Friday, May 29, 2009

Life so far

Time
Time really speeds up after u reach your 20s.

Though technically time doesn't speed up nor slow down, it is just the "apparent relativity". (E.g 2 hour of our book out time seems like 2 minutes, and 2 minutes in camp seems like 2 hours)
It is because there are many many things going on in our lives now -- generally more work, more responsibilities, more decision making, meeting more people, lots of other stuffs.

Very soon, half of 2009 is gone. 2009 so far for me mainly revolves my cadet training. Lost for words now, really don't know what to describe in the past 5 months. Other than the highlight in Taiwan with tough training and fun RnR. In 13 days time, I'll be commissioned as an Officer - the start of another chapter.

Bazang
Had homemade bazangs (Dumplings) for meals past 2 days. Wondering if my future wife is able to pick up the skill from my mom and continue to the tradition to make such love-filled bazangs for many many years to come. Ok, my mom actually wants ME to learn, after she said things like in the future when she's not around...etc.. I chose to push the responsibility to my future wife instead =x. She laughed saying these days our generation no one would do such things anymore. =(

Weather
Hot weather somehow makes most people crankier. Myself included. Just when I thought I like it hot.

My blog
As my blog grows with my since 2006, some things change, some things don't.

I don't think I am able to express my thoughts and views as descriptive as compared to a few years ago. Feel a lot more intellectual reading the entries from the start. I kinda missed those types of entries with beautiful quotes. Can I easily blame army for the retarding me? Nah I shouldn't.

I slowly included my thoughts on family in my blog. Family has becoming more and more important as life goes on. Met people with different backgrounds, learnt their stories, treasure and appreciate what you have before they are gone.

I don't care as much as what others might think after reading my blog - there isn't many readers left anyway. Also I guess not many knew about this little secluded corner in my cyber life where I pour out my heart out.

I still don't write about daily events of my life. Only significant ones that I don't really describe them explicitly; these entries just serve as reminders of milestones in life when I re-read them.

I still don't mention names in my blog. Initially I didn't want others to think why I mention some names but not the others. Now it has become a habit that I don't include names at all for no other reasons.

Homosexuality
Why are there gays and lesbians around? What actually goes through their minds? Do they feel normal? Are they born like that? Will the society ever accept them? [Millions of questions to come...]

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Time to be productive - NOT

Haven been much productive these days months.

WAKE UP WAKE UP

Meanwhile, (see this is what I meant)...
Came across this US site selling 16GB Cruzer at 39.99USD. TEMPETED TEMPTED!! Seems worth it though I don't know how much a thumby costs these days here in SG.

Also... (can't help it, really.. =x)
Take a look at my system tray now! -->
First from top left, 
  1. Videora Convertor for my iPod Touch videos conversions. An episode of Bleach takes about 15min; Grey's would take maybe about half hour and a full length movie maybe 1++ hour.
  2. Rainlender for sync with my Google Calendar and displaying it on my Desktop. Quite an uneventful month so no screenie here.
  3. Taskbar Shuffle. As name suggests, you can drag the programs in your taskbar to re-order it. 
  4. My Hotmail unread mail count provided by Digsby. A single click on it would bring up a preview of the inbox. (Note to self: A "censored" [cloaking email addresses, etc] screenshot of this would paint a better picture.)
  5. Vista's "Network" Icon. Nothing special. Though Windows 7's icon brings more functionality-Point 7. (Tempted to download Windows 7 RC, but that would mean I'd be at the point of no return)
  6. Gmail unread mail count, likewise provided by Digsby. Similar feature as point 4.
  7. Facebook provided by Digsby, also. Single click preview of latest new feeds updates and notifications, and also updating of status message without having to lauching the web browser. (Note to self: another screenshot should be good here.) Almost forgot to mention I do my facebook chats here.
  8. Twitter provided by again you-know-what Digsby. You get the drift, if you're not lost and still reading. (Thanks)
  9. Digsby itself. Amazing program that consolidates web mails, social networking and IM into system tray icons for convienient updates and tasks. Superb for an social-network-addict-cum-geek like me. Try it for yourself!
  10. Windows Live Messenger. Need me to explain?
  11. Volume control. Yada-yada.
  12. Safely remove hardware. Didn't know I've something attached to it.
  13. avast! is the FREE anti-virus I've been using. I like it as it uses little resource even though it's self-updating and real-time scanning. (Read: Not lagging the system)
  14. WinRoll. Another AMAZING tiny app that do wonders to all your opened windows. You can set any window to be transulcent (See my current default browser, Chrome) or roll it up to save space. (See Windows Live Messenger). With proper arrangement of such semi-transparent windows and rolled-up windows, I can watch video in the background while chatting on MSN at the very same time making full use of the real estates of the screen! (No screenshot to demo)
Ok, end of showcasing. Someone please help me back on track to be productive on my (unstarted) reports. =(


Friday, May 08, 2009

All in a day

  • A walk alone in West Mall after book out is not that bad after all.
  • Family is doing good. Haven't feel so light-hearted about it in a long while. Smiles. =)
  • Many "wrongs" doesn't really mke it "right". It just makes it a "norm" to one but not all...or until something real bad happens.
  • Maybe at any point of time I must have some sort of problem/difficulty to keep my occupied. =/
  • Hate reports. NS-related reports especially. The insane deadline just adds on to the shit. /irritated.
  • 8th May seemed very familiar to me earlier in the day. Only came to realised towards the end of the day that it's my ORD date, exactly 365 days from now! (See if I can find a Blogger-made countdown widget to add here =p ) SERIOUSLY, I CAN'T WAIT.
  • Came across this FF wallpaper. Yep, it is currently my wallpaper now.