Status: There is no status

On my first week after being disconnected from Facebook. I am beginning to show the symptoms of withdrawal, not being able to catch on the latest from all my "friends" and contacts or being able to post a daily and sometimes minute-by-minute answer to the ubiquitous question: "What's on your mind?".

Being caught by my sister after poking in from her laptop and checking out our mutual contacts, I realized my problem was more serious than what I thought, but at the same time I can get a better idea of how much time I was spending on other tasks not related to my day to day activities.

Brought me to the obvious conclusion of the many ways someoe

I got this crazy feeling...

So no more facebook…After being spammed for the last time and receiving complaints from one of my trusted contacts, his blackberry contacts got a phishing link apparently trigged and sent by my facebook account.

I have a very good antivirus software and malware protection as well as also configured all of my web browsers to prevent any phishing or malware attacks. After Facebook “Privacy Revision” in late August I had also configured the privacy settings in facebook to make sure I wasn’t contacted when I was not supposed to.

After receiving that uncomfortable email from my contact and seeing that all these facebook safety precautions weren’t enough, I decided to delete my facebook account permanently, “not before I contact all my friends and let them know” I thought. Then I took the task of going through one by one all of my friends list on facebook, to then after that ultimately decide to only email 88 of the 347 “friends” whom I thought were worthy of notifying I couldn’t be their facebook friend anymore.

To be honest, I will probably miss being "in touch" with all my facebook "friends" on a daily (more like minute-by-minute) basis. It's been almost a week since I deleted my facebook account and I have to say I almost feel like a weight has been loaded off m shoulders.

By the way if you are reading and to this date have not receive any “facebook” news from me, I probably have an outdated email address from you, which means we haven’t been in touch for the last six months or so.

Feel free to leave me a comment on the blog or follow my twitter account

Fredo

09092009

I know it has been more than a month since my last entry, I should be more disciplined specially since this is something that I truly enjoy.

I've been receiving a lot of comments via twitter and facebook regarding the meaning of today's date the ninth day of the ninth month in 2009. The last of the single digits for quite a while. 1001 years to be precise. For some of my friends and colleagues, it seems like a good day to celebrate and look forward to.

Nine | Astrology

Some sources indicate that according to "spiritual numerology". Nine was considered to be a sacred number by the ancients and was consequently not assigned a numerical equivalent to any letter in the Chaldean alphabet. It represents change, invention and growth which springs forth from inspiration. Nine is the humanitarian. Nine has traditionally held esoteric significance which is evidenced by the fact that it takes nine calendar months to bring a baby into the world from its initial conception.

2009| Chinese Numerology and Astrology

According to Sri Janarrdhana Guptha, the Chinese Lunar Year of 2009 which runs from 01/26/2009 through 02/13 2010 is called Ji Chou - the Year of the Yin Brown Earth Ox or Bull or Buffalo. In a sense, as Yin implies Female, some Chinese Astrologers prefer to call it as the Year of the Female Brown Earth Cow. It is also the Sixth Year in the New Fengshui Land Luck Cyclic Age of 8.

The Year of Ji Chou is an extremely strong Yin Earth Year as both Ji as well as Chou are of Yin Earth. Thus the analysis of the Five Elements reveals 2009 as Yin Earth sitting over Yin Earth. It means the elemental relationship of the year is productive and not destructive, but it could also be fiercely competitive.

Dr. Guptha also predicts 2009 will be a demanding year that will extract extra hard work and large commitments but without proportional rewards. Transformations, policy changes, conviction politics will mark the year distinctly. He continues by adding that "the hyperinflation will continue haunting the world and the economic tsunami will continue to ravage most of the countries. Public anger will lead to strikes and demonstrations. Unrest, general discontentment and social violence will be visible strongly. 2009 will carry over the torch of instability but will show signs of recovery dawn by the year end. Prices of valuables, properties and stocks will fall heavily but will try to limp back in the second half of the year".

However it is not all doom and gloom for everybody. Wealth will be made like any other year but it will be extremely tricky to retain it. More and more people will resort to unethical tactics and illegal short-cuts to gain quick money. Aggressive competition will add fuel to fire, leading to open confrontations, fraud exposures and legal mess. Business people will indulge in staff poaching, unethical acquisitions and forced mergers. Impulsive buying sprees and unplanned budgets will be common, resulting in financial chaos. Controlling the expenses will be a tough challenge for one and all. Armed robbery and religious conflicts will reach new high levels.

09/09/2009 What it means to me

Definitely and without a doubt 2009 has been a year of change and challenge for me, like the Ox I remain strong and resilient and at the same time cognitive of change.