https://makwaijun.com/tags/meta/ Recent content in meta on Introspections in Bytes Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us © 2020-2024, Wai Jun Mak Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0800 https://makwaijun.com/blog/post133/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0800 https://makwaijun.com/blog/post133/ At the Botanic Wachtler. I remember when this website was born out of a feeling of a loss of control. Or a sense of helplessness that is felt during a once-in-a-lifetime (hoepfully) pandemic. Change is an ever constant, and writing this when I have finally caught a berak overlooking what i believe to the be the Alps between Italy and Austria comes at a time when the human mind, my mind, is equally at risk of imploding in the too many https://makwaijun.com/blog/post126/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:30:00 +0800 https://makwaijun.com/blog/post126/ As the year draws to a close, and the annual dusk settles, there is a quiet moment (undoubtedly helped by being on leave) to think clearly and clearly think about thinking. I am reminded on this blog’s reason for being, and its Reason for being as well as the ability to improve the learning and synthesis process, as I find myself far too spread out in interests and in the “must-dos”: from an engineering background, to a fascination with socio-economics, geopolitics, and the humanities; and now I teeter on another crest - waiting to fall into the arms of Cyborg form of Athena. https://makwaijun.com/blog/post117/ Wed, 01 May 2024 08:30:00 +0800 https://makwaijun.com/blog/post117/ Currently in a hotel Lounge in LA, during a 3 day US trip for my Cousin’s wedding Moving to Obsidian After a scare (of dynalist logging me out randomly, and me being terrified of losing alllll my notes from many years). I’ve decided to move off Dynalist and move onto Obisidian (which, coincidentally, are made by the same developers) Some immediate features I’ve noted: All around, more powerful, and feature rich…I’ve barely scratched the surface treating it primarily as a note taking app https://makwaijun.com/blog/post116/ Wed, 01 May 2024 07:30:00 +0800 https://makwaijun.com/blog/post116/ My posts over the last year and a half are riddled with mistakes. It was a way to ensure productivity, especially at a time when I was less patient, and just more occupied with my heaspace on other things. I prioritised putting something out, or at least capturing the gist of the idea over correctness. Perfectionism is the enemy afterall. That said, looking at my first few posts in 2022 compared to the posts these days…I can’t help but feel a bit disatisfied with the frequency and egregiousness of some of the errors. https://makwaijun.com/blog/post27/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 23:00:00 +0800 https://makwaijun.com/blog/post27/ TLDR; I reflect on how best to make use of this blog; This will set the structure and purpose of the blog moving forward. As the new year breaks, I have decided to give this blogging exercise more direction. After reflecting what - specifically - I would want to share with prospective readers, I felt that something unique (and therefore of-value to others), was how I have come to perceive and understand the world.