Two days ago, I received an email from myself back in 2015, sent via FutureMe.

It’s me reminding myself of this interesting YouTube video that is suitable for today. Today is my 45th birthday and so happens that the square of 45 is 2025 which is this year. This doesn’t happen often so I guess it is a call for celebration.

I guess it is only right for me reply that email to PastMe although I have no way of sending this to him.

Dear PastMe

Thank you for the YouTube video. As you have expected, I’ve completely forgotten about it and this came as a timely reminder. You should see the smile on me while watching the video.

I’m now typing this at home. I still go to Starbucks but not as often as 10 years ago. You really should stop drinking Grande Latte with 3 packets of sugar. That is so unhealthy and I’m paying for it now. Nowadays my drink of choice is Vanilla Latte (occassionally with low fat milk). Still sinful but not as often as before. At least the FutureMe in 10 years time won’t be complaining about it.

In case you are wondering, that trusty MacBook Pro is no longer functioning. Same for the iMac that you are using at home. I’m now using a MacBook Air M2 connected to 27 inch monitor. You should have made that switch earlier instead of having a iMac and MacBook Pro. I’ve stopped using a MiFi. iPhone tethering is the way to go and I’m really not sure what’s the latest 5G speed. It is fast enough and I don’t really care about the advertised speed which we all know is overly inflated and not a reflection of real life.

I noticed that you wrote that email to me on 19 July 2015. Just want to let you know that 6 days ago, you met the girl whom you will marry in 8 years time. Our second year anniversay is just 4 days away. It’s going to be a long journey but you’ll get there. Anyway, shall not tell you too much about the future. Like Doc Brown said in Back To The Future, “No one should know too much about their destiny.”

I have no idea how this will reach you. But if somehow this managed to reach you, the Toto winning number for 20 July 2015 is 3,17,25,28,34,46. And use some of the winnings to buy Bitcoin.

Regards
DK from 2025

I said I wanted to try blogging more in 2024. I started a “Nobody Blogs Anymore” series with the intention of posting more. It works and I managed to post 25 Nobody Blogs Anymore post and another 10 blog entries on other topics. That’s not bad compared to what I’ve been doing on this blog for the past few years. Although I didn’t call it a resolution for 2024, I guess it considered one.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking if I want to do a resolution for 2025. I guess no harm in trying.

Here are some of the things that I have in mind. Ranked from the easiest to the hardest.

Resolution #1: I’ll continue the weekly blogging. But I’ll stop calling it “Nobody Blogs Anymore”. It’s horrible for SEO.

Resolution #2: I’ll try to allocate at least an hour every week to reading a book. This might come as a shock to people who knows me well cause I hate reading. I’ve already got the first book to kick start this. Will talk more about that book next time.

Resolution #3: I’ve always been thinking of doing video. Vlogging to be exact. In fact I’ve attempted several times in the past but failed. This year I think I want to do it again. Let’s hope I’ll finally take the first step forward.

I’m not sure if I can pull them off. But let’s see. Come 2025. Let’s do this.

And with that, the 2024 season comes to an end.

Congrats! You survived another year. Somehow I’m not feeling the New Year Eve vibes. Today doesn’t feel like the last day of the year. It felt like just another day. I don’t know. Maybe I’ll only feel the NYE mood when the countdown begins.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what to do for 2025. I’ll be turning 45. Somehow 45 seems like a big milestone. For some weird reasons, I’ve decided to come up with a few New Year Resolutions. I don’t know. Is this some mid life crisis or something? Anyway, I’ll talk more about the New Year Resolutions later. For now, let’s chill and wait for 2025 to slowly crawl in.

Happy New Year.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

If you have been following my blog, you will know that I have a so-called “tradition” of posting a self-reflection on my birthday. But my 43rd birthday went by nothing on my blog. What happen?

No, I did not forget about this blog. Neither have I forgotten about my birthday. It’s just that this year’s birthday was a little different. I was busy. Super busy in fact. Busy preparing for the biggest event in my life. If you are following me on my Instagram or Facebook, you’ll know that I’ve gotten married 4 days after my birthday. Hence this year’s birthday had to take a back seat for the bigger event of the year. I wanted to blog after the wedding but you know me. The procrastinating me took over. (In fact I wanted to post this yesterday so that it would be 1 month after my birthday but I procrastinated again. As usual)

SO how is married life? Well, nothing much changed. Still need some time to get used to wearing a wedding band on my finger. Other than that, nothing much has changed.

Actually, one of the reasons why I didn’t post any reflections on my birthday this year is because I didn’t have much to say. Been spending the whole year planning for the wedding. And I’m just glad that the wedding went smoothly. Now that the wedding is over, it’s time for me to proceed with other plans that I’ve been putting aside.

