I love iOS but have never bought a brand-new iPhone I have never owned a brand new iPhone, I used to only buy secondhand iPhones which were older than the newest models at the time around 2-4 models. For example, when the current new iPhone was 8, I bought the 6, and when it was 12, I was using the iPhone 8. I was very satisfied with how I approached the usage of the iPhone because even though I had loved iOS since using it from iPhone 4, I still saw the price of the newest model was always very …
Fireworks & 100% of your senses
Đã bao lâu rồi bạn không xem pháo hoa với một chiếc điện thoại trên tay? Hôm qua là đêm giao thừa Tết Tây 31/12/2024. Đã nhiều năm rồi mình không đi xem pháo hoa mà không mang theo một chiếc điện thoại smartphone trong tay, nhưng hôm qua mình đã làm vậy. Cảm giác xem pháo hoa 100% tập trung mà không trong tâm thế nơm nớp muốn dùng điện thoại chụp lại mấy khoảnh khắc đó thật thích.
Life recently 02: Back to my raspberries garden
Pick The Raspberries Trước đây khi mới lập blog, tên blog mình là Pick The Rapsberries, tên miền là picktheraspberries.com Lúc đó tuy tên blog rất ấn tượng và ai cũng tò mò hỏi mình vì sao lại đặt tên blog như vậy, và mình cũng từng post một vài viết có nói về nguồn gốc cái tên, thì cũng nhiều người bạn góp ý, cho là tên miền quá dài và phức tạp, từ “raspberries” khá là khó ghi và khó nhớ cho người Việt, nên vì mục đích “branding” thì mình đã đổi tên blog. Sau khi kênh …
Not a fan of screens, in general
I am kind of a weirdo when people always want something bigger and bigger, but I go in the opposite direction. I think I feel not so comfortable with big screens, in general, such as big phones, big monitors, etc. It is not about getting used to or not because I changed my IP8 to IP15 approximately 8 months already but I still prefer my small phone screen as before. Now I got a 27-inch monitor from the company, and I ordered it because I tried to persuade myself that I work on the design field and a big monitor …
Morning Reads
There’s something peaceful about the quiet of the morning before the world wakes up. For me, it’s the perfect time to dive into a good book and start the day with intention. My morning reading ritual has become the calm I look forward to every day. Morning reading actually had been my habit when I was in Vietnam, but after moving to Finland, I was too focused on studying, looking for a job, and internship work, so I unintentionally dropped that habit away. However, my learning from this is life should be a balanced journey. If we have good habits, …
Quick reminder: You only have one life
– Was discouraged by my family when changing my career to start all over again in the visual design field. – Could not even find an internship due to not being as young as a fresh graduate to be trusted that will have quick learnings at work (in Vietnam) – Was told: “You don’t have a hobby in professional photography, I doubt that you are really interested in art and design” (!?) – Wait, what? Why that “must” be my hobby?) – Was told: “You don’t know much compared to other younger candidates, we cannot pay you because we have to …
Do what makes you sparkle: take vitamins for your soul
An article about how I traced back my passions Got lost Remember when my first blog post on Medium, UI/ UX Designer — A trendy career is coming to an end? became trendy that every day I got more than a hundred views, there were many questions about how I found my passion, and many people were saying that they were looking forward to reading my article about that. I was so focused on my work that I hadn’t really had time to write about that as I promised. Today just suddenly I remember since these days I started to apply …
Life recently 01: Unbalanced life
Đổi giao diện blog Thế là mình đã đổi giao diện cái blog vì được truyền cảm hứng của một chiếc blog rất đơn giản. Và hôm nay mình lại viết tiếng Việt. Nhiều lúc chợt nghĩ, cái blog cứ để đóng bụi chỉ vì không biết viết chủ đề gì nghe cho nó “hay”, và thế là mấy tháng mới lên một bài. Nhưng mà như thế để làm gì cơ chứ, mình thích viết thì mình cứ viết thôi. Và hôm qua khi tâm trạng đang rối rắm thì vào trúng một trang blog đơn giản làm mình …
Pen & paper = my spirit, my comfort zone, my calm soul
The world is growing by technology and hundreds of note and journaling apps have been born. However, for me, pen and paper are still things that makes me spark a lot. I tried using digital notebooks and planners, but I still feel best with paper notebooks and pens. I tried digital painting but I still feel most peaceful when I sketch even the ugliest lines on papers. I tried to use Kindle to be more convenient to carry many books at once around but I felt the most focused, meaningful, and peaceful when I am holding a paper book. I …
Work-Life Balance
On 3rd November, I posted a blog named “A Slow Life” which mentioned that I started to slowly go back to my balanced life (no hustle with many assignments, no stress with job-seeking and interviews). However, I think it has been not really “slow” because I worked full-time and wrote my thesis (also full days) during the weekends. Today is Friday but it is a public holiday in Finland continuously with weekend and Easter holiday. So totally I have 4 days off from work. Usually, I would think “Oh yeah have many days to concentrate on my thesis (or to …