2020

 A bank asked me to apply for their job. I was a bit skeptical whether it was scam. After a few conversations, it seemed legit. They needed my updated resume. I didn’t have. Go back to my old canva, then dragged out the old one. I realised I have a Word document ones after I sent the pdf ones. I should have just used the Word document because it was the latest. Anyway, I don’t have finance background so I might not get it. Based on their requirements, I think there are lots of things I have not yet explored. However, if I can finish my task earlier, maybe I can go for a test or two to see what are the skills that I lacked of. I felt a bit off because I just kept on doing uwp… I also needed to back up against my current job because I felt insecure about it, based on the recent months I was there. I am not sure if they want me there just to solve few issues then once solved then don’t need me anymore. Because every moment I was there, I felt a bit like it. They are also spending quit...

 There is one string on my guitar that breaks always. Then recently, I just started with electrical circuits. Joining some cable together and disassembled them. Somehow it’s a bit overwhelming but mind refreshing. Never done them much. Used to help with the ceiling light and took out some batteries. Measure voltage, current and resistance. Nothing more than that. Well, the LEDs of Arduino’s. Maybe a little bit more. Then, probably it was all too exciting to get things work, it was hard to sleep. When I did sleep, I dreamt about it. This time, I was playing a guitar and the strings were made of electrical cables. That’s a real electric guitar by common sense. Then Uncle came up with the tabs for his song and ask me if I could play it with that guitar. I confidently said I could but the lack of practice, I failed to play more than 3 chords no matter how hard I tried. The strings and my fingers were like so heavy to play. Then I woke up.  Just as I wrote this, somebody was whistl...

 I was at work. I was walking along the corridor after a toilet break. Two mens were pushing two big trolleys stacked with boxes. The translucent box showed the content inside. They were filled with CDs. Out of one box, I saw Gigi Leung’s CD facing out. It was the one that I have but mine was in cassette tape version. After moving house and also me moving out of home, those tapes and CDs were gone. I was about to ask if I can buy them… In the end, I didn’t so I felt a bit regretted. Yet, not so much because it could end up the same way again. For now, it is good enough to bring back those memory.

 Just as I thought I wrote the perfect code, and I put it to test. Just as I thought I would get a perfect results but nothing turned up. The program took a few minutes to load… I changed code and test here and there still nothing turned up as I have changed… Point to the wrong IP… Load the wrong IP. That’s the downside of alternative days wfh. And different devices and places. Hm… Config is important. Anything wrong, check config, not code first.

 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 a...

 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 i...

 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 call...