Salesforce Workshop

I visited the OSEA exhibition yesterday at MBS.
In the morning, it was rather crowded. Basically, the presence of China & Korean manufacturers grew, while many American big-names were not at the show.
 (OSEA= Offshore Southeast Asia)

Anyway, that was not the highlight of the day.

The main event for me was the Salesforce workshop that we've signed up. (my colleague & I)
Salesforce = CRM software plus integrated platforms.
CRM= Customer Relationship Management. 

These days, CRM has evolved into IoT and AI and it has a life of its own. (horror no horror?)

I can't put a finger to it, but honestly, too much information that someone or some entity has about you, is not a nice feeling. Encroachment feelings include having AI think for you, make suggestions to you, and perhaps even decide for you. Worse still, let you have the illusion of control and autonomy but in actual fact, you had been dripped with suggestions that were designed by AI for you.  Yet at the same time, it is quite amazing how much our lives already had been encroached with artificial intelligence, I am not sure if this is boon or bane but surely it occurred to me that we already live in a stimulated world, panned out by our previous decisions, our current decisions, our past likings, actions.

Anyway, this will be a long subject and we're not going into it.

Okay, while at the exhibition, there were unlikely participants-- children. 

What were they doing there?

Oh, they were programming Legos. Robotics stuff. 

So nice to start young. 

Waaaa.... I also want to play leh.

 Mainframe Terminal, Client Server, Cloud, Social Media, Mobile, IoT (Internet of Things), AI (Artificial Intelligence).

Target your Customer in a whole new way:-
Intelligent Communities, Predictive Marketing, Assisted Service, Guided Sales, Connected Products, Smart Apps, Actionable Analytics, Unified Commerce.

Build better Relationships with:-

Analytics, Relationship Intelligence, Predictive Scheduling, Search Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Sales Intelligence, Infrastructure Intelligence, Data Discovery, Data Management Platform.

We watched a demo at the Sales module.

Then we took a hands-on test at the lappy stations; earn three badges to obtain (1) a Tee shirt, (2) the Developer Guide Manual, (3) a Trailblazer plushie toy.

We only wanted the Developer Guide but the hands-on tests were SO HARD!
I almost gave up in just five minutes, but I said to myself, COME ON! How will you know if this thing works if you've never tried? So I pressed on.

So I persisted and read through foreign computing stuff in English nonetheless foreign to me! 

Half the time I thank God I'm not in IT. Half the time I pushed myself to complete the 3 simple game-modules. There was this IT lady, she was very patient despite facing many angry men. I kept asking for her assistance and she came to me after settling the angry people. They were literally turning red from frustrations.

I am glad I've made it through the "simple" tests, they were horrid. I thought to myself -- no wonder we have to pay that kind of money to brainy IT people! We took like 45 mins to complete 3 "simple" games. Simple my foot. I am so gonna treasure that T-shirt and Plushie!

Oh, did I tell you we did the Mannequin Challenge while at the seminar too. LOL. From where can I view that video?

 Foreign Book

Our Cat App

Sometimes, the kids make me smile.
Mostly, they stress me out because they fight a lot.
So when they do make me smile, I feel fuzzy and warm inside.

Me asking Kiki:  How much did you pay for that day-bed? (Egg shaped day bed for cats)
Kiki: 550 silver fish
Me: That's a lot to spend on cats!  (it takes weeks to accumulate gift fishes that the cats leave you).
Kiki: It's for a good cause.

Hahaha........ don't know where she has heard the phrase from but surely it doesn't mean generosity in splurging on cats.

Baking Class

Kiki attended a baking class by herself, enjoying independence.
The cup cakes didn't rise much but the taste was all right. Texture of pastry was thick and heavy.
There were 14 children and the workshop's duration was 2 hours.

Kiki didn't want us to eat the cup cakes, she wanted to keep them forever.(first love).
I've told her that they will all turn bad as food is perishable.
Shortly after, she gave one to Colin and another to me. One for herself and the last one I don't know.

a pug dog, snowman 1, snowman 2, and a reindeer.

plasticine balls in wooden frame.
lots of free-time at home during school holidays. 

Pokemon's Turn

flashbacks

 Colin used to be a chubby baby.

 we went out on bus and Colin brought his plushie

 making Pikachu 'dance'.

 OJ

 super yummy!

 i was happy watching him eat, it was a joy.

 i thought this man looks like Steve Jobs.

 this man in jeans & black shirt

 funny he smiles like Pikachu

Sony headphones.

Saturday 26th November 2016

last Saturday, the kids have got no classes in the morning. it's the holidays now.
so we went for breakfast together.

we took Auriga for a spin because we are selling the car to Bren's friend.
his friend wants our car, so it is comforting to know that a good conditioned car has escaped the scrapyard for now, at least, hopefully he gets the whole five years of extended COE life.

 Bedok South Hawker Centre

 when we got home, we were surprised my Aunt visited. she left the kids two plushies.
Squirtle is Kiki's favourite Pokemon, while Pikachu is the main catch for Colin.
we do not play the Pokemon Go App game.
Earlier on, I had only wanted to learn the works of the App., to understand the fuss.
nonetheless, the popularity of the characters still catches on with many young kids, while for older youths, it's a revival.

 my Aunt came back from her Hong Kong holiday, which she enjoyed all the food and shopping.

 after violin class, we went to QB at Raffles City (basement 2) for a haircut.
the Papa didn't approve of her having her hair coloured with blue highlights, even though i thought it was fine for the holidays and we just need to trim away the colour before school reopens. anyway, i have to stand on the same line as the Papa, so i've comforted her by telling her we'll get temporary colour hilights instead. anyway, i shouldn't have sold her the idea in the first place and gotten her all excited about coloured hair.

 we brought Squirtle along.

 the best truffle mash potatoes ever!
we just love this.

Kiki pointed out that our creme brulee didn't come with a mint leaf as shown on menu.
Kids surprise us all the time ya?

(menu below)

meanwhile, virtual cats in my virtual yard....

Exciting New Times

Okay, ladies and gentlemen, because you guys are my friends, I will share with you how excited I am. (can you feel it?)

I have long been a fan of renewable energy and now, in my course of work,we have linked up with an exciting new manufacturer. I can't tell you any details because we've signed a non-disclosure agreement. I can just tell you...... Think Tesla! (but in a much, much, smaller scale lah!)

This is Tesla's Powerwall ( batteries with harnessed power for your household consumption)
Tesla has also got the Solar roof tiles that are sleek and cheaper than traditional roofing.

For us,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, we're only beginning, but I believe we've got it.

Let's forge towards renewable energy! (using Solar and harnessed batteries) for our HDBs!

Time for me to research into these industries and do some work.
This is exciting new times for me!

To Solar and beyond!

Hello Friday!

while we were at JB, we saw this wide range of Instax Minis.

 this is the key chain tag we've gotten from the capsule dispenser. S$5 each leh.
below is the App, I've got more cats visiting my yard. 

hey hey hey! new pair of sneakers. found them at IMM today =)
(no need to make another trip to JB, haha)