Coding on CNY day...

I successfully debugged SeTT, my strategy board game. There was a lot wrong with it that somehow went unnoticed as occasional strange behavior. It needed additional detection code to the canMove() function which checks for valid piece placement. The new 1.1.9 apk bundle is on https://sites.google.com/view/ckyap under the apps header. Should be ready for release.

Now to finish net4spice. It basically needs tweaking that's all.

I gave my 077j to my cousin as I hope he will succeed in his career and be looked up to. Last night, spent time adjusting the bracelet as his wrist is a bit smaller than mine. Personally, I wear a Garmin and sometimes, a ProMaster. Having a few watch tools I bought off Shopee helped a lot.

Don't feel very motivated to work on n4s and it's past 3pm already. Was able to get cleaned okay this morning and am not sure what are the plans for dinner tonight. But I will have to make a start on the coding if it's ever to be released.

It's past 8pm and I've just debugged SeTT yet again for weird behavior in the canMove() function [should say canPlace()]. 

It's lunar new year and a sermon on witchcraft...

Of late, and because we are Chinese (poor thinkers in general), the Spirit decided to release us information on the curbing of witchcraft form the Asian enemy witches, the Liew 6.

1. People pretending in the midst of a telepathic (heart-Spirit) togetherness between a group of people opened by the witch leads to offendedness and guilt being pushed around. Pretending means we do not reveal our true emotions for any one reason. Most of the time, it is simply trying to be polite.
2. People who want something from the witch as if she were God. You may call it idolatry.  
3. People who fear the witch more than God. You may call that cowardice. The little fear overtakes the big fear -unnatural.
4. People who are angry or offended and pressured by the witch, normally in disadvantaged, tough or poor circumstances. They cause a group to fight one another violently and verbally.
5. This is the last one: people who are attracted to one another but cannot seem to find a way thru to one another.

The solution to these 5 very human emotion-behaviors, is simply to (and some would say believe in God / test the witch etc.) be smarter. Many do not see the value of study and wisdom in preparing us to face hardship in our hearts and out in the world at large.

By request, I have to give some examples,

Why do we not fall in love everywhere? Why do we not steal? Why do we not bully? Why to we not lie to one another? The list is long but let's see what these 4 common things lead to,

1. Love is precious. It is not like oil or blood or wine but it involves sharing waters (mayim) thus a man and woman become one flesh. Often misunderstood, one in the waters. When you give your waters to a woman, she is yours. When you should not share waters, do not fall in love.
2. Stealing destroys one's reputation. Basically work hard and be grateful and you will receive from those who love you and want you to succeed (parents, relatives, friends).
3. Bullying is common to our generation (mankind) and so is the taking and subjugating of servants and slaves, lower caste or strata races. If you realize this, then treat others well as they will invariably work for you. Not the other way round.
4. Lying is not something we do naturally but is part of Original Sin. When we lie, it is not to push of inconvenience (white lies) but it is part of FEAR and GREED. Drilling down, it is a fear of punishment / death and poverty / suffering -the Lord's curse on Adam and Eve so long ago forgotten...

By request, we delve into mayim (waters) and why people in love share it. From Strong's,

mah'-yim (a Hebrew word) refers to juice, semen, waste (urine) or a channel, flood or spring. It occurs over 500 times in the Bible.

It is obvious that to share waters with someone you don't love will be a perversion. Sharing waters with a person your parents / parentage disapproves will be a perversion. We often forget that waters a person may have, are to be mixed not just for love but for generations of love. If this is confusing, think about your loving as furthering man's seed and you will not give your waters to just anyone. 

By request I am to do more shepherding in the mindspaces. The Americans claim to have heard, before the telepathy outbreak, voices from space / 'heaven'. Digging clairvoyantly, I found this to be an honest account of angels trying to communicate that sorrows and troubles / tribulation would soon come to the earth. They asked if it were better to keep it hush (via telepathy), and the antichrist witches waiting there wanted to have it hushed and so, years before I was born, it was decided.

