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

Warning: Long blog ahead… I am pleasantly pleased with myself for finally managing to complete 2 tasks this week. They may not look like much to an outsider, but personally, it had enabled me to connect the dots in more granular detail with regards to my AI learning journey. It has also helped me understand…

This has been a happy week of get-togethers with old and new friends for me, to celebrate past and new experiences as we laugh and reflect over things we had done. The party started on Tuesday. A generous ex-colleague had been sponsoring an annual get together of Treasury colleagues who have worked in the American…

I had an interesting start to the week followed by my regular monthly business trip to Yangon later in the week. The event that happened on Monday afternoon blew my mind as it reminded me of my participation in an institution that spanned the history of the founding of Singapore in 1819 till now. I…

A week of birthday celebrations for me. A milestone too, as my personal blog reaches its 3rd-year of existence. A group of good friends decided that we should have an overnight trip to nearby Batam on Tues. Previously, we have had a day trip there and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves with the cheap massages and…

A pretty quiet week of reflection for me, catching up on my readings and doing my online AI course. Two things stood out for me this week. It started my thoughts on life’s fragility, that what we usually take for granted may suddenly be pulled away from us. One may not realize its importance until…

I was lucky, I had 2. Both happened in the first 10 years of my work career. With so many changes in bosses in the latter half of my work life, I might have gotten a bit jaded by then and I might already have set a much higher benchmark for future bosses. But these…

For human relationships, everything is based on trust. When that is gone, nothing else matters, even when faced with facts and logic. I will come back to that again later. What a week this was, on the American political front. The dam is breaking on the Trump induced White House stonewalling of information. The deafening…

A shortened week due to a public holiday on Monday. Then it was off to Yangon for my monthly financial consultancy work from Tue to Fri. This was one of my longest trip for a while, having to spend 3 nights there. The agenda was packed with meetings and discussions with deadlines to work towards. We…