Checking In

Let's see, my last post was written about 3 years and 9 months ago, which is about 1.5 years into my first job, and a year before my second job. 

Well, great news is I've now worked longer at my 2nd job than my 1st job and I don't have the urge to leave. Yet.

Oh, there's also a pandemic that has been going on for more than 2 years. As a result, I've been working from home since 500 days ago. 

I guess things are not bad, given the circumstances, but it could be better? 

What's next? What does Maslow say? 

Facing/escaping reality

How do you fix something when the tools you have to fix that thing is broken in the first place? Or that the only thing you can use to fix is the thing itself? How are things gonna get better if nothing's being fixed ... ?

26th

Just realised the past 3 months' posts are all written on the 26th.

Gotta remind myself to focus on more important things ... despite the fact that what's important is really just a social construct. Gotta strike that balance somewhere. Gotta have a clearer vision of what I want to achieve instead of having too much fun.

Fixed layout

Well, rather minimalistic now.

Putting together Ikea products is like Lego for adults. Hit me up if you need someone to assemble some Ikea furniture ...

Oh shit

My layout needs fixing :/

Why bother?

Wanted to write about uninspiring thoughts again but decided against that.

I think I've been to karaokes for 6 out of the past 8 weeks, lol.

Anyway, my new obsession is sodagreen (蘇打綠).

If anyone could teach me how to sing with vibrato (抖音), that would be great.

Stuff I do in my free time

Guess this post would be rather relevant to my tacky blog name, lol.

I cook, though not very often. I recently made carbonara with guanciale and no cream, just eggs. Good for you if you know why I specifically mentioned that.

I bake, slightly more often than I cook. I'm not a super huge fan of sweet desserts but making them is quite fun. Feels great too when people say how awesome your cakes taste!

I solve Rubik's cubes. Nothing particularly impressive for a pro but rather impressive to someone who has never bothered figuring out how to solve one. I'd say my average speed right now would be 40 seconds. Haven't bothered improving for years.

I play minesweeper. That's just something I do to keep my hands occupied when I'm listening to something on my computer. Not particularly hard once you get the hang of it, but people who don't know the rules are often quite impressed?

I play video games, though I haven't touched one since ... before I started working. I binge games like nobody's business, hence I haven't had the opportunity to play then. Final Fantasy X is still my favourite. Tomb Raider 2013 was one of the most fun games I've played recently.

I'm rather choosy when it comes to films. Wouldn't call myself a film buff, but I'm definitely in the higher percentile in terms of number of IMDb top 250 movies watched. Slightly higher.

I'm choosy with TV shows too. Better Call Saul is the only thing I'm currently following. Used to love Friends but I think The Office (US) has taken the top spot for favourite sitcom.

I'm choosy with books too since I don't read that much. I'd either read something from a "top 100 fiction of all time" list or something from my favourite contemporary novelists like Khaled Hosseini or Kazuo Ishiguro. Darren Shan's vampire saga is the Harry Potter of my childhood.

I listen to podcasts on my way to work. Makes you feel like you're utilising your commute time but you're probably not, heh.

I frequent karaokes. I sing stuff from Jacky Cheung to Ed Sheeran. One of my favourite past times, maybe, heh.

I play Stepmania (DDR) on a dance mat. Been playing for months now. It's my only form of exercise, really, but it makes me sweat buckets.

I guess I play a lot of Pokemon GO too, lol. Level 35 and still going strong (sort of).

What else should I do?

Updates:

I've been doing French on Duolingo. Completed everything and now on my 389. Can't construct sentence, but I can recognise some words, heh. Waste of time? Probably.

I write reviews on TripAdvisor too.