Those who know me well know that I hate cold weather, I just don't like chilling and trembling and need to wear loads and loads of clothes to keep myself warm. It makes me feel being tied up with both hands.
And guess what, I am now working in a freezer! Damn it, man! The noisy air-conditioner is blowing like crazy behind me! The lucky thing is, I can prove the wind blocker is doing it's job nicely. HA! I only felt cold at the area that wasn't covered by this little thingy.
You may wonder why what the hell I am doing here, well, in short, I am taking care of those hot-hatred creature - computer - in the server room. Err, server room is really an under-rated adjective. I am in a room as big as Tsim Sha Tsui Fat Angelo's but with pile and pile of cabinet with each carrying numbers of computer inside, you can guess how big it would be.
Well, I am asked to stay till 12 in the afternoon and there is still about an hour before I can leave. But honestly speaking, I have nothing to be done here.. damn it. That's why I would take the time in writting up this blogger. HA!
6/24/2002
6/23/2002
Re-discovered Dream
First time in the 2 years, the desire in finishing things of big & small has finally come back.
I am delighted.
As what I have told you, the pieces and pieces of shattered dream seems binding up by themselves once and again. I have so much that wanna be done, big and small, and I will mark them all down before it has all gone.
The curlprit of all these is the break I can have yesterday, no, I don't mean a day off but the way how I work - and enjoy, now and after. Control is what I meant, I don't need to be bothered with senseless suggestion. Schedule belongs to myself, no one can re-arrange them in the way they like.
2 years, I used to work day and night, all by myself, on the thing I treasure, I believe, trust and sweared to be valuable by my own standard. No report, no updating is needed for anyone else but myself. I have whole confidence on what I can deliver.
I feel empowered.
The indication is straight and simple, I need to work with trust, with total control.
Before I get snapped right in the face again, I will put down all my own thoughts, like a dying corpse who spilled out every single word before his last breath.
I am delighted.
As what I have told you, the pieces and pieces of shattered dream seems binding up by themselves once and again. I have so much that wanna be done, big and small, and I will mark them all down before it has all gone.
The curlprit of all these is the break I can have yesterday, no, I don't mean a day off but the way how I work - and enjoy, now and after. Control is what I meant, I don't need to be bothered with senseless suggestion. Schedule belongs to myself, no one can re-arrange them in the way they like.
2 years, I used to work day and night, all by myself, on the thing I treasure, I believe, trust and sweared to be valuable by my own standard. No report, no updating is needed for anyone else but myself. I have whole confidence on what I can deliver.
I feel empowered.
The indication is straight and simple, I need to work with trust, with total control.
Before I get snapped right in the face again, I will put down all my own thoughts, like a dying corpse who spilled out every single word before his last breath.
6/11/2002
Apple product... and more.
I am dedicating this article to my iBook, who has just celebrated his first "birthday" on 2 June. Buddy, I know it is kind of late ;)
Power book 1400cs, iBook Dual-USB 2001, iPod, PowerMac Quicksilver.
I own all of them and has been using it happily in this five years. They are elegant, charming and bring my joy by using it. From the hardware design - they have eye catching appearance and rock solid performance, to the software platform - OS X is the best OS I have ever used, the interface has a touch of human thought and providing what we need in archiving our day-to-day usage without sacrifiing a bit of stability. I have whole confident in seeing it to grow to an even better operation system in the coming years.
The digital hub's line of product is so simple to use but yet powerful enough for the general public to DO what they want - sharing photos, making their own video or music collection, without the need of a rocket science degree.
Handspring, is (or .. err.. was) the company I have put my heart into it. Springboard module, is a brilliant design, you get a plain vanilla pda but with the option to extend to anything else you desire by plugging in the module. So, I don't need to pay hefty amount of money for whatever features I might not need but consider "useful" for Joe the user. The sad thing is, it is consider dated and is dumped by the company. Yet, in the previous year or two, I can enjoy taking picture at unbelivable moment, such as the morning after slaving through the whole night.
Both company shares a similar role in the market - they are NOT the major player. This is really strange.. considering the usefullness of the product itself versus the acceptance from the general public. Seems that people are more aware of the branding, trend of the norm and consider less about the quality of the product. People would always want to float on the top of the product trend -- using the "fastest" machine (well, in terms of numbers but not performance) or the latest machine with the longest list of features (while 80% are not being used).
It is sort of alone among my friends, in being a user of Apple and Handspring's product, since friends around are all using something else, but I am a proud and happy user indeed. And yet, I am aware that I am not the only one who believe in their thoughts and I can find strong coherence among users who are using these products.
I am dedicating this article to my iBook, who has just celebrated his first "birthday" on 2 June. Buddy, I know it is kind of late ;)
Power book 1400cs, iBook Dual-USB 2001, iPod, PowerMac Quicksilver.
