Mud Rain

What is mud rain? you may wonder. Well, when there's a lot of dust in the air, like a dust storm, and it collides with a normal rain front, these two elements combine to create rain drops that are brown and muddy. I first learnt about this phenomena yesterday, the 23rd of January 2020, when …

Good Friends

I really appreciate the good, close friendships that I have in my life. I met up with a long-time friend today for yum cha and it was such an enriching experience, it really makes me feel so warm inside. First of all, chatting over yum cha is always a win. There's old ladies pushing carts …

Expensive Experiences

In 2019 we spent a little over our goal of $60k. One of the things we said we'd try to lower this year is eating out expenses. However, sometimes you have to spend a bit more money than you would like to due to social situations. On Friday night, we found ourselves in exactly this …

Mental health plan done!

I've taken a step towards defeating my stress ball. This morning I went to a doctor and got a mental health plan written up. My next step is to book on my first psychologist appointment. In the mean time I can continue meditating, and start exercising and eating healthy again. I'm really happy I've taken …

Flamingo FI

Recently read Money Flamingo's blog about Flamingo FI and found that it really resonated with our lifestyle goals. The concept is so simple. Achieve half your FI number, semi-retire or work part time until you do hit your FI number, then retire. All we need to do now is calculate when we will achieve the …

Spontaneous moment

I'm standing on the train as it zooms towards my destination. The train makes a sudden lurch and I fall to my left, almost onto a sleeping lady. But I grab hold of a railing just in time. I unconsciously make a face that indicates that was a close call. Another lady smiles warmly at …

16 Jan 2020

Yesterday was not as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, it went pretty well. I started the day off with a cup of tea, had a little chat to my colleagues. Then sat down my 10 or so emails that have accumulated in the past three weeks. I was surprised. I thought …

Work fears and anxiety

It's the first day back at work for 2020. I've dreaded this day every day of my three week break but now there's no avoiding it. One of the main things I've learnt recently is that I'm overly anxious about work. The being anxious part is not surprising at all since I've been like this …

Brain on easy mode

It's the second day after we took molly and my brain is still on easy mode. Case in point: I have just made myself a kimchi stew ... and forgot the noodles. Easy mode is alluring if you've got the time for it, but I can see now why you don't want to do this …

Molly

At first it felt like I had taken a sleeping tablet. But when I got up to pee, my whole body felt like it was so much lighter and floating somehow. That's when I realised this was not like anything I'd felt before. For the next five hours, we stood in the middle of the …