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Advance Inspection’s lead Inspector Joelson Sim (left) guiding reporter Derek Wong on how defect inspection is done.
PHOTO: BENJAMIN SEETOR
I stare as hard as I can at the blank wall before me, but my mind only draws a blank.
"It's white, it's clean, looks smooth enough - good enough for me," I say to myself during a mock contest pitting myself against lead inspector Joelson Sim.


