A personal journal of travel, food, money, technology and passing thoughts.https://thawaio.com/en-gbhttps://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-amzn-exit/https://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-amzn-exit/Trade #4 closed two sessions after entry, at 270, by a stop I walked up three times in one evening. What that did and did not prove.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingRisk managementhttps://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-amat-exit/https://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-amat-exit/Trade #3 closed by its stop a week after entry. What the trigger rule did and did not tell me, and what I'd do at the open next time.Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingLessonsRisk managementhttps://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-amzn/https://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-amzn/Trade #4 in the series. Amazon bought on a resting limit the night Applied Materials stopped out, bigger than Claude's size, with the wide stop left on purpose.Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingRisk managementhttps://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-ba/https://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-ba/Trade #5 in the series. Boeing bought at the open the morning after its trigger close, a week after the earnings gap, at the price I first paid for it in 2020.Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingRisk managementhttps://thawaio.com/articles/desaru-2022-a-weekend-with-old-friends/https://thawaio.com/articles/desaru-2022-a-weekend-with-old-friends/Our annual getaway with friends who used to be my colleagues, with a bak kut teh detour near Johor Bahru and a relaxed weekend at Lotus Desaru.Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelMalaysiahttps://thawaio.com/articles/cameron-highlands-2022-the-long-drive/https://thawaio.com/articles/cameron-highlands-2022-the-long-drive/Two families, a very long day on the road from Singapore, a slow first morning, tea and roses around Brinchang, and an unplanned stop at a waterfall on the way home.Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelMalaysiaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-gm-exit/https://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-gm-exit/I sold my 15 GM shares at USD 85.86, nine days after buying, for a realised gain of USD 132.73. The target was hit and I took it.Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingLessonsRisk managementhttps://thawaio.com/articles/beyond-the-seeds-the-part-of-yongchak-we-eat/https://thawaio.com/articles/beyond-the-seeds-the-part-of-yongchak-we-eat/Two everyday meals, one with fermented bamboo shoots and one with petai, reminded me how tender yongchak pods are scraped and eaten in Manipuri cooking. It is old knowledge, and Dr N. Irabanta Singh has written about it.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFoodCookingManipurhttps://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-our-first-days-in-london/https://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-our-first-days-in-london/Landing at Heathrow, and a first full day around the Tower of London, St Katharine Docks and Tower Bridge.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelUnited KingdomFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-daddy-and-his-little-bus-navigator/https://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-daddy-and-his-little-bus-navigator/While my wife worked, my son and I went out on our own by bus, to lakes and meadows, an urban farm full of animals and a LEGO aisle in Staines.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelUnited KingdomFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-westminster-abbey-a-boat-and-greenwich/https://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-westminster-abbey-a-boat-and-greenwich/Westminster Abbey with an audio guide for only one of us, the river boat down the Thames, and an uphill walk through Greenwich Park to the Prime Meridian.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelUnited KingdomFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-windsor-with-my-son/https://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-windsor-with-my-son/A bus out to Windsor, a day at the castle and by the river, just the two of us.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelUnited KingdomFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-dover-castle-and-the-white-cliffs/https://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-dover-castle-and-the-white-cliffs/A change of hotel, then a high-speed train to Dover with a friend, for the castle, the white cliffs and the harbour.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelUnited KingdomFamilyTrainshttps://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-stonehenge-momo-and-the-cotswolds/https://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-stonehenge-momo-and-the-cotswolds/An organised tour from Stonehenge to Bath, a plate of momo and the Cotswold village I had asked for.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelUnited KingdomFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-a-day-for-mummy-at-kew/https://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-a-day-for-mummy-at-kew/A relaxed family day at Kew Gardens, chosen with my wife in mind.