my digitized life // john hwang

Never been this sick in 10+ years.

Out of the last ten years of being in high school then away from home, being at college, living with people who (by public reputation) have little to no personal hygiene… I don’t think I’ve ever been this sick (probably explains why it’s taking me this long to get over this cold).

I am about 95% me again and I think the best remedy has been rest and relaxation.  The nyquil surely helped me rest by making me drowsy (the dayquil actually made me drowsy during the day too…).  One thing that has been hindering my rest is the coughs.  I get a tickle in my throat and I can’t help but cough out a lung.  I get woken up by the need to cough so some nights it feels like I coughed all night long.

Mild symptoms started to show up last Wednesday… so it took my immune system a whole week to fight off this cold (mild coughing left) but from searching on cold symptoms, colds are only contagious in the first few days so I am fit for going back to work finally!

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Post 5-Weeks; The Aftermath.

A bit over five weeks ago, I was about 50% excited about going up to NYC and the other 50% dreading it. It was difficult for me to think that I finally got accustomed to my first full-time job but now I needed to temporarily settle down in another location for something totally different. I can’t say I knew what to expect.

Yet here I am, five weeks later, I keep thinking of all the fun I’ve had and all I’ve learned. While I don’t believe in the idea of fate, I can’t help but think that I was meant to be there at those times. As if all the choices that I’ve made in my life has led me to this point and my experience there was simply a confirmation. Tell me, is it too weird to think that?

It didn’t have to be NYC. I honestly think it could have been anywhere and anytime. It was the people. However crazy this may sound, even though at first they were complete strangers, I felt an affinity with a lot of the people I’ve met there after the first week. And it only took a week.

They are all coming down to Charlotte in a few months; however, I am not naive enough to say that we’ll all keep in touch afterwards. I know we won’t. I will certainly try to keep in touch with everyone but I know I am not very good at it.

Thanks.

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Naughty Judge.

Judge jailed for exposing himself during trials.

I’m a bit buzzed. I am eating a Nathan’s hotdog for the first time in NYC (I had the munchies and didn’t want to take a shot every two stoplights looking for cheese-less burritos). I read the above article and couldn’t help chuckling to myself. New York City is such a trip. Softer side of me: I am really going to miss everyone from the training program. I only have a week left up here and a lot of us bonded (‘networked’) really well. This is all aside from the different things we learned about throughout the actual training.

Note to self: do not forget about the chicken-and-rice guy in NYC.

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10-months ago.

10-months ago, almost every Sunday night, I would sit down in front of my dorm PC or a PC in a lab and work on VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) lab assignment which was due by the next day at 4:30pm. I also worked 8-hour shifts Saturday and Sunday for an Internet company to make ends meet for myself financially. So in general, I’d be able to get started on these labs at around 10pm. The labs took approximately 8-12 hours to do; take away all my being distracted (and having episodes of Scrubs on my laptop) and it would probably have saved me an extra hour or two for each lab. From what I can remember, I remember absolutely hating every single minute of those hours and dreading it all weeklong. It was almost to a point where… my entire week was ruined because of that one assignment that I either 1) didn’t have time to do during the week or 2) procrastination got the better of me. I hated the lab so badly that I was wondering why I chose my major; this was my graduating semester. What scary thought that was…

Get back to current time. I am part of one of the most profitable companies on Earth. I am temporarily in NYC and my company is helping me get a good start on my career by arranging a training session (the training is pretty new to me since I have a strong technology background). I am networking and befriending people that simply amaze me beyond belief. I like my job.

What a turn of events in such a short period of time. I consider myself extremely blessed.

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Fatigue.

I wasn’t that tired when we came back after close to 12 hours of outdoor activities.  I was more or less excited about it considering I have not been in a wildlife park for a few years.  It brought back memories of backpacking and hiking.  A quick and rather expensive okay-tasting dinner made my mind shutdown completely.  I was so tired all night long but I still went out because I promised a friend a drink and some fun for his 1-day delayed birthday.  Fortunately, there were others in our group who had a good time (and as far as I know, still are having a good time so that was worth it).

Spontaneity is not my forte.  I sometimes play things out in my head over and over again that even if one tiny thing goes wrong, it has disasterous consequences.  I usually don’t post drama but in my head, I screwed up (some) relation/friendship(s) tonight (wow, what a surprise).

I am passing out without alarms so I can wake up naturally.  Then most likely working out if time allows in the morning.  Sweet dreams.

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Too much.

I think I think too much. See? Now, I’m thinking about the fact that I may think too much and now I’m thinking about the fact that I just wrote I’m thinking about thinking too much. This conundrum can go on forever.

Anyway, today was tiring. I could not keep my eyes open during the morning presentations for the life of me. My eyelids were so heavy. Tomorrow morning I will need to enforce more sugar into my coffee.

Allow me to go into a completely new rant: some people think money is the solution to all problems.  Some people think money is everything.  I love people who consider money no object.  Have fun.  Be philanthropic.  Get crunk.

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