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

Just back from the UK after a month in Oxford, I stepped off the plane on Sat morning, 17 Oct with trepidation on what lies ahead for me. There were only about 50 passengers on the SQ flight from Heathrow and I could even lay down on the empty seats for a nice 4 hours…

It was amazing that I had already spent almost a month in Oxford with my son. So much planning and apprehension about the trip during these COVID19 times is coming to an end. We landed in the UK with S’pore just being exempted from quarantine 2 hours before, got into Keble College to settle him…

We have been in the UK for 3 weeks now. It seems like most western countries do not have a good handle on COVID19 yet. The 2nd wave had started and we are heading into winter soon. Boris wants to cancel Christmas now. The weak was lovely initially, then the rains started and the temperature…

Just when we thought that Oct cannot get any more interesting, more unexpected things happen… Traditionally, this month scares the financial markets as it is one of the most volatile and bank traders look to achieve their budget by the end of this month before the year-end holidays and closure of the bank books. But…

My older son and I arrived in the UK on 19 Sep, Sat at 0555. Just 2 hours earlier, UK had added S’pore into the quarantine exempt list of countries. We originally planned to do 14 days of quarantine separately in his dorm and in the apartment I rented. But we found out only a…

Older son’s uni term is fast approaching and we have been preparing for this for the last few months as uncertainties abound. He will begin his 3 years towards an Oxford Economics and Management degree. His school starts in early Oct and we were prepared to do the compulsory 2 weeks quarantine as S’pore was…

Another subdued week doing housekeeping stuff and getting ready for our UK trip next week for the start of my older son’s uni term. It will be an adventure travelling to Oxford in these Covid19 times. We reached some milestones this week as my older son celebrated his 21st birthday. How time flies as I…

This was the week where the S’pore parliament sat in for their first session after elections on 10 Jul. There were a lot of first-timer politicians. A record 10 opposition party members were voted in, plus 2 additional NMP (Nominated Member of Parliament). It was a lively debate indeed and I would like to highlight…