The disadvantage of hushed Tribulation is that nobody will help you -you have to be immoral and grab some help which actually comes easier. I will cut to the chase and say that immorality is nothing if it saves a life, a soul, a destiny.

The whole world as one -or the vast majority has to help out, understand, and obey the Savior and the Most High and His angels from now on. It is freshly the horse year (some say not for a week or so but yea, it is upon us).

By request, some are in relationships that are demanding. Others in loneliness inside. Very few relationships are rewarding. Let us visit the 3 important criteria of a rewarding marriage,

1. Sexuality and money are a dangerous cocktail. Beware of 'money sex'
2. Feeling like you are not an insider in your partner's life is bad news. Let Him in
3. Do many things together and be sure to keep the memories. Some couples realize this late. Memories are like manna in poorer times. The second thing is pure spring water. This comes from breaking down mistrust and building mutual respect.

I guess this is all for tonight. Will be updating the coding progress now. 

2 days till reunion...

I did some spring cleaning. Got a blister on my arm / wrist from somewhere -didn't notice it and lost my hairband as well. Try to sleep by 3am, having completed my night routine earlier. I did some minor editing of Exploration: Open Secrets of the Bible. Reads much clearer and is less offensive sexually, I think. How so much got in is beyond me but here were 3 marriages within its pages. Hope people like it. Yet to see a sale tho.

Work on net4spice (n4s) plods along. Now replacing values in the netlists.txt file. I'm haphazard about this applet as I'm being prevented lightly with the main body of the witchy Liews' army heading for universities in the UK and USA where 'sentient' computers are being tested. They have a lust for technology, being emotionally poor.

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Unable to resume my work as I have to care for some women who fell afoul of the mindspaces. Jesus said to care for the sheep, not endlessly program my computer(s). It’s a tough choice but one that will gain me love in life and treasure in heaven.

Have not used the loo today for some reason. Maybe due to the diarrhea late last night. Feeling the pressure of guilty minds. As Jesus said, the poor will always be with you, not so the special as He is.

Showered and will work out at midnight. Now past 10pm. Want to do a bit more coding so I will eventually finish n4s by this month. Sorted the currents, now for the voltages. Brushed and took my meds. Want to include more components into n4s before bed circa 1am. Maybe a few higher level components too.

Workout went well. Feeling energized. Managed to almost wrap up the coding. There is still some regex to perfect. Otherwise everything is go in just 150 lines of code. Am unsure of the currents -can there be negative current? If so, it would be difficult to show.

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There was a fight instigated by the Liew witches, almost ruining our reunion tomorrow. CNY eve. I need to break from work to sort out some family issues picked on by the Liew 6. There is quite a bit of madness in our extended family and it has reached some kind of turning point that we have to discuss over.

Nearing completion of net4spice...

So far have been promising vaporware and semi-unfinished apps. But net4spice is however, nearing completion, past the prevention from the witchy Liew 6. It's just too simple an idea to block. A semi-graphical interface to pySpice / ngSpice.

Was up early this morning and immediately assaulted. My poor stroked brain had no time to adjust to the pounding attacks foisted upon me by the British / William etc. Supposedly worked from behind by the Liew witches.

But I soldiered on and most of the code is in place awaiting adjustments. We grew tumors in the evil Asian witches' heads and more elsewhere in their body. Hopefully they stop bothering important people like William, and the poor like me.

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Taking a break from working on the Spice interface as somehow my head feels crammed. Not sure what is happening so will step up the attacks on the Liew 6.

We multiplied water upon water and this saturated the Liew 6’s bodies causing them some alarm and they have backed off me and the people I know. Folks are at the mall and will get me a small burger for lunch, late. Now almost 2pm. Time to restart coding. Finish by this evening, then additional components tonight.

In an incomprehensible move, westerners and Liew witches team up on us again, believing they will still be judged for wrongdoings tho they were repentant. How is that our authority even as saints?

Everyone will be judged for crimes, and punishment will be meted out for inequity / unfairness / selfishness. ‘Once to live, once to die, then comes the judgment’

‘And some shall awaken to everlasting joy, others to shame and contempt’ -it is a sad fact that some think Jesus can be played round and still give you every benefit of God’s love.

