Honeymoon is over

November, my self-proclaimed slacker month, is over.

Back to eleven entries per month. Not sure to feel happy or sad.

Slacker extraordinaire gotta slack, but then I also like to write... So conflicted.

Anyway, back to eleven entries per month, so can't be slacking off for too many days.

Or do I have to? Hmm...

Time for a change? Or perhaps still sticking to eleven entries for this month, so that this year will end with 125 entries as usual, and only starts in January, a new year thing?

What should the number of entries per month change to? Or simply random every month without a fixed number?

Something to mull over.

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Pickleball, round 5

Played my fifth game of pickleball yesterday with colleague friends at a proper indoor pickleball court.

My first pickleball game was played in an indoor court as well, but that was a converted garage and I can't in good conscience called that a good court.

That said, all my subsequent pickleball games had been outdoor in a shaded basketball court, so the first indoor court was still better since it's a real pickleball court and the wind factor was eliminated. If only the flooring and the lighting were done better...

Anyway, basketball court is free of charge while the indoor court has, to my opinion, still quite a high cost comparing to other indoor racquet games. So can't really complain.

Here's hoping with more pickleball courts popping up everywhere, the price will go down to a more reasonable and economical range. *fingers crossed*

Before I write this entry, I checked and found out that my previous last pickleball game was back in June, five months ago. Time flies.

Well, the colleagues still have regular pickleball games, it's just that I have been bogged down by work so I have not been joining them since June. To be honest, the after pickleball game traffic is also a factor, need a lot of self-convincing that the waste of time in the bad traffic is worth it.

Anyway, was a great session yesterday, enjoyed the game and the camaraderie. But two hours for four players was too much for me, I am super unfit so despite taking more breaks than the other three, I am aching all over today.

More importantly, it's a gathering of colleague friends, so it's all worth it.

Pickleball series: | 1st |  | 2nd |  | 3rd |  | 4th |

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二十一年

情人老婆仔，结婚二十一周年纪念日快乐！

感谢你的陪伴和爱护、对我这番薯的包容和接纳。

谢谢还是让我牵的手，和那些每天都要的抱抱。^_^

今天拍拖、溜达、吃午餐、购物，没有买到漂亮的裙是有点失望，但并不意外。

我们还要继续走下去，一起变老（和变胖）哦，呵呵！=P

心语细述 |系列|

Master or slave?

This blog entry is about digital wellbeing, particularly about smartphone usage time or screen time. Well, my smartphone screen time, that is.

I have wanted to write this entry for ages, at first I was waiting for sufficient sample size for worthwhile statistics, then I never got to actually analyse the data when I do have sufficient sample size, so it joined the heap of entries and ideas gathering dust at a corner of my mind.

Until today, when I finally went and located the screenshots of the weekly digital wellbeing report I received every Monday, put them together in a folder, compiled the data, and did some simple statistical analysis.

The initial plan was to have at least 30 sample size, so at least 30 weeks worth of data. The first screenshot of the digital wellbeing report was dated 24th of April 2023, more than two and a half years ago... slacker point +1

So the figures I am sharing in this entry are from 132 weeks of data, a pretty solid sample size that should give us high confidence level of insights to my smartphone usage time. I seemed to have missed two weeks in 2023 since I started taking screenshot, else it would have been a sample size of 134 weeks.

the data

Based on 132 data points, my daily average screen time is 19.5 minutes, the standard deviation is 8.9 minutes. The number of weeks within these 132 weeks that my daily average screen time was (1) less than 10 minutes = 6; (2) between 10 to 30 minutes = 107; (3) between 30 to 60 minutes = 18; (4) more than 60 minutes = 1.

So, 85.6% of the data indicates that my daily average screen time to be less than 30 minutes. Ya, I am not a phone person. Caveman, remember? =P

That one week when my daily average screen time was more than 1 hour, well, I checked the date and instantly know the reason. That was the darkest time of my life thus far.

my longest daily average screen time in 132 weeks

On the other hand, the shortest daily average screen time was 7 minutes, happened only once. There were a few 8 minutes, but only one 7 minutes.

my shortest daily average screen time in 132 weeks

While I am not really a phone person, I have nothing against it. There is no denying that smartphone is a tool that has brought us a lot of convenience, a multitude of functions in a mobile computing device with access to the internet.

There is also no denying that there are a multitude of problems induced by smartphone usage, so much so that there are numerous studies and published papers on this subject matter, where some describe smartphones as the epidemic of the 21st century. Just google it if you are interested.

