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Food Life Review
• 9 min read

Wakuwaku Yakiniku, a Story of Beef, and Empty Streets

For some time now, The Girlfriend had tried to get me to consume beef. As long as I can remember, I abstained from it due to religion. I was a Buddhist for much of my teenage years and we do not do beef. My mum also encoded a set of...

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General
• 1 min read

Jacklepop Lives Again, Soon!

It's been a few months since I installed Certbot on my Digitalocean host for jacklepop.com. I had followed instructions to load a free SSL certificate because Google announced that sites without them would be marked as 'not secure'. My efforts were unsuccessful. So, while my site ran on Laravel 4...

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Life
• 3 min read

The 5.32pm Financial Agent

At 5.32pm, I received a call from an recognised number: 6681 6716. I had thought that the caller could be a courier confirming delivery with me or a financial agent calling to wage verbal assault on my poor soul. I decided to give the caller a chance and ended up...

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General Life
• 1 min read

We Should Actually Stop Saying "Actually"

Nary a day goes by without hearing someone say "actually". Actually, "actually" is a powerful word when used at the right time and especially when used sparingly. I'd go so far as to say that it should only be used once in a long while. Now, I don't have a...

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General Life
• 5 min read

Access Professionals Need Accessibility Too

There is one thing that has been overlooked for the longest time. I don't speak for all access professionals, but reckon that many will agree. It remains a thorny issue till today and must be said: Presenters do not commit enough effort at delivering clear and conducive speeches. You know...

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Life
• 1 min read

Back Pain No More

I am well. The back pain is no more. On a related note, the mozzies are still buzzing around. At this point, I am certain that my body is a beacon for mozzies to gather. I keep the residents of Yishun safe, to some degree.

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Life
• 2 min read

A Different Back Pain

I woke up this morning in bed with a mild back ache–the sort that signals to me that I have officially breached the midway point of my thirties. For many months now since I started working from home, I've sat on a four-legged plastic chair in my office-room. The ergonomic...

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General Life
• 2 min read

Everyone a Handy One

In March 2018, I purchased a Bosch 12 volt brushless impact driver. I must have harboured thoughts of busting it out to perform reparations and upgrades around the home then. It however laid dormant in my toolbox until just days ago when my mum purchased two sets of new wall...

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Movie Review
• 3 min read

Movie Review: Tenet

Tenet is a film for Christopher Nolan fans. And for people who love movies that delve into time travel, time manipulation, and time distortion. However, this time, it's really about time. Though, Tenet is not so much about time travel as it is about experiencing timelines in parallel: Forwards and...