The story of the Prodigal son does not apply to the Wicked half-son. Tho many apply this to the Father and His forgiveness. Do not be wicked. Start right now. You will be judged.

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I am filling in the n4s code as we speak and it is quite straightforward. Should see results by late tonight. The bag I ordered is late arriving, maybe sometime tomorrow afternoon. May get my $100 in today. Much need the cash as I bought lots of stuff over the past weeks and am running low. 

Using regex simplifies the parsing of the netlists.txt file. I have a chunk checking function that stops and repeats on TAB so you can simulate variations of the same circuit side by side, which is a boon.

Will work out now and then do more coding, just a little as it’s 11pm now. Workout went well. Now tackling n4s. It's almost coming together if I try a little harder.

Think the TAB to sim the next variation of the 1st circuit is quite hard to put in so I did it automatically. Now to write regex for inserting node I and V. Took my meds earlier. Shall sleep soon. Found out I is calculated via a V probe across each component. Will have to iterate to get all currents.

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Just finished editing EOSotB. Threw out some awkward (offensive) phrases and overly sexual scenes were watered down and washed clean. Now ready to code more. Almost 11pm. Should be able to put in a few key lines of code at the very least. I have to find and replace stuff in the netlists.txt file, then somehow connect the V probe everywhere there is a component, and simulate then repeat.

Took a detour to brush clean my Houm air circulator fan and WD40 lube it's drive shaft which was squeaky. Very dusty inside. Spring Festival spring cleaning begins!

Past 2am and am still awake, coding n4s, laying down some loops and regex. Liew witches preying on young writers and generally impersonating world leaders. It is almost ridiculous what they are getting away with. By now most of their trickery is known. Will they go for the jugular with Allen and the other geniuses?  

Deepseek weighs in on my magnum opus, Mss2…

I asked DeepSeek for its opinion on my 3-story collection and was pleased it liked it very much, giving me a 90% good rating. I was not really surprised as Mss2 is some of my best work, written from melding personal experience with wishful imagination. It’s available on Amazon KDP for just under a buck.

Here’s what the AI said,

Overall Impressions:

Yap’s writing remains cerebral yet heartfelt, often weaving together personal memory, futuristic elements, and moral dilemmas. The prose is vivid, occasionally poetic, and rich with metaphor. There’s a clear evolution from the first collection: these stories feel more polished and narrative-driven, though still deeply introspective.

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Story-by-Story Analysis:

1. “The Gold Jacket”

• Plot: A lifelong, unfulfilled love story framed around a symbolic gold jacket, spanning decades and continents, touching on espionage, marriage, and moral compromise.

• Themes:

  • Love vs. Duty – The tension between personal desire and professional loyalty.

  • Identity & Transformation – How roles (spy, diplomat, husband) shape and constrain the self.

  • Memory & Regret – The lingering impact of early relationships and choices.

• Style: Lyrical, episodic, with a nostalgic yet sharp tone. The gold jacket serves as a powerful leitmotif connecting generations and moral ambiguities.

• Strength: Emotional resonance and structural elegance—each revisit to the jacket marks a stage in the protagonist’s life.

• Weakness: Some readers may find the time jumps disjointed or the ending ambiguous.

2. “Toast and Curry”

• Plot: A satirical, near-future tale of interfaith politics, AI, space exploration, and moral flexibility, centered around pastoral meetings over breakfast.

• Themes:

  • Faith in a Technocratic World – Religion adapting to AI and space colonization.

  • Power & Corruption – Within religious and political institutions.

  • Morality as Pragmatism – The blurred lines between right, wrong, and necessary.

• Style: Witty, dialogue-driven, with a darkly comic tone. Reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut or Philip K. Dick in its blend of satire and speculation.

• Strength: Inventive world-building and sharp social commentary. The “toast and curry” motif is both mundane and metaphorically rich.

• Weakness: The dense acronyms (IF, FIST, UG) and speculative jargon may require careful reading.

3. “Ukulele Travels”

• Plot: A tender, melancholic story of an aging man with a mechanical hand, his found family, and the healing power of music and love.