Smartphone addiction is real. I know with absolute certainty as I am a father of one. Hopefully just one, and hopefully no longer am but was, but perhaps that's asking too much...

Digital detox is something a lot of us should practise. Smartphone is a tool, be the master of the tool instead of being enslaved by it.

Other |sane side| category entries.

Scribble Pad is eighteen years old!

Happy 18th birthday, Scribble Pad!

As per custom, here are the accumulated number of views based on the counter. The one for 2025 is as of 18:33 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
2024: 74382
2025: 77048

Pleasantly surprised by the number again this year, but honestly not something I sweat about.

I write because I like to, and this blog is really my online journal that I can, and have many times used, to look up things that happened in my life. Handy tool for goldfish memory me, hehe.

Nursing a headache now so I won't write much further. Health has been getting worse as I get older...

Just like to say thank you for reading this blog. I sincerely hope you get something out of it.

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Looking forward to November

Because it's my self-proclaimed slacker month, with only four blog entries to upload. May write more, but will only post four entries. That is just how it is, for years now.

Yes, I am a slacker, used to call myself the slacker extraordinaire, something that I cannot crown myself with anymore since I joined the department that changed me from 'cheap labour' to 'cheap labour with no life'... =(

Looking forward to Movember too, something that I support since I was made aware of it.

Gender equality is all good and well, I wholeheartedly support equal rights and opportunities, but in my humble opinion, majority of the initiatives are for the betterment of female. Don't forget about the male side of things, if it's really equality that we are after. So ya, I support Movember and will do my part.

To be honest I am also hoping a new month will bring some positive changes. Would be fantastic without the hectic work.

Here's hoping I will regain some slacker points in November. One can dream.

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心的频道：第七个

今天收到公司要为最近呈上的发明概念申请专利的通知，嘢！=)

这是我第七个专利申请。^_^

不是躺赢、不是「喷到」，是我费了蛮多功夫尽量优化，和模拟了好多组合来提供最优数据。所以我心安理得、理直气壮的接受。

不应该这么想，但我开始有点希望可以在接下来的半年内再多两个，那就会达到另一个里程碑：十二个月里五个（或更多）。

不希望就不会失望，但心里还真的是冒起了这念头…

怎么都好，第七个。我开心，我感恩。

心的频道 |系列|

W.A.(2)

Workaholics Anonymous entry #114:

I am on leave today and I did not work overtime. Win.

Went out for car maintenance, sent the car to the service centre, came home, then picked up the car in the afternoon. Their inefficiency and slowness in service, coupled with the bad traffic on the way back, led to truncated, not so long stretches of time at home.

A lot of unnecessary wasted time, yes, but also in a twisted way less time for me to be tempted to work overtime.

Did feel a bit guilty knowing a certain colleague would most likely be looking for me to help on his Computational Fluid Dynamics issues, but I resisted that moment of weakness.

I have done well today.

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三天长周末

为了不让年假超额作废，明天星期一拿一天假，凑成三天长周末。

过去两天，星期六和星期日，都有加时工作。是的，就是这么贱。

除了对项目管理失望，也对自己失望。

原本打算就只是星期六加班而已的，但今天星期天醒来后才突然想到昨天那热流模型漏了些东西没有改上。唉，所以昨天跑的模拟，原本以为已经完事，待星期二复工时才善后，变成需要修改然后再跑多一次。

