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Last week’s strike by SMRT bus drivers from China has been a hot topic. I was quite shocked that it took our official media that long to recognise and label their actions as a strike. The “did not turn up for ...
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I’m not new to Google Drive. I’ve used Google Docs previously. It’s the predecessor to Google Drive. One of the greatest features touted of Google Docs then, and the thing that most attracted me to the platform ...
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Just like I’ve been a long time Linux user, I’ve also used Solaris for a long time. Not the whole time throughout, no doubt. But I did have SunOS on what I could call my personal workstation back in the mid 1990s. ...
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While on the other side of the world Amazon’s AWS was battling electrical storms, our humble Disaster Recovery (DR) Drill was battling small electrical fires this morning. Every DR Drill we run has always had some form of ...
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This matter about professionalism at work was raised recently, and I thought I have some 2 cents to share about, particularly to people who are just starting out their work life. This is not about professionalism in the context ...
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I’m attending a course again this week. I looked at my calendar and realized that in this period of approximately six weeks, I seem to be involved in far too many courses. Nine days for a Lean Sigma course spread across two ...
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I hate appraisal time. Not just about me getting appraised. But also about me appraising or giving input to appraise others. The “system” sometimes (or often times) fail to capture pertinent performance markers. The ...
| Technology
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Some folks at work have become somewhat paranoid over the EMF levels in their workspace. Apparently, they have found levels to be “unsafe” for prolonged continuous exposure, according to some literature that ...
| Lifestyle & Family
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Sometimes, I think “work-life balance” is just an excuse for some people who want to work less. Push away their work. Shirk responsibility. I’m not against the idea of needing some balance, in principle. But one ...
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We’ve finally moved to a new office. Three years late, after the rest of the school had already moved. We joked that we were unimportant third-class citizens, and hence were left behind. (Sometimes we do feel like ...
