RIP

My mood has not been good these few days.
Then the news struck me.
It got worse.

He had a bright future.
He had so much ahead of him.
I have no doubt about that.

But with only one hit, everything vanished.
What’s going on in this world?

Seet Weng, RIP…
You’ll be remembered.

RIP

I am not an Apple fan.
The only Apple’s product I owned was an iPod Nano a few years ago.
But I admired Steve Jobs, and will still admire him even after his demise.

He founded Apple and introduced iMac to the world.
He was ousted by the very same people he brought in to Apple, and then staged a comeback a decade later.
He revolutionized the music and mobile industry.
He led the fashion in the industry.
He was the greatest icon in the tech world and a true inspiration to many people.

He could have accomplished more if he didn’t leave the world this early, at the age of 56.
What if he lived for another 20 years?
There is no “what if.”
It will be a world without him.
Hopefully, iPhone and iPad will live on as his legacies.

Steve, rest in peace.

what if

What if I don’t recover by tomorrow?

What am I gonna do during the weekend?

Or, I should ask, “What can I do during the weekend?”

… …

me feeling blue

I should have started my job search for the summer earlier, much earlier, like even before I came back to Ames.
There are still a few job postings on Student Job Board, but it is either I don’t meet the job requirements, or the position has been filled.

This summer, I have no choice but to 吃老米.
I like this term as it depicts the situation clearly in just a few words.
In other words, it is succinct.
In case you can’t read Chinese, it means I have to dip into my savings in order to survive this summer.
It’s painful to see the figure on my account decreasing every time I swipe my card.
(Lesson learned in Malaysia – It would be more painful if I used cash.)

With so much time to spend, I should probably do something meaningful.
That includes:

1) Deep reflection on my present and future
Where do I stand now? Where should I head to a half year later? Is graduate school even a choice? What should/can I do if things don’t happen the way I want them to?
With so much bothering me and so much to bother about, I am really bothered about all of them.

2) Job hunt
Well, suffice it to say that it is not easy to get a full-time job.
But, I’ll either excel or I’ll die trying.

At this moment, I feel the responsibility of being a grown-up.

Pimples! @_@

I have so many things in my mind that I missed out some of them I intended to write in my previous post (please read it before you read this one).

No doubt, this pimple thing is really irritating.
I mean, nobody likes pimples but I particularly hate them to the extent that I think they should be made extinct if they were animals.
They grow irregularly on my face. By irregularly I really mean it.
Sometimes my face is totally free of pimples. It was just exactly a month ago when my face still felt like baby skin – smooth and clean.
But now, I have more than 10 pimples on my face! And this number only includes those that are noticeable. 

I remember I brought 4 or 5 pimples back to Malaysia a few months ago, and now I am returning to the states with 10.
Luckily the number is not based on the currency exchange rate between the dollar and the ringgit.

As you may have known, my internship already ended last Thursday.
If you have been following my Twitter, you may have also known my work hasn’t ended yet.
Due to the nature of Twitter – micro-blogging, I can’t explain clearly about what that means.
Allow me to explain a bit here.

I was doing some drawings for the rollers that the company is about to fabricate for a new product the whole last week.
As industrious a worker as I am, I nevertheless couldn’t get all the drawings done as it was very time-consuming.
I thought the manager would have the new intern who would start working this Monday complete the task, but he didn’t.
He actually asked me to finish it at home before I leave for Ames.
In another word, I am still employed and working. So long as I can get the thing done in time, I am free to arrange my time.
All I need to do is to complete the drawings and send them to the manager, and report to him how many hours/days I use for the task.
I will still get pay for my work.

Ciao!