January 2020

Quite an eventful first month to 2020. A quick summary of what I did this month

-Spent another NYE with some of my closest friends: 

Really reminded me that this is the 16th year that we know each other for most of us and since  I dont believe in fate, then it must truly be our compatibility as friends that kept us together for this long. Another longass round of new years resolution with mine being to move out. going to be a tough one to fulfill.

-Made the collective decision to end HBWB Asia:

I mean this came as no surprises to be very honest, with the lack of communication and mention of the event that we worked so fucking hard to make come true eventually fading out and away. Yes, its no surprise but I guess it still tugs away at a corner of my emotional heartstrings as thats prob as close to entreprenuership that I have gotten.

-Jay Chou Concert

fucking mindblown by Jay Chou's concert, crazy dazzling and impressive visuals, amazing songs, creative ideas, and speaking segments showing us his most candid self. Absolutely loved it even though we were sitting super far away. Inspired by this massive star of a man who advocates hardwork almost more than any other celebrity. 

-Taiwan Holiday/KL Wedding

First trip with Lucie to kenting, kaohsiung, and KL and I am thoroughly impressed, and definitely excited for more to come. Great trip planning from her with us visiting amazing food places (yes, thats one of the most important things for me on a holiday). Heartwarming, star wars themed holiday from the possible in laws (lucie's sister) and actually a pretty warm family that I think my father tries to replicate forcibly but to no avail. but alas, they have their problems too, which i shant touch on of course.

-Tragedies after Tragedies

The Aussie bushfire that wiped out hundreds of millions of wildlife, the coronavirus from wuhan that though not as deadly as SARS, showed us something much worse: how fucked up human beings can be. maybe we do deserve some of these plagues to kill us off for what some of us have become. Patients ripping off doctors' mask and spitting at them to "die together", potential patients sneaking out of their country by some little scheme or another, its really alot of fuckery going on here and it does pains me to read about such shit. Then Kobe's passing which I guess, was even more unforeseen than the bushfire and the virus. 

Managed to clear out 2 books this month out of the 12 for the year, wayyyy ahead of schedule.

This will Never work by Marc Randolph. The story of Netflix, and if i had to describe it in a short sentence, it would be the practical application of the Blitzscaling book

Bad Blood. about the story of theranos, one of the most incredible tales of incredibly notorious human beings. really gripping for a non fiction book.

Using this space once again to record some happenings and learnings so that another decade later, theres something to look back on. Kind of regret not doing meaningful documentation of my life more and focusing so much on posts that dont matter.

2019 Resolutions:
Read 12 books a year. Almost success, managed 11 books this year: Platform revolutions, platform strategy, sleights of mind, subtle art of not giving a fuck, secrets of sandhill road, the psychology of persuasion, start with why, zero to one, purple cow, blitzscaling, and the $100 startup.

exercise 3 times a week. Failed miserably. maybe averaged 1.5 times a week this year. its been truly tough since i left waterpolo.

Earn a revenue of 6k/month. Working a few jobs, this was pretty much successful, cant complain too much about it.

Make a 7% increment in stocks portfolio. Success. was abit lucky too with the way the US stocks were growing

Make concrete plans with friends when you say you want to meet up. success, met up with lots of friends in 2019 that I didnt think i would have.

Win the U11 competition with pacer. Success. twice. thrice if you count that for the second tournament we got both 1st and 2nd place.

Drink 1.5 litres of water a day. Fail, im notorious for the little amount of water I drink.

To stay single till June but to date seriously. Success, not sure if it was that good a year, but it definitely took a turn for the better.