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Wow how long has it been? A year just went past without me noticing much of it. Too much done, too little achieved. Seen a lot, caught a few. Spent the time, not everything reciprocated. Introversion increased, perfection decreased. Wrote code, abandoned; wrote music, unsatisfied. At least I brought my wife...
Despite an entire microsite trying to explain the difference between the voice products, I still dont get. Heres my way of putting it, hope it helps you as much as it helps me. Im using USA just for simplicity. In Singapore, calling overseas (Source) v019 a.k.a. Good Value Malaysia:...
My mathematics superstitions confirmed this as its the golden ratio point, the point where our time already spent on this trip was ~1.6 times the time left. So thus it was a great time for us to recapitulate our Canada trip and head back into USA. Since Vancouver was really known for the great number...
April 29 (Monday) We left Penticton with a heavy heart. Yipeng made lots of waffles for breakfast and we said many goodbyes before we set off to travel west towards Vancouver. 二叔 gave dear a trusty Nokia since her S II was bricked a few days earlier to stay connected. We chose the more indirect [...]
Driving along the Trans-Canada Highway, we headed to Banff from Calgary airport on our rented SUV. Despite the rocky terrains that it cut through, Highway 1 was in surprisingly good condition, with grooves properly done, lots of signs, and even migration corridors for wildlife (these periodic...
April 23 (Tuesday) Sand. Thats what we remembered about Edmonton. Snow too, but primarily sand. During our flight across northern Ontario state, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, it was mostly white at first, then grids started appearing as the white snow gave way to brown soil color. The grids continued...
April 20 (Saturday) Our trip took us on a detour from Pittsburgh to Chicago before coming to Toronto (we saved $300, couldnt say the same for the environment). That made this leg of the trip the Great Lakes tour as we flew pass Lake Michigan, Lake Eerie and Lake Ontario. It was bright...
April 17 (Wednesday) One thing I forgot to mention in my previous post was that we found out that the Boston bombings happened while we were hanging around the Apple store in Grand Central in NYC. When we first saw the news on BBC we thought it was a joke and it quickly sent a [...]
April 12 (Friday) I have lots of thoughts on family dynamics during the long car ride from Fairfax to Jersey. Like all situations, its the adversary that brings out the true behavior of a person, that you know how much a person needs to swallow air and keep cool even with the smallest...
Preamble: Pictures on Facebook soon. Only words here, and they are incoherent intentionally * * * April 8 (Monday) It was a dark and stormy night. Now I know where that came from. Im quite risk averse when it comes to personal safety. Bungee jumps and skydiving are a obvious no-no while even roller...
In less than 2 weeks time, Ill be travelling again. The longest trip that Ive planned thus far in life – a 6 weeks honeymoon made up of two unpaid self-proclaimed sabbatical together with my wife, which hopefully also serve as a 6 week retreat from the common-sense life...
Our Dates Are Set! Looking forward to meet everyone we have contacted, as well as the surprise from those we havent! Were leaving some important information here for reference. Transportation Info (all times here are local time) Singapore to Washington D.C. Depart April 8 00:45, transit at...
I get this question now and then from well meaning close friends, and recently Ive been doing to the same as I shift gears in my day job, on what how I benefited from being gainfully employed as a cog. Its roughly my 10th year in employment, time for a blog! It will be a [...]
Its not like me to have nothing to say. But I guess the last 3 months of psychological turmoil has finally taken its toll on my meditation of silence. Instead of engaging with intellectual discourse (including blogging here), Ive become the walking dead, suppressing my huge emotional passion...