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelUnited KingdomFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-one-last-look-at-london/https://thawaio.com/articles/london-2022-one-last-look-at-london/A hop-on, hop-off bus around the sights, the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London, and the flight home.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelUnited KingdomFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-from-christchurch-to-lake-tekapo/https://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-from-christchurch-to-lake-tekapo/Two families, two rented cars and my first time driving in a foreign country, from a nervous drive through Christchurch to a first evening at Lake Tekapo.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelNew ZealandFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-a-clear-day-at-aoraki-mount-cook/https://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-a-clear-day-at-aoraki-mount-cook/A sunny day with some cloud, short walks the grandparents could manage, and a suspension bridge we reached but did not cross.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelNew ZealandFamilyWalkinghttps://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-queenstown-the-lake-and-the-wind/https://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-queenstown-the-lake-and-the-wind/Tricky streets on arrival, some of the best views of the whole holiday, a quiet day in town and a windy day on the Skyline Luge.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelNew ZealandFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-dunedin-and-the-otago-coast/https://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-dunedin-and-the-otago-coast/A stop in Alexandra for petrol, an evening walk in Dunedin, Baldwin Street on foot, the gardens at Larnach Castle and the beach at Moeraki.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelNew ZealandFamilyWalkinghttps://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-methven-and-over-arthurs-pass/https://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-methven-and-over-arthurs-pass/Friendly locals in Methven, the limestone rocks at Castle Hill, lunch at Arthur's Pass and the walk to Devil's Punchbowl Falls.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelNew ZealandFamilyWalkinghttps://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-blowholes-a-gorge-and-driftwood/https://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-blowholes-a-gorge-and-driftwood/The blowholes at Punakaiki, the suspension bridge at Hokitika Gorge, driftwood on Hokitika Beach and an evening at Monteith's in Greymouth.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelNew ZealandFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-the-tranzalpine-at-last/https://thawaio.com/articles/new-zealand-2019-the-tranzalpine-at-last/Returning the cars in Greymouth, and the one thing I had asked for on this trip: the TranzAlpine across the South Island to Christchurch.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelNew ZealandFamilyTrainshttps://thawaio.com/articles/boracay-2019-a-first-dive-and-a-night-as-bar-hosts/https://thawaio.com/articles/boracay-2019-a-first-dive-and-a-night-as-bar-hosts/A short trip to Boracay in August 2019 with colleagues and former colleagues, remembered for a first scuba dive after about 30 minutes of training and a late night at Bom Bom Bar that earned us a free bucket of beer.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelPhilippinesWorkhttps://thawaio.com/articles/phuket-2019-a-quick-getaway-with-friends/https://thawaio.com/articles/phuket-2019-a-quick-getaway-with-friends/A short trip to Phuket in August 2019, joining a friend's family on their hotel offer at Marriott's Phuket Beach Club, with time at the pool, an evening by the Sarasin Bridge and a rainy last morning before the flight home.Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelThailandFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/bintan-2018-two-birthdays-and-a-weekend-at-the-canopi/https://thawaio.com/articles/bintan-2018-two-birthdays-and-a-weekend-at-the-canopi/A glamping weekend at The Canopi in Treasure Bay with another family, celebrating two children's birthdays with the lagoon, sky lanterns and a humbling attempt at cable wakeboarding.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelBintanIndonesiaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/bintan-2018-back-to-bintan-with-four-families/https://thawaio.com/articles/bintan-2018-back-to-bintan-with-four-families/Less than two weeks after The Canopi, a visa application mistake, then a weekend at Bintan Lagoon Resort with four families, an ATV ride, swimming and good dinners together.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelBintanIndonesiaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/bintan-2019-a-rare-family-holiday-at-cassia-bintan/https://thawaio.com/articles/bintan-2019-a-rare-family-holiday-at-cassia-bintan/Our third Bintan trip in less than two months, and a rare holiday with both sides of the family, cooking in the apartment at Cassia Bintan and spending days by the beach.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelBintanIndonesiaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/south-india-2019-a-wedding-and-plenty-of-laughter/https://thawaio.com/articles/south-india-2019-a-wedding-and-plenty-of-laughter/A group of colleagues flies from Singapore to Bengaluru for a wedding, jokes the whole way, sits through a long traditional ceremony and waits more than an hour for a plate of mutton.