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

Warning: This week’s blog is my rant about HK from an outsider’s perspective. You may agree or disagree with me, but I want to purge all of this sadness and negativity from my system. I see a formerly dynamic and great city crumbling in slow motion in front of the global stage. I fear that…

It has been a whirlwind week for me as I started my new 3 months digital banking consultancy role on Monday afternoon while also juggling my current Myanmar job too. I had to get up to speed fast on this role as my part is already 3 weeks behind schedule. Getting into a work mode…

As expected, a relatively quiet week for me, right after my run on Sunday. It was a nice 18km run and my recovery was much better than I thought. A foot massage the following day allowed me to go back to my regular exercise regime by Tuesday. Spent the rest of the week following up…

Three events were the highlights for me this week. They made my days much more interesting in an otherwise quiet week where I was training daily for my next half marathon run on Sunday at 5.30 am. A milestone was reached on Tues where wifey and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. We had our…

There is a reason why I am blogging about this topic today. Let me elaborate on the various aspects of the whole story first, until the twist to the whole story that I will reveal at the end. I belong to a specific dialect group that originates from the island of Hainan in China. In…

After 2 hectic weeks of overseas travel to Myanmar and Seoul, this week was a slower than normal one for me. I have 3 more weeks to prepare for my next half marathon run and am also getting ready for a busy trip to Yangon next Mon. Started this Mon with a meeting of potential…

I just spent the last 1 week in Seoul with my wife and son. It was a good trip exploring the city on our own since our last visit 7 years ago on a package tour. The temperature was similar to home and autumn is a pleasant time here, compared to our last trip in…

The world has gone to another Defcon level this week as we see an unhinged Trump going crazier like a cornered animal lashing out before it is squashed. It is now getting unbelievable that the most powerful person in the world is flip-flopping all the time. Things coming out of his mouth are getting more…