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This isn’t a political blog. However, in this current run up to the Presidential Election 2023, I cannot resist sharing some rants.
The first time ever our Elected Presidency ever had a legitimate competition was in ...
Category: Miscellaneous
Any other thing under the sun.
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7 mins to think about all other traffic marshalling gripes. | I waited seven minutes yesterday for traffic marshallers to change the direction of traffic in my favour. I understand some temporary inconvenience is ...
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Going back in history to look at some memorable phones | Recently, while clearing out some stuff from storage, I found a stash of old mobile phones. Stuff that I had used once upon a time. I thought it’ll be fun ...
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This turns wired IEMs into an awesome true wireless earphones. | One of the things I’ve been wanting to do for a very long time was to turn my favourite pair of custom in-ear monitors (CIEM) into a pair of true ...
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Never buy from them again. | I rarely like to single out a company to complain about them. But there’s this one that has angered me tremendously, and particularly because they appear to enjoy a rather positive ...
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I am kind of resigned to accepting poor service. | I wrote this a week ago. It rained. My shoes and socks were wet. I was annoyed. I had a frustrating experience with someone’s customer service that day. And the ...
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Keeping watch on credit card fraud. | So it came to be, after so many years, that a credit card fraud happened to me. The card fraud itself is not much of a story to tell. But there are other things about it that are ...
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Passengers should be paid for false arrival claims and cancelled rides. | Commuters have aired a lot of grouses with Grab Car after the latter announced a change in their pickup grace period policy. Passengers who are ...
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Dark is the new light. | I’ve gone with a dark theme on most of my gadgets — phones, tablets, and laptops — but for a long time, I’ve not come around to turning my blog dark. Well, it’s ...
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I suppose I’ve been doing this for too long. What comes as second nature, and common-sense, to me, seems to be exceedingly complicated for some other people to understand. Or, maybe, as I sometimes think, they just cannot ...