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelIndiaWorkhttps://thawaio.com/articles/south-india-2019-a-day-exploring-mysuru/https://thawaio.com/articles/south-india-2019-a-day-exploring-mysuru/A hired car, four colleagues and one very full day, from Tipu Sultan's Srirangapatna and Chamundi Hill to a wax museum, St Philomena's Cathedral, Mysore Palace and Brindavan Gardens, followed by a wedding reception in Bengaluru.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelIndiahttps://thawaio.com/articles/south-india-2019-the-long-road-to-ooty/https://thawaio.com/articles/south-india-2019-the-long-road-to-ooty/Travelling on alone, I take an early bus from Bengaluru through the forest to Ooty, check into a quiet cottage and get a fright when the lights go out on the first night.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelIndiahttps://thawaio.com/articles/south-india-2019-the-toy-train-to-coonoor/https://thawaio.com/articles/south-india-2019-the-toy-train-to-coonoor/A day on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, riding the toy train from Ooty down to Coonoor and back, with a walk in Sim's Park and a full guided tour of the Highfield Tea Factory.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelIndiaTrainshttps://thawaio.com/articles/south-india-2019-in-search-of-the-bollywood-hills/https://thawaio.com/articles/south-india-2019-in-search-of-the-bollywood-hills/On my last day in Ooty, a hotel driver takes me to pine forests, open grassy hills and Pykara, the kind of scenery I remembered from 1990s Bollywood films, before the bus back to Bengaluru and the flight home.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelIndiaWalkinghttps://thawaio.com/articles/dubai-2019-a-week-in-dubai-with-my-son/https://thawaio.com/articles/dubai-2019-a-week-in-dubai-with-my-son/A week in Dubai in January 2019, exploring with my young son while my wife worked, and joining her for a desert safari, a speedboat tour, the Burj Khalifa and a last day on the Palm.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelUnited Arab EmiratesFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/china-2019-chinese-new-year-in-chongqing-and-chengdu/https://thawaio.com/articles/china-2019-chinese-new-year-in-chongqing-and-chengdu/Chinese New Year 2019 with my wife's family in Chongqing, a few days in Chengdu visiting her grandfather and her grandmother's grave, a boat ride through Zhangguan Water Cave and family outings around Chongqing.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelChinaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-amat/https://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-amat/My third AI-assisted trade: 3 shares of Applied Materials after it closed above the previous day's high, with the stop attached to the buy.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingRisk managementhttps://thawaio.com/articles/beijing-2018-exploring-beijing-with-my-son/https://thawaio.com/articles/beijing-2018-exploring-beijing-with-my-son/Walks around Sanlitun with my son while my wife worked, a little help with Chinese, a lunch I struggled to pay for, and evenings out together as a family.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelChinaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/beijing-2018-an-evening-among-beijings-hutongs/https://thawaio.com/articles/beijing-2018-an-evening-among-beijings-hutongs/An evening walk through one of Beijing's hutong neighbourhoods, with lanterns, little shops, rose-shaped ice creams and hotpot for dinner.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelChinaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/beijing-2018-a-morning-at-the-forbidden-city/https://thawaio.com/articles/beijing-2018-a-morning-at-the-forbidden-city/A small-group tour begins at Tiananmen Square, our guide gets us past an enormous queue, and we walk north through the Forbidden City's vast courtyards, halls and gardens with our young son.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelChinaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/beijing-2018-the-great-wall-a-toboggan-ride-and-three-lucky-toys/https://thawaio.com/articles/beijing-2018-the-great-wall-a-toboggan-ride-and-three-lucky-toys/A nervous chairlift ride up to the Great Wall at Mutianyu, steep steps with our son in my arms, a toboggan ride down to shouts of "Faster, faster, Daddy!" and three lucky claw-machine toys.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelChinaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/moalboal-2018-a-seaside-wedding-in-moalboal/https://thawaio.com/articles/moalboal-2018-a-seaside-wedding-in-moalboal/A night in Cebu City, a long drive to Moalboal, a colleague's sunset wedding by the sea at Hale Manna and an evening of laughter with people met only a day or two earlier.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelPhilippineshttps://thawaio.com/articles/krabi-2018-a-short-family-getaway/https://thawaio.com/articles/krabi-2018-a-short-family-getaway/Three nights in Ao Nang as a family before a new job began, with a pool outside the room, sunset at The Hilltop with friends and a few memorable meals.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelThailandFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/panabo-2017-christmas-in-panabo/https://thawaio.com/articles/panabo-2017-christmas-in-panabo/A rushed connection in Kuala Lumpur, Christmas at a friend's new house in Panabo, three unhurried days on Samal Island and a day in Davao.Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelPhilippinesFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-arriving-in-zurich-together/https://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-arriving-in-zurich-together/My wife's business trip to Switzerland became our holiday. It began with a light-hearted question at immigration, an unfamiliar rail system and a grey afternoon by Lake Zurich.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelSwitzerlandTrainshttps://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-basel-and-the-rhine-ferry/https://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-basel-and-the-rhine-ferry/Half a day together in Basel before my wife's work began, with a walk along the Rhine, a small ferry across the river, the Minster and its cloisters, and the old town.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelSwitzerlandhttps://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-colmars-canals-and-half-timbered-streets/https://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-colmars-canals-and-half-timbered-streets/My first day trip on my own while my wife worked, across the border from Basel to Colmar in France, with sunny old streets, a museum and a slow boat ride along the canals.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelFrancehttps://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-freiburg-from-the-schlossberg/https://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-freiburg-from-the-schlossberg/A second day trip on my own from Basel, this time into Germany, with little streams running through the streets, old city gates and a walk up the Schlossberg for the views over Freiburg and the Black Forest.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelGermanyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-bellinzonas-castles-and-a-misty-lugano/https://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-bellinzonas-castles-and-a-misty-lugano/A long day trip on my own from Basel, south through the Alps to the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, with the stone walls of Castelgrande in Bellinzona and a grey, misty afternoon by Lake Lugano.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelSwitzerlandTrainshttps://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-over-the-bernina-line-to-tirano-and-back/https://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-over-the-bernina-line-to-tirano-and-back/A very long day on my own, from Basel to Chur and over the Alps on the Bernina Express, through snow and a whiteout at the pass, down to Tirano in Italy for a pizza, and all the way back again.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelItalySwitzerlandTrainshttps://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-burgenstock-above-lake-lucerne/https://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-burgenstock-above-lake-lucerne/The first day of our holiday together, moving to Lucerne, then a boat across the lake and a funicular up to Bürgenstock, for a quiet view over Lake Lucerne in the late afternoon.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelSwitzerlandhttps://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-murren-schilthorn-and-a-walk-in-the-snow/https://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-murren-schilthorn-and-a-walk-in-the-snow/Our first full day in the mountains together, by train and cable car from Lucerne to Mürren and the Schilthorn, with Piz Gloria and its James Bond connection, a walkway on the cliff and a long walk down through the snow.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelSwitzerlandTrainshttps://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-lucerne-mount-rigi-and-a-ride-in-the-snow/https://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-lucerne-mount-rigi-and-a-ride-in-the-snow/A busy Sunday together, by boat across Lake Lucerne and cogwheel train up Mount Rigi, with a stone from a Chinese mountain we had once climbed, a sledge in the snow and a cable car and boat back to Lucerne.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelSwitzerlandTrainshttps://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-a-day-in-bern-and-the-einstein-house/https://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-a-day-in-bern-and-the-einstein-house/The last day of our Swiss Travel Passes, spent in Bern together, with the old town on its bend of the river, a walk beside the green water of the Aare, the clock tower and the small apartment where Einstein once lived.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelSwitzerlandhttps://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-the-last-days-in-zurich/https://thawaio.com/articles/switzerland-2018-the-last-days-in-zurich/Back in Zurich for a last afternoon together, then on my own again, with a morning at the Rhine Falls, a long train ride to a snowy Grindelwald, and a final day in the city before my flight home.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelSwitzerlandTrainshttps://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-back-to-rottnest-overnight/https://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-back-to-rottnest-overnight/The start of a family holiday in Western Australia, and a return to Rottnest Island with a friend, this time with a night on the island.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-sunrise-and-quokkas-on-rottnest/https://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-sunrise-and-quokkas-on-rottnest/A sunrise over the bay, a slow morning around the settlement and our son's first quokkas, before the ferry back to Perth.