Near my home, there used to be a stretch of thick green trees and dark undergrowth lining up one side of a two-way road. It was probably not more than 100 meters long. Sometimes I take my early morning walk this way, and I always make it a point to slow down at this stretch to enjoy the invigorating cool oxygenated air emanating from it. It is remarkable that even in a small plot of land, nature is adept at…
It has been 5 years since I left gainful employment. The last day at my office was on Mid-Autumn Festival in 2016, shortly after my sixty-first birthday. Although I left my job suddenly in dramatic circumstances, I had thoughts of retirement a few years before that. I had planned my post-work finances and expected to ease out of working life gradually as I still enjoyed my work tremendously. In fact, when I was in my prime, I could not imagine…