2Q 2019 passive income.

It has been almost three months since my last blog and I hope everyone is doing well.

1. Update

So, what have I been doing?

OK, I will tell you and, maybe, there is a message for everyone in this somewhere too.

I have been having a blast in Neverwinter!

Many things have changed with the new expansion (Module 16: Undermountain) and I love the game even more now.

In fact, I enjoy Neverwinter so much that I created a third character just a few days ago.

This time, I created a wizard.





Neverwinter is a free to play (F2P) MMORPG and although we could use real money to buy game currency, we don't have to do it.

Everything in the game could bought by earning game currencies while playing the game.

There will always be adventurers who are impatient and want to get everything faster, of course.

I have met quite a few impatient adventurers in Neverwinter and they are the ones who have spent hundreds or even thousands of dollars on the game.

Thanks to them, AK has a free MMORPG to play.

As for me, after taking some time to understand Neverwinter's economy and how to make Astral Diamonds (i.e. the most important in-game currency), I have become quite wealthy in Neverwinter and, like in real life, having wealth in the virtual world makes life more comfortable.





I no longer have to run random dungeons with pick up groups (PUGs), which basically means groups of strangers, just to earn some Astral Diamonds.

I used to have to do it everyday as a newbie in the game, of course, and it is just like exchanging our time for money as an employee in real life except that it is more fun.

Just like in real life, being AK, I tried to get to a point where I didn't have to do that and, now, I don't have to.

I am a Neverwinter multi-millionaire.

I am enjoying Neverwinter without having to worry about not having enough Astral Diamonds.

It is like enjoying real life without having to worry about money.

Anyway, did I say there could be a message for everyone here?

I wonder what that message is?





2. Blogging

I have not been blogging and will probably not be blogging much in the future either.

I am tempted to say that I won't be blogging anymore and that this is my last blog, seeing how much time I am spending on gaming, but never say never.

Gaming is like how blogging was for me until recently.

I first discovered blogging 10 years ago and blogging took up more and more time until a point when it became a full time activity.

So, I apologise for my tardy replies to readers who have left comments here in my blog and I also apologise in advance to readers who might leave comments for me henceforth.

It is probably a good idea not to leave comments which require timely replies from me.




3. Facebook

I am unable to log in to Facebook anymore.

I don't know why and after they removed all the links to my blog from my page, to be honest, I don't really care about Facebook now.

After all, quite obviously, they don't care about me.

See:
Financially free and Facebook free.

It has been almost three months since I last logged into Facebook.

So, there are probably many messages from readers there which I won't be able to read or reply to now.

If you are one of the affected readers and would like to reach me, please leave a comment in this blog instead.

Apologies for my tardy reply in advance and, again, if it is something that requires a timely response, it might be better not to write as you would most likely be disappointed.





4. Passive income

Now, that we have addressed the important stuff, the numbers.

How much did AK receive in passive income in 2Q 2019?

S$ 60,906.39

Not a lot to the very rich but it is a meaningful sum of money to me.





Some investments that generated more than $2000 in passive income for me in 2Q 2019:

1. AA REIT
2. Accordia Golf Trust
3. Comfort Delgro
4. Wilmar
5. VICOM
6. Frasers Logistics Trust
7. AHT
8. OCBC
9. DBS
10. Ho Bee Land

Readers who have been following my blog will know that what I have achieved did not happen overnight, of course.

See:
How did AK create a 6 digits annual passive income?





5. Plan.

People might ask me what is my plan now with all the economic uncertainties.

I like to think that what I have now is strong enough to weather any financial shock.

I have a meaningful income generating investment portfolio.

So, I have been receiving passive income and that has been beefing up my war chest.

This will probably go on.

See:
Wait to pick durians.





I have a sizable emergency fund for if things should go terribly wrong.

I would like to remind everyone not to ever think that credit is always easy to obtain.

When things go terribly wrong like they sometimes do, credit could easily dry up as even existing lines of credit could get chopped.

Having money we can easily get our hands on when we need it fast with no strings attached means we are our own masters.

See:
Emergency fund.





I will continue to fully contribute to my CPF as I treat it as the risk free and volatility free investment grade bond component of my investment portfolio.

If I have to, I will be able to withdraw money from my CPF when I turn 55 which is only 7 years from now.

Otherwise, I will continue to use my CPF as a savings account.

I hope nothing so financially disastrous happens that I would have to tap on my CPF savings in future.

See:
$1.5 million in CPF savings.






6. Mantra

Always remember this.


If AK can do it, so can you!

I believe it and so should you!

Keep doing the right things and the right things will most likely happen for you.

Gambatte!


See:
Is AK a rags to riches story?






Related posts:
1. 1Q 2019 passive income.
2. Financial freedom and a break.
3. AK is a full time gamer.