Happy Mother’s Day!

I bought my wife this strawberry-blueberry Mille crepe cake. I think @koob might want to tuck into this.

What did you buy the mother of your children?

I actually think @Aardvark has asked this question before. My answer then and now is Lord of the Fireflies

As in the British are known to be stoically independent?

You def need some sats to soothe the pain

Appreciate your inputs.

You are right. I don’t need to be friends with everyone

I greatly miss my two years in Japan, in which I lived alone and didn’t have to be accountable to anyone,

Right now, my daughter is trying her best to press buttons on the bus. Grrrrr

Happiness Journal 10/5/25

Horrors of horrors! My son woke up at 6.45am, thus thwarting my plan to binge watch The Devil’s Plan Season 2. Luckily, the law of universe has worked her magic, because I subsequently not only got to to nap for an hour, but also managed to watch Episode 3 (while the wife and son were out buying lunch and the daughter was napping). Alone time is precious and priceless, so I’m grateful

I suspect that many Bitcoiners have developed an independent mind, like you and me

Any place where you spent your growing up years in that you particularly miss?

Happiness Journal 9/5/25

Honestly, I don’t ask for much out of life, but I do gravitate towards free things. I fantasise about travelling for free, watching movies for free, tucking into hotel buffets for free…the list goes on. With my spare time compressed to a space as finite as a peanut, I should realistically give these books a pass and be more targetted for my reading. However, for better or for worse, opening my letterbox and seeing these free books yielded a dopamine rush that I think would greatly boost the utility I derive from reading them. For now, I pride myself on my resourcefulness to get books for free. One fine day, people will pay me good money to review books. A struggling teacher can only hope.

This sounds like a shop that should come to Singapore!

So no topics are off limits?

You must have enjoyed (or will enjoy, if you haven’t read it yet) 1984 by George Orwell!

This reminds me of the good old days when ~health was newly launched. That was when I first got to know you

I remember you saying you weren’t quite the same person after finishing your thesis haha

Of course! How has your thesis shaped your worldview? Or was it mainly an academic exercise with little impact on your mental paradigms?

Happiness Journal 8/5/25

I was a man on a mission today. I only had two periods to guide my students to prepare their thank-you notes in anticipation for their engagement with public transport workers next Tuesday. But even if time was tight, I wanted them to do work that we could be proud of. So, I asked the Art teacher if I could borrow her colour pencils and marker pens. Thankfully, she said yes.

Once I reached the classroom, I was the consummate general, directing every student to do something. Some drew; some coloured, and others wrote notes. Their level of rapt concentration was exhibited at a level as rare as sighting a unicorn.

In the end, they produced art works that delighted my senses.