这就是事实

雨后才会有彩虹。

乐观的人是这么讲的。

要激励人就这么说的。

正能量就要这么想的。

但其实，不是每个雨后都会有彩虹的。

这就是事实。

我喜欢晴天，但我知道不是每个人都喜欢放晴的。

雨天也有雨天的美。

心态决定一切。

掌控思维心态是各人的修养和锻炼。

只是… 忧郁症时不由我自主。

这就是事实。

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Revisiting Diablo II

Sons don't like the games I liked when I was their age.

Attempt to introduce them to classic games like Lode Runner, Bomber Man, etc didn't go well.

Even great games I played when I was a bit older, like Diablo, is also not to their liking.

Oh well. Generation gap is a real thing.

The games they like to play all seem shallow to me. They want instant gratification so anything that needs a bit of effort investment or figuring out is not their thing.

Anyway, I have completed Diablo and is now revisiting Diablo II.

brought back many memories

The expansion classes, the Assassin and the Druid, were those that I didn't played much back in the days, so I decided to play an Assassin this time round. Primarily using trap since that seems to be the least item dependent.

Maybe will try some other classes if my interest holds.

Shortly after re-playing Diablo II, I started to miss Diablo III's stash size and the unlimited skill and stats reset...

I imagine I will still ignore the rune words because of the low chance of getting any decent rune and the need to refer to an external list.

Good game should have everything contained within the game itself without needing external reference. Just my opinion.

Initially planned to take a screenshot of the fight with Andariel as a wrap-up to this entry, but I was too busy chugging potions instead of pressing the print screen key, oh well.

Act 2 here I come!

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不知所谓

网络上有太多东西，所以也有很多垃圾。

常常那些突然爆红的东西都很令人费解。

或许只是令我费解，毕竟我比较迟钝。

最近那些洋人引用《一剪梅》歌词里描述周遭气候的八个字来表示…

唔，其实他们用来表示什么我也不是很清楚，只是觉得疑惑迷糊。

不同的人或网页解说成不同的意思，因为就是那么的不知所谓。

那些洋人的智商真的是「雪花飘飘，北风啸啸」…

哪，就是那样咯，什么鬼意思？！？！！

让我用英文做个对比，就用 《Let It Go》 里的歌词因为蛮相近的：

All I can say about the intelligence of those people is 「the wind is howling like this swirling storm inside」.

真的有够废。

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The cave beckons

Tired. Just tired.

Of everything.

When life seems meaningless.

Just a drag.

Low on energy. Down on mood.

Like an empty husk.

Nothing inside. All dried up.

I know what all these portend.

The cave beckons.

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愿全祈痊

复夜劣眠   频醒缺全

熟憩无缘   精疲力倦

梦岂能圆   病何期痊

随兴随想 |系列|

十四年

对不起小天使

爸爸又逾期了

最近爸爸的状况真的是太差了

十四年了…

时间过得真快

你的大弟弟已经是中学生了

就一阵子突然迅速长高

现在家里最高的就是他了

依旧那么的自我

你的小弟弟则越来越胖

贪吃又选食

态度越来越糟糕

不只是在学习时而已

唉…

妈妈很好

不是很爱理爸爸

爸爸就又老又病

总是要去粘妈妈

爸爸心力累倦

工作和休息调节不好

施与受不太平衡吧？

但别担心，我的小天使

你乖乖就好

爸爸会想着你的

心语细述 |系列|

徒劳无功

昨天去了公司一趟。

工作需要，要和同事们在实验室里做些事。

不然我这怕死的宅男是不想出去的，新冠肺炎啊！

结果去是去了，但进到实验室里后却是一起浪费时间而已。

因为系统有问题，有经验的同事还在设法解决中。

没有那系统就没能做工。

等了两小时后决定放弃，毕竟已经午餐时间，原本计划是十一点就完工的。

本来若是十一点就搞定的话，回程中要帮情人老婆仔买油条（原本昨晚要吃肉骨茶的），然后要去看医生。

结果离开公司时已经是十二点，从实验室出来才发觉外头下着雨，想到要上下车很麻烦，而且也迟了（下午有会议），所以就直接回家了。

老婆仔晚餐换成别的菜肴，我没看到医生所以继续病。

唉…

真的，徒劳无功的感觉。

随兴随想 |系列|

My personality

Had a virtual teambuilding a few days ago, where we had a net-meeting and did the 16 Personalities test together and shared the results.

According to the test, I have the Advocate personality.

is that a wizard?

Percentage wise, I would say pretty prominent on three traits (Mind, Nature, Tactics) and on the fence for the other two (Energy, Identity).

no surprise here...

Meaning I could well be observant instead of intuitive, and turbulent instead of assertive. Or I just have split personalities. =P

I think I am intuitive AND observant =P

On that note, if I skewed towards observant just a tad more, I would be the Defender personality instead.

again, no surprise here. Empathy and Harmony are my strengths after all, according to Strength Finder

Reading through the introduction for the two personalities, I can relate to things in both but I do agree I am more akin to the Advocate.

yup, true

As for being assertive or turbulent, I guess my percentage is on the fence since my stress management sucks, big time.

can relate to all except the stress resistance

So, if you like to know a bit more about me, I encourage you to read at least the introduction of the Advocate personality.

Of course, we can't be categorised in just 16 personalities, we are much more than that, but it's a good baseline, especially when the trait percentage is prominent and not close to 50%.

I just have to end this blog entry with one of my favourite phrases: "You are unique, just like everyone else."

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I went out (5)

Since the previous entry of this series, I was out of the house three times.

6th outing: went out on 16th of May for a 38 minutes drive to keep my Civic battery from going flat. Drove along the coastal highway for some high RPM action, made a U-turn after the bridge junction and came home, so pretty much in the car majority of the outing.

7th outing: went out on 19th of May to the bank to collect security device, since the battery in the old device has depleted. Took the opportunity to buy KFC as lunch.

8th outing: went out on 31st of May for a 37 minutes drive to keep my Civic battery from going flat. Pretty much the same as the 6th outing.

Since the start of Movement Control Order on the 18th of March, I have been out of the house eight times thus far.

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性感声线

说要唱歌，找到了合适的应用程序后马上就病了。

唉，我的命…

咳嗽了好多个星期后不但没有好转，反而恶化成感冒。

感冒至今也没有好转的迹象，我真的很无奈。

今天，我的声音特别性感。（至少我自己觉得啦…）

偏偏是需要呈现报告和很多会议需要我说解的一天。

傍晚下班时声音变成另一个阶级的性感。

怎么都没有人赞美我的性感声线的？

生气气！ =P

话外：今天学到炖蛋的英文是 creme caramel，又增加词汇了，嘢！

随兴随想 |系列|

Make love, not war

I can totally understand the anger and resentment about the injustice and racism happening in the United States of America.

After all, I am from a country that has racial quota on university spot, a country with special privilege to a certain race, a country where playing the race and religion cards never gets old for politicians and those with personal agenda.

Yes, I do understand. I feel you.

But violence is not the answer, and should not be the means as well.

Nothing against peaceful protest, my countrymen had many before we finally overthrew a deeply corrupted political party that had been in power for 50+ years, which unfortunately is coming back through unscrupulous means. But that's not the topic for this entry.

Moderation is key.

We all have to exert restrain on our action and emotion, lest they get carried away and led to wanton behaviour like arson, riot, civil unrest.

Destruction of properties, harming or hurting others, looting, these are all crimes. They are wrong, no other way around it.

The world needs more love and understanding, more caring and compassion.

Not racism, not hate, and definitely not violence.

Violence never solves problem, it only creates more.

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