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Besides doing field work and playing with baby hands free, one of my original aim for acquiring Google Glass was to make it useful for the live performing musicians. But like building any new app / product / service, I didnt quite settle with the use case. It was too small for scores, but actually...
(Pictures are direct link to FB, only those who can see it on FB will see it here) Just as the way we planned it, the rest of the country will celebrate the day of the forming of the federation tomorrow while we silently marked out 2nd year since we officially toasted before 500 people, []
Thanks to all who sat through the short seminar at the Singapore Trombone Festival. I dont usually speak about this topic, glad to have an opportunity to connect with fellow trombonists and share some thoughts. Herere the slides for your reference. For those who did not attend, please note...
It wasnt until I started writing this post that realise Tough Love is an accepted expression (proof by Wikipedia). When I first learned of the word gratitude (probably in my teens), it wasnt a good feeling. Because its often used when the other party is administering tough...
Is officially no longer something I fake on my resume ha! Years ago, I used to count working experience starting from my internship days. Just so that people dont think Im too green for any position. After all, I lived most of my working years in dog years, and that worked out well.
The issue is already well documented, Im pulling them together here and adding some ideas. The cause is an error in handling Typographic Ligature http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_ligature (actually I dont care, just in case you do) The current behaviour is: A. if you type a message...
Were into the 3rd week now, not exactly full moon yet, but patterns has emerged, some old wives tale has been proven to work and weve been lectured throughly on Facebook. Turns out the stress from parenting isnt so much about the babys expectations. There are a limited number of...
Yes they have warned us multiple times. Yes we took antenatal courses and had all the knowledge. Yes we had all the support anyone could wished for (perhaps sans the benefits for locals but thats for another day) mother in law, friends who give their time, resource and moral support. But...
My first born, Kai Yenn, was born 23 May 2014 6:39pm at Mt Alvernia Hospital, Singapore. She weigh 3.55kg at birth. Mummy was doing well, reasonably refreshed right after delivery too. Yay mummy! She is feeding and sleeping well after a first day of learning to latch on, and when she smiles, shes...
I originally wanted to commemorate the first 100 days of true freedom on Monday, but seeing that my wallet is empty and its still not ATM day, thus facing the prospect of having nothing to eat (or having my wife buy me lunch..) I changed my mind. Im going to commemorate, or more accurately...
Time flies. The first weeks were slow and I can watch the passing hours. The second, still slow. Now, its just a week shy of the end of April, that would be my first unemployed quarter, and time is now moving very quickly (maybe coz Im having too much fun, maybe Im...
May 13 (Monday) Yuen-lin, with possibly the greatest hospitality of all hosts we had, left us the keys to the house as he immediately ventured north for a 11 day meditation retreat 2 hours north of the bay area after putting us home safely the night before. We woke up really early to diligently pack []
** Update it has been exactly 1 year when I started writing these remaining parts of the diaries, memory might have fainted quite a fair bit ** We reached SFO in one piece but stumbled to find our way through the maze of BART stops and Caltrain stops that we have to take to []
After lots of research and recommendation, Ive plunged in to start rebuilding all my circa 2002-2005 websites. Its surprising how much inertia there is, especially since the tools landscape has shifted dramatically, requirements for mobile is now a must (i.e. must build responsive websites),...
Last week during Hwa Chongs 95th Anniversary concert week, I received some questions about orchestration for Chinese Orchestra (CO) when combined with western instruments. I must first admit Im not an expert, but I do need to take notes for my future self if such projects comes about again.
Learning the meaning of happiness is, sometimes, quite painful. But I have not been happy like a child for so many years now, Monday’s incident is, to my mind, a blessing in disguise. Before people go around saying my arm broke, I think I better let everyone know that it’s ok, nothing wrong with the...
Hooray! 4 weeks a.k.a. 1 month anniversary of my self-employment-hood. Looking back, happiness was indeed ++ but not so on stress level. Yesterday I started having really bad dreams again, a recurring theme whenever I get stressed or if my sleep patterns get out of whack. I found myself filling every void...
Back in October, as soon as we knew that YC was expecting, we were already thinking of taking a break in anticipation of the challenges of pregnancy. Amoss wedding at Bali presented itself as a great opportunity. 4 months later, even with much regret for missing out on work related items, were...
I took the morning off. Like, I have to literally take leave from myself. Im such a bad employer of myself to the extend that I already overworked my mind 2 weeks after my last day looks like therere lots to learn for setting the right pace when working alone because...
Just got a big order today happy! Our baby girl is 21 weeks now and the pregnancy is going smoothly. Wifey is starting to feel the weight of carrying her (length of a carrot apparently) and so our walks to lunches and dinner has slowed down. Im glad Im able to stay with her [...]