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

Being naturally curious due to my unemployed state, I have been looking at all sorts of alternative career paths on the internet. Recently, I have come across many Internet Marketing and MLM schemes. My Inbox is now flooded with multiple videos of founders having vacations in exotic locations, sipping Piña Coladas and encouraging you to live…

Social media has now invaded our lives in ways we cannot imagine. How many times do you check your FB a day? Is this the first and last thing you do every day? Our inner most voyeurism needs are satisfied as one can keep up to date with people that they have not met in…

I had an interesting afternoon yesterday. Managed to catch up with 5 old classmates for a 2+ hours walk in the park, discussing about life in general and what we had done in the last 30+ odd years since we left our alma mater. I had met some of them periodically over the years but…

This article hit so close to home. Been there, done that : www.linkedin.com/pulse/lost-your-job-recent-layoff-kim-williams The memory is still so vivid, although it happened more than 4 years ago. After 19 years at the company, I had less than an hour to clear the desk…  I remembered that it occurred at noon that day and I was totally…

Being in the financial industry for the last 26 years, I have seen quite a few crisis before. Had experienced the EMU/GBP, Asia, Russia, Dot.com and GFC/Sub-prime financial meltdowns. The 2008 GFC taught us the dangers of excessive over-leverage and too big to fail, but have we learnt the lesson? Nope. The central banks have…

Happy labour day all, except USA which celebrates it in Sep. Just watched Captain America: Civil War. How are they able to squeeze a simplistic plot into a 2.5 hours movie?!? The number of superhero movies is amazing nowadays, almost 1 per month. Seems like the movie line up for Marvel and DC comics is…

Who watches regular programming TV these days? Nowadays, it is on-demand,  when you want it, at any time from your mobile device. TV set prices are still crashing – after all, they are just a piece of glass. Each family member basically watches what he/she wants, at whatever time it suits them. Death of family…

Was thinking about someone I know who is 70 this year and wondering out loud that he is old before realizing I am not too far away (-20 years). Is it possible to be always young at heart? I still feel like I am in my thirties but my body is telling me otherwise. It…