2023 in numbers

2023 was to me, a year of loss and helplessness. Losing mommi is a life changing event, something permanent, something that left a mark. Losing the pet Cocoa is saddening, but she lived a long healthy life so there is solace in that. Losing Brownie is a distressing shock, I am still feeling the remorse and guilt, I should have provided her a safe environment to grow old, but I let her down.

2023 is full of helplessness, the inability to make things better in regards to mommi prior to her passing, and the powerlessness of her sudden passing. The pay cut. The leaving of a capable colleague, the other thermal engineer. The helplessness and frustration in the dealing with customer. The projects assignment. The failed patent attempts. The drifting apart and the inability to stop it, to revert it.

Here are the 2023 numbers:

125 blog entries. 11 entries per month except November, 16 years continuously, a testament to my persistence, consistence and self-discipline.

29 days of commute to work recorded, which covered 1314.0 kilometres, giving an average of 45.3 kilometres per day.

9 petrol filling recorded. My five years old Civic is doing an average of 12.8 kilometre per litre of petrol. This is the average with long distance trips, urban driving average is probably closer to the 11 to 12 km/l range.

26 days of leave taken. 3 more days compared to last year. This is a healthy trend. =)

125 days of worked till overtime-worthy late, a 8.1% reduction from last year. Still a large number of working overtime, but am glad it is in the right declining trend. I have all overtime duration recorded, the total is 334 hours and 26 minutes, and the average overtime duration is 2 hours 40 minutes and 30 seconds. So in effect I am doing worse than last year, since although I worked overtime fewer days compared to last year, I worked on average 40 minutes longer when I did overtime. Not good. =(

Putting the overtime count into perspective: 52 weeks of 5 working days = 260 working days. Take away 17 public and replacement holidays, and take away 26 days of leave I had 217 working days. Out of the 217 days I worked overtime 125 days, that's 57.6%. Sad.

0 days on business trip. =)

3 online tabletop gaming sessions held, a drastic reduction from last year, oh well... We played 2 board games this year, both games are familiar games, no new game tried.

20 novels read, 15 new books and 5 reread, a huge 48.7% drop from last year, sad. Average of 18.3 days for a book. Read rate is horrible this year. =(

0 patent filing. Failed. =(

46, 19, 16, 14, 4+1, 0 for my own reference.

Happy New Year dear reader, wish you a wonderful 2024.

Other |hyped up heads up| category entries.

又阳了

昨天晚上开始喉咙不舒服，睡前情人老婆仔说我有点烧，所以吃了退烧药才入睡。

今天起床后开始流鼻水，有感冒的症状。

直到昨天连续八天，每天都有外出。兄弟和他们的家人们外出次数、时间和接触的人更多，但幸运的暂时只是我唯一一个阳了。

都说了，外面的世界很危险…

开始自家隔离，整天关在房里不出去一点都难不倒我这宅男，但平时都已经特别喜欢抱老婆仔，身体不舒服就更加想抱。不能抱抱，很惨。=(

看那些外出的人，几乎没有人在乎新冠肺炎了， 没有防患措施，没有保持距离，没有面具，没有洗手。·

但当然是我这个鲜少外出，外出还是戴面具和人保持距离的患上新冠肺炎的啦。这就是命。

心语细述 |系列|

Rest in peace, Brownie

Rest in peace, Brownie (3rd November 2023 to 26th December 2023), you were the friendliest and most approachable of the three hamsters we brought home early November.

You had never failed to climb onto my hand whenever I offered it. Of the three, you were the smallest in size, with the smallest eyes too.

I always felt that you were being bullied the most, and I went the extra mile to take care of you when I hand out treats, making sure you were isolated and had finished your treat before letting the other two hamsters approach you.

But I failed you, Brownie. I didn't provided you with a safe heaven where you could live to your old age. I am so sorry.

