Electronics Simple Wisdom

I don't often get my tech advice from IT magazine, but there are times when its straight-ahead, let's-just-deal-with-this approach to technology makes lots of sense. Certain issue had a simple story about when to pull the plug on your various pieces of aging electronics. Plus, it gave tips about how to extend the life of various gadgets so that they don't die an early death.

Some simple wisdom:

LCD-TV: Keeping your fingers off the screen and keeping the unit well ventilated will help prevent damage, but if your flat screen is more than five years old, you're probably better off replacing it than paying the hefty labor and parts charges for repair.

DVD player: Keep the unit cool and try not to jolt things. A DVD cleaning kit can sometimes revive a player that skips. But if you've tried cleaning the player and the disks, but your disks won't play, it's less expensive to buy new than repair. DVD players have gone way down in price. (Even Blu-ray and HD DVD players — the new high-definition contenders — have come down in price significantly in the past few months.)

Mobile/Handphones: The best advice is to let your battery drain fully once a week, say the editors. Try keeping your hand phone away from extreme temperatures, too. The most common fix is trying a new battery (which you should purchase from a official dealer). If you have an inexpensive phone, just recycle it. If it's fallen into the drink or toilet bowl, take it apart and dry it out for a day or two. It "MAY" come back to life. Finally, get an estimate on repairs, but if the repair cost is more than half the price of the phone, buy new.

Forwarding of Life

Life is about LOOKING FORWARD. Everything we do, every action we take, every moment we attempt to hold on to simply propels us towards our inevitable tomorrows.

My view of future is a world of people helping one another achieve their potential in a even better world. Hence, looking forward.

What's Your Thoughts???

Participants are given instructions to "write whatever comes to mind."
Sample Prompts:

My greatest fear is..........
I'm sad when..................
.........brings me joy
When I'm older.................
I am.................................
The last time I cried was ....................
If I could take it back, I'd.....................
If I could change one thing about myself it would be......................
One day, I'd like to..............................

Ad so on, blah blah blah blah.

Explosion moments.

Do you ever have those moments when you feel as if your heart is going to explode? In that good way? It kind of builds in the same way that happens when you're really nervous about something, or anxious, and maybe even is kind of unexpected when it turns to a surge of pure joy. Every once in a while this happens to me. Not frequently. When it happens, it could be from joy at finally really seeing a friend I haven't really seen in a while, the discovery of something special that I hadn't noticed before, or a quite meaningful connection made in my brain.

Like I said, it doesn't happen often, but I think I had a little heart explosion today. Why? I could speak. That might seem like nothing to anyone but myself, but up until recently, my mouth could utter word after word...all amounting to nothing. Most of what I said had me in it, but really it was the little part of me, that desired validation, that wanted praise, that craved some sort of response. In quite an unhealthy way. There have, of course, been many exceptions to this rule, but otherwise I generally felt like I had much to prove when I spoke.

Resistance

If I face something head on, there's not much that can really get in my way. I respond to problems easily and usually (hopefully) treat them with some sort of maturity, if I know what it is I'm dealing with, and I have time to think. I thrive and easily learn from resistance and direct opposition, because I know how to train myself in response (or would hope I could be prepared for it). Example: persecution.

However, I have not experienced much of this direct opposition. Most of what I have faced is passive, in the sense that when it comes to learning who I am, problems do not generally present themselves to me, forcing me to form thoughts and opinions. This is significantly more ambiguous, I think. But it also makes me think about the way I form thoughts...is it really in response to problems? Should it be? Or should I already have everything decided on? Or neither? And maybe if I had already decided on these things, is it a possibility that's why I would be faced with resistance?

Either way, this passive resistance that comes to me really isn't a horrible thing. No, it's not as cool as refusing to comply with police or standing in front of tanks, but it is the thing that most likely has taught me that I have to work to form myself, not hope on others' opinions to grate against my somehow naturally innate values (that was sarcastic), thus bringing them out and sharpening them. I've been made a certain way.