So happy belated 43 to me (1 month and 1 day late).

And so we survived 2022. Covid didn’t manage to kill us all and I’m sure we can survive the incoming recession.

I know I’ve been neglecting this blog. Only blogged 6 times this year (including this post). It’s 2 more than last year but there is nothing to shout about when the total number of posts can be counted with 2 hands. I really need to do something about this. That’s what I said last year too. And that’s why I don’t do new year resolution.

I usually spend the last day of the year looking back. 2022 has been an eventful year. And time went past so quickly this year. So many things that I want to do but didn’t.

I’ve been telling myself this lately. Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim. It means Be patient and tough, someday this pain will be useful to you. (Saw that on The Walking Dead season 6 before the show became horrible) The past few years have been tough. I don’t know where all these are going to lead me to next but I know these experience will be useful to me someday.

Let’s hope I find the answer soon. Have a great 2023. Happy New Year.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

They said that 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. But at 42 years old, I still haven’t gotten life figured out, let alone the universe and everything. Maybe it’s impossible to find the ultimate answer.

Then again, what’s the question in the first place?

Perhaps we will only know the ultimate question and answer when we grow older and look back. Or perhaps we’ll never know. Nobody knows. And does it really matter?

My 8 year old iMac decided to die on me yesterday. Again. There was some issue with the motherboard in July but I managed to get it fixed. This time round, I’m not sure what gone wrong. Somehow I’m not really prepared to dump in more money to repair it. So I guess I’ll go computerless for a while. Or maybe get a MacBook Air. Sigh…. What a great way to start my birthday.

I have been neglecting my blog for way too long. Feel that I should start blogging more. Not sure if anyone is still reading. Then again, I never care if anyone is reading. I guess I just need to find the momentum to do it.

Not sure why but this year I don’t really have a song in mind. For the past few years, I’ve been listening to Forever Young during my birthday period for the past few year. (And Edge of Desire before that) But somehow I don’t have any song this year.

So happy 42 to me. Hopefully this is the year I find the answer to life, the universe and everything.

Wah lao eh! This DK ah, whole year only blog 4 times (including this post). Wah piang.

But seriously, where did 2021 go? It felt like December 2020 was just a few months ago. Now we are counting down to 2022. And I honestly thought that the pandemic will end by now. Well, looks like we are not done yet. I’m just hoping that 2022 will not be 2020 too even though it sounds the same.

I usually spend the last day of the year looking back. But somehow I don’t have much to look back this year. It’s not that I didn’t do anything. It’s just that 2021 is an average year to me. Nothing special. In fact kinda boring year. But at least there is nothing bad happening. And at a time like this, boring can sometimes be good.

I think I need to get my blogging momentum back. And update social media more. Been consuming and not creating for the whole of this year. Even my Instagram looks empty. But no, I’m not going to start going into TikTok. Not my kind of platform. Maybe I might try 小红书. Don’t know. See how.

I think 2022 is the time to explore new areas. Learn new things and try out stuff. The pandemic will end eventually and new opportunities will arise. Let’s be ready for the new world. The post pandemic world.

Have a great 2022. Happy new year. Stay safe.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

I was scrolling through my old blog (which is now sitting in my Synology NAS) and I realised that I’ve been doing these “end of year reflection” blog entry since 2005. Or maybe even longer since I started blogging since 2002. (I feel old talking about this) So I guess I’ll continue this tradition.

2020 was a horrible year. Nobody expected a global pandemic that would create a huge mess around the world. Sometimes I wonder how will the history textbook talk about Covid 19. We should have listened to Bill Gates.

I went to see a fortune tell back in late 2019 and he told me that 2020 will be a bad year for me. So bad that I would reach rock bottom. When he told me that, I didn’t really believe it. You see, 2019 was already quite bad for me. I was thinking that it couldn’t get any worse than that. I was wrong. Really really wrong.

So I went to see the same fortune teller again recently and told him that he was right about me hitting rock bottom in 2020. The good thing is that it is over. According to him, 2021 will be slightly better for me.

2020 was really an eye opener year for me. Even though it was a bad year, I get to experience a lot of new things. Got a part time job. Meet a lot of new people. And successfully applied for BTO. Should be moving to our new home in 4 years time if there’s no delays in the constructions. I think I’m going to love the view from my new home.

Let’s hope this pandemic will end soon so that life can go back to normal. I don’t know what’s in store for me in 2021. But if I can survive 2020, I’m sure I can handle all the challenges ahead.

2021 New Year countdown is going to be a different one. Unlike the past, there won’t be fireworks at Marina Bay. To minimise the crowd, there will be fireworks at 11 heartland locations. Covid 19 is not over yet. So stay safe while you celebrate.

And we have lots to celebrate. We survived 2020. That’s something worth celebrating. Happy new year!

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.