A miscellaneous blog for posts about life and random thoughts.
13 Apr 2020 6 minute read 0 comments ZackNorman97
Credits to: GIPHY Some time has passed from my previous chronicle of living under lockdown, and in truth, I've not been able to find much to talk about. It can either be attributed to my introverted nature, or the fact that I live a more mediocre...
31 Mar 2020 6 minute read 2 comments ZackNorman97
Credits to: DerangedVisions - Peakd/HIVE It's certainly nice to see HIVE getting a great start in its new life, and better yet, we're seeing plenty of initiatives to get more people posting, and to hopefully attract new users in. It seems to be work...
30 Mar 2020 4 minute read 0 comments ZackNorman97
Embarking on a new journey is always a daunting task, filled with unknown faces and challenges ahead, and one might never know what they might stumble upon. To face their fears and overcome obstacles, or to turn back at the sight of danger, these are...
28 Mar 2020 5 minute read 0 comments ZackNorman97
Credits to: GIPHY It has been a while since the last update of my life under lockdown, or more specifically a Movement Control Order, or MCO for short. It's been a busy couple of days with the family, doing all the mundane tasks at home that would o...
22 Mar 2020 4 minute read 0 comments ZackNorman97
Credits to: GIPHY Well, I hoped that this would be a more positive post, but its pretty hard these days, and the facts speak for themselves. Since my last lockdown update, Malaysia had 900 confirmed cases, and 2 deaths. Now, just 3 days later, we ha...
19 Mar 2020 5 minute read 0 comments ZackNorman97
Hello again! This would be the second midnight-ish following Malaysia's partial lockdown, and the experience has been interesting thus far. Here's my journey, following previous wishes to document more of what it's like to be locked down. This is als...
17 Mar 2020 3 minute read 0 comments ZackNorman97
It's only minutes to midnight, and once that clock chimes, 32 million Malaysians, including yours truly, will be under "lockdown ". I've been busy with the family, now preparing for Covid-19 (Coronavirus ). I use asterisks, as it's not technically a...
10 Mar 2020 6 minute read 0 comments ZackNorman97
Admittedly, while I do enjoy some anime, I've not heard of Porco Rosso before, maybe because its an oldie. Apart from Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop, I've not familiarised myself with these classical animes. It's for that reason, among others, that I wa...
11 Feb 2020 5 minute read 2 comments ZackNorman97
Welcome to the third instalment of my tribute to Japanese and Asian timekeeping, following Part1, Part 2, and also my handy Handbook for all things horology, written by yours truly. For today, I'd like to introduce to you a watch that hasn't really m...
7 Feb 2020 7 minute read 0 comments ZackNorman97
Before I get started, I think apologies are needed, given that it's been just over one week since I posted Part 1, where I aimed to dispel the association of cheap and tacky watches with Japanese timekeeping. A few days ago, I also wrote a guide on a...
