4th decade

"We don´t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

 George Bernard Shaw

And another lap around The Sun completed. Adding further to the already impressive distance covered, while going by a notch quicker then the last one.

I haven´t seen so much fanfare regarding the birthday in years, maybe even decades. Why so much excitement about the zero at the end of the number? Sure, if it was a three digit number, I might have less trouble understanding it. 

So many friends of the similar age are talking about getting old, slower, out of shape, etc, etc... Sorry all; I can´t relate at all. Partially, I credit my prolonged school life for this lack of the ability to sympathise with the generation. I´m surrounded with the youth, where average age does not exceed early to mid twenties, all my life. So somehow rather, my mind neglected to notice the changes in the mirror´s reflection. Though the looks might not support it, I still feel as youthfully energetic and crazy as ever. 

I don´t get - and I hope I never will  - why so many people stress about having yet another birthday. Not only it is a great excuse to make another day just a bit more special, and to catch up with your family and friends for few (too many) drinks, but it also serves as the greatest sign that, despite anything, things are still going great...!

Ps: my niece turned one today - Sritan Rodendan Petra! 

Pps: people having a drink in the name of my birthday from Croatia, Germany, France, through Iran, Spora and Australia, all the way to Mexico is very cool. - I´m one lucky F...ellow.

My Resume

It´s here. 

If you know somebody who´s looking for a passionate, creative, analytical, hardworking team player, and all in all an awesome guy, to join them at tackling challenging IT projects, don´t hesitate to pass them the resume, they´ll owe you one, if not two (if they are smart).

Thanks exDirector, Jess, Sue, Monkey, Ilija, Milan and Coleman for already doing so.  

I´ve done some aesthetic, readability improvements on the latest version following some of the tips as suggested here. 

Please leave your comments on how the resume could be improved further. 

Appreciated...! 

Ps: Disclaimer: comments will be taken into serious consideration, but not necessarily Incorporated, unless securing of the job depended on it.  

Pps: If by a chance you are willing to take on the role of Cupid, kindly share this resume link (http://www.box.net/shared/okcrglsugj) with the other party, and not the blog address itself. Thanks!

No effort gets wasted

“Be not afraid of going slowly, be only afraid of standing still.”- Chinese Proverb

The title of the post might seem false, or at least foolish (-ly optimistic) at the 1st glance. But, I am a firm believer for a long time now (guess, I had no other choice). I´ve had these BS kind conversations with quite a few senior citizens (the kind who´s been enjoying their retirement for a while), and many of them presented gems along the lines of hope and perseverance. Keep plugging on, and the benefit of the current turmoil will some day be one of, if not the main, reasons for success, happiness... Btw, on this note, they also advised to be patient.

This belief is a tad stronger in me after the last night. Instead of working on the assignment or sleeping soundly, I could do neither. My brain was running on the overdrive, connecting many dots that have been accumulating between my (klempavi) ears throughout my prolonged relationship of procrastination and academic assignments. The end result of the sleepless night is a feasible idea that can bring a great, tangible benefits to many. Unlike previous ones, I´ll keep this cat in a bag for a while longer.

...!

Ps: ...or in Einstein´s words: Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Pps: ´dot connecting´ phrase inspired by Steve Jobs´s speech.

Procrastination

Yesterday, on the day when the promise of change arrived to America, and hopefully the world as a whole, some things around here stayed the same old, same old: Here's the email that I sent to the professor of my Globalisation class regarding the assignment that is due on the 7th Nov, and he´s reply:

Hi H,

I need more time for my paper. With you approval, I will submit

 no later then Monday 17th at 2pm. I'm badly behind with the paper. On top of that, just moments ago, I have found out that my group for other module has decided to change the direction, and we need to rework the project before our presentation this Saturday, and the subsequent submission on the following Wednesday. Given the extension, I am confident of producing the work worth your reading time. I apologise for the inconvenience caused,

Z
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No, Z. I am afraid 13 Nov 9 am is the absolute deadline and nothing short of medical reasons can be excused. So you do have to work something out.

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Good luck to my assignments...!

Ps: pictured procrastination through the process of some trivial change.

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As good as WE get!?

Human beings will not further evolve genetically, and this is due to our current world that is as close to utopia as it will get to - for the time being.

"This gloomy message is from" geneticist, Professor Steve Jones.

Even if the future proves Prof Jones to be wrong, let's hope we have a great deal of room for a cultural-intellectual development. Sure enough, there's plenty of evidence to suggest that we should do so; that we MUST do so...!

Fu...nny Money

Last Thursday, with SGD1 buying you AUD0.97, and not the usual AUD0.7-0.8, Jamie and I ran to the bank to transfer our 'hard earned' gratuities (contract) to Australia. Our (what currently seems as) good fortunes found in the unusually weak AUD are due to the current world economic crisis.

The following presentation and video, as spotted on PresentationZen, help with the explanation of what the crisis is all about:

Subprime Primer

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: subprime mortgages)

The Time article, written by Stiglitz - author of one of the books, that I read for my Globalization class - is a good, easy read further explaining the crisis, how and why other countries - manly European's are linked - and what needs to be done in order to fix the mess. Also, Pat shared this post to help with the explanation.

Passion of my Profession