Irwan Hendra's Random Codes Blog

The Rise of Lift Tailing Recently there has been a rising number of talks about CBD apartments, even the secured ones, getting robbed. Intriguingly a search on google found no news about such robberies ever happened. So one would be left to ponder whether the talks we have been hearing about are all just rumours or they are true but being covered up in an attempt to avoid getting bad publicity and potentially lowering the sale price of the apartments. Whether it is just a rumour or the truth, in this blog I am analysing the possibilities and what we can do to prevent such events. The list below is formatted in the way of what could happen and what measure could be taken to prevent it from happening . I have always been an advocate of preventive is better than a cure. And I am sure you would agree if in an extreme example: if you left your daughter alone in the apartment and the robber managed to sneak in to the unit and have his way with your daughter for a good five minutes be

Lately I had been receiving several calls from people who claimed that they were from the not for profit organisations that I had donated to in the past. The intention of the calls were quite clear: they thanked me for my past donations and wondered if I would like to donate more. One thing that I found odd was the smell of desperation that I sensed by just chatting with them. Here is a grossly summarised conversation between me and a particular caller claiming to be from UNICEF: Caller: Hi this is XXXXX from UNICEF, may I speak with Irwan? Me: This is Irwan, how are you? ... ... Caller: We would like to thank you for your very generous past contribution ( as far as I recalled, I only ever donated $50 to UNICEF ) ... ... ... Caller: Do you know that XXXXX country is having XXXXX issue at the moment and require urgent supports, would you be able to do once off donation of $100 ? Me: Sorry I would like to donate but I am not in the position to commit at the moment ...