Where did the weekly blog go?

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Wah lao eh. I was right. I gave up within 3 months.

It was tough keeping the momentum. At one point, I don’t know what to post on Friday afternoon. I have no idea how I managed to blog so much in the past. Seems like I’m losing the magical touch. Sigh.

OK, let’s try to do this again. Starting next Friday. Hopefully this time it will last longer. (Deep down inside, I have a feeling it won’t last long. But let’s see how)

Anyway, since we are here, why not a quick update on what’s happening in my life. If you are interested, keep reading. If not, thank you for dropping by. See you next Friday.

Thinking of a career switch
I’ve been thinking of switching careers. Somehow I feel that I’m going nowhere with my current career path. I’m thinking of taking up some course on Cybersecurity since there is a shortage of manpower in that sector. At least I’m putting my Degree in IT & Computing to some use. The Singapore Government recently announced a SkillsFuture Level-Up program. Good opportunity to make use of it for a mid-career switch.

Shopee affiliate program
I signed up for the Shopee affiliate program recently. I figured that since I’m always sharing good tech buys with people, why not get some pocket money out of it? I don’t think it’s going to make me enough money to stop working. Maybe it can buy me a cup of coffee every month. (Either Starbucks or kopitiam kopi depending on my skill and luck) So I guess I’ll start putting affiliate links here from now on. It won’t cost you any extra if you buy from my link but it will help me a tiny bit. Oh, check out my Shopee Collection. It’s still very empty now but I’ll update it soon.

Youtube project
I’m planning on a simple project on Youtube. It’s still too early for me to share much about it now. I’ll share here when more things are up and ready. If you can’t wait and know me personally, drop me a WhatsApp and I’ll give you a sneak peek. In the meantime, stay tuned.

I guess that’s about all.

Nobody Blogs Anymore #6

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Oops. Didn’t post anything last week cause was busy with CNY prep.

Anyway, Apple released the Apple Vision Pro recently. It cost US$3,499 and is only available in the US for now. World Wide availability will be announced at a later date. Or maybe it will be like the first iPhone where it is only launched in US.

Besides the price, the Apple Vision Pro has many flaws. It is not a perfect device just like every first generation device in the category. Do you remember the first gen iPhone, iPad and even iPods? It takes a few iterations for them to perfect the device. But it sure looks promising.

Nobody Blogs Anymore #5

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Google is collaborating with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to develop an AR guided tour. The AR guided tour is powered by Google’s ARCore and Geospatial Creator and can be accessible in the Visit Singapore Travel Guide app. Singapore’s tourism mascot, Merli, will guide travellers through six stops in the Civic District and Chinatown precincts.

Nobody Blogs Anymore #3

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The Kiap Kiap by The Kiap Family is a simple tool that lets you share handwritten information easily during virtual meetings. It does that by clipping a mirror over your laptop (or tablet) camera so that you can easily share things that are on the table.

This Kiap Kiap is designed by a group of students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Get yours now from their website.

Nobody Blogs Anymore #1

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Tom Scott, one of my favourite YouTuber, recently announced that he will stop making weekly videos.

I’ve been thinking about what to do with my blog recently. I know I haven’t been updating it much. I didn’t even post my end of the year blog post on 31 December. I tried to blog a bit more towards the end of 2023 but I just didn’t have the momentum. And watching Tom say goodbye gave me the inspiration to start a weekly blog. Yes, I see the irony here. He is stopping his weekly YouTube and here I am starting my own weekly blog.

If everything goes as planned, I will be posting something here every Friday afternoon. Don’t expect a long blog post. It’s going to be just some short random stuff that I feel like sharing. I don’t know how long I’ll keep this going but I hope I can be consistent for at least a year. (Although a part of me feel that I’ll most likely give up within 3 months. We shall see about that.)

Nintendo pop up store in Singapore

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Nintendo is opening a pop up store in Singapore from 17 November 2023 to 1 January 2024. The pop up store will be located at Jewel Changi Airport near the Pokémon Center.

The store will feature merchandise from games such as Super Mario, Animal Crossing, The Legend of Zelda, Splatoon and Pikmin. These merchandise were previously only available at Nintendo TOKYO, Nintendo OSAKA, and Nintendo KYOTO stores.

To celebrate the opening of the pop up store, six exclusively designed postcards will be available for shoppers who spend S$80 or more in a single transaction at the store.

For more info and updates, visit the Nintendo pop up store Singapore Facebook page.

Where did the 43 go?

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If you have been following my blog, you will know that I have a so-called “tradition” of posting a self-reflection on my birthday. But my 43rd birthday went by nothing on my blog. What happen?

No, I did not forget about this blog. Neither have I forgotten about my birthday. It’s just that this year’s birthday was a little different. I was busy. Super busy in fact. Busy preparing for the biggest event in my life. If you are following me on my Instagram or Facebook, you’ll know that I’ve gotten married 4 days after my birthday. Hence this year’s birthday had to take a back seat for the bigger event of the year. I wanted to blog after the wedding but you know me. The procrastinating me took over. (In fact I wanted to post this yesterday so that it would be 1 month after my birthday but I procrastinated again. As usual)

SO how is married life? Well, nothing much changed. Still need some time to get used to wearing a wedding band on my finger. Other than that, nothing much has changed.

Actually, one of the reasons why I didn’t post any reflections on my birthday this year is because I didn’t have much to say. Been spending the whole year planning for the wedding. And I’m just glad that the wedding went smoothly. Now that the wedding is over, it’s time for me to proceed with other plans that I’ve been putting aside.

So happy belated 43 to me (1 month and 1 day late).