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…how things end. That’s out of your control. What is in your control, is the way you live, the way people remember you, the influence you have on other people’s lives.
Many people hold onto the idea of heaven. It is a comforting thought. It is something to look forward to. Whatever. Have you ever wondered, [...]

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A remarkable thing happened to me today. I was browsing through the Barnes & Noble in Redwood City. The primary reason for my being there, was related to my ponderings on the job market (i.e. my job search), but primary reasons would never stop me from also pursuing secondary objectives. No surprise thus that I [...]

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Much of the high rate of posts on this blog come from a place of wondering what direction to take. I probably contradicted myself often. This weekend, as I was doing a couple of thesis corrections before final publication (highly depressing to make minor corrections to something that seems majorly weak), and as I was [...]

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The last time I really did any real cooking, was in primary school, in “Food Technology” class. (This was in The British School in the Netherlands, a long long time ago.) As a student, I lived in a residence for most of my studies, where we were served three meals a day. One year in [...]

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Looking for another source of sanity, I came across this little box of magic I seemed to recall using a long, long time ago… Finding the remote, I discovered the fourth chapter of a documentary: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Documentaries from 1986, lol.
(Random ramblings below.)

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I’ve fallen in love. Starstruck. With a particular company that is. I’ll do the job-negotiation thing when I’m back from my Easter holiday, and when I’m more level-headed. Negotiations would be rather one-sided if I’m all “moonlight-and-roses” over the company when I apply.
If the courtship proves successful, it will be followed by good [...]

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UPDATE: Sorry, it seems a number of people are getting the wrong idea from this post. Hehe, oops. So let me explain: I have passed, I will be getting my MScEng in March. “End” of my academic career: refers to the fact that I’m particularly unlikely to do another degree, but I can never be [...]

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Yea, a date… can you believe it. After all these years, Hugo finally has a date. For a thesis defence for his M.ScEng, that is.
Now things get messy: I’m cancelling my entry in the Go tournament. I must prepare to suffer the wrath of TD (the Tournament Director). In particular, the tournament director responded:
By the [...]

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Just a misc personal update. As I’ve mentioned previously, I want to go on four weeks of holiday starting with Easter. I have a couple of other activities on Tuesdays. This clashes with Shofar’s Bible School. Yup, I went to Bible School yesterday! It was just the intro session. I’m quite eager to learn what [...]

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At the moment I’m feeling a little overloaded with a bunch of stuff. This is causing a lull on the social side of things. More serious socialising will mostly have to wait until later this month. In the mean time, I’m trying to get back into shape, and would like to add a social aspect [...]

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