I am not a great cook by any standards but my dabbling in the kitchen seems to turn out edible, good-enough dishes for the family. Limited repertoire which I hope to expand in time. Most of my dabbling is based on memories of how mom used to cook plus my own improvisation when memory fails. […]
Author: Gemstone
Life During Covid19 Circuit Breaker
Now that all my group activities have been suspended and required to Stay at Home like everyone else, am I still enjoying my retirement? Yes, I am, although I do worry about my mom and sis who live 15-mins drive away. I miss not being able to join them for dinner every day and not […]
Life Before Covid19 Circuit Breaker Period
So, what have you been doing after you stop working? That seems to be the most common question I get. It is almost as if people think that without a job, life would be meaningless. On the contrary, my life has been quite full and fun, until Covid19 which basically suspended all my activities, forcing […]
Every Little Bit Adds Up
Since young, mom has drilled into me about not wasting and the importance of saving for a rainy day. Which is why unnecessary waste really annoy and irk me. In a resource-scarce country like Singapore, I think we should all do our part in saving resources, big or small. Because every bit will translate into […]
An Eventful 2018
I recently met up with an old friend who asked me why I hadn’t updated my blog the past year. Only one reason: I returned to the corporate world after a 2-year hiatus and the job took up almost all my time and energy. When I am not at work, I am either spending time […]
My Top 10 Pet Peeves
Everyone has their pet peeves. According to Wiki, a pet peeve or pet aversion is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than others may find. While I try not to let them bother me, since they are really minor things, they still get on my […]
Aging Parents and Death
Yesterday I went to the wake of a friend’s father, who died of pneumonia in a nursing home where he had stayed the past 7 years. He was 80. I was relieved that she and her family were taking it well. At our age, the 50 plus, the truth is, we are attending more funerals. […]
10 Tips to Living and Loving Life After 50
Having started this blog a year ago about living and loving life after 50, I realized we could all do with a summary to highlight the moral behind all the stories I have been sharing. As we get older, we tend to become set in our ways. How can we ensure that we don’t become […]