Heading out to the mall…

We’re going out for lunch as there’s no gas to cook anything. The gas delivery man should arrive sometime soon, then we’ll be off. I’ve managed to get Frag pretty far:

This is where I am now, making pods and fragments. A pod is 3 fragments, each one, a rough diamond shape. Pods may explode into their component fragments. The gameplay is interesting because you get 3 kinds of pod and fragment of varying size, mass, at the velocity of your choice. More later…

Feeling a little wasted. Will run again in 3 days and recharge those batteries. Next week is my Arip jab at psych clinic. I have 3 months to get fit and healthy as possible before my blood test. Hopefully that will go well despite all the attacks on me thru telepathy and witchcraft over the past decade.

Need to rest a bit. I am no longer young and hard work over long durations should be avoided. Will resume coding in an hour.

Found out from a blog search that I conceptualized Frag in June 22 2025, so it’s been a month and 2 weeks in development, plus it started off quite different, just like highly-playable SeTT came out of the oddball Sekk. The decision to switch from turn based strategy to arcade real time strategy was that the former dragged. Sometimes, letting go of pride results in a better app / game even tho it abandoned all those ‘good’ ideas.

After dinner, I had some inspiration and now all Frag needs is some error / touch handling code as it crashes now and then. Also needs some copy handling / parameters. Maybe tomorrow or later tonight.

Frag has bugs…

Some insidious ones in the makePod function prevent the other functions executing. Forgot to allocate time for the church dinner tonight, believing they had turned against me but Pastor called and reminded me of the seminar this weekend. I guess he still wants me in despite the heavy burdens I lug around with me.

Liew witchy 6 still manipulating the general public but now many are sensing / seeing how she tricked everyone into doing things her way, giving her a huge base to throw her weight around from. But after all the information is clear, there’s still no way to stop the blame game and siding with evil cowardice. I wonder myself what I should do?

Age is creeping up on me, soon to be 49. Staying fit is important but the weapons of the Liew witches are trained on me and will eventually overpower my frail state of mind. I will try to find the bug(s) and see if the game will run better.

Turns out one of my nodes didn’t like being globally declared. Wonder why? At least I now have all my fragments and pods showing up albeit haphazardly at the moment. By tonight I will arrange them properly.

I’m tasked with shrinking the pods and frags. Getting late after a never-ending argument with the western witchcraft group so this will have to drag into tomorrow.

This should be the last day of coding…

I am itching to be free of my work. Not that it’s bad or drudgerous, but it exists like a constant reminder that I haven’t fully stocked up for the winter ahead. I need my apps, stories, math-physics research, gospel writings. My life’s experience mentoring lecture notes are already printed and in my cabinet. Trying times lie ahead and teaching others to think critically may put rice in my bowl during the months / years ahead, whichever I suffer to.

Dressed in old cotton clothes, feeling okay. Will do some mind work now, wear down the witchy Liew 6 and scare them away from bothering our friends in the west, with more God-tier powers.

Coding going smoothly. Things are falling into place without kludges or spaghetti. Brings back the old times feeling of coding the iPhone 3GS from my Mac Mini. I did enjoy making Apple ecosystem apps. Just taking the work slow. I renamed a lot of variables and dropped in some copied code for the score keeper. Soon, Mom and I will head out on a medium long walk.

Some additional issues cropped up in Frag, so we’re not done yet. Mom made me eat a banana and is dragging me out for a walk. The coding should wrap up this afternoon.

Back from a good refreshing walk in the mild sunshine. Sun heals lots of things. Relaxing in a/c while I finish up my app’s AI. Then I have a lot of positioning and physics properties to set. This might take a while, considering I’m being impinged upon and prevented most of the day, “don’t work so hard” etc. But we Chinese are hardworking by nature and don’t need pleasure that much. Success is the best reward.

Today's ABY reading is a bad one. "The outsider who dared" -"no movement in any way advantageous". But tomorrow, 6c "The stolen iPhone", is going to be good for releasing Frag. BTW the app is free (PD) -Yap gives back.

Frag is more than just a shooter, it's about guesstimating mass, angles and speed, trying to prevent enemy fragments and pods (joined up fragments) from scoring past your home base / end. It is also about strategy as formation play is required. Do pods launch first or fragments, or both together? I think it's a very educational game for kids as well as adults.

Am wearing my Seiko 5 Sports Flieger SRPj89K1 on NATO strap. It's small, lighter and comfy. I like that the dial is complicated, having an inner hour and outer minute track. Also gotta love the blue SAT and red SUN in the day-date window. Brings back memories of my first Seiko.

Went for a run…

Rain coming, not sure when. Supposed to be overcast. Chanced a run round the block which went well. The energy boost makes a big difference. This will be an every week  thing from now on, I think. Now I have juice to work on Frag(ment). It should be done by tonight if I’m not too lazy.

Tried to contact the ocarina seller but I think he does not speak English. 4 days to ship is unusual. Watched more poor reviews of my buy. Wonder if I will be disappointed?

Try to break down my coding work into small chunks. 

