Tuesday, December 31, 2013

With 1 hour 3 mins left to a brand new year, I shall start writing my new year's eve post. Why the hell am I not out you ask? Well, it has something to do with this dreadful flu that has been bugging me for more than a week.

But no matter, looking on the bright side, this gives me the time to actually make this post. Did a quick search on my blog and found a couple of post related to new year.
http://www.lordofgeeks.com/2012/01/happy-new-year-2012.html
http://www.lordofgeeks.com/2012/12/2012-in-review.html
http://www.lordofgeeks.com/2013/01/happy-new-year-2013.html

I'm happy to say that I did manage to hit some of the resolutions that I made at the start of this year. Though I'm a little disappointed that I totally forgot about many of them.

Nevertheless, looking back, many things have happened this year. Huge events that help change, and shape my life into what it is today. Even though I don't particularly feel very strongly for this year, it has indeed been a rather important year.

Firstly, I have finally graduated from poly.#1 #2 #3
Then I got my ass dragged into serving the nation. Many things have happened and I wrote a couple of, "If there's one thing I'll say about the army". There's still that two field camps that I have totally been dragging forever to write. Then, after spending many dreadful days on that fucking island, I have finally passed out to be a private; POP loh!

Tried signing on but failed spectacularly, curses. (left the post there for my future self to laugh at) Got posted out to a new place, made friends, worked and played together.

Then all of a sudden, it's december 31st. 6 months since I have enlisted in the army. Half a year, I can't believe that I actually graduated from school this year. School, normal life just feels like a fairy tale, a made up place to me now. So many things have changed, sometimes I'm not sure if I know what is going on in my own life, sometimes I feel like I'm just being carried by some invisible force to wherever the universe intended for me to land up at.

But well, as they say
"The only constant is change."

It's not necessarily bad per say. Been through some experience that I would never get a chance to go through otherwise, but given a choice I definitely wouldn't want to go through everything again. I guess what I'm really trying to say is that, I'm just trying to live to the fullest in this little world that I've been confined to.

Some awesome things that have came out from army (for me personally) is that I have somewhat regained the passion to write with a pen. 3 years in poly has spoiled me and I hated writing notes in analog. I have learned to endure through more shit, though I'm not really sure if I really have changed at all. Though I think I have learned to work with others a little better now.

Oh, I also picked up a new programming language in camp. At times, people ask me why. To which my reply is, why not? If I really had to put it down in words, I suppose I'm a really whimsical person. It's not that I do things without reason, but that I feel like doing things without reason, then I think whether it's logical to do it or not; if yes, then I go crazy with it, if no, I will chuckle at my own idiosyncrasies. (which explains why I sometimes just laugh for seemingly no reason at all)

Okay I'm kind of side tracking here.
So why did I spend all that energy to learn something I will most probably not use in the future?
(because my course of study probably has nothing to do with it, probably)
I'm restless. I feel like I'm dying inside, dying of boredom. It's not that we don't have anything to do in camp, it's quite the opposite. (though the free time we have is substantial as well) But the thing is, I really don't care about the things I'm learning. It's interesting yes, but it's a dead thing, like a stone set in place. Nothing new nor exciting happens and will ever happen. Sometimes it just feels like I'm meant for something more you know, like all the super hero movies I watch as a kid, I want to change the world if only just a little.

But then again, this may just be the flu talking.

Well, quickly scrolling through my old posts reminds me of all the friends I used to hang out with. It's not that we're not friends anymore, it's not that we couldn't hang out anymore, but it's just different, something that was there isn't anymore; and I find that a little sad. I'm sure I will feel like army when I leave 1.5 years later; it's just this endless cycle chipping me away bit by bit.

Enough of this depressing sentimental bullshit.
We have survived through yet another year, and that is awesome in itself. 

It's 13 minutes to 2014.
Here's to a better year, cheers.

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Wednesday, January 02, 2013

"Everyday is a new day
- Lord of Geeks

Well, this New Year isn't particularly exciting nor anything in particular. Of course, that's due to the activities we were doing. But then again, calm and easy is the way I like it.

I don't know how the hell but I somehow managed to miss the timing to post on the 1st of January. Which adds to the list of "bad ways to start a new year". Anyway, I have done this for quite awhile now; writing resolutions and not particularly following them.

Still, my resolution for this year shall be the same as last year.


I can't stress this hard enough. It's not like I've not been doing work of any sort. It's not like I'm just rotting my days away. I study very hard, just not in the right areas.

Still, I've read that having vague resolutions like this doesn't help me in following through, so for the sake of it. And to test it out, I shall try to write some very specific resolutions.

*inserts random joke
A: What is your resolution for 2013!
B: 1920 by 1080.

Though the word "resolution" doesn't really make a lot of sense to me, the only thing that I can think of is my monitor resolution. So instead of resolutions, it'll be promises to myself. At least I will feel a tad depressed breaking my own promises. Let's hope this'll work.

1. Finish my final year project in a timely fashion. Specifically before the end of January.
2. Score As for all my modules. (even though it's a little too late but it's better than nothing)
3. Exercise more and get in shape.
4. Have regular sleeping habits. (Sleep by 12AM)
5. Find a way to create a >50mbps wireless link at home.
6. Set up a database server for me to play around with.
7. Set up Virtual Application Streaming
8. Set up PXE Boot Server
9. Set up proper redundant backups with NAS. (rsync)
10. Eat as healthily as possible (fruits everyday)

That's all the things I could think off the top of my head. And I made it very specific. Hopefully I would be able to accomplish all of them.

If you're wondering why there are no pictures, that's because it was drizzling half the time. It was really dark and we were tired as hell. Crashed at a friend's place for awhile before heading home to rest. Had my friends buy breakfast over for me in the morning. I swear, that is probably the best way to start a day and a year.

So all in all, I suppose 2013 wasn't that bad of a start. But judging from this, it's probably gonna be a bumpy ride and I simply have to see the good in all situations I'm in.

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Sunday, January 01, 2012

That was literally the fireworks that I saw.

No seriously. Because we decided to celebrate it at East Coast Park. (man, how many times have I went there recently?)


Back to the "fireworks", they're not fireworks of course, they're actually flares fired off from the ships off the coast, which is pretty darn cool if you ask me. When 2012 finally arrived all the ships started honking(?) in cohesion.

It cannot be compared to the splendor we would've witnessed if we went to town, but since subtlety is our goal I'll say we achieved that pretty nicely.

Before I get too carried away, let me first wish everyone a

2012 came faster that I thought it would and very soon I'll be older by another year again, time just grips on my throat tighter and tighter each passing year.

I've been asking people around about their resolutions, but  maybe we're too old for new year resolutions, or maybe we know it doesn't work, but no one seems to have any. Of course, I could give an exhausting list of goals for 2012, but after thinking about it for awhile, I only have one.

1. Stop wasting time.

When I looked back every year, it's not that I didn't do anything significant to improve myself one way or another, but I waste too much time focusing on things that are not important to me. So here's to myself in the next 364 days, stop wasting my time, seriously.

Now I've gotten past the obligatory opening speech, here's what I did for count down to 2012

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