Blogging about crypto as I learn
17 Feb 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
Hayao Miyazaki needs no introduction. He is the brains behind world-acclaimed movies like “Spirited Away” and “My Neighbour Totoro”. Tickets to his Studio Ghibli attraction in Tokyo are highly sought after. Tourists typically have to jump through hoo...
15 Feb 2024 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Just wanted to post my impressions and learnings from this book so that I don’t forget what I read: Thanks to Richard Branson, LinkedIn has added Dyslexic Thinking to its list of approved skills. It’s heartening to see how dyslexia is increasing...
15 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
You know the gnawing sense of dissatisfaction when you spent all day clearing tasks but producing nothing of importance. On some days, this dissatisfaction could escalate to anger. 😠 Today was one of those days. I started out the day by creating onl...
14 Feb 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
How far would you go to earn a few cents? Let me share with you my limits. I shared before that I recycle my rough papers and preloved books through a recycling program in my country: #387439 This morning, I took both of my kids to school. I also l...
13 Feb 2024 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
As a lover of books, I am familiar with the Japanese word “tsundoku”. It refers to letting books pile up on your bookshelf - unread. In fact, it even has its own Wikipedia entry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku#:~:text=Tsundoku%20(%E7%A9%8D%...
12 Feb 2024 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Work wasn’t too bad today. Not time-pressurising like other days. That’s because my Reporting Officer, who is my direct boss, informed me that she would take over some of the work she had previously assigned to me. So, I felt a load off my shoulders....
11 Feb 2024 1 minute read 3 comments cryotosensei
Given that we are exposed to greater amounts of information than our grandparents (and even parents), it’s no wonder we make use of our phone and apps to remember things. But precisely because we outsource the recalling of information to digital devi...
9 Feb 2024 3 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Since this blog may be a regular thing, I would like my readers to know me by this name: KL Sensei. It’s similar to what my students called me during my two years of teaching in Japan. I have a soft spot for “Sensei” because it sounds sagely. Huh, KL...
9 Feb 2024 2 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
First, I must apologise. I only realise when I was reaching my 10th entry that I should have recorded down the exact number of sats I used to make purchases from Bitrefill. Just recording the fiat value not only reveals my predominantly fiat-consumed...
8 Feb 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
Sleeping has a multitude of benefits. It helps your brain to consolidate stuff that it has been exposed to during the day. That’s why people wake up with creative ideas to tackle their problems. It is nature’s way of shutting yourself down from the o...
