This first month of 2020 is a blast of surprises from various catastrophies. From a US attack that nearly caused world war 3, a viral outbreak, natural and climate change disasters, Taal volcano eruption, Australia forest fire to the accident Kobe Bryant.

At work. Shun Wei Leaves the team, and Husseini filed for a tender. Tech refresh also makes things added more load since we need to frequently go to data center.

Vivo City during Chinese New Year

During CNY, when every place is closed and only the tourist malls are open...

Living in Sg. No where to go in Cny since most of the shops are closed. Actually Cny is a terrible time to go to Sg for tourist. The only place that is open is tourist mall and spots, but even the mall is open most of the shops are close.

Kobe is dead

Kobe one of the iconic basketball player died of a helicopter accident...

I like to play basketball. I like to follow NBA. Kobe inspired alot of people around the world causing them to mourn of his untimely death.

A new virus from Wuhan

There is this new virus from wuhan hopefully it is not as deadly as H1N1...

I don't know much of this virus but it greatly affected this chinese new year. A lot of new is about this virus is spreading and things dont look that good.

January is fully packed with disastrous events

A lot of bad stuff happened on the start of the new year...

Everyone is hopeful in the 1st day of Jan, one the next day Jan 2 world war 3 almost broke out after US sent drones to assasinate an Iranian official in a justifcation of defense! What! after that Iran gov't performed mild retaliation. Meanwhile in the Philippines Taal volcano erupted destroying 20-100 kilometer radius. Taal volcation is near to the capital and if it continious it has desastrous concequences. In Austrailia January is a firefighting month, when the outback suffered extreme uncontrolled forest fire hurting much of their wildlife. At the same month a new virus is impending to spread withing Wuhan China through out the world.

My kids got sick. I got sick. My wife had a back pain.

Nothing is more disastrous than sickness in the family...

Joyce got a mild fever that lasted for a few days, we suspect she picked this one in school. After Joyce recovered, Jace played in Vivo city then a day after Jace got this fever for a few days. Jace having fever is a difficult to handle. I also got sick and had some head ache and minor fever

Music: Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - Stay

One of my favorite single. Honestly I knew this song way back, but I only knew the singer this month lol. It is 2020 and it is not too late to know Lisa Loeb...

We plan to drop by Singapore National Gallery for the sunset light works. After alighting in City Hall MRT, we grabbed a quick Japanese Soba lunch at the renovated Funan Mall. We had a few shots and browsed a couple of stores.

Joyce played in the open grounds while waiting for the sunset. Jace is also freely running in the open field. The field had a great view facing the National Gallery and a farground of Marina Bay Sands. A band played near the diners area. There is also a set of musicials taking the tunes. The light show had brief intervals but most of them are worth seeing. It was enjoyable if you are with your family or friends.

Grocery during or pre-CNY (Chinese New Year) is a nightmare, expect a crowded supermarket and over stocked goods making the entire market stuffy.

Cityhall, Funan and Capitol Theater

Mix of old and new Singapore...

We dropped by Cityhall MRT station, which is beside the St. Andrews Cathedral. Across the street is the Capitol Theater, it is something like Theater in Recto Avenue back in Manila. Beside is the newly renovated Funan Mall. Inside the Funan Mall is a posh setup for teens, unlike the old Electronic Mall it used to be.

Took some photo of Joyce and Katrina in Funan Mall. A few shots with the standard mall displays. The mall is fun and has an energetic feel to it. There is also a wall climbing setup in the middle of the mall.

Singapore National Gallery Light to Night

Bringing dull walls to life...

Singapore National Art Gallery. The gray cemented walls, it reflects the age of early singapore during the colonial period. The metal roof dome can help you easily recognize the building within the perimeter.

Open grounds. Kids are playing and having fun. Music and lights. Family and friend gathering. Best of all it is free, food and drinks are expensive as expected in Singapore.

A tourist catching night lightshow. What is nice about this place is that, the area is family friendly with alot of kids around, at the same time it is for teens and adults who whats to gets some fun.

