It has been two Chinese New Year holidays since I have left the workforce. Here's a quick update and some thoughts about life  in general. a) Starting community service tomorrow. As a JD student, SMU mandates 30 hours of service to the community service which must be done in order to graduate with a law degree. The Sikh Welfare Council has very kindly given me two students to provide tuition for the rest of 2015. So beginning tomorrow, I will be teaching E Maths to these two students, I look forward to making friends with this family and would like see myself as a life coach rather than a maths tutor. This is the first time I'm doing some serious good in my life. At the back of my mind, I keep telling myself that complete acts of altruism are rare. I should do a good job for myself - ......