You left us so suddenly with sign of injury on your body it's a distressing shock. We don't know what happened, you were lively yesterday night and this morning you were no longer with us. Did you hurt yourself? Were you attacked by the others? I just hope you didn't had to suffer long.

I had been so busy with making the wooden linkage structures for you three that I hardly spent any time with you these few weeks, and just as I completed the weeks long task, you are gone.

We are supposed to have at least eighteen months of time together...

For the short time you were with us, I hope you enjoyed being part of the family. I miss you, Brownie, you left too soon.

Cocoa will take care of you now in hamster heaven, and Snowball too.

Other |sane side| category entries.

Christmas Eve

Family photo session with pappi, brothers and children: checked.

Big family lunch together: checked.

Replaced 'holey' cardboard hamster's buildings with wooden ones: checked. Though new buildings are still missing linking bridge structure, so the hamsters will have to climb up/jump down for now.

Noisy and happening home gathering: checked.

Disabling headache that rendered me out of action for six hours: checked.

Big family dinner together: missed.

After dinner family gathering: missed.

Other |enjoyable events| category entries.

“加班”

因为连接仓鼠那两个生活容器的楼梯已经被三个小毛孩破坏到千疮百孔，很快就会肢解分裂，所以我近来每个工作天晚餐后都在加时“工作”，制造替代的建筑物。

我果然不是美术系的，也不是建筑师，加上老花和越来越不灵活的手脚，常常需要重新设计、重做，进展非常慢。

越来越觉得像是工作的苦差，而不是兴趣或爱好类似的活动。一有这样的想法，心境就变得不好了，唉…

因为每天这样的“加班”，所以没有时间玩电脑游戏，没有时间看综艺节目，生活很枯燥乏味。

现在已经开始觉得厌恶，就只是想要快点完成了事，久久不再碰这东西。

真的很「显」了啦～

随兴随想 |系列|

Hamster's building craft

Another weekend spent building stuff for the hamsters.

They have already made a hole on the floor in the central building of the linkage that connects the two containers that are their living space, and they are working on making a hole on the mid-landing of one of the stairs.

First they pee on it, then when the cardboard is soggy and wrinkly they chew it until they make a hole. Destroyers of cardboard buildings, all three of them.

No appreciation of the time and effort I put in to make those buildings, ungrateful furry brats! And the problem is we threw away all the other buildings when Cocoa passed away, so there is no alternative linkage bridge at the moment. =(

So I have to build a new one, and this time I am going with ice cream stick instead of cardboard. Well, the wall of the central building will probably still be cardboard, given the size, but the floor will be wooden ice cream sticks.

Over the last few weekends I have made a spiral staircase, one straight staircase and one folded staircase. All three are meant as the first part of the linkage of the two containers, the ground to central platform part.

Yes, really only need two but I made three for variety and back up.

Still no central building, and also need to bridge the gap between those staircases and the central platform, which I intend to do with a short staircase or bridge structure.

I purposely designed it this way so it's easier to isolate the three hamsters when it comes to giving treat, just remove the bridge structure and I have three areas for each of the hamsters to eat in peace without the others attempt to steal their treat.

Anyway, still much to do, so I guess still many weekends without the time for anything else.

Other |enjoyable events| category entries.

I went out (15)

It has been a long while since the last entry of this series, and to be honest, I thought that was the final entry of the series.

But I kept on recording the date and reason I went out, not because I still intend to post a blog entry, but simply because I like data.

Ya, I am weird like that. =P

Despite the surge in Covid-19 cases recently, it's fair to say that people no longer care about it. Plenty of people without mask in public enclosed places for a long while now. I do still wear mask when I am out and about, and wash my hands thoroughly after I got home, but I am probably the minority nowadays.

Anyway, I went to office to work today, and this going out today marks the 365th day I went out of the house since the Movement Control Order (MCO) started back in 2020. The MCO has ended a while back, but that doesn't change the antisocial stay-at-home person that I am.

I have just crunched the data, 215 of them since July 2022. I am not going to list all 215 of them, but the top reason why I went out of the house may be a surprise to you.

