Strawberry Switchblade was one of the most distinctive female synth-pop acts to emerge from Scotland in the 1980s, best known for their 1984 hit “Since Yesterday.” My heart skipped a beat last night when I came across a YouTube video showing Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson, members of Strawberry Switchblade, appearing together in the same… Read More »
I reminded my daughter today—who is currently pursuing a business degree in Singapore—to be extra careful on the roads. Traffic there moves fast, often too fast. Just a few days ago, a very sad and tragic incident occurred in Chinatown, where a six-year-old tourist was fatally hit by a car. It’s heartbreaking to think that… Read More »
Today marks the soft opening of Lucky Classic Kopitiam in Sibu, Sarawak. I am the main financier. However, I do not run the business each day. Instead, my wife runs it. She started the idea. She planned every detail. Now, she manages the kopitiam full time. The soft opening took place at 9:35 a.m. on… Read More »
I had this one Excel file that kept bugging me every time I opened it. A dialog box would pop up saying: “This workbook contains links to one or more external sources that could be unsafe. If you trust the links, update them to get the latest data. Otherwise, you can keep working with the… Read More »
The 2025 Oscars wrapped up just two days ago, and I caught the ceremony on Disney+ Hotstar. Now that the dust has settled, here are a few thoughts on this year’s event. First, Alain Delon’s omission from the In Memoriam segment was shocking. I couldn’t believe they left him out while including Anouk Aimée—both icons… Read More »
I was driving my son to school this morning at around 6:25 AM, with the radio tuned to 102.50 FM. As we were listening, Sabrina Carpenter’s song Espresso came on. I commented to my son that there was an even better artist called The Carpenters with a classic song titled Top of the World. Would… Read More »
I attended the JTH annual lunch on 11 February 2025, held at the Jasmine Ballroom of RH Hotel. During the first part of the lunch, there were 30 table draws, but my table didn’t win even once. That wasn’t the unusual part. The strange thing was that I was seated at Table No. 26, and… Read More »
Today is a big day for my daughter as she begins her final SPM paper, which will also be her last day of school. She plans to skip Form 6 and head straight to college. Time has flown by—I can still clearly remember her first day of school. As this new chapter starts for her,… Read More »
I finally found the solution to why the SAP login screen wasn’t remembering the last user IDs I used. If you’re facing the same issue, follow these steps: Navigate to the folder:C:Users<USERNAME>AppDataRoamingSAPSAP GUIHistorySAP_Cache_<USERNAME> Delete the file named SAPHistory<USERNAME>.mdb found in that directory. SAP GUI will automatically create a new file, and the problem will be… Read More »
It’s hard to believe that eight years have passed since my last post in 2015. Time truly flies, doesn’t it? A lot has happened since then, and so much has changed. Thankfully, my family and I managed to get through the Covid-19 pandemic. During this period, I mourned the passing of my beloved Dad, which… Read More »