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-whiteman-park/https://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-whiteman-park/Koalas, penguins and pelicans, and my first sight of a sheep being shorn, on a morning at Whiteman Park.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-the-swan-valley/https://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-the-swan-valley/Seven of us in a hired seven-seater, wandering between wineries, tastings, honey and chocolate in the Swan Valley.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-blue-boat-house-and-cottesloe/https://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-blue-boat-house-and-cottesloe/The end of a long day out, from the Blue Boat House on the river to sunset at Cottesloe Beach, and an evening with old college friends.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-a-chalet-in-the-woods/https://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-a-chalet-in-the-woods/A coach south from Perth, a second try at renting a car, and a quiet chalet deep in the woods that became our base in the South West.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-shark-and-chips-in-augusta/https://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-shark-and-chips-in-augusta/A drive south to Augusta, my first taste of shark at Blue Ocean Fish & Chips, and an afternoon by clear water and granite.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-cape-leeuwin/https://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-cape-leeuwin/A tall white lighthouse, granite, surf and a vast ocean at the south-western tip of Australia, and still one of my strongest memories of Western Australia.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-busselton-jetty/https://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-busselton-jetty/A ride on the jetty train, the underwater observatory and almost two kilometres of white railings over clear blue water at Busselton.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-perth-zoo-and-goodbye/https://thawaio.com/articles/western-australia-2017-perth-zoo-and-goodbye/Back to Perth by coach, an afternoon at Perth Zoo for the children, and a late-night flight home at the end of almost two weeks in Western Australia.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/port-dickson-2017-a-weekend-road-trip-with-colleagues/https://thawaio.com/articles/port-dickson-2017-a-weekend-road-trip-with-colleagues/A weekend drive from Singapore with three colleagues, the Army Museum in Port Dickson, seafood by the sea and an unplanned stop in Melaka.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelMalaysiahttps://thawaio.com/articles/cruise-2016-a-cruise-to-penang/https://thawaio.com/articles/cruise-2016-a-cruise-to-penang/Our first cruise, from Singapore to Penang and back on Mariner of the Seas with family and friends, remembered for a lost US$100 at the casino, a day spent aboard in Penang, dolphins on the way home and a night of stars from the balcony.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelMalaysiaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/bali-2017-a-family-holiday-together/https://thawaio.com/articles/bali-2017-a-family-holiday-together/A short family holiday in Bali in February 2017, with my wife, our young son, my parents and my brother. A private villa in Dreamland, an evening at the beach and the cliffs of Uluwatu Temple.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelIndonesiaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/chongqing-2016-a-two-week-family-visit/https://thawaio.com/articles/chongqing-2016-a-two-week-family-visit/Our son's first visit to his mother's hometown in Chongqing, in the summer of 2016. Two weeks with family, three fish I caught and then ate, the European-looking streets of University Town, plenty of hotpot and a night at a hot-spring resort in Beibei.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelChinaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/melbourne-2016-travelling-with-a-little-one/https://thawaio.com/articles/melbourne-2016-travelling-with-a-little-one/A work conference in Melbourne in November 2016 became a family trip with our one-year-old son, with a long minibus day on the Great Ocean Road, a delayed lunch, a wallaby at Moonlit Sanctuary and a cold wait for the penguins.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/phuket-2015-sea-caves-and-glowing-water/https://thawaio.com/articles/phuket-2015-sea-caves-and-glowing-water/A few days in Phuket in May 2015, remembered for the hotel pool, a yellow ginger chicken dish, and an afternoon and evening with John Gray's Sea Canoe among sea caves, a sunset and glowing plankton.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelThailandhttps://thawaio.com/articles/australia-2013-my-first-business-trip/https://thawaio.com/articles/australia-2013-my-first-business-trip/Three nights of work in Cairns, a scenic drive down the coast with colleagues and a few weeks in Townsville.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliaWorkhttps://thawaio.com/articles/australia-2013-perth-and-rottnest-island/https://thawaio.com/articles/australia-2013-perth-and-rottnest-island/A few days with an old friend in Perth, and a day on Rottnest Island by bicycle, from the lighthouse and from the air.