So on the technological advancement and learning decided on a small project. I decided to move to Nginx from Apache noting that it is supposed to have a smaller CPU footprint and lately running on t1.micro our 4 WP sites have been running high.

Google has always been a great saviour and I ended up finding an easy article [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-migrate-a-wordpress-installation-from-apache-to-nginx-on-an-ubuntu-vps] and basically did it in 30 minutes.

Now that we’re upgraded let’s see how this goes!

Skipping a couple of cities, we are now in Vietnam, just arrived in Hue. We took an overnight train, which was the first time we’ve done it before and it was an experience in itself. Each berth has 4 sleepers, so you are bound to meet new people. We were bunking with a guy from England and another French lady. It was quite interesting to hear the different stories and why people are travelling or the way they are travelling. Despite the somewhat not very comfortablness of the train, it was cool to meet new people. I think in the last 2 days we’ve met more people on our travels than in the 2 months travlling in China.

We both missed out on the backpacking after highschool/university, but I think this trip will give us a good idea on what it’s like.

P.S. Vietnamese food r0x0rs

sigh….been here for over 6 hours

So as we come to the end of Movember, I would like to share my experience. As most Asian’s may think that it is unpossible to grow any type of facial hair, I would hope that we all try our best to help to encourage awareness for this great cause! As the month passes by I notice so many awesome ‘staches that makes me think that everyone should try. Even us Asian’s that only are able to grow only a small patch of hair should help with the cause. Prostate cancer affect’s all of us guys so do your duty and grow that facial hair!

Just tried the code on my BB and it worked [use BBM to scan Barcode group].  Fun times!

[via http://qrcode.kaywa.com/]

Yesterday, I was at the Pride Office which is in an old house converted into offices. In the boardroom in the basement there is a button on the light switch face plate indicating “learn”…I immediately pressed it to see what it did.

Nothing.

The button didn’t do anything in the room. That made me think, what a “learn” button would be for.  It is probably for something very simple, but it was thought provoking to me. Would pressing a button mean you could learn, were ready to learn, had I learned something by pushing the button?

Is the point that it is just not that easy to learn?

continue blogging – I realize my “holiday blog-a-day” didn’t completely work the way I planned, but it is still fun to come here once in a while to document the moments.

make a quilt – a few ideas for how this could be done: 1. out of old sweatshirts 2. with our pictures on it (Alice’s idea) 3. with patches of things we like – vball, chicken wings, beer, martini, cats, etc

Another year has passed has zoomed by and it made me think about how fast the last decade has flown by. I can still remember holding Ed’s hand the night of new year’s 1999 -> 2000, before we were dating. We have spent 10 new years together and I plan on many more to come!

Goals for the new year:
1. be healthier
2. think hard about career goals
3. save money and budget effectively

We are having a super relaxing Christmas season. Lots of sleeping late and watching tv and movies. I am trying to regain some Christmas nostalgia, though I am not sure how to do that, so perhaps it is time to create new traditions.