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

Commander Shepard, Mass Effect Series “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in sp

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