Spring, Sydney

Hello! I'm back! 

Dear blog, dear stalkers, sorry for disappearing for the past week or so. Though I was lazy to write, I still read other blog posts almost everyday, they are great stuff to keep me company. 

So what have I been doing? 

I was being lazy in general. Quite addicted to playing DOTA actually. 

I actually started to feel better, physically and mentally. 

Had a few acupuncture sessions in the last few weeks, and with the help of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the feverish feeling has almost disappeared. I still feel some aches around my neck and shoulder area, but I would attribute that to lack of exercise. Just yesterday and today, my nose is a bit runny, just a bit, and the throat is dry. Hopefully it will get better soon. Maybe it's the weather? Better don't over-think. 

I had a counselling session last Monday. Basically, the counselor asked me to stop getting tested because every time I get a test, I would super anxious about it before the test, and feel relieved afterwards. He likened it to taking drugs. It's actually quite right. The more I do it, the more frequent I feel like doing it. 

But stubborn me, I had another test last Wednesday, about 61 days after the unprotected oral incident. It was a bit troublesome this time as I had to get to this clinic in another suburb which uses this public pathology service. Why? Because I know which 4th gen test this pathology uses, and me being a over-thinker, I just want to have that information in mind.  

I know I should stop testing until at least two weeks from now. My skin need to rest too, as the blood collectors always asked about the obvious marks I had from previous tests. 

In terms of thinking optimistically/healthily, I am still looking for another, a second part-time job. The current position is only 8 hours per week and I am spending money that my family gave me. 

So, yesterday, I went to uni to 'say hi' to my supervisor. I told her that I don't want to feel disconnected and that I could start working on my project again, slowly though. I am actually hoping to get offered some casual jobs within the discipline, like marking papers and invigilating. The rate is so OMG-ly high. Will be joining the weekly research seminar tomorrow and hopefully some lecturers will ask me to mark papers. Fingers crossed!

I also resumed weights in the gym. Yeah, for the past few months, I was totally not in the mood to lift. It's time. I have to gain muscles! I have to move on, so it's like a must to improve my physical appearance. 

Oh yeah, by the way, is anyone going to buy Iphone 5S? I am!

Ok, I was never an Apple fan. I only got myself a MacBook Pro last year and never regretted it. 

I had 2 samsung phones already. My S2 suddenly died (couldn't detect SIM) after about 13 months, and miraculously resurrected from death when the Sydney Samsung store updated the Android OS for me. 

My Note 2, well it's still working, but it's wayy to big for me. I don't have a small hand ok, just in case you are wondering. I am 178cm tall, so yeah. 

Anyway, I am impressed with how Apple is so meticulous when it comes to designing and manufacturing and even marketing. 

Have you noticed that there aren't beautiful cases for your Samsung phones out there, simply because Samsung keeps changing the size of its devices and hence no manufacturer thinks that it's cost efficient to keep up? 

And to be honest, I hate, really hate phone/computer manufacturers who like to claim that their devices support so so many fancy functions. 

For example, Samsung, does your video really pause when you look away? Hell no! It's so bad at detecting eye movements. 

For example, Microsoft, ReadyBoost in Vista. Google it if you haven't heard about it. When this technology came out, thumbdrive manufacturers like Kingston were so eager to offer ReadyBoost compatible thumbdrives. But does it work? 

Come up with features that I really NEED, I don't need fancy ones. A camera that has F2.2 aperture, and not a Samsung camera with F2.6 that allows you to combine those Ballet moves in a single photo. What's the point if the picture is so dark because of the aperture?

Well, I may sound a bit harsh but I really think it's the time for me to move away from Samsung. 

And finally, a bit of 'consumerist education' here, do you know that higher Megapixels does not mean better photos? Samsung gives you 13MP, Nokia even crazier, with 41MP. If you would like to know why, there's this interesting section written up by HTC, for its HTC One Ultrapixel camera.