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Merry Christmas Everyone!

The year is about to end and yes it was one challenging and full of adventure 2018. Who would thought that after 10 years I'm still here working in a university, something I didn't even plan to pursue but probably it was a decision that I took and never regretted. Starting from an engineering background which is also the first job I took at a semiconductor manufacturing company for so many years and later going back to college and shifted into programming. To look back, the Singapore trip with my colleagues is one for the books, it was a fun filled adventure going around Singapore, visiting Google Singapore office and Expedia, the food and meeting our former students and workmates who are now based there. Last May, I was fortunate to be given a chance to visit Google at Mountain View, CA and attended the  GDG Leaders Summit and Google I/O 2018. Meeting my co-leads from the my own country and the rest of the world is an experience one would appreciate a lot, basically lea...

Singapore 2018

It's been awhile since the last time a post was made in this place, got a little busy (making excuses here) at work and life as well. So many things have happened in the past year since then and yeah I'm here again. So, it's the end of another school year and tomorrow is the graduation day of the 2nd to tha last batch of pre-K12 BSIT students in our university. Next school year we will welcome the 1st batch of K12 finishers into the university, hoping that many will take information technology program. Last week, we took a few days off to Singapore taking the opportunity to visit Google Asia Pacific Office, Expedia and see the IT Show 2018 in Suntec. It was a fun filled activity for the members of the faculty who joined the trip, the experience was amazing and memorable. We opted to stay in Bed & Dreams Inn in Clarke Quay it's a backpacker place and was surprised how good the place for budget travellers. The location is just perfect and close to great places to visi...