Life After Death

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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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…

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It’s Okay To Look Stupid

It’s okay to look stupid, while learning. At least that what I tell myself most of the time , especially when the subject is tough. Because you need to start somewhere and when you start doing something, you might do or ask things that might seem stupid to others. Yes, I think there are stupid…

View of Years

A colleague brought a cake to the office today because it was his birthday , something the British does (in Malaysia it’s the other way around, where the office would buy birthday cake for the one who is celebrating). Anyways, people were wishing him happy birthday, and asked his age (something I heard you should…

Advice and System Engineering

In Systems Engineering and if you’re reading the standards for railway which is the EN 5012X series, it is mentioned that a product or an equipment in railway has different levels or applications. They are the Generic Product (GP), Generic Application (GA) and Specific Application (SA). GP can be a simple industrial PC, GA can…

Phases of Parents Life

It just occured to me that my children are getting bigger, i.e. growing and becoming teens, that it seems a bit disjointed with my view of my own life. I have been working over a decade now so it seems plausible to imagine how I would work or how my career would be in another…