Destroyer

Wifey and I built many things out of cardboard for our pet hamster, Snowball.

Snowball proceeded to pee on them and munch away at where it urinated on. (Yes, our hamster has some disgusting habits.) Not grateful of and doesn't cherish the stuff we gave it, so like a human child.

It probably also chews where it didn't peed on given the many places being destroyed. Either that or it has really peed on all those places, not hard to believe really given the amazing amount of pee that tiny body can produce. It's like a peeing machine really.

Here's a short video of Snowball, the destroyer of cardboard constructions, blissfully munching on an apple stick.

It's contented, chewing away with it's eyes closed. =^_^=

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Long weekend (2)

Coming Tuesday is a holiday, since my annual leave count is approaching the limit, I took Monday off as well to make a four days long weekend.

Sounds familiar? Hehe...

Will not fool myself about not working, since the last long weekend I ended up worked three mornings and really only had the last day off.

Will just try my best to minimise my work hours and maximise my potato mode time.

Let the chilling me time begin again!

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1st dose done

Today, I feel particularly grateful that I work in a company that places the wellbeing of its employees as high importance.

My company puts in the resources to set up a Covid-19 vaccination centre for its employees and also those of nearby companies, working with the government to speed up the vaccination process.

Hence today I got my first vaccine shot, I am pretty sure if it's not for the company's effort, I would still be waiting for the appointment. The backdoor government has failed miserably.

Thinking it would be like typical hospital or government process, where waiting is the norm, I brought along a novel to pass the time.

I am very pleasantly surprised by how smooth and efficient the whole process went, gotta say it has been well planned and executed. Again I feel proud to be part of the company, this is how we do things.

From me reaching the centre to when I got my Sinovac shot took less than 15 minutes. The 15 minutes observation period after vaccination was the longest wait time throughout the whole process, and that wasn't long enough for me to warm the chair, I didn't bothered to take out my novel. I used that time to send WhatsApp messages instead. =P

Since selfie is not my thing, I skipped the photo booth, took my souvenir, which was handed to me by the highest ranking local boss of my company, and came home. From entering to exiting, I was in the vaccination centre slightly under 30 minutes.

So ya, I got my first Covid-19 vaccine dose, looking forward to my second dose in three weeks' time.

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Long weekend

Coming Monday is replacement holiday for Penang governor's birthday, and since my annual leave count is approaching the limit, I took Tuesday off as well to make a four days long weekend.

Let's just pretend I didn't woke up and went straight to work until lunch, my break starts now, yay!

Since I already drove my car this week I do not need to go out in the weekend to keep the car battery healthy. I intend to go into potato mode, grow mushroom and play copious amount of computer game.

Here's hoping nothing will pop up to disrupt my delightful intention and potato plan.

Let the chilling me time begin!

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就是那样衰

今天起身腰酸背痛，因为昨天下班后晚餐前用了超过一小时来洗车。

去洗车时情人老婆仔还没有开始煮晚餐，洗完车回到家整家人都已经吃饱了，唯有自己吃。*哭哭* =(

洗车，因为车太脏了，今天又要去公司。死要面子就是这样咯…

我这样怕死的人会出门去公司主要是因为需要打印、签名、然后邮寄跟专利有关的文件到美国。

但我工作的建筑里的每一个打印机都没有纸了，包括所有储放白纸的柜子里，我的天！幸好我的办公位有些白纸，虽然不是对的尺寸，但我也不管了，真的不想离开公司去买白纸然后又再回去公司。

终于可以离开时，外面就下起大雨了。

是的，我洗得发亮的车… 让我腰酸背痛后马上就前工尽费，然后还要让我淋湿。

老天爷，你很臭款、很衰样咯！

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一瞬间

光阴似箭，一转眼二零二一年过了一半。

虽然寻求的是简单平淡的生活，但现实总是事与愿违，半年里有许多上上下下。

无能的后门政府和无脑的害群之马造就了新冠肺炎疫情继续肆孽，已经变成孤岛的我对人更加失望。

工作依旧那么忙，有成就、也有无奈。不后悔换了部门，主要就是管理层会欣赏和认可我的强项和贡献。今年至今多了一个专利，是去年开始的一个概念，终于修成正果。

工作以外也没有什么，还有联络的朋友没有几个，而且也没有什么共同的话题。我真的是一个孤岛。

今年尝试重启桌面游戏的活动，和以往那一群一起玩的同事朋友。变成网上的方式，遗憾的少了面对面的元素，但也有了许多的方便。对我来说策划变得简单了，就是定好大家都合适的时间而已，不再需要准备好游戏和预定房间，所有的摆放、移动、计算都是自动的，也不必做游戏后的善后清理，就是下线退出网页而已。可惜玩家少了… 嗯，人是会变的。

每个人一天都只有二十四小时，怎么用这二十四小时，就看什么对你来说是重要的。有一个我记忆深刻的事件，有一次我在忙专利的事，搞得头昏脑胀，决定歇一歇看一看群聊里在讲些什么话题时，就刚巧有人转贴一个对我来说是有的没有的、那些无聊的东西。当时感触很深，我们把时间精力用在多么不同的事上！

家，我的避风港，遗憾的也是常常有大风大浪。简单平淡的生活是很难得到的。总会觉得我是一个外人，我说的也不过是自己讲给自己听，没有人在乎，唉…

不写了，感恩还活着，希望下半年会变得更好啦。

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Sharing is caring

Happiness shared is happiness multiplied, sorrow shared is sorrow lessened.

Something good happened to me and I am overjoyed. I promised not to tell but I want to share my happiness.

A promise is a promise, and I keep my words.

Can you be happy because something good happened to someone else that made him or her happy, without needing to know what happened? You know, just be happy because they are happy.

I can, seeing others happy and well is a nice feeling, if they care to share their happiness with me then I am honoured they have me in their mind. Goodness knows we need more happiness and positive energy in this world.

Same thing with when someone just needed an empathetic ear, without grilling them about what happened. I have always said, I don't need to know what happened, I can just be there for you, lend you my ear, or my shoulder.

And no, I am not trying to brag or show off, I just want to share my happiness without breaking my promise. That's all.

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