silence of the écchi

apologies for the extended break, et al
it seems only the écchi people remembered me
got reduced to average lurker nao XD

[December 23, 2008 Company Christmas Party]

the last weeks of 2008 practically left me drained physically & financially
I couldn't even pay for the domain renewal on xro.zuiken.net // xRO Forums
the forum went down for 2-3 weeks but it's up again just a few hours ago

what really hit me most is the decision of one of our long time client
Home Depot slashing 80,000 items projected for Q1 2009
recession, we understand that.
we'll have to reduce our overhead as well, fewer people on the payroll
I announced it during the opening of the Christmas party
I find it hard to let go of good people,
you let them go they will probably not come back when you need them the most
it was one of the saddest moments in my career

after the party, we all danced & karaoke-d till 1am like nothing happened


[New Years]

had a crappy new year
*explosiv diarrhea* ate something bad
culprit is probably the Habichuelas I made for New Years
pretty much stuck in bed for 3 days counting cracks on the ceiling
and playing gyakuten saiban & rune factory 2 XD


[Computer]

1Tb drive died on me, 900Gb of Animé, Doorama & Manga. gone ! *torrent plox*
2Tb écchi drives were not affected *yay* ;3