Resurrection?

Interestingly, I noticed that there’s still quite a bit of traffic coming into this blog despite having it closed for the past 2 years. 19,738 hits. Seems like a lot of people have been coming in to read about the Sidewinder and Logitech mice review… some stuff on the gigaworks T40s too. For the record… I’m still using them. Seriously great products (hope this doesn’t jinx anything) !

My new blog on liquidblade took a turn for the grave. Tried to upgrade to a newer version of wordpress, and it crashed and I’m completely cut off from all the rants and bangs for the past couple of years. Since I’ve not wrote for a really long time, I shall utilize this rare time and mood to write and perhaps put up some updates.

I’ve since sold the uber rig away, and am now left with a Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP, a TT Armor MX+ casing and a Viewsonic 22″ monitor for sale. A lot of hardware has changed in the past couple of years. The 8800GT days have been gone for the longest time… replaced by the GT200 series, overthrown by ATI’s 4800 series, and Nvidia’s still getting pwned when ATI recently released the 5800 series of gfx cards. Thank God it dawned on me to sell my old hardware asap, otherwise the depreciation would have hit me very hard. Sure it ain’t as bad as owning a car, but boy when you spend a four digit figure on hardware, you’d be hurting when what used to be known as Godly becomes nothing more than scrap. Selling the PC was a good decision since I’ve not had enough time to play as many games as I would like to. At least recoup some of the losses than to leave it till the value = 0.

I’m rather pleased that my ads for the Dell monitor and casing have been getting healthy hits… means that I should be able to make the sale within the week. However, the Viewsonic’s a bit of a headache. The monitor got a knock from nowhere, and seems like that knock has voided the warranty, which is a big deal because I cannot ask for more than 150 bucks (got it for 300+). I’ll have to take photos of the defect and show it in the ad in order for it to have a chance. Nevertheless, the cash from the Dell monitor and casing should suffice for a brand new 32″ LCD tv… I’ve decided that a TV with a gaming console is a lot more economical compared to a four figure souped up PC. Plus I can get to watch dvds on a big screen together with the new gf. Yes the geek life has to take a step back ladies and gentlemen… because in life we don’t get that many chances.

Meeting the new gf was something that I had not anticipated, and it happened in an equally unanticipated short time. There was plenty of hesitation and doubt at first, not to mention that I’ve been pretty rusty with the dating game… but spending time with her was something that I hadn’t experienced in a long while. She made me laugh. Like almost gutted me laughter… ^_^

Work has not changed much in the past year, but the recession stretched it’s cruel tentacle into my company, and pulled out my 2 month bonus. It was a big blow… I had to take a loan to pay the school fees, but luckily I’m still able to finance the loan. Beats getting retrenched and out of a job. Honestly, I’m still puzzled as to why our sales numbers have gone up, but the profits are not returned directly to us. We recognize increasing revenues every year, and assured huge orders for projects in Lonza Biologics and GSK. I’m frustrated as to where the money has gone to, and wonder how in the world where money is made and not returned directly to those people who earned it. If this is how all the MNCs work, the world is surely much more fragile that I used to think. A handful of people making key decisions can simply make the wrong ones, or perhaps manipulate the economy in a way that does not benefit others. I hope things turn out for the better next year, there’s going to be some shifting of roles in my department, and I’ll be taking up something new. This isn’t a bad thing, but if there isn’t any increment, I’m going to have to ask some questions. We are billing twice the amount of revenue this year compared to last year… if the bonus benefits are not reinstated, I might even consider risking my reputation to find out why.

On a lighter note… I’m a lot happier today than I was before. Fate does have an interesting twist to life indeed. Time to chat with G.