Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Adventures in Kulai

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I was finally able to spend a weekend in Malaysia as I took my first holiday in Kulai Malaysia which is where my in-laws are living at du...
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Thursday, July 26, 2018

On Metformin and CPF Life

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The price of thought leadership is that sometimes your ideas may sound batshit crazy. I suggest that you take this article with a pinch ...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #32 : Envy

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The most poisonous emotion in modern life is envy. This is so poisonous, it is probably an evolutionary adaptation. I would guess t...
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Sunday, July 22, 2018

Blockchain use cases to take note of

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I'm still a cryptocurrency bear. I have about $100 worth of Ethereum to give myself the incentive to follow this space because it is end...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #31 : Your Mental Fortress

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The best ideas can be traced to the time of the Ancients. This chapter is all about Stoicism which has become somewhat trendy of late....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Aftermath : Investors Conference 2018

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The great thing about being gainfully unemployed is that I can react better to a major event such as Investors Conference 2018. I have s...
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Sunday, July 15, 2018

After Action Review : Investors Exchange 2018

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Yesterday was a blast ! I remember some familiar faces and I am quite happy that some of the folks who showed up a year ago showed up ...
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Friday, July 13, 2018

Are diploma holders too "well-rounded" ?

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It all started with Unintelligent Nerd  who wrote to inform me about an online rant from an investor, whom I thoroughly respect, calle...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Another personal update

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Look like there's still room for another personal update from the time I completed my training contract. a) Investors Conference 2018 ...
Monday, July 09, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #30 : The Opinion Volcano

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As a financial blogger, I have to admit that I cannot follow the advice of this chapter because my blog is the vehicle where I share my ...
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Saturday, July 07, 2018

Coping with Financial Pornography from Millennial Deci-Millionaires.

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The question every financial blogger should ask himself or herself is whether have we reached peak Millennial Deci-Millionaires. This is...
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Thursday, July 05, 2018

Personal Update - Done with Training Contract !

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To understand the changes happening to my career, it is important to understand the events that occurred months before my training contr...
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Monday, July 02, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #29 : The Book of Worries

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As I will be ending my training contract tomorrow and will have quite a battery of updates this week, I will keep this week's instal...
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Friday, June 29, 2018

Inequality explained as a game.

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I read with great amusement a FB share by a person known as Mark Lin who wrote a brilliantly original take on inequality. You can find i...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #28 : Making a deal with the Devil.

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I can certainly relate to this chapter. Beyond harming oneself or one's immediate family, there's not a lot that people will re...
Sunday, June 24, 2018

Tuition as an investment

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I read the news with increasing consternation that our society has created a monstrosity such as the tuition industry. The situation is ...
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Thursday, June 21, 2018

My World Cup 2018 shenanigans...

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Dungeons and Dragons geeks, as a general rule, are not into soccer. Nerds and jocks do not mix. For the life of me, I never understo...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #27 : If you break on the outside.

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The second part of the Circle of Dignity series is about maintaining the upper hand no matter what happens. The example given was a st...
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Saturday, June 16, 2018

Radical ideas on parenting.

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This came about after I became triggered after reading Teo You Yenn's book when she created a false dichotomy on the various approa...
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Monday, June 11, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #26 : But If Not

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This is a really tough chapter for me to grasp, so I will keep it short. The author believes that everyone should develop a circle of dign...
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