Don't you just hate it when someone tries to explain something that begins with "Basically. . . . . ." and follows it up with an explanation long enough to become a university lecture or text book in itself? And thats just within the first sentence.
"So basically, we need you to design the solution to accept a variety of objects such as orders, networks, work breakdown structure elements, confirmation numbers, not to mention. . . . . "
(the sun sets and night falls, polar ice caps melt, Osama died of old age, Service Pack 3 for Windows XII was released.)
" . . . . . and the various order quantities should be handled as well which should allow the forecasting module to give an accurate number, up until they finally confirm it. You got all that?"
"Yeah, no problem. When I get back from trimming my beard, could you please elaborate on it some more?"
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Providence
This blog is called "Providence".
About a year ago, as I was flipping through my barren Friendster profile, I stumbled upon the blog which I had written a few years back. I read through my then posts, and was amazed. It was like reading the writings of another person.
It was the writings of a person with a sense of humor, a believe in values, and most importantly, a sense of hope. Writings of a stranger. Except, it wasn't. It was me, 2 or 3 years prior.
Reading it, I realised; how far it was I had fallen in the previous years, how much of my former self I had lost, how huge of an impact that event had on me (see Prologue). My viewpoint on life, after that event, had apparently been skewed. Everything I see, hear, perceive, is taken with a pinch of salt. Scratch that. With A LOT of salt. I carried a burden in me; pessimism. My own mind was taking me down.
But reading my old posts, and its mix of humor, philosophical musings, and optimism brought back a little of my former naivete and optimism in me. It was almost as if I had known, all those years ago, that some event or occurrence would bring me to my knees, and wrote those posts to lift the spirits of my future self. It was as if I was making preparations to lift me up from my own fall. "Providence", is the word.
It was almost like providence.
And so I created this blog, as whatever providence it may serve, to whoever I may become, in the future. This blog will capture anything that runs through my mind that I care to write about. Thoughts, musings, or just strokes of creativity that I would like to capture.
This blog is mainly for myself. A time capsule of thoughts. Anyone else who stumbles upon this blog can consider themselves lucky to step into the unfiltered musings of a person's mind. Because that is what this blog is about. Honest, unfiltered musings.
And so, this is where it begins. . . .
About a year ago, as I was flipping through my barren Friendster profile, I stumbled upon the blog which I had written a few years back. I read through my then posts, and was amazed. It was like reading the writings of another person.
It was the writings of a person with a sense of humor, a believe in values, and most importantly, a sense of hope. Writings of a stranger. Except, it wasn't. It was me, 2 or 3 years prior.
Reading it, I realised; how far it was I had fallen in the previous years, how much of my former self I had lost, how huge of an impact that event had on me (see Prologue). My viewpoint on life, after that event, had apparently been skewed. Everything I see, hear, perceive, is taken with a pinch of salt. Scratch that. With A LOT of salt. I carried a burden in me; pessimism. My own mind was taking me down.
But reading my old posts, and its mix of humor, philosophical musings, and optimism brought back a little of my former naivete and optimism in me. It was almost as if I had known, all those years ago, that some event or occurrence would bring me to my knees, and wrote those posts to lift the spirits of my future self. It was as if I was making preparations to lift me up from my own fall. "Providence", is the word.
It was almost like providence.
And so I created this blog, as whatever providence it may serve, to whoever I may become, in the future. This blog will capture anything that runs through my mind that I care to write about. Thoughts, musings, or just strokes of creativity that I would like to capture.
This blog is mainly for myself. A time capsule of thoughts. Anyone else who stumbles upon this blog can consider themselves lucky to step into the unfiltered musings of a person's mind. Because that is what this blog is about. Honest, unfiltered musings.
And so, this is where it begins. . . .
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