Category: Life

Struggling to stay awake every day. Urge to sleep so great the magic of coffee has no effect on me.

Been playing FFXI up to 1~2am. The problem is I don’t feel sleepy at all playing the game. Except for one occasion where I played up to 4am. Even one Japanese in my party fell asleep at the teleport crystal while waiting for us. It’s GMT+9 in Japan by the way. For those who don’t know, it means they are one hour ahead of Singapore (GMT+8).

I don’t really enjoy sweets but since I have to, I’ll try those super-sour sweets.

To end this; According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, it’s been months since I last logged on.

May your operating system be stable.

Most of my friends know I eat fast. There’s a reason and story behind it.

It all started back in secondary school where we had only 25 minutes of recess. The canteen is small with only a few stalls and there’s only 2-3 stalls that sell food that pleases my tongue. So only 3 stalls to serve half a school. Approximately 200-300. Not everyone eats so make it 150. If I happen to be slow and end up at the back of a long queue, I’ll have 10-15 minutes left to eat.

So this continues for 4 years. I acquired the skill of eating without the needing to stop for a drink. Good. Saved quite a lot of money on drinks.

The scary thing I remember back then is I eat once in the morning, 7am. Again during recess, 10am. And then again in the afternoon, 1pm. Then dinner at home and occasional supper. Now, it’s coffee at 10am, lunch at 1pm, dinner at 8pm. Done. Sometimes supper.

And next, I notice some friends who take 30 minutes to finish a meal where I’d only take 10. Let’s say if I had 3 meals a day, I would have saved an hour of time for more of FFXI. [XD]

So there, how I acquired the skill of eating fast and the reason why I still want to eat fast. [:D]

Speaking of time, I went to check my connection usage on $ingn€t’s website. Checked my connection time for September and and August. You see, August has 31 days. Meaning 744 hours in that month only. And at their site it showed I was connected for 771 hours. I bet in their various attempts to limit user’s downloads, they somehow managed to tear a hole in the fabric of time.

Fucking flu again. Why can’t it be on a Wednesday or Thursday so I can go on a medical leave…

The usual running nose, slight fever and now with a pinch of headache. Fucking hell…

Brain’s been feeling a little dull lately. Too much FFXI and 5-6 hours of sleep a day.

Here’s some reading tips I learned about the other day from reading this book. Supposedly increases your reading speed. Works well for me but I still need more practice.

1) Concentration. Well… It’s a basic requirement.

2) Read with your eyes. Don’t read and pronounce every single word. Your brain can actually work fast but if you try to pronounce every word, you’re slowing yourself down. They call this subvocalization.

3) Read every word right the first time so you don’t have to read the same word twice to re-confirm. This is also where concentration plays an important role.

Let me know if it works for you. [:D]

Received my 12th paycheck. Meaning I’ve worked for a year already. Time flies
especially when I enjoy what I do at work. [XD]

By right, I should have at least $1000 or more of savings in my bank account.
But what I have left is an amount less than $50 every month. What’s new in my
room is a stack of Newtype USA
magazines, more manga, audio CDs and some figurines in my
closet, a powerful Athlon64 machine
and a comfortable chair. Mental note to do an inventory check and see how much
I’ve spent on my interests over the past year.

If only I had my own room, I would’ve bought some shelves, big table and a
sofa. If I had higher pay, I might consider installing an air-conditioner in my
room. It all boils down to money. Something I’m trying not to focus my life
on.

I might get a discman this month. It’s old but should be cheap. Audio quality
definitely beats MP3 players. My MD player can no longer record, a new MD player
costs $499, a good discman should be a lot less than $100. Recommendations
anyone?