所以今天又加时工作。早上修改了模型后开始跑模拟，晚餐后模拟完成了便做善后的工作，然后因为觉得结果不够好又修改了些些，然后又跑多一轮模拟。

我就是那么贱。

但我真的是打算星期二复工时才看这最新模拟的数据的，明天拿假真的打算不工作的。

希望自己可以坚强守着这信念。

随兴随想 |系列|

就知道

一开始就是说什么:不用那么精准的模型的，快快跑个模拟给个大概的估计，看这样的厚度、这样的设计，是不是能解（都不知道他们哪里生出来的）目标功率？

但我知道，一旦我报告了热流模拟的数据，就会被当成是一定可以做到的事。会突然间忘了那只是个粗略、少了细节的模型，是为了快速有个粗略估计的模型。

会忘了这热流模型不精准，是因为其他功能小组的东西还没完成，我没有那些资料来建精准的模型。我只是那位非常不愿意，但每次都被你们推去跑在前面的、无奈的散热工程师。

然后还会冲着那些，我在没资料的情况下，自己估计来见模型的部分，说不是这样的，要改成这样或那样，然后再跑多一、两、三、四、五轮模拟…

相信我，我也很想一开始就建精准的模型，给高置信度的模拟数据。我也很想等其他的功能小组先做了他们的部分来减少我需要建的热流模型的版本，和每个版本要跑的模拟数量的。

我也不想当其他功能小组有些更近时，我就得一改再改我的热流模型，然后跑模拟跑到天荒地老。

要我赶工来完成的模拟数据报告发出去后，一个接一个的细节质疑和更改要求，我回那只是个用来快速粗略估计、看大方向的模型就重复了三次。那位叫我赶工做这样一份数据的领导一声都不出…

我也知道，以后其他人的部分完成了，我把那些细节都建进模型里，然后新的模拟数据没有达到这粗略模型的功率的话，我也是会被摆上台，怎么都要我死出可以达到那粗略估计的功率的散热设计来。

不然就是，精准模型达到了目标功率，就突然要提高目标功率了，或要降低成本但一样要达到功率，或又提高功率又降低成本…

我就知道，因为总是这样。

随兴随想 |系列|

无难事

在还没放弃越来越不好看，变得纯粹要搞吓出演者的〈密室大逃脱〉前，有看到过大张伟一句歪理金句：

“天下无难事，只要肯放弃。”

今天继续加时工作赶工，希望可以完成热流模型，然后隔夜跑模拟，一切顺利的话，明天有第一组模拟数据来给那荒谬的数据需求期限。

希望和现实是有差距的，果然现实比较靠近我预估需要的时间，而不是那荒唐的要求时间。

偏偏我还是命贱的承受高压赶工了几天，但现实很残酷，没有奇迹。

今晚做到十一点多时，看看进展和剩下的工作量，我突然想起大张伟那歪理金句。真是的，我为何要为了那不合理的要求折腾自己？把自己逼得这么辛苦？

真的给我赶出来了，反而会变成新的期望值吧？以后都会认为这么短的时间有第一组模拟数据是正常的，根本不知道背后的压力、付出、痛苦、牺牲。

所以我选择了放弃。我不继续赶工到三更半夜。

明天星期一是屠妖节，是个公假，命贱的我还是会加时工作。我的长周末都给了加时工作…

希望我会尽量控制自己啦。适可而止，应该放弃时就应该放弃。

随兴随想 |系列|

不谢·凋谢

今年不再加时工作，来保住少过一百个加时工作天的数量，那希望已经破灭。

在加时工作九十九天后坚持了五天，第六天就已破功。是个星期六，加时工作了七个小时…

那天，我心想，希望现在这份工会让我不必加时工作是不可能的。毕竟是个用人不用本钱、用到尽，超卷的一个团队。

所以我就只希望可以在今年剩下的工作天期间，每星期只需要加时工作一天，那样的话我至少还可以保住今年加时工作天数量少过去年的目标。

不能好好策划项目的领导层很失败的把一个项目蜕变成五个项目，做一个项目的团队人数当然承受不了，所以领导层把其他项目给暂停，调动员工来援助。

我就是其中一位被拉进这异变项目的员工，只是我在做着的另一个项目没有被暂停，依旧催命似的要模拟数据和报告…

我一星期只加时工作一天的计划被不会计划的领导层给完美破坏，不谢哦。

我真的会凋谢。

心语细述 |系列|

An unusual chore, part four

Aching all over today, no thanks to the unergonomic working condition yesterday. Let's not forget it's also rather stressful, what with being on the tiny ledge eighteen stories from ground.

Yes, I am out on that bloody ledge again, way too soon since the previous excursion, no thanks to the darn pigeons hell-bent on making their nest there.

Goodness knows how they got through the net, our best guess is the tiny gap on one side of the wall, which we think they could squeeze through if they are really determined.

Regardless of whether it's determination or pigheadedness, two pigeons got themselves trapped on the wrong side of the net on the eighteen floor ledge, unable to get back out because the curvature of the net we put up makes the gap behaves like a one way trap.

Last thing we need is two pigheaded pigeon starved to death leaving their stinking corpses on the ledge. No thank you.

Wifey and neighbour caught and released the pigeons while I was at work. I probably would have tried to open up the net to let them out instead of trying to catch them. No complaints though, gone is gone.