I categorized the reason of going out of the house into seven category: 1. work, 2. eat out, 3. takeaway meal (to eat at home), 4. chauffeur duty, 5. visit mom at nursing house, 6. family trip, 7. others.

Chauffeur duty includes but not limited to, driving kids to and from tuition, school, activities, et cetera; pick up and drop of relatives at airport; driving wifey to places; delivery of wifey's stuff to friends or customer.

The category 'others' includes things like going to the bank, clinic, hospital, lawyer firm, car service, that sort of stuff.

There are of course days when I was out for more than one of the reasons listed, I categorized such a day under the main reason I was out, or the first thing I did on that day I was out. For example if I went to work and takeaway lunch home, the main reason is work.

So, anyway, three categories have double digit percentage out of the 215 days out, the third highest being 'eat out' at 13.0% (28 days), the second highest being 'work' at 19.5% (42 days).

The indisputable top reason I went out since July last year till now is to be a driver, a whopping 41.4% (89 days)!

Ya, data does not lie.

Alrighty, let's end this entry in the manner of this series. As of 14th of December 2023, 1388 days have past since the beginning of Movement Control Order on 18th of March in 2020. I have been out of the house 365 times in 198.3 weeks, so about 1.84 times per week on average, or about once every 3.8 days.

Other |temperamental thoughts| category entries.

Inefficiency

I have been working on a thermal model for many days now, and it's not a start from scratch model, but I am still not done.

The progress is so slow despite working exclusively on that one model and no other. I have other models to work on in the backlog, *sigh...*

Today I didn't had time to work on the model, spent the whole day to prepare one presentation, something I have to present tomorrow.

Whole day for one presentation with ten subjects, and it's a miraculous day with only one meeting that I need to attend.

Why am I so slow? Is it some end of the year effect?

Other |temperamental thoughts| category entries.

徒劳无功

星期五晚餐后，开始为三个小毛孩制造些建筑物。

那三只仓鼠，总是在不对的地方小便，我那做得很满意，连接它们两个生活容器的楼梯，已经多处被它们尿到纸皮湿透，要烂了。

星期五晚餐后做的吊桥，情人老婆仔不满意，而且也没有想象中那么容易当作连接两个容器的桥梁，所以基本上是作废了。

星期六午餐后到晚餐前，还有晚餐后几个小时，做了个螺旋楼梯。第一个版本情人老婆仔不满意，仓鼠也只会上不懂得怎么下那楼梯，所以拆散做了第二个版本。

螺旋楼梯的顶端暂且是一个平台，完成后就放在仓鼠生活的容器里，要看看是否适合仓鼠运用后才继续下一步逐渐建成连接容器的完整楼梯。

晚餐后情人老婆仔用苹果引诱仓鼠们去用那螺旋楼梯，看来上楼梯不是问题，下楼梯也不知道是不是问题，但就是常常与其好好走完楼梯，它们会下到一半就跳下去，有时也会掉下去。

