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Ukraine crossed the 1st anniversary of the Russian invasion this week. It was 12 months ago that a superpower attacked the country on the premise of liberating its citizens from Nazi control. Since then, the war narrative has evolved while the world was severely affected just as it was getting out of the pandemic nightmare.…

What is normal to us nowadays? After 3 years of Covid, anything before 2020 looks like a different world altogether. Youtube travel videos from 2019 and earlier cannot be used as a reference point anymore as many businesses may have stopped operating after years of lockdowns. Are we nearing the levels we were at before…

AI (Artificial Intelligence) has always been a mystery for most people. We only think of Jarvis in Iron Man and what the movies tell us of sentient androids behaving like humans but way smarter. That perception is still too far into the future as we must take baby steps first. With the arrival of big…

This has been the Golden Rule passed on for generations to provide a guideline on morality. It also cultivates a sense of empathy for others. The reverse is also true: “Don’t do unto others what you don’t want to be done unto you.” It basically means that one should treat others the way one wants…

It was a long weekend of Chinese New Year celebratory feasts and dining in big groups that we have not had for a long time thanks to Covid. The last time we had our usual annual CNY family gatherings was in Jan/Feb 2020 just before we went into lockdown hibernation for more than 2 years.…

At the end of the last year, there were many 2023 forecasts from banks that we have already read since Nov where economists try to predict the likely trends for the new year. Likewise, I will try to do the same and position myself for the sake of my terrible 2022 portfolio. The stock market…

Instead of my regular new year resolutions statements for the beginning of the year, I have decided to call them my 2023 KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) now. I have been doing this annual goal setting for a few years now. The exercise helps me to focus on a to-do list instead of wasting the year…

As an annual tradition for a number of years, I would put out a set of new year’s resolutions KPIs every year in early Jan. Before that, I would review my previous year’s list. This week, I look back to my year in 2022 to grade myself according to the goals I had set out…