Been a long time...

It's been almost 5 months since I last posted here. A lot's happened since then but what better place to start putting it all down then the present, right?

I stopped SF4 for about 2-3 months after an unfortunate incident with the organizers. Really shook up my growing faith in the gaming community here as a whole. I just got back in touch with some of my old mates and it has kind of rekindled my interest in the game since they're a fun bunch. Hopefully there'll be none of that bull crap again.

December... that's when it came to an end too. The final chapter in the story. I knew it'd end this way, and for all intents and purposes it's good it ended. It still doesn't change the fact that I got torn up inside in the process but that's life isn't it? Even though I got hurt I have to learn from this and move on. I... don't thing I can forgive for what happened, which is unreasonable. But it's the only way I can move on properly.

CFA results came in late January and I'm pleased to say that I passed, with quite high marks too. Surprising since I thought I'd done pretty badly, what with the short study period and all. Well, I'm not too ready to spend another 6 months of my life slaving away at my desk on this so I'll take the level 2 exam next year.

My birthday came and went in March. Was in Hong Kong at the time on business so it was kind of lonely, but meh I don't really expect much on birthdays anyway. Never had and never will I suppose. Hong Kong was fun though, I went arcade hopping to see the SF4 scene there and I was not disappointed. These guys really knew their stuff, I had good fun playing against them. Food was good too and living in Hong Kong seems quite nice.

What else? I got another cat, we named him Ash. An uncle of mine gave him to us. He was being abused by his previous owner so we took him in. He's cute but not very handsome but I still love him. He stays outside cause of an 'incident' involving a sofa and poop but I think he likes being free and roaming around. Patches on the other hand is living the pampered life, heh. She's gotten a bit fat now but she's enjoying life.

Work was really slogging my life at one point, I think I worked my ass off day and night for a whole 1-2 months. Its a bit more bearable now since we've launched the project and made do with all the other work. Some colleagues are moving around or leaving and a lot more have entered the department since I last wrote here. The landscape is changing. I wonder when it would be my turn to leave.

Alright, that's it, that's all I can think of at the moment. I'll try writing here more often, take some load of my mind when I can.