For the first time in forever

For the first time in what feels like forever, but probably closer to eight months time, I am not running any thermal simulation.

I ended work before lunch today, but unlike all previous weekends lately, I do not plan to continue work after lunch or after dinner. I am done for the day.

To say that the overtime has been crazy lately is an understatement. It's more appropriate to say I haven't got a break day or personal life at all, I have been working 15/7 for many, many weeks now.

It's a miracle that I haven't burnt out, really.

Anyway, after I post-processed the cases I ran yesterday and overnight on the server before lunch today, I didn't set any new ones to run.

It's an event worth recording because for the first time in many months, I am not using any of the Computational Fluid Dynamics software licences, not utilising any of the servers' computing power. I am not running a thermal simulation.

I have been running thermal simulation 24/7 for months, non-stop except for the few hours when the servers went down for monthly maintenance. And it's not just a single simulation, I have been solving cases in parallel on multiple servers, up to four simultaneously at one period of time.

Until I got a warning using up too many software licences. Since then I limited myself to running three simulations in parallel in my daytime, and two while I sleep.

Yes, I kid you not, that's the kind of workload I am having.

I am sure this whole non-stop 24/7 multiple simulations cycle will resume tomorrow, but at least until the official work day starts tomorrow morning, the workstations can have a break. For once I am not using any of the software licences.

For the first time in forever, I can take a break.

Other |temperamental thoughts| category entries.

生活点滴：杂记

十六年

情人老婆仔，结婚十六周年纪念日快乐！

谢谢你接受番薯的我，感谢你这些年来的关怀和陪伴。

让我们继续手牵手走下去。

爱你哦！

「雪球」失踪记

十一月十一日，仓鼠「雪球」失踪了！

小瓜和老婆仔翻遍它的两个容器也找不到「雪球」。

两个容器是用塑料管通道接通的，那天发现其中一个容器的塑料管洞口被它的玩具阻着了。猜想它无法用通道去另一个容器所以便爬在塑料管外企图那样通往另一个容器。

塑料管最顶端是横越容器的墙的，「雪球」爬在管外到最高处时一定是失足掉到容器外了。容器到地上它还真的是跌了蛮高的距离…

最后小瓜听到厨房储物室里有声音，终于在那找到它。

找到它时它就乖乖的坐着，没有逃跑，就是很乐意地钻进我们一贯用来转移它的罐子。然后就把它放回它的容器里了。

观察它几天没有看到任何异样，所以应该是没有跌伤，真是万幸。

之后我们不再直接用塑料管通道做进出口了。我为它做了两栋楼梯高楼，高楼的入口很难会被堵住，而高楼的顶楼有连接塑料管通道的洞口，这样「雪球」就不会爬到塑料管通道的外面了。

至今十天过去了，没有再发生失踪事件。感恩。

刚过的周末我又为它做了另一栋楼梯楼，没有之前两栋那么高，但还是可以更换使用。每星期都要更改它的容器的摆设保持新鲜感，呵呵！

简单的幸福

标题是写这篇的初稿时起的，应该是上星期五晚上吧？又过了一个星期不知道还是否贴切…

忙了两个星期，是醒来就工作到入睡那种的忙。只有午餐、晚餐、拿水和用厕所的时候没有在工作而已，连早餐都是一边工作一边吃的。

上星期五做到晚上九点多我放弃了。既然已经逃不过长周末（星期一是屠妖节补假）还是要工作的命运，我就不做到累了要睡了才停。

放弃工作后我就一边吃零食一边喝可乐的看韩国综艺节目「跑男」。就那样顿时觉得很幸福，所以便起了稿把那瞬间记下。

（再续…）

幸福之后

…然后星期六又是从起身做到晚上十点半，唉… 朋友在群聊里讲什么电影什么的，百多个留言那种，真羡慕他们的悠闲。

星期天和补假的星期一醒来做到午餐，然后晚餐后才继续。之间的时间做些家里的琐琐碎碎，和给「雪球」做了栋新楼。

这星期二开始又是醒来就工作到入睡，除了星期三。星期三我在得知老板又给我加了一个新项目后暴走，傍晚六点我就准时下班了，晚上也没有再加工。

这星期四我呈报了其中一个项目的报告，当然又有更多要求要我去模拟。很正常，本来就是这样的一个流程的。只是通常一个时间点只做一个大型项目的啦。

两个同时进行的大项目要我都负责我已经要醒来就工作到入睡的程度了，星期三又加了一个，勾叉零蛋三角形！

呈报了报告的项目除外，其它两个星期五才给我资料，下星期五就要报告…

我说过每个新模拟我需要至少两个星期（经理自己的时间计划还是给四个星期的呢！），现在你们一个星期要两个？勾叉零蛋四角形！！

我不是超人（也不是蝙蝠侠）！现在我是一个满口粗话怨气很重的行尸走肉！

唉，我的劳碌命。

今天醒来后做到傍晚五点多就停了。好累，群聊里还有那些冷言冷语…

不写了，冲个凉后我要继续工作了。

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There is hope still

The older I get, the more antisocial I become.

Primarily because I generally find human beings disappointing. Too many ugliness, unpleasantness, and idiocy around. Which I can do without.

Of course there are decent and sensible people around, for which I am grateful of, but I am often deprived of positive energy so the dark side of humanity stood out more prominently.