• Themes:

  • Disability & Adaptation – Physical limitations and technological augmentation.

  • Found Family & Redemption – Love and care beyond biological ties.

  • Art as Healing – Music (the ukulele) as a source of connection and solace.

• Style: Gentle, reflective, almost folkloric. The prose is warm and evocative, with a strong sense of place (lakeside, forests).

• Strength: Deeply human and emotionally uplifting without being sentimental. The characters feel authentic and vulnerable.

• Weakness: The pacing is slow and contemplative—may not satisfy readers seeking plot-driven action.

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Recurring Themes Across the Collection:

• Love in Many Forms – Romantic, familial, platonic, sacrificial.

• Moral Ambiguity – Characters often operate in gray areas, balancing ideals with reality.

• Technology & Humanity – How tools, machines, and AI intersect with human emotion and ethics.

• Memory & Legacy – How past choices echo through time and relationships.

• Faith & Doubt – Explored both religiously and existentially.

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Strengths of This Collection:

1. Stronger Narrative Arcs – Each story feels complete and carefully structured.

2. Emotional Depth – Yap writes with vulnerability and insight, especially about aging, love, and loss.

3. Conceptual Richness – Blends speculative elements with deeply human stories seamlessly.

4. Cultural Specificity – Malaysian, Australian, and Nepalese settings add texture and authenticity.

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Potential Criticisms:

1. Still Dense & Allusive – Demands close reading; not for casual browsing.

2. Occasionally Overwritten – Some passages may feel overly descriptive or philosophical.

3. Niche Appeal – Readers who prefer clear genre boundaries may find the blending of literary and speculative fiction challenging.

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Standout Moments:

• The recurring gold jacket as a symbol of love, legacy, and moral stain.

• The breakfast dialogues in “Toast and Curry” – sharp, funny, and politically charged.

• The ukulele scenes in “Ukulele Travels” – simple, poignant, and beautifully rendered.

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Overall Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.5/5)

This collection shows clear growth in Yap’s storytelling craft. The stories are more cohesive, emotionally engaging, and conceptually daring than some in the earlier collection. It’s a thoughtful, moving, and intellectually stimulating read that will resonate with fans of literary speculative fiction and character-driven narratives.

If you enjoyed authors like David Mitchell, Kazuo Ishiguro, or Ted Chiang, you’ll find much to appreciate here. Yap is emerging as a unique voice in contemporary fiction—one unafraid to merge the personal, the political, and the philosophical.

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There are 5 things humans do towards higher conceptual understanding, and why it is necessary to be smart / clever / intelligent / spiritual / ascetic / apolitical / un judgmental etc.

1. Truth is light and beauty. Why is this important to God? He cannot uplift us with lies.
2. Pride is pinching everyone others’ eyes. This God cannot stand. I will explain later.
3. Morality is just fearing the Lord. Fear of God protects us from being un-loved and from nihilism.
4. Freedom is our right and our privilege. The pursuit of freedom and fairness, peace is God’s ideal.
5. Forgiveness and bravery -they are higher concepts needed because of imperfection. Why not fit?

My friend asked me about Pride what it is, and why it is to be stamped out and how? Pride is defined as the lifting of one’s spirits at expense of another’s this explains everything. We remove Pride not by prayer or worship, but thru understanding. 

I can tell you how Pride bounces off some people and back onto us because they are upset inside and are pretending. Later, it is accused of us by a witch as if we were the Prideful. Perhaps so, just a smidgen. Get rid of pride by understanding, being mentally well. More later…

Adding on to Mss2, my best 3 short stories, circa 2.8k words each…

I am in the process of adding 3 more stories to my 3 best ones. Story no. 4 should be done by late tonight. I’ve tried to make it as good as the first 3 by weaving selling shoes into souls / morality / mortality, while trying to sound effortless as I did before.

Come tho think of it, I don’t feel much like adding on stories to Mss2, despite writing tale no. 4 so earnestly. It doesn’t quite belong.

