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

Our first Sunday of the year started with a long and nostalgic journey for me as I travel back 35 years in the time to when I was a young 18-year-old again. We were bringing my younger son to the island of Pulau Tekong for his National Service registration, to be ready to serve the…

It has been an eventful week an the turn of the year for me as we got into a new decade. A number of things happened, planned and unexpected. My wife had lined up 2 dinners on Sun and Mon to catch up with old friends. They were enjoyable as we have good company, nice…

Yes, it is that time of the year to make more daring and YAHOO (“Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle”) new year resolutions and see how long they last… I did a list last Dec and pasted a hardcopy on my PC to remind me every day on what I had promised to do and where…

I just spent almost 3 weeks in Japan for one of the longest vacations I have had for a long time. We travelled to Kyoto, did the Kumano Kodo hiking trail and then to Osaka with a group of good friends we have known since Uni days. Then off to Tokyo to meet our 2…

These 2 themes have been circulating in my mind for the last few weeks. I see them as new megatrends that are unrolling before us which will have a huge impact on whatever we do in the near future. How can I translate them into actionable plans for my benefit remains to be seen as…

I did not write my weekly blog last week as I was in China for 6 days. It was a meaningful trip for me, even though it was a pretty chill and relaxing semi-vacation. This trip was not planned. Dad called me and my youngest sister about 2 mths ago and asked both of us…

The week passed by relatively fast for me. Monday was a public holiday but I had to go for my monthly Yangon trip as the flights were booked months earlier before they also declared that it was a Diwali holiday there too for the first time. We had a great lunch and dinner with the…

This past week has been my time of realization that things are all coming together, from the technology front and then translating to my halftime career development journey. Over the last 2 years since I had stopped working full time, I had been pursuing 2 goals. One, to reskill and learn about the things that…