Success journal 471 and farewell with weiyang

 Left work earlier yesterday and spent quality time with jenny. 

Habits I am tracking: 

Waking up at 6 am

Connect with jenny 

Lemon water 

Play piano with jayden 

Play blockus with the family 

Read and write on the bus 

Went on for a farewell lunch with weiyang in a taxi; we are 120 for 4 of us. We discussed family matters, travel and stuff.

Jenny is frustrated with Sally recent black face encounter. I guess she couldn't sleep well as I am telling her that if we are getting a new helper now, it will cost us 6k. She suggested letting her fly home in June while we are away. 

We will have to pay for the pcr, and she is very frustrated with my approach about helper

Success journal 470

I came back home around 2100hrs, took a quick shower and meal and continued to work until 2330hrs. Not the kind of life I am looking for. 

Woke up at 0640hrs, giving myself waking up late for working last yesterday. Met an LTA colleague yesterday and chatted for a while. 

Yesterday Gabriel sent me a screenshot of about vtl back to KK. That is very nice of him to share this with me. 

Connected with my parents about flying back to KK, and they are very excited. 

Things that I didn't do well were having snacks and drink from the pantry.

Did took my pills and apple cider vinegar today. 

I also wrote and read on a bus. 

Said goodbye to jayden via the telecom as I nearly forgot to say goodbye to him. I called him, and he said, what are you doing? Which I find very cute. Xoxo. 

The book I am reading is the most important thing by Howard Mark.

SJ469

Woke up at 0640hrs, wasted my time in the morning and missed my rebounding session. 

Connect with my mum yesterday, and I told her about my plan to meet them in June. She was excited to hear that. I will have to start looking for flights and stuff. I will have to take care of my health as I see many youngsters get strokes in the hawker centre. The stroke will cause our family a lot of money in the long run and forget about investing. Be very grateful for what I eat from now on. Discipline discipline discipline 

I clocked 12k footsteps yesterday, and I am feeling good today. I will keep up the steps every day and improve on my walking to the site simultaneously. 

I am more connected with Jenny and will be organising more family outings. I love spending time with Jenny as she is very conscious and could unleash her full potential in the right environment. She will be open and willing to share and listen. I wish we could have more of our family time together and sometimes it can be less expensive. I think we should be setting a budget too for our monthly gathering 

I am starting to read on a bus and am continuing the habit. 

SJ468

Writing is to understand me more. To write my thoughts and feelings while going through all the roller coasters in life. 

Jenny is applying for a role in Melbourne, a place we wanted to go to a while ago. We even invested in a small apartment there. Life will be very different by then, and I think I should be looking for opportunities in Melbourne now. 

The way to improve my blogging, vlogging, reading and writing are by blogging, vlogging, and writing. With that, I could practise my skills and improve on them. 

I have completed my third book yesterday, the four agreements. And it is wise not to have an earphone on the bus so I can write and read on the bus now. Imagine today I ran out of boom to read. Will have to get a few new books. Xoxo

Sj 467 jenny birthday celebration

 I had last Saturday and Sunday off.  spent most of the time with family and Jenny celebration and research on stocks 

Saturday 

I woke up in the morning and snuggled with Jayden and Jenny. Then we went to buy pastries from Kamome bakery. I brought jayden and Jacob to the bakery. Jayden helped out with the tray, and they both behaved well in the store. Kamome bakery has since become my favourite bakery around the neighbourhood. After getting the bakeries, I brought jayden to Thomson road playground and let him play with the swing for a bit while Jacob relaxed in the stroller. 

We then went back home, had a quick breakfast with the family and helped out with tidying up the house for a bit for tonight's guest. 

I then brought Jenny to Tanjong Pagar, Bam restaurant, for her birthday lunch. The meal was great, and it cost me about $250. 

After our meal, we went for a bit of shopping and headed home to swim with Jayden. 

Irish family reached around 6 pm; we had games, chit-chat, and meals until 2230hrs. It was a great bonding and experience sharing session with them about parenting stuff in Singapore. 

Sunday

Woke up and got ready for Jayden's rugby I. Tangling rugby club. Took a grab, and we reached there around 0808hrs. Jayden coach today is Gavin, and he had not been reached by then when we were there, which was a bit disappointing. Some other coaches have already prepared the cones and stuff for the kid's arrival. In general, the coach's energy seems relatively low compared to other coaches. 