The insta360 look of the Singapore National Art Gallery.

Chinese New Year Grocery Volume

Buying stuff before the chinese new year is a battle...

Chinese New Year 2020, Year of the Rat is coming. Majority of people in Singapore are chinese by race so they Chinese New Year tradition is pretty much celebrated here. Singapore Cny stuff is Ang Bao, Cny dinner, Lohei and a long weekend.

Insta 360 One X Rapid Workflow Guide

How to deliver fast 360 content for insta360 one...

Just like any social media item, you want to do it fast and delivery it fast. Like in life you need to set a fixed deadline and be contented on what is available and just delivery them. If you dont delivery it now, it wont get delivered at all. Below is a few tips to do a quick insta360 workflow.

Tips for video capture.

1. Avoid long video (greater than 30 seconds), unless you will make it as a hyperlapse.
2. For Hyperlapse, mark or note the place of slow down. This will reduce the burden of your post editing, since you can just ramp the speed without looking.
3. Edit the speed adjustment first before the focal view.
4. I prefer 4k 50 fps, rather than 5k 25fps. The 50 fps can give you room to do a decent 1/2 speed.
5. Transfer on idle time, and use the cable. Export in edited mode and in 360 mode. Delete video from 360 app once exported.
6. Avoid log mode in video.
7. Max edit time per video should be 5 mins, excluding export.

Tips for photo capture.

1. Create only one-max-three photo of a shot in the same location. Normally you don't post multiple shots of the same place for 360.
2. If you have a moving, hard shot subject (like my son Jace), take a short 10 second video instead.
3. Use the 3 second timer instead of the phone camera remote.
4. Avoid log mode in photo.
5. Max edit item per phone is 1 min.

Space Time: Solution to the Three Body Problem

Interested how planets react to one another, checkout the common 3 body problem...

I am not astrophysist so I'll just leave the discussion in the video and this wiki Three-body-problem. Math and physics amazes me and how we can understand more of our universe.

Picking up a new stroller for Jace ain't easy. Jace is getting heavier and longer. We tried a few times to drop the idea of not having a stroller but it seems we still could not do without it. We also attended Darius Birthday Party on a Sunday at same time Taal Volcano exploded that afternoon.

This weeks' news about the Taal Volcano eruption is endless. The damage reached Laguna, Cavite and Batangas. Our country despite having a lot of disasters, still couldn't sort things out properly. Problems and practise makes you prepared, but for the Philippines it makes people complacent and indifferent.

Baby Fair - Jace's New Stroller

A new and bigger stroller for Jace...

It has been a long time since Kat and I went to a baby fair singapore babyfair mummysmarket. Obviously we don't have a next baby, we drop by to get a new bigger stroller for Jace. It took us a few round choosing from Graco, Chicco and Joie. The criteria is light, bigger support capacity, longer length and price. After considering all the options we ended up buying Chicco Key Fit 30, Trio Stroller.

The Chicco Key Fit basically can carry upto 24kg by specs but can strech for +10-15kg more, the hieght fits well for a 7 years old kids. Stroller alone is around 9kg, not the lightest but we just can't have it all. Wheels are quite good and feels light. Center of weight is good and has 4 milk or drink holders.

Darius 7th Birthday

Cyrus eldest kid, Darius 7th Birthday...

It was a kids party with a limited invited guest. Joyce enjoyed the Birthday Party with Tony the Clown and his games and antics. It was a breezed weekend, the party was on a Sunday night.

Taal Volcano Eruption

The eruption that cripped the immediate south of Metro Manila...

My personal take on this one concerns my family, hopefully the eruption wouldn't reach Manila badly. I have always reminded them to take pre-caution but sometime my family is really terrible in preparing and addressing worst case scenarios. The details of the eruption is everywhere and no need for me to put it in detail. One ca refer to the CNN pages.

Oracle Cache Nodes

Oracle sequence caching in the multiple nodes...

