When Silence Is No Longer Golden

Hi readers. This is going to be just a quick post, since I am posting this in the morning before my class started. Firstly, I am sorry that the migration took much longer than expected (have not even completely finished yet, but I guess it is already pretty usable, so let's just call it... soft-opening? Open beta?) As you can see, the template of this blog is still not the same as the previous one on the previous URL. I planned to change it so that it is the same as the one before, but I am getting very busy these last few weeks I do not even have the chance to work on my personal projects ='( On a side note, I would like to share with you (or maybe just to my future self, in case there is no reader to read this post) my plans regarding my other blog (which supposedly filled with my portfolio). I planned to upload the things I learned from NUS to that blog (as in the (not-so) short summary of the things I have learned) that is related to the field of computing. It is m...

Hi readers! Has it been a while since the last time I posted (as usual)? I can't even remember when the last time I posted something here, and what it was about. Regardless, and maybe to your disappointment, this post is not about my life or anything related to that. This post is just to inform regular readers out there (if any) that I am going to change the URL to this blog sometime soon. I can't quite disclose the reason without sacrificing much of my identity, but I guess it will not make much difference in the long run so here goes: the current URL is too similar to my nickname in other internet communities, making other people can easily bump into this page either accidentally or purposefully to stalk me (or maybe some HR guy doing some background research on the prospective employee). As I may have mentioned earlier, I meant for this blog to be read by people who don't actually know me, or by people who I have given my permission to read (though if you happen to know ...

Hi readers!! It is such a fine evening and yet here I am in my room writing a blog post to readers that I do not even know exist!! How noble I am for prioritizing you guys over my girlfriend on this Valentine's evening! Okay enough of the bullshit... Yes, I am still single that's why I am here instead of out there having dinner with my significant other. To be honest, after a few years not having any feeling for girls feels okay to me. At least I am not depressed on this Single Depression Day. In fact, I could not be happier. I can have all the time for myself to do whatever I like. And now, although I feel like playing DOTA 2 (yes, I am playing DOTA 2! If you guys up to for a game or two, contact me using the Contact Form on the right!), I feel that I should write to you readers to show my love (awww) on this lovely day. Actually, it is more because I have indirectly promised my friend to update this blog at least once every two weeks and I have already broken my promise on th...

Just feel like sharing this with you readers. It is really a good read. It really is. I wish I could write some reflection about myself based on the article, but I do not have the time as of now. Maybe tonight or some other days (which most likely translates to never =/ ) This article is about how we judge others and ourselves. There are so much truth in this it may hurt some of you, but you are in no position to retaliate because he was right. How we judge others is how we judge ourselves (that's the title of the article). Have a good read and have a good week ahead! (Maybe not, since it is the first week of school for some of us haha)

Hi readers!! First and foremost, I would like to say... Happy new year 2014!!! Best wishes to all of you, readers and passer-bys alike!! Let us go straight to the main point why I am writing this post. Like everyone else in the world, there is some sort of obligation to make something once every year, especially in this time of the year. That's right, the new year's resolution!! Some people think that new year resolutions are merely bullshit said during new year which would be forgotten sooner or later. That is their problem for not committing to their own resolutions. For me, I wrote my new year resolution in my phone so that I can refer to it anytime I need. Of course, those pessimists are partially true; I did not fulfil many of my last year's resolution. But at least I did fulfil a few, and it might not be possible if I did not keep track of them every now and then. Pessimists all over the world, around this time of year Before I reveal to you all my resolution for this...

Hi readers!! Again, it has been a really long while since the last post! A little bit of catching up first; I have finished my exams (yay!) and is now having my 'winter' holiday in my home country (though there is no such thing as winter both in Singapore and in my home country). Just as a warning, this is going to be a melancholy post so for those in high mood because of the holiday season, I highly recommend you all to skip this post. Suit yourself if you want to read them still, though. At your own risk! Okay so here comes the melancholy part. Perhaps let me start with what I have been doing over my first semester in NUS. Just as a recap, or for your information, if you have not been following my blog (is there even anyone that follows my blog? Helloooww??!), I did not take any CCA (that's co-curricular activites for you non-Singapore-educated readers) and instead took a part time job as a helper for a research that I do not even know what. The job took quite a bit (a lo...

Hi readers!! Once again, a long while after the last post. I am so sorry for that, I am really, like really, busy such that I do not have any time to spare to blog. Now that the semester has ended (there is still finals though, but that is still (only?) a week away~) I can spare some time to write something. And just nice, I have something to say as well! Okay so basically, today (by the time this is posted is yesterday) I went back to my secondary school, SJI - that's St Joseph's Institution, in case you don't know - to attend a farewell concert. The concert is in conjunction with the moving of the campus as it is going to be renovated. The school is going to be moved temporarily to another campus in Bishan (I think it is used to be an ITE or something) for a couple of years. Shortly, I was a sort of..... fooled(?) by the nice-looking e-mail invitation, thinking it is some kind of grand concert that would take place in the PAC (Performing Arts Centre) or something, where o...

Hi readers! I do not even remember when was the last time I wrote here... Has it been more than one week? University life is indeed very hectic, extremely so such that I lose track of time. Suddenly this coming week is recess week (or in Singapore, is actually "mid-term preparation week") and mid-term exam will follow thereafter. If I am really that busy, why do I even bother to write now, anyway? Well... Because I love you my readers!! <3<3 .......... Nah.... Are there even readers? Is there any reader at all actually? Lol..... Anyway the real reason I write now is because I am waiting for the big data migration, just as what the title says. Well, remember I bought a new laptop last week? (Or was it 2 weeks ago? I seriously lost the track of time!) Yeah, so finally I am able to spend some time looking through my old files and decide which will stay, which will go over to the next laptop, and which will be deleted. It is pretty similar to tidying up your room; you will ...

Hey readers!! Finally, a more high-spirited post from me! Before I start proper, let me apologize to you readers (if there are any) that my last few posts have been really.... depressing. There were not much to be hyped about in my life thus far, really. Even now, actually my life has not gotten much better. This week (or should I say last week since today is already weekend) is e-learning week. For readers who have not entered university yet would say, "Yay! E-learning! Extra holiday, you mean?" While those who are currently in or have graduated from university (especially Singapore university) would say "I know how it feels, broooo." Yeah, e-learning is not so much fun anymore now that I am in university. E-learning week for me now has turned into "catching-up-with-studies week".  The pace of the lectures is crazy. It is not possible to get a good command on a certain concept before piles of new concepts are bombarded onto you the very next lecture. Thus...

Hi everyone! This time, it is really quite a long hiatus since the last time I posted here. Indeed university life is very different from the relaxed life of the 6-month holiday I just went through (you don't say!), even JC! Some of you may have heard the saying that if you can go through JC, you can go through anything in life. WRONG. I would say that the more correct saying is that JC is the preview of what real life (or rather, university life, since I haven't gone to work yet) would be like. Things come and go really quickly and without you realizing it, you missed out on a lot of things even when it is only week 3 of your university life! Anyway, I am posting now not to compare JC and university. Okay so the reason I am posting now is just to create a checkpoint in my university life so far, so that the future me can have a reference of his past, for whatever reason he may have. So far, things have been pretty okay. I took a hardcore "introduction to programming"...