Blogging about crypto as I learn
4 Sep 2023 3 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I have high hopes that my boy will climb the corporate ladder in the future. While mopping the floor, he opened the sliding door to the kitchen and mopped a bit of the kitchen floor, thus literally showing his largest stakeholder aka his mum how visi...
31 Aug 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Dear teachers, Spelling Bee fever is upon us - and the Semi-finals will be held on 18 September. We all know that soft skills are what gives us the edge in today’s AI-infused job market. Among these soft skills, emotion recognition and regulation wil...
30 Aug 2023 1 minute read 8 comments cryotosensei
It’s my birthday today! Yes, I know I’m probably the coolest teacher you will ever meet. But I’m not beneath shamelessly declaring my hatch day to all and sundry so that I might get less drama from my students on the actual day. Yes, when you are in...
29 Aug 2023 2 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
I unexpectedly got a fifth referral for my Trust app (AAH8FP2G). Guess it must be one of you peeps here since I haven’t broadcasted my referral code elsewhere.The 5th referral was double happiness because I got another $25 supermarket voucher. Not a...
21 Aug 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
How can an aspiring content creator on all things Japanese not review his Japanese wife’s cooking? Here goes… Every night, I embark on a journey of homemade Japanese cuisine, where the most humble dishes are made to meticulous perfection. The fragran...
20 Aug 2023 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
My son developed an affinity for hippopotamuses, so we intentionally enhanced his learning by engaging his five senses. We not only visited the zoo and borrowed books on hippos from the library, but also encouraged his hippo collection and even made...
19 Aug 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I actually teach financial literacy in school but when it comes to my four-year-old boy, I realise that I have to throw things like differentiating needs from wants and minimalism and budgeting out of the window. For one, he’s too young to understand...
12 Aug 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Dear teachers, Spelling Bee fever is upon us. The quarter-final round awaits us on 15th August. This week, I will like to introduce to you “Egghead”, an Aldo Zelnick comic novel. It weaves disparate elements into a unique story: Thomas Edison, Ha...
11 Aug 2023 2 minute read 3 comments cryotosensei
Someone asked this question on r/askSingapore and I wrote a long and considered response as featured below. Cheers to all long-time suffering parents! — First, I will like to calm your nerves by bringing up the Chinese proverb “家家有本难念的经” (Ev...
10 Aug 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I have stopped paying attention to National Day theme songs because they ride on the prevailing trend of the moment, only to dissipate the next year and maybe be revived ten years later. I mean, I don’t know if I’m just a cynical boomer grumbling but...
