November 2005 Archives

Just got back from Abg Pat's House in Seremban, it was just my crowd, the conversation was lively and non-stop, the topic was always interesting and spot-on, and the food.. marvelous...

Meet a lot of people there, mostly old internet friends that I've never met, most of them are from ADN. Some of the few that I've already known beforehand was like Kak Mas and Jundak and the highlight was definitely meeting Abg Pat in person, finally!!! It was good to be able to finally give a face to all those ppl that I've known all this while and yet have never met. Felt nice actually.

The discussion was definitely stimulating to the mind, you can never know how much info is contained in a writer's mind for him to be able to write a book, and as Saga Artakusiad is a great book (although the humble author will never admit it) you should know how much info is in his brain Thus the topic was somehow lively and always jumping from one topic to another and I definitely have fun chipping in when I can.

What struck me personally was, about how writer's need a personal code of ethics in his writing, as Abg Pat mentioned to me that my writing shows that I have a personal code. I can readily concur that I do try to maintain a set of codes, but I sometimes break them myself, one of it is for me to never regret what I've written in the blog, however ppl will bang my writing for what it contains. Another is to never intrude on other ppl. But sometime the two conflicts and there were a few time where I did criticize a person directly in my writings, but from all those times that I did do that, I've only retracted only one of my criticism, the reason being that he cannot respond because he's not that internet literate, the other being that I don't want ppl to confuse between his character and his profession. Other than that I can say that I've never regretted what I've written in my blog, if I do.. I have come to terms with it.

Personally, I believe that a writer's personal code of ethics and set of value would define the writer's style of writing and how his characters and protagonist are developed.

All in all this has been a fruitful day for me, satisfying for both my mind and my tummy

p/s: Please be patient for book 8, Abg Pat is working on it, don't worry

Adieu

In going thru life, there is bound to be some sacrifices that we will have to make, for me this year has been a year of sacrifices, gives and takes.

Among other things that I had to sacrifice this year is my hobbies, writing and photography to name a few. Mainly because of my schedule, my study takes a lot of time. Most of the time I will be left with no personal time at all. Earlier in the year I somehow always managed to devote a few hours to writing up some silly things in my blog, or to just get out of the house look around me and snap some photos.

Now it is time like this, when I'm back at home for a day or two that I can actually sit down and write something personal, it used to be that I had to get up early in the morning and type up my assignments and getting up early means i have to sleep much earlier. Thus leaving me with virtually no time at all. These days if I'm taking a picture it would mostly be done with my phone, which is pathethic but then again when you have to get that shot, the phone does have its value.

During the course of this year, I have had a lot of times where I get this sudden inspiration on a topic to write, but no time to put the thought down and less time to even go to a cybercafe to put it up on the net, so there goes a topic down the drain. With most topic/thought that I have, if I don't write it out at that moment, the feel of it would be lost, and an idea would remain just that.

Whatever it is, I do feel that my sacrifice is worth the effort and time. It's not everyday that you get paid to study, and being where I am, there is the feeling that I you don't absorb as much info from the lecturers as possible it would be a waste as these are experts in their own right and their passion for their job does tend to inspire ppl like me.

With my final exam just next week and the end of the course in a month, there will a tonne of free time for me to indulge myself in my hobbies. Hoping that my blogging and photographing days will come back

Adieu

p/s: Thinking of saving up to buy a D70s, anyone knows a good deal? or wish to donate to a poor man?

Note: I have a habit of typing my assignments in the wee hours of the morning where I can have total focus, especially when the house is dark and the only light is from the computer.