Streaming of the brain.

You know how if you squeeze your eyes tight and look at the back of your eyelids, rather than just black, you see tons of little colorful dots among the black? I used to think those were what made up the universe. They were these magical particles that you could potentially put together in certain combinations to make my eyelids, my eyes, or a LEGO set. Of course, I didn't know how to harness that power. I only imagined and wondered why it was that while my eyelids never changed, these dots flew all around, back and forth, with no pattern at all.

Now I know better, but I still squeeze my eyes tight and look in wonder at some of the little things that amaze me. Is there actually a pattern? Maybe, but if there is, it's unknown to me.

But then again, why do I keep bringing my mind to try and organize it, to make schema and then file it away as if I truly understood it? Because like so many other things, I do just that. And it's natural here now in modern life to want to explain everything. And you probably could explain what those little points of living light are in my eyelids, but even when I find out what they are, I just can't toss it aside anymore and say, "That's accomplished. I've found it, now I can move on."

Conquest. That's what that is. Near-cold-blooded accomplishment. But if you want the real cold-blooded stuff, you see it in humanity through empires seeking and seizing territory, through deforestation and wars. You pick it up, you take it, pat yourself on the back, and move on.

6,679,508,935 LALALALA MORE LALALA

6,679,508,935 is the latest Population of our world.. And yet increasing......

ONE MOMENT OF HAPPINESS

ONE MOMENT OF HAPPINESS. That's all I really ask for in each day. TO FEEL MY HEART EXPAND.

HAPPINESS.

To feel the warmth of the sun on my face. To see someone smile. To feel the wind through my hair.

SERENITY. CLARITY. HOPE.

I want to be surrounded by nature. ENGULFED BY IT. I want to feel part of something grand.

INCALCULABLE.

A WALK THROUGH THE NATURAL PARK. I breath it in. LEAVES CRUNCHING UNDER MY FEET. I see my reflection in a puddle. I SMILE. I breathe it in.

EVER-CHANGING. It's beautiful. ONE WITH MY THOUGHTS.

LOVE

TRUTH

What is love? My Wife Candy. I love my wife. I love my family. I love my friends. I love nature. I love music, designing and art. The beauty of ideas.

I breath it in.

Because of you I have HOPE, FATE and DREAM.

SERENITY

PEACE

CLARITY

LOVE

One moment of happiness. I breathe it in.

Needs (some thoughts)

What is needed from me? What do I need from you? Should I tell, or do my actions speak for themselves? How is our need influenced by our nature?

I've always wanted to rid myself of superficiality. I honestly can't think of a time when I felt good about pleasantries that were just used between two acquaintances to pass the time until one person's body language showed that both of them could begin to take an exit. I guess all probably would feel the same way?

I need to process out loud, and I think about many things. Even with people I trust, I often feel like the unnecessary things get in the way. Not to say that regular greetings and such don't matter, but it's more like the expectation that unless we're in the right place at the right time, these more profound topics are forgotten that they belong too.

Just because I've never ever talk about something intense doesn't mean I don't want to. Just because of having a short, indefinite amount of time to talk doesn't mean I won't follow up later on.

Life's funny. If you want to talk to me, I like you. That's usually how it goes in reality From everyone I speak to, I don't necessarily expect to learn anything but always come away with something valuable.

Designing of earrings

Today started to make three pairs of earrings using the material leftover by my wife's previous creations. Hmmm... Turns out to be not too bad. Should take a picture before letting her taking them home. Anyway when more material comes in, I'll be able to create more pattens out.

My CuteO Cactus

My Cactus collection.
It's just days after i bought them home. Now "Furry" is blooming with flowers. So nice :)

Three categories of people.

There are three categories of people :

- the few who make things happen,
- the many who watch things happen,
- and the (...) majority who have no idea what happened.

So which categories you are in? Ha ha.

New Men's Restroom

Well.....We all know that men never talk ....never look at each other.... and never laugh much in the restroom. The men's room is a serious and quiet place. But now, with the addition of one mural on the wall......lets just say the men's restroom is a place of laughter and smiles.

