December 10, 2019

15 days before Christmas. The haze here in Sydney is bad.

I have lived in Sydney for over 10 months now. It is a nice city. The only bad thing is the haze for the past 3 weeks.

The smoke enters your nose and leaves a bad smell in the nostrils.

Sometimes I can taste the smoke in my tongue.

I am on the train to work. A few more days left to work this year before I take a short vacation.

Time flies. I have been in Sydney for over 3 months now. We have visited a few places like Blue Mountains, Botany Bay, Cronulla, Sydney Opera house, Bondi Beach, Koala Park and gone to a few malls like Westfield Hornsby, Castle Tower and Macquarie Centre.

It is almost winter now. It is cold in the morning and evening.

We got a car here and it is convenient to drive around since there is no heavy traffic during weekends.

On weekdays I am busy with work.

I am here now in Sydney. This is a nice place. It is summer now. It is almost as hot as Singapore in the afternoon. It is cold here during the morning and evening.

In 2 days I will be in a new country.

I have stayed in Singapore for over 8 years.

I am thankful for my time here.

Last 2 hours with my current firm.

I enjoyed working in this company and I am thankful for the new opportunity coming my way.

Time flies.

After more than 5 years in one company it is time move on.

I have learned a lot. Hopefully I am more mature now and better in what I do.

I don’t have many reasons to complain.

I am healthy and not yet that old.

They say age is just a number.

Eat and sleep and exercise in the right amount. This is simple advice but sometimes hard to follow.

One journey ends, a new one begins.

Life is a series of moments. One day ends, a new one begins.

I am excited for my new adventure.

A new adventure will begin next weekend. 7 days left for me in Singapore. I am thankful for the ride.

I have 8 days left in Singapore.

I will miss this place.

Singapore is a nice country but it is time for me to move on to a new adventure.

I am thankful for my time here.

What is serverless computing?

I work in IT and I always log in to a server to test my work.

Technology moves fast.

What I learned in university seems obsolete now.

I am reading an article about serverless computing:

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/perspectives/rethinking-commercial-software-delivery-with-cloud-spanner-and-serverless?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019-january-gcp-newsletter-en

It is interesting.

I would like to build an app that is useful.

Generating money would be nice but it is not my main objective.

Most people have to work to buy food and pay rent.

Life is not easy. Some say life is what you make it.

We are a product of both our genes and our experience.

Sometimes my work can be boring especially if there is a lack of growth and new challenges.

Writing here is one way to kill time and a way to help me review and organize my thoughts.

I read somewhere that stupidity is doing the same thing but expecting different results.

Maybe many people are stupid but who cares?

If there are smart people then there should be stupid people.

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton