I haven't been blogging for a while now (verrryyy long time, feels like). Since a week already practically feels like an aeon in blogverse. I don't know what amost 2 months is! Too many things can happen! :D
So sorry for not blogging after I said I was back, haha, probably not the best thing to do. But I suppose I wanted to face my real world first before getting back on to blogging. :S
What I eventually did during the past months though, I can't really remember much. I suppose just going about almost fully in the real world. Which was kind of weird.
Thennn afterwards also, little did I know that there is FEAR that comes with trying to blog again after such a long time of not blogging. And so I kind of met the writer's block...
I think what I'm trying to say is that probably we just need to roll with it when he's there. Oh, he'll be back for sure anyway. :D No need to miss him as much. I really don't know. What do you do when you meet the writer's block?
Blogging was constantly on my mind too, I miss the connection, the updates from everything, and the sense of community, I just didn't post anything nor communicate with anyone, which kind of defeated the whole purpose. :S Probably this kind of added up unnecessary pressure I put to myself that made the writer's block stayed a bit longer. The pressure to start blogging again, and blog GOOD things only! Whoa! No!
I'm so sorry, I feel like I'm such a terrible blogger / blogger friend. :S We did missed some internet celebrations for April Fool's Day, Easter, and Cinco de Mayo here, didn't we? :P
So, yes, for now, hellow and yellow! :)
How's life been treating you for the past 2 months?
I really do miss you ... *uhh... kisses... :/
Hope you all well!
P.S. : Also, just saying, ironically, the final 'okay, that's it!' that made me venture out of my little safe nice cocoon of not posting is, -- well, did you know there will be spam comments if your account seems inactive for quite a while? Well, I didn't. Haha, so I suppose thanks a lot to those 2 'adult chat' sites that commented on my blog. :P (Edit: THREE! Really now spam bots?!)
These days I have been trying to write more, and so, this makes me think of my ideal condition for writing, you know the one that will wipe away that writing block the most! :P Ohohoho! :D --What would be in your list?...
It's 'so far', because as I'm writing this, I'm thinking that technology inventions are running so fast that in the nearer future than we think, these things will be irrelevant.
But as of now, I need to mention some which I DEFINITELY AM FINE to live without, but unfortunately need to encounter almost on daily basis, --and most especially today... because encountering them multiple times in a day is just ... well, overwhelming? ... :]
- Top of my list, ... CAPTCHA!!
It has to be!
You know those distorted words for validation that we need to enter before, say, commenting...?
Yes, I like the idea behind it, I think it's pretty simple, and nice, as a validation of are we human, or mere bot (--although I'm not sure which one I am sometimes...).
So they give us those distorted images which are, supposedly, characters, which only humans can read, and not bots. See my confusion here? Because I CANNOT READ THEM MOST OF THE TIMES.
Dear goodness, it feels like a piece of abstract art sometimes. Perhaps they should put it in a museum some time.
Huh?
I generally refresh my CAPTCHA around 5 times or so before I find characters that I can read and put in correctly.
Also the name, makes me feel like every time I do that or not putting the correct characters, it's like someone say to me, 'Gotcha! ;P', only this time they say:
Really though, I completely support the idea behind it, so here are some of my offering unsolicited solutions:
a.) I love the one in Goodreads where they ask us to enter the title and author from an image of a book cover. Simple and pretty. :)
b.) Hire people! Haha. Real human writings. Humans can write some beautiful, as swirly whirly flowery patterned variations of texts as needed that will actually be READABLE to humans, yet cannot be read by any character recognition software!
- Finger print recognition devices.
:| You remember those laptops that unlock your password using fingerprint recognition? Sounds really cool at first. Until I tried it and realised I will not work for me 80% of the time. :S You have no idea the countless times I couldn't unlock my laptop (especially in panic) during a presentation. :S
To general people, see, there is a certain way to swap your finger for it to be able to recognise it. Generally it takes 2 or 3 times to get the correct one, or 1 if you're really a PRO in it (--it's a true skill, really! :S). I usually need at least 3 swipes before it recognises some distorted version of whatever half of my actual finger print. Now, this... is since my fingers get wet pretty easily, ... and even though I did dry them first before trying, it just won't accept me. :S Thanks, .... discriminating software. :| I'm back to traditional password, me.
- Touch screen keyboards! Or anything touch screen!
As much as I don't like it as much, it is pretty much almost all the options we have these days, especially with mobile phones devices. I really have to learn how to type with my all-thumbs-fingers on it. :S Also how to use them properly without slipping or over clicking much for the same reason above.
- Touchpad scroll wheel.
Seriously, I keep forgetting it is there until I wonder who is this poltergeist who keeps gliding my mouse point to far off points than those I intend to.
- Lastly on my list, the snooze button.
Simply said, because it's a TRAP, people! It's a TRAP! 'You want to be there on time for the meeting? ;) Maybe another 5 minutes rest will do you good. ;) 5 minutes won't harm you...' 'Yes, 5 minutes is good.' Repeat that every 5 minutes for 3 times and it's 15 minutes already! :)
I feel I wake up much energised too without the snooze button somehow.
