Sunday, November 29, 2020

From Chai Png to Haidilao

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  In case readers are not aware, I stopped being frugal when it comes to food quite a while ago. My 20s were basically all about eating chai...
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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Random perspectives on emigration

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I don't have very much to talk about today, I just want to share some friendly perspectives on emigration. I had an update from an old f...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

ERM Community Webinar - 24th November 2020 7.30pm

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  On 24th November 2020 at 7.30pm, the ERM Community would conduct another Community webinar that is open to the public. We will be doing on...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Money is the Modern Equivalent of Monkhood

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There is a spiritual dimension of Financial Independence Retire Early or FIRE that mirrors Eastern Religions that is hinted in Naval Ravikan...
Saturday, November 14, 2020

Singapore's problem is encouraging Lifelong learning for "Green" personalities

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This week I did something unthinkable in my 20s - I switched universities just before completing a course specialization.  As it turned out,...
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Thursday, November 12, 2020

Republic Polytechnic Talk : After-Action Review

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At 4.30pm yesterday afternoon, I gave a 1-hour talk to students of Republic Polytechnic. This talk was attended by a decent number of lectur...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Personal Update - Several projects I am working on

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 I did not manage to really enjoy a short one-week break I had last week due to a nasty bout of gout on my right knee. Nevertheless, I was a...
Saturday, November 07, 2020

Different Personalities in FIRE

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  The idea of this article started when I having a shit.  I was using the Coursera iPad app and attending lectures on Digital Marketing by t...
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Thursday, November 05, 2020

FIRE parallels in other domains of self-help.

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  One of the things I picked up from Naval Ravikant's Alamanak is that there are parallels of FIRE in other domains of self-help. To ass...
Tuesday, November 03, 2020

The Final Word on the Safe Rate of Withdrawal

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This is going to be a rather abstract post on the safe rate of withdrawal because too much ink has been spent on this problem.  I think the ...
Saturday, October 31, 2020

How does a guy turn into a BBFA ?

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  Japanese authors Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga continue to produce "idea dividends" in their second book on Adlerian Philosop...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

On the FIRE movement's enemies...

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  I realised that I've developed a new superpower lately - People are starting to dislike me without ever interacting with me, or even r...
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Monday, October 26, 2020

Thank you Springfield Secondary School !

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  Thanks for the really forward-looking staff of Springfield Secondary school, I was able to conduct a successful talk to secondary 4 studen...
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Saturday, October 24, 2020

Letter to Batch 17 of the Early Retirement Masterclass

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  Dear Students of Batch 17, It’s been a great honour and privilege to be able to conduct a 2-Day Early Retirement Workshop for you.  So...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Personal Business Update - Startup ambitions are on !

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There are a lot of things happening this week, the market for training courses is slow, but I am still running a class starting tonight so I...
Sunday, October 18, 2020

Letter to my Son : A project with Felix Cheong

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Felix Cheong: " A good short story must have an eye-catching opening, can someone suggest an opening sentence to his short story? ...
Friday, October 16, 2020

OK Boomer, Let's Talk

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  Maybe it's the recent talk I was planning in a secondary school, I've been trying to get to grips with the war between the Milleni...