About

Hello, and welcome to this blog.

This blog was started in  September 2015 to document my life, with me being the CEO of my life, while being a corporate warrior at an MNC. I've deleted most of the posts pre 2024, as they do not resonate with me anymore, and I cringe reading some of them.

When I started this blog then, I had a great job --- or at least most felt. From the outside, my friends envy me, travelling from place to place, visiting various countries, staying in great hotels, and eating great food. My family think my money is easy money, just travelling around and staying in hotels. Indeed, when I first joined the company, I felt it was the best time of my life. I always love travelling, and exploring various places.

At the point of time when I started this blog, I was at the point where I was completely sick of travelling. Travelling frequently, and sometimes, just transiting in Singapore for a few days before the next travel, I started to dread work and travel. It was also that year that I welcomed my first child. 

Over the next years, the dread in the job continued, while I continued with my family planning. If there's something I'm efficient in, it's having 3 kids in 4 years, many applause to my husband too. Needless to say, I travelled during pregnancy, during those years, and watched videos of my kids standing up, walking and so on via my husband's Whatsapp message. This life continued until COVID hit.

This was the first time in my life that I got to be at home day- in- day out. I finally get to fully live in the home I bought. And I realised, I love being at my home, and being present for when I want. Not only do I have a choice of food (by cooking it the way I want), being able to sit on anywhere I like (couch , dining table, or bed) while I work, I can also decide that I am there for my kids or family even during work hours.  

It was also during this time that the minimum occupancy period (MOP) of my HDB flat was up. And I, like most of my peers, looked to upgrade. I looked at condos and was dismay at their tiny space. It was a downgrade to me. I looked at landed properties and cluster homes (that was before all the drastic price increase), and with my budget, I looked mainly at the more run-down ones. And I realised the maintenance work it involves owning them. I realized, I didn't want the sheer size of landed properties and cluster house, and all the maintenance stuff (from roof, to the garden). I do want enough space, but not too much. This was when I went to look at HDB Executive Mansionette and Executive Apartments. And while looking at those homes, I lament at the large amount of demolition I need to get rid of the useless, or high maintenance stuff these homes have, and I couldn't make myself make an offer. I'll talk more about what happened in the end, probably in another post, when the time comes. But let's just leave this as it.  

Expensive private homes are out. Expensive HDB EM and EAs are also out. (Though on hindsight, had I bought them, I would be rolling in profits now... Too bad.) With housing being a big part of expenses, and why I always thought I am working for, it gave me more freedom to consider what I want to do in life. 

I want to spend more time doing what I like, when I like to. And also, spend more time with the home I bought. 

As such, I quitted my corporate job in 2022.

Between 2022 and 2024, I went for some job interviews for 3 companies during this time. I didn't get an offer. The last company made me go for 3 interviews, and 2 of them one- day after each other as they couldn't get the interviewers to be free at the same time. I heard from the first interviewer that they other interviewer was in her office when we were having interview. I couldn't understand why they couldn't schedule it on the same day then. I was pissed off, but it reminded me that when you are working for others, your time is controlled by others. I wanted full control of my time to do what I wanted.  I decided I won't look for any job, or accept any job interview as of now. Instead, if I want to work, I want to work on my terms and on things that interest me. 

Today, I am not working. Some people say I am unemployed, some people say I am a housewife. I prefer to say I am retired.

Hello, I am Rena, and welcome to my blog.