Two Years Retired: An Honest Reflection on Travel and Costs
I sat on the deck on the morning of my first retirement day, sipped a cup of coffee, and wondered what the future would bring. Like other retirees, I had big dreams and little fears, and no matter how much I planned — and I did plan a lot — retirement was still a big amorphous blob of mystery. […]
What’s so great about London.and not. – Considerate Contractors
If you walk past a construction site in London, it will be nicely covered. The lorries (aka trucks) transporting rubble will be covered in such a way that no dust flies around. There will likely be no loud banging, no cloud of dust, and no long queues of large vehicles occupying the roads. Glorious London! […]
Buying a sports ticket means paying for the whole experience
Sports are more prevalent than ever on television. And it’s almost the only thing left on TV that’s live. So people are finding it relatively easy due to living streams on tv, which is actually hurting the club’s funds. Most football fans will sit back in their mansions this weekend and watch their teams play […]
Limitations to Sports Development
You will agree with me that there has been a massive development of various types of sports. Exposure, technology, advanced and intensive research, and, most importantly, opportunities to participate have all contributed to this. Football, basketball, and netball were the only most famous types of sports that were well recognized and prioritized three decades ago […]
Business, Economics, Money, Sports
Overpayment in football—ruining careers?
Imagine a world without football, and football itself did not exist in the first place. We can all agree that the world is changing, but that change is diminishing some critical individuals. I’ll take a close look at the football clubs. Are the standards that existed with football legends and clubs still in place? Is […]
Business, Economics, Money, Travel
Great innovations in travel: The restaurant
When I travel, I like to count my blessings. Hotels, museums, public transport, guidebooks and multi-lingual guides. All great innovations. What would travel be like without them? But I feel that one more innovation deserves credit. An innovation both surprisingly recent, and fairly under-appreciated. That’s the restaurant. Beautiful, tasty, sexy, we all love a good […]
Business, Economics, Money, Travel
Great innovations in travel: Paid Leave
Paid Leave is an invention of the modern times. The right for employees to be away from work and continue receiving the same pay during that time. Before paid leave was introduced, people worked 6 days a week, year round. Or 7 days a week. To compensate some, there were lots of public holidays here […]