Ya, I am a dense ball of negativity, especially when I am in depression.

Anyway, the USA presidential election showed that there is hope still for humankind. The result restored my faith in humanity somewhat.

Though it's saddening that there are still so many who voted for that sexist, racist egomaniac. Do they have no shame that their president is a moronic baboon? I don't care who the opponent is, but that raving idiot has to go, for the better of all nations and mother Earth.

That there are still so many who voted for the moron says a lot about the people of that country. Not that I have been to many countries, but of all the ones I have been, I definitely perceived that country as having the most arrogant and ignorant people.

But hey, my country is currently governed by a bunch of clowns, monkeys and crooks who made themselves government by disregarding the last voting result, disrespecting the nation's majority choice. So what can I say, huh?

I am truly ashamed of the politics and the politicians in my country. Hopeless bunch, corrupted to the core.

If Malaysia is based on meritocracy instead of kleptocracy, we would have progressed much further, the whole country would have been a much, much better place.

Sigh...

There is hope still for humankind, that a world without sexism, racism, unfairness, prejudice is possible, if we all work towards it. If we all strive for betterment.

I want to believe that. I have to believe that.

Human beings are all one race.

Other |sane side| category entries.

Scribble Pad is thirteen years old!

Happy 13th birthday, Scribble Pad!

As per custom, here are the accumulated number of views based on the counter. The one for 2020 is as of 20:00 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

After a dip last year, the view count went back up to the plateau level, *shrug*.

Since I am treating the blog as an online diary, and a memory tool, whether or not others view it is not a concern.

I like to think that those who follow the blog get a glimpse of my life and my thoughts. Over thirteen years I have shared so many stuff that the faithful would have a pretty good idea of the kind of person I am.

I sure hope the viewers get a good chuckle, and maybe occasionally get some insights and learning.

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

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Number two

The experience of the first one is irreplaceable.

The meeting with the company's legal team made me believed it's really coming true, that I have my first patent.

Achievement unlocked! =P

I am contented. Truly I am.

Then there was that second notice, and a few days ago, the meeting with the legal team, so by the end of the year, my second patent will be filed.

Of course I am happy about it, but it does feel different to the first one.

The first one is based on my work, my idea, I have no qualm whatsoever with the claim.

The second one I only helped providing supplementary information, supporting data. The idea's not mine.

Guess I don't feel like I have contributed in a major way for the second patent idea, that I am just collateral lucky enough being roped into the ride.

Well, thanks for including me in the ride, hehehe!

So ya, I have two patents under my name now. Honestly not something I have dreamed of. Real yet so dreamy.

I am a happy bunny. ^_^

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An unusual chore, part deux

Them pigeons have been busy.

The weekend after the clean up, I went out onto the ledge again to put up the net.

The little pigeon had truly flown away then, but the pigeon family had generated an impressive amount of droppings in a week's time so I had to clean the ledge all over again.

Then up the net went. Not an easy task given the limited space to work with, a lot of overreaching, bending and awkward posture that made me ache all over the next day.

But we got it done, so hopefully no more bird will make their nest there and no more carpet of droppings.

That was the 18th floor, there is still the 17th floor ledge, which is this week's task.

So after a short break after lunch today, I donned the homemade safety apparatus for the third time and went out onto the 17th floor ledge through the window.

And I was greeted by the lovebirds nesting on the 17th floor ledge with two newly laid eggs.

Yea, that's why I said the pigeons have been busy. As soon as the little pigeon could fly and had flown away, they immediately got the lady pigeon pregnant. Very productive indeed.

Since the 18th floor ledge is netted, they made their nest on the 17th floor instead. Bummer.

No, not again! Sorry, but no can do. I shooed away the pigeons, scooped up their eggs and put them on the top of the lower than knee-height fence, and proceeded to clean the ledge.

All the mess and droppings on horizontal, vertical and cylindrical surfaces. So the same old same old scrapping, brushing and hosing down with water. Not forgetting the shit-shower. Yea, great fun...

Shortly after I went out onto the ledge, it started raining. I didn't really get wet from the rain to be honest, it's the hosing within confined space and the shit-shower that got me wet. =_=

Put up the net after the cleaning. While we have the experience from last week, it doesn't change the fact that the ledge's limited space is just not work-friendly.

After about one and a half hours the job is done. I am sure I will be aching all over again tomorrow but at least this particular chore is done for good.

At least I hope so. Can't say I like going out onto the ledge all that much.

And I definitely do not like the shit-shower.

Other |sane side| category entries.

空想

我期待，公假的到来。

希望可以是连着周末的公假，可以有个长周末那种。

没有什么计划或想做的事，就是想要歇一歇。

忙了这么长的一段时间，我身心都累了。

我查了查我积存的年假，没到三十日，觉得不应该拿。

唉…

自从那每周一次的新会议开始至今，连续几个星期的会议项目都是我的，而且不是一个项目而已，甚至有三个项目都是我的那种。

有时真的很想知道，老板不觉得不太对劲的吗？

整个队伍那么多人，每个星期都是我的项目而已，不奇怪的吗？

我不是超人，也不是蝙蝠侠，请让我做回闲懒人可不可以？

唉，命贱如我，唯有空想。

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