I was listening to a song today, some rapper who said, “You die twice; once when you’re not alive and once when you’re forgotten”. I don’t agree with that especially so because in Islam there is life after death, but the phrase got me to think what would happen when I die, in the sense…
The results for the exams I took last year has been announced. Good news and bad news: I took two papers which are IRSE exam module C and D. For module C was a surprisingly positive result while module D was a near miss (aka I failed but not too bad). There’s even feedback on…
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…
I am reading the book Supercommunicator from Charles Duhigg, a very excellent writer with his other book, the Power of Habits. In this book I am reading, he talks about people who can communicate easily with other people and good communication is when you are actually finishing each other sentences, at least in the mind….
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…
I read recently there was an agreement to build an LRT line in Johor, the southern most state in Malaysia which neighbours Singapore. This is in conjunction of the MRT/LRT link over the straits between Malaysia and Singapore, allowing people to commute using rail between countries, helping alleviate the dire traffic on the bridges connecting…
I better say it up front that I don’t have the answer, and this post is more of a musing and not a very informative post. Disclaimer done. I have been postponing a task that could mean a very big impact in my career, yet the task itself is quite easy. I don’t know why…
I think I”ve written this book before but I felt like writing it again, as I recently joined a webinar which was about Railway and Systems Engineering. The presentation was full of interesting points and the slides were well made. There were diagrams drawn or excerpts from papers that explain complex concepts in simple summaries,…
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…
I am a member of a few professional organisations, and lately is having trouble to pay for all of them. Fortunately my employer sponsors or allow me to claim for my membership fee, but quite unfortunately, it covers only the fee for one membership. Obviously I try to maximise this by claiming on the most…
