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On August 6th, AuditionSEA announced on Facebook that they will close down the game after 12 years of service. August 31st was the last day the server went live. I decided to write down my decade long experience about AuditionSEA because it was a huge part of my adolescent and my online gaming life. Despite the ups and downs, I cherish the all the moments I had in the game (welp, I sound like I had no life). It is important to note that I was a teenager in most of the years of me playing AuditionSEA. Many things I said and done were less mature and most like very embarrassing. If you're not down to cringe at my trip down to memory lane, or if you're not a gamer and think gaming is a waste of time, please turn away and save ourselves the trouble. I will rely on my memory as I obviously do not remember the exact dates or how exactly an event happen. I won't talk about events in a chronological order, and won't go too deep on all events. Players incl...

I apologize for my sloppy writing. --- DAY FOUR (TUESDAY) We woke up at 530AM. Fun fact: Eamon's always the last one to get up. The reason why we got up so early is because we had to get to an island to see the 'Sky Mirror'. We can't leave too late because the tide will come in and just flood everything. Before we got on the boat, the sky was rumbling. We could hear lightning at a distance. I was hoping the weather would turn for the better. But we left anyway, despite the weather. It probably took 20 minutes to get to the island. The tide was low so we could get on the island easily. If the weather was better, the effect of the reflection would look better. Better pictures will be taken, and we'll all probably have a better time. To take these 'Sky Mirror' pictures, you need a flat surface, some water and a very low angle. The staff began flattening the surface, forming a small circle and a barricade so the water wouldn't flow in. Then, ...

I'm not sure if it's just me or a Malaysian thing, but I find myself having more online friends in foreign countries, with the majority in Singapore. Perhaps online gaming isn't popular in my country, and this results in me not being able to meet with friends or gather with them because I'm miles away from them. That doesn't mean I never met them. I traveled to Singapore multiple times, all with the intentions to meet my friends. Some meetings begin with some awkwardness, but it's always a joy to see the faces of the people I've chatted through a screen. I've never met them in Malaysia. For them, it's convenient for me to travel to Singapore. And for some reason, they're terrified for their safety. They genuinely believe the chances of them getting robbed, raped or kill are high. Singapore is, of course, much safer than Malaysia, but there's no need for so much paranoia. Maybe. But finally, I had a Singaporean f...

I turned 23. Not happy about getting old and being adult but there's nothing I can do about it. My birthday was a normal day, nothing really happened. It was a working day as well so I spent most of the time working, like usual. I do have some things to talk about but I'm gonna hold it off for now. I'm not looking forward to being an adult. --- It was the 13th of June. It was the last day of work for our company's first intern. It was also the last day of work before Hari Raya. Our boss is very nice and gave us a day off earlier. Just to clarifying some things: I'm working at a coworking space, so that means my company doesn't have its own office. We are sharing a space with other companies in a building. The office is actually only at the first floor while the other (at least?) 40 floors are apartments. The front of the building is the reception area where everyone normally enters. I work at the middle part of the building, where all the office...

 With just one ringgit a month, you could help children in poor countries. You could help make their lives better.  YOU can make a difference. That's usually how charities approach you and ask for money. I know, because I worked for charities before. Since I started to work in Kuala Lumpur, I would bump into charities when I'm walking back to the train station. They would appear around the area, asking for donations few times a month. In the beginning, I would ignore them because I just wanted to go home. But one day, I was in a rather good mood so I thought, maybe I'll just stop and listen to their cause. The more I listened, the more I regret. This guy told me the usual, starving children, people living in poverty, unsanitized environment. Then he asked me if I have a credit card. I said no. Turns out I need a credit card to subscribe to their donation program. Every month they will get RM1 from your bank account. He thanked me ...

I was raised to be biased to a political party for as long as I can remember. I'm honestly not proud to admit that, but it's the truth. Even when my family wouldn't discuss politics with me when I was kid, it was obvious that they didn't support the government. Sometimes, I would imagine if I was born in another family that supported another party, what would my life be like? I have no idea. There are times when I thought I should listen to talks by different parties, just to see how different their opinions are. --- I can't remember if it was the 12th or 13th General Elections that I was in Melaka. We followed my mother back to my hometown after she cast her vote. That night, she and my relatives were following closely to the polling results. Smartphones and social media didn't play an important part then so we relied on the TV or people for the news. The results was surprising. The gap between the government and the opposition was closer than ever, ...