31 December 2016

2016 in numbers


Last day of the year. How time flies...

Received the worst salary increment ever in my career this year, as well as experienced the worst ever reorganisation. Quite a few colleague friends left.

Stuff around the house started to fail this year, many things needed replacing, which amounted to additional expenses that strained the bank account.

I was relocated to another site for six months, this affected many things, as reflected in the figures below.


125 blog entries, this is the 9th year in a row. Consistency and discipline, these I have.

99 days of commute to ulu place recorded, which covered 9914.1 kilometres, giving an average of 100.1 kilometres per day. The average has gone down one kilometre with the new home bound route I use nowadays.

36 petrol filling recorded. My 9.5 years MyVi is doing an average of 14.8 kilometre per litre of petrol. Down from 15.5 km/l last year, no thanks to the six months worth of traffic jam when I was relocated.

45 days of worked till overtime-worthy late. Up from 35 days last year, not a healthy trend.

14 days of leave taken. Cashed in some annual leaves when the probably never again chance presented itself. No regret.

36 badminton sessions attended, out of 74 that happened. 48.6% attendance rate, horrible. Down from 71.2% last year, no thanks to the relocation.

20 tabletop gaming sessions held, down from 33 last year. A combination of 14 board and card games played. The deputy has let me down, no one picked up the mantle while I was relocated.

33 novels read, down from 38 last year. 11.1 days for a book, I read slower this year. =(  Continued to post my short review of each book on Facebook, my kind of Facebook spam (better than selfie or photo of food!).

39, 12, 9, 7, for my own reference.


Happy New Year dear reader, wish you a healthy and happy 2017!



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28 December 2016

Potato mode, part 2


Enter command...

display mode

Mode activated: Vegetable
Mode specific: Potato
Enter command...

mode selection

Select mode...

normal

System error: Mode selection denied.
Enter command...

deactivate mode

Mode deactivation acknowledged.
Vegetable: Potato mode deactivated.
System busy, please wait...
System overwrite auto-initiated...
Vegetable mode reselected.
Mode specific reselected.
Potato mode reactivated.
Enter command...

WTF!

Invalid command.
Enter command...

display OS

Slacker Operating System v2.0.1.63
j00 |-|4\/3 833|\| p0wn3d.



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23 December 2016

Potato mode activated


Enter command...

mode selection

Select mode...

vegetable

Mode selection acknowledged.
Enter mode specific...

potato

Mode specific acknowledged.
Activate mode?

yes

Potato mode activated.



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18 December 2016

Random behaviour for December 2016, half way mark


Initially this was a comment for this month's impromptu resolution that I was composing on 16th of December.

When the comment got longer and longer I realised I should make this into an entry instead. So here I am, finishing the draft I started two nights ago.


Half way through the month, and I am already regretting this idea.

"To connect". I deliberately made it vague, but I know exactly what the resolution is about. It's about the emotional bank account.

And it's because of that face to face talk earlier in the month when a friend confided in me that triggered this resolution. It awakened something inside.

Probably also because I have been away from my usual colleague friends for many months, and I feel disconnected.

So I tasked myself to reach out, to show care and concern, to take the initiative to communicate, to connect. Trying to be like my good old self all those years ago...

And it's just so darn exhausting.

I don't remember how I did it way back then, where did I get all the energy? Where did I get all that capacity?

Or has that incident snapped something inside? Hardened? Frozen?

For I find I am no longer as tolerating as I was towards some of the friends I tried to reach out to. Those who take it for granted, those who do not appreciate. Me in the past would have stuck with it, but now I choose not to spend my time and effort on these people instead. Save myself the heartburn, the frustration.

So much easier being evil, being selfish with my time and effort.

Friends, quality over quantity for me.

I must be very used to being antisocial, all these reaching out and initiating communication is draining me. So exhausting.

I hope this will turn out being worthwhile.



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15 December 2016

Stress! (x2)


A friend posted the news in WhatsApp yesterday, that Ji Hyo and Jong Kook are leaving Running Man.

Totally ruined my day. >_<

I am still reeling from Gary's departure. Now this.

And it got worse.

Some net surfing to verify authenticity of the news uncovered even nastier surprise.

Ji Hyo and Jong Kook were actually being booted from the show, and the company didn't have the grace to inform them properly. No discussion, no advance notice, and in Ji Hyo's case, no notice at all.

Da sucks!

Shame on the company! Such heinous and despicable act. I spit on you!

Guess this is the end for Running Man, whatever new format they have in mind for 2017 is irrelevant now. If the company had any grace at all, they should not call it Running Man anymore.

Running Man is the cast, the cast is Running Man. The family is broken, Running Man is broken.

I am beyond sad. =(



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13 December 2016

心的频道:谈心(二)


月头,越南公干回来后和同事朋友碰面,给她看她被人盗用名义开的面子书户口,好让她可以去举报。

她看不到也寻不到被盗用身份的那户口,所以通过我的户口去收集证据。

其实从发现,说要给她看,到终于一起坐下来也拖了好一阵。

我忙,她更忙。

做完那事后我很顺口的问了她一句:“你近来怎么样?”

