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

Arrived into Bangkok on 28 Aug noon time. Day 1 : Checked into SC Park hotel for next 4 nights for about S$60 per night. As recommended by a friend, walked around the place to check it out, had a light bite and then went to Health Land spa for my first massage (foot reflexology…

Two months into my 3 months gardening leave now. Time to take stock of what I have done so far, with the goal of looking to reinvent myself in order to move to the next chapter of my life. I had given myself up to March next year to try to develop all the non-bank…

Thanks to technology, we are entering into a new era of social interaction with the sharing economy. The possibilities are limitless and AirBnB/Uber are prime examples. In China, you can now rent an umbrella or a basketball anytime you need them, when it starts to rain or if you are at a basketball court and…

Had a great dinner with a group of ex-colleagues last night. We last had one about 4 months ago and the theme was : great food and whisky. Since then, our in house chef had perfected the sous vide process and seared a fantastic tenderloin plus a rack of lamb last evening. We also had Jamon…

Retirement as a global vacationer? As a follow up to my Chiang Mai trip last week, I have been reading a lot about a retirement lifestyle which I have discovered recently as part of my research preparation. Retiring overseas has been a trend for many years that has been very popular for people in G10…

As I had previously mentioned in my blog, I have had a keen interest in the setting up of active lifestyle retirement communities in Asia. I see it as a growing market as my generation ages. We are different from our parents and tend to have a more western concept of leading an active lifestyle…

I start to see this new ICO (Initial Coin Offering) bubble building up and it reminded me of the IPO craze that we participated during our university days way back in 1990. At that time, IPOs were like a 100% sure thing to make money as the stock would fly on the first day of…

A week of restlessness for me, wanting to do something more while sitting in front of the computer screen every afternoon for a few hours, trying to optimize my time. Saw too many youtube videos, thanks to the orange president and his son’s crazy tweets this week. Signed up for more online courses but sad…