Just a blog for someone trying things. Based in South East Asia, mostly at my parent's home. ...
I like to remind myself sometimes that despite their engineering feats, Google, FaceBook, YouTube, and other top tech companies are essentially Advertisement companies designed to show ads as much as possible. By that, I meant that we are the product, and it is their sole advantage to keep us in their platforms and engaged in passivity as long as possible. I thought about it again when I…
Much of what we do in life now requires us to multi-task, doing a main activity while do something else ( at least that's how I view the current state of the world, with myself as the sample size ). One thing to recognize is to give some few minutes to yourself, and slow down. To see and reflect, not to rush something. Spending more time in an activity, not to be productive, but to feel the layers…
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" -Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities opening line It's how I feel when using the internet landscape we have today, especially with the unrestricted, unfiltered way we use the medium. At least from my perspective, it is akin to an addiction. And with addiction, the cure: withdrawal from it. Thus the journey towards it starts here and now, at…
August 07 2026 11 AM Keeping it going I think about how really it is not the motivation that keeps us going, but the consistency we put into our actions everyday. There's a call to action for me right now to do great things. But in doing so requires me to put down the things I've done before and shake up the stability I've enjoyed so far. For someone that's comfortable, this means that there's a…
04:43:47 pm Since I've accustomed myself to not always take action, now when trying new things I've always now preferred to stick with the new ones. This makes me less likely to explore new hobbies and things. And I agree, in some sense, that it takes a lot of practice and hard work for you to change your life. And right now, I do want to change my life - its just painful to recognize this, and…
I wonder if I ever get over having to consuming media. In the past, we had to be really intentional when trying to watch a movie or read a book. Nowadays its just easier than ever to consume, especially in bit-sized formats, videos and articles online on various topics and interests. As well as in the general market and merchandise, where various platforms have been dominating us to generate…
7:54 AM Aside from facebook's Messenger, which we exclusively use for chatting friends and family, I've removed all the social media on my phone. It is true what they say that what you pay attention to, becomes what the texture your life is going to be. Today, will try to just move the phone away and spend more time reading and playing video games. The irony of buying the material things you…
9:10 PM Recently purchased a one year subscription of Bear Blog. I could now publish my posts for the whole world to see. Exciting and anxiety inducing. Maybe this is my way of challenging to try new things. To start something, even if its meaningless to my friends and society. I expect that some may read this and think, great, another newbie blogger again, and in time he'll be creating meta posts…
Social Media bad. Consumerism bad. I think I don't have what it takes to write up something that can be compelling to readers yet, but the gist of what I wanted to share is that, choosing to pay attention to something is hard for us right now. Distracted with the artificial stuff social media and the ad trackers made us consume more and envy more. At least that is what I think as someone in early…
Was watching the Water Magician for a bit. Mid show, there was this feeling inside asking if this is a right use of time. I know there are more things to focus on, and some are quite like good or bad, depending on what your current goals are. The point is, there is only a fix set of time all of us have. What we chose reflects the quality our day. And you know, days form our lives.