the eXternal mind

I’m back from the small trip to Vietnam. Overall, it was a little exhausting since the country is still in a developmental/modernizational phase making it something like a “second world” country (even though there is not really a established definition of “second world”). I’ve been deprived of computers and the internet for the whole time so I’m kind of glad to be back.

Oh yeah! I sucessfully completed the first year of Caltech RPG. I gained enough experience points to gain level +1 to sophomore. Also, I managed to defeat all of the final bosses although here was the quick description of the battles:

Me vs. Mu 26 Essay and “Quiz”: This was a very time consuming fight, but fairly easy. It’s like arm wrestling a hundred elementary school kids in a row: time consuming, but not exhausting.
Me vs. Ch 14: The fight was bare knuckle and lasted for 4 hours straight until the judges finally rang the bell and gave the fight to me.
Me vs. Ph 1c: I’d like to quote a senior here, but the quote is probably not appropriate to post. In short, I was pwned and I barely managed to scrape together enough points to “pass” the boss. I don’t think I actually defeated him though.
Me vs. Ma 1c: I walked into the fight really confiedent since Ma 1c’s earlier henceman, the Ma 1c midterm, was easy. However, this Ma 1c boss threw a lot of tricky techniques at me and got me into some situations I couldn’t solve. Therefore, I had to concede some defeats, but overall, I managed to defeat it. It was a pretty ugly fight though.
Me vs. Bi 1: I spent almost a day preparing for this encounter by reading and memorizing scrolls and books. The fight was not very stressful. Bi 1 damaged me a little, but I was able to cast a weak form of: Recall Lv. 1 to carry me through.

I’m coming home on Saturday. Unfortunately, I have to leave again for something in a few days after that. However, I hope to meet with a couple of friends from back home and discuss some plans and projects.