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I am now out of caffeine jail. Back to my flat whites. Let us now give thanks for small mercies.

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I am not allowed to have coffee or any caffeine for the next three days in preparation for a routine medical test. Consider this a warning. Thank you.

Kim Huat is excited that Singapore will finally have space.

Nerdy Things Fathers Do: Take the opportunity, during an estate power interruption, to map the switches of the upstairs and downstairs Residual Current Circuit Breakers.

It was back in just under two hours. I was making my morning coffee with water boiled on the gas stove, and the Outin travel espresso maker that my wife gave me for Christmas.

We take so much for granted in Singapore. Thankful for these things. Like stable electricity and water.

Power restored to the home. We had a rare scheduled shutdown of electricity in our estate, from 9-11am, because of some construction work that needed the power supply to be cut.

I’ll wait for the second version of the DJI robot vacuum, the one that lets me operate it with FPV goggles and can fly.

I’m a sucker for technology like that.

My Zone 2 isn’t the same as my Wife’s Zone 2.

Ame No Naka No Futari by Yukio Hashi on Apple Music Song · 1966 · Duration 3:31

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Single of the Day: Yukio Hashi -- Ame no Naka no Futari （雨の中の二人）

It was so sunny today that I wore sunscreen inside my flat.

My friend pointed out that my photo of the short blackout in the NE part of Singapore, looks like an album cover.

For our new imaginary band, Power Failure, the album name: Rescue in Operation.

Power Failure is maybe the brother band of Power Station (動力火車）.

Or it can also be a U2 album cover.

Just like life, riding my bike doesn't always make sense. But that's why I love it Cycling is especially good for people with long-running knee problems or health issues. I've been able to do everything I've wanted to, but a clamor of what-ifs were often in the back of my mind.

www.npr.org/2022/07/18/1... “I make the most and the least sense when I'm riding my bike.

It's one of the rare things in life that lets you escape from the world, while also connecting you to it. I love to spin my way through forests, around lakes, and into little communities I never knew existed.”

WhatsApp does it more logically: If you tag someone in a group chat, YOU see what you named that person in your Contacts, but others see what THEY named that person.

Otherwise if you are in a group chat and you have one colleague you named CB Kia, everyone in the chat will see what you named him.

It’s interesting to me that iMessage displays the name you saved a contact under when you tag them.

But I use a nickname for my wife in my Contacts. And everyone in an iMessage group chat can see that nickname when I tag her.

Good thing I didn’t name her Tits McGee.

Malaysia's army conducting military exercise in Johor: Report SINGAPORE: A military exercise will be conducted in several areas of Johor from May 1 to May 13, Malaysian news agency Bernama reported on Wednesday (Apr 30). The exercise involves the 21st Special Fo...

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I may have a small insulated flask addiction.

(That’s a 180ml Kyocera CERAMUG MB-06S, in case you’re wondering).

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Dialing in a fresh bag of coffee beans today. I am a little edgy. Talk to me later.

If Kim Huat gave a #GE2025 self-introduction media interview.

Why These Hawaii Travelers Were Jailed And Deported Two young travelers expected their Hawaii trip to be the highlight of a long awaited world adventure. Instead, their arrival in Honolulu ended in handcuffs, jail, and deportation.

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Maybe just don’t go to the US unless absolutely necessary, for now.

Just watched Anyone But You on Netflix, starring Sydney… Opera House.

2025 Sanrio character ranking Official Website A total of 90 characters will be entered in this popularity vote event! Vote for your favorite character!

Listen. We need to end Cinnamoroll’s domination. Make Little Twin Stars the winners this year!

#TeamLittleTwinStars

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Warning issued as 23C heat blast to smash into UK today The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has issued an urgent warning as temperatures across the UK get set to exceed 20C.

www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2040... “Warning issued as 23C heat blast to smash into UK today”

Singapore: 23°C? Take out our puffy jackets now!

I pumped up the tires of my folding bicycles and charged my Lumos Firefly lights today.

You can thank me for bringing the storm.

Listen. It is 2025 already. Don’t make devices that can only be charged by USB-A to USB-C cables, can? Arrrgh!

Recently, a friend’s dry cabinet failed without his knowing, and it caused the expensive lenses and cameras within to get fungus. 70-80% humidity inside. Yikes.

So I use separate hygrometers in my dry cabs, linked to an app, to alert me if the humidity goes beyond 60%. Mine are from Inkbird.

Some people are Ghost Whisperers. Some are Dog Whisperers.

In my family, I am Water Refilllerer.

Every day. Refill the fridge ice-machine. Refill the Tiger Electric Airpot. Refill the espresso machine water tank. Refill the jugs of drinking water.

Kim Huat thinks other estates in Singapore should respect the State of Jurong.

Don’t listen to the critics who gave low scores, A Minecraft Movie was a lot of fun.

I watched it with my adult son who played Minecraft growing up, and he had a blast.

I also enjoyed the silliness.

We were surrounded by kids and their parents at our preview screening though. lol

#seewhatshow

1 child dead, 18 injured after fire breaks out at River Valley Road shophouse A total of 15 children and four adults were taken to hospital, SCDF said. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

What a tragic loss of life.

Those migrant workers and civilians who helped save the kids and adults were heroes. It would have been much much worse if they didn’t intervene.

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Me down to my last two 18g tubes of coffee beans.

Email: “Your order is on its way.”