Sunday, November 1, 2009

That's what They said



Considering the fact that 95 percent of the people who dreamed about something couldn't really realized it under any possible reasons such as:

  1. No motivation
  2. Never actually tried it
  3. Talk only zero action
  4. Impossible (Although personally Impossible is not my kind of word but hey, human does have their limit don't we are?)
  5. Hit the wall of faith
  6. Fear
  7. Real life obligation hinder the dream progression (I'm talking about family, money, partners)
Probably tons more which are more like excuses I should say. I seriously envy how one young football player realized his dream to be a football superstar by practicing since childhood then became the famous one once grew up. Envy my old friend who became a doctor now, exactly what he dreamed of during his childhood.

To be honest I really don't care whether any single one of you will ever realize you personal dream or not. However I tried to build my stairway to heaven, digging my way to find oasis in the middle of the dessert, walking through the path of nothingness in the search for light, as known as" Realizing my Personal Destiny"

From what I read in the book called "The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho" (A must read and very inspiring book) it stated that "To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation. And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."

Statement number 1: "To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation"  SPOT ON

However

Statement number 2: "And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."  BIG QUESTION MARK

Presumably universe is a big word that may include everything on it and in my case Human. First my family, yes they support me in every way they can to ensure that I become a successful person in the future, something that they can proud of. So far so good? let's put some what if situation in this situation. What IF what they can proud of is actually different from what I can proud of myself. Secondly my friends, you know how human loves to share stories about daily life, personal issues and tiny bits and bytes. However I just realized that when it came to stories sharing about dreams and goals *CLICK here comes the demoralizing sarcasm and jeer to ensure that I forgot about my dream and move on because it's IMPOSSIBLE. Example:

I said        : "I plan to retire by the age of 30 and starts my  own company"
They said : "No wayy you'll be too busy with your career and eventually continue to work your ass of  by that age cos you need to feed your family!"

I said        : "I want my red Ferrari!"
They said : "Japanese car suits you better"

I said        :"I want that blonde to be my gf!"
They said : "Dream on you Asian"

I said : "I want to get a perfect score on the exams!"
They said: "Firstly the subject is hard, secondly you are way too stupid"

I don't know whether this is just me or real world phenomena but human have the tendency to reject the possibilities of success from others just because they can't. Egoistic, self centric, sarcastic. Indonesian only maybe? maybe not. Is this the new trend, the exact opposite of the circle of successes called the "Circle of failures".

Hey no wonder why the failure rate was so high, no wonder why life was so boring and repetitive, no wonder major breakthrough was hard to find nowadays, no wonder suicide rate was so high in the world today. The dead of dreams, the main source of inspirations the pupil of motivations.

Negativity is the foundation we build. Stagnancy is the future we live on. Maybe our World is to cruel to live on anyway. -R-

-Me fighting against the World especially its main population

Picture Sources:
Tribbleagency.com



Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Blackberry tech round up October 2009

All the assignments, quiz and work really drained up my time *sigh, this is my first post since like almost 2 months ago!

Anyway RIM (Research In Motion well known for its Blackberry products line) finally look after the minor population in the Computer society, "Apple Macintosh".

Blackberry Desktop Software

The new release of Blackbery Desktop Software bringing great relief to the communities (Blackberry Mac users). Seriously I've been using series of synchronizing tools to sync my blackberry to my Mac but none of them really worked flawlessly "I'm talking about you Missing Sync!" being a pay app but more like I'm paying for troubles than solving one. Luckily the official synchronizing tools from RIM is free of charge! oh boy!

Then I start to download the app from Blackberry website and try to give it a go. The downloaded file size is about 26.7 MB large.



And will took about 43.1 MB of spaces during the installation to my HDD.



After some quick installation process, I am ready to sync my BB for the first time using this app. Plug my phone, loading then some quick set up, my phone was detected correctly without any trouble whatsoever.


I really really really happy now! finally after year of troubles the day finally came! as everything being able to be sync perfectly from contacts, calendars, notes and tasks (never use my BB for music!). The desktop manager also provide us with the ability to upgrade your current installed software version on your BB. So I really recommend for anyone out there using BB and Mac try download this app to make some proper backup for all of your data in your BB :).

Blackberry Messenger 5.0 (BBM 5)


Remember when I wrote about the leaked version of BBM 5 where there are 50 percent chance that you will lose all of your BBM contacts? worries no more as RIM now release the official version of its messenger update.


I approach this with caution base on the fact that the possibilities of me losing all of my BBM contacts still imminent, I made some backups then start to download the updates from my BB. 3MB is quite a big stuff for a BB app and I'm expecting something really good from RIM. Apparently the result is YES, it's pack with huge features. Some of them I can name:
  • You can put pictures alongside your display name
  • More fancy emoticon
  • The ability to create groups and start conference (love this feature)
  • Remote backup and internal backup of your BBM contacts (Awesome!)
  • More efficient memory management (After install this my free application space went up to 27MB from previously around 12MB top!)
  • Barcode scan for groups (which I never been use yet)
So far it went alright for me with understandable slowdown if your groups start to pile up with text chat among members. All of my contacts still intact, the backup feature was brilliant, my BB had more space than ever! Overall the updates really please me up. Keep up the good work RIM!


Google Map for Blackberry

It's been out for sometimes, but yeah it saves me a couple of times when I'm lost so its really worth to mention. Basically Google map provide us with the GPS like service on mobile phone even if you dont have GPS on your phone or want to save your mobile battery as GPS really drain battery rather quickly. GPS also require the phone to lock into satellite which I reckon require some times. Google maps on the other hand using Javascript and DHTML technology and detect our location using Google database and cellphone tower. It might not be as accurate as GPS but hell, it works fine for me with point by point location and address searching event when I'm walk!



Windows Live Messenger Version 2.5.27


This update of the popular Windows Live Messenger from Microsoft really improves the overall experience of the Windows Live in BB. Main differences I experience:
  • New layout and easier navigation overall
  • Ease of status updates, personal message and display name
  • Ease of contact options choosing during chat. For example during my chatting session with one of my mate, I can choose the option of calling him, text him or open his facebook page from my chatting screen
  • Faster login, faster navigation, more stable connection overall (Sending and receive chat to the counterpart is faster, no more disconnection every 5 mins)
  • Multi chat and the ability to switch to different chat room (seriously handy)
Again fully recommended for download. Go to your blackberry homepage from your BB Browser NOW!


Yahoo Messenger 2.5.27

Recognize the same version number with Windows Live? YES this two instant messaging services almost identically provides the same features and services. YES I also knew that Windows contact and Yahoo contact now can be integrated into one messenger service. But call me old school I still like to have two different instant messaging service applications both on my notebook and my BB too handle different contacts and here we are. As I mentioned the features is almost identical but if you have the older version of mobile Yahoo Messenger then you should try to update yours.