Rest in peace, Squeaky

Rest in peace, Squeaky (3rd November 2023 to 13th February 2026), you were the most adventurous of the three hamsters we brought home back in 2023, and the most curious, acutely aware of our presence within your domain.

So nosy indeed that you stuck your head out of wherever you were resting so you don't miss anything. You would hang your head out standing in a container until you fell asleep and slipped back into the container, often jerking yourself awake to poke your head out again.

You made so much noise on the day we brought you and your siblings (well, cage-mates) home from the pet shop, hence 'mommi' named you Squeaky.

And you continued to squeak when you and your siblings all shared the two interconnected containers. You sure were vocal. You became quiet after we separated you and Pearly, after Brownie left.

Missed your squeaks since then, and only once did you made some noises for a lengthy period when 'mommi' was near, sounded like you were singing. You sounded happy.

Oh, and your angry hiss when the nephew disturbed you rudely. That was not a nice sound.

You were sociable and like to interact with us, unfortunately you also like to bite, especially 'mommi's' fingers and hand. You did bit me, but not often, and in the later days you no longer did that. But your biting branded you though, 'mommi' and your young owner did not like to interact with you because of that.

You were pretty good at making tunnels, you could make some nice round passages and hidey-holes. And when you were younger you would burrow everywhere, exploring every inch of the containers.

You lived the longest among all the hamsters we brought home so far, you outlived your older sister Pearly by two months. And thankfully you didn't had any severe illness or issue in your advanced age, only the minor degradation in your rear legs.

Thank you for being part of the family, I hope we had provided you a nice and comfortable life.

Now you three sisters are reunited in hamster heaven, I do miss you. All of you.

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高楼·停电

我住的公寓有通告说今天早上十点到中午两点会停电来做维修。

以往的经验是不需要这么久，通常会比预期早就结束的，所以我也不特地浪费那一、两小时来回公司，就呆在家工作，告诉同事们那段时间我会暂时断网。

这星期已经要去公司两天了，不想再多去一天。我就傍晚做迟点补回时间就是了。

赶在十点前把昨晚跑的模拟做完善后的工作，然后又设了另一个模拟去跑。十点前我就搞定了，反正也不知道几点会断电，没有网路我就无法工作，所以十点多我就下楼洗车去了。那时还没有断电。

洗车用了一小时半，完事后公寓是断电的状况，所以我拿着洗车的用具爬了十七层的楼梯。

明天除了腰酸背痛应该还会加上大腿肌肉酸痛…

冲了个冷水凉，还是没有电，我那时还不担心，只要一点半前复电就行了。我有个一点半的会议。

结果靠近两点半才复电，我错过了那一点半的会议，真是的。

随兴随想 |系列|

没气氛

一星期后就是农历新年了。

家里完全没有要过年的气氛。

除了情人老婆仔做的，卖得七七八八剩下那些给自己吃的年饼以外，好像就没有什么跟农历新年有关的东西了。

昨天外出晚餐后碰巧在附近有卖柑，才买了一箱回来，不然连柑都没有。

没有大扫除、没有装饰、没有新年的氛围和味道。

车子方向盘有问题也都没有时间去维修，脏得不像样也没有时间洗。

我好像没有要过年的心…

随兴随想 |系列|

不会开的签唱会…

时隔六年，唱片公司终于把我从冷宫拉出来，给我出张超级限量版的虚幻专辑。

真心感恩。

如果不出我所料，这应该是我的最后一张（虚幻）专辑了。

这么多年之间，发生了很多事，那位十三年前曾默默赞助我开签唱会的唱片公司经理已离开了公司。很多曾经一起打拼、一起组团合唱的歌手们也离开了唱片公司，还留着的要么已单飞，要么就有各自的团队了。

所以以往出唱片就开个签唱会的习俗也消失了。感觉应该，但不会开的签唱会…

是遗憾，但也有庆幸。我承认我老了，没有了以前的精力和热情。

怎么都好，希望专辑可以大卖，纾解些供孩子读书的费用。

花钱的人比赚钱的人还要潇洒…

这篇文章，这些内容，懂的人就懂。主要还是写给我自己。

心语细述 |系列|

立春

今天立春，丙午（火马）年的开始，祝大家马年快乐！

今天开始到明年立春前出生的宝宝就是属马的啦。

我有皮毛的八字命理学知识，略懂五行属性: 天干「丙」是太阳的火，地支「 午」也是火，所以今年是双火年。

那些八字里需要火，或火是有利的五行的人，今年应该会很旺。

我已经忘了自己的八字和五行的利弊，没时间重温，就笼统的希望今年会给我带来好运和福气啦！

太需要了…

附笔: 社交媒体可能又会被那些把鸡蛋站立起来的照片洗版。真是的，每天都能做到的啦，不是只有立春而已。

随兴随想 |系列|

心语细述

有些习惯很难改。

每年一次的祝福，重复了很多很多年的那种习惯。

“妈咪，生日快乐。”

有些习惯不想要改。

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破功

还真的以为，会成功坚持一整个月都没有加时工作。

结果在一月的最后一天（星期六）破防，已经加时工作了六小时半，今晚可能还要继续。

就因为星期四那会议里，那位经理的一个热流模拟要求。报告下星期三要，不然就已经迟了。他是那样说啦…

问题是，我还在更新基准的热流模型，应该还需要一个星期才会完成。所以是等不到这新版本了，但用旧版本的模型又跟实物有很多差异，有缺精准度。进退两难的处境。

还有就是星期五我拿了假，几乎一整天在医院里耗费掉。原本以为还会有些时间可以（加时）工作，但精神也被弄得恍恍惚惚，所以就那样浪费了一天。

来着的星期一是大宝森节的补假，所以不加时工作的话，我只有星期二一天来完成那不可能的任务。

我不是神仙，也不是超人，只是个平凡无奇的普通人，所以我唯有加时工作。还是那种就算我加时工作也不一定能够及时交报告的情况。

唉～

真是命贱。

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