leap year?

time flies, let's fly

Saw Mr. 杨俊斌 today

A familiar face, throughout my 6 years in high school

Of course, after 5 years of graduation

I wouldn't expect him to remember me

Given that he has taught so many students..

He remembered me!

Time flies..

11 years ago he was my history teacher

Till now I still remember how he taught history in class

With all the colourful reference books and background stories

I think I fell in love with history because of him

That's how good he is!

People who has seen me grown up

Now witnessing me stepping into the workforce

Starting to earn my first dollar in a full time job

That reminds them of their age

Not necessarily in a depressing way

But rather a rejoice, a genuine expression just to see someone they know do well

I felt loved, A LOT!

That gave me confidence and enough stamina

To stay strong and embrace the challenges ahead

And friends around me are doing well

Heading forward in different directions

But towards a better future together

That positive energy is contagious

And the constant encouragements we have for each other

Simply amazing!

Last but not least, a loving family & faith

Wouldn't have done it without them

Are we losing it? To technology

Born in 1988

Certainly the word "internet" wasn't heard of..in msia at least

Yea probably not much, but I did grow up fighting for toys with others

As the eldest, I didn't have to fight a lot for toys

But when I did, and when I lost the 'fight', I had to wait

Patiently or impatiently, I waited

We even take turns, to have a go at Super Nitendo (yes the console with cartridges inserted)

And then, we grew up...

Technology has an exponential growth nowadays

The speed of a processor just got faster and faster

From floppy disk to iCloud, it took less than 20 years

Less than my age, yeap!

And those price tags of computers are at a constant battle with time

Losing its value in every second, a tech product ages quickly

Take a look around you

I bet you're reading off a screen

You're surrounded by technology

It's inevitable

It's essential

It's constructive, but I think, yet destructive in a way

Ironically, without it, I wouldn't be able to write this post

And you wouldn't be able to read it too

YES, it's ESSENTIAL!

It doesn't happen everywhere, but surely somewhere

Take a step away from a group of people, a family for examples

Look at them..

There's 5 of them

But all you could hear..sound of a keyboard, artificial fruit slashing sound effect, news report from a tv channel, the leaked music from someone's earphone, occasionally, the dad's cough or the daughter's sneeze

Weren't there suppose to be any conversations?

They're so close together physically

But they're so far away..

So far away that you tell facebook (the world) your problems and the person sitting right next to you has no idea that you're struggling at all

To me, that's sad, really sad

Imagine just 10 years ago, just picture it, the differences

I know this is not something new, or some new phenomenon that I've just discovered

It's known, that this world is getting smaller. However, the distances apart between humans, are they getting any smaller, too?

Certainly, some communities are doing better than another

Some appreciate the closeness and warmth of a random conversation

Some would regard a stranger who starts talking a weirdo or a fabulist

Have facebook checking become part of your life every 30 minutes?

Anticipating that notification have become your second nature?

The words you utter everyday just got lesser and lesser?

These aren't wrong, in a sense, they're totally fine and normal to do actually

BUT, are you ignoring the person sitting just less than a meter away from you

Or is he/she ignoring you too?

And you both are just staring at a warm but lifeless screen of incredible resolution, but not noticing a being with 37.4 degree Celsius body temperature?

Why not just start a conversation?

Why not just ask "how are you?"

What is love?

I just know that it's more genuine between two living beings that communicate

Come on, tell the world that you're actually alive!

Take the time to listen, and be patient please, we humans are not as fast as machines sometimes..

Don't stop believing- J-Lin inspired

4th February 2012, definitely a special day for Jeremy Lin

A career high 25 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists performance as a NY Knicks

And I seriously nearly shed a tear to see him play so well, even-though I don't know him personally

Just a glimpse...

Looking back on this "not so long but long enough road" for J-Lin

I would feel terribly relieved if I were him!

After being criticised by the media, despite all the supports that he get

Ups and downs, he been through them

Sometimes, you just gotta believe that this is all a work of coincidence, be it God's arrangement or not

Things just have to happen, for one to get from one place to another

If it hasn't been the "leap of faith" decision made by Coach D'Antoni, putting J-Lin in early

He wouldn't have the chance to show the world what he is capable of

But I guess the most important thing that gets J-Lin there..

Was his constant believe in a better future and his perseverance despite the hardships

Hope this game opens up great opportunities for him

Like he said, getting in rotation, starting point guard, playoffs and finally championship!

All the way back to JB, Msia

Finally I had my knee surgery done, about 1 month ago

Still recovering but I'm glad with the progress

Doing rehab has become a daily routine

Yea, my new ligament, donated by my hamstring..

Laptop and books have become my best friends

But lucky enough, I still get dragged along to movies and dinners by buddy Wonder

Everybody in the household take care of me, and sometimes I feel like a king :)

Might as well enjoy the moment while I still can, haha!

Road to recovery, a long road indeed

Minimum 6 months to basketball

Minimum 3 months to jogging

6 months without basketball, I wonder what else I could do

But that's ok, hopefully work will take care of it

Not knowing what the future brings..

I anticipate the working life in sg, which will come really soon in March

Looking forward to my first ever fulltime job as a pre-reg pharmacist

Looking forward to help people in every single degree that I am able to reach out to

Definitely, looking forward meeting new people, old buddies along the way

No pain, no gain!

And ohya, countdown in Sydney! Best so far!