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

Being called uncle nowadays reminds me that I am older than most of the general population. Getting used to it is another thing. While one may feel young at heart, the physical body tends to have a habit of reminding you that it has been around for quite some time. The body aches and pains…

In a bid to reinvent myself, I had decided a few months ago that I needed to learn new skills. An old dog needs to learn new tricks to survive in this ever-changing world, else I will be left behind. In a happy coincidence, the government has also finally realized that there are a lot of…

What is Food Porn? It is the love of food and watching videos of food presented in such a way that one will spend countless hours watching. It is a pun on pornography as it has similar characteristics. Over the years, we have had book authors that concentrate only on food. Then the authors and celebrity…

The highlight of the week was last Sunday. One of my ex-colleagues was very involved in a charity organization. They were celebrating their anniversary by organizing a big vegetarian lunch and selling tickets for $120/pax. Another friend decided to take up 10+ tables and started contacting everyone via WhatsApp to garner support a few months ago.…

It has been an aimless week for me. Just felt that I had not done much to further my development of my next steps for the last 7 days. Though there were 2 evenings of excellent get-togethers with old and new friends, I think I spent most of my time unproductively. Had a great dinner…

The rise and rise of cryptocurrencies was an investment opportunity lost for me. I had been observing Bitcoin (BTC) for a few years, seeing it moved above $1K for the first time in 2013 and its big price drop subsequently. I was thinking that I may try to get it if it goes below $200…

As I had a lot of time on my hands nowadays, I do make use of my fitness gym membership quite a bit every week. To maximize the $155 fee per month, I had tried to visit as many of their 19 branches as I can. Having exercised in more than half of them by…

The Pokemon Go mobile game has been around for more than a year and the developer (Niantic) had managed to transform the global success into many stages of evolution. I must admit that I have been following this game from the beginning, even though the rest of my family have given up on it and…