Google and YouTube

June 5, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

Google is my favourite search engine. No surprise there. ‘Google dominates the search engine market with a 91.9% share as at January 2022. It’s ahead of Bing at 2.88%, Yahoo! with 1.51%, Yandex (Russian) owning 1.27% and Baidu (Chinese) at 1.16%[1].’ I like Google. No question or query is too complicated, trite or unique. I […]

Streaming, and not

May 29, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

I am at Season 4 of ‘Homeland’ on Hotstar. My husband and I are streaming episode 11. Yes, I know ‘Homeland’ is not a new show. It was on Netflix for eight seasons, and has since been removed. It is, however, currently available on Disney + Hotstar, another streaming service that we now subscribing to. […]

Birds make me happy

May 15, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

I like animals. More so, birds. I don’t usually make the effort to look out for or identify birds. But, if one flew in front of me or near me, it would make me smile and be happy. My husband and I have never been overly observant or curious. Of surroundings, people or animals. […]

Mobile pain

May 8, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

My mobile phone died on me last week. I woke up to a blank screen. The alarm didn’t go off. I checked the power lead. Tapped the screen to make it come alive. Tried to re-boot the phone. Nothing worked. The phone had literally fallen apart. The back casing was off. The glue holding it […]

A late majority or laggard

April 24, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

I sit between the late majority and the laggard. Maybe even later-late majority and laggard. What am I referring to? “The technology adoption lifecycle that describes customer behaviour related to the acceptance of a new product or feature. And, it is divided into five stages or categories – innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, […]

Evil driver

April 17, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

I cannot forget that profile. Youngish, probably in his early twenties. An almost innocent face. Innocent, he was not. Why, I asked? Too many times. What did I do to him? I played back the route that I had taken in my head. No accidents. No stalled vehicles. Nothing unusual. The early morning traffic was […]

Mopey

April 10, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

I get mopey. It comes and goes. When I’m mopey, the one recurring question in my head is, ‘What is the point of life?’ Don’t get me wrong. I’m not dissing life. On the contrary, I am grateful for my life. The people, the experiences and the learnings that have influenced and shaped me. My […]

The plan

April 3, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

I made a plan. To eat more. To sleep more. To care less. Eat more. I thought that’s what I’ve been doing all these years. Eating more or at least eating enough for my wants/needs. Not according to my husband. He has always maintained I eat too little. And, what I eat does not constitute […]

Making a call

March 27, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

My mum had a scheduled home visit with her palliative doctor on Tuesday. It’s always only Dr Rose. This time there was Dr Carmen, who recently joined Beacon Hospital. And, nurse Ruth. She was present to do my mum’s blood test. A once every three-month arrangement. Dr Rose’s home visit routine starts with questions about […]

No smoking

March 20, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

Big moan. Smoking in eateries. Blatant and more prevalent now. Which made me wonder if the smoking ban has been relaxed or rescinded. I checked. It’s still very much in effect. In fact, Malaysia enforced a no-smoking ruling at all eateries and restaurants nationwide on Jan 1, 2019[1]. Not just eateries. The ban covered/covers a total […]