Success journal 790: Committed to raise my standard

Thanks to technology, I am now more familiar with myself and less hesitant. 

I rely on reminders and alarms to make things happen. And with consistent minor and daily action. I achieve big goals 

The mantra of my life

Eat less than I burn

Spend less than I earn

Invest the difference 

Efficient with time 

I strive to raise my standard and to draw boundaries clearly 

Success journal 789: Midweek catch up with Jenny

I left work early. 

Caught Jenny in Velocity, and we went to Subway to have dinner together.

To go through her thoughts and feelings 

We shared a food-long meal. She asked for chicken teriyaki. She shared about her work stress, things that she has to work on, helping, kids, and her Thailand trip  

Success journal 788: left work sharp, badminton, late home, health

I know that I cannot please everybody. 

I will have to focus on things that are important to me. 

My physical health, mental health is important to me and the family. 

I enjoyed the game, burned 1000 calories 

Grateful 

Success journal 787: 5min run, and thought sharing talk, journal it

A journal is important. To rethink, to digest, and the record. 

I think the more I journal things down, the more thought I get to process. 

Not to be silent in a meeting was one of the points we shared in our session yesterday 

I am grateful I am keeping this habit and continue to work on it. Until I am familiar with penning my thoughts down, these few minutes work is worth it because it capture the essence of the day I lived. And when I read back again, I get to learn more about it. 

Jenny is flying next week with Jayden to Thailand, so she is stressing the trip 

Success journal 786: a day with family

After work yesterday, I found that I paid my insurance with my bank account. 

All in a sudden, I paid on time. Lost a month buffer

I skipped dinner yesterday 😞 to save some money 

I grateful I save a few dollars and a few calories. Every point counts 

Sunday morning, went to a Jayden rugby tournament, they won all three games. I get to mingle with a few parents and they seems nice. 

Ava's dad fetched us back to the star vista 

We had a quick brunch and headed home. 

We swam with JJ for a bit and took a short nap. After our nap, we went to interview a helper through online

After our interview, we had bubble tea and spent some time with Jayden. 

We had a lovely meal at home and watched a movie about elephant. I also sleep Jayden and JJ. 

We have decided to buy a Beyblade for Jayden cost us a lot of money. Everything is so expensive now 

Success Journal 785: Bonding session with Jenny over meal

Yesterday I left work around 7pm, joined Jenny for Japanese meal in Kazan Square 2. 

We shared a bowl of the Kazan meal and spent about $40. Jenny shared about her concern over the helper and have decided to change our helper. It is good to hear from her. 

I also shared a bit of my story from work. We ordered a beer to share. 

I am grateful I get to spend time with her on Friday night 

Mantra of my life. 

Eat less than I burn 

Spend less than I make 

Invest the difference 

Be efficient with my time 

A reminder for myself 

Success journal 784: Spending time with myself, 3 hour badminton

I left work around 1830hrs. We took Go Jek to Sengkang for a 3-hour session. 

To stay away from work, the one that provides for the family. Which is killing me from the inside 

We have the intention to change the helper 

After my badminton session, I took a cab ride home, which took me about 30 minutes to get home. This is a cost for me to play Badminton in Sengkang 

After reaching home, I took a cold shower and drank a protein shake. 

I spent some time with Jenny and slept around midnight. 

Success Journal 783: Push back, rest

Calibration on myself  

Have a list to manage my direction 

Atomic habit. Do little things to create the habit. 

Contribute to the family as much as I can. 

Jenny needed help 

Setting the right mindset is important. The mantra of my life: 

Eat less than I burn

Spend less than I make, Invest the difference 

Be efficient with time 

Jenny is having a tough time at work, she has some issues with some tests in China. 

Success journal 782: Bought a losing money company SATS

Once a darling, SATS, an airport management, food solution company. Now they ventured into the air cargo business in Europe. 

Margin is minimal, and huge one-off costs for the takeover of a European company. 

Shareholders are taking the consequences of this. No dividend, the share price dropped etc. 

I bought it at 2.72 and now is already 2.52. Maybe I should focus less on the price and more on the moats and business opportunities. 

I feel like my knowledge retention is not as strong so I rely on staying organised. 

When I entered at 2.72, I am looking at a 3.7% yield per annum, it is impressive how this calculation is shown by the Fifth person and I appreciate the sharing of their knowledge. 

At this point, 3.7% is not a very attractive return. But is letting the money work for me.  It is not easy to have an investor mindset in this bearish market. 

To buy while others are instilling fear. Focus on the business model, moat etc. 

One thought I have for this company is that they are partially owned by the Singapore government investment fund. Which makes it easier to slack, and government may have a certain degree of influence over their policy setting. 

Success Journal 781: Pushing the boundary and study with Jayden until 10 pm

I am pushing the boundary of my mental, physical and spiritual. 

At work and home  

With so many decisions to make every day is draining my will and ability to think. 

I am also encountering mental blocks when it comes to pushing all these boundaries I need to draw a line to it. Leave at 1830hrs for the family. 

After reaching home from work, I took a quick shower and a quick dinner. After my dinner, I quickly sit down with my son and we started to go through homework together we pushed through together to finish part of the English homework. 

I am completely knackered and I am sure he is too. We had a bit of snack in between. 

After the homework session, Jayden went to sleep while in continue to spend some time with Jenny. Reconciliation after our big fight over the weekend. 

Success journal 780: Tissue, badminton, Sorry, Jazz for dogs botanic garden,

Highlight for the weekend

Saturday 

We argued over who used the most tissue paper. I stand firm on this because I have been giving too much space to my kid and my wife. 

Then I went to a 3-hour badminton session to release stress 

Then came home, spent some time with Jacob at Thomson Playground and rest.

Sunday 

Woke up for Jayden's rugby session. 

Is the 1st game of the season, after the game, we went to the beauty world and had breakfast in Cedele. Jenny said sorry about saying things simply. 

After breakfast, we let the kids have some fun on the mall's playground. This playground is very important to attract kids around. 

We went home and continue the drama, I fight for the racket to be returned to me, and JENNY EVENTUALLY BROKE DOWN, SAYING SHE NEEDS HELP. She said many sorrys

We stopped the argument and I went to take care of Jayden. Preparing him for his I Can Read part. 

The teacher mentioned he didn't do his homework. 

After ICANREAD, we then go to the botanic garden to meet up with Yuyen. There is this Jazz for Dog event that we have signed up for. 

Yuyen's family was like 1.5hours late for the event, and all her kids were asleep when they reach. 

Maybe the timing of the event doesn't fit her kids' nap time. 

Jayden was a bit disappointed. 

We did seize the opportunity to catch up with Cary and Yuyen with what we have got left. 

I played with Orie for a while, and she was relatively mild and cute. 

We reached home around 9 pm. All knackered and we went to sleep. 

Someone commented my video was without a storyline- got to improve on that. 

Grateful for the weekend. I stand for myself and spent time with my family. 

I also hear Jenny's deep voice inside where she needs help. She is carrying all the mental weight of my family. 

Success journal 779: Fatigue

Tired mentally and physically. This is when I eat a lot 

Eat less than I burn 

Spend less than earn 

Invest the difference 

Efficient with my time 

Success journal 778: Life full of commitments

Carrying different roles and responsibilities. 

From Work to Home, seems like I need to improve a lot of things. And a lot of things that I need to improve will require a lot of time, energy and effort. Perhaps work has been very demanding recently, as one of my colleagues is going on a long leave. 

Maybe I am poor at managing other people's expectations. I cannot please everybody. Because I have limited time, energy and resources. 

Yesterday night, I push myself to do a walk with Jenny despite feeling half sick. I should not have half sick as an excuse. 

The first thing is what should I focus on? Think through, remember the instruction 

Success Journal 777: Myself and discipline

It is a milestone for myself, for consistency to drive for improvement. 

Went for training yesterday, despite feeling lazy and tired. I did 3 consecutive days with badminton and I feel my legs fatigue. 

We need to focus on what matters. 

Spend less than I earn, eat less than I burn, invest the difference and be efficient with my time. 

Double-check my work so others do not need to have a double headcount. 

A reminder for myself is important, filter people around me. 

I cannot make a good deal with lousy people

Success Journal 776: Recovery and heavy work load

Feeling the workload is getting more and more as my colleague is handing over his task. 

Yesterday I left work around 7 pm. Rushed to TPY for my sessions. Ended my badminton session around 10 pm. Playing with the MI now. 

Success Journal 775: Take charge of my life

Eat less than I burn- I ate half portion of my meal. 

Spend less than I make- Use points for dessert 

Invest the difference

Manage my time efficiently- connect with Jenny at night, applied Australia visa 

Success journal 774: JB with Jenny

A rare occasion 

We went to JB without kids yesterday. 

Took the CW5 from Newton around 0845hrs, and we reached JB cafe's door around 12noon. We queued for a while crossing the Malaysia border. 

We went to cafes, massages and malls. We bonded through these sessions and reached home around 1015hrs. Completely knackered. 

I didn't manage to eat less than I burn for yesterday. Broke the mantra. Trying to compensate with some workouts today. 