I own all of them and has been using it happily in this five years. They are elegant, charming and bring my joy by using it. From the hardware design - they have eye catching appearance and rock solid performance, to the software platform - OS X is the best OS I have ever used, the interface has a touch of human thought and providing what we need in archiving our day-to-day usage without sacrifiing a bit of stability. I have whole confident in seeing it to grow to an even better operation system in the coming years.
The digital hub's line of product is so simple to use but yet powerful enough for the general public to DO what they want - sharing photos, making their own video or music collection, without the need of a rocket science degree.
Handspring, is (or .. err.. was) the company I have put my heart into it. Springboard module, is a brilliant design, you get a plain vanilla pda but with the option to extend to anything else you desire by plugging in the module. So, I don't need to pay hefty amount of money for whatever features I might not need but consider "useful" for Joe the user. The sad thing is, it is consider dated and is dumped by the company. Yet, in the previous year or two, I can enjoy taking picture at unbelivable moment, such as the morning after slaving through the whole night.
Both company shares a similar role in the market - they are NOT the major player. This is really strange.. considering the usefullness of the product itself versus the acceptance from the general public. Seems that people are more aware of the branding, trend of the norm and consider less about the quality of the product. People would always want to float on the top of the product trend -- using the "fastest" machine (well, in terms of numbers but not performance) or the latest machine with the longest list of features (while 80% are not being used).
It is sort of alone among my friends, in being a user of Apple and Handspring's product, since friends around are all using something else, but I am a proud and happy user indeed. And yet, I am aware that I am not the only one who believe in their thoughts and I can find strong coherence among users who are using these products.
Swinging in the rain
It rains like hell today.
And I hate raining, for most of the time, but I like listening to the sa-la sa-la sound when the rain drops hit the soil.
I use another tactic today, make myself swing, swing it till I broke down, shedding off every piece of burden off my dreaded and soaked body. And Mr. Morgan is surely a heat trumpter.
Besides, this starts off another 10 years of journey I will be going with Annis.. happy anniversary my darling.
It rains like hell today.
And I hate raining, for most of the time, but I like listening to the sa-la sa-la sound when the rain drops hit the soil.
I use another tactic today, make myself swing, swing it till I broke down, shedding off every piece of burden off my dreaded and soaked body. And Mr. Morgan is surely a heat trumpter.
Besides, this starts off another 10 years of journey I will be going with Annis.. happy anniversary my darling.
6/09/2002
Rush it up
In the old days, well, what I meant is the 30s till early 60s. People will spend time to make their own thing, finish what they need with their hands. Cook their meal without using any "instant" substitute, crafting the furniture, decorating the home, as long as they know how, they will do it themselves.
Society now grows to a different magnitude, in terms of economy. Products of any kind could now be found around us and which most, or all of them, will state in their promotion items that, by using their product, you can save lots of time and enhance the efficiency in finishing the task.
Don't you feel it is pathetic?
Everything seems to be needed in finishing in a second. And what shocked me most is, we don't see what we are hurrying for! Yeah, we always get told we don't have sufficient time to rest, to explore our interests or simply to enjoy our life. But do you feel you are more relaxing by using all those substitutes? Do you find you now have more time than before and can do whatever you wanna? I don't really belive in so!
Yeah, we can finish our task more efficiently, granted, just that we are now doing several thing at a time, rather than finishing it one by one. My point is -- is it necessary?
I am just feeling horrible in seeing everyone around is investing so much of our effort in our day-to-day job, without taking the time to think like a human. To consider thoughts besides money. Mankind is now being treated as consumable product, everyone can be tagged with a price.
In the old days, well, what I meant is the 30s till early 60s. People will spend time to make their own thing, finish what they need with their hands. Cook their meal without using any "instant" substitute, crafting the furniture, decorating the home, as long as they know how, they will do it themselves.
Society now grows to a different magnitude, in terms of economy. Products of any kind could now be found around us and which most, or all of them, will state in their promotion items that, by using their product, you can save lots of time and enhance the efficiency in finishing the task.
Don't you feel it is pathetic?
Everything seems to be needed in finishing in a second. And what shocked me most is, we don't see what we are hurrying for! Yeah, we always get told we don't have sufficient time to rest, to explore our interests or simply to enjoy our life. But do you feel you are more relaxing by using all those substitutes? Do you find you now have more time than before and can do whatever you wanna? I don't really belive in so!
Yeah, we can finish our task more efficiently, granted, just that we are now doing several thing at a time, rather than finishing it one by one. My point is -- is it necessary?
I am just feeling horrible in seeing everyone around is investing so much of our effort in our day-to-day job, without taking the time to think like a human. To consider thoughts besides money. Mankind is now being treated as consumable product, everyone can be tagged with a price.
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