It has been a month since I started working at my new workplace.Now my
life is filled with nothing but work. To illustrate this point, as I'm
posting this entry, I squatting in a datacenter in front of a server
console setting up an environment. Work is good I guess, takes away the
spare time I have and prevents me from thinking about rubbish things.
Brings in the money so that I can die with at least some money in the
bank. Wish I can more time for my dancing and piano lessons though.
Had an interesting exchange of SMS last night. Found out that there was a potential chance years ago when there was a really sweet lady who was interested in me (though I have no idea why she would be) was missed. She said it was because she felt insecure about me as I was a lady's man (?? what the?) and often had ladies around me (?!?! since when?) and was afraid to be with me. That was really weird as I've never been very good with ladies and more often then not, I'm pretty much alone most of the time.
I guess life is strange. I never could tell what others think of me. Not just with ladies, but at work and with friends. I'm constantly baffled by all the weird impressions people have of me. Am I really that conflicting or I'm really that hard to understand? All I really want is a simple life where I do not have to worry about where is my next meal coming from and able to enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Like have a good meal and wine with my loved one, enjoying the sunset and it slowly dips and disappear into the horizon. Feeling the cool evening breeze around us as we enjoy simply the companionship of each other. Appreciating the presence of each other and knowing we are there for each other. Perhaps thats already too much to ask for.
Had an interesting exchange of SMS last night. Found out that there was a potential chance years ago when there was a really sweet lady who was interested in me (though I have no idea why she would be) was missed. She said it was because she felt insecure about me as I was a lady's man (?? what the?) and often had ladies around me (?!?! since when?) and was afraid to be with me. That was really weird as I've never been very good with ladies and more often then not, I'm pretty much alone most of the time.
I guess life is strange. I never could tell what others think of me. Not just with ladies, but at work and with friends. I'm constantly baffled by all the weird impressions people have of me. Am I really that conflicting or I'm really that hard to understand? All I really want is a simple life where I do not have to worry about where is my next meal coming from and able to enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Like have a good meal and wine with my loved one, enjoying the sunset and it slowly dips and disappear into the horizon. Feeling the cool evening breeze around us as we enjoy simply the companionship of each other. Appreciating the presence of each other and knowing we are there for each other. Perhaps thats already too much to ask for.
Chris Daughtry - What about now?
Shadows fill an empty heart
As love is fading,
From all the things that we are
But are not saying.
Can we see beyond the scars
And make it to the dawn?
Change the colors of the sky.
And open up to
The ways you made me feel alive,
The ways I loved you.
For all the things that never died,
To make it through the night,
Love will find you.
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?
The sun is breaking in your eyes
To start a new day.
This broken heart can still survive
With a touch of your grace.
Shadows fade into the light.
I am by your side,
Where love will find you.
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love had never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?
Now that we're here,
Now that we've come this far,
Just hold on.
There is nothing to fear,
For I am right beside you.
For all my life,
I am yours.
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love had never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love had never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it's too late,
Baby, before it's too late,
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?
Shadows fill an empty heart
As love is fading,
From all the things that we are
But are not saying.
Can we see beyond the scars
And make it to the dawn?
Change the colors of the sky.
And open up to
The ways you made me feel alive,
The ways I loved you.
For all the things that never died,
To make it through the night,
Love will find you.
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?
The sun is breaking in your eyes
To start a new day.
This broken heart can still survive
With a touch of your grace.
Shadows fade into the light.
I am by your side,
Where love will find you.
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love had never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?
Now that we're here,
Now that we've come this far,
Just hold on.
There is nothing to fear,
For I am right beside you.
For all my life,
I am yours.
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love had never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love had never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it's too late,
Baby, before it's too late,
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?
Haha, cannot resist posting this. Just got an email from VMWare regarding an URGENT patch. Same problems are encountered everywhere!
Dear VMware Customers,
Please find the latest update about the product expiration issue. From this point on, we'll provide an update every two hours. Thanks.
Problem:
An issue has been discovered by many VMware customers and partners with ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 where Virtual Machines fail to power on or VMotion successfully. This problem began to occur on August 12, 2008 for customers that had upgraded to ESX 3.5 Update 2. The problem is caused by a build timeout that was mistakenly left enabled for the release build.
Been wanting to update this blog for a while but wasn't really able to
think of anything I really wanted to write about. So many things have
changed that I seems to have lost track of quite a few of them. I think
its time for me to find a new starting point and start defining my
goals and objectives again.
Some note worthy things have been started though.
I'm in the mist of preparing for GMAT which is part of the requirements needed for the Master that I'm applying for. The preparatory lessons which I've signed up for are great. The instructor is interesting, the questions are challenging and interesting. 4 hours for each lesson of the course simply flies by when 2 hours of lecture during my varsity days felt like forever. Hopefully I get reasonably good results for my GMAT so that I can apply for the Master I'm interested in.
Started ballroom dancing again. Though may not be as intensive nor as regular as compared to when I 1st started, but its just as fun and I really enjoy the feeling of dancing. Competing may not really be an option now with my injury and all but I think I will at least try for the medal examinations.
Of course, I'm starting work at my new company next week. Still an IT oriented job but I see more opportunities to do different things and learn new skills. Will probably have to start from the bottom again which I really do not mind as I feel that I still have many more things to learn.
After waiting for 18 years, I started piano lessons! I still remember asking my parents to let me take piano lessons when I was in Primary 5 (11 years old). The reply I got was "神经病，不要浪费钱。我们家里人没有音乐细胞的". Can't really argue with my parents and I definitely couldn't afford lessons myself. Now I can finally afford lessons on my own. Though its kind of late to start piano at 29 years old, its better late than never!
