My life projects and chronicles.
I believe that gear shouldn't be a barrier to learning photography. Just go out and shoot more with whatever you have! As an amateur, professional gear is also beyond my skill level, so I prefer smaller and more portable equipment. I'm also a sucker for the vintage Fujifilm camera design and film quality look. Here's… Continue reading I Started An Instagram Page To Share & Improve My Photography.
This article is based on the previous two articles about health, fitness, nutrition and testosterone. If you haven't read them, check them out here: How To Boost Testosterone Naturally And Safely - My Complete Notes Summarizing The Latest Scientific Research On Nutrition, Health & Lifestyle (2019-2020) I combined all the best practices and wrote myself… Continue reading A Sample Ideal Daily Routine For Optimizing Weight Loss, Health & Fitness
Boosting testosterone naturally and safely is definitely a high priority for me this year. For most middle-aged men, increasing testosterone will enhance bone and muscle mass, reduce body fat, increase drive (including sex drive) and energy, improve physical recovery and also enhance cognitive abilities. Low testosterone can lead to poor heart health and early onset… Continue reading How To Boost Testosterone Naturally – My Complete Notes
This post summarizes all the latest health, nutrition and lifestyle research and tips from Issues 1-24 of foundmyfitness.com's Health Science Digest (November 2019-2020). It covers basic principles and tips without quoting in detail or linking the actual studies and analysis, hopefully making it more practical and useful for everyone who is time constrained. Of course,… Continue reading Summarizing The Latest Research On Nutrition, Health & Lifestyle (Nov 2019-2020)
Dolce at our old place sometime around 2010. We lost Dolce as well on December 29th, 2020. She was old and her body was giving up. Anyone who has done some palliative care or seen end-of-life suffering will understand that sometimes it's best to let go. I learnt that in my experiences with Duckie. With… Continue reading Remembering Dolce.
Gone are the days when I could read 50+ books in a year. Don't think I even managed more than 30 books this year. Problem is, I didn't keep track. Next year, I'd rather have a proper reading plan and not go ad-hoc. It will help me be more disciplined, learn some useful skills and… Continue reading The 2021 Reading List (31 Books)
"Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities." - Frank Lloyd Wright (Legendary American architect and also the inspiration for the character of Howard Roark in The Fountainhead)With this being predicated on an online business that eventually generates consistent positive cash flow (meaning, no need to work a 9 to 5… Continue reading My Current Home Office Setup & Upgrades In The Near Future
Duckie was cremated at Pets-In-Peace, Semenyih on the morning of 22 September 2020. Her ashes were stored in a small urn which I brought back home. The boys are too young to understand, and will probably not remember her. Still, I'm thankful that they had a chance to spend some time with her when she… Continue reading A Small Tribute To A Big Heart.
RIP Duckie2007(?) - 21 September 2020 You were such a warm and loving soul. Thank you for bringing joy to everyone who knew you and being part of our lives. We will remember you always.
Image by Tom Purvis in 1947, taken from Wikipedia Commons The second last day of July 1880 witnessed another unbearably hot summer afternoon for the city of London. At the southern complex of shophouses situated along Tottenham Court Road, blazing sunlight radiated off three golden spheres, the universal symbol of the pawnbroking institution. In an… Continue reading Fiction Writing Project: The Wealthy Pawnbroker (A Sherlock Holmes Short Story).
