Token2049 2026

 This was my first Token2049 event in Singapore where we bought early bird tickets at USD399 for both days.

It’s just a massive crypto event and by massive I mean MASSIVE! Basically the whole of MBS Convention Centre all levels kinda massive.

Few things stood out for me.

Crypto and blockchain are slowly but surely making its way into the mainstream. There is no stopping it.

There is TradFi (Traditional Finance) where I’m from. And DeFi (Decentralized Finance), where the new world begins.

On the first day we went from office in office attire and all through the day we could tell that there were people specifically avoiding TradFi. So the next day we dressed in T-shirt and jeans and immediately we got into more conversations!

Tokenization of securities and other assets will become a thing sooner than people think.

Else crypto right now is very murky and we do not know what’s funding all of this but there’s really too much money floating around in this lesser known system and a lot of it is surely illicit and non-compliant.

But here we are.

Crazy F1 Week

 What a crazy work week it has been for me.

5th Oct Monday - High profile client event. Drank with clients and colleagues.

6th Oct Tuesday - Drinks with CPH colleagues.

7th Oct Wednesday - Token2049 @ MBS. Drinks while networking.

8th Oct Thursday - Token2049 @ MBS. Drinks while networking.

9th Oct Friday - F1 Day 1 Practice. Took a breather, one beer with colleagues then dinner with family.

10th Oct Saturday- F1 Day 2 Qualifying. Further breather, no alcohol.

11th Oct Sunday - F1 Day 3 Race Night. Trackside VIP event. Certainly will drink while we watch the race.

Shag.

Evolution Of Steps

 Looking at my iCloud data on daily steps taken.

It’s quite interesting that I’ve got more than 10 years of data now.

Mind you this tracker is just based on how much time I hold my phone while walking as a daily average.

2015 - 5,011 steps

2016 - 5,450 steps

2017 - 7,028 steps

2018 - 6,719 steps

2019 - 7,528 steps

2020 - 4,915 steps 

2021 - 4,809 steps

2022 - 5,923 steps

2023 - 6,863 steps

2024 - 7,773 steps

2025 - 8,387 steps

2026 - 9,013 steps (so far)

Wow, things have picked up not just since Covid but even surpassing pre Covid period.

Here’s to a healthier lifestyle!

Fulham 1 Manchester United 1

 It was almost expected.

We’re started the season so poorly that I cannot expect any easy games even at this early stage of the season.

Fulham are, or were, bottom of the league thus far.

Yet we conceded a stupid own goal.

Thankfully Cunha scored in the 89th minute to save us a point.

We are now five games in with five points. One of our worst ever starts.

Sigh.

Michael Carrick really has his job cut out for him this season.

GGMU.

Weird EPL Weekend

 It’s been a very weird EPL weekend so far.

Brentford 3 Chelsea 0

Brighton 3 Arsenal 0

Nottingham Forest 0 Coventry 1

It might mean that Manchester United has a chance away to Fulham later!

I can only wish.

Fourth HYROX Training

 Wow it just gets tougher.

Today I threw the 6kg medicine ball for Wall Ball and lost my grip catching it and it smashed my face and shoulder.

Shag really cannot think.

I was dazed for quite awhile, and my glasses were bent for a moment.

Luckily I regained composure and could carry on.

At this point we are only doing six stations on rotational reps of 1/4 the race count + 1km run between stations.

And it gets worse each session.

Phew!

First Ever HYROX

 We were on to our second HYROX training even without signing up for the competition.

Then I went to check the website again even though last few times I’ve checked their Mixed Doubles slots were all full.

And lo and behold there were open availabilities for the Thursday slot for Mixed Doubles!

So I signed up for myself and the wifey, costing almost $400!

This November!

That’s really soon and now the ten session package I’ve signed up for is going to be the very thing that will push us over the finish line!

Let’s gooooooo!

Everton 2 Manchester United 2

 Awww man, what a bummer.

We conceded a literal last minute Everton goal, else really could have won it.

What made it more special was being able to watch this with my son.

How much a win that would have meant.

It’s just frustrating that we were quite good up front but still struggling at the back.

Fair play to Everton piling on the pressure at home. 

The only silver lining is that we got the draw instead of a loss, even if we should’ve won.

Sigh.

GGMU!

HYROX Training Locked In

 Was so happy with the training the wifey and I did last Sunday, that I decided to sign on another 10 session package to the same gym and doing those HYROX training sessions.

Even though I didn’t manage to sign up for the mixed doubles for this November leg in Singapore, I’m thinking this still gets our fitness up, while we await to sign up for next April’s edition.

Here’s to a healthier body while I am still able to work out well.

Margin Lending Wheel Strategy

  I’ve come far enough to say that the is year this strategy has worked crazily well for me.

The Wheel strategy is an old plain vanilla strategy and that seems to have paid off really well for me all through the year.

The strategy is simple: pick good solid stocks that I would like to own (though lately I have been a bit more aggressive with some speculative growth stocks), sell Puts at strike prices that I would not mind owning them if the stocks are assigned, then sit and wait. If assigned, I own the stocks at a good price, then I begin selling Calls on them until I get assigned. 

Rinse and repeat.

This strategy has been made even more successful as I have been doing it on my Saxo Margin Lending account which allows me to execute this less aggressive strategy on margin.

Long may the huatness continue!