My daughter was doing her homework when she asked, “What is adjective again?”. I know what adjectives are but I struggled to explain. “Is it the one with -ly at the end?” she asked again. I know those are adverbs, things that describe verbs. “I know about nouns, I know about verbs, but I don’t…
I’ve been doing work recently and felt that the time allocated to me has been too short. It felt like there was not enough time to read all the background material and produce a result from it. But since the work was required soon, I changed my mindset and just set on producing a document,…
If there is no path, make one. You are not a tree; if you’re not happy, move! These all seem to have the same theme, which is where there is a will, there is a way. Oops, there goes another proverb. I guess the explanation is a bit redundant, as the proverb is quite explanatory….
I’ve been using these both software to manage my tasks but have seen confusions in the implementation (and the implementation is done by myself!). I have been separating the tasks based on whether they are reoccuring or not, and also simple – which is in Todoist, and conversely whether they are a project and relatively…
One of the top management guys I used to work with, passed away recently. I am not too familiar with him personally but I had some brief encounters during work, and he seemed like a nice guy. Loud and friendly, so he seemed approachable. And in most of the times I dealt with him, he…
I like the feature in iCloud photos, where it reminds what happened on this day, year(s) ago. It showed some cute photos of your loved ones, or a trip you have forgotten about. It also reminded where you were a few years ago, not only in the literal sense, but also figuratively. For example it…
Sometimes when developing product, some company will make a product, and design it later. That sounds funny, but it happens. Especially if the product is simple, or seems simple. Sometimes also, the product development hits a roadblock, so the company have to make a U-turn and go back to the drawing block. I was retelling…
This is a question series where I list down questions that I have now or things that I am still in the midst of understanding. The reason is mostly personal so that when I read it in the future (where I hopefully understand all the complexity), I will look back and be grateful for how…
I had the fortunate opportunity of joining a ‘hands-on’ study session last weekend. It was organised by IRSE Younger Members, and graciously hosted by Signet Solutions in Derby. Was it useful? Yes. What did I learn? Other than how to use the word boffins (clue: it is the antonym to buffoons and normally accorded to…
I feel cheated. I thought at first this was a war story, but then it became a love story, before in the end it becomes a whole mess of loose ends. It is a great book though and it has a great story with complex events and characters, especially more interesting as it shows a…
