Recently, an old friend asked me to help update his Intel Mac mini—he had forgotten the password, and I thought, “No problem lah.”

But after a long break from doing anything technical or command-line related, I realized I was rusty. Siao Liao !!! So I decided to relearn everything—practised all the terminal commands, read up, simulated scenarios… I basically trained like I was prepping for a hacker movie role.

Then came the actual day.
All that practice?
Didn’t use a single command I prepared.

Instead, I had to think on my feet and rely on what I learned from past experience. The solution came from instinct and memory, not the prep work.

Moral of the story: Just be yourself—especially in front of old friends. There’s nothing to prove, and nothing to lose face over.

Sometimes your past experience already has your back.