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Atlas Reactor: Dr Finn

I have already leveled Aurora and Orion to 20. Although there's no max level, it's the level that's needed to unlock Master title and skin. In any case, it's good to play other freelancers. I discover that I get rusty quickly if I don't play a freelancer for a few days. So I identified a few freelancers to concentrate on leveling them. Among them is Dr Finn, a support freelancer. After experimenting with a few builds and talking to others, I'm currently using this mod by default (loadout points in bracket): Water spout - none Refreshing spray - Self fish (2) Electrifying eel - That's a moray (3) Bubble trouble - Cast away (2) Maelstrom - Leech infestation (3) My alternate mod set, which was my default, is as follows: Water spout - Spray and play (3) Refreshing spray - Self fish (2) Electrifying eel - Master angler (1) Bubble trouble - Unstop-Bubble (1) Maelstrom - Leech infestation (3) The rationale behind the default mod set: Startin...

No religious groups

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Saw this at Daiso outlet at Tropicana City Mall. Interesting 4th choice of ban.

McDonald's proverb

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There's a Malay proverb that says, "Sedikit-sedikit, lama-lama jadi bukit.", which translated to be "Little by little, slowly makes a hill." This proverb typically is a message of perseverance when, say, saving, completing a huge project, training to be better at marathon etc. McDonald's has cleverly made use of this old saying: "Little by little, slowly it's gone." Hehehe. It is funny especially paired up with their famous fries. I can certainly vouch for its veracity :) However, the message is still true: when you consistently put in incremental effort into a project over time, gradually you will complete it. In McD's case, the project is to finish the fries :)

Tea leaves & chicken bones

We need understand that a company’s ability to generate profits and pay dividends is determined by the numbers that can be found from its cash flow statements, its profit and loss accounts and its balance sheet. Yet many will try, repeatedly, to find the answer from charts, tea leaves and chicken bones. What a dreadful waste of time and effort. When we invest, our aim should be to look for successful companies, not mediocre ones. These successful companies, generally, have a story to tell. - David Kuo

Be in the present

You arrive home from work. As you cook, you think about the yet-to-be-finished urgent work you did  just before leaving (late) from office. Your children are buzzing around you but you are only half-listening/watching. In another case, you're working out in the gym but your mind plays out the argument you had with your partner earlier that day. I believed we all have a tendency of thinking about many things other than what we are doing at that time. I used to be a lot worse but I got better ever since I joined yoga classes. In particular, I remember what a yoga instructor always told the attendees at the start of the class (not verbatim): " You have already set aside this hour to practice yoga. So leave all other thoughts behind. Make full use of your time here by focusing on yoga. Give your hour to this practice" I find this very useful. Not only you'll be better at whatever you're doing (hey, surely you want to avoid burning your food while cooking, right?...

Atlas Reactor: First to season level 500

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As I said before, Trion was looking out for players who managed to achieve specific goals and broadcast the achievement. Among the goals was reaching season level 500 by 5th Jan 2017. From all conversation (except one) I was in or heard of or read about, everyone thought this was impossible. Then along came hanabi. He is an easy-going friendly player I befriended few months back). He had calculated how many levels he needed to achieve daily in order to achieve level 500 this season. He did it on 28 Dec 2016: I was in the same team when he achieved that. Now, I consider myself a regular AR player and my season level then was probably just over 220. So to achieve level 500 is momentous! I'm happy that this happened to a nice player :)

Hairdryer

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Saw this in a gym: Thinking about it, why can't hairdryer be used on other parts? Will it spoil or what? Or is this simply a cost-saving tactic?