The Silent Room

I’ve invested a lot in the profitless endeavors in my youth. Invested time, money (which I later claimed, yeah) and more importantly, I invested a lot of emotion into them. I was passionate, I burned and blazed at every crazy exciting thing. I’ve had a lot of people ask me, why do you do all these things?

Melayu itu orang yang bijaksana,

Nakalnya bersulam jenaka,

Budi bahasanya tidak terkira.

Edo and I had a long, nerdy debate while queueing for food at IKEA recently. He argued that 2011 is the first year of the new decade, while I argued that the new decade started in 2010. Both of us have some programming background, so we are both aware of the concept that ‘everything starts with 0′. My argument was that the decade started in 2010 – because of the ‘year zero’ idea.

I’ll be flooded with major assignments and some minor side projects in the coming weeks ahead (end of semester and all), which means even less free time than I would like to have. Therefore, I’d like to take this opportunity to make some holiday wishes!

I don’t really fancy the emotional struggles or comical pursuits in literature, but if there’s one thing I really like, it’s the rewarding moment of confession. It’s like when the character finally decides, this woman is the one for me, and I’m going to put everything on the line for this one moment.