I also took Jacob out with me when I brought jayden to rugby. Jacob has been behaving well; in fact, he fell asleep halfway through the rugby session. At the same time, I received news from my parent that my mum had covid, though without symptoms. I immediately called her and checked with her about her conditions and plan. 

After rugby, we went back home and took care of Jacob for a bit, and we went to Shangri-La for a Jenny birthday lunch. It is an Italian restaurant called waterfall. Ordered two three-course meals and a kids meal. Spent almost like 3 hours there relaxing.  I note that they got a charming nursing room in the hotel, so for those with infants, Shangri-La is an excellent place to bring; however, if possible, to skip the stroller. 

After our meal in the waterfall, we did spend a bit of time wandering around the hotel, and then we walked towards the far east plaza (all about tiramisu) to collect Jenny's birthday cake. 

After collecting the cake, we took a bus back home, took a bath with my kids, and Jenny cut her tiramisu cake. The cake was fresh and soft. Love it. 

After that, Jenny and I took a short nap while jayden watched the tele. We then had dinner together. After our meal, Jenny and jayden went out for a walk. We then played blockus until 2230hrs before we all went to bed. 

SJ466

 Discipline me; I am recording what I have done and stuff. Writing this blog at a bus stop. Thinking back, I have got so many things to learn. 

Woke up at 6 am, half an hour earlier, and it was part of my atomic habit implementation. I am thinking to set my morning routine.

0600 wake up 

0615 To rebounding or yoga 

0630 To take my pills and shower 

0650 To spend time with Family 

0700 to leave the house 

0708 to write blog and post 

0715 to read on my kindle

0730 to reach my workplace 

1200 to connect with family 

1900 to leave my workplace 

1930 to have dinner and shower 

2000 to connect with the family

2100 to read financial/ to edit vlog 

2300 to sleep 

SJ465 Thursday morning

 I wrote this blog while waiting for my bus 851 at the bus stop. 

Yesterday evening I left work earlier than usual. I will set a routine where I will be leaving work earlier on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and staying late on Tuesday and Thursday. 

Managed to reach home to have dinner while my family could still chat and talk with me. It is one of my atomic habits that I will be implementing. 

A few atomic habits I am tracking and building for February 2022

1. To read every day on a bus 

2. To do trampoline daily 

3. To make tea and to massage Jenny daily.

4. To swim with Jayden once a week.

5. To plan my week on Google calendar and also outlook.

6. To cut down on my snacking 

7. To do a weekly blog, to post by the end of Sunday 

8. To weigh me every Sunday 

9. To connect with Shaun every quarter 

10. To connect with my parents every day 

11. To connect with friends, this month will be JY and also Jeff 

12. To wake up at 6 am and do yoga and rebounding 

SJ464 Wednesday

Putting in the habit of writing on my bus, drinking apple cider vinegar, reading the four agreements on the bus and connecting with Jenny at night. 

I worked film 9 pm yesterday and am completely exhausted. Couldn't think straight after work and felt like walking dead. Would like to stop this from keep happening

I also connected with my mum and my dad yesterday. Understand their lifestyle and become someone to connect with them. My parents invited me to go home for a while. 

After work yesterday I went to novena to wait for Jenny's dinner with her colleagues. Had a late meal and watched an apprentice with her.

What I still need to improve is my snacking habits. Have to think of an alternative to stopping my snacking habit and also drinking carbonated drinks in the office. 

I also invited Wei jiun for lunch together today. 

SJ463 weekend and Monday

Resuming my success journal is quite fun and familiar. I am now looking forward to hopping on bus 851 and writing a post. 

Yesterday was my off day, and the day before, which is a Sunday, I worked. During my lunch break, I connected with my brother Shaun to discuss our family business at home and how he is getting along. I guess it is comforting to be able to share his thought and to clarify it by discussing them with me. At least not to face all the trouble by himself. Aligning ourselves with our parents. I shared with him that probably mom is feeling a bit tired about working now. 

