Musings of a 50+ year old boy – a halftime journey
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Approaching Year End Holidays with Trepidation – Week 42
Before I start, I like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ahead. May 2021 hold more joy and brightness than this year, which we all want to forget. Businesses are all trying to wind down now in the face of a crazy and difficult year, where everything but the kitchen…
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The Great Vaccination Program Has Begun – Week 41
The first COVID19 vaccine had been administered to a 90-year-old lady this week in the UK. The global program to innoculate the whole world against the virus to achieve herd immunity to eventually wipe it out has begun. With the UK being the first out of the door, other countries will also be providing final…
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Mind The Gap – Week 40
Current times are eerily like an Avengers movie now. Thanos and his horde (COVID19) are at the front gates of our house while the Avengers (Vaccines) are assembling to confront them in the final big showdown. Winter is coming and the first vaccine will be launched next week. Cases are reaching new highs everywhere and…
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Is The Virus Nightmare Coming To An End Soon? – Week 39
What a week of contrast from the previous 7 days! From an impending “Winter is Coming” scenario to a “We now see light at the end of the tunnel”, a 180 degrees turnaround. From pessimism to optimism in a flash. The virus vaccine is targeted to be rolled out by America in the next 2…
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Winter Is Coming – Week 38
Winter is indeed coming and the next few months do not look good, especially for the Western world. COVID19 cases are sky rocketing and the orange one still refuses to concede to Biden. The obvious signs are everywhere for anyone to see. Cases are hitting new highs in most places as the weather gets colder.…
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A High SIGMA Event, The Next Phase of Corona – Week 37
The week literally started with a bang this week, even as worsening news of the virus develops. One cannot make out where we will be heading next as winter arrives and Christmas could be cancelled for most of the western world. Just before the US markets open on Monday, the new vaccine announcement hit the…
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Presidential Limbo, Elon Musk, Skillsfuture 2.0 – Week 36
So many things happening at once as we started the 2nd last month of an otherwise horrible year for everyone. It has been a blur for most as we grapple with factors out of our control, with an invisible enemy that ravaged the world and still continues to do so into the winter season. I…
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Freedom, Final Presidential Showdown – Week 35
I can start to smell freedom soon, to be released from my hotel room cell in Shangri-La after 14 nights of compulsory quarantine since returning from my UK trip. The COVID19 test results I did on Tues (first trip out of the room on Day 11 for 30 mins in the same building) came back…
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