Blogging about crypto as I learn
19 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I think the lady boss of 食惠鱼圆面 at Blk 780, Yishun Ring Road coffee shop has got to be the nicest stall holder in Singapore. So nice that I feel compelled to feature her on my blog. She doesn’t provide mobile payment methods like many stallhol...
18 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Disrupted my boy’s television viewing to read this book to him. This was the first time I was reading it too, and I wanted to find out the extent to which this book would be useful for primary school children learning Science. The intrigue factor...
17 Jan 2025 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
I started off 2025 with a bang, emailing my roboadvisors, namely StashAway, Syfe and Endowus to find out what would happen in the event of my demise. The next step was very clear. I need to make my will. But actually I had already made my will befor...
16 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
An ex-colleague at my previous school gave me this book, presumably because of my affinity with Japanese culture. I didn’t really enjoy reading it the first time. I think I expected an exploration of how modern people could find ikigai in their wret...
16 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
and zaps might have very little to do with it. which is amazing, given that we don’t know each other in real life. but SN offers a confluence of factors that facilitates deep sharing. For example, two Stackers shared the other day that the reason wh...
15 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
As an English teacher, I’m expected to give a book review in front of the entire school to promote the love of reading. Of course, Sensei will cunningly get his students to do it on his behalf, under the guise of ‘self-development’. So, his lucky...
10 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
It was bound to happen, but I didn’t expect it to happen so soon. My son taught me a new word in Japanese. I’m not particularly 負けずに嫌い (makezuni kirai, Japanese for hard to lose out), but since I am an ex-Science teacher, I have been inundatin...
10 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
4/1/2025 The concept of a power spot exists in Japanese. It refers to spiritual places where you feel at one with the surroundings. Something about the calmness and tranquility that makes you recharge your batteries. It may seem strange to say this...
9 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I don’t always have time to plan my lessons, so I was happy to have the capacity to do so today. My WALT (We Are Learning To) statement was Learn the in- and im- prefixes. This was a word attack strategy as understanding how to work out the meaning...
8 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
December is the busiest month of the year for many of you. As for me, since I get to enjoy one month of protected time during the school holidays, I have the luxury of time and space to catch up with my friends. Due to the complexities of modern lif...