我工作以外就宅在家里,反社交的我也没有主动去联络朋友什么的。

所以她是鲜少联络,也很久才会碰到的朋友。

可是也是那种不会变陌生,一见面就可以畅谈,不会觉得尴尬冷场的朋友。

一句简单的问候,打开了她心扉的那道闸门。

没有刻意的,就那么自然的,变成了谈心倾诉的一个会面。

听朋友谈心,我一点都不陌生

虽然我不再像以往那么的主动*去关怀,但朋友找我谈心,我仍是很乐意聆听的。
* 这个月我要主动点

所以她讲,我听。讲到她要去载孩子为止。

觉得她现在活得好累,但我也没有讲些什么。

我又能讲些什么?

活得越老,就越明白凡事没有绝对的黑或白。生活里、人生里有很多的灰。

我有我自己的生活观、价值观、爱情观。我乐意分享这些,但我明白我觉得对的,别人不一定赞同。

每个人不一样。

她很喜欢,也很羡慕我和情人老婆仔的坦诚相对。

我说,那是我们会开始交往的基础。我想,没有那共识和信念,我们不会走在一起。


朋友,谢谢你的分享,和信任。

我想我可以给你的,也应该是你要的,就是空出时间专心聆听。

需要找人谈心就联络我吧。



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12 December 2016

生活点滴:我啊?


和孩子们去海边后的回程中,小瓜的额头被蚊子叮了一个小洋楼。

到家下车后老婆仔笑笑的告诉他,小瓜摸了摸被叮的部位。

进电梯后小瓜迫不及待的把老婆仔从镜子前推开,说要看看自己的额头。

我望了望镜子,看见自己脸上三天的胡渣。

想起中午问老婆仔应不应该留胡子,她说不。

留胡子真的不好看咩?” 我问。我觉得还好嘛,成熟稳重点的感觉。

老婆仔还没有回答前小瓜摸了摸他光滑的下巴问到: “我啊?

我和情人老婆仔笑开颜时大瓜说: “你有胡子咩?当然是爸爸啦!



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Backlogs #15: Angels & Demons


This one is dated 7th of July 2015, I didn't give it a title, probably because I didn't quite get how it came about, but I like the compliment so I took a screenshot, hehe. =P

A conversation in the WhatsApp group of my karaoke friends after we had a session, the important part is highlighted, hehe. =P


Don't be delusional, I am an evil person, that's my default. Not all will see my nice angelic side.



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10 December 2016

Unlikable


On the 7th of December, at around 19:26 hours, Facebook showed me its compilation of my Year in Review in regards to Facebook activities.

Naturally I did not share it but I did take a look at what it contains. I am happy to say that it acknowledges my preference in using texts rather than photos. I am fine being the black sheep going the other direction to that of the general mass of white sheeps, thank you very much.

 
The summary of my reactions throughout the year gave me a pause though.


Reacted 562 times huh? That's an average of about 1.5 reactions per day, hmm... really?

There are so many things on Facebook that I simply do not give reaction to, for example photos of food, selfies, political posts, advertisement, misinformation, blind unfiltered repost, spam...

It's probably easier just to list what I do give reaction to: photos of baby and/or loving family of close friends and relatives; really meaningful posts, phrases, or sentences; close friends and relatives achievements and milestones; and really nice and worthy photos.

Not being someone who toots his own horn, I don't 'like' my own posts. I know many who do that, it's just... nevermind. Self-obsession is not my thing.

And I can never understand those who 'like' someone else's status update when it's about being sick, someone passed away, something sad or heartbreaking, et cetera. That's just so... improper, so wrong.

Oh, I don't openly greet my friend birthday on Facebook, I send private message instead. I am just strange like that.

Anyway, 562 reactions with 476 'likes' huh? I am ashamed of myself! I should be more aloof, give my reaction more sparingly to those who really deserve. =P



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06 December 2016

Random behaviour for December 2016


While I have done what I challenged myself in my October's impromptu resolution, I don't feel like I have succeeded, because through determination I went through the motion of gaming every weekend, but it's just that: going through the motion.

I know this is all about discipline training, which I passed, but it has spoilt the meaning of gaming for me. I play to relax, to enjoy, and as a mean to relieve stress. Gaming for the sake of gaming and not really enjoying it violated the spirit of gaming, so in that I have failed.

Oh well.


November is slacker month, so I didn't set a resolution. I did however, thought of a resolution that will take effect when a certain condition is met, which will probably happen before the end of the year. It's a scary thought, and it's really going to test my discipline.

Maybe I will write about it some day. As usual, don't hold your breath. =P

Anyway, for December 2016, my impromptu resolution is: to connect.

Because I can.



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02 December 2016

System purge


My SkyDump utility decided to have a full system purge, I believe due to the copious amount of yogurt drink I had these few days.

I am lactose intolerance.

SkyDump requires the user to be attached to the good old EarthPot hardware, also known as the toilet bowl, else suffer the messy corruption. A nightmare to recover from, I tell you.

Let's not go there.

My system is still purging at the time of writing this. SkyDump works slowly, intermittently, and whenever it feels like it.

A lot like... nevermind.

Awesome! Sorry, just had an urge to say that.

Hope it will have run its course before my flight tomorrow.



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