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

  • Where Do We Go From Here? – Week 10

    We are almost 6 months into the first case of Covid-19 and the light at the end of the tunnel is nowhere in sight yet. Everyone is getting used to the new norms, that we have entered into a brave new world where the old way of doing things will fade away. Each and every…

  • New Normals – Week 9

    25/55 – We are into the 25th day of the Circuit Breaker Lockdown today. 30 more days to go till 01 Jun. Life has gone into a routine now. Daily morning run followed by a callisthenics session at the front pouch, then breakfast and reading the newspaper. After a shower, its PC from late morning…

  • Lockdown Extended – Week 8

    Just into the middle of our 1-month Circuit Breaker (CB) / Lockdown early this week, the nation was informed that it will be extended by another month till 01 Jun… 🙁 Cases in S’pore started to run above a thousand per day when we had an outbreak in the huge dormitories housing Foreign Workers (FW).…

  • A Week in Limbo – Week 7

    It is like the world is in the middle of an Avengers movie now. We are all united against a common enemy – Thanos/Corona. The main difference here is that the superheroes are nowhere to been seen. The enemy is also invisible too. Instead of a united front to fight the enemy and to co-ordinate…

  • Twilight Zone – Week 6

    It has been a weird week of everyone trying to stay sane as we started a one-month Circuit Breaker lockdown of the entire country. S’pore thought it was out of the woods a few weeks back as coronavirus cases were declining. Little did we know that the 1st wave was just the beginning of more…

  • As the World Gradually Shuts Down – Week 5

    It seemed so long ago when we were in Feb, where the world was in a different place… As I try to remember what had happened each week on this blog, it feels like no end is in sight and that we are heading towards a deeper hole. Every government is trying to scramble and…

  • Moving to the Next Stage – Week 4

    We live in extraordinary times. Never in my 30 years career have I seen the way the world is unravelling and decelerating at breakneck speed. Unlike previous financial crises, this one encompasses all aspects of economic life and human social interactions. It is impacting each and every individual in a very direct way which we…

  • Another Even More Depressing 7 Days – Week 3

    To some people, it seems like the zombie apocalypse which lots of TV shows and movies were based on, is starting to happen. An unseen enemy is lurking amongst us and spreading its tentacles into every corner of the world. Countries are declaring war footing on an unknown foe and scrambling to shore up defences…

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