of all these years, I never considered it. Maybe I should because all my cities are blooming…nevertheless, I won’t. My interest in building cities only taget through video games. It doesn’t require politic-speaking-saviness. Nope, I will stick to management, thankyouverymuch!

Since I couldn’t get the game out of my head and all my free time were devoted to it, I thought to myself, “is this addiction a bad thing?” Of course, being an addict is never a good thing. Too much of anything is bad. But!…What if it doesn’t interfere with my school work and social life, it should be okay right? Sure, when I close my eyes to go sleep, my brain actively thinks of how I should build my next city and what name should I give it, but I still get my sleep! And when in the future, I will introduce it to my children, nieces and nephews. It has no violence like most games (Grand Theft Auto) my brother tried to get me into…well except when I get mad I usually sent some UFO and natural disasters to wreck havoc the city. But they are life lessons, no matter where you live, you shoudl always be prepare.  Most importantly, It’s an educational game…that’s my stand and I am sticking to it. I might go out for a nicotine pad for this addiction if it get any worst, but for now, I like this addiction.

Tags: addiction, civil engineer, education, game, Grand Theft Auto, high school, math, Railroad Tycoon, SimCity 4, Sims, simtropolis, teacher

My bookcase came…earlier than expected. It was one of the moment when I couldn’t help but love Walmart. Sure, their employees are underpaid, they take jobs away from communities and ruin our economy…But I just can’t help it when they deliver me a bookcase that promises to be sturdy, well-design, cheap and fast!

My room was neatly clean for three weeks! My friends who came over for my birthday party were…surprised at the clean up. But since they all know me pretty well, they couldn’t help themselves and asked me how long will this “neatness” last. I thought it would probably last about one…two weeks max. Fortunately I cleaned it up so well, that it lasted for three weeks. As a matter of fact, it still looks pretty decent now. (If you don’t take in the notice of a box full of laundry that needed to be fold.)

I just got back to San Jose. I can’t believe I am still alive since 48 hours ago, I didn’t think I would be. But the pain radiating from the lower half of my body and hands remind me that if I can feel pain then that mean I must be alive. I participated in the Nike Women Marathon for Leukemia Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training. The moment I arrived at the Hyatt Regency Hotel to the race, I asked myself, why am I torturing myself. Me, entering a running-activity is just crazy!

Why oh why! What’s my purpose, I don’t know anyone who has Leukemia or Hodgin’s Disease… so why am I doing it?

But when I reach the 12th miles sign and the pain in my ankle seemed to go numb from pain on me, I thought, “Well, does anyone need a reason to fight for a good cause? for the future? Maybe I am not running for anyone, but maybe I am running for myself. To prove that I can do a marathon…well half-marathon…but marathon nonetheless. I can prove that if push comes to shove, I can do anything I want, including a marathon; to prove that I am a physically fit person. And if what I am doing help some other causes then that is just an extra bonus.

I might forget most of the details as my pain diseappears, but my Tiffany necklace I received from the gorgeous firefighter will always remind me that I survived a marathon.

Tags: Leukemia Lymphoma Society, marathon, necklace, Nike, organize, Tean In Training, Tiffany, TNT, Walmart, Women

Ah Yes! I finally managed to get this far in my hope to create a blog. A 5-minutes installation promise from WordPress turned out to be 2 hours instead. I honestly do not blame WordPress for the empty promise…I am sure it is a 5-minutes installation. I’m 99.9% sure it is my fault. After all, I am not very good with web-blog-installation related stuff. I’ve been trying to learn PHP for the last 5 years…and the only thing I learned is that it’s not for me.

I wasn’t able to finish all my to-do list today because 1) This blog installation and 2) I am so lazy.

Therefore my room is still a mess. Hopefully, I will get it nice and neat when my bookcase comes this Friday.

Tags: blog, installation, to-do list