I had an eventful Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, it was a bad eventful type of day. Normally, I spend my Thanksgivings watching a movie with my folks, after the movie we go out to dinner. I had packed my iPad, and two laptops(PC and a MacBook) in my car. I had planned to open them up and […]
Personal
Goals for 2017
In my opinion I had a great 2016! I continued taking improv classes and participating in Toastmasters. In Toastmasters, I went and competed in a Humorous Speech Contest. At the speech contest, I spoke in front of about 25 strangers. In my improv classes, I performed in audiences of 20+ people to about 50. I […]
Carpal Tunnel Issues
Lately, I’ve been having a lot of Carpal Tunnel issues in my left hand. My pain initially started in late 2014, when I took a bad fall in a pick-up basketball game. For most of 2015, I took Alieve and that helped a lot. Unfortunately, I started to experience side effects of Alieve and I […]
Reinventing Bootcamps
Last month at one of the meetups I attend, it was an open topic discussion. One of the topics that was discussed was how to learn JavaScript. Various people brought up their ideas on how to run a bootcamp program. I have an idea. Unfortunately, I ended up chickening out on speaking my mind. However, […]
Year 2 of Piano
I have continued my pursuit of learning to play the piano. This second year of lessons has been going well. I focused more on developing good technique and timing. I’m feeling more and more comfortable when playing the piano. Along with improving my skills, I’m starting to learn more about music theory. It is really […]
Goals for 2016
2015 I set out to work on my social/communication skills. I was really happy with the hard work and results that I had with improving my social skills. I also felt good about getting stronger in JavaScript, CSS, and moving more towards the front-end web development. For 2016, I’m going to keep my goals short […]