Blogging about crypto as I learn
29 Jul 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
My students interviewed their Vice-principal last Friday. However, since they are not yet proficient in spelling and taking notes, they were unable to record down key points mentioned by the vice-principal. After all, it must be a nerve-wracking expe...
29 Jul 2024 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
First came across nudges being discussed at length in a book titled “Work Rules!” written by Laszlo Bock. Laszlo was the ex-Senior Vice President of People Operations, and he described how nudges were deployed to prompt people to make beneficial deci...
27 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
My five-year-old boy has the dubious honour of being fed at meal times. However, something unusual happened. He: I finished eating by myself! I: 你很独立。 (Thought fleetingly of the word “independent” but decided to use Chinese with him instead.) H...
27 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
The mark of a great book is whether it inspires you to take action. If we use this as a success criterion, “Work Rules!” would have passed with flying colours because when I read Laszlo’s persuasive prose about conveying high expectations, I literal...
26 Jul 2024 2 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
They changed the incentive structure at r/ethtraders quite drastically, so I haven’t been posting there regularly. That’s why you haven’t been bombarded with such posts. Nonetheless, because I have made it a habit to post something whenever I come a...
25 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I had lunch with my vice-principal today. He was newly posted to my school this January, so he remained an enigma to me. This lunch date was the first time I had a chance to converse with him. He was rather open about sharing himself, so it was grea...
24 Jul 2024 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
As an English teacher, I’m preoccupied with teaching my students the finer points of capitalisation and punctuation. Especially so for this semester because they will be tested on the accurate use of capitalisation for their final year exam. But te...
24 Jul 2024 3 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
In Singapore, our junior high school students have to sit for an oral examination as part of their qualifying examinations for higher education. This oral exam comprises a conversation, in which examiners ask the candidate three prompts based on a...
23 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
The Primary School Leaving Examination is a milestone exam all children in Singapore take when they are 12 years old. In achievements-preoccupied Singapore, it’s an important exam as it determines which children can gain entry to the top secondary sc...
23 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Came across the term quantum leap in my reading recently. It prompted me to think about habit formation. A lot of books and podcasts out there advocate breaking down a Big Hairy Audacious Goal into smaller goals so that the journey of a thousand mile...
