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Jun 2022 School Holiday Ending

Daughter will start school on 27 Jun, in case you are wondering, she is in P1. I think she had a good long break, even though we didn't manage to visit MIL, maybe Dec see how, but I think wife's passport will be expiring soon by then, so need to renew earlier. For the whole month, daughter play Roblox, watch TikTok, wife got her to practise Chinese reading and writing, there's also a Student Learning Space (SLS) from MOE, there are several online interactive homework, finished all the May and Jun ones, I see some are Apr and earlier, daughter says the teacher already covered those in computer class so I let her skip. Currently daughter can't speak or understand Mandarin, problem is at home we don't speak Mandarin, write she can only follow based on what her Chinese teacher taught her. I should really start speaking to her in Mandarin. Personally I think Mandarin is useful, but writing Chinese not so much, I can't remember when was the last time I wrote in Chines
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My Java Still Not Bad

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https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2022/06/hmm-binance-still-hiring.html Yesterday was talking about the Java position at Binance, so today I went to refresh my Java knowledge, went through the whole Java tutorial at W3Schools . The tutorial is very solid, simple and straight to the point, should be very easy to follow even for beginners, I wish I had this tutorial when I started learning Java. I did pretty well in the quiz lol, actually the quiz is very easy, go try and you will know. Reminds me of when I started learning Java back in 2004, that time I borrowed books from library, also learn from the Sun Microsystems Java Trails website, very confusing when I started, it was over the years working on many Java projects that I slowly understand the concepts, mainly by reading other people's code and practising. I started with Java 1.4, today the Java roadmap is up to 21, Java is always evolving, never-ending learning haha.
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$BTC Average Price: No. 3 Wallet

Date: 2022-06-20 18:01:17 Address: https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/address/1P5ZEDWTKTFGxQjZphgWPQUpe554WKDfHQ Balance: 129,371.54 Cost: $2,899,270,484.78 Average Price: $22,410.42 BTC Price: $20,638.94 Profit/Loss: -$229,178,953.40
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Hmm, Binance Still Hiring

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https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/banking-finance/crypto-giant-binance-opens-2000-positions-for-hiring-ceo Tweet from CZ: It was not easy saying no to Super bowl ads, stadium naming rights, large sponsor deals a few months ago, but we did. Today, we are hiring for 2000 open positions for #Binance . pic.twitter.com/n24nrUik8O — CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) June 15, 2022 The markets are very bad right now, you can easily find news headlines of hiring freeze or layoff, and yet Binance is still hiring and 2000 open positions some more, I guess they have prudent management and a huge cash pile just for this kind of crisis period, no wonder they are number one. I found their official job opening page, I see 925 results so I suppose it means 925 job openings, not sure if this is their only career site though, but the number of openings is still crazy considering so many companies are downsizing right now. https://www.binance.com/en/careers/job-openings I happened to see a "Java Developer
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Wanton Noodle SG$4.00

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Just another day, another wanton noodle.
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Finished Learning Lambda Expressions

https://www.javatpoint.com/java-lambda-expressions Found this short and simple tutorial on Lambda Expressions, have hands-on practice too, once I run through every example, as in type through all the code, now I have a much better idea of how it works in Java. I think it really helps to keep code short and sweet especially when sorting stuff, this one "Java Lambda Expression Example: Comparator". Next, Python.
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Finished CryptoZombies Tutorial

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2022/06/learning-solidity-cryptozombies.html After completing the tutorials, I now have a much better understanding on how Ethereum works. I find the first 7 modules very good, the rest of the modules are a bit buggy so I ran through the rest quickly just for the concepts. Next I want to learn Lambda Expressions and Python. I came across Lambda Expressions but rarely use it because I don't understand the syntax. As for Python, I know it is an old interpreted language that saw a sudden revival thanks to big data, I think it was kind of dead for a long time until recent years, really interested to know why it is so popular now. I'm more of a Java guy, been involved in Java projects for a long time, it's definitely time for something different, I don't want to fall into the "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" category, always keep learning, don't stop learning.
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Collected Daughter's Passport

Appointment was at 12pm, went about 20 minutes early and got a queue number starting with D. Thought go early can get early end up not the case, but surprisingly it didn't take too long, settled the whole affair at around 12:15pm, was kind of worried if we have to wait a few hours haha. I saw on the queue number screen what each starting alphabet means: C = arrived within 15 minutes, have priority D = arrived early or late, no priority F = no appointment, wait up to 2 hours I also noticed there were queue numbers starting with FD, not sure if it is the same as F. For C, my understanding is if appointment is 12pm, and you arrive between 12pm to 12:15pm, you get priority. Kind of weird though. Anyway the passport collection area at level 2 was packed, many people collecting passport. They also put up barriers at level 1 entrance, only people collecting passport may enter, need to show the sms reminder for the appointment, but they allow me, my wife and daughter to go in even though o
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Anthony Hopkins - AHopkins.eth

Wow, even Anthony Hopkins also have his own ENS user name. This link search for his ENS user name: https://etherscan.io/enslookup-search?search=ahopkins.eth This link is the resolved Ethereum address: https://etherscan.io/address/0x5b4b7f43140e79a4452408ce10dd64fd17d8a2e5 I think if he come up with his own NFT collection sure sell out. JUST IN: Hollywood actor Anthony Hopkins has adopted his own ENS. pic.twitter.com/AdboSrAl9g — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) June 9, 2022
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Inflation is Ridiculous

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These days I experienced quite a number of food stalls with increased prices, even the economy rice near my house at Koufu Block 88 Tanglin Halt Rd also upped their prices. Two veggies one meat SG$5.50, beef or pork same, two packets for SG$11. I noticed that the helper was very carefully packing the food and trying his best not to give too much lol, must be instructions from the boss. Even the stalls at hawker centre also upped their prices, noodle one packet SG$3.50 become SG$4.00. Next year GST also increase, the year after also increase, GST increase 1% means everything increase by at least 10% or more, this is a historical baseline because the last time GST went from 5% to 7%, everything increased by 20-25% or more, anyone who lived through that will tell you it's true. So SG$5.50 + 10% + 10% = SG$6.70 for a packet of two veggies one meat economy rice at heartland? Or worst case SG5.50 + 15% + 15% = SG$7.30? I think by the time my daughter start working, one cai png at heartla
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