MTGS

Now that my contract is ending in Sep, I have been thinking if I should try other field to see if I can gain a new perspective and ignite a new passion. I have been in IT for 20+ years, it all started with a passion to learn more about hardware, software, network, programming, solve technical problems, every difficult problem I solved, I always felt that I leveled up, I mean I still feel a sense of achievement these days but it kind of feels different, or maybe I got older. I tried various roles, various industries, various projects, different companies, but it's always the same old shit, like people shitting in toilet and don't bother to flush for months and years, and I always have to go in to clean the whole toilet, that whole few years of shit, and I'm just getting a single person's salary. Not sure if people understand this, but for a car to run smoothly, every part has to work well, same goes for any system, any project, some people keep the whole car clean and ni...

So she wanted to find out how come I asked for 15-20% increment, so I shared with her the current situation, people leaving, expanded job scope and etc and she also surprised that I'm the one and only engineer left and she asked if there will be new people coming in I told her got interview one guy but not confirm also because that guy is a foreigner so need to clear another security level even if we want to hire him so it's like 50-50, then also not sure if there will be another guy coming in since 2 engineers tendered. Then she told me it's impossible to get 15-20% increment so I told her I will not renew the contract and I will work until Sep, then she said even though she said impossible but let her check with the company, I also told her that 15-20% was when one guy tendered, now that another guy tendered and there's no certainty of hiring people, I am asking for 25% increment instead. Then she said don't close the chapter yet, let her check, haha, I told her s...

The guy who got an offer submitted his resignation today with 1 month notice, so officially only left me the one and only engineer and two useless managers. Now if I renew my contract it means I have to tank everything and also do the jobs of the two useless managers, so essentially I will be doing 5 person job, asking for only 15-20% sounds absolutely stupid right now. Time to update my resume, even if they pay me 100% more I also can't do so many things and do 24x7x365 standby duty, crazy, now it's not a matter of increment anymore, ship sank, time to get the hell out, heng my contract ending in Sep so no need to tender or anything, just let it lapse lol.

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2025/10/almost-1-month-into-new-job.html My one year contract with this company ends in Sep 2026, recently the HR reached out to me regarding contract renewal and I told her my current job scope is quite huge so I want a pay raise, she asked me how much, I told her I want 15%-20% more, she say she will let her manager know. I think I should have asked for 25%-30% more, the job scope is seriously ridiculous and the managers are completely useless, non-existent and delegate everything out, machiam like paralysed patient lying on bed waiting to be spoon-fed, no wonder people call this company a retirement home, a lot of jiak liao bee here. One guy already tendered another guy already got an offer and should be tendering soon, so whole team only left me the only engineer and these two useless managers, the fact that there's 2 managers and 3 engineers tells a lot. If they offer 15%, I will take it and renew another year, if not just move on, I...

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2026/03/coinbase-perpetual-futures.html It's been about 4 months or so since I started playing with perpetuals, been trading with BTC and ETH but mostly BTC since it is the most stable among all crypto. Made many mistakes but fortunately still managed to make a profit of US$16,689.68. It's all about capital, market direction, positioning and patience, a lot of patience, many people get wrecked because they open positions of 10x or even 25x, the higher you go, the easier it is to get liquidated, so I try to keep my leverage around 2x to slightly over 3x.

Today went to put on the dental crown, so my tooth implant is finally completed. Feels a bit sore after dentist put it on, she told me it is normal and will go away.

Today went to take my tooth implant dental crown mold, paid $850. 2 weeks later to put on the crown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f13HINY_6RY So attacking Iran is merely a distraction from the fact that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files and accused of raping and threatening to kill children. There was no imminent nuclear threat, there is an imminent threat of Donald Trump getting exposed! Transcript taken from YouTube: Uh so why uh are Republicans so interested in Bill and Hillary Clinton? It's because they're trying to distract from the fact that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times . In those files, there's highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children, of Donald Trump threatening to kill children . So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations. And I'm highly disturbed that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch just got the law wrong. Yesterday he said essentially that it is not a crime to party with Jeffrey Epstein. Well, that's actually not correct. If Jeffrey Epstein was human trafficking minors ...

