I suddenly had a strong urge to go running last night. I think its probably because I haven’t done anything physical the entire CNY week. So I went running at 930pm. It felt good because its been a long time since I ran around the canal near my house. The running route is very peaceful and quiet. Good time to sort out my thoughts while running through the night breeze. There are quite a few changes around the area which I didnt notice till last night. The soccer court, fitness corner and BBQ pits are all fenced up now. I wanted to do pull ups and relax at the fitness corner after the run, but couldn’t because they locked up the area at 10pm! I wonder who came up with the stupid idea of locking up the area after 10.
Focus, focus, focus
Had trouble focusing lately, wonder if its the effects of alcohol or because I’ve been sleeping too much nowadays. haha. FEELS GOOD TO BE OFF FROM WORK! Been trying to work on my projects at home, but I seem to have trouble focusing. I realise I get distracted very very easily. For example, I had difficulty completing simple tasks like making sandwich for breakfast, because I got distracted by a book I saw on the table while walking to the kitchen. I spent 20 minutes reading it, before realising that I haven’t made my sandwich yet.
study, study, study
I went to SIM with my friends recently. Enrollment is starting soon and I have a few friends who plan to study there. Read one of the brochures and found out that I qualify for direct entry to 3rd year! Although its not my first choice uni, but the thought of getting a degree within a year sounds good to me. Imagine the amount of time and money I can save . Still considering whether if I should get my degree there.
fight, fight, fight
My good friend, Han, got quite into martial arts after watching Kenichi, a martial arts anime. He joined Hwa Chong JC Judo Club recently and is asking me to train with him . hahaha. Going down with him tomorrow. Been a very very very long time since I threw someone. Think its gonna be dam fun.
love, love, love
Feels good to be in love again. Although I hate the intense feelings that comes with it, these are the feelings that make me feel much more alive.
Firstly, something I designed for my platoon. Platoon 7. A few days later, my platoon got renamed to platoon 1. So I couldnt paste it on my office door.
Some posters that are bound to inspire and motivate you
Firstly, Happy CNY everyone. Quite a boring CNY this year. Gambled and won quite a bit. Since my luck was pretty good, I decided to buy Toto last Sunday, hoping to win the 5m jackpot. But I only got 2 numbers right, threw away the tickets.
Nothing much this week. Super long weekend till Thursday, the day I have to book in to camp for my SOC test. Our initial plan for this year’s CNY is to go to Edmund’s place in malaysia to party and drink all night. But I cant leave the country because my passport is with the army. They kept it because I’m going to India for training next Sunday. =(
Right now I’m only looking forward to go club this Friday. Nic is bringing his friends =D
Spent quite some time working on my projects while at home. Working on 2 websites right now. Also helped Gul with a project he is doing for his uncle. I’m making pretty good progress. Pretty much done with the design, will continue planning tomorrow than I’ll dive straight in to coding
Thought about lots of stuff during my free time too. I’m probably gonna live my life as a digital nomad. At least I will try living like one, if all else fails, I’ll just fall back to an 8 to 5 job
My new todo list:
Widen my social circle – make more fun-loving, adventure seeking friends
Before I enlisted, I set a goal for myself to be financially independent before I ORD. My ideal source of income would be from a web application that generates money through advertising or subscriptions (Passive income =D). Back than, I had a pretty popular local web app – nextshow.sg. I launched it a week before I enlisted. The website grew extremely fast, I had close to 1.5k visitors a day within the first week. My plan was to allow the visitor count to grow to 10k /day and than start throwing in ads to generate some advertising dollars.
But the app failed, I found lots of bugs and I didnt have enough time to fix it. Number of visitors dropped to less than 1k. I was in OCS at that time and found it extremely hard to squeeze time out to work on the site. Finding the motivation to fix the site during my weekends was hard. My bookout hours were short and all I wanted to do was to get lots of rest and spend my remaining hours having fun. A few months later, I shut-down the site completely. =(
Right now, having spent 1 year and 6 months serving NS, I have 6 more months before I ORD. After I ORD, I would not have any allowance at all unless I get a job or continue freelancing. Signing on is not an option. Those who know me well will know that I do not like working for others (not an ego thing), let alone work in such a regimental environment.
A few ideas popped up in my head a few months ago. Pretty good project ideas I would say. One of the ideas turned into a project and I’ve been working on it for past 2 months. I’m launching it in a few days time. Haven’t thought of a name for it yet. I’m expecting this site to do alot better than nextshow. I’m pinning all hopes on this project to generate enough income to feed me after I ORD. I’m aiming for $7k a month for this project (nothing wrong to aim high right).
If this fails, Plan B would be to go back to freelancing =) wish me luck.
. Still considering whether if I should get my degree there.
