the personal blog of C.K.Koay
What are your “settings” when you absolutely must get work done?
Mine involves music, an endless supply of coffee, tea or water within arm’s reach, my trusty Logitech MX Master 3s mouse, a large widescreen monitor and absolutely zero interruptions.
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Recently, we embarked on a long overdue decluttering of our home.
Cheryl considers me a hoarder, a term I find hard to refute. I do sometimes see myself as an archivist of all things with future potential utility. I do keep the packaging from all my gadgets. Not just the box but also the documentation, receipts, inner cardboard scaffolding and yes, even the little silica gel packet that sternly warns DO NOT EAT, as if I had plan to live for a prolonged period of time in a sauna.
Continue reading “A Hoarder’s Tale of Decluttering”“Grab your coat and get your hat, leave your worries on the doorstep—just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street…”
And so goes the opening verse of “Sunny Side of the Street,” a cheerful standard that has been covered countless times by some of the most talented musicians. It’s a simple, happy tune that is sure to brighten anyone’s day.
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I love horror films. My friends, who have access to my video library, often comment that I must be a deeply disturbed individual.
Well, I am. But not because of my taste in horror films.
Continue reading “Ghosts don’t like Physics”
“When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother, ‘What will I be?’”
And so begins Que Sera, Sera, a song many of us (of a certain age, I must add) grew up learning and humming as we went about our merry ways. By today’s standards, the song is almost laughably simple. No multilayered tracks. No music video. No auto-tune. No beat that could launch a viral TikTok dance. Just a woman asking life’s biggest questions and receiving what sounds like a philosophical shrug from the universe: Whatever will be, will be.
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I was recently asked what advice to give students about which courses they should pursue so they can be gainfully employed when they graduate.
No, this wasn’t some profound moment in a hushed university lecture hall. It was my drinking buddy interrogating me in a cricket-themed pub in Bukit Damansara after we’d both exceeded the legal limit to operate anything more complex than a toilet flush.
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