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

Spent a very nice Sunday afternoon with the family at Chinatown and we explored the lesser known places in that area. We started off with a late lunch at a place located in a coffee shop that we always wanted to try but is usually packed in the evening. For the reasonable price we paid,…

You may not know, but one of the most popular singing competition in the world just happened last night. Sing! China is the most-watched singing competition on this side of the world. It also includes other Asian competitors, hence the viewership has expanded beyond China to most of Asia. For the first time in our…

I left my old job in Apr this year for 2 reasons, to get away from a toxic environment and to explore 2 possible business opportunities. After about 4 months, the 2 deals fell through and could not proceed further. Being too young to retire yet, it was time to finally start to look for…

Have we ever taken a step back occasionally and asked if we truly cherish our parents? Do we sometimes take them for granted because we know that they will go to the ends of the world for us? As one become a parent yourself, we will start to realize that a parent would do anything…

Because I am not working in recent months, I managed to clock between 30 to 40 km of running in total every week. Running is therapeutic for me as it clears my mind and helps me think aloud certain ideas that may form and dissect them in further detail as I run. While I was…

Singapore has the Central Provident Fund (CPF) which is a comprehensive social security system for individuals. In recent times, it had started new schemes which essentially helps one prepare for retirement in a sustainable way. Take for example, CPF Life :https://www.cpf.gov.sg/Members/schemes/schemes/retirement/cpf-life. CPF has 3 different accounts  : Ordinary, for housing, education and investments purposes that currently…

Call me a social animal, but I love to connect with different groups of friends to meet up. They reinvigorate my sense of well being as I absorb the positive energies from these get-togethers. Each and every group reaffirms my faith in the power of having various social circles of friendship. This week was an…

Came across this interesting article today that tries to explain the Trump phenomenon : https://medium.com/@resnikoff/phantasmagoria-3beac7fe516d#.gxjhztzag Why is it even possible that a constantly lying candidate, even when he is not required to lie politically, can manage to rise to become the Republican nominee for the presidency? The author postulates that most people view all politicians as…