Random thoughts

𝗧𝗵𝗲 “𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘁” 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗔’𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝟭 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟰, 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟬, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝟯.𝟳 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 (𝟲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀). 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 “𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝘁: 𝗔 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻…

Recently, I met up with one of my blog readers who read my old article titled ” Do you want to live your life by default or by design – The concept of Mini Retirement” which sparks some thoughts in her about taking a mini retirement. Mini-retirement is a concept first coined by Tim Ferriss…

I think the buzz word “Retirement” doesn’t really sync in well to potential retirees nowadays as reported in this Straits Times article on ” ‘After retiring, I felt bored’: Why some seniors prefer flexi-work and gig jobs” One of the most common job to consider re-employment is teaching in a MOE school. All MOE staff…

As our world population just went past 8 billion people at the end of last year and is expected to reach 10 billion by the end of this century, the problem of overpopulation led to many other growing issues like increased urbanization thru deforestation, increased demand for basic resources such as food, water, energy put…

Recently, I had a conversation with a good friend of mine who just came back from his hometown after spending almost a year with his dad. His dad is having some old age-related health issues and might not be able to function like in the past. My good friend who is in his mid-forties, married…

Recently, I met up with a old soccer friend of mine who I haven’t seen for more than a decade. We had a really good conversation over dinner as it has been quite awhile since we last saw each other. One of the most amazing similarity is that we share a goal towards achieving financial…