Contrary to fluffy music and empty poetry, there is nothing really “bittersweet”  about trying to close a chapter of your life, and trying to move on. Maybe some future self of mine will look back and laugh, but for now, there is a bitterness.

Life will move on, this I know. I will try to keep my eyes forward, and resist the temptation to look behind. Even harder to resist is the temptation to stop moving, to stand still, and to stagnate over regrets of what was withheld from me.

The destination is more important than the journey, and I hope that I shall arrive at my destination, in speedy time. And that should I arrive, it will not just ease the regrets, but erase them so they are utterly forgotten.

I will walk forward and pour all my energy into this. And this hope is not a burden, because it is something I want to do. More than I ever thought I could. But for those who may, or may not, understand my words, my heart will always be open to them. That is a door I cannot close, and not for lack of trying. Maybe time can close it, but I can’t. But it will not be a hindrance.

I recently posted complaining that my cell phone was getting old. So what do you think happens? That very same day,I got this post card from Verizon, offering an early upgrade. Isn’t life ironic that way?

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This weekend, I went to visit a friend, and we went to a computer fair. The actual fair kind of turned into a bust. Either I wasn’t in the spending mood, or I just didn’t see anything that I wanted. So we walked around for a couple of hours, and left.

But, she adopted a “new” cat! Well, it’s 7 years old, but adopted it from a family where the wife “suddenly” developed an allergic reaction to the cat, right after adopting a new puppy. Interesting.

I had a hard time getting him to sit still to take this picture, so this is the best I could do. Such an adorable cat.

But later, when we decided to get something to eat, I wanted something “different”. See, my mother has pretty much no variety in her cooking, and the few times I’ve tried to cook myself, she basically didn’t like it. Her variety is to have potatoes and meat, instead of meat and potatoes. When I confront her about this, she says “I’ve tried everything”, which is her way of saying “I don’t want to try it”.

So we found a Malaysian/Thai style restaurant.  That was my idea, and a few people here might know the underlying reason to seek out a Malaysian place. When out absolutely beautiful waitress (she would have made the trip worth it just by herself) took our orders, we basically just asked for “something Malaysian style”. I got a beef dish, and CJ got a chicken dish. I have no idea how authentic any of this is. What I do know is that my dish had this wonderful and subtle underlying flavor that I couldn’t get enough of. Even now, just thinking about it makes me want to go back.

There was also rice, but we all know what that looks like, right? So I didn’t get a shot of that.

And unfortunately, my cellphone died, so I did not get any shots of the computer fair. Which is pretty annoying, because I just charged the phone the night prior, and didn’t really use it too much. In the middle December, I’m eligible to upgrade my phone, and I’m really keen on getting one of those new Moto Driod phones that Verizon just released. I tried to upgrade early, but they gave me a hard time. Oh well.

Have you ever heard of My Milk Toof? It’s kind of hard to explain, sort of an episodic comic, but the artist uses sculpted teeth as the main characters. It’s becoming very popular lately. I think I myself found about it via Cute Overload, but it’s been posted to many other “cute” blogs, and stuff.

It is beyond adorable, easily can make anyone’s heart melt. The artist just released a smallish book, so I had to buy one. For support to the artist, and to have something tangible as well.

And a nice surprise is some sort of “post card” or something. They almost look like stills that the artist was using, but that’s probably just me making supposition. They’re sealed in plastic, and I don’t want to open it.

The book is currently sold out, but I really recommend you subscribe to the RSS feed so you can get the latest news as soon as possible.

I am not superstitious, at least in this regards. But today is Friday the 13th, and it certainly seems to be living up to the legend.

A power transformer caught on fire, knocking out most of, if not all of, Morristown. I’d estimate at least 5 square miles. The news estimates about 12k customers.

But that’s Ok. We have a natural gas generator at work which should kick in when we lose commercial power. Should. It didn’t.

But that’s Ok. We have a UPS which should hold us, until either power comes back, or the generator kicks in.

Problem with that is, it’s an 80KVA UPS, and under load provides about 10 minutes backup, normally sufficient for the generator to kick on, or commercial power to return.

I sat in the server room reading off from 10% to zero, in less than three minutes, at which point, we went dark.

5 minutes later, the generator kicks in. Still no estimate on commercial power, but I’m not worried. At this scale, they’re working as hard as they can, and they don’t need me asking for updates every 5 minutes.

So, how close to real-life is this? Starr is on the phone, Ghost is asleep on the bed, and I’m glued to the TV.

Got one. What else can I say?

I need to post this and get it off my chest…

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Nov 1 is Kitty’s birthday, and all the servers seem to be having big events. SEA’s started at 8PM SG/MY time. That is 7AM my time, so that was perfect for me.

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You might not have noticed, but I sent in a birthday greeting for Hello Kitty’s 35th birthday. It was posted in the “First batch of birthday greetings”, or something (too lazy to link right now), but it’s also listed on the “Recent, Most watch videos” in the Dream Studio! Just a simple video, one still-frame photo set to some music.

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If you’ve not been playing on the SEA HKO server, you may not realize that we got our old GMs back!

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This will probably be the last posting of this nature. I’ve basically said everything I can, and any more would probably push me into the territory of buffoonery. If I’ve not already crossed that line.

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