Now
Working at A*Star
After my brief unemployment stint, I finally landed a full-time job at A*Star, BII to be exact. So now I am a Research Officer, currently assigned with replicating the performance of some SOTA model, and also perform some MD simulation (I have not gotten to that part yet). I was very lucky. I think my luck deserves another post, so I will leave it at that here.
Slowly writing the blog
I am busy with work, but I start finding time to write, like in the fortunately short daily commute. Since I am working 2 jobs, the pace will not be ideal, but I think it can be reasonable to expect 1 post per month. I don't guarantee that it will be good though 😅.
Learning to critique a film
I have no hobby, as in, non-game topic that I am extremely passionate about. I am kind of bothered by it. I don't mean any offense to the gamers my age, but life has so much more than just games alone. So, I turned to cinema.
I am following this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrp2azKjGUI, which device films into five elements: Mise en Scène, Performance, Cinematography, Editing and Sound. He also has follow-up in-depth videos that I find very accessible.
Current topic
My thoughts after watching Chainsaw Man - Reze Arc (in IMAX 😎!)