《我们与恶的距离2》+ SG60 Heart & Soul Experience exhibition + "The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life" + Bro's 34th bday dinner + WZ's 37th bday dinner @ Myung Ga II with Pat
13/9/25 Sat: PotaTOHs finished watching《我们与恶的距离2》.
也是一部很出色的续集！我几年前看了《我》深深被触动，it was so thought-provoking。第二季看到后来也没让人失望。所有演员都演得很好！
起初以为只是单纯地围绕着精神科医生马亦森（周渝民饰）治疗精神病人的痛苦与难处，后来知道他妻子和儿子死于他前精神病病人胡冠骏（刘子铨饰）干的随机纵火案，导致自己对有反社会人格症、ADHD的胡冠骏抱有既关心又恨之的心情。
剧集还有很多支线，像是理想主义的公正党立委高政光（薛仕凌饰）在母亲兼议员高张玉敏（杨贵媚饰）的逼迫下放弃律师转投政治，伸张正义却屡屡受挫，最后因肮脏的政治遭罢免。政治这一块，台湾真的很敢拍哈哈。高家的私生女高政茗（谢欣颖饰）原本是奕森喜欢的对象，但被政治坏人强暴后离开，嫁给患有思觉失调症的丈夫罗自强（黄镫辉饰），但最后丈夫在冠病疫情期间没定期服用发作而杀人坐牢，留下两个儿子给她照顾，很是可怜的角色。
最后胡冠骏是否被判处死刑给了个开放式结局。我们看了也真的很挣扎，我认为该给他机会，但Potato觉得他还是应该被处死。We agree to disagree. 真的太难了。看《我2》我也不知道哭了几次lol。为这世界太多的灰色地带感到无助、难过。
Rating: 4.5/5
After my lyrics class, I took 175 to town to meet Potato for the "SG60 Heart and Soul Experience" at Orchard Library. We had our avatars (which I didn't really see much of), went through a time portal that recapped Singapore's history briefly, and then went to see visuals of how living in Singapore would be like in future. Nothing too wow but we each received a simple bookmark~ nice.
We then had dinner at Fishmart Sakurara at West Coast Plaza. Had salmon, yellow tail, sea bream and grunt, a seasonal fish~ also ordered hokae, wasabi octopus, shishamo and tamakoyaki~ overkill lol ($51.77 after using a $50 Krisflyer discount voucher).
14/9/25 Sun: Long working day but thankful I got to eat delicious Vongole spaghetti with scallops, shimeiji shrooms and mushrooms cooked by Potato for dinner~
Finished reading Sahil Bloom's "The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life".
He spoke to one 80-year-old father of a close friend, whom expressed regret over his body's deterioration over the years: "Treat your body like a house you have to live in for another seventy years." He added, "If something has a minor issue, repair it. Minor issues become major issues over time. This applies equally to love, friendships, health, and home."
And also to another 92-year-old who had lost his beloved wife of seventy years. "Tell your partner you love them every night before falling asleep; someday you'll find the other side of the bed empty and you'll wish you could tell them." *PotaTOHs do this every day and night. <3*
I agreed a lot on the above, and also what another interviewee said about how everyone we love "are on loan to us for a short period of time and that they are gone in the blink of an eye". Just as we keep on chasing the "never enoughs", we tend to neglect the whos and whats we should have given more time to in our life.
"Time wealth", according to Bloom, is the freedom to choose how to spend your time, whom to spend it with, where to spend it, and when to trade it for something else. We don't want to be trapped in a perpetual loop of busyness, running faster and faster but never making progress, and with little control over how time is spent and whom it is spent with. Then Bloom mentioned this paradox of time: You are subconsciously aware of the immense value of your time, but you regularly and consciously take actions that disregard that value. We engage in low-value activities that pulls us away from the things that really matter.
So, one way to deal with that is using the idea of time-blocking to block out windows for specific activities we want to do or we want to be with.
And the three pillars of Time Wealth that Bloom said are awareness, attention, and control, in which awareness comes first, attention next, and control last. From awareness (developing an understanding of the fleeting time remaining) to attention (narrowing the aperture to focus on the things that truly matter) to control (allocating time according to goals and values)!
