Work, PhD, Freelancer, Startup ?

I feel bad for my blog. It used to be quite active, with me writing my life in hope to share my thoughts with others besides being a personal journal that I can revisit to judge whether my life is interesting or not. But lately, I have been too busy with my Master thesis and [...]

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Techpiece

It has been for a while since I wanted to be a more serious blogger. While telling about my life, opinion and feeling on this blog serves my emotional and psychological needs pretty well, I always had hoped to have a higher purpose of existence on the Internet.
Techpiece is my attempt to realise that. It’s [...]

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Specialist vs Generalist

… and you, Marcus, you have given me many things; now I shall give you this good advice. Be many people. Give up the game of being always Marcus Cocoza. You have worried too much about Marcus Cocoza, so that you have been really his slave and prisoner. You have not done anything without first [...]

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Work from home? Nah… Sleep from office? Yeah…

Today is rather different from usual. Firstly, my hair isn’t straight anymore. I had all the straightened parts cut out, and I’m back to my natural appearance. Received few weird glares and glances at the office, but could not be bothered to explain why I had haircut. Actually I didn’t want the hairstylist to cut [...]

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Finally, an idea

Finally got an idea for my Master thesis. Personally, I think it’s a splendid idea. I sent an email to Prof. Azizah asking for opinion, and she seems to think it’s worthy of research. But she foresees that I might have difficulty with Literature Review, because it is not known what real-life problems I may [...]

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My closest friends are far

Yesterday I was in KLIA to send a friend who is also a colleague abroad. He was leaving to do PhD in Cambridge. Cant really call him ex-colleague, because he did not resign but took a 3 year unpaid leave instead.
Funny thing was, at the same time another friend was arriving in KL from London, taking a [...]

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Playing the waiting game

What do you do whenever you are waiting for something in the public? Perhaps for departure in the airport, or for train or someone to arrive? Reading a story book is one of the options,but here I want to focus specifically on playing games.
The following is the ranked list of playable games/puzzles while waiting. I [...]

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Go, War and Sun Tzu

Just to what extent do we agree that a Go game is actually a war?
Chess is a battle, Go is a war. I am not suprised if every Go player in the world has heard of that saying. I previously dismissed any relationship between Go and War, thinking that Go was just a game and nothing more. Just what benefits [...]

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My First Study of Economics.

Nothing is better than a book that teaches, excites and encourages critical thinking all at the same time. And this book that I borrowed from UTM library, Essential Foundations of Economics is exactly that. I shunned the study of economics during my A-Level and University for a total of six years. But now this book presents [...]

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Another hobbyist in the family !

My sis, eldest one, has started a blog on her passion : scrapbooking !. Calling herself DrScrap, she showcases her  flowery, coloury creative products. She’s a doctor, but I see her natural talent in being a surgeon. She cuts stuff pretty well.

Anyway I’m impressed she managed to find a nice WordPress layout for [...]

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