Musings of a 50+ year old boy – a halftime journey

AI in Fintech is moving from the “wow” phase to the “utility” phase. Simon Taylor’s latest Fintech Brainfood highlights a crucial shift: AI is no longer a feature but the development of fundamental infrastructure for the future. The AI labs are waving their arms. It’s time we look up. AI researchers are warning us: the…

The story of OpenClaw/Moltbot/Clawdbot and how one man created a tsunami that shook the world: (Article credit to the author Linas) “In 2024, Sam Altman told an audience that he and his tech CEO friends had a betting pool for when the first one-person billion-dollar company would emerge. Forbes projected it could happen by 2028.…

S’pore has been named a blue zone country recently. It is only the 6th country in the world to be awarded that title because we have one of the best healthcare system, bar none. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20241002-singapore-the-worlds-sixth-blue-zonehashtag#CountOurBlessings hashtag#Grateful Singapore is considered the first “Blue Zone 2.0” (or “engineered” Blue Zone) because its high life expectancy (84 years…

As usual, it is time again to set my 2026 KPIs after closing the year and evaluating my 2025 performance. This will provide me with focus and accountability by putting this out in the public domain. Today is already 31 Jan 2026, and we are 1 month into the new year. So here goes for…

It’s the beginning of a new year, and that time of the season to evaluate my previous year’s KPIs and rate them accordingly before I set out my 2026 new year resolutions. My 2025 KPIs were the following: 1. Read 20 books – They can be non-fiction or fiction books, short stories or novels. I…

Let’s start with the facts. Singapore has recently been identified as a Blue Zone country, boasting an average life expectancy of 84.9 years—one of the highest in the world. Singaporeans rank number one in healthy life expectancy, have the world’s lowest rate of cardiovascular mortality, and enjoy one of the best healthcare systems globally. In…

Markets are indeed reaching all-time highs (ATHs) everywhere amidst greater volatility with the election of an unpredictable person to the most powerful role, again. It was especially a super rocky ride in Apr when the US tariff war was announced to the world. Thankfully, I was on vacation and therefore did not panic sell as…

My wife and I decided in late 2024 that it was time to officially retire from our careers as our younger son had obtained his university degree and graduated in Apr 2025. We moved excitedly into the next part of our life journey as we crossed into the second part of our Halftime (Moving from…