2020

 I met the old lady again. So, not scam lah. She didn’t ask for money today. Sometimes, I wonder what life is all about. If I lived up to her age, being woman, being elderly would be really scary. Actually not being elderly was also not so good of an experience compared to their times. I accidentally deleted part of my code. I was transferring stuff from one page to another. I only realised they were gone after I am going to test it and I have celebrated the victory of solving two problems by going to the toilet and then get myself a cup of water. Only come back to realise that part of the code I solved was gone. No github, no svn and no backup… I took a few hours to solve that.. zzz. It would be easier if I can run the program on my computer but I worry it will spoil it. I have to transfer to another to test it. I almost forgot how I solved that problem. Should write down next time. Should also start installing version control… I am walking on a line without. This job was like I am no

 Scam has definitely affect everyone daily like never before. When my cousin got my number and wants to connect, she put a photo on whatsapp’s profile photo and also sent me her picture to verify she wasn’t a scammer. The fact is that scammers did that too. In fact the more professional the photo was, the more likely it is a scam. When I applied a job, I will also worry it is a scam. Especially no email and I cannot find much on the internet. The only thing that makes the interview sounded right was the interview ways of speaking and a more lifelike profile picture. I chose to believe it and if it hadn’t post on mycareersfuture, I wouldn’t have believe the job was legal when email has problem. I thought email was always the sign of legitimate business or scam. In 2024, anyone can doubt now. I can receive a legitimate email or message that was scam and also non-legitimate as not scam… How inconvenient so I treated all as a scam. Better safe than sorry. Most people fell to the scam is be

 Today, I started off with a strange encounter. Everything was fine. I got up early like 6:00 am. Shower and get dressed. Everything was packed up last night. Managed to get breakfast without queue. Eat at home. Managed to empty my bowel on time. Hehe. Then wait until around 7:30am to set off to work. Somewhere just as I was walking off the HDB and on my way to the MRT station, an old lady was walking beside me talking. I didn’t respond. Then as I was crossing the road, I saw a car like don’t know parking or approaching. I walked slower so the car can see me and the old lady. It was until then I realised the old lady was talking to me. She just walked beside me talking smoothly I thought she was talking with somebody else. I looked around, nobody. She was talking to me so I har?? She repeated her sentence. “Jie jie, Jie jie, ke yi gei wo qian mai dong xi chi ma” (Sister, can give me money to buy food” I was like what? First she called me Jie jie or I misheard her. She might be calling

 Maybe I accepted this job really too early. I have applied to some jobs but there were no reply… So I just tell myself to accept any job that accept me first. After I accepted and signed the offer, somehow people called and emailed to ask if I am still available… Some are pretty good company. However, I also worry they just ask only and when I apply, then it is all test and interviews. I couldn’t sleep after receiving the message. It does seem like I have been too early to accept. I cannot be greedy also. As for this job, the nature of it is a bit different than I thought. The good part is some parts I never done before. Like low level programming. The last time was like Year 1 of Uni and my time at NTU for micro-controller. It was a mess and I barely passed it. Anyway, just see how this job goes. Most important thing is, my boss is buying new laptop for me to use. I didn’t even ask. He so good I also paiseh to change job now. The only thing that is really far behind was the salary co

 I think singapore buses are not use to pick up passengers but to race through traffic light. It has been quite frequent to see two buses passing at the same time or within close interval. I just saw one bus passing and few seconds later, another passed. Then you waited 10-15 minutes the least for another bus. Some bus just raced through because the bus was totally empty with no one alighting. Some just raced through when they saw green traffic light ahead. Is that even sustainable? A bus without anyone in it while another was so full. It looked especially bad when the interval was so close between this bus while the next was longer and also full of people. So the one bus that carries nobody was wasting the resource… They should have looked at the distribution of the bus not based on mileage but the passengers they carry. It wasn’t only my house but also at my workplace. Saw two buses rushed through quite frequently. Late at night, both buses were empty somemore.

 I wondered why many people go against SimplyGo. At first, I wasn’t use to the screen without remaining amount but I learnt to check the balance on my phone app. I have been topping up from my phone ever since topping up with app becomes available. I skipped queue at the machine and also not paying additional 50 cents if topping up on ATM machines. If your amount is not enough but can see on screen, you ended up with blocking people entering. For people who are already using it with the app, the amount is available on your phone. For people who don’t have the app, you can always ensure the amount with the top up machine. If not enough, you still need to make a move to the top up machine. It is basically the same thing. You won’t always know the amount without the app. For instance, the station double charged you, it will reflect on the app if you have it. You can view all your transactions on the phone. Like I never went out, how do they charged my ez-link card. If you have elderly par