所以我在螺旋楼梯外围加上了类似围墙的东西。加完那围墙我觉得那螺旋楼梯好像比较像是艺术品，不像实用的楼梯…

再放回让仓鼠试用，好像也没有什么差别，是有会好好用楼梯走完的，但更多是走捷径和还是会有跌倒掉下去的。

两天总共用了有八、九个小时来做这些东西，结果好像都不行。

唉～ 怎么最近总是感觉很徒劳无功？

随兴随想 |系列|

我的不一样

二哥的大女儿每年不是全级第一名就是第二名，令人敬佩的学霸！

今天得知弟弟的大女儿也是全级第一名，又一位学霸！真厉害。

我，呃… 我没有女儿…

我玩笑的问了我那好好学习的儿子，他很笃定的自认不能全级第一。他应该也没有那野心吧？

其实他已经很好了，应该是比我中学时还要好，更重要的是他有正确的态度和自律，所以我很欣慰。

另一个态度很有问题又毫无自律的儿子，每况愈下的成绩在几个学期后已经到了触手可及全级倒数第一名的地位。

处于全级倒数十五百分率，再持续他下滑的趋势，全级最后一名是非常可能的事，唉～

当然不希望他会往那个第一前进，但他不改他那错误的态度，很难会有正向的进步。

或许有些人就是需要走冤枉路、吃尽苦，才会醒觉领悟的吧？

还在等他醒觉的那一天…

随兴随想 |系列|

Bye November

While November is Movember for the world, well, for those who know about Movember, November is also slacker month for me.

If you haven't noticed after more than a decade, there are only four blog entries in November, while the rest of the months have eleven entries.

Yup, very consistent, all these years.

For November is my self-proclaimed slacker month, where I get to slack and only post four entries, hehe. =P

But it's December now, so back to posting an entry every few days, instead of about one per week.

Oh well, it's not like I have been living up to my slacker extraordinaire reputation these few years anyway...

Other |temperamental thoughts| category entries.

一团糟

说了好一阵子，那要和同事分享我八字的皮毛知识的事，今天终于都发生了。

坦白说，真的是一团糟！

亏我为了准备分享的资料，忙到靠近凌晨一点，今天连第一个重要步骤都没有完成，更不用讲分析八字的部分了。

就是，根本都还没有到如何运用来分析八字的部分，时间就已经结束了。

不知道是解释能力，还是理解能力的问题？

还是就是想得太完美，而事实就是不可能在短短不到一个小时的时间里能够分享那么多的资讯的。

感觉很徒劳无功就是了，唉～

随兴随想 |系列|

十九年

情人老婆仔，结婚十九周年纪念日快乐！

感谢你的陪伴和关怀、爱护和不嫌弃我这木讷的番薯。

谢谢你还是让我牵你的手，和应酬我那常常都需要拥抱的喜好。

让我们继续一起做喜欢的事、一起吃喜爱的食物、一起变老（和变肥）。^_^

老婆仔随手插在一盆只有叶子的植物中的玫瑰，没有违和感的独立叶丛间。

心语细述 |系列|

Long weekend

Next Monday is a replacement holiday for Deepavali, and I am taking next Tuesday off to make it a four days long weekend.

Only this is not a potato mode long weekend, as I will be joining the traffic jam as well as working most of the time.

The usual, simulation results that are wanted today, of which I haven't even completed the model generation. I am not denying that I am slow, but getting the yet again updated, n-th revision of the final final final mechanical CAD last Saturday, which I am only aware of this Monday, did not help. Nor is the complexity and the amount of changes and details added since the last CAD provided for my previous model generation.

I was on leave last Friday, the annual leave hitting max thing, every month I have to take a day or two to stay below. Sorted out some bank stuff as well as went to the pet shop to get new hamsters.

Initial plan was to write an entry about the hamsters this weekend, but that's not going to happen now.

This weekend will be a tiring one, spending time and energy on the road, working in not so ideal set up, and most likely poorer quality sleep.

I am tired already just writing about it...

Other |temperamental thoughts| category entries.

Scribble Pad is sixteen years old!

Happy 16th birthday, Scribble Pad!

As per custom, here are the accumulated number of views based on the counter. The one for 2023 is as of 13:55 hours.

2008: 4746
2009: 13300
2010: 23226
2011: 31677
2012: 37412
2013: 42469
2014: 46926
2015: 50532
2016: 53716
2017: 56798
2018: 59939
2019: 62732
2020: 65840
2021: 68205
2022: 70269
2023: 72064

Not surprisingly, following the trend, the view count achieved a new low. This is the way. =P

Besides not being a blog with images of scantily clad bodies and aesthetically pleasing faces, photoshopped or not, and the fact that my kind of taste is not for everyone, I am no longer active on social media and so I no longer link my blog posts.

Effect of advertisement is real. =P

Anyway, thank you for reading this blog. I sincerely hope you get something out of it.

