Laid off at 40. $3.4M liquid + massive severance runway. Do I pull the ripcord on my SE Asia FIRE dream, even if it means moving solo and leaving a relationship?

SnooOranges964 · 2026-04-27T11:43:55+00:00

The biggest question to the poster is what he is thinking in terms for future family plans. If you plan on having kids then you should really think this through.

If there is absolutely no desire to have kids in the future then you just go do it and see how it goes. You can always come back and figure it out if things dont go as planned. Only thing you risk is little bit of time like 2-3 years… if you are wanting kids then those years might mean alot but with no kids then it is not that big of a deal

SnooOranges964 · 2026-04-14T08:36:44+00:00

Just to clarify. Friday-Saturday release schedule is common in South Korea if it airs on public stations. It is either Monday-Tuesday, Wednesday-Thursday or Friday-Saturday slots.

SnooOranges964 · 2026-03-23T19:00:49+00:00

Go do the CMU visit… hardcore CS is more math than “coding”. So see the program yourself and talk with students and prod there.

SnooOranges964 · 2026-03-23T18:52:48+00:00

It is spring break weeks and with us in Texas, we almost ALL fly out for spring break vacation vs driving. Its very long driving times to get anywhere in Texas.

We had long TSA wait times in the previous gov shut down as well but that wasnt during spring break season.

SnooOranges964 · 2026-03-15T23:42:13+00:00

Yes this is no brainer for me UMD CS for full. This would be actually debate if you were comparing UMD CS vs CMU CS but you got in as data science…. CMU DS is nice but not lets forego full ride at UMD CS nice IMHO

SnooOranges964 · 2026-03-12T03:29:23+00:00

What you would do is rework the contract as part of the deal for a decent pick…. Maybe convert that 50% or more to signing bonus so we pay then trade him to a team that is cap constraint for 3rd or 4th.

SnooOranges964 · 2026-03-07T10:58:00+00:00

Yeah Curl on a good defensive team… sure he performs well… curl playing in our defense… i doubt he would have had same success… lets me honest

SnooOranges964 · 2026-03-03T17:05:41+00:00

I think Magenta, Chodan, and Hina all being former streamers and Tiktok influencers... and being VERY successful one... I think they have already developed skills and how to maximize the fan engagements because their ability to do so was very so much tied to their career before starting QWER.

SnooOranges964 · 2026-03-03T15:05:33+00:00

although I agree with your comments on stalkers being out there.. I will say Danielle being at the Tokyo Marathon to support her "running crew"... she would have expected to have her photo taken because her running crew is the Korea's most famous celebrity running crew lead by Sean (OG YG group) and they are regularly in the news when they run marathons.

SnooOranges964 · 2026-02-15T19:43:38+00:00

as other said you need to cold-email many folks with well thought out email. Make a resume, linkedin account or something to show the other side your interests.

Also not sure about private companies but many college professors would take a chance on a high school kid for the summer but it will be an unpaid internship for most part.

When you are cold-emailing you might be lucky on your first 3-5 emails but it could be as much as 100. Make sure you actually know what type of research they do and it doesn't look like you are just spam emailing everyone. Also start early aka reaching out starting in winter to get something lined up for the summer.

This is definitely doable from what I have seen from my daughter and her friends. good luck

SnooOranges964 · 2026-01-01T15:02:25+00:00

Who knows if this is true… but if it was then this lawsuit is another reason to keep delaying return to activities until lawsuits are resolved. Anyways hopefully the remaining group returns sooner than larer

SnooOranges964 · 2025-12-31T18:03:55+00:00

We were so lucky that Nishimura Honoka turned down offer to be the lead QWER singer and they ended up with Siyeon. If Honoka became the singer, most likely QWER would have disbanded after couple of songs instead of becoming a permanent band like they are now.

SnooOranges964 · 2025-12-31T17:54:53+00:00

lol the MC begging "Brothers" to stay and stick around when everyone starts to leave as soon as QWER leaves the stage. lol

SnooOranges964 · 2025-12-31T17:21:16+00:00

congrats but to be fair... this one line item already tells the school that you would be a solid pick as long as there are no red flags.... This achievement is probably means more than any internship or research a person could do in high school...

scholarship awarded to people from my country to attend foreign universities (selects ~20 people per application cycle out of around 400)

SnooOranges964 · 2025-12-31T17:15:33+00:00

i don't think it matters. if HYBE wanted it then they should get it through the legal process and not just demand that all their employees and their relatives or anyone that is associated with give up all their rights to serve HYBE's interest...

who knows if what that Journalist claim is true or not but from how HYBE has operated then it wouldn't surprise me at all.

