Alright, time to post something new. That dumbest post is pretty embarrassing :/

Been meaning to blog, but circumstances have discouraged me from doing so. Mainly it's the state of my MacBook Pro. Got it in July 2009, and yes, I know it's relatively young. But since around mid last year, the screen started becoming very weird. It would suddenly have all this white picels appearing, and the screen freezes, and pretty soon the entire screen is um. Well the picture says it better.

Yeah, essentially I can't see what's happening on the screen, which makes it very annoying when I'm trying to do something apart from listen to music. But for a while it was still okay, tolerable. A couple of prods and the screen would turn back to normal. I obviously went to google this phenomenon, and it turns out that there are other Mac users who experience this too! So it's NOT cos I dropped it one too many times, or due to any negligence of mine okay... Contrary to what many believe..

Anyway, it got worse after a while, and now, even spending a couple of minutes adjusting the screen won't cut it, the moment I let go of the screen, it just well, freezes. Meaning every few sectences, I have to adjust the screen again and check if I've made any errors in my typing. So that was very leh cheh (meaning tedious?), and I couldn't be bothered blogging. But I finally did so, cos I guess the blogging bug bit.

So anyway, on Sunday (5 Feb), the problem got really annoying, and I couldn't stand it anymore. Been thinking of changing but kept procrastinating. Initially I thought perhaps if I get a scholarship, it could cover. But turns out it doesn't, but anyway, I guess my parents cannot 见死不救 (See someone dying but not bother saving the person)! Exaggerating yes, but well, my laptop's really important to me! So yup, finally got round to ordering a new one, from the online Apple Education store.

And then it took a while processing, and I thought it would arrive today, but turns out it's coming tomorrow instead. Hopefully. And then comes the tedious process of transferring all my stuff over! Need to start uploading my iPhoto photos onto my extremely inactive Flickr account, backing up my "archived" documents, and noting down what apps I'm using now, so that I can re-download them on the new one.

So much work D: But I'll be glad to finally be able to bring it to work and use it in lieu of the shared desktop there.




On other matters, I was intending to jog around Singapore Botanic Gardens (SBG) today, after work. But laziness and fatigue got the better of me, I ended up lying on the grass and just dozing off. It was a very nice day, pretty blue skies with fluffy white clouds, and it being evening time, the sun was about to set and everything was pretty shaded and cool, and it's a dry spell now (apparently there were bush fires on Coney Island) so the grass is dry and not damp and soggy.

Life just seems so peaceful and happy and it makes me feel so contented. Simple pleasures in life. I wonder why there are so many tortured, unhappy souls out there. I suppose if what you're doing is not aligned with what you like, then the disparity causes sadness and grief... Or something..

Of course, there are other issues, but wells I shall just trust in God's plan for me.