Other |hyped up heads up| category entries.

Rest in peace, Cocoa

Rest in peace, Cocoa (10th October 2021 to 29th October 2023), you were an adorable, well-behaved, easily approachable hamster. You were not just our pet, you were our furry child.

You joined our family slightly more than two years ago on the 10th of October 2021. On the way home from the pet shop you already bonded with wifey.

Princess Cocoa, the nickname we gave you as you liked to have your meal on the palm of our hands, instead of eating from you food tray. We had to held you up and fed you like a princess.

You loved being at high places, the platform on the stairs that joined the two containers that were your living space, became your favourite place to stay and sleep.

Hardly ever saw you on the running wheel, and while your cardboard building destruction skill was impressive, your tunnelling and hiding space making skill were hilariously lacking. Could almost always spot you when you thought you were well-hidden.

Perhaps you never did meant to hide from us? Since you were so warm and approachable, frequently eager to hop onto our palm and let us pat you. The others said you bit them, once or twice, but you never once bit me.

I hope I will always remember that feeling of your tiny tongue licking my fingers and palm, clearing off the food crumbs.

Thank you for the joy, companionship and wonderful memories. Thank you for being part of our lives.

I hope you had a good life with us, I hope you enjoyed being part of the family. I will miss you, Cocoa.

If you see Snowball in hamster heaven, help us say hi, and be nice to each other.

Other |sane side| category entries.

Diablo IV is no longer grindy

Diablo IV, at least in the Season of Blood, is no longer the grindy chore that it was.

I am already at character level 55 on my second weekend since the beginning of season 2. With my limited gaming time and my slow game play style, this is super fast levelling!

So Blizzard has been listening to their customers and is doing the right thing to bring the fun back to Diablo IV, good job Blizzard!

There are players who got to character level 100 in less than 20 hours in this Season of Blood. Not my thing but I guess some people get their kick from things like that.

The important thing is Blizzard gave the player the choice, which is always a good thing.

I hope the end game can hold my interest. But I am jumping the gun here, I hope I will finally get to max character level in this season, and finally get to see the so called 'end game'.

Even if the end game is not holding up, I am still happy with Diablo IV no longer being grindy, that getting to max character level within the season is now possible for casual player like me.

Other |geeky gaming| category entries.

做笔记

为了下个月要和同事的分享，我重温了八字的书。

终于又看完了，现在开始做笔记。

老实说，我觉得很好笑，我竟然要分享八字的知识？！？这件事我始终觉得怪怪的，有点荒谬。

我自学八字，从来都没有想过是要分享的，我就是好奇然后要多了解自己和家人的八字而已。

之前做的笔记纯粹是给我自己理解而已，没有想过要给别人解释，所以就是自己看得懂、不适合分享的形式。

很多我看懂了的东西我根本就没有记下来，但现在要分享给没有看过那本书，要从零开始解释的同事，我需要做别人也能看得懂的笔记。

之后还要把笔记转换成精简易懂、适合分享的版本。真是的，我在做什么啦？做什么为自己增添麻烦？

这整件事就是大大的一个荒唐就是了。

随兴随想 |系列|

转眼五年

五年前买了辆车，圆了一个梦想。

一转眼五年过去了，还是很满意那辆车，没有要换车的打算。

希望可以没有毛病的让我一直驾多很多很多年。

车和人都是…

随兴随想 |系列|

Diablo IV second season

The second season for Diablo IV, Season of Blood, has begun.

I didn't managed to complete the first season. I got to the last chapter but wasn't able to complete it, very far from being able to complete it to be honest.

Still far from the max character level 100, I was around level 67, so was still primarily playing in tier 3 difficulty instead of tier 4, which is needed for the quests in the last chapter of season 1.

I did managed to get all the free stuff in the season tiers though, the last being the 'monster' title. Well, except those that require character level above 67, mainly resource used for seasonal boost so didn't really miss any free stuff.

