That felt amazing

Steve Jobs steps down as Apple's Chief Executive

This is definitely not the most surprising news, but it still saddens me. The man had a vision and a belief, and he built something around it. Something big. Something great. And people followed. ;]

I still remember my first Apple product: an iPod Mini back in 2004. Followed by a MacBook in 2006, and then an iPhone in 2007. I am a fan because, as Steve would say, "it just works." All their products are very simple to use yet amazing. They're easy to use and to maintain. My almost-5-year-old MacBook still works perfectly fine (even though I am looking for an upgrade to a 27" iMac some time in the next month). All of the Apple products that I've owned have helped me to a different level of appreciation towards gadgets.

He's still a director at Apple but he surely will be missed. Whoever it is appointed as Jobs' successor has huge shoes to fill.

Most of all, I'll miss Steve's presentations at WWDC.

This piece about Mr. Jobs at TechCrunch is simply beautiful.

Felt my first earthquake

It was yesterday, some time in the afternoon, while I was sitting at my cubicle at work. I've never felt an earthquake before so I didn't know what it was, until someone mentioned that it might be an earthquake. Well if it is, Twitter would know! That was my immediate thought. So I checked Twitter. Sure enough, basically everyone on the east coast was talking about it! Apparently it was a 5.8 that started in Virginia and spread through the whole east coast! It was quite exciting, I have to say. May be a strange thing for someone to say experiencing an earthquake, but it was my first one and nothing bad happened, so excited I was! :P

Learning vs. Studying

I'm a big fan of learning. I love it. There are just so many interesting things that we can learn at any moment in our lives. That's why I'm so quiet, I think. Well that, and the fact that I'm incredibly (and stupidly) shy and self-conscious. Do you know how much you can learn just by listening and observing? What can I say, I'm a lurker by heart.

On the other hand, studying, not loving it as much. As many of my friends would attest, I really can't be much lazier. I just hate studying.

What's the difference between learning and studying? Well in my opinion, studying is the act of searching for information that you can learn. You know, as in sitting there reading textbooks for an exam. While learning is simply the passive act of acquiring said information. Like sitting there listening to someone talking and you learn lots of things about that person. Or I guess whatever/whoever the person's talking about.

So, yeah, love learning, hate studying. I'm just that lazy.

Goodbye to the Maestro

[A/N: There are just too many things I feel like I should blog about but I think that I probably end up doing only one of them. Figured I should start with the most important one.]

Paul Scholes bade his farewell to Old Trafford on Friday. The sold out Old Trafford just shows how much respect the fans have for him.

The current Manchester United team played the New York Cosmos. From what I gathered from the commentary, the Cosmos used to be a glamorous club in the 70s/80s and dominated the MLS. Somehow they folded and Pele is involved and now Eric Cantona is their technical director. It's pretty amazing having The King Eric back at Old Trafford. The Cosmos doesn't actually have a senior team yet – they're trying to build a brand around the name, and then build the team around that brand – therefore, they fielded a few of their under-23 players and then added some current or former stars, including Nicky Butt and Gary Neville.

Okay, back to the main man, The Maestro, The Ginger Prince, Sat Nav, the man, the legend, Mr. Paul Scholes. I've been in denial since his retirement announcement that I will never watch him play again. He is definitely gonna be missed.

Realization

I am currently at work, bored out of my mind. One whole day and all I was assigned to do was play around with the HTML/CSS of the mobile app so that it looks somewhat presentable. There are only four screens total as of now and there's really not that much on them due to the screen size. So yeah. Basically, since about an hour before lunch, I've been doing nothing. Improved the look a tiny bit here and there and then just derp around.

Then I started day dreaming. Because, what else would I do? I already promised myself that I won't reddit at work!

This thought crossed my mind, that I totally buy into the "my dad is a superhero" thing. (Yes, this post is just about another random thought, but I am THAT bored!)