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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28 November 2016

Random Thoughts


Every resolution started with a thought.

My latest impromptu resolution may well be one that I will be hard-pressed to follow through.

-----

Human beings are complicated.

I do not understand the behaviour and actions of people I thought I know.

Perhaps I am just not as close to them as I think I am.

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Salary that barely able to make ends meet, even with frugal lifestyle.

Then take away the proximity to the fun and crazy colleague friends.

And then forcing me into a job that I have no passion of.

Work life sucks now. Big time.

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How can waking up early and then being tired the whole day be conducive to health?

Healthy lifestyle, yea right.

Think I will probably die sooner.



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21 November 2016

心的频道:交友要小心


生日那天和朋友去唱歌。

没记错的话,上一次唱歌是半年前的事了。

那天,多数的我们,都没有好好唱完一首歌。

没气、没声、错调、走音、和最多的是爆笑,呵呵!

但我们还是唱得很开心! 那才是重要的。

当然也有很认真、很有力把整首歌唱完的人啦,只是不是我咯… =P

我认老。也真的太久没唱歌了,气调不过来。


但这些都不是重点。

我要讲的是当唱到一半他们换成生日歌和捧着蛋糕进房间的时候的那丝丝尴尬…

…和接下来那难以磨灭的心灵创伤!

我有点腼腆的接过蛋糕后,坐在身旁的朋友就把我的双手绑了起来。 0_o

我还反应不过来很惊讶的问为什么要绑我的手时,我就被人强吻了。 >_<

被一个涂上口红的男人。

然后又陆续被另两位涂了口红的男性朋友强吻。

我 的 天 啊!

还有吻了又吻的,呜呜~ *哭*

我对网上那些莫明其妙爆红的东西几乎都是觉得无厘头的,有太多无聊的人了啦!

但是,那天,那事件后,休克的状况下我讲了这样的东西:

创伤,阴影,蓝瘦,香菇。


所以我告诉你们,交友要小心啊!

我现在对生日歌和蛋糕有莫名恐惧和阴影…

当我转述这惨痛经历给老婆仔听时,她无动于衷,还跟着笑了起来。

你可以不可以不要这样?你老公被人强吻嘞!

>_<



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09 November 2016

有感而发:悲哀


二零一六年十一月九日。

自大国的选举结果,再次证实了人类的愚蠢是没有下限的。

一向来都对那个国家的人没什么好感,因为我经验中接触到的那个国家的人,十个有九个半是自以为是的、自负的。

当然有真材实料的人,但绝大多数我接触到的就只是会讲而已。

空罐声大。


竟然会有那么多人支持一个狂言狂语、种族歧视、性别歧视的人来做领袖,可见人类的水准是多么的可悲。

对人性好失望哦!

智障的人太多、没品的人太多、浪费氧气的人太多…

要自残自毁不要也拖累他人嘛!

好悲哀。



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04 November 2016

Happy Birthday


Happy 9th birthday Scribble Pad!

As per custom, here's the number of viewers based on the counter. The one for 2016 is as of 23:21 hours.

2008: 4746
2009: 13300
2010: 23226
2011: 31677
2012: 37412
2013: 42469
2014: 46926
2015: 50532
2016: 53716

I am a disciplined person, so it's still eleven entries every month except November, which is the slacker month so only four entries in November. =)

Kudos to myself for keeping this up year after year without fail.

It has been a full day, didn't started out right, a traumatising experience in the afternoon, and came home pretty much empty handed from the annual dinner. But in between there were laughters, joy and some cherished moments.

I will probably share the traumatising experience in the blog, but as usual, don't hold your breath, slacker time applies.

Thank you for reading this blog, I hope you get something out of it, if not overwhelming wisdom, or profound insights, then I hope you will at least get a good chuckle out of reading my blog. =P



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30 October 2016

Red Bull and Coke mixture


A few days ago, a concerned colleague showed me a video posted online about someone mixing Red Bull to something contained in a Coke bottle.

I said something contained in a Coke bottle instead of Coke because the bottle has been opened prior to the recording and there was only a small amount of the dark liquid in the bottle. Also, more importantly, the liquid was too thick, too viscous compared to Coke.

Trust me, I know my Coke. =P

That video showed that when Red Bull was mixed with the liquid in the Coke bottle and stirred, a chemical reaction producing a lot of foam occurred, which eventually turned into a rubbery stuff.

