The gift of life

December 13, 2009 · Posted in Various · 4 Comments

I know I haven’t written anything for a while but I couldn’t help it since I am as busy as hell, submitting my MSc’s applications. I really hope everything will go fine and study in UK next year, preferably in London:).

Disclaimer: Today I am not gonna discuss anything Open Source related, so you may stop reading if you were looking for a cool Qt4 or Gentoo related topic. This post might make you feel miserable or something. You‘ve been warned :)

I will have a conversation about the gift of life, with you and my self. During the last few months, unfortunate events are taking place in my life. Sudden illnesses or long-term illnesses that simply getting worse day by day are occupying my everyday thoughts.

“Seize the day”. In other words, do not let any single day get wasted. None of us can be sure about the future. We all wish to be happy and healthy but unfortunately life is not fair. Sometimes, I consider life as a game. A game with unfair and hearse rules, strict judgment, and of course as in every game, there are winners and losers. The worst thing is that in most cases, you can’t do anything to prevent bad things from happening. You are simply a watcher, waiting for some kind of miracle or a fairy to fix things automatically. Yeah, I know that sometimes that works. But those times are fairly rare.

“Making dreams”. This topic is by far the most popular among my discussions with my friends. Should we make dreams or let the life make her own choices? Wait, I know that many of you believe that people are supposed to make future plans and dreams otherwise we are turning into machines. Like when you plan the vacations months ago. You can’t stop thinking of them no matter what. And this is definitely a motivation, a reason to work harder, feel stronger, get over bad times, because something good is about to happen.

But what if an unfortunate life event changes your plans? Not necessarily a bad thing, but something that forces you to rethink about the future twice. Fulfilled dreams make you feel awesome, but what about those dreams that you were forced to let them go? Many people feel quite disappointed when they are not able to make their dreams true. The worst part is, when this decision wasn’t their choice, but somebody else’s. Reports show that people recovering from such disappointment, are afraid to make future plans for quite a long time. They are defending their feelings and protecting themselves from another disappointment. And this sounds reasonable to me. But again, not all dreams are doable. You should keep making dreams even though you are sure that they are not even close to reality. I’ve said before that life is a game with unfair rules. Unfair is not always similar to ‘bad’;-)

Let’s get back to the “gift of life” part. You should be thankful for every breath you take. You won’t understand this feeling until you have a near death experience (car accident or stuff) or, even worse, fighting with a dangerous illness such as HIV, cancer and so many more of those. It is true, that most people think that bad things can’t happen to them, that they invulnerable. Of course this statement is by far unreasonable.

As you may have noticed, this post is quite confusing. It is more a random series of thoughts about life and people attitude on it. My whole point is to ask you (and remind myself) to respect your life, don’t take anything for sure, make dreams and don’t give up when you fail to make them true. Keep making dreams in good and bad times, because this is what matters. This is what makes you stronger and gives you enough energy to stand up and deal with life face to face. If you stop making dreams, you’ve lost the game. You are “dead” even though you are as healthy as a small child.

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One step forward

July 31, 2009 · Posted in Various · 9 Comments

I know I haven’t written anything here for a while but there was a reason. I finally managed to finished my thesis and done with my university studies. Now, I am officially qualified to wreck up your systems…

Damn, I am not a student anymore :( .

Apart from that, I had to pack everything (~40 boxes omg ) and move out by the end of July. I am moving back to my beautiful island which I miss so much. But not for too long. In three weeks I am supposed to join the army as a radio engineer ( or something ) until May 2010. Ok this sucks big time.

Anyway. I wont be around much but I am sure that our new (qt herd) recruits will do a great job during my absence.

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When traditional music knocks on your door

June 29, 2009 · Posted in Various · 2 Comments

Yesterday I had a once in lifetime experience to attend a live Celtic ( and not only ) concert.

Loreena McKennitt is on a Mediterranean Tour. Yesterday she visited Patras to perform an amazing, 2 hour long, concert.

My mind was traveling back into medieval times during the whole time. Her beautiful voice in conjunction with the variety of mystical sounds produced by the fabulous musicians created an outstanding atmosphere.

Check out the Gallery

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Interview on Linuxcrazy.com

June 22, 2009 · Posted in Interviews, Various · 4 Comments

David Abbott interviewed me on Gentoo linux related topics and open source in general. Quite an experience I must say :)

Links:

linuxcrazy.com related page

Gentoo forums post

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Domain moved

April 29, 2009 · Posted in Various · 2 Comments

Just a quick post to inform you that this blog has been moved to a new domain + hosting service.

The new url is -> http://hwoarang.silverarrow.org . The old domain will point ( via ’301 redirect’ ) to the new one for a while , so if you have this blog bookmarked or something please update your links :)

Sorry for the confusion and the troubles. I really really hope this is the last time I am moving this blog …

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