A post by "Zekta Chan" http://Phase3profit.net

I am a Software Engineer and a Wow player in Hong Kong. I keep on doing many small project of mine to learn more about the world. Currently studying the economy in the World of Warcraft. These are the notes of what I had found and thoughts when I am there. To see more posts click here

It’s been a long time. How have you been?

The Story…

I never make up my mind to say good bye here, just get posted in lower frequency while BigJimm was still working hard on sharing his thoughts (I still appreciate that and miss him).

I stopped logging into Azeroth for a year since then, due to some personal matters I shyed to share before, but after reading Gnomeaggedon’s post on Movember recently, I decided to share it with you.

One of my family members was having a mental difficulties, and the whole family was spending much effort on wrestling it. Since World of Warcraft was one of the escapes, I decided to stop encouraging it by not setting foot into it all together, and not even speaking a word of it (Not to mention blog posts).

Fighting mental illness is a full time job, and depression and helplessness spread through the whole family. We had to do everything to help.

Where have I been?

I have been to America for a week, but sadly BigJimm was just not in town at that moment.

At Daytime, I had been climbing the career ladder; an became a team leader of a team of three. Mainly for negotiate requirement, distributing tasks and trouble shooting.

On my game life, it’s nothing more than Eve for a while, then some single player game and takes up learning photography all together (Lots of spending had been done)

The most important part is that I am luckily enough to have married a cute wonderful girl who helped me get pass so much difficulties and tolerate when I am upset… There are still much to learnt and settle down but I feel very happy about this

Where is everyone else?

Most of the blogger on my Wow RSS subscription resigned, Lights dims, upon the “failure” of Catalysm, many people decided to part with Azeroth. I know I’ll miss all of them, especially Larisa who I count as my mentor at heart in my blogger life.

Gevlon and BRK are the evergreen blogger, but most of the others are left…
On the desert corner of blogging sphere, I wonder should I continue…

So What now?

Since BigJimm and Sovrun would probably stop writing for a while. I would try to transform the blog to talk about more general economy, game or not. The purpose of the blog was always be learning experience sharing, not very game specific from day one.

“There always are explanations for every business opportunity. -Zekta”

Although I cannot promise much update for now,
May be we can continue our journey together, for science…







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3 Responses to “It’s been a long time. How have you been?”

  • Gnomeaggedon Says:

    I just had myself a great laugh…

    No, no, not at your post, without a doubt I share your challenge and commend you on your post explaining your quick disappearance. I wish you all the best with that fight.

    No, what made me laugh was my geekness…

    I come to your blog, read your post, pull out my iPhone and scan your barcode, just so I could be redirected back here to read your post.

    Ohhh Gnomer… you are such a fool…

    • Zekta Chan Says:

      Thanks Gnomeaggedon, I really appreciate your post regarding the illness.
      Public awareness need to be raised, for misunderstanding that disease as slacking / emotional, which the patient are taking the blame which they shouldn’t

      While I have no shame on sharing the situation we were facing,
      my family was afraid that the help-needed one is not ready to face it yet.
      That’s why I keep silence about it all this long time.

      And God Bless that things goes better now, but the road is still very long,
      since even with the right treatment, the cure progress is always back and forth, which makes family member really depressing too… Learnt Helplessness …

      As for the blog, The other reason of lack of updates are deal to laziness and lack of focus as well,
      there were no excuses. But I do keep reading all of you guys’ post :)

      P.s for the QR code, I was wondering if that’s useful or just a waste of bandwidth… Was putting there due to that extra bit of geeky :P

  • Bigjimm Says:

    Zekta! My Dear Zekta, it is a pleasure to hear from you again.

    And Gnomer! To see you in the comments is spectacular!

    I think that I’d like to start chatting again, and I hope to do so soon! Just seeing everyone here in this thread (by everyone I mean you two) is enough to make me miss writing. Let’s keep the train moving!

    GL! /bow

    -Jimm