April 2026

So, it’s April… the second quarter of the year.

Which means 1/4 of the year has already passed.

April 1

What would have it been had one possessed the power to reverse time?

The thing is, we all have infinite possibilities, yet we can only pick out one at a time. And when one is already chosen, all other possibilities are “destroyed”.

That feeling of angst…

Would I have become a different person if I had picked another path? Would I want to be that person anyway?

…

And yet despite the doubt, I’m still here. Time waits for no one – including me.

So it’s all about here and now.

Even if everything I have done so far is not quite optimal, I still have the ability to change the course right now.

Even if the circumstances may not be favorable, I still retain the ability to transcend them – somehow.

(08:41 AM GMT+7 – April 1, 2026)

April 2

No matter how absurd life is, I will keep “pushing”!

It’s time for me to smash the next big task. This is going to be a very intensive day!

(08:21 AM GMT+7 – April 2, 2026)

April 3

I’m staying at home today – after “burning” for a whole day yesterday!

It’s almost done; just a little more…

Happy Friday!

(09:40 AM GMT+7 – April 3, 2026)

I think I finally get it – after a long time of contemplation! What it feels like – being a water back into the ocean.

Actually, I have felt it many times already; just that I was not aware of it yet.

Until this afternoon, when I had an “aha!” moment… When I realized this is exactly what I have been reading about!

The fan may keep spinning for a while, but that does not really matter.

What matters is that I have finally connected the dots together! Which means moving forward, even if the fan may still spin from time to time, it will know that there’s something out there. Something greater than itself.

(06:55 PM GMT+7 – April 3, 2026)

April 7

Feeling a little dizzy this morning… I probably should have gone to bed earlier tonight.

Sometimes looking back, I cannot help but wonder about what I have been doing so far. And about the fact that I seem to have been changing a lot – compared to, say, 2 years ago, when I quit the corporate world.

Even at that time, I was not quite decisive about my decision yet. I was still assuming that I would only take a break before going back soon.

But now… look where I am.

I have gone so far… so far that there’s no turning back now.

The only option for me is forward. To the bitter end!

(08:29 AM GMT+7 – April 7, 2026)

April 13

Let’s see. Still a few things on the plate; let’s see if I can finish the “peskier” ones soon.

(08:11 AM GMT+7 – April 13, 2026)

No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?

George Orwell

…

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

George Orwell

…

Well, what could be a “better”, “simpler”, more “memorable” guideline for people in today’s world, aside from “Four legs good, two legs bad” then? Almost like a chant, a “prayer” itself.

But if the Benjamins have enough integrity to speak things up, then maybe…

Sadly, before that happens, maybe enough Boxers have already succumbed to their own demises.

Not to mention, the various Squealers operating behind their Napoleons, manipulating them in the shadow, and benefiting from the presence of these “fatherly”, cannot-be-wrong figures.

If the pigs were writing on the wall today, I suppose the final commandment might look something like this:

“Truth is whatever serves the Farm.”

(01:59 PM GMT+7 – April 13, 2026)

April 14

Is the bubble going to explode soon?

(08:48 AM GMT+7 – April 14, 2026)

April 16

The longer one listened to him, the more obvious it became that his inability to speak was closely connected with an inability to think, namely to think from the standpoint of somebody else.

Hannah Arendt, ‘Eichmann in Jerusalem’

…

Amor Mundi!

(11:52 AM GMT+7 – April 16, 2026)

April 20

Let’s jot things down for a while… Let’s say I’ll aim to wrap a few things up by the end of April, which means I have 7 more days.

Speaking of which, a slight headache has been irritating me since yesterday’s evening. I hope the cup of coffee would put an end to it soon.

Many times, I always feel the urge to pick the path with the least resistance. If only they truly align with the “Way”, not just a product of my own laziness and/or selfishness.

There are a few side tasks I suppose may take a while. They are easy and simple, but they are time-consuming, and doing them would mean a compromise of my mental bandwidth. So…

Maybe I should just deal with them in the evening, when my productivity level is generally at its lowest?

If that’s the case (hope I can keep up with it), it means I can spare the morning for the more brain-racking tasks. The ones that move the needle (though I may not be able to see it), rather than the ones that sustain me.

I don’t know if I should do it, but probably I should assume that 2 of the next 7 days will be for the next “big task”. I don’t have to rush it, but… better safe than sorry. Especially when I can still afford it.

Which means, 5 days left for 5 more… things.

Choose carefully, I think.

(10:08 AM GMT+7 – April 20, 2026)

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