18 June
2021
18 June
2021
Gateway to freedom
18 June
2021
Before the sun woke up
17 June
2021
Post sunset swimming in the ocean
17 June
2021
First trip to Myrtle Beach together
17 June
2021
The divas on the beach
17 June
2021
Am I suffering from Covid Blues?
I was never a fan of the Gulf – but found Marco Island water color last month to be exquisitely beautiful. I never liked the color of water on the Atlantic side (but liked the waves) and now Myrtle Beach water looks so beautiful.
I think after not having vacations for nearly a year, I am suffering from the Covid Blues!!
17 June
2021
Panera Bread break during our 6 hour drive to Myrtle Beach
15 June
2021
Getting to see Kwok Poon
The last time I met Kwok, we had remembered the times we had worked together back in the days. You might remember from the post then how I was absolutely taken in by this youngster’s willingness to learn new things and put in the hard work to do so.
That meeting was in 2017. I was visiting his town. Four years later, he was visiting mine. And we arranged to make sure we get some time for a drink and dinner.
This time our discussions were a little more esoteric than Unix scripts – Talent and Time. We had some good exchanges of experiences on the difficulties of nurturing and managing Talent. And also an in-depth discussion around whether Time is real or something we have made up to make sense of this universe.
Great time spent with this youngster.
15 June
2021
Daddy – daughter DIY project
I have been wanting to get myself a nice personalized notepad to write letters on. The problem is finding a company that will do it for you on fountain pen safe paper. The ones that say they can will charge over $2 per page!
So, Nikita and I did a DIY project. For the first time in my life, we made a personalized, fountain pen safe notepad. After reading up quite a few fountain pen users’ forums, I realized that HP Premium 32 would be the best option for me. To personalize it, I tried Word – but the margins were messy. Finally, Powerpoint turned out to be the best solution.
Niki and I learnt the art of making a notepad from printed paper, back cardboard and binding glue from a few Youtube videos. And a few adaptations here and there – voila! We have a perfect notepad. It cost me less than 6 cents per page!!
