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

Delta has thrown every country’s reopening strategy into chaos in the last 3 months. The only Covid startegy of herd immunity via vaccinations is now a big question mark. Since Dec 2020, it had been the main goal of many governments to roll out the vaccination plan as quickly as possible to stop the virus.…

We just completed our second 4 days/3 nights cruise to nowhere this week with our older son. We wanted to have a short vacation with him before he returns back to the UK for the start of his new school term next month. The first cruise to nowhere was in May with our younger son…

In our country, we have just entered into a new and complicated phase of treating pandemic Covid as endemic even as positive cases surged. Mixed and worrying signals are causing everyone to be confused and fearful at the same time. Markers like unlinked cases that were being tracked for the last 18 months as part…

I concluded a 6-month full-time virtual classroom program recently, courtesy of government subsidies. I wrote about it last week as that chapter of my lifelong learning journey closes. What’s next for me now? By writing this down in my blog this week, I hope to crystallize my thoughts and develop a new game plan going…

Our class has finally completed our last exam for the 6 months IBM AI (Artificial Intelligence) on Wed morning. There is a sense of accomplishment that a bunch of us mid-career folks had survived hundreds of hours of online classes, project submissions and exams. We have just graduated!! Yahoo!! The government had created the Skillsfuture…

I spoke about mental health in these Covid times last week. There is one segment of society that is hit much harder then all of us during these times. I had the opportunity to interact with this group a few days ago. In normal times, a segment of the population is already struggling to survive…

One topic that is less talked about during normal times but getting greater notice in these Covid times is mental health. On and off lockdowns and being confined to our homes over the last 18 months can be a tough transition for many. Imagine being cooped up in your little apartment for weeks on end.…

Over my last few blogs, I have been discussing the upcoming debate between vaccinated and unvaccinated groups. Things are becoming more heated as the unvaccinated becomes a minority in countries where countries have enough vaccines to protect their population. I try to seek out the reasons behind the hesitation to get the vaccines via a…