My manager has recently signed up an internet subscription account which offers various IT courses and even online bachelor degree programs. However, I am more interested in ITIL course which stands for Information Technology Infrastructure Library. I am proud to say that I have completed the first module with somewhat flying colors though I have to say that I can’t concentrate well enough studying on a computer monitor. There are still five or six modules to go through before I can take the final exam. I wonder if I have the patience to go through all of them. I might have to start taking notes if I am serious about it. In fact, there are so many IT courses available and I am not sure if ITIL is the right one for me. At my age, I should be focusing on more specific IT courses but the outlook of my current company doesn’t look too good at all. Chances are, I might have a change in my job responsibility in the near future and I would like to better prepare myself.

Being too specific can also be a disadvantage as it very much depends on the demand. Right now, Linux is in demand but if I were to start learning Linux now, the market would have changed by the time I finished studying Linux. That would be bad, wouldn’t it? I believe it’s still best to stick to what I know and the rest should be an interest instead.

Buying things online can be quite comfortable but sometimes, it can be a headache too. I normally only buy hardware stuffs and try to avoid clothing as I never know whether or not the size would be suitable. Regrettably, I bought a Nike sports jacket about a week ago. The price was too good to turn down. There I was, chose a size and click purchase. Item didn’t arrive promptly but I didn’t mine as I was updated every now and then regarding the status of my item. Tomorrow, I have to send it back to zavvi.com as the size, though M, is still too big for me. It states there 178cm which is totally different from my other M-size Nike shirts. Well, it’s also a relief as it is not an expensive jacket. Imagine if I bought a RayBan sunglasses online and had to return it in the end. That would be disappointment plus more headache because I would have been eagerly waiting to wear it and the price would have been higher than a jacket.

New year, new you. That’s what most people said this month. Surprisingly, I had two persons saying Happy New Year to me. Well, for some, it might sound a bit late but for Chinese, it’s our other new year. Check back the previous post!

As the new year arrives, everyone is talking about resolutions. I don’t really have any but if I were to list out mine, most of them would be always on going. That’s why I wouldn’t call them as resolutions. One thing in particular would be to maintain my weight or to increase it to the weight that I thought would be ideal which is about 65kg. I think I had that resolution from two years ago and it proves to be hard to achieve. I always believe that there is a limit to how far you can go with your weight without the help from surgeries and medicines. I prefer the healthy way and that’s why I only consume how much my body can take rather than forcing it.

Diet seems like a big business. Same as free dating sites and job sites. The beginning of the year is where they advertise almost constantly throughout the day. I, for one is getting tired of watching these advertisement. Another advertisement that has been going on for almost every day would be loan company. Their annual percentage rate (APR) is unbelievably high where I label them as licensed loan shark. How could the government allow them to operate legally where the rates are so much higher than bank. I believe that if one ever borrows money, say £1000 from them, it would take years to clear.

I have just been into Facebook. It’s been quite a while since I last browsed through my friends’ pictures. The fact is, there is so many information that gets updated these days and if I haven’t been in Facebook for a day, I will be lost in the sea of news feed. Hence, I just take it easy and only login whenever I feel like it and browse anything which appears on my news feed. Anyway, I just saw some incredible candy apples pictures post by one of my Facebook friends. They look incredibly delicious and unique. I wonder if the pictures were taken in a shop or they were actually made by my friend. Some of her friends have already made some comments but she still hasn’t replied yet. I can’t wait to find out.

Talking about my approach on Facebook, I find that Flipboard really helps a lot. Flipboard is an iOS app that displays feeds from any sources like Facebook, twitter and RSS feeds. I just entered my Facebook account, Flipboard will then display my Facebook’s news feed like a newspaper format. I can then flip through from the latest posts to the last posts that Flipboard allows. Using Flipboard, I can still make comments, likes as well as create new posts. Thanks to the app integration, I can view Youtube videos effortlessly and zoom pictures by pinching the screen. I used to like Pulse but Flipboard just take the feeds reading to a whole new level.

I watched a thriller, Prom Night, a few days ago. I watched it before but it was a few years back. Well, I am quite a movie fan and I don’t mind watching a movie twice or more unless I could still remember the storyline. It’s not particularly a great movie but it reminded me of the prom that I attended when I was a college student. In fact, I was one of the committee who organized the prom night and I was in charge of the ticketing. I don’t really remember much of it except that it was the night that I approached Mee as my girlfriend. I also had friends who dressed ridiculously. When some of the photos were developed, some of them looked horrible in the photos compared to the real person on scene. Bear in mind that it was 10 years ago and digital cameras are not yet popular and very expensive. Hence, we could only take the photos first and hope for the best later.

Looking at 2012 prom dresses now, they are so much different. Honestly, there were so much things to do to prepare for the prom. If I wasn’t the committee member, I wouldn’t have attended the prom. That prom was organized during my third year in college. For the past two years, I only watched people getting excited about it and it’s not really cheap considering that I was still relying on my parents. However, having attended the prom, I believe that anyone should attends it at least once when given the chance.

For last few years, I would be wearing two jackets, a shirt and a t-shirt to work at this time of the year. It’s weird that I am feeling hot right now in the office and it’s winter. The world has gone a bit mad and there are many interpretation regarding the Mayan’s calendar prediction. Some say it marks the start of the new Mayan calendar when it ends while most people would say that the world ends when it ends. Scientist also predicts that this year, the world is likely to face more natural disasters considering that last year, we had seen a handful of calamities that claimed thousands and thousands of lives. Well, scientist also predicts that the snow might even be worse this year but bright and sunny are what we experiencing.

Anyway, I read the free community newspaper that gets delivered to our house every Wednesday and there a few articles about horse riding and related equipment like the breeches and boots. I didn’t know that has horse riding activities going on. In fact, I rode a horse once and that was when I was 12 year old, on a school trip to Malacca. Come to think of it, I am not even sure that it was a horse or a donkey that I rode. I was too young to differentiate the two. It was definitely not as huge as the ones we normally see on tv but it could be a pony. Donkeys aren’t exactly small build either. When Mee and I were in Greece, there were donkeys for hire and they were definitely as huge as horses.