Watching The Sunrise

Woke up super duper early today to make the effort to clock in some much needed exercise. Sometimes the little things like watching the sun rise makes the effort so rewarding.

A New Resolution

Given my poor investing performance this year, I have made a new resolution from today.

I will NOT invest my funds in any products or asset classes anymore UNTIL I have accumulated $10,000 in cash savings in each of my four savings accounts.

Only funds from offloaded holdings or dividends will be allowed for channelling into invesments.

I will update the blog again when this target has been reached.

Good luck to me.

The 7 Minute Workout

Trimming my tummy fat day by day.

Go download and try it!

Fatherhood Reflections XIII - The Agony Of Defeat

Today we let the boy experience what it feels like to lose.

He thought it would be fun to bet on a game of scissors paper stone with the winner gaining control of the TV (mummy vs son). Surely he thought he would end up watching the TV whether win or lose. So we emphasized to him that if he lost, he would NOT be watching his cartoons. Still he had that "Imma gonna win smirk".

Instead he came up with scissors vs the wifey's stone.

Suddenly he just burst to the ground and laid there crying! He cried and cried the hardest cry he could muster.

We watched and while our hearts softened, allowed that agony of defeat to sink in, with no recourse.

And this will turn into a big chapter in his life where he learns to feel the agony of defeat. Just like in the movie Inside Out, it has turned into a special memory filled with sadness and anger for him.

He will learn and be stronger for this. 

So proud of my boy ;)

JH Kim Taekwondo Singapore

I must say that the boy's punching and kicking techniques have improved tremendously.

JH Kim Taekwondo is definitely not the cheapest (it's a lot cheaper doing it in the Community Centers), but here the kids train in an aircon environment (not sure if that's appropriate though haha) and more importantly, the student to teacher ratio is far smaller. Presently both my kids are in 3:1 student to teacher classes. Of course it helps that we come at a less popular class timing.

Also there is class rescheduling flexibility of we had to miss classes. Classes are signed up and paid on a quarterly (term) basis. I guess end of day it will depend on whether the kids still want to carry on learning Taekwondo, but I think this minimum three month martial art class is definitely with the money.

Here's the most recent pricing guide:

Manchester United 3 Sunderland 0

Top of the table for the first time since dunno when!

1) Anthony Martial The Real Deal

This guy is making waves for his scoring, and yet the game he does not score, he shows he has arrived. With one assist and several smart plays, I can only hope he doesn't get injured so soon.

2) Rooney Is Still Terrible

No drive, poor passing in the final third and poor leadership skills. Firstly I don't know what's wrong with him. Secondly and more importantly, why does LVG persist with him. He can't call him a good leader when he doesn't show it on the field! Bastian Schweinsteigger is a leader when he comes on the field, not Rooney.

3) Why Depay Over Young?

Also I don't understand why Young is overlooked for Depay. Young is more defensive and dependable, while Depay is wasteful but explosive. Yet the feeling is that the novelty is over for Depay.

4) Smalling And Blind Is Perfect

Don't change this CB pairing. All detractors please go eat your words.

5) Tony V Rolls Back The Years

Was nice to see Valencia get game time. It was even nicer to see him bombing up and down the right side with aplomb like he used to before his leg break. Hopefully the injury to Luke Shaw will spur him to life.

Hopefully we keep this up and win the league! 

GGMU!!!

Saturday Football Fun

At my young age, I've got this feeling my days of impact sport is coming to an end sooner rather than later ;'( rather sad when I think about it.

Still it's been a good run. Of being a good player, scoring good goals, and everyone wanting you in their team.

The gang of us first started playing in VJC, then followed by TJC, then ITE East, then Temasek Polytechnic and finally Kovan Futsal Court.

In fact, we actually started out playing basketball first, and then only switched to football a few years later.

Recently we even snapped a picture together as one of us was relocating to Dubai. Funnily enough it was our first picture on the pitch together.

Hopefully I can go at it till my early 40s at least.

The Haze Is Terrible

I think PSI is now 200+ :(

Bon Jovi @ F1 Singapore GP 2015

Here's what I have to say.

Luckily I had great company ;)

Inside Out

The movie was an eye-opener man. Connecting us viewers to our emotions and towards self discovery, it was awesome.

Not so for the kids maybe :)