So yeah, now that I’m using my phone’s NFC more and more for card payments as well as taking the bus/MRT (EZ-link replacement), I no longer want to stick my 3.5mm jack earphones into the phone now to listen to music when travelling.
Some background – my phone is a Sony Xperia XZ Premium. I didn’t really like the earphones that came with it, so I continued using the ones from the previous phone – Sony Xperia Z5. They are the Sony MH750 earphones. Cheapo, I thought, cuz it came FREE with the phone.
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Reactor Trident Watch – 10 Years Later
Back in 2009, I got myself a Reactor Trident watch. This watch had been my daily-wear watch, and while I do switch it out to wear other watches in my collection, I still return to this watch often.
One of the features of this watch is that it has a 10-year battery lifespan. Well, I just replaced the battery in April 2019. So yeah, you can say it does indeed have a 10-year battery lifespan. I did that myself actually, didn’t bring it in to any watch store to get the battery replaced. Couldn’t find a CR2012 (man, they’re rare!), and after doing a little bit of research, it seemed that other people have used a CR2016 instead of a CR2012 battery.
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I count myself fortunate having been alive during the lifetime of Lee Kuan Yew. I have actually seen with my own eyes how the transformation of Singapore was done.
When he was alive, stories were rife about how strict and stern he was. How uncompromising his position was, woe be those who tried to oppose him. His very presence in the same room as you would cause balls to shrink and you started to squeal like a little girl (yes it’s just an exaggeration).
Like everyone else, we don’t know what we have, until we no longer have it. Lee Kuan Yew passed away on 23 March 2015, and suddenly, the guiding light of Singapore was extinguished. What happened next was unexpected, and unprecedented.
People from all over Singapore came to Parliament House to pay last respects. Not a few thousands mind you – HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. All in all, in the 4 days, over 1.2 million people have paid tribute to him, with something like 450,000 having done so in person at Parliament House. Putting that in context, that is 20% of the entire population of Singapore (foreigners included) have paid their last respects to him.
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