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My first attempt at making a pie, this one had apple and blueberry as filling. I have a strange phobia with trying new things at times, especially if there’s no undo button for it or if the results are semi permanent. With games/computers, you can sort of just reload until you get it right. Heh, cooking uses ingredients and once you bind it together, you can’t really undo it. With the pie, I just bought the pie dish (it was cheap) and decided to just do it!

The pie was pretty successful, had help from Vyanne with lining the pastry on the pie dish. It served as a dessert to her prawn mee (har mien), which was also plenty tasty. It’s quite a bit of prep work, but I think the results are worth it.

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Think my brain has been constipated the last week or so. Sorting myself out to get things done. Heh, Vyanne’s friend is in town, so apart from looking for jobs I think we will be sightseeing a bit.

Might try getting up early for the Euro final, with both Spain and Germany playing attacking football, it should be fun to watch.

Needing Interest

Time seems to fly by fairly quickly these days. Sent out some applications, and am hopeful on one of them. I should be applying for other jobs, and I’ll start kicking my butt again soon to get things cracking. Heh, was speaking to friends over dinner the other night and a few of them are in the process of looking at other jobs. It’s been 3 or so years since most of us graduated, and one friend wakes up wondering whether he wants to go to work today. It’s a sign that you have lost motivation in doing things but the paycheck at the end of each payment period pushes you on.

I’ve only been interested in playing games on the computer these days. Heh, it’s been a long while since I’ve just sat in front of a PC and getting my bum off the chair only to go to the toilet or to grab a quick bite. There have been times I’ve been reluctant to move to turn on the light after sunset and it was only when I was surrounded by the total darkness of my room, illuminated only by the glow from the monitor, that I get up and flick the switch, something that takes less than 5 seconds. I do get that engrossed in games at times that I don’t want to break the mood.

Haven’t picked up my camera in the last few days. Nothing much to inspire me to shoot these days. Heh, there are rumours of a full frame Nikon DSLR to be announced next week. I’m not feeling any buzz from this, as I normally would. I have most of the equipment I need, I’d just like a little more hands on experience in taking better photos. There was lots of learning potential over the last 5 months and I seem to have plateaued at my current level.

Feeling a little flat now. Just need to try and reset myself, wake up one morning, and hopefully feel full of sunshine again.

Pause

Cooked dinner with Vyanne for friends on Sunday night. It was a Korean themed dinner, with fried rice cakes, bulgogi pictured above, kimchi soup, a potato noodle salad and various side dishes. Food is just so enjoyable an activity to prepare.

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Been wanting to write but not sure about what. Finally get a chance to sit still and it’s late at night, a little extra quiet to think about things.

The past week has been a blur. Our internet service provider went into administration and it was only after 3 days that we got it back. Heh, I’ve experienced these situations plenty of times while I was staying in Jersey City and I just play games or read stuff to keep myself entertained while waiting for the connection to come back on. In today’s information age, people feel restless when they don’t have that window opened to reach out and stay informed about what’s happening in the world.

I’ve finally completed my CV and started looking at jobs. Now that I’m trying to apply for jobs, I don’t feel as confident about my prospects as before. I did manage to get a meeting with some headhunters for financial services and they said my CV looked fantastic under the right context. I just need to believe a little more in myself sometimes. Will try to get more applications done in the coming week.

Still many things floating in my mind that nag me to get done. Will need to sort through them more effectively this week.