Hoo boy.
Web optimization didn’t go as far as I would like, but given that some things were out of my control, I just had to make do with the margins.
I converted some SVG image calls to be in-page instead of referencing a file, saved some milliseconds. I also optimized them to be as small as possible. The in-page notification alert, I changed it to its reverse (display default, hiding optional instead of hide default, display optional) so that it won’t break Google’s PageSpeed cardinal rules about shifting elements. Frontloaded the custom font calls so the fonts used in the page were the first ones downloaded by the page before the first CSS file gets loaded. Deferred the icon images to load last in the <head>.
I just hope the production servers recognize the static files and compress them. Later there’s the production deployment, hope things go well.
And I kind of hate doing “Teams remote access”. It sucks donkey ass, to be completely honest. Laggy, crashes a lot, and input delays for days. Doesn’t help my anxieties when the mouse cursor is extremely laggy and misreads inputs in the Teams.
Wrestlemania weekend!
Watched the first day in its entirety, and now I can see the appeal of a multi-day Mania instead of a 6-7 hour slugfest: the cliffhanger. Rocky and Roman won, so it’s going to be Bloodline Rules for the main event today.
In an hour, I’ll see that main event. Hopefully Cody wins, or else the internet riots. Reigns seem like a nice dude in person but the prolonged absences and lack of title defenses isn’t going to fly anymore. Not with the parent company starting to look for means to get their money’s worth.
And speaking of AEW, word around the grapevine is that they are planning to release “real” backstage footage of the All In London incident with the Pepsi Man and the scapegoat. It reeks of WCW, to be honest. With extra unwashed foot stank. In my opinion, that’ll hurt that company more than it’ll do what they want it to do.
EDIT: Cody won, in a match that is more emotion than “five-star”, so good that overbooking only made it better.
Last weekend, I had the Thai hankering for lunch, so I went to Aperia Mall to eat and shop at their Thai Supermarket.
Went there by bus. I always liked long bus rides, I get to see things along the way. Like, oh “there’s a mall” in that area or “there’s a pasar malam” near that building, it sates my curiosity and staves off boredom. And this one is like 25+ bus stops with one route change. So, 2 buses.
By the time I arrived, it was around 1PM. Still lunchtime, but most of the lunch crowd had already left. So at the restaurant in front of the supermarket, I had no shortage of seats. I plopped down at the more comfortable seating area and ordered a serving of boat noodles and coke. The noodles wasn’t much, it’s way less heartier than the boat noodles I had in Thailand, likely due to the lack of pork blood. But as far as bloodless soups go, it was good enough. Had to make do with what they could, I suppose.
And after lunch, I went inside the Thai Supermarket. Inside was a plethora of wonders.
I first went through the instant noodles aisle, and grabbed a couple of boat noodle cups. Found them to be more moreish in rainy days than JP noodles, plus the actual JP noodles I want are super pricey. I also grabbed a minced pork cup noodle just for the heck of it.
Bought a bunch of chips too, at least the smaller one-serving packs so I can sample flavors. Four sufficed, I don’t want to pig out, just tasting for now. Also, some of those flavored dried chillies in a bag. Bought one cheese and one BBQ.
Then I bought five of those nice vitamin drinks in the back. At least one each of the ones I fancied, also for tasting purposes.
For cooking and sauces, I bought one small pack of ground dried red chillies, but I also bought a smaller bottled version. The small pack was made from long red chillies, but the smaller bottle contained ground birds-eye small chillies. Potent shit. I tried it days later to sprinkle on my fried rice, and man my fingers felt a small burn for a few minutes. Also bought a good-sized bottle of Pantai chilli sauce, the one that I really liked. Goes great with fried food.
The smell of the Thai supermarket/grocery was also very unique, the airconditioning did little to mask it. But in a good way, of course. I could smell spices in some sections. And I saw they sold a lot of helper packs for budding cooks – portioned packs containing spices and sauces for some curries and noodle dishes. Man, I spent a few minutes eyeing the ones I’d target to buy sometime. They also sold some utensils and kitchen helpers such as pestle-and-mortar sets.
I also bought two packs of instant desserts (sago-based), two sticks of Tiger Balm inhalers (Thais do love their inhalers), and went back to the beverage section to grab two cold tea bottles. Also one small bottle of shampoo, just for kicks.
Damage was 50 SGD. Not bad, not bad. Should be enough to get me through a few months.
On the way out, I spotted a stall selling Thai-style sweet potato sticks for a few dollars. Instant buy. Warm and sweet, it’s just leagues above the fiddly yellow potato fries when it comes to being dessert.
Man, I love these foreign supermarkets in Singapore. Helpful English labels and all.
I’m accumulating quite a lot of unfinished blog posts in my drafts. I usually have a thought train, then sometimes I defer it a bit to let some ideas come and go.
I have a few ready to publish too, but I’d like to space them out for the next few weeks.
Briathrail // Albert 2MNG 
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