Everyone is complaining that I'm fat!!! Oh well, its true though. I checked the scale and I did indeed put on 2kgs. Started jogging every since I got back from Thailand but doesn't really seem to help. Will have to take more extreme measures!
Hmm, contemplating on joining SDU (Social Development Unit). Perhaps then I may be able to find a girlfriend? Think I'm really what they would refer to as AFC (Average Frustrated Chump) suffering from one-itis. To top it off, I'm in the IT industry!
Some note worthy things have been started though.
I'm in the mist of preparing for GMAT which is part of the requirements needed for the Master that I'm applying for. The preparatory lessons which I've signed up for are great. The instructor is interesting, the questions are challenging and interesting. 4 hours for each lesson of the course simply flies by when 2 hours of lecture during my varsity days felt like forever. Hopefully I get reasonably good results for my GMAT so that I can apply for the Master I'm interested in.
Started ballroom dancing again. Though may not be as intensive nor as regular as compared to when I 1st started, but its just as fun and I really enjoy the feeling of dancing. Competing may not really be an option now with my injury and all but I think I will at least try for the medal examinations.
Of course, I'm starting work at my new company next week. Still an IT oriented job but I see more opportunities to do different things and learn new skills. Will probably have to start from the bottom again which I really do not mind as I feel that I still have many more things to learn.
After waiting for 18 years, I started piano lessons! I still remember asking my parents to let me take piano lessons when I was in Primary 5 (11 years old). The reply I got was "神经病，不要浪费钱。我们家里人没有音乐细胞的". Can't really argue with my parents and I definitely couldn't afford lessons myself. Now I can finally afford lessons on my own. Though its kind of late to start piano at 29 years old, its better late than never!
Everyone is complaining that I'm fat!!! Oh well, its true though. I checked the scale and I did indeed put on 2kgs. Started jogging every since I got back from Thailand but doesn't really seem to help. Will have to take more extreme measures!
Hmm, contemplating on joining SDU (Social Development Unit). Perhaps then I may be able to find a girlfriend? Think I'm really what they would refer to as AFC (Average Frustrated Chump) suffering from one-itis. To top it off, I'm in the IT industry!
最近因为没有什么事做，经常躲在家里看《土豆网》上的连续剧。现在正在看的是《我和殭尸有個約2》。我还记得当年学生时代，这部连续剧很受男同学们的欢迎。我想主要原因是马小玲的腿！我想，我一向都对比较"肉肉"的女生有好感。所以，我其实还蛮喜欢马小玲这个角色。昨晚，看到了将臣正在学习人类的感情时，跟马叮当的一段对白。是他们在排练《罗密欧与朱丽叶》时，令将臣明白什么是爱情的一段话:
"我宁愿他们用仇恨杀了我，也不愿意放下爱情来换取生命"
我做的到吗?
Visited RCA (Royal City Avenue) last night. Went for a drink as I was
really in a lousy mood. It was really early when I went, about 8pm.
Nightlife in Bangkok don't really start until 12 midnight, but I didn't
really care anyway. Went into this club which seems like its playing
some decent music and ordered my bottle. Did not really recognise many of the drinks hence I just got myself a bottle of Johnny Walker
Black Label and settled myself down. It wasn't that bad but I guess I
wasn't really used to the taste and the choice of mixer was limited.
Water, soda or coke. Could only finish about 1/3 of the bottle before I
started to feel really grossed out and had to leave before I puke
inside the club. Decided that taking a cab home would really be a bad
idea. I really felt like puking and if I took a cab, I probably would have
given the driving style here and the smell of cabs. I decided to
walk home since it was only about 2.5km away and I was hoping that the air
would clear my head. Boy, was that a really long walk or what. Nearly
couldn't make it home and I had to stop a couple of times to try and stop
my head from spinning. The air DID NOT help at all. The fumes from the
traffic only made it worse. When I finally made it back to my
apartment, I was almost gone. Collapsed on my bed the moment I could
get my door to the apartment locked. The next morning, I woke up with a super hangover (and
most of those who goes drinking with me knows that I don't get
hangovers that easily). I was comatose on bed for at least another 2
hours before I could even get myself out of bed. Oh, and I chose the wrong part of the club
to settle down cause right after I ordered my bottle, they started
playing Thai pop music, crappy. Next time got to learn to survey the
place a bit longer. Wonder if they will let me retrieve my bottle from
another room the next time I go. Hmmm ...
Edit: I gave my bottle card away, not going to that crappy place anymore.
Edit: I gave my bottle card away, not going to that crappy place anymore.
就算历史再重演,我也不会放手的...
我不想忘记阿 ...
有时候，有些人你永远不会忘记，
不管一百年也好，一千年也好，
你以为自己能完全忘了他，
但不知道何时或者何地，
他会无声无息出现在你的脑中，
你以为你自己能一笑了之，
但是眼泪已经留下来了。
不懂就算了。。。
不管一百年也好，一千年也好，
你以为自己能完全忘了他，
但不知道何时或者何地，
他会无声无息出现在你的脑中，
你以为你自己能一笑了之，
但是眼泪已经留下来了。
不懂就算了。。。
No, no porn here. Just suddenly realised that I've no idea how to tell when is Mother's or Father's Day. Did some digging and decided to put here so that I can remember, though different countries determine the date differently, I'm stating in the context of Singapore.
Mother's Day - Second Sunday of May
Father's Day - Third Sunday of June
Hopefully I don't forget anymore!
Mother's Day - Second Sunday of May
Father's Day - Third Sunday of June
Hopefully I don't forget anymore!