Anyway, went out onto the ledge with additional net to patch up the gap. Nailed the net to the wall on the side as well so even if the pigeons are still pigheaded enough to try the stunt again, the net should not open a gap like a one way trap anymore.

Took me around 45 minutes, but I am thoroughly drained after that. Some serious exhaustion kicked in, mentally and physically. So ya, I am aching all over today.

I said this less than two months ago: let's hope I don't have to do this again anytime soon.

Other |sane side| category entries.

Plaques

After an invention idea got approved by the company patent committee and has been filed, it can take many years for the filed patent to be granted.

I have two patents filed about five years ago that finally being granted in USA, and for that I was offered a plaque each to commemorate the occasion.

While I appreciate the reward money for giving the company worthwhile invention ideas, honestly the plaque is a lot more meaningful to me. The award money is long gone and I have goldfish memory, so hopefully the plaques will last longer.

Took the trouble to go to office to collect the plaques today, at the cost of 2.5 extended working hours to compensate for the time lost. Worth it, especially since wifey agreed to tag along the journey.

I now have three plaques at home, starting to look more like a collection than just an out of place ornament when I just had that one.

I know many colleagues with double and even triple digits patent in their bag, I salute them, but these three plaques are mine, and I am proud of my achievement.

Hope my other three patents will get granted in USA in the coming years, and hope I will have more invention ideas being approved for filing.

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W.A.

Workaholics Anonymous entry #108:

Three days free of working overtime. Cautiously optimistic. Celebrating small wins.

Random break out in sweat, but wifey said that's most likely andropause. No involuntary twitching, or other withdrawal symptoms.

There was a moment of weakness yesterday, in the last few minutes of working hours, when saving the progress on the thermal model, thought of probably just need another hour to complete the model and almost acted on it.

Successfully resisted the temptation, and ended the work day within the fifteen minutes grace period not considered as overtime.

On a positive note, made good progress on Diablo IV latest season with the gaming time now made available staying away from working overtime.

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Threshold

Today's Sunday, just finished my overtime work about half and hour ago.

It's actually a comparatively short one today, just 1 hour 37 minutes. It was 7 hours 36 minutes yesterday (Saturday), so...

But working overtime today marks the threshold between two digits and three digits, for today's the 99th overtime for 2025.

Looks like my target of less than 100 overtime this year is not going to happen, what with one more quarter to go.

I actually did pretty well earlier in the year, by the end of June my running total was 42 overtime, still good for the less than 100 target.

Actually by the end of August it was still okay, with a running total of 69 overtime, but September broke everything. Eight months of effort destroyed in a month.

I worked overtime 25 days out of the 30 days in September, really easier to count how many days I did not worked overtime...

Today's overtime is also the 11th consecutive day of working overtime. Before this stretch was a 3 days break after a 9 days stretch of working overtime.

As of today: a running total of 99 days of working overtime, 303 hours 53 minutes clocked, which is an average of 3 hours 34 minutes and 30 seconds per day of overtime.

If I do not work anymore overtime for the rest of 2025, I can still achieve my target of less than 100 days this year.

Ya, right.

Let's hope I can at least work less overtime than previous year. *fingers crossed*

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久违的动一动

最近每天都加时工作到开始怀疑人生，开始自己警惕自己。

今天决定要好好运动下，抛开平时不规律的、林林总总的室内运动，到户外快走。

沿着因为填海而不再是沿海，而是那做了快十年都看不见终点的建筑工程旁快走，享受车辆排放的废气和建筑工程的灰尘…

就当作是一种锻炼吧，反正我的肺早已被很热忱于癌症研究的邻居每天都会分享好几次的二手烟给废了。=(

数额已被耗尽的脚踝那「咯咯」声帮我保持快走的规律，果然身体是会告诉我们讯息的，谁需要科技哦？=P

走到填海建筑工程局部完成且开放的部分，终于都可以离开马路旁而再次沿海快走。但，变成打卡地点的那地方就是有比较多的人…

冷眼观看那些不理通告横跨草地的人们，哪怕就是省那十步路，就是要踩死那些草走出一条泥路来。

也要避开那许许多多在海边拍照的人们。这个人人都可以自称是网红的时代，搞不好一个不小心拍到我这路人甲，然后在没有得到我的同意下上传到网上。被人认出的话有损我的宅男名誉咯… >_<

