Custom Currency Converter

Travelling to another place with a different currency than yours? Want to know how much the cost exactly is based on the exchange rate used when you bought the new currency or your bank's current rate? Custom Currency Converter is the app for you!

Custom Currency Converter is a currency exchange app that you can use to convert between two currencies using your custom exchange rate. It is my second app that is developed with 100% Jetpack Compose.

You can download the Android app at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tigcal.apps.cent. Let us know what you think of it and your feedback/suggestions.

Mexico Moments

We visited Ciudad de México, Mexico for a few days. Our primary purpose is to watch the Concacaf Champions Finals of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC against Cruz Azul. They lost (badly) in the end but it was a great experience to watch a historic event.

We spent a few days in the city before and after the game. I tried Café de Olla (Mexican coffee). We ate tacos and other Mexican food. We also visited Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Teotihuacan Pyramids.

Café de Olla (Mexican coffee) in Mexico

I would love to go back again in Mexico soon.

Half Marathon at BMO Vancouver Marathon 2025

After trying the 8k at the BMO Vancouver Marathon 2024, I went back to running a half marathon at the BMO Vancouver Marathon 2025.

I finished the 21.1 km run in 2:11:47, which is a little faster than the last time I ran there (2023). It is a little slower than what I got last year at Vancouver Half Marathon 2024 but comparing the same route means a little improvement.

The record for the run according to the Strava app was 21.62 km in 2:11:48 . It also said I got a few best efforts: Half Marathn (02:08:38) and 20k (2:01:34).

It's good to be back and the postcard with personal results is a great souvenir. I'm hoping I can run again next year.