I’ve been using luggage from Briggs & Riley for about 15 years now. This week, the newest addition to the family arrived.
Continue readingCheckpoint Charlie: Visualisation
You could say that The Matrix digital rain is the ultimate form of visualisation, as it represents in 2D everything that happens in an entire virtual world inhabited by a race of human batteries. Too bad it isn’t real, or is it?
Continue readingEarning and burning Krisflyer miles (Europe Autumn 2020)
Human beings were not designed to spend thirteen hours in a flying tin can, but if you really have to, doing it in Business class on Singapore Airlines is definitely a good choice.
And if you’re spending your own money, the most cost-efficient way would be to earn and redeem Krisflyer miles.
Continue readingThey say that knees are the first to go
One inevitable outcome of aging is that the body starts to deteriorate. Everyone ages differently, but everyone ages. For me, the knees are the first casualty of time.
Continue readingTrip planning: Mountains, museums and canals (Europe Autumn 2020)
Sometime last year, The Wife commented that although we’ve been to Spain twice, we haven’t visited other parts of Europe.
“Switzerland sounds nice,” she added.
Yes, it does.
Continue readingCheckpoint Bravo: Basic computing tools
While strengthening my theoretical foundation, I’ll start familiarising myself with the basic tools to run data science projects. The good news here is that most of these are open source, freely available on the internet and well used by the global data science community.
Continue readingCheckpoint Alfa: Theoretical foundation
Mathematics and statistics are the core foundations of data science theory, and I’ll start with a few key topics to build a strong theoretical base for my learning journey.
Continue readingGetting from here to there
Progress is made one step at a time, and the trick is to keep moving. This is my first stab at mapping out a data science learning journey. Ikimasho!
Continue readingTrip planning: Snow, sushi and onsens (Japan Winter 2021)
The last time we were in Hokkaido was in 2015. It was a group tour where we were bused around and didn’t get to spend much time at each stop. For our return visit, we’ve decided to go free-and-easy and add in a trip to Hakone and stay at a traditional ryokan.
Continue readingA taste of the Greek islands in Singapore
The first sight that greats you is an ice-filled tray of fish specially flown in from Greece. I leaned in subtly for a smell test, fully expecting a whiff of wet market fragrance, but got nothing instead. Fresh and not jet lagged, exactly how I like my fish.
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