Years from now, people will say it is a mistake. A mistake to let it happen, to let the massacre continue. Years from now, when their predecessors have waned in their powers, the then ‘leaders’ will then admit, that it was a blunder. A blunder to let the genocide go on unchecked. Decades have gone…
Especially if you have data to compare. Recently a website that I used often Monkeytype, reminded me that it has been two years since I started typing on their website. Here’s a snapshot of the progress over two years. There’s a slow but steady increasing trend shown by the graph. It shows how fast I…
I chance upon this notice a few days ago. I’ve been to this shop once, a few months back, where it was selling quite a large number of pastries and sandwiches. I had no idea how old the shop was at that time. I noticed it was not upon recently so I went closer. I…
The title can be understand in the sense that you need to learn enough before you can teach; which is true. If you don’t know enough about something, you can’t teach others about it. If you’ve never eaten a type of dish, how are you going to able to describe to others, how it taste?…
That sounds a bit morbid, “self post-mortem”. Maybe a better wording is my own self review on what happened during the exam. This is meant more as a self reminder in the future, should I need to prepare for mod B again (hopefully not!) or even for the next exams. Recently I completed the Institute…
… in 5 years time? That’s the question that is normally asked in interviews, or something along the line. Whether it’s a 3-years, 5-years, or a decade long plan into the future, they all ask the same thing; to project or foretell the future. I was asked the question today during a discussion with my…
These seems the buzzword these days; mental health and your emotional wellbeing. Like many things in life, I have conflicting feelings about it. On one aspect, I think it is brandished around both as a crutch and also a flag. Some people say you shouldn’t push or being strict on someone (or them) because of…
Why is it when describing something, we babble and talk a lot without going to the point? It is because we don’t have a lot of time. It’s true. When we don’t have a lot of time, we tend to blabber a lot. Conversely, writing or talking concisely, requires a lot of thinking. A great…
According to reading material for Institute of Railway Signalling Engineer (IRSE) examination module[1], it says that there are four principle of signalling. They are: I am a bit confused with the word principle, as these doesn’t seem like the main reason why signalling exist. In my view, signalling exists to make money. How? Firstly train…
