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I finally started my first day of full-time work on Monday with much trepidation and anxiety as my last full-time job was in 2017. In last week’s blog, I had elaborated on what I had been doing during the last 6 years and how I managed to land this new role. I had prepared for…

I am 57 this year and my last full-time job ended in Oct 2017 when I left a UK bank after less than a year there. For the last 6 years, I have pivoted to project-based consultancy roles as well as become a full-time student in various new lifelong learning interests I had discovered along…

An interesting podcast from Scott Galloway interviewing Mo, an expert on AI and its inevitable progress. That ChatGPT’s current IQ is about 155 versus Albert Enstein’s 160 and will be unmeasurable with future versions soon. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-prof-g-pod-with-scott-galloway/id1498802610?i=1000620994812 The bonus was the last 19 minutes where Mo shared his views on life, death and happiness. That was…

Presidential elections are upon us in Singapore soon. This reminds me of my project in early 2022 during my NUS Fintech full-time 4-month program. One of the modules dealt with Blockchain and smart contracts. The goal of the project was to have a concept paper using Blockchain technology to solve a current problem. My 4-page…

The country was hit with bombshell news mid-week when it was revealed that 400 officers had conducted a massive islandwide raid to arrest 10 foreigners over suspected money laundering and forgery charges. What shocked us, even more, was the amount of assets seized doing the raid – they included properties, cash and hard assets like…

July 2023 has just been confirmed to be the hottest month on record ever. All around the world, cities hit record hit temperatures we have never seen before. Authorities have to warn people working under the sun to take precautions to avoid heatstroke and hydrate regularly. I had personally felt the intense heat during my…

My wife and I just had a wonderful family vacation to Kyoto and Osaka, spending quality bonding time with our older son. He had just completed his uni education in Jun and was back home for 2 months until he starts his career working in HK. We had planned this short getaway with him as…

I came across a podcast that my son had recently introduced to me and was blown away by the new investment perspective that the 2 guests were talking about. I had to listen to it a few times to grasp the themes and thought processes they were applying so that I can mimic them for…