21st Sep 2021
Cultivated fish is coming. Would be nice, because the market is flooded by the horrible frozen lye-filled fish fillets. Pretty sure it was inspired by the lutefisk. It's really not too bad, you just have to acidify the fish, or at least bring the pH back to neutral. In my limited experience, a vinegar marinate helps, and so does very thorough cooking. Cultivated fish would be better though, because then I won't have to think about the effects of overfishing on the oceans. It's already been an established fact that we have been eating smaller and worse fish over the decades, by studies involving historic data and old restaurant menus. The fact that I see so many people offering baby oysters, abalones and scallops, and tiny baby fish like barramundi under 400g just very much highlights the fact that we're practically at the bottom scraps now.
Do those baby seafood creatures even have flavour???
What next? Are we going to fight whales for their food too? Hope the fish meat cultivation works and be scaled to satisfy the global demand.
22nd Sep 2021
This is so incomprehensibly senseless.
I have to restart the Body Beast workout.
23rd Sep 2021
Watched the documentaries by Kings and Generals on the Imjin War earlier, although much of it was painful to see, the battle of Myeongnyang was absurdly incredible. With 13 warships that were hastily adapted into their turtle ships, Admiral Yi fought against the Japanese armada of 200-300 ships - and destroyed about 30 ships without losing a single one of his own.
08th Oct 2021
So a fire at the 13th floor, at the diagonally opposite unit, at about 10am. Pretty bad, parts of the window melted and fell off. Fire engines came, Fire Investigation came later. Someone might have been hurt but I couldn't tell because I left my glasses at home, taking only my usual go-out bag with my wallet and keys. Almost forgot my mask.
Got home at about 12pm, can't smell smoke but my nose might be numb right now. Could have returned sooner but they needed to clean up the lifts and lots of people were queuing for them afterwards.
16 Oct 2021
Sometimes life gets interesting.
31st Oct 2021
So there are capsule adaptors for my Dolce Gusto machine that lets me use Nespresso capsules with it, and they only cost about S$11 now. Snapped one up immediately because Nespresso capsules come in such an array of variety and I no longer have to look hard to find any that's under S$0.55 each.
So I am single again. I feel very very sorry for ending the relationship but it had to be done before we invest even more time and emotion into it. We were just such a poor match in the way we think and what we eventually want in life, and I don't want either of us to have to change just to keep the relationship going.
She was giving in to everything I ask for and even things she only thought I would ask for, it makes me feel so bad now. But ultimately that's not what I want in a relationship, and that's not how one should be.
01st Nov 2021
This is the period of my life that is probably the lowest so far. Have to add "so far" because it cannot be overstated just how far down the real rock bottom can be in life. Now I tread on truly dangerous grounds, and I am only glad I walk alone, because I don't know if I will fall further, but at least I am not going to drag anyone down with me.
02nd Nov 2021
If the virus is going to be endemic, and the death rate will be staying or even rising to a higher plateau indefinitely, doesn't this mean it is effectively a massive cut in life expectancy globally?
Should this adjust our expectations for retirement, especially in terms of finances?
Back to the dating apps, and it's matches galore compared to my experience in my late 20s. There were even a few who tried to sustain the conversation when I stop replying. I wish I know how to keep their expectations realistic upfront but the fact is that my life is an unusual mix so I can either make it sound nice or really bleak, and it makes no sense to paint my life as dark AF. For example, I live on my own in a place I do not have to pay rent for. Awesome, right? But I have a dying business, no degree and no relevant work experience for most jobs, so that's pretty fucked. Then on the other hand, I write/talk like this, appreciate musicals and paintings, and keep bottles of champagne for special occasions. Yet simultaneously, I prefer to stay home all day in my underwear. In terms of physique, I am clearly overweight, although I work out 5-6 days a week mostly lifting weights in my full-blown home gym so I look closer to being 80kg than the 95kg I actually am.
Where does a potential partner put me in terms of suitability as a life partner? If you take out all the good points above, I am a 95kg slob with a no career. If you're looking at just the good parts, then I am a completely different creature.
Really love Bard's Tale IV. Wish they can make more. I am at the Stennish Isles, just entered the castle's sewers, and it looks like I might be about 80% done, and there won't be anything similar for a while.
Making shortbread again, after all these years. Might have been over a decade already since the last time I tried, because rarely do I have enough confidence in my metabolic rate to indulge in them.
