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and aesthetically pleasing faces, photoshopped or not, and the fact that my kind of taste is not for everyone, I am no longer active on social media and so I no longer link my blog posts.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|