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Things aren’t going too well on this end. But hey, we Chinese have a saying, which literally translated word for word, means wind and water take turns to switch course. If things are going good, it will get worse later. And vice versa. This, however, is not an excuse for one to sit by and do nothing, hoping things will change around him. I’ve started re-evaluating some of my actions and policies, redirecting energy to aft and port shields etc etc. And no, I’m not sharing the snags I’ve encountered recently, unless you enjoy Schadenfreude humor. Either way, just want to apologize that I’ve have little cheerful things to blog about for the moment.

I read Wesley Phay’s latest post on finding information on the net. As usual, very good and thoughtful stuff. I recommend students looking for project material to read through it, since he lists down a handful of useful search engines. He’s obviously been surfing the web more than I have, after all he IS an ex-Computer-Service member. Also, as usual, he can’t help letting out a bit of anti-establishment feeling in it. Personally, I use NLB’s electronic database to look for materials. I don’t have to sift through the usual nonsense Google would invariably give, but beware, a lot of the stuff in those databases make for dry, dry, DRY reading. But their quality and depth are miles better than Google’s assorted collection of results. Read up on WPCW’s post anyway, and make your own way.

I must, again, watch my mouth. Recently said something that, in hindsight, would make an entire hall of people wince, smack their foreheads, LOL, and chorus “Waliao!” It is THAT lame, stupid and cold (in the funny way). Will now dig a hole and hide in it until the next Ice Age (the movie, not the geographical event).

Have decided to get an acoustic guitar instead of a classical. Somehow, I think the former sounds richer/fresher/cleaner, but what do I know about the mystic arts of guitars? Apparently, everyone recommends the basement shops of Excelsior something (plaza/square etc) when looking for guitars. Irony is, when I went there this last Sunday to buy a classical guitar high E string, only ONE shop stocked it. This certainly motivated me to jump to the acoustic guitar boat. Also, have learned how to play House of the Rising Sun on classical. Yes, a pretty old song (obscure to most of my friends), but my taste in music has never been very mainstream anyway.

So yeah, this is me being cheerful and doing an “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”.