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustraliahttps://thawaio.com/articles/china-2009-my-first-days-in-chongqing/https://thawaio.com/articles/china-2009-my-first-days-in-chongqing/Christmas in Chongqing, unfamiliar streets, a language barrier and a small act of honesty that stayed with me.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelChinahttps://thawaio.com/articles/china-2009-the-giant-buddha-of-leshan/https://thawaio.com/articles/china-2009-the-giant-buddha-of-leshan/Revisiting the enormous Buddha at Leshan, where old photographs preserve much of what I can no longer remember.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelChinahttps://thawaio.com/articles/vietnam-2011-back-in-saigon-for-the-new-year/https://thawaio.com/articles/vietnam-2011-back-in-saigon-for-the-new-year/My second visit to Vietnam, with a river cruise, New Year celebrations and a few memorable experiences in Ho Chi Minh City.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelVietnamhttps://thawaio.com/articles/vietnam-2011-a-few-days-in-mui-ne/https://thawaio.com/articles/vietnam-2011-a-few-days-in-mui-ne/Looking back at the beach, sand dunes and a short escape from Ho Chi Minh City.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelVietnamhttps://thawaio.com/articles/vietnam-2011-a-day-on-the-mekong/https://thawaio.com/articles/vietnam-2011-a-day-on-the-mekong/A day trip from Ho Chi Minh City, with a pagoda, unusual wine and a boat ride through palm-lined waterways.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelVietnamhttps://thawaio.com/articles/malaysia-2012-a-few-days-around-klang/https://thawaio.com/articles/malaysia-2012-a-few-days-around-klang/Some trips stay with you because of the places you visit. Others because of the people you spend time with.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelMalaysiahttps://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-intel-exit/https://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-intel-exit/My first AI-assisted trade hit its stop two days in. Intel sold at USD 87.05 for a USD 73.03 loss, close to what the plan allowed.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingLessonsRisk managementhttps://thawaio.com/articles/bintan-2014-christmas-getaway/https://thawaio.com/articles/bintan-2014-christmas-getaway/I believe this was our first trip outside Singapore after getting married. A short Christmas holiday at Nirwana Resort in 2014, with quiet beaches, archery, jet skiing and a rented buggy.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelBintanIndonesiahttps://thawaio.com/articles/chongqing-2014-quiet-days/https://thawaio.com/articles/chongqing-2014-quiet-days/When I first visited Chongqing in 2009, everything felt new to me. Five years later, I was back, but this visit was quite different.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelChinahttps://thawaio.com/articles/spaghetti-from-what-was-in-the-fridge/https://thawaio.com/articles/spaghetti-from-what-was-in-the-fridge/Shiitake mushrooms, celery and dried shrimps from the refrigerator turned into an improvised spaghetti dinner that my wife and son both loved.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFoodCookingFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-gm/https://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-gm/The second trade in the AI-assisted series. GM, bought the day after a good quarter was sold off. The ticker, size, price, stop and target were Claude's; the decision was mine.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingRisk managementhttps://thawaio.com/articles/kinabalu-2012-two-days-on-the-mountain/https://thawaio.com/articles/kinabalu-2012-two-days-on-the-mountain/In May 2012, a friend and I travelled to Sabah to climb Mount Kinabalu. My friend had spent several months training for it. I hadn't done any preparation.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelMalaysiahttps://thawaio.com/articles/china-2009-above-the-clouds/https://thawaio.com/articles/china-2009-above-the-clouds/Green tea, my first sight of snow, a spectacular cable car ride and a breathtaking view above the clouds.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelChinahttps://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-intel/https://thawaio.com/articles/testing-ai-trading-intel/I asked Claude for an actionable trade, it proposed Intel, its own entry rule had not fired, and I bought anyway. A small position, a real stop-loss, and a record of who thought what before the result is known.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingRisk managementLessonshttps://thawaio.com/articles/japan-2026-arrival-and-tokyo/https://thawaio.com/articles/japan-2026-arrival-and-tokyo/The first three days of a family trip to Japan in June 2026, from Narita Airport into Tokyo.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelJapanhttps://thawaio.com/articles/japan-2026-yamanashi-and-nagano/https://thawaio.com/articles/japan-2026-yamanashi-and-nagano/From a lake in Yamanashi to old timber streets in Nagano, 17 to 20 June 2026.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelJapanhttps://thawaio.com/articles/japan-2026-kyoto/https://thawaio.com/articles/japan-2026-kyoto/Kyoto from the afternoon of 20 June to 22 June 2026, including the Imperial Palace, Kinkaku-ji and Arashiyama.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelJapanhttps://thawaio.com/articles/japan-2026-nara-and-home/https://thawaio.com/articles/japan-2026-nara-and-home/Nara and Kyoto Station on 23 June 2026, a last night near Narita Airport, and the flight home on 25 June.