Getting off work around 5 pm and spent time with Jayden; it was drizzling. Jayden and I went out to fetch Jenny from newton station. We thought to surprise Jenny, but we couldn't catch her along the way, and she reached home via another route. We had our dinner at home and spent a relaxing Sunday night with the family. 

Monday 7/2/2022

On my off day, I sent Jayden to school, connected with my mom along the way, Jenny bought some bakeries from the game, and I brought the bakery to veronica's place. Got the wrong address but managed to find her place. Sally and I brought some stuff and four tiers of kallax back via gogovan. 

Back home, I had tea and some 🥐 with Jenny before I fetched Jayden from school together with Jacob around 11 am. After school, I went for a swim together with Jayden and Jenny. 

Let Jayden take a nap, and we then work on the kallax installation. 

Finished the installation, and Jayden went for his Chinese class. When Jayden finished his Chinese class, we went to Thomson road playground to learn longboarding. Did a few rounds, and we went to square 2 to meet up with Lucy for dinner in Kaizen ramen. Jayden did misbehave by lifting his both legs and was scolded by Jenny. 

After our meal, we sent lucy to MRT and went back home. 

SJ462

Yesterday I left work early connected with Jenny and also Jayden at night. 

Went to Daiso, NTUC and Japan home with Jenny and connected with her. After that, we went home and watched some longboarding tutorials, and we tried longboarding in our room. I also massaged Jenny for good night sleep. 

Woke up at 0630hrs today took a multivitamin, Apple cider vinegar and also vitamin c. Did rebounding for about 30 secs and left the house for work. I wrote this post while I was on bus 851. 

Today will be connecting with Shaun around 12noon about family matters. I will have to plan for the week, months and also the year so I can make a progressive move towards my goals. I think it is time to relook into my goals tomorrow while I got a bit of time so I can move towards my goals. 

Habit to write, 1st day at work after cny

 CNY day 4,

I am back to work, very reluctant after more than two weeks away from work. It is like restarting the engine after a long rest. 

Not much to say about work apart from receiving $10 Ang Pau from the company,  lunch and wine 🍾 

After our drinking session, I left the office around 6 pm and went long-boarding with Jayden in Thomson road playground. He could balance himself well on a board and managed to manoeuvre the board on a curve. 

After showering, Jenny called me that she would be walking back home from MRT, so I woke up and walked to fetch her and to give her a surprise. I managed to catch her while she was walking past ah chew dessert. She was shocked and happy. We then walked back home together. She is very keen on Jayden's longboarding pictures or video, but I only managed to take one or two. 

We chatted for a while, and I fell asleep. 

Post cny blog

 Woke up by an alarm clock. It has been a while, I think, since the 22nd of January 2022. Picking up the routine work life again. Took a quick shower, got changed and rush to the United Square bus stop. Waited for bus 851, and I boarded the bus. 

I left my kindle at home, so I started to work on my blog. 

I had covid from 22nd of January and only tested negative on the 30th January 2022. I only left the room on the 31st January 2022 as I got an infant at home. Extra precautions so I will not pass the virus to the family members. 

During my quarantine, I did a few vlogs resume reading about the psychology of money, yoga and rebounding. Although these seem to be tiny things, it required a lot of time and effort to make them happen. I also cleared my family bookkeeping since August, which is overdue. 

Before CNY, I went out for breakfast with Jenny in McDonald United Square. Ordered the wrap and black coffee. They are still providing free refills. Love it. Catching up with Jenny and connecting with her over a meal. We have called off a few reunion meals with friends because of my situation. 

Day 1 of CNY

We went for a swim in the afternoon and spent time together as a family at home. Connected with my dads family via zoom in the morning, and we went for a swim in the afternoon. We walked around the neighbourhood at night and collected the art kit 

Day 2 of CNY

Had breakfast in providore, and went to MBS. Had ding tai fung for lunch, connected with Jenny,

Day 3 of CNY

Visited our 10th floor, Ethan is about 13th months, they are moving away soon after delivery and they are opening a student care. They are Singapore and hong kong couple which are very resourceful and willing to share. We discussed about IVF. After our lunch, we went to the orchard and spent time in the decathlon with the family; we did a bit of longboarding and cycling in the decathlon. We decided to buy the longboard to practise. 

