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

This was a short week disrupted by the Labor Day holiday on Tuesday. A topic was on my mind for most of the week – no, it was not Trump (which was fireworks all over, no thanks to Rudy Giulaini). On Monday, we were told that a National Service (NS) boy had died while in…

I have the privilege of being able to watch and participate in the development of a country that has slowly come out of its shell after more than 50+ years of isolation. Myanmar was the modern “Paris” of Asia in the early 20th century before shutting itself out from the rest of the world for…

Long ago, there was a bright boy from Malaysia who won a prestigious ASEAN scholarship to study in S’pore way back in 1980. Not only was he very smart, he was a very active person and excelled in sports. He became an accountant eventually and was climbing the career ladder when a trip to Kenya…

Fun fact : If you understand Chinese, you will know that the characters to signify China is “Middle Kingdom”. Long ago, the ancient Chinese empires rightfully believed that they were the centre of the universe as they were the most advanced civilizations thousands of years ago. Hence they called themselves the “Middle” kingdom. After many years…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the next wave of technological advancement that is already at our doorsteps. It is such a hot topic and advancements are so rapid that what we consider science fiction 10 years ago are coming true now as we speak. A recent study believes that there are only 30,000 persons in the…

Been a pretty quiet week for me. Had a catch up with an ex-colleague I have not met for a while – how time flies and it’s been more than 2 years since the last lunch date. Spoke to another to touch base and finalize with him on the consultancy job in Myanmar he is…

2 conversations about marriage stuck in my head this week. While I don’t profess to be an expert on this topic, I guess I can write about it since I have been in my first and only marriage for 24 years with 2 wonderful kids. I had a very nice home cooked dinner (uni and…

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are the new darlings of 2018 after the cryptocurrency fever subsided in Jan/Feb. Two incidents that happened this week prompted me to pen down my thoughts today. I have been trying to learn about this new turbo-charged way to IPO a company. Governments currently still do not have any ideas on how…