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

It all started when I was an 18 years old kid. I was servicing my army time in national service. At that time, I was just posted to a team within an air force base after my 6 months of basic military and signalmen specialist training . During my first day there (I remember vividly that it…

Met an old friend I’ve known since uni days for lunch today. Last caught up with her about 3 years ago when I was going through a tough patch in my career life and she provided so many words of encouragement then. How she has blossomed even more since then! In life, she has been…

Planned my little adventure today. Travelled to a little island in the north that I read about recently and have always wanted to visit. After dropping the kids at school this morning, I drove to the jetty and took a boat taxi to the island. Spent the whole morning exploring the various parts of the…

I am constantly blown away at the technological innovation of mobile phones and what we have achieved in the last 20+ years. I remember touching the first gigantic mobile phones in the late eighties. These weighed a ton and FX chief dealers proudly carried them around during early Tokyo lunchtime – great bragging rights to how…

While I was managing a sales team a while back, young colleagues would sometimes ask me for advice about life in general, hoping to get some words of wisdom from an old fart like me… Of course, the first thing I would tell them is to burn into their brain our team motto : “We…

Caught up with 2 good friends for a long Friday lunch today. We had already known each other for almost 20 years. They say that if you have known someone for more than 7 years, he/she is probably a close friend by now. All of us should have multiple circles of such people to preserve…

Had a wonderful “me” time this morning at the beach, taking a walk down memory lane to the site where I first brought a girl to sit at the rocks, just to chat and watch the sunset almost 30 years ago. Rented a bike next and blasted 80’s music into my ears as I cruise…

Have you watched the food series A Bite of China (season 1, 2012 and 2, 2014)? It is one of the most beautiful food porn series ever. You can marvel at the rich history of Chinese food and the stories behind it. The HD videos are amazing and they capture all the lovely landscapes with…