I've changed my DA user name from "extvia" to "TysonTan" which is the English version of real Chinese name. I have been considering this for a long while because the former name, despite the uniqueness, is hard to read and remember. What's more, it sounds like a GIRL's name while I'm actually a GUY. I'm not girlish guy so I think I should take the chance and fix my mistake. XD

The timing of changing my name also coincided with my migration from Windows to GNU/Linux. It's a risky move. I have to start from scratch, but it's fresh and fun. The main reason that I go GNU/Linux is that my future work is going to focus on the topic of "freedom", and I think it's important for me the writer himself to experience all these difficulties and the feeling of losing one's former identity.

Some of you may also noticed that I had disappeared for almost half an year before starting to post things again. I had experienced various hard times during these days. Like having a traditional blind date before engagement which many Chinese families still force / persuade their young people to do nowadays (and of course it didn't end well). Losing my grandfather in a sudden. Searching for the purpose of my life. etc. I read a lot of books in these days. All of these probably changed me within dramatically.

So much for the depressing story! Thanks for reading my journal and hope you will still enjoy my future works!