Recently, I have read a book title "Whisky . Japan" and it inspired me to plan for  a whiskey distillery trip in Japan.

While planning , reading and stuff I chanced upon some old libraries around the world and I thought wow maybe I should do a library tour too. Library of Alexandria, Harry Potter library etc etc..

So there.. in case I forgot Whiskey Tour and Library Tour

Recently I feel that I am on the brink of evolving or growth. I have plenty of thoughts and ideas, most of which I have not panned out the execution portion of them.  I feel that there is a need to pen down my thought process and perhaps one day it will become a great business idea, a good nugget of information or just laugh it off at my younger self's thoughts.

Work is definitely getting busier ever since I decided to gun for a promotion. But at times I wonder if the extra hours and effort is worth the end rewards? Although my organization is a stable paymaster and compensation packages are fairly good (especially during bad economic climate) the scope of work I am doing does not seem to propel me for future growth. Nor do I feel that it is able to link me up with the future opportunities and trends.

I must remind myself to read broadly and selective in the way I spend my time, should I wish to be able to stay healthy and enjoy ample time to pursue the things I truly love.

Hopefully, before age 45 or so I would be able to reach my goals and embark on my new phase of life.

I took the plunge recently with the small pot of savings I have to invest in a venture (call it venture A). This would be significant risk and may jeopardize many things such as marriage and ability to say f**k you at work. If it turns out well, not only would I stand to hold significant capital gains, it would likely fulfil my criteria of 6%yield on a long term basis.

Since this venture place a significant dent to my warchest, I would be on a semi-hiatus for my stocks portfolio, likely rotation play and yield accumulating only.

I would also need to cut expenses and rack up savings to prepare for new warchest and also fund the venture A.

In a sense this is also a good discipline exercise for me to save up. I am not getting any younger and I figured that a need a way to force myself to save. Rather than taking my chances with insurances and endowment I would rather spend my money on a venture.

Stocks wise, I bought back into UMS after seeing it reached a support of 0.9SGD and felt that it was oversold. It is now $1.SGD and I feel more is to come once bonus shares (1 for 4) is confirmed.

I also bought a few lots of Accordia Golf Trust as a form of replacement over Croesus Retail Trust's hi-yield role in my portfolio. I would buy more if it dips as this trust carries more risk than CRT. Looking at Dec dividend of 4.5% to 5% based on its monthly reports.  - Update 2018 Sold AGT in Late 2017 for 1.5 yr gains on yield due to lower utilization rate. Good decision to take quick profits.