7 Steps to be a good Coach

Posted on 16/01/2020 by effendy

Here are the 7 steps on how to be a good coach. If you are coaching someone and you want to make sure they are going to get a good outcome and you also get something in return, here are the steps that you can use.

Ask them what is on their mind
Then ask them what else they have in their mind
Ask what is the real challenge
Ask them what do they think the problem is, and what do they look to achieve
How can you help them
What do you say “NO” to
What is the most valuable/useful from the coaching session

I hope the above will help you to be a better Coach.

Levitation

Posted on 03/08/2019 by effendy

Some things happened. I am learning how to levitate. We lived next to a neighbour who is a doctor of some sort. He have a practicing room and his patient regularly visit with an exercise machine.

One day we have to borrow his place without his permission. But we clean up the place. He seems quite surprised when he got back. We tried to explain but we didn’t have a chance. We also think he speaks Indo.

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Splitting MP3 file with FFMPEG

Posted on 27/04/2019 by effendy

My Daughter would like to participate in school lipsync. And she have choose the song to go with the dance move. Unfortunately the song is too long, I need to make it between 2 – 2:30 minutes.

So I listen to the song and find the correct location where I can split it up, it is around 2:18 mark. After googling I found that it can be done using the ffmpeg program which I already had installed in my Hackintosh. So here is the command for those who are interested.

ffmpeg -i <originalfile.mp3> -c copy -t <time in seconds> <outputfile.mp3>

Car to scooter

Posted on 28/03/2019 by effendy

I was coming out of a restaurant and getting into a car at night. It was a busy intersection, I have to cross two lanes of busy street to get to the lane I want to go to as I was turning right.

Then I noticed a funny sign which looks like a squiggly line and looks as if I’m not allowed to turn right. Then I had a funny recollection of memory that I was stopped by a cop in the past while trying to turn right. Continue reading →

5 Things to consider before you start painting your home

Posted on 28/02/2019 by effendy

I was busy renovating my home and make it more presentable. Because I had done it in such a long time. Everyone keep asking, why I haven’t finished it. So I am thinking of sharing some of the lessons learned so that it might help others before they start painting their home.

Lesson 1. Time and effort

You might want to consider whether you had the time to do the painting. Depends on what you are planning to paint it can be time consuming. We all have the same 24 hours in a day. Continue reading →

Things to do when you are bored – Day 32

Posted on 30/01/2019 by effendy

This would be the last day I am bored, my wife and kids are coming back today. I woke up early to have breakfast and prepare some bread packed with ham and cheese for my wife and kids. Then I went to the airport to pick them up. The flight arrived on time at 6 AM. And I get to the airport at about 7 AM. Circle around until my wife called me, and just in time to pick them up in front of the hotel.

My son was throwing up after he went to sleep. Daughter was ok, chatty as usual. I get her to do her abacus homework. I did a few things while they are asleep :

1. Reported a few succulents

2. Take down one of our Christmas lights and fix the lights as most of them are rusty due to being immersed in the gutter.

Things to do when you are bored – Day 31

Posted on 29/01/2019 by effendy

Here are what I had done:

1. Clean the apartment

2. Went swimming for 30 minutes non stop

3. Hang all the washing

4. Went to Surrey Hills to paint the corridor ceiling, manage to paint 2 coat. Also patched up a few holes and clean some of the light fittings

5. Drop the Bluetooth speaker at Jerri’s house

6. Iron all the pillow cases, bedsheet and quilt cover, while watching “The Incredibles 2”

Things to do when you are bored – Day 30

Posted on 28/01/2019 by effendy

I finished my breakfast and packed my lunch then I did the following :

1. Tidy up the front yard. Also watering the pomegranate tree, it shows a good sign of recovery.

2. Went to Surrey Hills and patching up the bathroom ceiling. Then I painted second coat on the kitchen ceiling, laundry and toilet. I manage to get 2 coat on the bathroom ceiling too.

3. Get some vegetables and ham from wollies

4. Help tim to fix his Mongo dB by purging assume is the old data so that his unifi server can start. I think it was just sure to the file permission error that it won’t start. I did this while watching Australia open man finals, Djokovic vs Nadal. Djokovic win the title with three straight set. This is quite a quick match.

5. Installing a switch to the Bluetooth speaker, as the touch switch is not really working.

Things to do when you are bored – Day 29

Posted on 27/01/2019 by effendy

Today is Australia day, I forgot about it completely, until one of my friend reminded me. This is what I did.

1. Went to clean the apartment

2. Was my clothes and hang all the washing

3. Went to Surrey Hills and clean the toilet and laundry and getting it ready for painting

4. Iron the bed sheets, like cases and quilt cover while finished watching “Solo”

5. Tinker around the Bluetooth speaker, it seems that the touch sensor still not working properly, even with the 10pF capacitor. This is done while watching Australia Open women final. Naomi Osaka, win the title, she became no 1.

Things to do when you are bored – Day 28

Posted on 26/01/2019 by effendy

I knock off early from work and did the following :

1. Get all the dried linen

2. Went to Surrey Hills to paint the first bedroom, boy it was hot. So hard to paint at 38 degree, the paint seems so sticky, so I continue painting the corner and then when it cools down a bit only then I painted the wall again

3. Patch up the bathroom ceiling

4. Trying to finish off the Bluetooth speaker, but still doesn’t work properly for some reason

5. Ironing the pillow case and bed sheets weeks watching “Ready player one”, and started to watch “Solo”

I went to bed at almost 2 AM, letting it cools down a bit.

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