Life

  • Solicited Advice

    A nephew of mine came to visit recently and I had the opportunity to bring him around the places in Manchester. As we traveled a bit, we talked quite a bit too. As common when we visit another country, we complained and thrashed our country, while at the same time saying that Malaysia has the…

  • Relearning

    I’m a fan of learning new things and in the same vein, re-learning things that I have learnt before. For example I’ve relearned how to drive when I came to the UK, in order to pass the driving licence test. I’ve also relearned about signalling when I move to the UK, and also learned new…

  • Negotiate Like a Boss

    My 4 years old daughter was eating ice cream downstairs when she came running upstairs towards the toilet. As she passed me, she asked how many ice cream can she eat. “How many do you want to eat?” I asked back. “I don’t know. You are the parent. You tell me how many we can…

  • Good Enough

    I was about to write this post and I felt that I have written this before. Sure enough, there it was, a post I wrote two years ago. Well this shows that human are a creature of habit, and history repeats itself. Life has been a bit hectic recently and it feels a bit overwhelming…

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    Career Progression

    I talked to a friend whom I worked with in Malaysia. We caught up with what happened and he asked about what’s the best way to show a resource in a project. A graph for project planning essentially. I racked my brain for a while before I truthfully answered that I didn’t know. I haven’t…

  • Confirming Football

    Went to a Malaysian meet-up recently and it ended just before a Premier League game, and naturally most of the attendees stayed to watch the football. One of the attendants needed a lift so I offered one, and we left while people were still watching the game. The guy asked me whether I watched football,…

  • Year End Review

    I’ve just completed my year end review, which I know is supposed to be done at the end of the year, and now it is January already. That aside, I completed mine. It was a modified version inspired by Ali Abdaal, and I realised that I have been doing it for 4 years already. Couldn’t…

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    Time and Money: Budgeting

    I’m currently or have been listening a lot to Ramit Sethi regarding money management, and he has a few sources for them. I mostly listened to his podcasts coz it’s more dynamic since he invites people that slightly different backgrounds and problems so it makes it more interesting and relatable. I have his book but…