This week I was a victim of an old grumpy dba for my database node sequence ingnorance. I don't feel bad about his scolding it is just that he didn't handle stress quite well. I really feel bad for him for having such a bad mood on suchc age. I just thought he have a bad knee and is really painful for him to drop by our data center. To share note my ignorance I just tag a stackover flow note Oracle RAC and Sequences. Normally table data values should be the same between different nodes in a databases, except for sequence tables. No node can have the same sequence value if we define a sequence cache.

Tech Lead: Things to be Aware Before Getting into Software Developemnt

Like most crazy youtubers, tech lead vlogs are both hilarious, entertaining, sarcastic and technical...

Very often people asked me the same question, can anyone become a software developer by sheer effort. Something like can anyone become a decent entry level craftsman, graphic artist, factory worker orbhelper to get a decent job. Well I say yeah, sure if you try hard enough you can definitely get a software development job. The learning curve might be steep, but with effort you can definitely cross that mountain. The real question is are people willing to cross that mountain?

Excude professions that requires high gene physical requirement and professions that require steep family connection. One can a software engineer with effort and practise. If you really want to be a dev, it is not impossible to be one and the resources in the internet is so large. The industry has a lot of niches and quirks, that one can easily queeze in the market.

First week of 2020 and First Entry for Rankaru Blogs. This year I will attempt to write more life blogs, as well as blogs related to my hobby projects. Started the year with great fireworks, hopefully it also go through with a bang of blessings.

Hopefully this year I can go through with a few of the left over project from last year. Check out my game web sites Jyoru Games and Pinoypixel, I promise this year I would puting in some decent content for my kids to play with.

I am also pushing Forkge Application that targets to be deployed mid of this year. Basically Forkge is a interfacing application for my consumption and for my future projects.

Another pushed back project, is the Godstwilight Project, it is an online multiplayer game with an infinitely sized auto-generated world. Basically the game has some machine learning algorithm, that aids the growth of the simulated world. I don't even know whether I can release this project this year, but I'll attempt to deploy some mock version.

Happy New Year

Enjoyed the fireworks in the side of Marina Square...

Celebrated the new year by taking dinner and snacks in Marina Sqaure, then watching some fireworks and drone light display.

In the morning how else to celebrate the new year other than doing a house cleaning with my wife and kids. We decided not to go anywhere else and just sort and clean things in the house. We have cleared the stock room, living room, toilet and sorts. My daughter is busying playing her new paw patrols and piano. Jace would follow his usual routine in meals, watching tv and going around the house for the toys.

First Day of School

Like most students in Singapore January 2 is their first day of school...

Joyce first day of school for K1 Compassvale PCF Sparkletots. Still adjusting to our morning schedule, luckly the school is insanely near our block.

Kallang Wave on the Weekend

Been in SG for several years but it is our first time to drop by Stadium and Kallang Wave Mall...

A sport entusiast oriented mall check out its wiki Kallang Wave Mall. Enjoyed walking by the river and grab a few bits from Astons and Ayam Penyet.

CES 2020

Comsumer Electronics of Sorts...

Another exciting year in CES 2020. Things I liked about this CES are the following:

1. Insta360 One R Engadget Review. I am an avid 360 video and photo consumer so knowing they have a new product has a nice feel to it. They accept pre-order that is planned to ship on late February. I have always imagined a modular camera, hopefully this camera can live up to its market expectation.
2. AMD Ryzen summary keynote from Engadget. At last another jab by AMD to Intel line up. It is always good to see competition in any free market.
3. Dell Concept UFO article for this portable gaming device ny engadget.

Ru Piano Gundam Wing Intro

Gundam Wing is one of my most memorable childhood anime intro...

This week I want to share a Taiwanese youtuber that plays, tune and cover popular anime songs. Most of he post are in Chinese so might need a google translate to do some of the heavy lifting.

You can get the music sheet in this link https://gumroad.com/ruspiano, this could help RuRu finance her activites.

Just like any other day, passed by the not so busy street of Compassvale 292B intersection...

Took a 360 photo of me and Kat in the intersection. The intersection where we crossed every day of our stay in 292B