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…
A Jack Reacher series. I really like the first book, where the author, Lee Child, introduced a no-nonsense character that’s willing to bend things to uphold ‘justice’. That character was Jack Reacher. He was also methodical and thorough, always taking precautions and stacking odds on his side. It was entertaining and in certain ways, insightful….
My wife and I has been discussing how to let go certain things in parenting, i.e. to accept things for what they are and not too be stressed out with the kids. It all comes down to balance, on how much you are willing to close a blind eye and how much you want something…
This is the second book in the series, and I must say that I am looking forward to reading the others. Bernard Cornwell, the author, is slowly becoming one of my favourite author. As per my previous review, this book follows similar formula like Cornwell’s other series, the Kingdom, but the book still make you…
I remember a niece of mine asking me, when did I know that I wanted to be an engineer. To which I replied, I am not sure. Even now, I am not sure whether I want to be one, or what I would be in the next years. We spend so much time at our…
I’ve never run a marathon. In fact, I barely run. But I have friends who run, and I am pretty sure you would do. If not, you can probably see from various social media posts about strangers who run marathons. I notice that from pictures of runners, that no one ever look good while running…
Recently a newsletter mentioned that Siemens was awarded to supply 28 new EMUS for Digital Node Stuttgart. LINK. I was intrigued, and wondered why would they need new trains? The article did mention that the digitalization requires retrofitting current trains, hence new trains are needed to support current use. But what is the digitalization about….
We humans are prone to bias. One of it is survivorship bias, where we only see the ones who succeed as the norm. An example would be that we would say “Cars in the olden days are built to last,” while we point our fingers to an (old/classic) Volkswagen Beetle. Of course. If the car…
