31 January 2022

除夕


二零二二年一月三十一日,农历新年除夕。

虽然明天就是农历新年了,但二月四日立春才是壬寅(水虎)年的开始,立春前的宝宝还是属牛的…

二零二二年的第一个月就这样过去了,觉得自己什么都没有做到。

感觉颓废,但却不在乎继续颓废,所以心境有点矛盾。

疫情缘故,两年后全家都打了疫苗才终于又到外家过年。当然现在疫情依旧糟糕,人人都应该时时警惕。

如故的我的责任是开车、吃岳母的佳肴、洗盘碗、和贡献打牌的资金,呵呵! =P

年假过后,希望会有好的转变、会事事顺意啦…



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28 January 2022

Potato mode on!


Taking next week off, so today's the last day before the Chinese New Year break.

A long Friday, first meeting at 07:30 hours and last meeting ended around 17:00 hours.

With implication of work needs being done over the Chinese New Year break, as results are expected first day after the break.

Ya... sad but true. Oh well.

Regardless, potato mode is now officially on!

Again I stress that please do not disturb my break, all work related stuff can wait until I resume work. I am not that important.

Hope I can have a good break.



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25 January 2022

心境


今天,突然觉得,我已经准备好要过年了。

不是工作做完了、不是大扫除搞定了,就只是…

闲懒了?散漫了?放空了?

什么都不想做了,就等农历新年后吧。

也不是期待,因为不觉得能休息到,反而应该是会更累。

应该就是等待年假过了,然后重启、一个新的开始,那样的心态吧?



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23 January 2022

腰酸背痛


昨天是很充实的一天。

六点就不知道为什么醒了,赖床和醒醒睡睡到近八点,起床上个厕所冲洗后载孩子们去射箭练习。

回途中突然心血来潮在外吃个早餐,二零二零年三月行动管制令开始后的第四个外吃。

原本是要吃那我被告知周末才开的福建面,但老板娘没开店,不知道是那么巧昨天没开,还是只做午餐的生意?

结果叫了炒粥。好吃,但吃得有点急,所以舌头有那烫伤的感觉。

早餐后去修车厂检查和修理冷气,然后回家洗车。洗完车洗个澡已是午餐时间。

午餐后开始清理客厅,顺便重整客厅的摆设。大工程,孩子们和情人老婆仔陆陆续续都加入帮忙,但还是到晚餐后才完成。

一整天的洗刷、清理、搬动、弯腰、半蹲… 现在的我腰酸背痛。

唉,人就是不要老。



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20 January 2022

New toys


Bought an arcade box last Tuesday shortly after midnight. Received it last Friday evening.

The arcade box is a family activity initiative. Spent last Saturday morning setting it up for four players.

Had hilarious time playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle as a family, we probably went through 100 lives and mashed the buttons until we defeated the final boss. Won't say great sense of achievement, but definitely a lot of laughter doing silly thing together. =P

Also introduced my kids to classics like Street Fighter II, Raiden, 1942, Battle City, Ghosts 'n Goblin, et cetera. Many more still to expose them to.

I still suck at the games, but it's okay, it's about spending time having fun together. ^_^


Work laptop up for refresh, so selected a replacement last Friday. Received it yesterday.

Unlike previous laptop refreshes, there are practically no choice this time round, due to the global shortage of components and supplies.

The brand I wanted is not even in the "currently out of stock" list, so I didn't even had the option to select and wait until it's available.

Selected a brand that I had never used before in all my laptop refreshes, figured it can't be too bad with a 11th generation i7 Intel processor. =)

Well, only been using it for a day, nothing to pick regarding the performance, but the fan (centrifugal blower really)... Goodness, why is it designed to always be spinning so fast? Or is it simply because of lousy acoustic specification?

Having designed the cooling system for a few systems myself, I think I can do better, heh. =P



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17 January 2022

Meeting engineer


Let's be generous and say I have nine hours working day, excluding meal time.

Today, I was in meeting six out of the nine hours, with a five hours back to back meetings no less.

I barely had time for lunch, I did it in ten minutes.

Some may like this kind of working style, but I am a doer, not a talker. I hate it.

Just let me work already!

Two thirds of working hours spent in meetings is just not conducive for a thermal engineer.

I ain't no meeting engineer! >_<



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15 January 2022

Nostalgia


Colleague friends posting pictures of our previous gatherings, way back until up to three years ago.

Then the gathering stopped happening.

Well, at least I was no longer in any more recent one, if any.

Covid-19 is one main reason, but also since I changed department we have grown distant.

Just fact of life and circumstances.

The good old times. Bittersweet nostalgia.



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