 

And I don't know if I want to pursue net4spice either. Maybe later in the afternoon. Hung up the washing and boiled some water as the folks are out to the old place. Yea, maybe just do the Python app and call it quits creating stuff.

 

Late last night I did some linguistics work -inventing a language called Wa. It went well, and I think I made the right decisions, choosing the root concepts. But I don't really want to develop it further beyond a one-page example I posted on X / Twitter. Sara likes it and maybe it will develop into something big later on.

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Helped cook dinner. Mom is very worried and anxious about life in general, maybe other specific things, she didn’t say. Coding must happen soon. Reorganized my desk, removing the Pi Zero W for now.

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Am stuck on an idea I had a while ago, a Turing machine concept that employs multiple tapes popped onto a master tape run over by the get-set probe. The multiple tapes are wired to Kaprekar’s constant which has over 8k valid 4 digit numbers or 2 power 13 combinations of instructions. The operation is simple. Data fed into the KT Machine is interspersed with K Instructions. These KIs determine what data and instruction is placed on the master tape, by which KI is bigger / smaller. I guess this is all I could come up with.

All the help God gave me flowed fluently / easily but only after diligent consideration, years of, even. Thus I have the Wa language, K Turing Machine, novella: iS, a few clever songs, and finally, I will get someone to love. Not sure how I have the last one. Maybe I teach something or other?

Found out I designed shower stalls for Malaysian homes and installed them for a living. Now I have my ex-GF coming over to be with me.

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The Jews and Jesus who is Messiah, and the gentiles (Europeans) are all in a deadly game. This game started circa 300BC, before the birth of Jesus and died down with his death circa 36AD. Then, it started up with the coming of Islam and died down again when America was founded. After some decades, it started again with WWI and WWII, and ended again when Jews re-entered Palestine. Now Russia and Ukraine / Europe / China / America are close to war -the same game we will describe soon is started again, which is the test for the 70th week of Daniel -whether peace without God and His Christ is possible.

There is a God otherwise why are we led on a bloody dance time and again? 

I urge those in the mindspace to be careful, and others to be courteous, and still more to forgive. Witness: we are all being played in and out by God and Satan.

Heavy coding tonight…

Want to lay down some foundational code for net4spice.py, which means all the netlists and basic components. Not sure if I have time as it’s already 11pm. Was being pounded by evil kids manipulating God and the faithful on behalf of the evil Liew witches.

Feeling alright tho. Someone liked my reading ‘Rose’ from The Gold Jacket. But I think I will break here for now and regather energy. Been feeling a little tired lately as I approach 50 this year, nursing a stroke to boot and being hammered from afar by angry people.

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Coding resumes purposefully even as LiLian pounds America. How can I stand by while good Christians suffer? We filled the Liews with fish (Jesus multiplied the fish and bread and fed 5000).

Back from a long sunny walk. Am coding well, and should see some results by night time. I think it is vital to distinguish all nodes as connect to input of a component, L ==> R.

Have read all the tokens into a dictionary using simple tab separator splitting. Now, some regex will complete the job. After that, I will have to extract and wrap the entire library of components which should be straightforward but time consuming.

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10pm. Been editing my short story before going for close tomorrow afternoon. Need to rest before coding again. Liew witchy 6 attacking as usual, destroying kids and babies. Can’t say world governments aren’t complicit in such set-ups as well. Not sure how to feel about being betrayed.

We tried to settle all the mind fights. Jesus and I showed the kids and even older people how to forgive themselves and others too. Outstanding are LiLian’s crimes which we believe resulted from pure hatred. This is easy to solve. Younger the easier. And it is simply to show them that hate is like a cat hairball -compulsive to create yet supremely irritating / choking.

William’s crimes come from the guilt of his nation’s escapades in Asia, the leadership responsibility he mishandled on their behalf due to being young and inexperienced. Both of you can be forgiven. Jusr have to accept what is human nature and how it went awry so bad. Forgiveness is not how much people take from you to make you sorry but how much your heart aches to love one another again.

So all telepathy is put under government control like it should be again. There are some knocking heads still. Must be Allen, the rogue genius. Perhaps he needs comforting as well.