I’m a /r/vegan (for 12 years), an ENTP and a recent convert to /r/Buddhism that’s into /r/SimpleLiving. I’m divorced with a lovely 10 year old son. I’m snipped so I’m /r/OneAndDone and I’m not looking for a mom for my son.

After spending my 20’s chasing the tech startup dream, founding and co-founding several startups, I spent my 30’s being a full-time dad, part-time software consultant. I’m turning 40 soon and will be charting a different course for my 40’s.

I enjoy cooking for friends, enjoying home cooking while having deep conversation with friends. I tried out many, many hobbies in my 20’s but I’ve pared them down over my 30’s. I’m quite /r/Frugal and it’s reflected in my hobbies these days.

• I practice /r/Meditation an hour each day, this has transformed my life. I drank alcohol for over 2 decades and through meditation, I’ve /r/StopDrinking for 673 days and counting. I also used to be a coffee addict, drinking up to 5 espressos a day. I stopped drinking coffee a few weeks after I quit booze.
• Also through meditation, it helped me to /r/StopGaming which is something I fought for 3 decades. The only game I play these days is Go (otherwise known as Weiqi or /r/baduk (which I used to mod)) but I don’t really see or play it as a game, but as an art form.
• Running is my main form of exercise and it’s through training for my first marathon that I encountered barefooting. I’m the founder and mod of /r/barefoot and I lived completely barefoot in /r/Singapore for several years. I’m more shod these days but I still run and hike barefooted.
• Last 3 books I’ve read: “Lost Connections”, “Wisdom Wide and Deep” and “Air-conditioned Nation Revisited”.
• Last 3 movies I’ve watched: “Before Sunrise”, “Melancholia”, “Mountains May Depart”.
• I love picnics, trekking, sitting next to water, visiting natural spaces.
• I watch MMA occasionally - I see it as chess played with the entire human body. I’ve been thinking of picking up BJJ lately.
• I’m an Enneagram type 4, Scorpio.
• Music used to be a huge part of my life. I’m scaling down my consumption of it and trying to pick up this obscure musical instrument called Xun now.
• Digital journaling was great - I’m trying to do it on fountain pen and paper now.

The #1 value I look for in a partner is kindness, for herself and others. I also like women who are independent, open-minded and thinks about the deeper issues in life.