We are now in the second half of Year 2025. Time flies in the blink of an eye for the first half (H1) of 2025. Looking back and reflecting Q2 2025 and H1 2025 (Technology | Business | Personal), it had been a very challenging and difficult period, coupled with some highs and lows as well. Here’s my story below:
Technology
Writing and covering technology media news over the past few months have been slow and getting lesser. Although it’s not that I am getting less interested, the balancing of earning revenue and writing technology news/topics on a personal basis, had tilted towards finding more revenue sources in this difficult and challenging economy. The huge amount of stress and pressure doesn’t help too, affecting my writing and publishing.
I am still into learning and writing on the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), from different perspectives as a technology writer and as a photographer/content creator.
In the areas of consumer technology sector, I would continue to write and share about as many consumer technology news within my means. As for enterprise/business technology sector, I am going to relook, should I concentrate on those sectors that I am currently working on, or to expand more other areas of enterprise/business technology that might be beyond my current levels of industrial experiences and technology knowledge?
Upgrading plans
Although I have a Bachelors degree, it doesn’t mean the end of learning and gaining more knowledge and skills in an ever changing world and economy. While being tech savvy helps, I realised that there are much more IT related areas to learn and improve on.
With an keen interest in the fields of AI (from both technology and creative industries perspective), I am planning to upgrade myself further in this field, exploring upgrading plans to up-skill and learn new technology skills e.g. coding.
That might be opportunities in AI related start up or work somewhere down the road. It may or may not replace my photography business, it might transform into hybrid work in AI along with marketing, communications and content creation.
Business
Social Media Marketing
Social media marketing is difficult to operate on a solo basis, the growth in this segment had not been ideal, it’s back to the drawing board and redo my strategies and planning. It’s not wise and ideal to operate alone in this field, I have to establish more working partnerships and collaborations.
Lookout for other business opportunities
On the lookout for other business opportunities, there could be two sectors to partner with, first is in a potential AI technology startup and the other is related to content creation/social media marketing.
UQ Alumni Networking with UQ Ventures in Singapore
A new batch of UQ Ventures students from The University of Queensland (UQ) are in Singapore for internship experiences with startups based here in Singapore. Chatting to them during a recent UQ Alumni networking session with UQ Ventures, that’s something special to Pay-It-Forward when one can share their different professional working experiences to others.
Personal
The period of Q2 2025 had not been easy in this difficult and slow economy, affecting small and medium businesses like my photography business. They might be some sub-sectors in different industries that are still holding up pretty alright during this difficult and challenging period. It’s kind of lopsided and imbalanced economy.
Having to take on more time and responsibilities looking out for and taking care of my elderly parents also drains me on a personal basis. For the record, I don’t share in-depth details about my private life whether on my websites or on other social media platforms.
With an enormous of stress and pressure on my shoulders and inside me, it had affected my technology writing and my business/work. Acknowledging this and taking actions to make the situations better and easier to handle. Mental health matters.
Reflecting Q2 2025 and H1 2025 (Photography | Travel | Creative | Heritage)
I have also wrote about my reflections on Q2 2025 and H1 2025 on my photography, travel, creative and heritage segments on my TGH Photography and Travel website. Do visit and have a read too!
What lies ahead in H2 2025?
There are still a number of uncertainties and worries amidst among all the different situations and happenings taking place. How would H2 2025 turns out? That’s still a lot of work to be done, adapting and making strategic changes are in the works.
Not going to be easy, it might get even tougher, more challenging and more stressful. We all have to work it out and navigate our way.