Will make some more layout changes though, and I think it's also time for a new banner.

SexySammy

I celebrated the end by going to Avatar 3D. I liked everything of it, the story, the graphics, everything. Except for the entrance fee; THIRTEEN euro's. I might sound like a cheapskate, but i'm still a student with no job. And I wanna see that movie again and again.

So this let me to my new years resolution. First I tried to analyze myself, to see what I could do better. I concluded that I have a bad focus. I'm easily distracted, or lose interest when things aren't going according to plan. I decided I should stop trying to multitask; it is evil. My brain is not smart enough to do multitasking. I cannot work and listen to music at the same time. I know it sounds not like a big deal, but I'm the type of person who likes to listen to the lyrics.

So my plan is this new year is to commit myself doing only one task at a time. And maybe give me time limits. For example: I could commit myself to work one hour on homework, without any instant message programs on, without checking some news site, without listening to the radio, without having the television on in the background. Just put all of my attention on just one task.

An other new years resolution is making todo lists - and accomplish them. I want to make a todo list or list of goals for every month. Give myself objectives; I believe this will help me to be more focussed. Also it will give me a sense of feeling that I have accomplished something.

Well, that's pretty much what I wanted to blog about this new year.

Have a great one everybody!

Sammy

Since I have an iPhone I found a lot of apps that help me log almost everything. My weight, my expenses, my appetite.. Even though I want to be more aware of my life, I think I should draw a line with logging everything.

SexySammy

ps: Yes, Sexysammy.nl doesn't exist anymore. I have always intended to keep the URL for only a year. At that time Lycos had this promo where I could get a URL for 1 euro the first year.

The good side about it is that I get to do more stuff and I can dive into anything I like doing. A lot of programmers only stick to one language cause it is a b!^<h switching between languages sometimes. The upside is that I know more of what is going on and I can take ideas from one project to the other. There are still a lot of languages I haven’t touched yet and some more I want to rediscover.

One script I am currently working with is JavaScript and this is the biggest mess I’ve ever seen. What will work under one browser won’t work under another and even though there are some really good libraries out there your code will be ugly. The thing that I hate with JavaScript is that you can’t go without it. It is the only script available (badly)supported by the major browsers. This keeps me wondering: why isn’t there an alternative available to JavaScript.

Every browser has 10 ways of markup. You can do HTML formatting, XML formatting, XHTML formatting any many more. Every browser has support for Flash, Silverlight and many other cool technologies. But no matter what there is always only one script available and that is the messy JavaScript. Why is this, and why do all the browsers support it poorly. Maybe in the future their will be alternatives for JavaScript.

Currently I am reading the book Death Star which is set in Star Wars galaxy. This made me to get back in the mood of this classic and wanting to watch the two trilogies again. Here is a Youtube movie to get you in the mood.

Enlightenment for Eric is Bali, enlightenment for Sammy is life it self. For a part enlightenment for me are these epic stories because they always lift my spirit…

Alfred you should blog. I am left wondering(and I guess we all are) to what enlightens you It seems like The blog virus is still going strong but Alfred is not infected yet

Last week I had a small chat with a colleague of mine, who was making the opening animation for the Chinese-New-Year-themed promo's. He told me that this will be the year of the ox. And since he was born in that year he will begin his "third generation".

The chinese zodiac has 12 signs, according to my colleague each cycle is called a generation. He said that the chinese believe your "third generation" is the right time for your life to change. To make career, to change your environment. The "fourth generation" is where you'll settle down.

This year will bring some drastic changes in my life. And not only my environment is changing, I'm also trying to change personally. To try to look at the world from a different perspective. The word "change" has become quite personal theme to me, and I just found it funny how that word kept reappearing in conversations or even in the media. Since Obama is president of the USA, "Change" is the keyword in most articles (beside that other key-thing like him being the first african-american president)

Change, it's the only constant in life. Yet, for the first time in my life, I realize it to be true. The world is constantly changing, evolving, creating anew. People change their morals, create new perspectives, change of hearts. The morals we held yesterday, have evolved into the morals we keep today. Tomorrow will bring even new insights.

After writing this all down, I feel adding an other new year's resolution. "To always keep an open mind". To not get stuck in morals, ideas, and perspectives. Wasn't it Socrates who said: "All I know is that I know nothing". What's the point in fighting over your morals, if they will change in time. And who is to say your morals are right. I hope that even when I'm turning grey I still have an open mind. Age brings the illusion of time and experience, it can make you feel arrogant by thinking you know everything.

So maybe I'm even wrong about having an open mind If that's the case.. just forget everything said above

SexySammy

Ok, I know there is such a thing like MSN or Yahoo Messenger, but communication on those platforms is different. You are usually at work, and don't really have time to chat. Now there is also such a thing like email, but the advantage of blogging is that you can share some of your thoughts, and your friends can choose for themselves if they want to read it and comment on it. Where as with email you might annoy someone with your silly stories, and he/she might feel obligated to reply the email.

Now I know the guys have found Jaiku as a platform for small talk. But I really hope we will continue this trend of blogging, and hopefully Alfred will come with his own system (like me ) and not use wordpress like the others.

SexySammy

Hi guys,

It's been a long while since I wrote a post on my blog. I felt inspired to write this post after reading Jeroen's Blog. It made me want to write my own new year's resolution.

This new year will bring a lot of changes in my personal life. I feel like I'm starting a new chapter. My new year's resolution will be: "To be more aware". I know it sounds pretty vague, but let me try to explain.

I am a dreamer, I dream of a perfect life. I dream of happiness, I dream of what could be and while I'm dreaming, I put my "real" life on auto-pilot. I do the things that are required of me, but without thought or conscience. Now, don't get me wrong. It's not like I'm brain dead, it's not as if I don't enjoy my life. But for a big part I go through life without thought and take everything for granted.

Lately, I have tried to put myself in a state of awareness, by trying to heighten my senses. I do this by focussing on one of my senses. For example I try to listen to every sound, and just this act has opened a whole new world to me.

I know it sounds weird, it sounds pointless, but somehow it felt important to me. To be more aware of my surroundings, to use my senses more often. To take a moment and look around, observing every object, each texture, each reflection, to take a deep breath and smell the air, to feel the warmth of the sun.

Now I know your thinking: "What possible benefits would this bring you?" And though I cannot answer this with scientific proof, I believe that by standing still from time to time observing my universe, I will experience my life more intensely, appreciating every detail that life is giving.

This year will bring a lot of joy in my life and I want to enjoy every moment of it. I don't want to fall back to a life where I just live, do my stuff and take every gift for granted. Life is wonderful, in every detail..

Have a wonderful new year

SexySammy

So just an other week and then I will go to Bali. I'm really looking forward to go. But we only be there for the weekend. So we are bit in a crisis on what to see.

SexySammy

I wonder who still works at Sorga. Been a long while since we've been there. The last time was in 2005 for a week. But without the guys.

Sure will be a great weekend, can't wait to see you guys again

SexySammy

I've made quite a lot of pictures, but haven't made a gallery on this blog yet. If you want to see some of my pictures just check my facebook profile. My colleagues uploaded a lot of pictures with me on it.

Well, that's it for now.. Life is good

SexySammy