https://www.todayonline.com/features/stories-behind-parents-who-took-their-4-year-old-son-out-preschool-go-2-year-world-tour-2421636
His parents, civil servants Rakcent Wong, 35, and Carol Tan, 36, came up with the 50-country list after they promised each other that they would take their child on "worldly adventures" before he started formal school.
Mr Wong, who like his wife are on a two-year sabbatical from their jobs, said: "Atlas means a bundle of maps. Since we already planned to travel around the world, we thought this would be an appropriate name (for him)."
Before Atlas was born, Mr Wong and his wife frequently embarked on short trips overseas. With every trip, the couple said that they learned more about themselves and the cultures in the places they visited.
He added: "Travelling has such a strong transformative power, and we want to gift it to our child despite people telling us that we should stop travelling after having a kid."
When I first heard about their two-year sojourn after chancing upon their joint Instagram account Engaging Atlas, I was in awe. The idea of taking time off from work and life to travel seemed so out of reach for an average working adult.
Yet here they were, somehow managing to "live the dream" with their young son, determined to show him places I might not get to visit in my lifetime.
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"She appreciates the finer things in life," he said with a laugh.
Ms Tan said that before they made this decision to travel for an extended period of time, she led a more indulgent lifestyle and had no qualms about splurging on cafe food and branded bags every now and then.
"After that, I realised I wasn't truly happy even when I spent on these items. Travelling, however, gave me a different perspective on life. So I changed my mindset to focus on valuable experiences instead of materials, and I managed to save up for our financial goal of travelling," she added.
The couple do not own a car and have been living in a four-room Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat since 2016, before Atlas was born.
They mostly ate cheap hawker food and relied on public transport to get around, and made it a point to take the cheapest flights available over the course of their two-year journey.
What type of fuck name is rakcent wong?
Whats wrong with people and parents today?
Why not call himself fuckson wong
Or fuckcent wong. Sounds better
Because vincent sounds too mainstream.
can afford to do this, means is jin rich
Knn rakcent wong how to pronounce??
Rakuten wong?
Tencent wong?