I usually keep a low profile for my birthdays, but this year I am really touched by how much I was reached out to today. The phone calls (local & international), the text messages/SMS (local & international), the emails, and the amazing flood of Facebook wall posts!
Whoa! Gee .. thanks folks, I am touched 
Here’s my theme song for today. Enjoy!
And oh. Happy Chinese New Year!
I just got a new pair of gloves today, after waiting by the lost & found bin at my ice hockey rink. I guess whoever took my gloves decided to keep it for themselves (bastards!). Anyway, I thought the warning label inside of gloves was … well, obvious. See for yourself (click for bigger):
What? Ice hockey is not a safe sport?! There’s actually a chance that I might get hurt? Who would have thought! 
Im taking my blog offline for a little while for some backend maintenance and upgrade .. if this page looks messed up — it’s ok. Your life will go on.
Update: 6:09pm – Wow this upgrade process has sucked up more time than I thought. There are still some quirks that annoy me, but I will have to fix them later.
One thing I feel most passionately about: love of invention will never die.”
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back– Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.
–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Prelude at the Theatre,” 1983
I’ve been kinda busy lately, so this is just a short post. I watched Wallstrip when it first launched .. then sort of lost interest in it and stopped paying attention. Recently as I was cleaning up my RSS feeds (“delisting” the feeds got stale), I checked it again and it sure has been a lot more entertaining. Today’s report on TIF (that’s the ticker symbol for Tiffany & Company) was just flat out entertaining. I think this is as good as it gets for reporting on a company’s stock (of course I hope for better!).
I mean, they have really added value here by taking something as mundane as reporting on a company’s stock to a whole new level. I honestly don’t care about TIF’s stock but if they do another video like this, I would totally want to watch it. For the uninformed single bachelors like myself (hmm .. maybe there’s a reason for this), Tiffany & Company is a jewelry company whose goodies girls go nuts over. And they’re not cheap stuff.
But my readers, let’s not get carried over the shiny rocks. The real star here is Wallstrip :p I know it’s old news that this startup got acquired by CBS, but I’d say happy belated congratulations anyway.
Is the company’s product providing value to end users? Check!
From Kuala Lumpur to Brussels? Now I can TOTALLY relate to that 
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