We finally put Covid-19 behind us and I thought things might just get better albeit inflation will never go away and then this idiot Donald Trump decided to attack Iran and create a global energy crisis out of nothing. Where's the imminent nuclear threat from Iran? None. Nil. NA. Non-existent. Only in the idiot's own imagination. Now WTI crude is at US$113, high oil price will lead to high inflation, everything will just get more even more expensive from now on. Also there's the suspicious trading activity before the idiot makes an announcement, I wonder if him or his family is doing insider trading. And the idiot is saying he wants to attack Iran's power plants, what a stupid f**king clown, clearly he is insane and should be immediately arrested and locked away before he cause even more damage. Donald Trump, you are a useless stupid f**king idiot clown, please choke on your own shit and die immediately.

From Kris Marszalek's X account, so they are pivoting to "enterprise-wide AI", people who don't fit in is getting fired. We are joining the list of companies integrating enterprise-wide AI. Companies that do not make this pivot immediately will fail. Companies that move slowly will be left behind. Companies that move immediately and pair the best AI tools with top-performers will achieve a level of… — Kris | ai.com (@kris) March 19, 2026 Meanwhile their ai.com is still in limbo as of 20 Mar 2026, not sure why they paid so much for a domain name and delivered a lame-looking site that only enables the user to login and does nothing else. Not sure how their business is doing, probably still doing well thanks to revenues from their exchange and app, but their Cronos chain is struggling, transactions getting lower and lower, their zkEVM chain is as good as dead. They still have another POS chain where its only purpose is to print more CRO, can't really understand why ...

She went for her usual consultation and the doctor found that her blood count is low again, so the doctor told me to send her to A&E. End up she warded for 3 days, did some blood transfusion to bring up the blood count. Total bill paid by my Medisave: S$2811.97.

Started playing with perpetuals, opened up a new world, now I'm able to play both directions instead of just buying and holding. Opened a small BTC short to try it out.

It's been a long time since I used MetaMask, it was back in 2022 and I remember it was quite unreliable even though it is one of the OG wallets, then I switched to Rabby which was fantastic and has been using it until now. Then recently I tried the new Coinbase wallet, they call it "Base: Formerly Coinbase Wallet", it is cool because it is a smart contract wallet, something which I have been looking for since 2022 and it supports both email and passkey login. Some thoughts about Base app: The email login is a bit clunky to use, every time I sign a transaction, I need to key in an OTP from my email. Passkey login is way easier on my iPhone, but on the desktop, I have to scan a QR to sign every transaction, takes a while to connect via Bluetooth. If I change my passkey, I have to apply the change to whichever other network I go to, otherwise I won't be able to sign transaction in the new network, for example I am in Base network, I changed my passkey, then when I try to...

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2026/01/went-for-dental-implant.html My abutment came off on second day of Chinese New Year, was eating food and then felt something loose, used my tongue to push and the abutment came off, think it was somehow loose already. Today then go to dentist to put it back, pretty fast procedure, inject some anaesthasia, cut a bit of the gum because it grow back so fast, about 24hrs maybe since it came off until I see the dentist. Dentist only charged me S$5, also told me if it comes off again, go back to see her, don't DIY. Also told her because I'm only eating with one side so my toothache, then she checked actually got food stuck in between, told me to floss properly. For this small procedure, no MC, so have to apply annual leave.

https://www.tiktok.com/@8world.news/video/7604087879735741704 Above is voice interview from eye witness Ms. Nguyen Thi Hanh, below is the transcript which I try to capture as correct as possible: So she hit the young girl first go in the center the stomach the first of the tyre. When I walk go to the market, so neighbour the carpark the girl and the mother walk in front of me, so the girl walk in front first then after the mother. When the car come out from the carpark so the lady (s)he drive out but don't know why (s)he drive so fast, and when (s)he turn right she only see on the right she not see on the left so she hit the young girl first go in the center the stomach the first of the tyre. When the young girl (s)he turn on the floor 3 time then the blood come out from the mouth. After the first tyre run on top the center the stomach the baby then after the first tyre (s)he run on top the leg of the mother. Second, when she driving she stop about 1-2 second then she want to try t...