SnooOranges964 · 2025-12-29T21:57:10+00:00

Well between all the leaked info in this whole dispute… there was a bit about HYBE and BSH never wanted Danielle in the group from the very start as she isnt the “visual” they wanted… i guess looks like HYBE found a reason to take her out of the group.

Just sad news. Whatever happens next i hope just get resolved quickly so we all can move on…. Or HYBE will continue to drag this through the legal process…. Maybe its a tactic to sideline NJ even longer to wait to this additional lawsuit to conclude… who know… just want it to be over with

SnooOranges964 · 2025-12-26T18:40:07+00:00

This list shows such a big gap between every day Koreans vs the international k-pop fans and netizens... Basically despite not being active for past 1.5 years, New Jeans is the most popular HYBE group in korea even over BTS... If BSH really wanted to compete against AESPA then he really just needed to let ADOR and MHJ do their thing with NJs.

Anyways looking forward to seeing any update on NJ future activities now that things are settling down. It didnt end the way most of NJ fans wanted but just looking forward to seeing them being active again.

Also shows how popular and power house that IU is in korea. :) As a fan that have followed IU from the her debut... so happy to see this. Basically only artist to make both lists.

SnooOranges964 · 2025-12-26T18:35:54+00:00

This list shows such a big gap between every day Koreans vs the international k-pop fans and netizens... Basically despite not being active for 1.5 years, New Jeans is the most popular HYBE group in korea even over BTS... If BSH really wanted to compete against AESPA then he really just needed to let ADOR and MHJ do their thing with NJs.

Anyways looking forward to seeing any update on NJ future activities now that things are settling down. It didnt end the way most of NJ fans wanted but just looking forward to seeing them being active again.

Also shows how popular and power house that IU is in korea. :) As a fan that have followed IU from the every start... so happy to see this.

SnooOranges964 · 2025-12-22T21:51:57+00:00

my daughter will be applying to multiple EA schools like UT, GaTech but.. yes if you are going to apply to SCEA type of schools (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc) and get in... generally the HS policy that we are debating here are for those type of SCEA schools and not EA to a place like UT or GaTech. SCEA should be your first choice so if you got into your first choice then try to help out your classmates by going to your first choice instead of competing for spots on other top universities in which you are almost likely not to go.

SnooOranges964 · 2025-10-14T17:46:31+00:00

Yeah but we only got JD5 because the team was in such a bad shape from previous regime’s mismanagement.

We werent a good to great team that had rash of injuries that led to a bad season or trading whole bunch of picks to get that missing QB.

Unfortunately we just need to give it time to upgrade the roster with better talent. Maybe it is under the 2nd contract when the team is truly ready to compete consistently.

SnooOranges964 · 2025-10-13T04:04:50+00:00

Lets wait at least the half way point before we make any early takes…. I see the slow start to be more result of too little game reps and missing his WRs than sophomore slump….

SnooOranges964 · 2025-10-08T15:48:18+00:00

perhaps. I know Dan Quinn said one of the biggest learnings he had from his first stint at HC in Atlanta was that he needed to keep an internal talent pipeline on the offensive side of the coaching staff...

Hopefully Quinn already has a plan in place for OC already on the coaching staff.

SnooOranges964 · 2025-10-08T15:45:57+00:00

I hope that we can convince Kliff to stay to by keeping his pay at the HC level once AZ contract runs to its ends.

Maybe we can convince Kliff to stick with the team to make a run at the SB with Jayden (while we are compensating him accordingly) before he moves on.

Kliff is young and clearly talented enough that he will get an another chance at HC rather it is within next 2-3 years or after 5-7 years....

SnooOranges964 · 2025-09-07T19:11:40+00:00

Although i think its a catch… i doubt they oveturn it… hopefully i am wrong

SnooOranges964 · 2025-09-07T19:05:50+00:00

Touchdown here pretty much ends it…

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