This post is a follow up to On Writing, Part 1: Spears of Death There is no hiding from the fact that I was—and still is—greatly influenced by Lord of the Rings. And out of all the characters I loved, Gimli stands as my ultimate favorite character. That sequence of the movie in the caves of Moria, as well as the in the books, to this day, remains the most fascinating of all. I keep returning back to it from time to time. It was sometime in early 2005, in Dubai, that I began t

While studying Computer Science at college, I took a part-time job with Standard Chartered Bank. It was six days a week: four hours a day after classes, plus two night shifts on weekends from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. My day off fell midweek. I was ecstatic. For a collage boy, the pay was fantastic. I managed to buy myself video games, a TV, slowly build a DVD collection, and put some money aside. I bought books on 3D modeling, and I started teaching myself 3D Studio Max. I felt the p

Finding Knut Hamsun while hunting for auroras across the cold feilds of Tromsø to Finland