Slowest in The Room

My daughter has a tendency to complain, a lot. Especially if she finds something to be a bit difficult and she didn’t want to do it in the first place, i.e. it was a task set either by her parents or teacher. She’ll huff and puff while complaining that it is so hard! I’ll then…

AI and Printers

It’s been the news these days, with the turmoil and takeovers that is going on in OpenAI. Most people won’t be familiar to them, but might be instead familiar with their app/product, ChatGPT. We will see in the future how the saga unfurls. Regarding AI, people are putting a lot of hype on it. It…

Jack Reacher: Running Blind – Book Review

I like Lee Child’s writing. The sentences are short and curt and the dialogue are quite smart, without being too scripted. The book seems real enough. The problem is however with the storyline. Spoiler Alert. Jack Reacher is supposedly roped in to ‘help’ FBI with an investigation, where the serial killer targets ex-army who suffered…

Seasons and Exams

A colleague is resigning soon and as I asked him why, he explained the normal reasons, except for one. He said it was due to lack of work or things to do. He was working in Asia before coming to the UK, so he said there was a very different working culture where he used…

The Value of Electronics

Following my previous post on values, it occurred to me that electronic items have a very bad deprecation value. It used to be that cars are regarded as a bad asset since the value drops immediately after driven off the showroom, but I think nowadays, nothing ‘beats’ electronics. I saw an advert for the new…

Worth and Value

A few months ago, an online post is famous about having her kitchen in almost all white and her appliances from the very expensive brand, SMEG. Among the online comments that I remember was, “How does she manages to keep her kitchen so white?”. I remember because I had the same thought. Turns out, or…

Something To Learn

There’s always something to learn from anyone. Travelling half the world, from the south-east of Asia to this west side of Europe, I have learned a lot of new things. It have made me humble as I realize that over the years, all my knowledge and understanding are limited to a certain geographic limitation or…

It’s a Mistake

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…