Side fact: I just read that the inventor of the snooze button is Lew Wallace? Really? The same author of Ben-Hur? :S What is this, is this a case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of inventions?
There! Off my rant! :D What would be on your list? Do you ever feel irritated by certain technology?...
I had a very fun day out with a friend recently, and generally I do like going out, and visiting places, and trying new things. :) But sometimes it feels like my natural habitat is really, simply at home.
It's not that I'm not happy to meet a friend, or for take-out food,.. it's just that it
feels the happiest, ... if everything happens, ... at home... if ever possible :)) --and really, I think I'm perfectly happy staying at home all day long! :))
Are you a homebody too? --Or you can't stand staying too long at home instead? I'd love to know the secret to that. :)
I went to an all-girl school, and most of us didn't have any boyfriends at the time, but every Valentine's Day, it was a day to look forward too!
Why...?
CHOCOLATESSS! :D
Because on every Valentine's Day morning, we would arrive at our desks and find chocolates or little sweets waiting sweetly on the desks. :D
Some of us 'made' (as in prepare, mold and add flavours and such) some chocolates and wrap them (with ribbons and cards too) and give them to each other.
It was definitely a sweet gesture of friendship and general kindness, and of course they were easy to make. But it was lovely and yummy all the same (to nibble quietly during classes :D).
I kind of miss those days, and so here's an idea to give little gifts to our girl friends on Valentine's Day! :) Even though this one is more for a night in on Valentine's Day, since this year it falls on a Friday.
Happy Valentine's day!
I've been thinking lately, as to why am I not as romantic, gushy touchy feely as I used to. Believe me, I used to be the most hopeless romantic kid in the playground, and that went on until high school, at least... and probably some more time afterwards!
But lately, ... I've been feeling a bit 'Meh :|' about finding a 'potential partner'. Which is ... completely the wrong time to feel so, because slowly, one by one, all my friends are steadily getting... m a r r i e d.
Now, TODAY, on the ride home, in a friend's car, this radio that was playing songs from the 90's was on... and it made me think... maybe... just maybe, ... it's also because the songs I listen to these days. As how songs can affect moods, if little by little but steadily given, I think the music I listen to can change my feelings and perception. :S
Oh NO! Brainwash.
Some songs I listen to now...
'Oh no, did I get too close?
Oh, did I almost see what's really on the inside?
All your insecurities
All the dirty laundry
Never made me blink one time--'
Really my favourite part of Katy Perry's 'Unconditionally', my ultimate current favourite song (I love her makeup too in the video).
But compared to this...
'I'd walk halfway around the world, for just one kiss from you
Far beyond the call of love, the sun, the stars, the moon
As long as your love is there to lead me, I won't lose my way, believe me
Even through the darkest night, you know ...--'
Backstreet Boys' 'Anywhere for You'. :P
-- I mean, halfway across the world! WALKING! What? To get one ... grand ... kiss ...? *sigh*
Or this...
'--It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts
We're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again--'
Pink's of course, 'Just Give Me a Reason'. The scars of our hearts?? Our hearts have scars?? Ouch.
Compared to this...
'--Even the stars shine a bit bright I've noticed
When you're close to me
Still it remains a mystery--'
Not the same stars, are they? Oh yes, we are so could be in love, Lea Salonga and Brad Kane's, 'We Could Be In Love'.
To me, I feel as if the ones I listen to these days are much more realistic, there's a difference in the pictures they paint, and although this is good, I think subconsciously I just find it less romantic, whereas the rest of the songs I listen to these days doesn't even talk about love at all. Not pulling any Lorde here, but you know even her songs don't even talk much about the glorification of love. :)
So, ... I think it is the same reason as why I love love love most of Taylor Swift's and Ed Sheeran's music. BECAUSE I NEED SOME LOVE SONGS to keep me warm and fuzzy.
Give me more of those walking-halfway-across-the-world songs and I'll be off my feet fluttering with borrowed Cupid's wings all the way through to the 14th of February! :D Any love songs suggestions are welcomed! --How's your week so far?
Many of you will probably laugh at these points *blushes*, I'm not sure, but should it ever be useful to anyone (most probably me in the near future, as a reminder :S) here are some more of the things that I found in the so far so short blogging path of mine which I found quite interesting anyway! :)
- We can put links in the comment sections!
Who knew?! Well I didn't! :D The ones that I know work perfectly are in Blogger and Disqus comments.
To add links, copy and paste the following to our comments:
<a href="http://www.yourblog.com/">My Blog</a>
Just replace the your blog and my blog with your blog address and preferred text! :))
- We can reply comments directly through emails!
Yep, I din't know this until perhaps mid December last year! Previously I thought comments can only be done through the comment section, haha, oh yes, such a smart cookie I am.
Well, but oh hey, I actually find this quite nice because:
a. it can be more personal,
b. we don't have to go back to the post for the comment,
c. we don't have to tick that 'Notify Me for Further Responses' box which can sometimes come with literally ALL other responses for that post! :S
- All those unless we are no-reply blogger.
