The quiet place
Link: The quiet place
It’s nice to get away once in awhile 
Y U KEEP SPENDING MONEY ON TECHNOLOGIES?
Hi all again,
I was reading Benny Lings blog this morning on the subject of having an addiction with owning new gadgets and toys and it got me thinking.. I’m kind of in the same situation.. My friends and parents constantly badger me with the question
“BO! Why aren’t you saving money! Why you keep blowing your pay on these gadgets and electronic stuff?”
As someone who is addicted to technology nothing makes me more excited than having a new toy to play.
Ever since starting to work last year I have lost count on how much money I’ve spent on gadgets and toys. Some people may view it as being crazy lining up and buying an iPad 2 for $500.. But then I can say the same to those people who are ‘car enthusiasts’ and spend $1000 on a new bodykit or something (I’m no car expert so don’t quote me on the price)
The way I see it is, as I long as I am enjoying it and not having it take over my life (ie: being in debt, borrowing money) I don’t see any problem.
With the money I save by not smoking, drinking (I do like to go out and drink once in awhile) and driving (I do drive, just prefer public transport) it leaves me with a nice disposable income to play with. My friends sometime ask me “Why don’t you save money for a house/car…”
You know.. A house for me is something to worry about later in the future, I’m still 21 and young and it’s too early to be tied down to a mortgage. In regards to car, I have never had any interest in them. As long as it can get me from A to B then I’m happy driving it.. House and car for me can come later when I get older.. For now just enjoy life as it is.
For me saving money is one thing, but taking to the OCD level of anal-retentiveness is possibly borderline mental illness…
“Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it can buy some awesome shiny gadgets.” — @jaswah, 2011
Anyway I’ve got a few cool gadgets to talk about but I’m not sure whether I should post it on this blog or create an entire new blog dedicated for reviews and stuff.. We’ll see.
Until next time, adios amigo.
Schrödinger’s cat
So I was watching The Big Bang Theory last night and saw this concept which I thought was pretty interesting..
Quote from Wikipedia.
Schrödinger’s Cat: A cat, along with a flask containing a poison and a radioactive source, is placed in a sealed box shielded against environmentally induced quantum decoherence. If an internal Geiger counter detects radiation, the flask is shattered, releasing the poison that kills the cat. The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics implies that after a while, the cat is simultaneously alive and dead. Yet, when we look in the box, we see the cat either alive or dead, not both alive and dead.
Yaya finally got my HP Touchpad.
Yaya finally got my HP Touchpad.
zzzz….
Yep that pretty much describes my current mood.
Long time no actual blog.. Well for the main of it, I’ve been really busy lately with work and uni.. that + nothing really interesting has been happening.
What else have I been doing during that time? Well I’ve had time recently to catch up on some TV series (Falling Skies and Game of Thrones, both awesome series btw)
Anyways.. Lately I’ve been feeling very tired and sluggish.. like I have no energy and whatever I do doesn’t even matter anymore .. you know that feeling?
Last week caught up with a few friends to catch up on our life and just talk shit. Anyway an interesting topic came up.. He asked me a question
“Within the group, how successful would you rank everyone?”
Usually I don’t like to criticize anyone but it did get me thinking.. I asked him
“How would you base the ranks?”
.. He said
“Based on their goals in life and whether they are achieving them or not” ..
I kind of derailed his question and changed the subject, but later that night it got me thinking.
How would I rank myself? What are my goals?
While we were all in highschool we all had one common goal.. That was to
- Finish Highschool
- Get into your preferred course in uni
- Graduate
- Get a Job
You see.. based on those goals I have completed.
Finish HighschoolGet into your preferred course in uniGraduateGet aJob
Why half striked out? Well by the end of this year I have pretty much graduated and have a stable graduate position lined up at my current place.. Well based on the current ‘achievements’ you would think I should be happy? WRONG
Why you must ask? I don’t know… to me, I would much rather based achievements and goals based on happiness rather than financialness(not a word) and education/career…
To be continued…..
I can believableWhat is said when you want to call later becau
I can believable
What is said when you want to call later because the computer you wanted to order doesn’t come with speakers.
To pull a ‘Mosby’
The Ted Mosby
- (v.) to prematurely say “I love you”, the weight of which scares away you’re romantic partner. May be done on purpose to overwhelm someone who is a potential partner and scare them away.
This was suppose to be an epic intro to a post I was about to write but Tumblr decided to not save it.. Oh well, I’ll rewrite it soon..
11 Rules Your Kids Did Not And Will Not Learn In School
So over the week I have been reading the book Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Kids Feel Good About Themselves But Can’t Read, Write, Or Add.
Came across this list which I felt you may enjoy.
Rule 1: Life is not fair – get used to it!
Rule 2: The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
Thoughts?
