Musings of a 50+ year old boy – a halftime journey
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RNC Conservatives – Week 26
It was GOP’s turn after DNC’s 4 days of their online convention last week. To be fair to them, I tried to watch as much as possible of the RNC event this week to be as objective as possible to hear the other side of the story. Certain themes emerged over the 4 days as…
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Hope – Week 25
Politically, things are really hotting up in the US as elections are less than 80 days away. The main highlight for me this week was watching the 4 days DNC convention. Each and every day of the DNC convention was a pleasant surprise as the message unfolded. Though I am not a citizen and cannot…
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Kamala Spelled Backwards is Alamak – Week 24
That’s what Trump was feeling this week when she was nominated as Biden’s VP pick. If only he knew Malay… This was the biggest news in the media for the whole of this week. It made everyone seat up in their armchairs. The first speech Biden and Kamala had together was only 35 minutes long,…
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Escalating US-China Tensions, New Biz Opportunity? – Week 23
It is less than 100 days to the US elections. Trump has official targeted China as the scapegoat for all things that had turned bad for America into the final days of the election campaign. Sadly, the voice of reason in American politics had turned silent. The direct attack of a government against a social…
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Started the Week with a Bang, Preparing for UK Trip – Week 22
The week for me started with a bang, literally… And then it is off to the next project of preparing a new adventure overseas. On Sunday evening, I had a car accident. A moment of personal misjudgement was all it took for it to happen. I have had only a handful of car mishaps over…
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Vaccine, USA-China Tension – Week 21
We started the week with more positive news of Covid19 vaccine research advancement. The top 2 candidates hogged the limelight as more details come out. Moderna (MRNA) and AstraZeneca (AZN) were the leading firms in the search for the vaccine and fast-tracking into the next phase of testing. They have also started to prepare the…
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Some Good News – Week 20
It has been 5 months since I started my weekly blog tracking of Covid19 and here we are in week 20. The world has become unrecognizable since then as everyone grapple with one turmoil after another which had turned all our lives upside down. Who would have thought that the world had to come to…
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Elections Over, Back to Covid19 now – Week 19
This week was a continuation of the latest election that happens every 4 to 5 years in our country. It finally cumulated to a long day of voting on Fri and the counting of the results till 4 am on Sat morning. It was indeed an unusual campaign in the midst of Covid19 with a…
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