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2025/11/temporary-crown.html Today went for my dental implant, wasn't as bad as I thought, gave me a few jabs of local anaesthesia and then dentist did her thing, didn't feel any pain, just pressure and shaking from the drilling, screw in the implant and abutment and finally sutures, took about 1 hour for one implant. Two weeks later I will go back to remove the sutures. Paid S$1950 from Medisave, another S$850 to be paid in cash 3 months later when taking crown mold, so total is S$2800.

Phase 1: 0 to 20 years old - grow up, education. Phase 2: 21 to 40 years old - work, marry, house, baby. Phase 3: 41 to 60 years old - semi-retire, baby grow up, baby education, baby work. Phase 4: 61 to 80 years old - retire, baby marry, baby house, baby baby. Phase 5: 81 to 100 years old - coffin, baby baby grow up, baby baby education. Phase 6: 101 to 120 years old - if I'm still alive at this point I will come back to fill this up. I'm at the third phase of my life, house fully paid, no car, no loan, no helper, no child tuition, no need take care parent or sibling. Hoping I can semi-retire at 55 years old, by then daughter would probably have completed much of her education and begin transitioning to workforce. I have no use for my CPF OA since I already got my BTO in 2024, most likely will stay until I die. So I transferred some to my CPF SA after setting aside some money in case daughter need it for her tertiary education. There's also her baby bonus CDA account which...

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2026/01/diabetes-scare.html After my blood sugar came down to normal range, my near vision seems to have improved, not as clear as previously but now I can see the text on my iPhone with the smallest text size, still takes a while to focus but definitely much better now. These days I totally avoid sugared drinks, candy, chocolate and whatnot and stick to healthier choices and I work out everyday and more heavy on weekends to build some muscles and I feel way better particular more alert. Hopefully my eyesight can recover to pre-hyperglycaemia level soon.

On the week of 08 Dec 2025, a stye grew on my right eye and I didn't think anything of it. In the following week, the stye broke and there was pus in my eye all the time, had to keep cleaning it, especially after waking up there was this huge chunk of yellowish or greenish hardened pus, good thing I have a lot of antibacterial wipes and I brought one pack to work. Then I noticed that my vision in both eyes started to get blurry even with glasses, can't see near with glasses, but if take off glasses can see near but then cannot see far, then with glasses far looks blurry. I also had trouble sleeping well for quite some time even prior to the stye because I kept waking up at night to pee and felt thirsty all the time, to make matters worse I don't drink plain water much, kept drinking sodas and sweet tea. On 28 Dec 2025, I went to buy a combo pack glucose monitor "Contour Plus Elite Blood Glucose Meter (MMOL) + Test Strips 50s + Lancets 100s + Alcohol Swabs 200s", i...

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2025/11/permanent-crown-broken.html Today manage to go off early after work and rush to clinic, go early the MRT and bus also damn crowded. So I reached the clinic a few minutes before appointment time, basically dentist helped to put on a temporary crown, I guess also did a really thorough cleaning and scanning before putting on the crown that's why the whole session took like 1hr 45mins or so. Then next week have to go back again to put the permanent crown, after that then talk about the implant to better spread out the force of my bite. Today paid S$1000 for the crown and S$5 for infection control charges, then orange CHAS card deduct S$410, so end up paying S$595. Hmm nowadays have this infection control charges, I checked with the staff she told me it is payable every visit, anyway not a big deal considering they squeeze you dry with other things, but at least now the CHAS card seems more useful, I remember last time orange is as goo...