I recently came across this fairly basic, run-of-the-mill interview question that involves writing algorithms. Given an array of elements that are positve numbers, write an algorithm to find the second largest element I personally loathe interview questions involving algorithms because they never reflect what am I expected to actually do…

Ask any watch nerd and they would tell you the Seiko Alpinist is something of a cult classic. It was designed and released for Yamaotoko (山男, mountain men), who required a robust sports watch that can withstand harsh mountaineering conditions. …

Do you know what a leap year is? You know, the extra day you get roughly every four years? It has its origin from the calendar system the majority of the world is currently using: the Gregorian Calendar, also standardised as ISO 8601. In plain terms, the rule to determine…

To be honest with you, I should not have bought another watch. Hell, I even said so myself mere days ago, and here I am, looking at another watch in my not inconsiderable watch collection. Surprisingly, I did not suffer too much from buyer’s remorse as I thought I would…

Random thoughts I had over the course of 2020: Have had the biggest surgery of my life so far. Lost half of my hearing on my left. Life has been frustrating. On one hand, speech comprehension has been affected, I can hear people talking but I sometimes could not make…

This is a continuation of my previous article, How to live with a brain tumour (Part I) The big day We left off at my decision to undergo the Cyberknife radiosurgery. Apart from your standard run-of-the-mill MRI scans to prepare for the surgery, I was also required to have a custom heat-moulded head…

Hi. I am Rex. I am 30 years old and I have a brain tumour. This is a record of what happened since I first discovered it. April 2019 I was born with a pair of waxy ears. A year and a half ago, I was trying to be smart and bought…

We live in strange times. In my hometown Hong Kong, there were the Anti-Extradition protests in 2019, closely followed by the Wuhan Coronavirus in 2020 — my Government announcing their ‘Truth about Hong Kong’, officials whitewashing police brutality, citizens panic buying and price-gougers setting ridiculous prices for masks, all stem…

I must admit, I am a bit of a watch nerd. I love watches and I probably have too many for my own good. I recently watched a YouTube video challenging the viewers to find out the fake Rolex among the three Rolex Submariners that the guy is showing. …