After the last book, this book felt fairly easy to go through. Malcolm Gladwell is such a good story teller. I listened to the audio book, and it was enjoyable to hear. He even adds some nice guitar backgrounds for dramatic effects in or smoother transitions. The book talks about how the stories we consume […]

Finally, I finished listening to Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World. (Longer book than I was expecting). This book came recommended by a friend who I find has immense knowledge on economics – not only world related events, but personal strategies as well. The suggestion came after having talking about the gold […]

It’s a PASS! This week I successfully renewed my Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification. Yay for me, because this one is not easy. This professional certification requires a real closed-book test either at a designated place or at home, proctored (being watched over camera and screen monitoring). No asking GPT in the extra monitor, […]

Every now and then, we come across a book that resonates deeply, arriving at just the right time. For me, that book in 2024 was Quit by Annie Duke. Published in 2022, I only wish I had read it sooner. The full title is Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away. As the […]

Going to Toronto has become almost a monthly thing. I typically go by train because the two times I’ve gone by plane I’ve been delayed by several hours. The last time I was there I was delayed by 7 hours. The silver lining, a beautiful view of Toronto from the plane. I was tired, enjoying […]

It’s been a year since we’ve been back from Japan. While in Japan we would hear stories about people frustrated or unhappy with their mobile plans. I guess now it is our time. When I signed up with FIDO I was supposed to get a promotion that would wave our signup fee, $50. They said […]