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelJapanhttps://thawaio.com/articles/from-an-immich-album-to-a-travel-story/https://thawaio.com/articles/from-an-immich-album-to-a-travel-story/How I use a locally hosted Immich library on TrueNAS to organise selected photographs for Thawaio, while keeping private metadata and family pictures under my control.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTechnologyPhotographyImmichPrivacyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/two-nights-in-bintan/https://thawaio.com/articles/two-nights-in-bintan/A two-night family trip to Bintan in June 2026 for a close friend’s 40th birthday, with a day on the water and fireworks over the resort that nobody explained.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelBintanIndonesiaFamilyhttps://thawaio.com/articles/the-road-not-taken/https://thawaio.com/articles/the-road-not-taken/After eighteen years at one company, a planned career break created a more complicated question about what should come next.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThawaioMusingsWorkCareerChangehttps://thawaio.com/articles/austria-2025-vienna-and-the-wachau-valley/https://thawaio.com/articles/austria-2025-vienna-and-the-wachau-valley/The first three days of a week in Austria in September 2025, from a first walk around Stephansplatz to a day in the Wachau Valley.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustriaViennahttps://thawaio.com/articles/austria-2025-hallstatt-and-the-rain-to-salzburg/https://thawaio.com/articles/austria-2025-hallstatt-and-the-rain-to-salzburg/Two wet days in the middle of a week in Austria in September 2025, with one night in Hallstatt and the train on to Salzburg.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustriaSalzkammergutSalzburghttps://thawaio.com/articles/austria-2025-salzburg-in-the-sun-and-back-to-vienna/https://thawaio.com/articles/austria-2025-salzburg-in-the-sun-and-back-to-vienna/The last two days of a week in Austria in September 2025, with paragliding from the Gaisberg, Untersberg and Hellbrunn, then an early walk and the train back to Vienna.Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTThawaioTravelAustriaSalzburgViennahttps://thawaio.com/articles/the-pump-and-dump-experience/https://thawaio.com/articles/the-pump-and-dump-experience/A record of buying Clearbridge Health at the peak of what looked like a pump and dump, the loss that followed, and the lessons learned about FOMO, research and risk management.Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingInvestingLessonsRisk managementhttps://thawaio.com/articles/my-journey-into-cryptocurrency/https://thawaio.com/articles/my-journey-into-cryptocurrency/I bought my first Bitcoin and Ethereum in late September 2020. I traded them too early, learned some hard lessons, and came back in 2021 with a different mindset.Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceCryptocurrencyTradingInvestingLessonshttps://thawaio.com/articles/my-first-outside-trading-hour-trade/https://thawaio.com/articles/my-first-outside-trading-hour-trade/I woke up on a Saturday to find OCGN at $7 after hours. I had bought it at $1.60. I tested whether I could sell outside trading hours on Interactive Brokers. I could.Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingInvestingLessonsRisk managementhttps://thawaio.com/articles/fear-and-lost-opportunity/https://thawaio.com/articles/fear-and-lost-opportunity/I bought Medtecs at 10 cents, sold it for a $10 profit, and watched it go on to a 20x rise. This is the story of how fear cost me more than any bad trade ever has.Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingInvestingLessonsRisk managementhttps://thawaio.com/articles/venturing-into-cardano/https://thawaio.com/articles/venturing-into-cardano/I wanted to buy Cardano at $0.20. I ended up buying at $0.42 after trying several exchanges, opening one wrong account type, and taking the longest possible route to get there.Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceCryptocurrencyInvestingLessonshttps://thawaio.com/articles/why-i-bought-alibaba-during-may-2020/https://thawaio.com/articles/why-i-bought-alibaba-during-may-2020/During the Covid lockdowns, I noticed a specific problem Chinese students were having with online learning. Alibaba appeared to have a solution. That was enough for me to buy.Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceInvestingLessonshttps://thawaio.com/articles/first-trade-for-2021/https://thawaio.com/articles/first-trade-for-2021/I bought Atossa Genetics at $1.37 and sold half at $3.50, a sale price just over 2.5 times what I had paid. I decided to hold the rest for the long term as house money.Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingInvestingLessonshttps://thawaio.com/articles/my-first-stock/https://thawaio.com/articles/my-first-stock/I bought Starhub at SGD 2.28 in 2018 and sold at SGD 1.40 in early 2020. Nearly two years, a loss, and three lessons that shaped the trades I made after it.Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceInvestingLessonshttps://thawaio.com/articles/the-reason-for-purchasing-ocugen-inc/https://thawaio.com/articles/the-reason-for-purchasing-ocugen-inc/On the day of the GameStop short squeeze, I bought Ocugen at $1.60 — not because of Reddit, but because of an Indian vaccine maker and a CNA article. Here is the thinking.Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTThawaioFinanceTradingInvestingLessons