So I've managed to secure tickets to the Fifa World Cup for 2026. I'll be visiting Toronto, Canada, for Match 21.
It's gonna be so freaking awesooome!
Canada is a pretty place. I was there earlier this year, just a few months ago from August to September visiting Vancouver. Probably the most beautiful city I've ever visited, minus the drug addicts and homeless people. The food was really good as well. It kind of reminds me of Asia actually. I've been to Toronto before but it was only to visit Niagara falls, this time I intend to be there at least a week.
I'm also thinking of visiting Mexico after that, perhaps Monterrey. Many years ago I remember watching my first world cup back in Singapore, waking up at 2am or 3am. Turning on the small TV. Those were the days. My first world cup was the one held in the US, 1994. Watching Roberto Baggio sky his penalty leading to Brazil winning. Now I'm actually going to be watching a world cup match live! I've definitely come a long way. Earlier this year in July I also went to watch the Women's Euros final in Switzerland and that was an incredible experience. Watching England win along with all the other English supporters, what an atmosphere. I'm never going to forget it. I was even on the tv! My friend Nikki spotted me, she's got a real eagle eye for sure.
The plan is to fly to Toronto after Chicago. Since I will be at CompTIA HQ likely the week before. It will be perfect timing.
This year I've visited so many places, and it's been incredible. Even though there have been days where I'm bored, I cannot imagine going back to a regular 9 to 5 ever again.
January I was in Singapore
February I was in the US
March I was in the UK, watching West Ham play Newcastle. Stayed at Ealing Broadway.
April I was in Sweden
May I was in Singapore
June I was in the US
July I was in Switzerland
August I was in the US and Canada
September I was partially in Canada as well
October I'm in Sweden
Right now I'm living the dream, and I know not everyone will ever have this opportunity in their life ever. I don't want to be anybody else but myself. It would plain SUCK to be someone else. Especially people from my former workplaces. Thinking about them makes me shudder, they'll be on the grind forever.
But to be fair I've always done things that no one else is doing. Minimise future regrets is one of my ideals. That's why I left Australia, despite having already established a stable life, and being promoted, I just didn't want to regret when I'm much older. Time is really the only resource we have. Money can always be made back given enough time. Beauty will be lost, it's a futile task, but we'll try our best to stop ageing regardless. Time will never be gained back. Even though I've lived in 5 countries, changing jobs up-teen times, I never let anything stop me from achieving my financial goals, and also combining my love for travel and experiencing new things. And even though Sweden is am absolute shit country for achieving financial goals, I still managed to do it, because I know what to focus on and what not to focus on. I never let any kind of excuse stop me from achieving my goals. I think I've actually managed to have my cake and almost eat it too. Did I require luck? Absolutely. But life itself is risk and and you need to take risks. Only the dead are truly riskless. Even though my parents are totally clueless about most things and I had to educate myself on so many things, I still managed to pull through. Running my own business as a teen, selling my software to Amazon.com when it was a bookstore, selling to Netflix, the WHO and other companies, who the hell could have imagined that? Certainly not me.
Did I mention I'm now on CompTIA's Certification SME Technical Advisory Committee? It's an invitation only role that's saved for the elite SMEs in CompTIA. It's like a director level position. I'm so proud to have this role.
I have to say, it's really fucking lonely at the top though. When I went to Vancouver and was in tour groups, most of the people were seniors, coughing like hell, and old. They were all elderly people. Life when you're truly not ordinary is lonely.
Well let's see what surprises keep coming. Right now I'm on a roll. I have a daily schedule. Going to the gym every 2 days, working on TryHackMe, visiting LinkedIn and Reddit. And of course looking at the markets.
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