Recently having spending more time between reading personal development books at a more intense pace and design new themes for my future websites. The one here will be the new look for felixleong.com, which I renamed it to be “A Day in Life” from the previous “Felix Leong: Pedagogies”. The renaming was part of my attempt to change my focus and probably transform it as a more personal homepage from the manga drawing tutorial page.

During the design I was a bit unsure whether I wanted to mark a fullstop to this LiveJournal and having my entries over to my personal website instead… considering that now I keep track with blog updates using RSS feeds lately and I rarely had any LJ friends-only posts that I really keep up to often. Either way, should …

It has been three months at Cyberjaya and I think I’m starting to blend into this serene high tech city. Amidst the gloominess of the surroundings filled with fear and worry as the recession looms in, it had been quite calm in the company that I’m working at. Which I’m particularly glad of as I’m able to focus my energies into the pursuits that I’m engaging in.

Two or three weeks ago my life is more on the bumpy side as I find myself in situations that I trip and stumble. Just one of those times when things aren’t smooth going, but along the way I learnt new lessons, understood my own surroundings and realities better, shifted personal perception and pacing as well as move along with life. If …

My birthday just passed over this timezone. So essentially I’m 26 and a day.

Anyway, it’s just like any other day: no lavish parties or birthday cakes: just me going through my daily life, trying to enjoy the present as it is. I’m very blessed with a lot of friends and family who sent me birthday messages, as much I sort of perceived myself to be alone most of the time, these kinds of little things reminded me that there’s a lot of people who cared for me in some way or the other. With that I’m very grateful.

I actually got myself my own birthday present a few days back: basically a card purse and wallet (to the uninitiated, I keep my cards and cash separate, sort of a …

Sometimes, it’s not the big decisions or events that would create an impact. There’s times when little things would completely turn your viewpoint completely.

This time, all I did was reflecting back myself and was made aware of my own immaturities and rash actions/decisions.

There has been a saying that rings true in this case “Experience is what you get from your mistakes”. There’s many things that can only be learnt from my own blunders and weaknesses, there’s times I find myself causing hurt and pain to others and only to realize later the damage I had done.

It’s already not about whether I’m being right or wrong - it’s about whether I’m doing the right things right. And often it’s an art that needs to …

“不要骗自己，其事你根本没有人生目标。”

Here I am again, dozing off in an imaginary state. Not in boredom, but having my thoughts drift away, pondering about life again. This time round it’s about purpose in life.

From what I can recall from memory, this is one of the more critical questions that I find myself not actually putting much thought or probably has been neglected for quite some time. Come to think about it, I have been living without a clear sense of vision for as long as I remember: it has been mentioned a couple times here that I felt as if I’m a drifting log, deep asleep.

“I wonder…”, I asked, “what have I done for the past 25 years in my life”. Nothing particularly dear to hold on to, memories are all faded …

… for my EeePC.

Since Thursday I have been spending a lot of time configuring it as my working think tank, which basically means installing the needed software and configuring it to make very pleasant to work with. (also due to the fact that I accidentally screwed up my previous installation).

This time round I got Debian Linux installed, which is close enough to Ubuntu (which I used back at home) but only install the minimal set of software (i.e. less bloat). Pretty much reminds me the time when I’m on Gentoo, only different being that I don’t need to compile stuff :lol:. It did took me a few tries to get it right though, mainly due to tame my wireless to allow me to switch it on and off depending on my …

Finally, after quite a long absence, my Eee PC is back :D. That by itself is worth feeling happy about :).

So now I got it back which gave me a different feel from what I used to know it: the screen is now perfect (the reason I sent it for warranty is due to some LCD glitches), the keys on the keyboard felt a bit “loose”, which gives a very “spring-like” tactile feedback - something I liked about (being a geek of some sorts, such keyboards felt better compared to soft keyboards).

I think the difference now is the role that this small baby would take from now on: instead of just being a tool which I used to record meeting minutes (well, that’s the main purpose when I first get it. Heck, I paid …

囚人出狱上酒楼
畅饮几杯改心愁
有事当忍一时气
 非关己事且相饶

A freed prisoner going to a bar
Drinking a few to nurse his sorrows
Exercise patience when something’s irritates
Practice forgiveness for things that’s outside your concern

I have encountered deja vu just yesterday: I was seeing a reflection of myself - the exact kind of brashness I would have made was made towards me. With such realization, that impression really stroke me hard.

It’s a strong unintended reminder to examine myself again.

So in a way I got a hard lesson (at least internally) today, that there are times that I have to swallow my pride and admit my own mistakes. At the same time I need to evaluate and understand my current position and influences, and keeping my antenna up on knowing what kind of role I …

Just wanted to share to you a very inspiring book that has recently left me with a strong impact: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Pretty much right on the nail when I needed the change of perception.

Just to give you an idea about the book, this book is about the interaction between the author Mitch Albom and his close professor Morrie, who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and was slowly dying as his neurological system slowly disintegrates.

The story narrates the last fourteen weeks of Morrie’s life, which Mitch had his last fourteen “classes” on Tuesdays which is part of a “thesis” done between the two. Through those Tuesdays, they talk about every strand of life which is concerns us as humans, among them: regret, emotions, love, money, aging… and of …