"Social wealth" is the connection to others in our personal and professional worlds; the depth and breadth of your connection to those around you. It is defined by a few deep, meaningful, healthy relationships and a fulfilling breadth of surface ties throughout our community or culture.
"Mental wealth" is the connection to a higher-order purpose and meaning that provides motivation and guides your short- and long-term decision making. It is grounded in a pursuit of growth and an engagement in lifelong learning and development. For example, meditating on a regular basis~ but it's also something I tend to put off when I have other commitments haiz.
"Physical wealth" is our health, fitness, and vitality. It is the focus on the controllable actions around movement, nutrition, and recovery and the creation of consistent habits to promote vigour. Our body will take care of us in time to come if we take care of it now, so always invest in it!
"Financial wealth" is defined as financial assets minus financial liabilities, what we call "net worth". The definition of enough is crucial here. If expectations rise faster than assets, then we will never have a life of true financial wealth because we'll always need more. Financial Wealth is built upon growing income, managing expenses, and investing the difference in long-term assets that compound meaningfully over time.
All in all, I agreed with what Bloom said about never having to think twice about investments in yourself when it comes to books, courses, education, fitness, networking events, mental health, personal development, sleep and healthy food! These investments may look like expenses, but they can all pay dividends in our life for a long time.
Quoting from the book below because I find them to be useful reminders:
1. Family time is finite-cherish it. (always working on this)
2. Children time is precious-be present. (even if I don't have, it's a nice reminder to parents out there)
3. Friend time is limited-prioritize the real friends. (I know who are the friends that makes effort too)
4. Partner time is meaningful-never settle. (always be understanding and appreciative)
5. Coworker time is significant-find energy. (shun those not worth my time)
6. Alone time is abundant-love yourself. (I definitely love this!)
Rating: 3.75/5
15/9/25 Mon: Good workout on the reformer this morning with Margareth. *Always nice and challenging to do the full teaser!*
Potato cooked meatless japchae for dinner! He put oyster sauce, light soy sauce, chilli oil and chicken stock in the mix, together with 100g of japchae (a bit too little for two pax), mushrooms, carrots, eggs, sesame seeds and Chinese spinach.
16/9/25 Tues: Good TCM massage with HL this morning before I tried the bah kut teh ($8.8) at Gombak central. It was the nice herbal sort, but a bit sweet and pricey still.
Stir-fried pork belly slices marinated with honey, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, white pepper and garlic. I added black pepper while stir frying too, but could have added more white pepper on hindsight. Brocolli could have been a bit more cooked too.
17/9/25 Weds: PotaTOHs tried Saizeriya at Le Quest mall for dinner since there was no queue. My spicy tomato vongole pasta ($5.9) was okay, but his chicken chop with cheese was not bad. The asparagus with egg mayo ($4.9) was so-so, but the mushroom soup ($2.9) was quite nice. Their Italian pudding ($3.9) was ok too. Cost Potato $25.1 in total.
18/9/25 Thurs: Attended aerial yoga with Nishy this morning and we had a few spins and flip up. A bit of arm strength required but it was still quite fun.
Mum also let me try a new fruit she call“姑娘”lol~ must be because it looks like“含苞待放”lo lol. It's Cape gooseberries apparently. Sweet and no seed~
19/9/25 Fri: My uneven hips has been bothering me for months now, so I looked up a series of stretches to do and they do relieve the ache, so I shall try to do it on a daily basis and see if it helps. Also wrote a letter to the "2030 me"~ to be opened five years later on my birthday! It felt good to "talk to myself" this morning as I wrote the letter. Will edit it further and hopefully, seal it on my birthday this year!
Met WZ and Pat for WZ's bday dinner at Myung Ga II at Tanjong Pagar. The lady boss was in, so we enjoyed a small plate of complimentary gimbaps she made on the spot. I had the seafood soy bean paste stew set ($19) and it was alright. We enjoyed the kimchi pancake though!
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