Three events were the highlights for me this week. They made my days much more interesting in an otherwise quiet week where I was training daily for my next half marathon run on Sunday at 5.30 am.
A milestone was reached on Tues where wifey and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. We had our customary Chinese wedding in 1994 when I was 28. Time really flies and 25 years later, our sons are already 20 and 18 now. How did all the time go so fast? The memories are still crystal clear in my mind from uni days, kids growing up, up till the present day. It has indeed been a rewarding life journey with my better half.
We celebrated the milestone event at a new restaurant called Cloudstreet which she had discovered via her favourite Instagram food reviewer. It was a nice and airy place with a full island open concept cooking area. That has always been the dream kitchen I wanted 🙂 They provided a nice celebratory cake with 2 little bride and groom dolls. That was a touching gesture for our anniversary celebration.
The whole week was full of Trump news. He outdid himself again! This could be the final thing that tips him over the cliff. And the best part was that he handed the Democrats the knife himself – by releasing the details of the Ukrainian call. The impeachment process has finally begun. Pelosi had been waiting for the golden opportunity and it finally arrived. Latest polls have also swung aggressively to favour this move after details were revealed on how he is running the White House like a Mafia Don… (no pun intended).
This could be his presidency endgame as things are moving fast and furious, as one revelation after another is exposed. Heads are starting to roll and GOP members are becoming unusually quiet while trying to distance themselves from the imploding timebomb.
Nothing can shock you anymore, so the pundits say. By the reality TV star continues to provide real-time soap opera theatrics by the hour, supplying new unexpected twist and turns, plus hours of recent youtube footage to watch. Supremely captivating and first-class entertainment, I must say. Stay tuned and don’t blink or you might miss something explosive…
Finally, to round off the week, I had an interesting work-wise development. A long-time friend whom I have known since my Citibank days had approached me to sound me out on a financial consultancy project a few weeks back. It had to do with the digital bank application process which the government has started on. He had arranged a face to face meeting this week with 2 of his partners and myself over coffee. The meeting went very well. Hopefully, we should be able to progress to a contract offer next week.
This job has been a cumulation of my last 2 years of trying to reinvent myself, to pivot from my old banking career into a consultancy profession by leveraging on my past work experience. There is an urgency to do so as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will be wipping out a lot of careers based on the old way of work life.
My exposure as an ALCO Chairman to a Myanmar microfinance was personally rewarding to me. To see the company blossom as it maximized its full potential given the opportunities it is exposed to in the country. I had also been retraining via the Skillsfuture program, to come up to speed on the technologies that will be reshaping the future. AI, Blockchain, Cloud and Big Data. The time has come when all these intersecting developments will cause a paradigm shift in the working work as we know today.
The future’s so bright, I’ve got to wear shades!!! Yes, indeed. Whenever a door closes behind you, many other new doors will open in front of you.
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