We discussed our retirement funds, money to keep and money to spend.  Some of the difficult directions. Perhaps we should set some agendas for updates in the future 

Success journal 773: Good rest

I have broken the 82kg mark, today I weigh about 81.1kg. 

My new Mantra: 

Eat less than I burn, 

save less than I spend, 

Invest in the difference,

be efficient with time

Grateful for the new mindset and mantra 

Success journal 772: Efficient with time

I am very lean with my time. Catch up with friends, start some small talk, support the group and connect. 

In the morning I went to Holland Village with Jenny and Jayden. We had brunch in bakers and cook. We then bought some stuff and I went to Ken's place for a meal, I ate less than usual. Trying to keep the eat less than I burn, and spend less than I make mantra at work. 

I ate a lot of celery yesterday. Aroundb1545, I called a cab and went home. Brought Jayden out for Badminton. 

We then played with our neighbour for a while. 

We had our dinner on hong kong street. We spent like 60++ for a meal together. I tried again the mantra Eat less than I burn. The challenge is on. I hope I didn't gain weight from the holiday as much. Three full meals a day, will keep me gaining weight 

Success journal 771: Connecting with myself, setting clarity must do list for myself.

I left work earlier yesterday, and grab two peanut bread to eat. I reached the badminton court around 1830hrs.

I started my training from 7 pm, till 8 pm. Then continue leisure games from 8 pm to 10 pm. 

I also looked into my must-do list, and thoroughly go through them. I revised some of them, and think through the things I want. 

Perhaps things can be improved. By using what I have learned from atomic habit. I need to continue those little things daily. I always underestimate what I can achieve in years 

Success Journal 770: Family Sunday, Jayden Judo graduation

The weekend was great, I got some rest on Saturday night while they went out to have dinner with Alexander and Gerda in Funan. When they come back from their dinner, I was called to work on Saturday last minute though. 

We then went out for a drink without the kids in Coffee beans. They got the promotion drinks and croissants with ham. 

The jizz is the connection I made with Jenny that night, catching up with her and listening to her. Last two weeks, she was a bit relaxed because her boss went away for 2 weeks. 

Sunday Morning 

We stayed the day tidying the house and preparing Jayden for his Judo graduation. Jayden got a certificate for this  

After Jayden's judo class, we went to Mira's Birthday in Shaw Plaza, which is about baking tiramisu together with Jayden's Friends. Luckily there is a small indoor playground around where I get to bond with Jacob for about 1 hour. 

Jayden seems to enjoy the sessions, and I took some videos of Jacob in the playground. I am not bringing my camera out since then. 

After the birthday party, we then have our lunch in xi men Jie, a Taiwanese eatery on the 4th floor of Shaw Plaza. The food was good. The price is very reasonable. I get to feed the whole family of 4 for like $36. 

We also spent some time together playing with robots in the mall, took a short taxi ride back home and rest. 

3 pm I took Jayden to I can read for about 1.5 hours. I could have done a lot more but I spent my time editing videos of my badminton sessions last week. I could have read more financial blogs and learned a lot more. I did follow a Singaporean blog called Assi I admire his self-talk and learned through some. I spent some time in Popular to read some chapters of some random books about cpf too. Seems like the Singapore bond is popular now. Around 3.9 to 4 per cent yield  

After fetching Jayden, I brought him back home and we do a relaxing movie night together. We watched a movie together, age of Ultron. And had kfc for dinner. I controlled myself with the chicken as I think I overeat in the afternoon. I save some space for Tiramisu baked by Jayden. 

After our dinner, we continue our movie night together until 10 pm. Took a shower together with Jayden and sleep that night. I could have read a short story for Jayden that night. Will improve with that. 

Success journal 769: To be a pet 🐶

It is important to find the channel to connect to offwith people. Maybe some are trickier than others. I just have to learn the trick 

Yesterday went for a session in Sengkang with colleagues and ex colleague 

Burnt around 1k, good fun 

Success journal 768: Spending time with Jayden

Yesterday I spent 3.5hours with my kid Jayden. Well worth it. 

We did CMA together, watched ironman together. Bonding with my son 

I should have more of these sessions 

Success journal 767: Connecting with people through badminton

It is a channel, a way of life. 

I regretted letting people know too much of my personal life. Set boundary 

Training with someone in this network, with Huck lee is that I get to tap on his network. 

The upside is i get to connect with people with the same interest. 

Eat less than I burn, spend less than I make 

Success journal 766:We got it, Jayden is going to ACS

Received a text yesterday at 8 am. Saying that Jayden has secured a place in ACS Junior. 

Is a dream come true, probably the Kiasu nightmare just started. Hahaha who knows, will see how it goes 10 years from now. 

I am grateful, for all the effort we have done. We managed to get into it.