Dreams VS Reality

I came across this post on a blog about "work-life" recently... 

And it really got me thinking.

"Because not everybody can have a job that is intellectually, spiritually and emotionally stimulating? Because some of us need to make money in order to feed ourselves? I'm so done with the notion that if you don't adore your job there's somethjng wrong with you. If you love your job that's awesome - if you don't , but you're finding happiness elsewhere, that's okay too." 

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Indeed, not all of us have the luxury of being born with a silver spoon.

If you have true financial freedom, would you still be doing the same job you are doing right now? 

How many people give up their dreams to become Musicians, Artists, Poets, Writers, Chefs, Designers, Volunteers, Historians, Linguists, etc... because what they love is simply too difficult to achieve (or even get started) due to financial issues?

The majority who aren't born with immense wealth.

That's the reality, that's nothing wrong, and we must face up to it. 

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But I...

Even though I acknowledge the post, I don't want to settle for it... at least if I can help it.

So I'm working really hard right now. 

Not to accumulate unlimited wealth (not Bill Gates's son here), but to have enough so that it become a non-factor. 

So that one day...

One day (soon)...

I can dream, knowing that the reality has been taken care of.

Relook at Life

Finally back here after a 4 month hiatus in writing... though it was more like 9 months in terms of quality input.

Regardless...

I think it's high time I re-look at my life goal and priorities.

After almost 1 year of work...

Am I on the right track?

Am I growing personally and professionally?

Am I happy where am I?

What are my longer term goals?

How can I balance "Dreams" and "Reality? "Aspirations" and "Survival"?

It's not easy to answer.

Not at all.

我真不想等到荒废青春，用尽体温，才开始悔恨啊。。。 

Boomsound, Zoe, Blinkfeed

After nearly 3 years with my HTC Desire...

After much deliberation...

Going through countless reviews, articles, videos, demos, comparisons, etc...

I finally decided to HOOT the ONE!

And I'm glad I made the right choice!

In fact, I kind of regret not getting it earlier - it would have been great to have the Zoe at my niece's birthday gathering.

It's gonna take me 3 hours to go through every nitty gritty detail of this phone - or compare it to other flagships.

I'll just give my personal experience on the 3 main "selling points" of the ONE (as marketed by HTC).

BOOMSOUND

This thing is SICK!

I'm blown away again and again by how freaking good (and loud) this phone sounds.

Tried blasting this in my room, and it doesn't feel inferior next to my PC speakers at all.

You truly have to experience it for yourself. This is hands down the BEST SOUNDING PHONE ever - nothing even come close.

I also think this is the strongest selling point of this phone out of the 3.

(This ad "kind of" explains it)

ZOE

The impressive aspect of this isn't that much of the Ultrapixels in my opinion. Yes, it's good in low light, the camera are wide angle, there's optical stabilizer, etc... but all these isn't what impresses me the most.

It's the whole experience - The ease of taking Zoe, the automatic highlights, the "come to life" gallery. This entire "seamless to the user" experience makes photo-taking on this device an absolute joy.

BLINKFEED

The least impressive aspect of the 3, but still pretty cool. There's restrictions and limited customization, but it looks very pretty.

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Other than that, I'm really loving Sense 5 - it retains what makes the original Sense interface great while removing the unnecessary nonsense.

It's extremely lightweight and blazing fast.

Overall, it's a purchase I didn't regret at all.