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Baby's Heart Operation Most Probably June 2024

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2023/11/baby-going-for-heart-operation-in-2024.html Today went to see the surgeon, or rather part of the surgical team, so it's one big doctor, another doctor, a nurse and a coordinator who is the point of contact between me and the surgical team. So the big doctor went through the story of what happened, why the operation is necessary, why they recommend to do it as soon as possible, what are the risks, how long the operation will take, how long to recover and so forth. My understanding is that the operation is necessary, better to do it while she is young, have to cut down her old scar on her chest, the operation will take around 4 hours if no complication, there is mention of Ross Procedure if the valve is damaged, there are also other possible complications like bleeding and "heart sticking to something", didn't fully catch this part. If all is well, will probably take around 4 weeks for her to recover. I don't have ...
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6 Weeks at New Job

For the 6 weeks, I just surf X, Reddit and check crypto like 90% of the time, the rest is some training, briefing, only today then they started officially assigning a case to me, like really just a single case, anyway I still haven't get my server access so have to share with others, a bit troublesome and also risk locking out other people's account if I'm not careful. Compared to my previous job, the workload here is much lower, simpler and organised, largely because they have the necessary processes in place and well-staffed teams so everybody plays a specific role, no such thing as wearing multiple hats. So far I'm liking this job, after working so many years in multi-hat environment, it's nice to find a job with specific scope, I think when young can chiong multi-hat to gain the experience, then older can work on something more specific and have more bandwidth to share the experience with younger people if they are willing and point them in the right direction s...
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Singapore is Overcrowded and Smelly

After taking the EWL and NSL and smelling shit for a month now, sort of come to a realisation, this country feels overcrowded and smells of shit all the time, maybe my nose is too sensitive or maybe it's just that I take the train too much. Just to console myself, I watched some nightmare commutes on YouTube, like Tokyo, Manilla, Mumbai, ours don't really come anywhere close, like Mumbai the commuters even hang outside of the train and jump into the train before it stops, or Tokyo and Manilla where they squeeze to the max skin to skin, imagine the shit smell of even more packed trains. I think if Singapore pushes for 10M population, we will see what I see in Tokyo, Manilla, Mumbai. Really don't know what this government is thinking, I wonder if our ministers take the train and smell the shit or not.
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EWL and NSL MRT Always Smells of Shit

So due to my new job, I take the East-West Line and North-South Line on a daily basis, one thing that really annoys me is every ride always have this shit smell randomly, like somebody shit their pants or something, everytime I catch a whiff I quickly hold my breath. It's not like this is something new, I remember not so jialat but that was like more than 10 years ago when I used to take the EWL daily, after getting my own place, I only take direct bus. Take bus sometimes also have the shit smell but not as bad as MRT. I don't know what to say, shitting and farting is natural but to do so in train or bus with many people is just insane, people should practice good bowel habits, clear your shit regularly. Strangely Circle Line and Downtown Line I don't get the shit smell, maybe I don't take frequently enough but EWL and NSL every single fucking ride have the shit smell. Another thing is EWL and NSL always very crowded, if lucky can board a less crowded train but will sti...
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Belkin SoundForm Play AUC005 Update

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2024/02/belkin-soundform-play-auc005.html After using this for two days, I love it, the battery indicator is super nice and the sound is really not bad at all, even got bass control. The battery life is also pretty good but not big issue for me since I bought two of it. No regret for this purchase.
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Belkin SoundForm Play AUC005

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2023/07/bought-nokia-e3100-plus.html Getting tired of the headphone peeling off, decided to get true wireless earbuds instead, saw this Belkin model selling for S$29.90, bought two of it. The sound is surprisingly good, way better than the Nokia E3100 Plus. Good buy.
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Chicken Biryani on CNY

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Most of the shop closed during CNY day one, at least Indian restaurant still open and we went to have Chicken Biryani, damn good.
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10th Day at New Job

After starting work, there was some more onboarding stuff, took a while to go through, the major piece left should be server access, after that should be more or less there I guess. There are many systems talking to each other so need some time for my info and access to propagate but I guess that's just how MNCs have to operate, everything have to be digitalised, systemised and integrated so they can run global operations easily, beautiful thing is that everything is linked together and I can just login with single sign-on to access whatever I need anytime anywhere. There's also no such thing as physical signature, everything is digital signature, finally I don't have to print, sign and scan anymore. I also got my first pay and payslip, I wasn't aware that I needed to submit my bank details by myself until the payroll team alerted me, so I just sent them my bank details via email and they manually processed it, since the system doesn't allow editing bank details onc...
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First Day at Actual Workplace

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2024/01/first-day-at-new-company.html Today went to the actual workplace, indeed it is not as posh, just an open office space with desk and seat arrangement similar to those that one typically see in a call centre but my job is not taking call, they will route cases via a ticketing system and my job is to find out what is the issue, very focused role, no more bao sua bao hai. Starting nothing much for me and I don't have the access to the ticketing system or server yet, so I'm supposed to learn from another guy on existing issues, overall the culture seems very chill, everybody very chill, no particular dress code but seems like business casual is the norm, some even just wear t-shirt. Only thing is need to change pass to enter the area, have to be careful not to lose the pass and remember to return it before going home or leaving the site and the pass is for entry to specific areas only, cannot anyhow roam around. Travel to the workp...
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First Day at New Company

This is probably the coolest first day that I have ever experienced, maybe because it is an American MNC, their culture is more open I guess. Their office very nice sia, even got a Starbuck-ish cafe inside. I also noticed hardly anyone wear formal, guys are in t-shirt or polo then jeans or pants and sports shoes or covered shoes, gals in t-shirt then pants and covered shoes. But then that's only for collection of laptop, actual workplace is at somewhere else haha, probably not as posh. Reported at 10 AM to collect my laptop, it's just laptop and charger nothing else, no bag no mouse, the laptop setup process is pretty straightforward, I can see they are using a lot of modern tools. After that went home to do some security training, actually it's just a video of what not to do and sign a form that's it. Then they created a bunch of accounts for me, Gitlab, Jira and whatnot. Tomorrow will report to the actual workplace, about 1 hour+ trip from home, not too bad, have many...
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