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BP in the City of the Golden Friendship

Apart from that pitiful excuse of a solo called “Far Greater Love,” 1 I know, I know, I shouldn’t be too OC about it the group’s trip to CDO was a very enlightening experience for me. I never realized how far I could go for the love of this group.

I wasn’t supposed to go, there were so many reasons not to; My Dad’s birthday was the next day, we were only essentially spending one day there, and will only be able to do what we set out to do; the concert. 2 I can only speak for myself, but most of the appeal of any out-of-town trip is the excursion aspect of it We had another performance at Gesu the next day (Dad’s B-day)… oh, and I haven’t even factored in that solo cluster-fuck of mine that was slated to happen during the concert, nor having to sleep in the hallway for a while (being the idiot that I am, I had forgotten to take the keys from my room-mates).

Given I’m the type of guy who could refuse to be part of a gig for the simple reason of not wanting to wake up too early, yeah, this trip should’ve been a no-brainer for me. But for some inexplicable reason, I even found myself doing things I normally wouldn’t do… and quite frankly I try to look back, and I haven’t the slightest idea why I even had to volunteer doing them.

And given all the events that transpired before, during, and after – I find myself in this eerie state of serenity. It’s like everything I mentioned above is what I know I should be thinking… and I already know what I should logically be feeling because of it, but I’m not…

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Notes

Notes
⇡1 I know, I know, I shouldn’t be too OC about it
⇡2 I can only speak for myself, but most of the appeal of any out-of-town trip is the excursion aspect of it
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Now powered by WordPress

Recently, during my downtime, I’ve been slowly migrating the blog to a new system 1 doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what that system is 😉

The “move” wasn’t really prompted by one being superior over the other (i.e. MT vs WP). Truth be told, while migrating it became very clear to me that MovableType was by far the more superior system simply by the way it tackles data-flow processes. The best analogy I could give now is similar to why I still use Windows for my audio recording when I use OS X for everything else: because it’s more practical.

PC audio apps are cracked left and right whereas OS X audio apps aren’t as easy to find. Take out the whole piracy aspect out of it, and we have a similar situation: WordPress has more plugins being developed than MovableType 2 or at least the plugins I use. I initially wanted to upgrade to MT 4.x, but when I looked for the plugins I considered to be indispensable, I found that WordPress was the better choice.

I’ll do another post for my opinion regarding the switch; for now, let me just welcome you to the new system by pointing out the changes. Read More

Notes

Notes
⇡1 doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what that system is 😉
⇡2 or at least the plugins I use
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Investing in one’s self

Jason Calacanis said that the best thing to do when on an economic downturn is to invest on one’s self. If you’re a company, concentrate on your core business keep focused, improve and grow your core. Individually, if you’re a 8/10 programmer, now’s the time to invest into becoming a 9/10. Whatever the case may be, the point is now’s the worst time to be worrying about anything external. On the contrary; now’s probably the time where the adage “help yourself before you can help others” is most applicable.

In any case, I decided to put a little spin on that and justified my most recent purchase:


What’s different in this picture?

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