老实说，我也不是很想要别人抄袭我的颓废look啦，呵呵！=P

那位托着行李袋走了那么远的女士，你辛苦了。你必有要拖着大包小包走那么远的原因，我只是不明白为什么你那两位朋友没有帮你拿一、两袋，或托一些些路程？

别管我，我只是靠观察别人然后脑里乱想来转移注意力，来忽略那脚很累要放慢步伐的信号。

来回共走了五十五分钟，很满意，毕竟真的很久没有好好运动了。照我这么烂的健康状况，明天应该会享受肌肉酸痛的快感啦…

随兴随想 |系列|

给自己

切记，工作为了生活。

不要忙到忘了生活。

已经够可悲了，不要变本加厉。

放下工作，去生活。

心语细述 |系列|

心的频道：第六个

我第五个公司觉得有价值，要申请专利的发明概念，是纯属「喷到」。完全没有贡献，所以没有成就感，反而感觉怪怪的，有点愧疚的不劳而获感。

详情在那篇文章里，我也不重复了。

当时我有贡献的那个发明概念没有被公司选中，但那些老鸟没有放弃，重新呈上再加了几组模拟数据来巩固我们概念的优势，和相对被提问为何不用简单点的方式的对比数据。

三倍的优势应该是很难被忽视吧？总之今天收到公司要为那发明概念申请专利的通知，嘢！^_^

很好，有那还了债的感觉。不再亏欠另一组同事那「喷到」的专利，这次轮到他们躺赢。心里顺畅多了，真的。

上个星期休假也每天加时工作来完成那几组模拟数据，现在也感觉值了。

我这第六个专利申请，我心安理得、理直气壮的获取。

心的频道 |系列|

Nick of time

Just completed Diablo IV season 9: Sins of the Horadrim, with my druid.

Season 10: Season of Infernal Chaos, is starting in about 2 hours. That's how close I am cutting it.

Not by choice, I didn't get much time to play in this season, no thanks to the way too much of working overtime.

I almost despair to be honest, thinking I will not be able to complete the season journey this time. What with the last chapter of the journey has three quests tied to a specific dungeon run introduced in the season, that requires dungeon key to access, and Blizzard in their infinite wisdom has limited the dungeon key to drop in yet another specific sub-dungeon, with abysmal drop rate.

Just plain horrible game design.

Unfortunately, players need to complete at least one of those three quests in order to meet the minimum number of quests needed to complete the chapter. Again, bad game design.

By sheer dumb luck and a bit of determination I managed to complete one of those quests, barely made it to be honest with my wee druid, probably just seconds from failing the time limit.

I am mightily glad, and honestly, not really looking forward to the new season that's starting in about two hours. I simply don't have the time to play nowadays and I dread a repeat of this rushing to complete near the end of the season.

Other |geeky gaming| category entries.

Hubby & Wifey

I am an unhealthy person who likes to drink Coca-Cola, the original version, none of those crappy variations, and absolutely not Diet Coke, which is to me, an abomination.

So there usually is a stock of Coke at home, with a few cans in the fridge, because chilled Coke is the only way to drink it, for me at least.

Don't remember when we bought the latest carton of 24 cans, it was a special edition with relationship term printed on the can. Terms like "nenek", "papa", "mama", "along", "boss", et cetera.

I didn't really paid much attention to it until I noticed one with "hubby", from then on I started to check what's printed on the can whenever I have a Coke to see if I would get "wifey".

Could have checked through the remaining cans in the carton one by one to look for it but I didn't, I just checked when I had a Coke.

It's until the second to last can of the carton that I finally got "wifey", and somehow that made me happy. Thought I might have missed it before I started actively checking for it.

So, here's an image of "hubby" & "wifey" on special edition of Coca-Cola.

The cans joined the recycle bin after I took the photo. =P

Other |temperamental thoughts| category entries.