Day 4 of CNY 

Back to work 

A meal with my dad

 

2017111- Barcelona 

Please note I am writing this blog based on memory. Five years late. Better than never here

While we were given some free and easy time during our tour, we wandered to a market where they got stalls serving food and some selling stuff. 

The market is vast and is filled with people. We were looking for el quim de la Boqueria; they are famous for their baby squid with eggs. Took dad and me a while to find the place, which is not complicated is. Just the place is enormous. When I reached the place, there was a long queue. Random queue, no queue number, is identified by the staff when it is our turn. People waiting got drinks on their hands and started to chat with their company. The owner also came out to say hello to his patrons 

I remember the staff were amiable, and they worked cheerfully in the kitchen. It is very relaxing to watch as we sit at a bar table facing the kitchen. 

I ordered cava baby squid with eggs, and we immersed at the moment. Love the experience. 

Hands down be a memorable meal with my dad 

Status update

To briefly update my current life. I am a father of 2, working with a local project management company. Writing this blog on bus 851 while I am on my way home in 2025hrs. Almost more than 12hours of shift work. 

It is exhausting. No complaint. At least I have something on my mind that I will do in the future. Just have to bear with it. 

My mum offered to buy a Japanese exam grade upright piano for Jayden and Jacob today. Both Jenny and I are very grateful to have such loving parents. 

Work is not too bad. Happy with what I have now; at least colleagues are supportive. 

A book I am reading is an atomic habit by James clear. It is to learn how to build good habits. 

I am typing with Grammarly, a software that helps correct my grammar. 

A series I am watching with Jenny is Emily in Paris from Netflix. We get to spend quality time together watching drama together. 

I am trying to build a habit of creating content to improve my communication skills in the long run, from blogging to blogging and journaling my life. 

I have started to take vitamin c, fish oil and men vitamins. Hair starts to fall, and it seems to be scary. Soon I will have no hair 

Staycation for jayden birthday

We checked in Conrad hotel yesterday around noon. After we checked in the contract hotel, we immediately put all our luggage in the room, and we went out for a dim sum. The dim sum it's on the 4th floor. We ordered like seven to eight pieces. The meal cost about 75 for $80, and I've got a 15% discount. After a meal, we went back to our room, drank some tea and relaxed. We went for a swim at the swimming pool at around 3:45. Jayden and Jacob enjoyed swimming off to the store, and we went back up to the room and took a shower

After our shower, we took a taxi to meet aunty sally at velocity. Then after dropping off Jacob at velocity to aunty sally. We went to haidilao in Royal Square. 

Waited for about an hour until we finally served to do our table, ordered a feast, and it cost us around 100. Haidilao served Jayden birthday cake and free kids meals.  I will come back again. 

We took the MRT back to the hotel, did a bath and a bit of a movie before going back to sleep. 

On the 16th of Jan, we had a quick breakfast in the hotel and checked out, collected Jacob from velocity and headed off to NTUC for Jacob milk powder.

Good bye 2021

 It is the last few days of 2021, so with Grammarly, I am updating my Blogspot again. It seems fun and clearer to write with AI assisting me on a Lenovo laptop all by myself in my room during a video call with Jayden and jenny. They are now in Hong Kong, and they will be flying back to Singapore on the 2nd of Jan 2021. So that will be a few days from now, and I am looking forward to seeing them soon. 

Ok back to the title, 2021- I won't say she is exciting, but I would say there is a lot of luck. Lucky to be in excellent health this year, and it has been a challenging one for my career path. 

Good things that happened in 2021, the pros:

1. We went on the cruise, 4 days 3 nights, for Jayden's birthday, or more like for us to get away from Singapore due to the lockdown that time. Less restriction and less crowded. There were performances, food, a jacuzzi, and away from work on the cruise. The video that I have made gathered 3.7k views on youtube now. Looking forward to creating more videos 
2. We went island hopping and had fun under the sun with friends and stuff with all the restrictions. Again, it is good that we were slowly getting our freedom back from lockdown. We are getting more comfortable living with covid nowadays, and it seems like it is going to be endemic
3. Good that we stay invested throughout 2021, property and stocks. Would like to stick through my principles all the way. Own a piece of a good business is my mantra, and invest goodly
4. I started to reduce my diet coke intake
5. resumed my badminton session 
6. to find my identity. I need to be very good at one thing, so people will know who I am. 
7. A book that I am reading is atomic Habits by James Clear. I just started off a few pages. Easy to read and promise to keep. 
   
