Losing your job at times like these can really take a toll on anyone’s life. However, falling ill and having no choice but to resign from your job at these times is another level of struggle. Fathihah Zamri is no stranger to these downfalls in her life. This year alone, …
Read More »Ask a Health Coach: Real Tips on Breaking Through a Plateau
Hey folks. This week, Primal Health Coach Erin is answering your questions about breaking through plateaus with tips and strategies you can start putting into practice right away. If you’re stuck in a weight loss rut, stalled out on your fitness routine, or need a push getting out of your …
Read More »Google AI researchers want to teach robots tasks through self-supervised reverse engineering
A preprint published by Stanford University and Google researchers proposes an AI technique that predicts how goals were achieved, effectively learning to reverse-engineer tasks. They say it enables autonomous agents to learn through self-supervision, which some experts believe is a critical step toward truly intelligent systems. Learning general policies for …
Read More »COVID-19: S’pore Will Allow Travellers To Transit Through Changi Airport From June 2
Travellers will gradually be allowed to transit through Changi Airport starting from 2 June, when the circuit breaker is lifted. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), this is part of Singapore’s strategy to gradually reopen air transport. The Ministry of Health also said yesterday (19 May) that …
Read More »After Months Apart, Mother’s Day Visits Through a Doorway
LOS ANGELES — Jackelyn Brown had not laid eyes on her 104-year-old mother, Grace, since March 11. She used to visit every day, but the coronavirus outbreak had put a stop to that. Now, nearly two months later, it was Mother’s Day, and they were finally face to face again …
Read More »3 Ways On How HSBC Is Helping SMEs To Get Through These Tough Times
SMEs employ over 66% of the total working population in Malaysia. They help to drive our economy, and if they suffer, the effects will be heavy and far-ranging. The government acknowledged the importance of SMEs and announced assistance to SMEs in Malaysia to help tide them over this period. Besides …
Read More »Confessions Of 3 M’sian Delivery Frontliners On What They Really Go Through During The MCO
Author’s Blurb: Delivery companies have taken precautionary measures such as contactless deliveries and cashless payments while they operate as an essential service during the MCO, with many publicly sharing those precautions in order to reassure customers. This time, I wanted to know more about their staff’s personal experiences on being …
Read More »Now’s The Time To Plow Through Your Random Free Samples
There’s a monster under my bed. I have that Ikea bed with the storage drawers, and one of those drawers is filled with last-resort toothbrushes from my dentist, socks without twins, and a gallon freezer bag filled with free beauty samples I will never use. I spend a lot of …
Read More »Emotional Awareness and Processing Emotions Through Hard Times
There is so much about our current situation that is challenging. There’s the obvious: job loss, financial insecurity, fear about the virus itself, uncertainty about the future. We’re living in a state of limbo, waiting for (more) bad news while trying to figure out what, if anything, we can do …
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