Nefarious November

Yes...  This has been an extremely wicked month where work is concerned.  This particular "team mate" of mine is really an asshole, and that's putting it mildly.  There was an instance when the overwhelming colleague (who made me got my chest tightness in our meeting last month) reached out from a JIRA story complaining about a feature that was supposed to have been deployed on the previous week but was nowhere to be found.  And this "team mate" of mine left a scorching remarks in the JIRA thread that really made my blood boil.  Turned out, the enhancement was overwritten by a deployment that made it gone missing.

What An Asshole - Galaxy S23+

Opaque October

I felt like October just whizzed past me.  So many things happened over a span of less than 31 days.  Work has been unforgiving as usual.  I'm strongly considering to ask for an internal transfer as soon as I'm eligible because I really cannot stand the pace and an ambitious team mate who's willing to make me look bad so that he can get ahead.  There's also this other colleague who's so stubborn, sitting with him for a meeting earlier this month almost triggered my panic attack again.  It was a sensation that I haven't felt in a while but suddenly returned this month.  I guess I have been quite stressed out at work.  I have finished almost 24 muscle relaxant pills this month.....  That's how difficult this month has been... 

Waiting to See The Doctor - Galaxy S23+

Abysmal August

As I'm writing this month's entry, I have just submitted 2 complaints for missing items in my online delivery purchases as well as repacking an item that should be returned due to the wrong order being sent to me.  In total, 3 deliveries were bungled over a span of 7 days which leaves me extremely annoyed.

Morning View From The Office - S23+

Tiann's (甜) at Tiong Bahru

On National Day afternoon after we came back from Zam Zam, we went to Tiann's at Tiong Bahru, 71 Seng Poh road to be exact.  Not immediately of course, but sometime in mid-afternoon.  I had to visit some cafes there to get materials for my company's newsletter.  I'm a very dedicated person eh...  This time around I brought along my A7RMk2 and Batis 2/25.  I thought having Full Frame DOF would be quite appropriate for this "assignment". 

Tiann's Exterior - A7RMk2 + Batis 2/25

Home Made Cold Brew (みずだし)

So a colleague in office told me that he likes cold brew coffee.  I had tried one in Starbucks but was not really impressed by it so I dismissed it as some hipster brewing method for people with too much time.  However, I also know this colleague of mine to have quite a distinguished palate - at least for coffee.  So if he said cold brew is good, then it must be good.  Perhaps the one in Starbucks had not been up to my standard, so I thought I'll try to brew one myself.

The brewing instrument I use this time is a Hario Mizudashi pot.  I bought this pot in Batam 6 years ago and used it to brew tea instead....  Well, now I use it to brew coffee.  

As for the coffee itself, I used 100% Java Arabica at 100 grams.  The ground has to be medium coarse.  A good reason for a medium coarse ground is so that the water can pass through the ground coffee and then through the filter when you pour it in.  Coffee connoisseurs might say that it is for better taste and less grimy final solution (whether coarse or fine you'll still see some sludge deposit at the bottom of the container).  Well, I'll just say use medium coarse ground and let it stay at that.  

100 grams of Java Arabica from Excelso