2nd Sept 2010
Made another big decision.
More big decisions to be made in the months to come.
Tags: life
Tags: life
I WANDERED lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed–and gazed–but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
- William Wordsworth
Tags: lonely
“I want a job that makes an impact to other people so that I can leave a legacy behind.”
I raised my eyebrows, this was spoken by a colleague who was known to be somewhat of a slacker. He is brilliant, but is widely regarded as someone who was not very ambitious, and thus only works the bare minimum.
“If I cannot get a job that makes me very rich, at least I want a job that I can create an impact. Like creating a computer application that everyone uses, or create the special effects for a movie like Avatar.” He continued.
I nod my head. I want a job that I am happy doing, and if I am unhappy doing it, I want a job that really pays me well. I had never thought of wanting a job that can create an impact, and leaving a legacy behind.
“Sometimes wanting and reality is very different. How many people can get a job they really want?” I replied. He sighs and nods his head in agreement.
And I sigh too.
The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you!
- Rocky Balboa
Tags: life
The face that greets me every morning when I wake up.
Tags: Kirby
Tags: photos
Finally!
Tags: beer
Love from one side hurts, but love from two sides heals.
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
How true, how true.
Unfortunately for me, I have been hurting all this while.
Tags: love
After getting my hands on iPhone4 here in Singapore through M1′s preorder, and queuing 2 hours+ just to collect it, here is a list of my comments after using it for almost 2 weeks:
1) It feels solid, holding it in my hands just feels more right than my old iPhone3G. It is not heavy, and putting it beside my old iPhone3G makes the old iPhone looks more plastic.
2) The retina display is really awesome. Again putting it side by side with my old iPhone3G, the colours on iPhone4 seem to be brighter, sharper and generally more pleasing to the eye.
3) Battery Life. With the iPhone4, I started using it as my main phone. Using it for work daily, I must say the battery life is really much better than my old iPhone3G, but still way behind my 2 year old Nokia N97.
4) The iPhone4 runs all my applications much faster. Using the Whatsapp application on iPhone3G was painful, with me typing faster than the words appearing. With the iPhone4, everything is so much faster. Playing Godfinger, for example, was so less frustrating than before.
5) HD video recording. It is really incredible, the video quality was top notch, and really impressive.
6) The Apple’s death grip problem? It really exists. I have tested this in a few locations in Singapore. But since the coverage in Singapore is generally pretty good, this is not a serious problem. I have yet to encounter any drop calls because of this.
Suffice to say, iPhone4 should have been the phone that Apple releases originally, instead of waiting 2 generations for it.
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