Think I will play a rogue in this season, not sure if I can complete the season journal given the game time I have, or the lack of really, but one can hope.

It will be good to finally have a max level character. Again, one can hope.

Other |geeky gaming| category entries.

Success!

Took half day leave last Friday, and a full day leave today (Monday).

That makes a 3.5 days long weekend, which I intended to not work at all.

And I succeeded! I ended Friday shortly after 13:00 hours and I didn't turned on my laptop to work at all throughout the 3.5 days.

Feel so proud of myself.

It has been a while since my last weekend without working overtime, so good job!

Hope I can keep this up.

Other |nutty nuts| category entries.

灰

乏力、低能量、力不从心。很纳闷、低落。

这是今天起床后一直保持的心情、感受。

是忧郁症吗？不太像…

昨晚睡眠素质没有特别好，也没有特别差，所以也就是平常的累。

但那乏力感、那纳闷，有别于常。怎么了？

灰灰的、蓝蓝的、沉沉的。

心语细述 |系列|

有感而发：小毛孩可可

我们家仓鼠，可可，年纪大了。已经是八十多岁的婆婆了。

近来它越来越不活跃，食欲也大大减低。

情人老婆仔说可能它的牙齿已经没力了。我想老婆仔说得对，因为曾经可可每晚宵夜吃的豆谷类食物，它现在已经不感兴趣了，多数时候看那些它留下没吃的，都是有壳的。

今天看它有时上楼梯会有点吃力的样子，观察一阵后发现它的四肢开始有不协调的迹象，还从高处跌倒了几次。

唉… 我可爱乖巧的小毛孩老了，真的为它感到心酸。

情人老婆仔说买了些婴孩的食物，还没有收到。这几天除了它的粮食，也会给它多些新鲜的蔬菜。

周末清理它的住处时会把连接两个盒子的楼梯拿掉，让它就只是在一个盒子里生活。虽然知道它喜欢高的地方，但看它有时辛苦的上楼梯，和会从高处不小心掉下，觉得还是这样对它比较好。

不知道它还会跟我们在一起多久，但希望可以让它过得好好的。

我知道它离开的时候我会伤心的。

有感而发 |系列|

疲累

睡眠素质不好的我，对累不陌生。

这一周至今，两天工作日都是累。今天特别累，还没有午餐就开始累了。

昨晚也没有比平时频醒，觉得睡眠素质就一般般，没有特别的差，但今天特别累。

午餐后喝了一瓶红牛，因为下午和经理有会议，是一直在对话那种会议，不是可以放空那种…

红牛下肚，到了和经理会议时候我依旧是累了，会议是由我伸一个懒腰提神开始。

傍晚下班时我已经累到头痛了，关了电脑就直接床上做死尸到小儿子来房里叫我吃晚餐为止。

累，就是累。除了累，还是累。

随兴随想 |系列|

Parental angst

Complete results for kids' second exams are out, with the useful average of the whole form included.

The younger son did not disappoint, his grade continues to improve, and while fell short of his targeted position among his form, he has passed every subjects and is within the top 20 percentile.

The elder son on the other hand, is a major headache. Not really surprised from his attitude throughout the semester but still disappointed. I guess I am still trying to believe him, even when he has not delivered on his promises. His words are cheap.

At the beginning of the school year I emphasised that he no longer has any buffer, he should treat it as a 'do or die' situation, and put in everything he has into his studies.

He continued to scorn study and prefers to waste his time playing computer game, watching television, and gluing himself to his smartphone.

So it's no surprise with the results he got. He has dropped to the bottom 16 percentile now. Being the absolute last in his form is perfectly within the realm of possibility now given the trend of his decline.

So I took it upon myself to analyse his results and to go through the analysis with him. Taught him how to analyse, how to interpret, and how to strategise. Taught him about the weighting, showed him the trend of his form, how he compared to the average of his form and what does it mean, and which subjects he should put more effort in and which are less important because of the weighting.

