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alvinauh
I am a teacher, gamer, swimming coach and a father from the land below the wind, a.k.a Sabah.
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September 23, 2017
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 2:55 PM
Gaming and Responsibilities
} Do you know what sucks? Responsibilities. Do you know why it sucks? Because having responsibilities kills the thrill to any game that you're engaged in. To be fair, not all responsibilities hold
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alvinauh
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Monday, December 7, 2020 3:27 PM
I'm Thankful for 2020
} I've been asked to write about what I'm thankful for possibly one of the worst years in recent memory. How can anyone be thankful for 2020 after the carnage that was left in its wake thus far?
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alvinauh
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Saturday, December 5, 2020 2:14 PM
Essays on Current Issues are so Boring
} Despite having a newborn and being on lockdown, classes still must go on. Recently, I assigned some high school students a topic on baby abandonment. So I explained the topic to my students, assuming
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alvinauh
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Friday, November 20, 2020 1:15 PM
It Has Been a Blessed & Challenging Week!
} It has been an awesome week. Bitcoin pumped, Eth pumped and I'm sure there are other great things that has happened in your life the past week. I have been away from writing not because of the
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alvinauh
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Friday, November 6, 2020 3:46 PM
Falling Asleep in an Online Class
} Students falling asleep in class can be rather common in my profession. I would like to believe I am by no means a boring lecturer. But hey, even my dad jokes do fall flat on deaf ears, or should I say,
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alvinauh
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Sunday, November 1, 2020 8:33 AM
Long Term Thinking and the Vivarium of Education
} I think some of us would have heard of this story some time back. This is the story about someone who sold his kidney for an Iphone. I think many of us would be wondering what he was thinking about.
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alvinauh
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Thursday, October 29, 2020 1:29 PM
An Online Generation That Does Not Like Online Learning
} I have always been made to believe that the current group of students that I am teaching are digital natives. I was also told that these students grew up with a smartphone in one hand and a laptop in
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alvinauh
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Monday, October 26, 2020 3:14 PM
Staying Productive is Like Watching a Spanish Telenovela (or K-Drama)
} If you were in high school during the early 2000s, you may have come across a strange phenomenon called Spanish telenovela. I know, it may be common for some of you, but in my area (southeast asia) it
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alvinauh
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Sunday, October 25, 2020 12:19 PM
The Zero Budget Philosophy
} My ex-boss had this famous quote during a lot of meetings. She would demand for zero budget for all our activities. This means that there will be no money for food, no money to pay for any of the equipment
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Friday, October 23, 2020 3:30 PM
This Person is a Hero...
} I'm not sure if you know who Alexandra Elbakyan is, but she is definitely someone that you should know of if you are in college or academia. In case you have not googled her name, she is the owner
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alvinauh
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020 2:52 PM
Why You Should Not Do a PhD
} From the last post that I've done, I thought I start writing a more negative post as to why you should not do your PhD. If you are, like me, you will probably find the last positive post as utter
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alvinauh
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Sunday, October 18, 2020 10:46 AM
Starbucks can Explain What Online Learning is Missing
} Online learning is missing something important. If you have been stuck at home with your child, you will know what that important component is. That part is the lack of a teacher. Image source A.I. and
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Saturday, October 17, 2020 2:52 PM
Binance: The McDonald's of All Exchanges
} Steemcryptochallenge put up a little challenge for this week and it's about what I think is the best exchange. Well, there are many exchanges out there but if it were up to me, I would pick Binance
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alvinauh
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Friday, October 16, 2020 12:42 PM
4 Years and 100,000 words later... Why You Should Do a PhD
} 4 years and 100,000 words later, I am at the end of my Ph.D. journey. To be honest, I started it at a whim. Did I want to do my Ph.D.? Sure somehow, but I was not going to pay for it. I applied for a
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020 2:14 PM
How I Ended up Scamming a Scammer
} My recent silence on Hive and Steemit was because I was working on a thesis. While I was rushing through my work on one of the nights, I received a facebook messenger message from my mom. Weird, I thought,
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alvinauh
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Sunday, September 13, 2020 1:21 AM
Can We Pandemic-Proof Our Education System
} Recently, a project was pitched to one of my partners. This project saw an opportunity in the recent COVID-19 pandemic and asked one of the toughest questions that any education administrator can contend
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alvinauh
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Friday, September 11, 2020 1:09 PM
But Blue Eyes are Prettier...
} I held my daughter closely in my arms today and as I was telling her how pretty her eyes were, she replied that it was not. When I asked why she told me that it was because it was not blue like Elsa.
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alvinauh
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Saturday, September 5, 2020 2:56 PM
Mulan in animation and in a movie to a 6 year old
} I have just watched the new (or rather the non-animated version) of Mulan with my 6-year-old. One of the interesting things that I have come across was that it seems that she has problems understanding
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alvinauh
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Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:08 PM
I Wish My Phone and Laptops was More Modular
} I think much of the hardware and laptops come with far too much hardware that one may never come to use. I was talking to a friend today who bought a Surface Pro purely for its weight. I think that's
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alvinauh
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Sunday, August 30, 2020 3:47 PM
My Longest Lasting Laptop is.....
} My Surface Pro 4. Now, this is by no means a review of how awesome Microsoft's Surface line of tablets are. But, it is a word of caution as well as a story of being thankful for making the best
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