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Another day comes, and another day goes. It's a 1:47 right now on my laptop, and I still don't feel like sleeping anytime soon. That'd be quite alarming considering that I've already been up since 8 o'clock in the morning yesterday. Doing a little simple math, I've been up for around ... 18 hours roughly since morning yesterday. And my body is not tired, and netiher is my mind. I'd like to share a secret to my "longevity" and my extended fun days.

The one ingredient that keeps me going, is definitely passion. I live everyday looking forward to learning something new. Little things that are new to me never cease to amaze me. I am passionate about knowledge and learning, as well as the opportunity to enjoy my life. I am passionate about things I want to learn more about, and things I want to be better at -- certain activities like software development/engineering and seemingly neverending development cycles of sideline projects.

Experiences, bad and good are always part of a moment -- maybe in the midst of my colleagues and friends, some joke gets popped, or brain teasers that make you think for a while out of the box or unconventionally. Most of the time, what makes me go on is not the actual project but the experience I know I will gain as well as those that are waiting to be experienced along the way. A software development project doesn't feel like work, but more like a very challenging exercise to me. I could definitely do that for a long time and learn new things as I go along and have fun while I'm at it.

Discovering new things, and learning new facts and tidbits of knowledge just enrich the experience of life -- which is what I am passionate about. I am passionate about life, and everything about it, it's improvement, and the experiences that you bring along or pick up as you go along. I am also passionate about making a difference in others' lives -- sharing the little knowledge I have and the experiences of note is something. I believe that if I can't be someone to the world, I could at least be someone to somebody else. And my goal is to be somebody special and helpful -- a friend -- to as much people as I can.

And perhaps my day is long, because I want to experience life in the fullest, and take advantage of the time that I can cherish and reflect on the experiences I had for the day, and the past, and the endless possibilities that are coming my way each and everytime I wake up in the morning.

This positive outlook is definitely doing wonders for me.

Chilled, slowly to 4 degress, just short of freezing. Have a nice day...

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