The hello kitty 318 mobile phone.....

My wife came to visit me at work today, helped me wash a bit of dishes. Then after work, accompanied her to orchard to visit her cousin at work. Poor guy, alone in the boring store. Next was to Newton food centre where she collected a new phone that she bought through a forum. Hello Kitty 318 mobile phone. Amazing, Hello Kitty has mobile phones. But do not underestimate it as it is a touch screen phone with functions like animated flash light at the side, MP3 and MP 4 player. When connected to the computer, it can even act as a webcam!!

Front view. Hello Kitty theme.
Back view.
The complete set.

It even comes with hello kitty pouch and ear piece that my wife will never use. Haha.

I'll be there.

私はあなたのために常にそこにいる。
私はあなたの王子ではないが、
行くところにそこに保護することいるあなたの騎士である。
これ私は約束した。
あなたの微笑は私を前方に動かせ続ける私の大国である。

Fear or fearless, life moves on.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Logo's designing again

Reached home about 1.30am, then started to design the bear paw logo after calling my dear wife. She not feeling too well.... hmmm worried about her. Complete the paw part at about 2.45am, then starting to add wordings and fonts till 3.30am plus.... damn tired. I cant decide the fonts that I want and so, total of 8 logos were created out. Anyway, I'm not the boss, so it's best for him to crack his own brain rather then mine.

One of my Designed

Maybe later after 11am I'll make a trip to my deary's house to see if she's feeling better.
Stopping here.

Me a Doctor?? No way.

This image was send to me by my wife while she's visiting her uncle in NUH. Such a coincidence, her uncle's Doctor is sharing the same name as me.... If I'm the Doctor, I guess lots of patient will be dying under my hand wa ha ha ha.

What is life to you?

What is life to you?

The philosophical answer that lets me think for hours to reply lays here.....

To me...

Life is living it to the fullest.
I don’t want to put these in order of importance, neither one I could afford to lose in life.
Friendship and family is important to me. I enjoy laughter and happiness. what would the world be without it. Making someone smile is priceless. What a good feeling that is. I love my wife Candy. She is my best friend!!

Life is also about people.
No matter how accomplished or satisfied you are, it means nothing if you've no one to exchange a smile with, no one to share the moment.

Life is also about love.
Not any specific kind of love, but all love.
A stranger holding a door for you; sharing a cup of coffee with an old friend; a long romantic embrace; and all the unclassifiable love in between.

However you find it, however it finds you, it should be cherished and appreciated, never looked upon with guilt, or taken for granted.

I believe the search for the meaning of life is a journey that reaches to a conclusion when you die. I believe those things are inside us, that drive us to search, push us to grow as individuals. It is more important to search for the meaning of life than it is to find an answer.

Mind Wandering.

My mind sometimes wanders to a place of unknown reality. I have question marks inside of me which pile up like sandbags as if waiting for a flood to come. Never think I will ever get all the answers. To some questions, I don't even think I want to know about the answers. To some questions, there may not even be any answers. However, I am forcing myself to take a look, and find the meaning in my own life. To put them in words... "Learn from the past, Live in the present, and Dream in the future". I'll keep asking myself these questions, the floods will come, by then I will be ready.

Updated Version of my logical thinking.

What is my logical thinking? Is just as below............

Just wanna to be what I want to be;
As in ME " DevilCp"

Me as a Freak when things ables to mod,
Me as a Joker when laughter's needed,
Me as a Guard when protection needed,
Me as a Helper when someone's needed,
Me as a Cooler when one's hot temper,
Me as a Consoler when sadness appear,
Me as a Adviser when someone feels lost,
Me as a Friend when someone needs care,
Me as a Lover when loves needed,
Me as a Nobody but who's like to share.

Life's maybe truly Sucks, but its brightening up my life to have everyone around smiling .
These are just my simple 'Logic' and purpose to let me put a smile on myself to bring u one too...