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

We say farewell to Feb and entered into Mar this week. Two months into 2021 and many exciting things have already happened. 06 Jan Capitol riots, Myanmar military coup and Biden’s first 30+ days of presidency had passed. While there is more optimism built into the pandemic front, chaos seems to reign everywhere as countries…

With the Skillsfuture initiative in S’pore, I have had the opportunity since 2017 to participate in multiple training courses to learn and improve myself as part of my lifelong learning journey into the next part of my halftime path. I had taken courses that included a specialist diploma in Business Analytics, understanding financial statements, Aquaponics,…

Time flies and it has almost been a year into COVID19 since I started my weekly blog with a count down 51 weeks ago. It seems so long ago when we were in the old normal, travelling for vacations and taking frequent flights everywhere. No one a year ago would have believed me if I…

It has been an unusual CNY (Chines New Year) festive celebration in these Covid19 times. We have been a year into the first lockdown and the world is still grappling with changes in the new normal as the vaccine rollout slowly gains momentum. Here in our country, the situation has been much better than in…

The week started off with a bang, literally. Early Monday morning, news flashes started appearing that the Myanmar military had taken the ruling members into custody and have placed them under house arrest. This was the same day where the new parliament was supposed to be sworn into power after NLD’s landslide victory in last…

What an epic week it has been, as much was written about a particular war that was taking place in cyberspace where billions of $$ were being wagered by 2 opposing teams. David took on Goliath and slugged it out on the Robinhood trading platform via WallStreetBets sub-Reddit. The difference cannot be more extreme. The…

This week started with trepidation as US headed into the inauguration on Wed, 20 Jan. After what happened on 06 Jan with the storming of the Capitol and more than 25,000 troops stationed there ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, there was a real fear that something bad would happen on the actual day. Would there…

Woke (/ˈwoʊk/ WOHK) is a political term that originated in the United States, and it refers to a perceived awareness of issues that concern social justice and racial justice. The object of attention is then Cancelled, silenced online by the masses. It finally happened. The social media took away the only superpower of the orange…