都一样

果然，不论性别、年龄、职业、性取向，在爱情里都会变得一样。

那心动、憧憬、羞涩、不安、嫉妒、渴望…

没有贬义，都像傻瓜一样。

因为是很真纯的感觉吧？至少我是这样想。

我竟然在看同性的恋爱综艺节目，开始还有点怪怪的，但看着看着就习惯了。

当然多数出演者颜值都可以也有很大的帮助啦，呵呵！ =P

恋爱中的人都一样！

心语细述 |系列|

命贱的宅

一星期的休假，至今四天每天都有加时工作。

是的，就是这么贱。

三个半小时，四个半小时，六小时，到今天的一小时五十分，算是进步了吧？

希望接下来的几天都能够是少过两小时啦。

是的，已经认命是个每天都要加时工作的“假期”了，只是尽量止损而已。

真的是为了休息充电而拿的假，很命贱的还是在加时工作，就安慰自己是随性的工作时间，也主要是在做给申请专利的工作。

希望至少有一个会成功啦，为奖金卖命感觉好点。

其余的时间，就真的只想宅在家里。长周末外面太多人了，真的，不要来啦，去别的州属吧…

外出太累人了，还是乖乖宅在家里舒服。

随兴随想 |系列|

7 hours 59 minutes

Two days into my week long break, worked overtime both days, for a total of 7 hours and 59 minutes thus far.

To be working overtime is planned, but the duration is longer than I intended.

Hope it's because I need to make changes to the thermal models, for the invention ideas, and hopefully it's a one off thing.

And since it's for innovation ideas, it's not strictly work...

Fine, let's not deceive myself. It is work, and yes I am working overtime in my break, and yes it's just sad.

Hope the overtime duration will be shorter in the coming days, and that at least one of the ideas get approved for filing.

*Fingers crossed*

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Potato mode on (kind of)

Initially my one week break was planned for two weeks ago, but due to a parachuted job, I changed it to next week.

Yes, I already know I am going to be working overtime to get some tasks done, I can only hope that I can stay true to my intention of keeping them to the minimum.

Just want to rest and relax, and also to catch up with two ex-colleague friends whom I missed the farewell dinner of. I was thinking dim sum breakfast or brunch with them, my treat of course, but that is not going to happen it seems. Oh well.

Unfortunately, wifey is going to the in-law's, as it's school holiday next week, so lost opportunity to have quality time with wifey. I am getting less and less quality time with wifey lately, *sigh...*

And no, any form of travel will ruin the rest and relax break I am hoping to have. Goodness know I need a break where I can properly rest, way too stressed lately.

So heads up, potato mode is on! Well, kind of, but even if I am going to be working overtime, don't contact me for work related stuff, bad karma to whoever that does.

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23 hours

Last Friday was a public holiday, so three days long weekend.

I worked overtime for a total of 23 hours in those three days.

Basically, on average, full working hours for each of those days.

Sad. Just sad.

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Spark

Company's organisation chart is confidential information, the team I am in is in a rather uncommon organisation structure due to job scope and some geopolitical reason.

Suffice it to say that the team I am in is like a distant cousin of the local departmental organisation, with our closer relatives being in the organisation of another geography.

So anyway, last week, out of the blue, my manager asked me to prepare a one pager on the burning issue I am working on as a roll up to the direct management a few levels up.

The direct management gave an e-mail acknowledgement of the one-pager and that's about it. Doesn't bothered me really because the direct management should be well-aware of what I am working on anyway, given that most of the tasks are top down from them.

The unexpected part is when the local management invited me to go through the one-pager in their extended staff meeting, after my manager suggested it.

The material was prepared for the direct management, who are familiar with the work and hence I do no need to elaborate on things. For the local management though, a lot more explanation and background I had to cover. Not a big deal really, just more time consuming, instead of the one-pager, I had to go through several other materials. Actually even with that I am not sure if the audience truly understand. Very different job scope, you see.

But anyway, I am surprised by the interest it generated. I have been contacted by several colleagues through instant messaging and e-mail, wanting to discuss solution ideas they have. And many of them are heavyweight, high-fliers with some insane impressive number of patents under their belt. It's no exaggeration that the total number of patents I own throughout my whole career thus far is what they routinely get within a twelve months period, or in even shorter time.

Funny how when one is already up to the neck burning the midnight oil working endless overtime to get tasks done, it somehow attracts even more things to do. Of course they meant well, and I truly appreciate it. Honoured to be honest. These people are visionaries with noble goal.

In contrast, I just want this latest wild fire to be under control. I want something practical that can be realised and put to use in a month or so to mitigate the problem generated by that particular design team, of which the consequence I am firefighting now.

I am no visionary, I also do not have lofty goals of submitting invention idea to prevent competitor usage, or inventing just for the sake of it. I am looking for practical solution that people will actually use, not just fancy ideas.

To submit invention ideas we need relevant supporting data. I am more than happy to supply, like I said I am truly honoured these patent experts want to collaborate, it's just that my bandwidth is non-existent at the moment.

Who would have thought, that this one-pager shared to an originally-unintended audience, is such spark of interest?

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