Letters from the Equator

I haven’t been blogging for awhile, and here’s why – I’ve had a go at living a normal life. I checked my twitter messages a lot less, unsubscribed to Wired’s Top Stories and a whole bunch of other popular feeds, and instead I just… “did stuff”. I spent a bit more time cooking at home, [...]

I’ve been bored of the Internet lately. I’ve stopped checking my twitter messages, reading my newsfeeds, and going on sites I used to frequent just for the fun of it. I feel completely overwhelmed by information, and I feel wholly inadequate to survive the 21st century.
Everyone seems to be really upbeat. Articles are constantly talking [...]

The Loneliness of Enduring a Change
I met an old friend for lunch today. She was talking about making a big change in her life, and we were talking about how scary that whole process is. We talked a long time about the sort of ups and downs you go through when you make big changes [...]

My wife and I used to live in a fairly large apartment overlooking a lake. It had a huge hall, a full kitchen, 3 sizable bedrooms, and a decent store room. By Malaysian standards, this was considered to be somewhat of a luxury for someone at my age, but at the same time – it [...]

I Internets, Therefore I Am
Having the internet as a big part of me is scary. It’s scary because I’ve let so much of my life be transformed by it. I don’t know how I got here, but I admit that using it has influenced me to stop watching TV, switch jobs the last few times, [...]

It’s been officially 8 months since I left home and settled down in greyish London, although the sun has been bright these days.
A typical week for me in London
A typical week involves making sure I get my gradschool work done, which is mostly just writing papers which are due over the next few weeks, thinking [...]

I’m starting to realize I’m starting to age, by the plain fact that old habits die hard. This comes as a surprise to me because I assumed I was part of a generation that trumps on flexibility and adaptability.
A series of litmus tests I’ve applied over the years have shown that I am not very [...]

6 Months Working
Friday marked the 6th month my wife has been at her job. That’s a good cause to celebrate, though I screwed up our dinner date coming home late from work Friday night. So we went out for a nice dinner at Tupelo Honey tonight, instead. Check out the restaurant from streetview.
I realized that [...]

update: This isn’t a post about proselytizing/evangelism/converting people. It’s about people understanding who I am.
One of the things I do very rarely on this blog is talk about my faith. And I admit it’s because of the expectation I think people have of me (which isn’t always as expectation I place on myself), and I [...]

I can’t believe it’s March. One year ago, I made the decision to move to London and pursue a career in the User Experience field by applying for a Masters in Human-Computer Interaction at UCL. So many things have happened since then.
Settling down in London
LL and I managed to find jobs within a month or [...]