Posted on December 29, 2017 by nicthegeek

2017年末.

倔強.

重複的聽了1個小時.

今年好像又浪費了365天.

時間你別跑那麼快好不好,你是趕坐火車啊.

1215,1216,1217. 吸收了一堆的正能量, 一起陪我到2018年, 不要離開, 好嗎? (至少到6月😁)

#五月天 #倔強

Happy Star Wars Day 2014

Posted on May 4, 2014 by nicthegeek

It is 4th May. Happy Star Wars Day! May The ~~Force~~ Fourth Be With You.

There are some #MayThe4thSG activities happening at Jurong Regional Library to celebrate Star Wars Day. I am not sure why there is suddenly such huge interest this year, but drop by if you are in the neighbourhood. I absolutely love the poster.

Bad Month…’nuff said

Posted on September 3, 2013 by nicthegeek

Well, July was fine, just busy, mainly because my boss came back from a month-long holiday and started hounding us for this, that and the other report. Otherwise July was a pretty ok run-of-the-mill July. Nothing big, nothing small, Oh I did attend a basic workshop at Olympus which they hold for new owners of the EP and EPL cameras. That was fun. Will post photos later? maybe? 😀

Oh I did get my USB-powered LED lamp. nothing fancy, but at least I don’t have to sit at my desk in the dark anymore.

erm, ignore that mess of notebooks behind!

August…*big sigh* who would expect their birthday month to be so majorly and negatively dramatic? it’s bad enough that I have to cancel my HK trip, even though the air tickets cost me almost $400, and the upcoming hotel bill is almost $300. *gulp* $700 down the drain. I hope I can find someone to help me out in October when I go to Taiwan. Anybody knows any part-time maid service that’s not too expensive?

Thank goodness August is finally over, and hopefully all this bad stuff will blow over once the lunar 7th month passes us by. *urgh*

Falling behind already?

Posted on July 3, 2013 by nicthegeek

2 weeks into my I-would-like-to-blog-often schedule, and I’m already falling behind? Well, I’m not really sticking to a fixed schedule anyway, but my issue has always been, the more I procrastinate, the more I love it! I’m like some procrastination junkie. First it’ll be “oh it’s ok, I’ll do it later”, then later becomes tomorrow, tomorrow becomes next week etc etc. You see where this is going. I’m also a detraction junkie.

Anyway, contrary to last week, mineral mondays are a no-go, I repeat, a no-go. For everyday minerals anyway. I tried them out again on last Tuesday, a very hot humid day. I was sweating as I was sitting in front of the fan and hoping the loose mineral powders wouldn’t (a) blow all over my bed (b) congeal on my face. I was fairy successful in preventing both, and then 15 mins later, I was sweating profusely again, and my face started to itch and sting. Yuck. The itching wasn’t very serious, just rather distracting especially when I started to sweat. Nothing happened if I sat in the airconditioned comfort of the office. I thought I would be the lucky ones who’s not allergic to mineral makeup, but apparently BM works for me, but not EDM. So end of story for EDM.

I’m also falling behind a bit on my Korean homework, but nothing a little late night at the office couldn’t help with. Blessed airconditioning and bright lighting. It’s just horrible trying to concentrate at home recently, with the heat and the humidity. My arms keep sticking to my book pages lol, I’m that hot and sticky.

Oh yes, I am looking around for a better desk lamp, something in white LED light. I don’t have an actual study area in my room anymore (nor my entire house for that matter), so I study in front of the computer. The main room light is behind me though, so that corner is extremely dark. It’s so dark I even have to turn on my desk lamp when I (occasionally?) eat in front of the ‘puter. So, any recommendations? Nothing too expensive! I’m broke this month! Groupon occasionally has this on sale, any good?

A USB LED lamp might suffice, as long it’s not those puny 3-LED weaklings, I need to light up half my desk, not my keyboard, my keyboard already has it’s own lights 🙂 I think this warrants a trip to ~~heaven~~ Sim Lim Square!

summery themes

Posted on June 30, 2013 by nicthegeek

Trying out a new summery theme, Confit, because it’s a new month, and the second half of the year no less.

I usually hate the heat, especially in Singapore where it’s just hot and humid and sticky. But I do love the celebratory effects that summer always has on people all over the world. It just reminds me of picnics, beaches and holidays. 🙂

20年

Posted on June 30, 2013 by nicthegeek

轉眼間…

Old flower glasses

Posted on June 29, 2013 by nicthegeek

Nothing much happening this week, except, ta-da! my new glasses. With this pair, I’ve taken the largest step man, or rather, womankind, can take, that step towards old age lol.

Yup these are progressive lenses, or what used to be known as multifocal lenses, or more commonly known as old people glasses (老花眼鏡! literally old flower spectacles) I’ve been trying to ignore the fact that I have to hold my phone metres away from my face just to see my Whatsapp and Line messages 😛 Now I don’t have to. But I do have to admit I’m old hahaha. So if you ever see me on the MRT, remember to give your seat up to me!

Watch “Apple – Making a difference. One app at a time.” on YouTube

Posted on June 14, 2013 by nicthegeek

Inspiring.

I ♥ my HTC One X

Posted on June 11, 2013 by nicthegeek

Even though everyone has ABANDONED it, including HTC! after the One came out.

Just putting it out there, because I’ve been meeting people who hate it. And they give me this incredulous ‘really’ when I say I love mine. I do. I ♥ my HTC One X.

New gadget! Finally! Prolink PKB-3811U Keyboard

Posted on January 15, 2013 by nicthegeek

I’ve been too poor to get any new gadgets recently. Apart from the HTC One X last year, which I love love love, but was just not inspired enough to blog about. Finally decided to get a nice spanking new keyboard, the Prolink PKB-3811U. My old cheapie one from Genius has been with me for years, and has turned nice and grungy with food, fingerprints and more. But that’s not why I changed it, it’s still working fine. In line with my thoughts of blogging more often from now on (again!), I wanted to make the blogging / typing experience easier on my wrists. I’ve have been suffering from some wrist fatigue for some time. They’re not yet swollen or immovable yet, but getting there fast. I thought my old keyboard was flat enough, but apparently it wasn’t. It was also quite noisy when I typed, and I’ve gotten quite fed-up of the clicking and clacking interrupting my thoughts.

My brother passed me an Apple keyboard sometime back, but it was really way too flat. The height of the keys was too low so I never knew if I’d pressed the keys or not. That, the Apple layout also seriously interfered with the way I game, slowing down my WoW-ing a lot. I’m fussy, I know. After 20 years or more of using the PC layout, what do you expect.

The Prolink PKB-3811U is really a no-frills, standard 104-key keyboard. Tthe keys are more of a Windows laptop height (think Lenovo Thinikpad T400), rather than the flatter than flat Apple chiclet style. The short travel is enough to suit someone like me, light enough that it doesn’t wreak havoc on my wrists, deep enough that I know I’m typing correctly.

And it’s quuuieet. I can still hear myself typing, but it’s more of a small peaceful muffled thud rather than a clack. I’m testing the typing out for the first time right now, and I love the experience! Need a little bit of time to get used to it being so close to the table, but that’s nothing compared to my oh-so-comfortable wrists!

Oh, and it’s illuminated~~~~~~~ ooooooo