Musings of a 50+ year old boy – a halftime journey
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Corona, Brexit and No Witnesses
A nice weekend of CNY feasting from last Friday evening into Monday, the 3rd day of the holidays. At the back of our minds, 3 situations were developing rapidly and unravelling this week. The Corona Virus has started to sweep over the world and the infection rate just shot through the roof. It was first…
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A Busy Week Ahead of the CNY Holidays
It has been a very busy week for me as I had to do my monthly business trip to Yangon and then travel to Bangkok for the annual microfinance conference till early Friday, before heading home to prepare the Chinese New Year (CNY) eve reunion dinner. The week started with an early morning Monday flight…
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Getting into the Chinese New Year Spirit
The Chinese New Year (CNY) dates are much earlier this year and it is just a week away on 25 Jan. So many things to do and so soon after we started 2020 and the finalization of new year resolutions. We usually have at least 3 reunion dinners to complete. The first 2 with the…
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Starting the First Full Week of 2020
Our first Sunday of the year started with a long and nostalgic journey for me as I travel back 35 years in the time to when I was a young 18-year-old again. We were bringing my younger son to the island of Pulau Tekong for his National Service registration, to be ready to serve the…
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Starting 2020 with a Bang, Literally…
It has been an eventful week an the turn of the year for me as we got into a new decade. A number of things happened, planned and unexpected. My wife had lined up 2 dinners on Sun and Mon to catch up with old friends. They were enjoyable as we have good company, nice…
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Planning 2020 New Year Resolutions
Yes, it is that time of the year to make more daring and YAHOO (“Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle”) new year resolutions and see how long they last… I did a list last Dec and pasted a hardcopy on my PC to remind me every day on what I had promised to do and where…
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Memories of Japan
I just spent almost 3 weeks in Japan for one of the longest vacations I have had for a long time. We travelled to Kyoto, did the Kumano Kodo hiking trail and then to Osaka with a group of good friends we have known since Uni days. Then off to Tokyo to meet our 2…
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Convergence of FinTech and MicroFinance, AliPay/WeChat Conquers the World
These 2 themes have been circulating in my mind for the last few weeks. I see them as new megatrends that are unrolling before us which will have a huge impact on whatever we do in the near future. How can I translate them into actionable plans for my benefit remains to be seen as…
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