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8e - ䷹ - 58 “Joy. Success. Progress in firm correctness favorable” 

THE COMPUTER, THE PRESS AND THE PERSISTENCE OF PROVERBS : Angel John was explaining the holy books of the West to Brother Yeap who had no English of much worth to discern them. “Perfection is the reason Ye Shu used sheep, or goats to the Chinese, to represent our wayward generation, as he used wheat in our previous discussion” Brother Yeap was edified, “His teachings do not pass away up to today as still do the sheep and wheat endure”. He prophesied: “The light of diode ebbs. Charcoal stone brushes the steel block. The center of the desk is empty of the abacus. Cloth, rice paper and plank flow in its place”

I had been thinking of sutra 8e in the ABY for a long time. And I finally figured out the last bit: My computer is put aside, replaced by study of the Bible. My main Bible is a hardcover (plank) with thin paper (rice paper), and ribbon bookmarks (cloth). Charcoal stone must be graphite, and the steel block is a sharpener.

The next time day 8e occurs is in early November 2025. Perhaps I get something published that is a wisdom?

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Frag nears release. Was supposed to work on it conclusively today but managed only half the work outstanding, done. Still it’s progress. With the witchy blockade, it’s a wonder anything gets done at all. Tomorrow, I have to work hard in the early morning and finish it before lunch.

May head out today...

I haven't gone walking for some time. Today seems like a good day. Wonder if Dad has made any plans? Almost 8am and the folks are fast asleep. This afternoon, I will be doing more coding, try and wrap up Frag by tonight, EOM -as promised. Then I can finally 100% retire.

The Liew witches are being more quiet. Perhaps sensing the coming of prophetic times and lacking the shield of secrecy of these past 4 months.

Dad says we’ll be going to the mall. Took a shower and am smelling fresh. Liew forces being shoved onto us by American kids. The spillage is almost 90%. We simply cannot fit more than a few minds each. I think I can take 1 or 2 that's all. We stuffed the evil witches with machines that make their body super sensitive to pains. Now the cloud of fighters is moving away.

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I’m making good headway on Frag. Want to finish the app tonight. Sound and effects are go. Will do the UI around dinner, then the AI late tonight. Tomorrow, I need to go on a longer walk to lose the flab. Will be dieting as well.

Ahh, can feel retirement calling me. Just a matter of a few hours’ work. Tomorrow, I shall be free. Met Annie from the Bachelorette. She’s very nice and kind. Somehow tho, the anti western forces didn’t think so, eh, Allen?

May head over to the old house for a bit since I managed to get cleaned fully earlier and am showered / changed. Leave Mom to cook dinner. But Dad is tired and so is Mom. Will pull an all-nighter to finish the app.

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Decided to cook dinner for the folks early, so we ate at 5pm-ish. Mom has been chilling in the a/c more lately, as older people need to, considering the hot, humid weather of late. It may be 10-11pm before we can work on Frag. Some think I have IBS. Well, at least it’s not gassy constipation passed by Mom onto me. We must close ranks against the witchcraft. I told the Americans so -how the Liew 6 operate on people’s emotions and teach false precepts.

Well, time to place more sprites.

Can't seem to work much. Fired up the Aspire netbook with the 12GB RAM for inspiration. Maybe the bigger attached display will help start something.

I need a touchesEnd method to drag frags and pods into the channel. Then I need a 'topper' algorithm in attack / defend / and counterattack modes. 'Topper' means it tries to outdo the player's first move. I think attack means send out big pods followed by small frags; defend means send out big frags; counterattack means send out small pods and big frags -IMHO. Then I need an updating score maybe bottom of screen. Could take 2 hours.

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Approaching 1am. Liew forces taking aim at westerners. Feeling a little hungry after my workout. Laid some foundations to code from. Half tonight’s work is done. More in 15 minutes. Straightforward coding.

Being in demand…

I am being stretched to heal the westerners deceived by the Liew witches. There were more disagreements and the peace broke. I guess people really are like sheep needing a shepherd. There aren’t many leaders around to take care of Jesus’ flock. Thankfully, there is the Internet and you can read my Medium article: Friends over Religion if you need some guidance.

There is some kind of uprising starting in mindspace. Not sure if it will burst out into the real world. I am being crowded away by masses of minds. Nonetheless, unable to work on Frag.

Found a good guide on collisions. It involves setting bitMasks. Now the game is almost ready to enter the AI stage where the player must battle against enemy pods and frags of varying mass and speed.

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I sort of fixed the jittery displacement bug haranguing my pod of 3 fragments. SpriteKit physics is a little odd and very pedantic. My game screen has some artifacts of the collisions tho I didn’t specify that! Anyway it’s done, the collisions. Contemplating the AI. I’m guessing it could go into 3 modes, sensing the player’s moves by moving a little later.

The modes are: all out attack / defense / counterattack.

Meanwhile, the UK went a bit wild, saying their whole country was mad. And I wonder how true that is?

I still can't make pods explode on contact...

I think the parent node prevents a pod from fracturing along its pins. Not sure. the contact delegate seems never to engage. Another snag in such a simple program. *sigh* it's gonna take some time.

Didn't manage to do much coding as I was assaulted in the mindspace by UK mind forces. They gave me sharp pains, rhinitis, and other nasty things, claiming to be having some fun on me. Could this be the first of many Christian persecutions? Then they said they were a whole country and I was just one Christian guy who 'sinned'. I may not be smart enough to answer that but a country should upkeep its reputation, especially an important anchor nation like Britain.

Been reading thru my short stories and feeling more comforted despite being picked on. These tales I wrote over the past 6 years are gold to me. And I have them in hard copy which is nice.

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Heading out soon with Dad to drop Mom off at the hospital. May have breakfast out. Drank a coffee, black. No go on the coding since I keep getting assaulted by these evil forces, turning me from my work. Feeling a little under the weather but strong still. The fight goes on -for survival and the glory of the Most High.