Risharde's Blog

I thought it would be appropriate to take some time off to look back at the 26 years of life (on the eve of my birthday). I would not have been able to make it without the help of my family and friends and of course without God - so thank you. As I look back, I realize that while there have been some accomplishments, there is so much for me to still accomplish that it is overwhelming and sometime blinding. I have lost a few friends but definitely gained better ones. I've learnt valuable lessons and I'm trying harder to manage my time. I wish there was more time to spend on family, friends and honouring God. I've realized that a major part of life and humanity is helping others but even more importantly, helping those that are poor and without. I've learnt that hope and the ability to dream in many cases is what fuels our existance and having a strong reason to live.

I look back at people I've lost

Inevitably, it made me wonder, what really have I accomplished?

Interesting enough, I can't blame you for believing that I am only or mostly destructive by my comments on this blog so I thought I'd try to attempt to show you the good side to me and let you guys know what I have been up to lately. Unfortunately since I doubt I can give out full details (not sure the legal aspects to disclosing work information), I've been busy at work trying to develop a system that can partially speed up the waiting times of patients and provide basic reports to staff. It's been done before but not quite like what I am doing and I've never heard of the technology been used in this way however it might have existed, who knows. It's undoubtedly left me with having to tune MySQL which I never really had to do so while I'm hopefully making positive waves - I'm also learning now how to tune MySQL with help from DBTuner.

If I get any tips out of this information, be sure you'll be the first to know right here on my blog :)

--Rish

Some people are worth the time, others simply aren't. I've been thinking lately about how my brain processes / choose friends. What do I look for in a person, what can I stand? Well simply put, I don't like fake, weak people - those terms are contextual and subjective so I'll tell you what I consider friendship qualities, what makes people special in my eyes...

HONESTY - I love people who are honest, it makes me want to be honest as well, moreover, its really hard to find honest people.

CONTROLLED, SENSITIVE - I love people who are controlled. What do I mean? Well just because you're honest, you don't have to be an insensitive bastard because of it. I like people who are honest but yet controlled about what they say. You know, its like the difference between saying "You're ugly" and "You need to work a little more on how you look"

REAL (not a hypocrite) - We all make mistakes, be real about it. I mean, sometimes I come across people who think they are all that because they have money but really, especially for those born into a family with a lot of money, you didn't work hard for it.... right? So take away the money and then you see really who you are and really who your friends are. I've even met at least one from a family of drunkards... lucky for them, they have money... but really... who are you? Are you really better than I am? Please, think it over.

LOVE (heart on your sleeve) - While many people would believe that this is a sign of weakness, I do believe that to me, I respect that. We are higher beings than animals, we have emotions and also a conviction. I believe in love and I believe in people who use their heart (not literall) and minds. If you're one of those, don't change that about you but I'm certain that is one of your best human traits.

Finally! I've been able to configure database replication for my websites. From now on, BLOG.RISHARDE.COM, TRININATION.COM, TRINIDADBANDS.COM and WORDOFLIFEFAITHCENTRE.COM now have replicated databases. It means that if this master server goes down, there's a backup on my secondary server.

Next thing to set up is a file replication synchronization.