Wednesday 30 September 2015

I miss you???

For some reasons, I miss you....
I simply don't know why...

Even though I've met you in person only once, and as matter of fact, only for a few hours....
But I have been missing you ever since...

I have to admit, however, that I have been admiring you from far
Through your writings, thoughts, and pictures...

What is this feeling???

The urge to see you, to hear your voice, to be by your side
The urge to talk to you, to spend time with you

Nevertheless, I haven't got the courage to let you know
Or perhaps I am taking a step back to see for myself... if you share the same feeling towards me

Let this feeling slowly fade and drift far far away....
For it seems that nothing will happen

I don't know... But

What I know for sure...
Is that I miss you

What I know for sure...
Is that you are always in my mind

What I know for sure...
Is that I yearn for you





Thursday 10 September 2015

Sayonara Mac-kun...

My Macbook Pro, "Mac-kun", crashed on 31st Aug 2015 6pm AET...

For some reason it restarted itself and since then never finished loading the start up page. I have tried trouble-shooting it based on the recommendations posted online, albeit with no success. Apparently a very common issue with OS Yosemite when installed on an older machine. I updated to Yosemite about a month ago as one of the application I am using runs on this OS.

I have had the same problem previously i.e. "Mac-kun"went to sleep or restarted himself randomly, even though this was before I upgraded to Yosemite.  Thought it was something to do with the battery - Had the battery replaced, even though it didn't really prolong the overall battery life (possibly too much power to run Yosemite), but I guess it kind of solved the auto sleep/ restart problem not ...

Anyway, "Mac-kun" has been with me for about 5.5 years now. Remembered I brought him home Early 2010. Been a very wonderful companion. No complaints whatsoever until the recent incident. I guess it has been a long time indeed... Thought could persevere a bit longer with him, but Apple no longer provide support to this so called 'vintage model'...

What I found strange, however, was that in the morning when I woke up, I had this thought that flashed through my mind telling me to back up my data... (Well I usually back up and upload my data once a week - for some reason I haven't been doing this for the past month....)
Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to do so in the morning.....
Considering myself lucky, my important files were saved by my programmer friend, Hendrik, who managed to communicate with "Mac-kun" using "typical programming language" and copied my files into my external drive. Can't imagine losing one month worth of work - Note to self: back up EVERYDAY!!! 

So I bought another Macbook Pro the next day. Thank you so much my first "Mac-kun". You have been a very good friend, comrade and companion. Can't thank you enough.