The colleague was concerned because Coke and Red Bull are my two main sources of caffeine, as I do not drink coffee. Thanks buddy! ^_^

I voiced my doubt on the viscous liquid, and promised I will do my own experiment. The colleague asked me to record it and share the video with him, I figure I may as well share with everyone, so here it is.


So there you go, no foamy rubbery stuff mixing Red Bull and Coke. Someone who has an agenda is spreading misinformation, trying to fool those who believe everything they see on the internet.

As I have said often, no information is better than misinformation, especially in this era where there are those who do not filter or verify before sharing, spreading misinformation like a plague.

Be responsible of what you share, don't help those with personal agenda to spread misinformation to the gullible.



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29 October 2016

心的频道:对自己好点


去年尾今年头我生了一场大病,那之后我突然有了启发似的,告诉自己我要对自己好一点

以往总是为工作尽心尽力,大病后我的工作观念有了改变:我生理和心理的健康优先,工作是可以等的。

工作是做不完的,偶尔加班无妨,但不要变成日常习惯。

时间到了就去进餐吧!你饿坏身体只会苦了你自己,公司随时可以找个人取代你。

时间到了就去运动吧!流流汗对身体好,强身健体又可以舒缓压力。

花多点时间和朋友聚一聚,谈天、唱歌、玩游戏吧!生命里有缘相遇相识,可以合拍的都该好好珍惜。

友情和任何情谊都是需要互相经营呵护的,不要因为忙于工作而没了朋友、家人

不是每份缘都会长长久久的,有些人最后会变成我们生命里的过客,在缘分耗尽前一起留下些美好的回忆吧!

给自己一些时间想一想,什么才是真真重要的?什么才是应该被优先的?

人生短短几十年,没得倒带没得重来,对自己好点吧!



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25 October 2016

Stress!


Of all the people, it's wifey* who told me the news.
* she doesn't even watch the show anymore

That Gary is leaving Running Man and next episode will be his last.

Oh. My. Goodness.

NoooOOooOooOOooOOooooOOo!!! =(

Running Man will not be the same without him. And for what it's worth, he was the Monday Couple half who drew me into this Monday Couple thing. Gary, the one who cares and did all the pulling.

It bothers me not in the least that it's only a screen couple, a made up thing, it's no difference to any romance in a movie really, just part of the show. It's the feelings and emotions that the Monday Couple interactions gave and drew out from the audience that I enjoy, that I like.

So thanks for those, while the Monday Couple thing lasted.

Gary's brand of funny and humour is unique, he will be missed. Sorely.

And nobody says "stress~!" better than him!

This is a super sad news.

So very sad. =(



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22 October 2016

心的频道:徒劳无功的一周


累。精神上好累。

心灵有点低落,淡淡的悲愁。


整个星期都没睡好,该死的蚊子竟然能把我咬醒,或在我耳边飞来飞去把我吵醒。

就吸我的血好了嘛,干嘛还要把我弄醒?

四个晚上嘞,勾叉零蛋三角形! >_<

打破你们的肚皮流出的是我的血,用力把你们挤得稀巴烂来泄怒,哼!


睡不好也罢了,真的叫人沮丧的是这一周的工作。

费了好多的精神、时间和努力,换来却是空。

还烧了两块电板,真失败。

第一次不纯粹是我的失误,只怪我没有自己动脑想一想就相信同事的指示。有点被害的感觉。

第二次真是叫人摸不着脑。我检查了两、三次,再叫同事检查,都没有问题。

但午餐后同事说又烧了电板,量一量真的短路了哦,怎么可能?

之前查了那么多次都没事嘞,而且我还真的蛮有自信我组装得很好很安全的。

把硬件卸开检查,没事。再重装后检查,没事。

勾叉零蛋三角形!这是搞什么鬼? 0_o

无法再弄到它短路,但偏偏它之前的确是因短路烧了电板。

信心动摇,同事也说不能在换片电板了,所以决定卸除我的一切组装。

我整个星期都是在忙这东西,结果到最后不但没有成果,还导致破坏。

唉,好失败。 >_<

真的是徒劳无功的一周啊!


又,有点感性。

有那朋友越来越少的感觉。

和那和朋友距离越来越远的感觉。

很希望大伙可以去我想应该是今年最后一次的K歌,但至今说不去的比说去的还多,唉…

每个人有自己觉得重要的事和物,每个人放优先的东西不同。

是明白的,但还是会失望。



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19 October 2016

Backlogs #14


This one is dated 25th of June 2015, it's titled "KPN pregnancy".

Sometimes the conversation just flow...


Actually I was just predicting the future at that time, a few months down the road... =P



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