Yep, apparently there is such a thing too as a no-reply blogger. :S Which means our comments will have a reply address of noreply-comment@blogger.com, and if we try to reply to this (apparently we can, no bouncing back and such, eep!), but Godzilla knows where it will be sent, definitely not to us! :S
I accidentally set mine not as a no-reply blogger when I first set up this blog without knowing what it does, and I didn't realise it until I read about it in another blog. :S Apparently it has something to do with linked Google Plus profile as well. Personally I think being a no-reply blogger has its own perks as in if we want to keep our email address private even after leaving comments. But if you want to check whether you are a no-reply blogger or not and how to set to not a no-reply, here are some quick Google searches! :D
- There is such thing as a blogger button which we can swap with each other.
This might seem quite obvious, but I never noticed them until very recently. :S Here's how we can insert our own blog buttons, and some simple image editing for it.
- Lastly, I feel blogging is more about socialising, really.
It's like finding ourselves in a community in which little by little we start to meet more and more new people and start to think what we can bring for the community, because everyone is contributing something wonderful. I think that is the most endearing part of it too, though, meeting more people while at the same time learning more about ourselves. :)
So there are mine, did you have any... at all?? Or was it just me who got all too excited? :D
In another note, I accidentally deleted the original finished draft for this post! I blame the lagged browser. Hahaha, oh dearrrrr, made me quite panicky for a bit (---I'm clearly not fully sane yet :S)! So for our future references and prevention, here is another blog which outlines how to deal with accidentally deleted blog post. I would also like to add that I noticed the maximum for undo is 25 times. :) I couldn't find mine, so I completely rewrote this post, whoa!
Virtual, blogger hugs and Happy Friday! :D
I know it is quite a stretch to still be talking about the new year since it's already almost mid January, so let me just tell you this this once and then let's be done with it for the year. :)
Every New Year's Eve, there is this fireworks in my neighbourhood. Or at least there has been for the past 3 years or so. My neighbours would buy some fireworks on their own funds and colour the sky mostly right after midnight all at the same time. Side note, this might also means, k-ching, what rich neighbours! :o
Anyway, so every New Year's Eve, all I need to do, is to go outside to my front yard, in my pyjamas, and just look up for the colourful sky!
This comes with some other things though.
I don't know if anyone can relate to this, but I strive to give you a depiction of how it feels having some fireworks in your very own neighbourhood.
I can say it was generally all good fun though. :))
So after several days, of having my first ever new year's resolution as 'set some new year's resolutions', here is my list for this year! I think they are pretty doable, and so I'm quite happy with them! :D
- GET FIT!
And by fit, I refer to my fitness goals here.
Why: Because health is very fragile and youth is fleeting. Enough said. We better take that Kim K selfie while our bums are still 'up there'.
- Rate our days!
Each and every day. From 1 being down, to 3 being happy.
Why: Because researches say that people who write about their negative emotions are more likely to have a longer life, -- huh, what?? --Why, what? ... :|
I mean, because of course it will be fun to vent our frustrations at the end of each day, and to track our goals in life per day! Besides, at the end of the year, we'll be able to average them all and measure whether the average rate from each day equals the overall impression in our memory! :D
E.g. here was one of mine.
Oop! Censored, :|, sorry. But really, mine's in a simple spreadsheet. :)
Do more DIY and cook more.
Yeah, right, these actually sound really great, that I'd wish for them every year, but let's be realistic, I'll NEVER do them. :S
Instead, I will, ...
- --CARPE DIEM!!! :D
I mean, generally less procrastinations, and try to max out the use of each day, as in setting out goals in the morning and try to attain them all by the end of the day.
It sounds hard, but I think during the past 3 days or so, it has been surprisingly quite doable! :))
Why: It has that feel good factor of being active and give me a sense of accomplishment each day, which then of course is mood-improving, and leads to less things to think about before bed, thus better sleepy time! :) Well, so long as the goals are pretty realistic for a day. :S It's not like I have a goal 'to buy a Lamborgini!' or something (--with what, Emm...? :S).
- Despite them all, also to ENJOY EACH MOMENT.
Every little small, each individual moment.
Why: When I thought back of 2013, I realised that I have been spending most of it in auto-mode for whatever that I was doing or whatever thought I was immersing myself in. Then I realised and looked at my family members and my friends, and myself in the mirror of course, --and I thought, 'We are all a year older, we cannot go back to the past and relive any moment. They were there, but I didn't take them in. Now they are all gone and I have the faintest idea of anything that happened.'
So with that in mind, this year, I'm going to try to take each moment and SAVOUR EACH MILLISECOND of it!!! If only I can sense what a millisecond is like. :S
Now for the, maybe generic, blogging stuff, but I really do mean every single one of them; I want to have a more regular posting schedule, better and better posts (I kind of feel I don't know what to write sometimes :S), and to meet more blogger friends. Hello! :)
Let start with those! --Link up yours in the comments, I would love to read them!
May we all have a wonderful 2014!
