What one can do in 10 years:
- Graduate with both PSLE and GCE 'O' level certs
- Fully depreciate a brand new car
- Live through the full teenage years and become a young adult e.g 12yo to 22yo
- Be a proud recipient of Long Service Award from one's employer
- Date, marry and become a parent of 3 (or even more)
- Create one's first musical masterpiece like Mozart
- Grow a tree
What I did -
Maintain a (frequently updated) blog. 935 posts in 10 years... That averages out to 94 posts per year; or 8 posts per month. Not too shabby!
So my first post was created on 20 Oct 2006!
I remember it was a weekday afternoon and I was feeling bored at Computer Centre at NUS. 10 years ago, smart phones have not taken over the world and the Comp Centre was DA PLACE TO GO if one needed to login into IVLE, download/print lecture notes, reply emails, catch up on football results etc! Wow, suddenly it feels like smart phone technology has since advanced way beyond imagination:
Think - in 2006 iPhone was unheard of; I was using Sony Ericsson that took pretty awesome 2MP pictures (who later become 'Sony' in 2012 after Sony acquired Ericsson);
versus
Now - iPhone is now at series 7+, capable of 12MP wide-angle pictures!
Anyway, I digressed. I was feeling bored and created a blog out of fun... and then the blog became my journal, joke sharing forum, ranting outlet, gradually transforming into a platform for reflection, yearly review, archive of useful advices etc.
Maintain a (frequently updated) blog. 935 posts in 10 years... That averages out to 94 posts per year; or 8 posts per month. Not too shabby!
So my first post was created on 20 Oct 2006!
I remember it was a weekday afternoon and I was feeling bored at Computer Centre at NUS. 10 years ago, smart phones have not taken over the world and the Comp Centre was DA PLACE TO GO if one needed to login into IVLE, download/print lecture notes, reply emails, catch up on football results etc! Wow, suddenly it feels like smart phone technology has since advanced way beyond imagination:
Think - in 2006 iPhone was unheard of; I was using Sony Ericsson that took pretty awesome 2MP pictures (who later become 'Sony' in 2012 after Sony acquired Ericsson);
versus
Now - iPhone is now at series 7+, capable of 12MP wide-angle pictures!
Anyway, I digressed. I was feeling bored and created a blog out of fun... and then the blog became my journal, joke sharing forum, ranting outlet, gradually transforming into a platform for reflection, yearly review, archive of useful advices etc.
Browsed my archives to read back at my posts 10 years ago, boy o boy, those activities I did and photos I took are very much vivid in my mind!
Sharing a photo I took on the train on the way to school on Oct 23, 2016:
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| Commuters busy with the free newspapers given out at MRT stations |
What the same place same time will resemble nowadays -
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| (Source: Google images) |
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What will happen to iPhone?
Google glass (or the like) will be omnipresent?
Fully electric public transport and private cars?
Tune in 10 years later!
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I don't know what I'll be doing 10 years later... except for one fact that I'll be parenting yx who will be in Primary 5. But I'm hoping Blogger will continue to exist!
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