Paul's Fulfilling Life

It has been a while since I last blogged as I have been busy with the CorpPass migration of my clients at work. It was an exercise that my boss thought it was easy to do, and thought that I was chatting with the IRAS officer too much that she felt that CorpPass migration exercise was taking too much of my work time, and I could not complete my work. The truth is that the process had been a tough one and the system testing was unsuccessful, as a result, the 2 IRAS officers that were assigned to me had been following my progress closely to ensure that my firm was able to e-file for our clients come 1st September. In the process, these two officers became my friends, both of whom I have met in person. In fact, for one of them, I have met her quite a number of times at tax seminars that she conducted and at the CorpPass briefing I attended about 2 months back. Sometimes, I wonder, how I can make friends so easily, despite meeting them only a few times, or for some, I have not even met befo...

In life, we have to make personal choices about how we are going to move on from the various stages of our lives as we reach the crossroads. This post serves to encourage my friends and let me have a chance to read back when I grow old. Singapore is a safe country to live in, but the safety comes with a price, therefore we have high costs of living. We can choose to live within our means, or live simply, spend wisely and get the bang of the buck or we can choose to spend first, worry about it later. For me, I choose the former, as due to my physical disability, I certainly do not wish to burden my parents or brother as I grow old and frail. If I were to get married, I certainly do not want my spouse and children to worry about me and the costs involved to take care of me if I were to be frail and unhealthy. Getting married is a choice. Although I am single and hope to settle down, some people around me are struggling with their marriages, some people just decided to give up their marri...