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FIRE Today, one of the key goals I hear from my peers is the goal to FIRE (Financially independent, retire early). There have been many proponents of it, and many detractors as well. Yet, one of the main reasons we hear why people want to retire is so they can wake up whenever they want, eat whatever they want, and travel wherever they want. See the world and chill. Yet, we often hear from the other side that people who have reached FIRE find life to be dull, boring even, as if their life surmounts to nothing....

Debugging a PyTorch Script in Jupyter Notebook Here is a youtube guide video! Open the Notebook: Open your .ipynb file directly in VSCode. Insert Breakpoints: In the margin next to the cell numbers, click to set breakpoints. Start the Jupyter Server: If you haven’t already, start the Jupyter server by running a cell. Run the Cell in Debug Mode: Right-click on the cell with a breakpoint and select “Debug Cell” from the context menu....

On days when you don’t feel like it My past few days have been cripplingly demotivating. Our progress with dreamsquad is slowing a bit. The initial exciting phase of ideation where we draw trajectories upward on the whiteboard is now being met with the reality that upward trajectories take a lot of work, a lot of testing, and many struggles. How today went Today was slow. I didn’t do much. Played a lot of chess games and worked out in the morning....

The importance of setting goals Fail to plan, Plan to fail. I first heard the above quote when I was in high school, sometime around when I was 13. It sounded like a truism, then again, one that I intuitively related with. We don’t achieve goals we didn’t set out for. Running on the premises that: Life is filled with temptations and short-term candies Forgoing short-term temptations to put in effort takes conscious effort Any goals that are worth achieving requires effort and investment Then, planning or setting goals is the battleplan to success....

Preface MEMSI is not a hackathon. MEMSI is not a business case competition. Heck, MEMSI does not even have monetary or opportunity prizes. No. The goal of MEMSI is to educate what entrepreneurship is like through simulation, immersing into one industry (for my year, it’s the aviation), and using the framework of Disciplined Entrepreneurship. Teammates MEMSI filters their participants. There’s a simple interview and threshold one must pass (Year 3 and above)....

Impostor Syndrome I struggle with impostor syndrome. Through this blog, youtube, and meeting others, I’ve always felt that it’s not in my place to contribute. “Who am I to speak here? There are better people out there who are more qualified, more helpful, and more charismatic than me.” The plot twist Recently, I stumbled upon an argument on why it’s our moral imperative to actually show our work. The premises are there...

Preface It’s been 2 months since I last published here and on youtube. What happened in that timeframe? I met great friends in ipoh, went to Jing Wei’s marriage, started developing my work site, and played chess (Loads of chess). Am I happy? Is that enough?

The story As I stood on the side of the altar, observing my best friend stare down the aisle. Pianist starts playing Canon in D, and the bridesmaid leads the bride, gently and slowly, down the aisle. The bride and groom locks gaze, a pleasant smile hangs on their face. As the cousin of the bride and the bride reach the groom, the cousin hands the hand of the bride over to the groom....

Introduction Our decision making process is often irrational. Because we often only have a method of rationalizing the costs and benefits, but no method for rationalizing fear. For an example, assume you want to explore asking an opposite gender out. The benefit, if successful, is being able to go out with the girl and know her better. The cost, if unsuccessful, is shame and time wasted from the rejection. Shame is temporal, exists larger in your imagination....