Taming the inbox

This is seriously going to hurt my slacker extraordinaire reputation, but I have just shut down my laptop a few minutes ago after spending the whole day clearing my e-mails.

I admit that I have never been able to get my inbox under control, having more than 100 unread e-mails is considered the norm, I usually have close to 200 unread e-mails.

You see, I am a hands-on practical person, not a meeting person, not a desk worker, and definitely not one who's all talk and no walk.

Being in the lab or the production floor getting my hands dirty most of my working hours means I don't have much time checking my e-mails.

So I usually dedicate Friday afternoon to clear the 'soon to expire' unread e-mails. I would clear a week's worth of unread e-mails, so the next batch of unread e-mails would expire on Saturday of next week. Repeat this exercise weekly.

This means I am usually about one to two months out of date on most e-mails... -_-

Anyway, I took a break a few weeks ago so I don't get burned out and to recover from depression. Coupled that with the crazy workload once I resumed work, my inbox has simply gone wild.

I had more than 300 unread e-mails these few weeks, so I decided it's time I tame the inbox.

Worked till late on Friday and spent the whole of Saturday clearing my e-mails, and finally got my inbox under control, with single digit of unread e-mails, left unread because they are some heavy, important stuff.

Didn't really read all the e-mails, mind. Read most, deleted many, dispositioned some.

The inbox is finally tamed! I hope it will stay this way but I doubt it.

Working overtime to clear e-mails, sad but true. -_-

  

Random behaviour for May 2015

I did good for my April impromptu resolution. Out of the five times I went to lunch having not-so-economical rice in April since I posted the entry, I managed to have more vegetable than meat all five times. ^_^ feel good +1

6th, 7th, 13th, 14th and 27th of April were the five days I had not-so-economical rice for lunch, which begs the question what did I have for the other days? Hmm...

Anyway, for May 2015, starting after I post this, my impromptu resolution is: no Coke.

Because I can.

Er... can I? This is gonna be a tough one. >_<

LEGO workshop (5): fighter jet

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This is a March 2013 creation.

When I was going through my archive preparing for this entry, I noticed I did not create any LEGO design for the workshop series throughout 2014. A whole year without creating new LEGO design, not good. =(

Should really pick this up again.

Anyway, here's the step by step instruction of building a fighter jet, designed by me. ^_^

Teaser for next in the series: step by step workshop for building a robot

累

明天开始

公假加周末加补假共四日

我只想休息

真的好累

有好几样东西急需要做

期限已近

有很多东西想要做

一拖再拖已经可以用年来算

但我现在能够想到的

就只有休息

真的是好累

心累脑累身体累

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Looking for monster-sitter

A monster-sitter is just a baby-sitter really, except instead of caring for babies or children, a monster-sitter cares for little monsters.

=P

Wifey and I are looking for one to handle the little monsters so we can go watch the new Avengers movie.

I think perhaps it's best to be mentally prepared for the job, try to think of it as a test or challenge. A test for the following: mental strength, anger management, temper control, blood pressure challenge, noise tolerance, endurance to chaos, et cetera. I think you get the picture. =P

Also I should state the potential risk of the job to avoid being sued later. You may, depending on the mood and behaviour of the little monsters, suffer from one or more of the following:

- temporary lost of hearing

- high blood pressure

- lost of sanity

- irresistible urge to pull out your hair or bang your head against the wall

- hair lost and/or head damage (see above)

- become put off from having offspring

This list is by no means exhaustive.

To be fair the little monsters can be nice, sweet and fun to be with too, it all depends on their mood of the moment, which can change at any moment.

So... any takers? ^_^

Spoken word count

These numbers were recorded end of last year, when wifey and the little monsters were away at the inlaws', and I took leave to rest at home.

These were the number of my spoken words throughout the day, for three days. All happened when I was ordering food and drink while eating out, the only time when I had human interaction.

21st December 2014: 32 (18 during lunch, 14 during dinner)

23rd December 2014: 16 (dinner)

27th December 2014: 11 (dinner)

Guess I can really go through a day without saying much.

And yes, I record all sort of stuff.

我是这样的吗？

刚刚做了个网上的测验，测验结果如下：

不是跟你很熟的人觉得你是…

一个常常把自己藏起来的人。很有神秘感。不容易接近。

跟你很熟的人觉得你是…

可以跟你讲道理。黑白之间分辨得很清楚。

你想要别人觉得你是…

很清楚自己想什么要什么的人。

你最希望你的情人是…

很细心。你需要什么她都有准备。不会因为很小的东西便找你。

其实真实的你是…

觉得朋友比天还重要的人。很珍惜身边很多朋友。敢爱敢恨。不过不喜欢的人你就不会去管。

怎么样，认识我的人，测验结果还算准吗？



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