Change forehand once and for all
Play more to the back
Play more straight shots, less crosscourts
Open racket face on the backhand
Stay away, stay away, stay away!
Kleon 4-11, 6-11, 11-6, 5-11
Elaine 11-0, 11-8, 11-5
Zahiri 11-6, 12-10
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Work thoughts
Trying out wordpress for the iPhone. I helped to conduct an interview for a senior Dev role yesterday and one thing I did not know is how to ask a question to determine whether he really had in depth knowledge of a programming language and frameworks. Vic asked a question on finalizers from which he based his judgment. So my goal when I conduct an interview next is to be able to ask more effective questions from which I can gather something meaningful. The questions I asked yesterday could not tell me whether the person was an outstanding developer or not.
Also a major issue happened yesterday which I felt I could have handled better. Trying to focus on what went wrong instead of taking it personally. I have a tendency to take the things I do too personally and seriously. Like what happened with respect to the pub quiz event. I knew it wasn’t within my control that the event called cancelled last min but I still felt really bad for the pub owners.
Back to the issue yesterday:
1. I should have gotten Vic to join the call much earlier on.
2. Should have checked all the logs earlier on instead of basing it on what I had known earlier. My assumption led to the issue taking longer to resolve.
3. How to make it easier to inspect all the logs at once to get a bird’s eye view of the situation?
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I was lying there in the dark and my brain was working overtime. Seeing that I was not going to be allowed to sleep until I let my thoughts be heard, here I am. It does not help that I have a 9am meeting tomorrow.
Its (for want of a better word) funny how easily we forget the acts of kindness and service that people have done for us in the past. And that when those same people come back to seek help, our knee jerk response might be to feel a little indignant, even affronted. Especially when you have a love-hate relationship. Note to self: As much as possible be grateful and generous.
4 years ago when my grandmother died, my brother was the one who broke the news to me. I was at NUS, near the Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library. After i heard the news, I sat down and recounted certain fond memories of her. At that point I thought a fitting tribute to her would be to write a post about how much I loved her and respected many aspects about her, and distill that poignant moment into everlasting words. But alas I did not tap into that moment of inspiration that day and so its lost. A promise to myself: To write this long overdue tribute to my wonderful A-ma before my 25th birthday.
I thought about my grandmother today because i think it is by virtue of her pleasant, patient and giving nature that her children grew up to be patient and full of tact. With the way in which she interacted with others she could win over even the most difficult people to her point of view. One could be expressing the same message as her; however her message would probably be the one that hits home. And that is why when she left she was sent away with love and affection from every single one of us, no crocodile tears, no politics, no squabbling over the inheritance and all that family shit that you hear about sometimes. (Maybe there were politics I was not aware of, who knows. But unlikely.)
TBC as I do really have an early morning meeting tomorrow. Now that little niggling headache I have been having since afternoon, Begone!
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