8. Glad that my Kindle is revived 
9. connect with some of my long lost friends. Some of them more than 2 years 
10. I joined BRMC Methodist church 
11. Keeping my lemon water routine which I am very grateful for
12. Having Spinach soup for my staple lunch 
13. Keeping up with sufficient sleep and feeling less stressed at work. Connecting with friends is important 
14. Glad that I met some of them: Serene, chai ann, CCY, ken, Ocean, Choi mei, Alvin and Wilson
15. all. Good to have them to chat/discuss with 
16. Started off Yoga session with Frannie
17. Connected back with my Younger brother
18. Remember that I regretted not spending the money while in the UK. I guess my time on earth should be well spent too. Need to create a system so I can live comfortably
19. Jacob is born safely, jenny is all good.
20. Created a mini ritual or a system to improve my life significantly 
21. Moved to a new place

Cons

1. Gained weight due to a lack of self-discipline and couldn't blame anyone for watching Netflix. I need to slow down in watching that tv. 
2. Overworked- not balanced. I will need to find a way out of this rat race. 
3. Couldn't visit my parents in Sabah
4. Spent more on living expenses

Father's day 2021

We went to SEA aquarium to celebrate father's Day. Jenny bought a wonderful mango cake 🎂

I am so blessed! Xoxo

A solid father's Day card from my 4 year old boy. 

My boy requested his mum to buy me at spicy snacks. Love it ! xoxo. Preparing our self to aquarium today.

Looking forward to a memorable day with the family amid restriction. 😊

A typical relaxing sunday with the family

 FFA 2

Would love to be a writer and would like to write as much as i could to record things that happened recently in my live. Would like to speed through things and record every single moment i spendor encountered. 

just book a 3 nights cruise with Royal Carribean in January 2021. That is something that we are looking forward to. 

Not sure if we would be receiving our bonus but would like to have a getaway at the moment. 

Went to Funan to collect my laptop, i think it has been almost a month since i dropped my laptop in the store, the guy was very helpful but wasn't very technical.

Is like a guy next door trying to explain computer stuff with me. 

I will start form bullet points to record things that happened today. 

Brought jayden to mindchamps space camp and let him explore the creativity part of his side, i also watched a few videos of my weddings and reminded me of learning how to give a speech. Apparently, Anthony gave a rather nice speech

after watching youtube videos, we then took the bus to marina square for jayden's space camp with Mind champ, send jayden into the class and went to have starbucks with jenny, we shared a ginger latte with whip cream and bought a present for my colleagues. It was a lovely water bottle with a price tag of 26++ 

this present is for the exchange gift in N110. 

After the session, we then went to raffles city for our lunch, we chose the coffee academics as i remembered i got burpple and we ordered miso salmon pasta and truffle portobello pizza. The pizza was not bad and the bill came out to be 35++

Took a bus back home and thinking to edit the video for today. 

SJ461

 FFA 0 

Apple cider vinegar 

Lemon water 

Spend quality time with Jenny 

Meditation 

Breathing exercise for relaxation and peace 

Connect with Daniel

Connect with parents 

Read paper in the morning 

Did not react to my stock holding 

Continue my property rental income 

Passive income 

Hair loss and catch ups

Since I last blogged, as work took up quite a lot of my time recently. Although I do get a pay cut(forced leave), one force leaves every week. All my annual leave for 2020 has been used up in August. I am currently on 15% pay cut.

Get to catch up with Daniel oh from Switzerland, he brought some chocolates for me and I loved it. Especially during the circuit breaker period. 

I also caught up with Nick in AMK Hub for dinner recently.

Today I woke up around 0830am and had breakfast, relax and went for lunch in United square. We wanted to bring Jayden to Playground. But then, someone is fogging nearby hence we left for an early lunch. 

After lunch, I went for a haircut in Square 2 and found my hair loss issue. It is quite daunting to face this as I think in 10 years time, I will look very very old.