That was yesterday, and the first thing he did today after he woke up was to play computer game, then had his lunch, and continued to play computer game after lunch without washing up his dishes. At the time of writing this sentence he is still playing, and wifey has reminded him several times that he has already exceeded his game time.

Yes, such is the angst of being the parents of a child with problematic attitude.

Other |sane side| category entries.

Not gonna make it

First season for Diablo IV, Season of the Malignant, will be over in about two weeks time.

Feel like it just started not long ago. How time flies.

Really don't have much gaming time lately, just completed my quarterly report yesterday and it's shocking the amount of thermal simulations I have done in last three months...

Ya, hence the lack of gaming time, as I was working on weekends, holidays and even annual leaves. *Sigh*

Anyway, I am playing the druid class in Diablo IV first season, a shapeshifting druid. I started off with a werewolf build but it became too fragile when I started the tier three difficulty, progress became a frustrating grind.

So I gave up on being different and looked up a cookie cutter werebear build. Survivability went up so progress becomes less frustrating, still feel too grindy for my liking, and now I am just like the other druids... =(

Given the season will end in about two weeks time and I am just level 57 at the moment, I don't see how I could complete the season journal in time, especially since I only really have time for proper gaming in the weekend. Well, weekend when I am not working overtime, that is.

So ya, looks like I am not going to make it. Oh well, a shame.

Other |geeky gaming| category entries.

Price of hubris

Gave myself a birthday present back in 2021. It was meant to be a motivation, a driving force for me to keep inventing.

But I suppose it could be a sin as well depending on viewpoint. For the sake of this blog entry, let's just assume it's a sin and not my inability to produce worthwhile invention this year. =P

As a punishment to my pride and hubris I failed to obtain any patent this year, so no award money, and there goes my charity fund.

Doubt I will have one in the remaining quarter of 2023, so the price for my hubris is to bear the donations from my saving. A bad year in that saving front as well, given the pay cut.

So a double whammy, ouch.

Other |sane side| category entries.

To do

To do for tomorrow:

1. post-process the three thermal simulation cases, then analyse the results, then make decision on what are the next three configurations and designs to simulate, and then setup the cases to run.

2. clear the unread e-mails in October 2022 before their one year retention period expires.

3. set the October birthday reminders in calendar.

4. write up quarterly and send to manager, also update the tracking tool.

5. write up weekly. Hmm, it's a three working days week, do we still need to send weekly report?

Ya, it's a public holiday tomorrow but I have at least five tasks that need to be completed tomorrow, so working overtime tomorrow is unavoidable.

Taking annual leave on Friday to make a four days long weekend, I know I will be working overtime, my only wish is to keep the overtime duration to the bare minimum.

One can hope.

Other |wretched workaholic| category entries.

Sharing

To promote work/life balance, camaraderie, inclusiveness, et cetera, my manager has this monthly 'coffee chat' session.

Being antisocial, it has not been high on my priority list, but I do join whenever I can, since it's usually on the same day as our monthly face to face staff meeting.

If I am busy with work, or there are more important meetings later in the day that will end close to the end of working hours, with less than an hour interim, then I will skip the coffee chat to drive home to attend those meetings from home. Let's just say I am allergic to traffic. =P

Today, some random remarks while discussing upcoming team event led to me disclosing that I learned the very fundamental of destiny codes, and the request for me to share it in coming coffee chat session.

More than a decade ago I bought a few books on destiny codes, and managed to finished the first two or three books, covering the most fundamental of understanding the destiny codes. About two years ago I revisited the books, while I progressed more than before, I still didn't managed to complete all the books I have. It was a good refresher though.

Of course, with my goldfish memory, I have forgotten most already by now. So time for another refresher if the colleagues are serious about me sharing in the coffee chat.

The absolute truth is, I would never have thought this is something I will end up sharing with colleagues, in my work environment.

It feels somewhat amusing.

Other |temperamental thoughts| category entries.