May 2011 – @visakanv's archives

How I Ran A 21km Half-Marathon Without Training

I remember the day we decided to do it. It was in December last year. My brother had just gotten married and the family was si

“When designing a game, a good game designer will present the player with a solid collection of compelling choices. A

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers Law 1 Never Outshine the Master Always make those above you feel comfo

In the multi-award winning game and beautiful narrative that is Mass Effect, you play as Commander Shepard- an all-around bada

I dreamt it was my birthday- I think my twenty first. There was an older figure that suggested that I drive this big badass lu

(Had a pic of Commander Shepard here but it got broken in transit somehow) Mary Gordon quoting Andre Malraux: “Joan of A

The following is something that I wrote to myself in my notebook while I was at work sometime last year, I think around July o

Well, personally, I would just be straightforward with it. Like how Visa has been to me, and vice versa. It’s a good wak

A friend mentioned to me the other day that she finds my blog a bit difficult to follow because I write about so many random t

I think what I’ve missed the most about blogging is my rambling nonsense. Seriously, that was my favourite part about bl

I have a lot of self-help books. It used to be a bit of an obsession. I’m pretty sure I have at least 10-20 of them lyin

These are my negative traits, as my friends perceive me: Arena (known to self and others) aloof, irresponsible, lethargic, ins

There’s a profound wisdom to be found in nature. To call it wisdom might be misleading because we only get to see what w

There’s a concept that Tor Norretranders (a Dutch physicist) brings up in his book The User Illusion. It’s called