To.Strive.4.the.Better

A lot has happened these few months as I have been thinking alot about my personal progress and developments. I discovered that I will need to optimize the usage of my time to things that are more meaningful and things that could contribute more to my personal developments. I have started a so-called, Recalibration Plan for myself. *I know that sounded mechanical - Hehe*

One item that I would like to recalibrate very much is my involvement with the online community that takes up a lot of my time. I have decided to streamline my involvement to those communities that provide quality knowledge only. This will of course affect my contributions to both MIND and SGDOTNET.

Withdrawal From MIND

After 3 years of involvement in MIND, I have decided to withdraw from its online community. And contributions to its monthly gatherings will largely depend on requests from Loke Uei - since most of the time, I did it because he persuaded me. To the local developer community, I will contribute my experiences and knowledge through other ways i.e. presentations, articles in newspaper, other quality forums and of course, my blog.

Lurking In SGDOTNET

As for SGDOTNET, I will continue to provide my contributions and support at an observatory level since the committee there have been very helpful in aggressively promoting my works - Paladin and Stickies .NET. Besides, it is a quality forum where the committee listens to member suggestions. I will definitely be lurking around there and once in a while, I will try to post something thoughtful.

Reduced Chat Time

I have always seen Instant Messaging as a distraction to my work and therefore, I have decided to reduce it. Some of my friends have already noticed that I am seldom online on MSN nowadays. Yup! I have delibrately switched it off to focus on my work and studies (and to increase my productivity!). For those who need to contact me for technical help, drop me an e-mail at my Yahoo! account.


This is the first stage of my Recalibration Plan as I strongly believe I need to change the way I spend my time. I have just realised that two of my years (27 and 28) had just passed-by like that and now I'm already reaching the end of my twenties. I also need to better prepare myself for the upcoming challenges that I need to face in my career. I need to recover the firedancer that I was before the online community days, before the job depression days, in order for me to become a better person.

Wish me luck guys!