This is a post I thought I would only write when I'm well into my 60s or 70s. I was wrong! For the aches of aging don't only happen then. It's happening now as I cross my mid-50s! In fact, the signs of aging have already emerged slowly and subtly over the last five years … Continue reading The Aches And Assaults That Come With Aging
Earlier this week I attended a meeting that made me realise maybe it's time more men should worry about, well, men. Because the people who organised and led the meeting to talk about men issues were, well, women! Allow me to take some time here to unpack what happened. But first, a short "history" of … Continue reading Why Are Women More Worried About Men Than Men?!
Three nights ago, someone invited me to attend a close door workshop among (mostly single) men to talk about ourselves. [See main picture with writer in yellow. Courtesy of @banimiyad on Instagram] Yes, you read that right. To talk about ourselves. Admittedly I remember asking why would I accept an invitation to give up one … Continue reading An Evening With Other Men To Talk About Ourselves
This has been quite a week! All thanks to three events that shared one message. That recognising our brokenness is the first step towards personal wellbeing and wholeness. What events you asked? And what about brokenness and wholeness? Let me tell you. Meetings of SAHDs Source: The Ordinary Dad The first event was a monthly … Continue reading To Live In Wholeness, First Recognise Your Brokenness
One of my goals last year was to learn cooking. After all, it felt odd to claim I'm a stay-at-home dad (SAHD) these past eight years, yet I don't cook. As much as I dislike stereotypes, as far as the roles of a stay home parent goes (cleaning, grocery shopping, parenting, and all things domestic), … Continue reading How A Morning Spent Cooking Was For Me More Company & Creativity Than Culinary
Sighhh....Decline in marriages year-on-year. Decline in the number of newborn babies year-on-year. It's not exactly news. We've been down this road before. So why did the latest announcements on the continued decline in my nation's number of new marriages and babies still sting? With So Few Babies, An Extinction-Level Event Awaits! Photo by RDNE Stock … Continue reading Time To Figure Out How To Live In A World With Fewer Marriages & Babies
As morbid as the topic is -- worse that I'm expounding on it this first week of the Lunar New Year when feastings and celebrations are going on everywhere -- Death (and the reminder of its eventuality) seems to be something I couldn't avoid this season. One Death After Another Photo by cottonbro studio on … Continue reading Death In The Time Of Lunar New Year
Other than Trump, the other annoying phenomenon that's talked about ad nauseam in the world these days is, of course, AI. Sadly, I too have been guilty of indulging it, devoting at least one blog post on AI in 2023 and again in 2024. And today, another post. I take comfort that, at the very … Continue reading My Nation’s AI Jolly Will One Day Be Its Biggest Folly
For a long time now, I've been mulling over this topic. That stay home dads are "invisible". Or rather, I didn't know I was mulling over it until an incident last month. Non-Stop Invisible Errands Are Par For The Cause Photo by Ondosan Sinaga on Pexels.com It was six am on the first Tuesday of … Continue reading Hard Truth: The Works of Stay Home Dads Are “Invisible”
The following post first appeared here on Christmas Day 2025. It chronicles my "Delights Project" over the past two years and how this simple personal project helped me learned to slow down, appreciate, savour and re-live small and unexpected delightful moments of my life. When I posted it on my Facebook shortly after Christmas, I … Continue reading My Delights Project: Two Years On And Counting!
