Stuff that I think about.

An ex-banker and an engineer at heart, I am consistently curious about how stuff works, and how I can apply them in the real world.

Essays

Jan 9, 2026

A five-minute course on corporate finance

Despite what we think we know about valuation and how stocks behave, the real world often does not follow the same logic. Markets tend to be irrational and most of what goes on in the real world are driven by the actions and responses of humans. Knowing how to tell this difference is probably one of the most important aspects in corporate finance.

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Dec 31, 2025

A short note to close the year.

"Nobody checks on a man to see if he’s okay, they check to see if he is still useful."

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Nov 21, 2025

Not all of us wants to outrun a ghost

When you have been brought up most of your life learning how to game the system, the metric for success becomes defined as beating someone rather than curating the life you actually want.

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Aug 3, 2025

How the good stuff gets killed

"Don’t use a typewriter. The noise will destroy your sense of rhythm, which still needs years of training."
- CS Lewis

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May 29, 2025

Some things that kinda make sense

Anyone telling you to follow your passion is already rich. No one grows up thinking: "I'm passionate about tax law", but the best tax lawyers fly private jets and have a much broader selection of mates than they deserve.

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Career

Jan 3, 2024

The perils of a suitcase life

Money can only go so far in compensating the inconvenience and logistics of relocating overseas, but how does one psychologically prepare for and cope for the change to a new environment?

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Mar 3, 2023

Career longevity

High performance individuals often struggle personally for many years once they are past their economic prime. Most of us have been taught to plan our careers upon graduation. But no one mentions about how we should plan the second good half of our professional lives.

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Aug 22, 2020

Creating value

Whether you are an employee at the workplace or operating your own business, one needs to first understand your role and what value you are bringing to the table. Learn to be commercial, understand how the business of your company works and who the real customers are.

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Jul 23, 2020

For the want of money

Many people ask me how I got into finance coming from an engineering background. This story chronicles the first 18 months of my experiences and unlikely journey into banking.

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Jul 4, 2020

Forty Takeaways

It was COVID-19 when I entered my forties. Instead of celebrating with a big bang, I took some time and reflected on some of the most important lessons that I had learned over my life thus far, as far as I could remember it.

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