Rest in peace, Pearly

Rest in peace, Pearly (3rd November 2023 to 13th December 2025), you were the least friendly of the three hamsters we brought home back in 2023, but you were definitely the biggest in size, and probably appetite.

We named you Fury initially, because, well, you sure had a temper, and you would use your size to get advantage over your two sisters. But the elder son didn't liked that, and he renamed you Pearly, and we sticked to that.

You were very good at finding all those buried treats, gotta hand you that. Your two sisters looked dumb and slow in comparison, often needing me to lead them to the hidden treats. Not you though, you found them all by yourself, and in very short amount of time, then you would hide...

Sorry that despite the mighty effort 'mommi' put in for your skin problem, it persisted to plague you these last few months. No worries, we will always remember your nice white fur.

Wished you were friendlier and interacted more with us, instead of always hiding and shying away.

Hope you have enjoyed your time with us, now go meet your sister Brownie in hamster heaven.

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Diablo IV season 11 and new expansion

Diablo IV season 11: Divine Intervention has started. Besides seasonal perks, defensive stats have changed, potion has changed, Tempering and Masterworking have changed, renown is Eternal realm only, season journey has changed, and monsters have new behaviour.

Blizzard has also announced the new expansion, Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred, to be launched on 28th of April 2026, which can be pre-purchased now.

I played the Spiritborn in Season 10: Season of Infernal Chaos, and managed to complete it in time without too much of a grind, so it was on overall an enjoyable season for me.

I was pondering whether to play the Barbarian or the Sorcerer in season 11 a few days ago, a bit of dilemma, though probably leaning slightly towards the Barbarian.

But that is moot now, because the pre-purchase of Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred expansion grants player early access to one of the new classes in the expansion: the Paladin.

Yup, Paladin is back, and yes, we can play the class in Diablo IV season 11 now if we pre-purchase the new expansion.

So it's a no brainer for me, buying the expansion is inevitable since I am a diehard Diablo fan, and getting to play the new class now sealed the deal.

And yes, I am playing the Paladin in season 11. Like many others. =P

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累

这几天很累。精神上的疲累。

早上累得不想起床，需要很艰难的逼自己起身工作那种。我平时不是这样的。

下午三点左右就开始累得想要躺下来，是那样的情况。所以这两天一下班我就躺平休息到情人老婆仔叫吃晚餐才起来。

晚上睡眠素质不好都已经是那么久的事了，怎么这几天会这么糟糕的精神状况？

工作上这几天是有一定的压力，但工作压力也不是新鲜的事啊…

况且，虽然还没有找到最新建的热流模型，在网格优化后不能运行的原因，但我已经有了没优化的模拟数据，已经没有了不能交报告的担忧了啊。

优化网格只是为了减少电脑资源的运用，和模拟计算的时间，纯粹是我个人尽善尽美的要求，不是经理或项目管理在乎的事。

现在头隐隐作痛。真是的，健康越来越糟糕了，唉…

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*Fingers crossed*

Worked overtime both Saturday and Sunday.

Not very long hours on both days, but still, long enough that cannot be swept under the carpet and pretend that it's not working overtime.

Still possible to hit the target of having less number of days working overtime than last year though.

Just have to stay strong and not give in to unrealistic deadlines. Just less than a month to go.

Really hope I can make it this year.

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Honeymoon is over

November, my self-proclaimed slacker month, is over.

Back to eleven entries per month. Not sure to feel happy or sad.

Slacker extraordinaire gotta slack, but then I also like to write... So conflicted.

Anyway, back to eleven entries per month, so can't be slacking off for too many days.

Or do I have to? Hmm...

Time for a change? Or perhaps still sticking to eleven entries for this month, so that this year will end with 125 entries as usual, and only starts in January, a new year thing?

What should the number of entries per month change to? Or simply random every month without a fixed number?

Something to mull over.

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Pickleball, round 5

Played my fifth game of pickleball yesterday with colleague friends at a proper indoor pickleball court.

My first pickleball game was played in an indoor court as well, but that was a converted garage and I can't in good conscience called that a good court.

That said, all my subsequent pickleball games had been outdoor in a shaded basketball court, so the first indoor court was still better since it's a real pickleball court and the wind factor was eliminated. If only the flooring and the lighting were done better...

Anyway, basketball court is free of charge while the indoor court has, to my opinion, still quite a high cost comparing to other indoor racquet games. So can't really complain.

Here's hoping with more pickleball courts popping up everywhere, the price will go down to a more reasonable and economical range. *fingers crossed*

Before I write this entry, I checked and found out that my previous last pickleball game was back in June, five months ago. Time flies.

Well, the colleagues still have regular pickleball games, it's just that I have been bogged down by work so I have not been joining them since June. To be honest, the after pickleball game traffic is also a factor, need a lot of self-convincing that the waste of time in the bad traffic is worth it.

Anyway, was a great session yesterday, enjoyed the game and the camaraderie. But two hours for four players was too much for me, I am super unfit so despite taking more breaks than the other three, I am aching all over today.

More importantly, it's a gathering of colleague friends, so it's all worth it.

Pickleball series: | 1st |  | 2nd |  | 3rd |  | 4th |

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二十一年

情人老婆仔，结婚二十一周年纪念日快乐！

感谢你的陪伴和爱护、对我这番薯的包容和接纳。

谢谢还是让我牵的手，和那些每天都要的抱抱。^_^

今天拍拖、溜达、吃午餐、购物，没有买到漂亮的裙是有点失望，但并不意外。

我们还要继续走下去，一起变老（和变胖）哦，呵呵！=P

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