Time is running out

I told myself to enjoy the last semester of the Pharmacy course. It could well be the last semester of studying life when I graduate in July. However, it seems that time will run out before I can truly enjoy myself like I once did back in Year One.

There's just so much to do nowadays. I was busy getting Advent Destiny moved from the Singapore host to a new server hosted in the United States. The new host seems to be faster and the features offered are much more attractive than what the previous host provided us with. I hope this will help the site to grow. Also, I've upgraded the forum to vBulletin 3.7 RC1. I think the release candidate is stable enough for me to try out on Advent Destiny. All things seem to be going well so far. However, due to lack of time, I have yet to finish up with the upgrade for the main site.

My design portfolio and aspiring professional blog have not been fully configured and thus is kept in the maintenance mode. These will have to wait until more pressing issues are dealt with.

Individual patient counselling sessions have started and these require us to revise a lot on the topics we'll be tested on. It's rather stressful even though I keep telling myself that it'll be good practice and will prepare me better for pre-reg. I know I'm not as good clinically compared to my classmates. That just makes me even more stressed!

Now, I'll digress from the topic for the day...

I've downloaded Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon". I'll be testing it out. It seems to be a promising OS for me to move to. I can't wait to try fiddle around with it. It seems like Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" will be released soon. Perhaps I should wait for that. Regardless, I think Ubuntu would be a good platform to get me started on my journey down the path of Linux. I plan to use Linux fully when I get a desktop. From my research, I should be able to get a decent desktop at less than SGD1,000. Not buying Windows XP or Vista would allow me to spend more on the hardware. Tentatively, I plan to make the purchase when I get my first paycheck. I'm looking forward to a less laggy working environment. =)

Recently, I've started playing 9Dragons. It's based on Jin Yong's wuxia novels. It's been fun so far. It's great to be playing with Mao and X. They are great buddies from my Jedi Academy clan. It's just like the good old times... voice chatting on TeamSpeak while we play.

I guess that sort of wraps up this update on my life thus far. I hope the next entry will not be too far away from now.