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I don’t actually check my blog very often. So I usually don’t get to see comments made on any posts until several months later. My apologies to those who commented on past posts. Actually, this blog isn’t very public. You can’t access this blog from any menu on my website. I don’t make efforts toContinue reading “Comments”

Sometimes I google my own name, and I find that there are so many ‘Daniel Tay’s around. The most famous ‘Daniel Tay’ is the movie star who acted in the film Elf. I have no idea what he looks like. Then there’s the ‘Daniel Tay’ who started Bakerzin, sold it off, and went on toContinue reading “Daniel Tay”

I used to work 48 hours a week. 52, if you count commuting time. But it was a 4-day work week. I had full flexibility how I wanted to manage my time, and I wanted to have 3 off days a week. So I decided to work 12 hours for each of my work days.Continue reading “My four day work week”

I’ve completed this game. It’s a fascinating game. There are 3 characters in the game. There is you, the wanderer, also the Ego. Then there is Es, the Id. And then there’s the Facade, which is the SuperEgo. When you first play through the game, you’re not sure what’s going on. You think you’re theContinue reading “Alter Ego 2”

I’ve had a few people tell me that I’m their hero. While that can be flattering to hear, I feel I don’t deserve their admiration. I am not the person that the media portrays me to be. Actually, I don’t think anyone is what the media portrays them to be. Media needs to portray peopleContinue reading “Hero”

I saw something on Facebook today that resonated with me: “I once said to my therapist after a particularly hard week, ‘I wish I could just fix all of my problems and move on to live a normal life.’ And he looked at me and said, ‘There is no finish line.’ Those words felt likeContinue reading “There is no finish line”

You know how soldiers who have gone through war suffer from PTSD? When they encounter something that triggers their memories and they have flashbacks of their traumatic experiences and these cause them to break down? Turns out, one doesn’t need to have gone to war to suffer from PTSD-like symptoms. Divorce or separation can doContinue reading “PTSD”

I’m playing an Idle game called Alter Ego. It’s quite fascinating. It gets you to called points call Ego by clicking on thought bubbles. When you have accumulated enough, you can exchange them to do a personality test. Based on the results of the tests, the content of the thought bubbles change. The interesting thingContinue reading “Alter Ego”

I was taking the train yesterday morning at about 8.30am. It was crowded. I haven’t taken the train at this hour for a long time as I normally set my meetings at 10am to avoid the peak hour crowd. Walking through the crowd reminded me of my past life, where I would head to theContinue reading “Work”

I’m gradually coming out of my cave. But I made a mistake yesterday and overextended myself again. However, it was also due to unforeseen circumstances, which I suppose could have been better planned and buffered for. One boundary I set for myself as I’m recovering is to meet no more than one person or groupContinue reading “Overextended”