she strives to do it all
Three months prior to landing on a far-away foreign soil, I was talked into revisiting Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory, a framework for cross-cultural communication developed by Geert Hofstede. Being a pragmatic person, I’ve long cold-stored learning from University days. Not out of disrespecting theories founded by masterly professor, more because I failed in connecting theories…
182 days has passed. I forgot how it was like. Waking up in a concrete world, when peeping on neighbour was just a window away. I forgot how it was like. Living on a land that was expensively scarce, when walking shoulder to shoulder was inevitable. I forgot how it was like. Walking alongside digital-addict…
A kite made of plastic bag. Its shape was nothing like a kite. It was just a plastic bag tied to a long raffia string. It didn’t consume much effort and wide space to fly it. In an instance, it was up in the sky. My brothers and I were content. As long as it…
Perseverance, it is in us. I wasn’t a fan of basketball until the recent release of “The Last Dance” by Netflix. If you have not seen it, please make it your priority. As legendary Michael Jordan slam-dunked his way in style for Chicago Bulls since 1984, his high self-esteem rose alongside from game to game…
We do many things out of subconscious mind. Perhaps they are habits that we’re accustomed to and difficult to pass over. Perhaps they made us feel belonged to part of something bigger. We make decisions everyday. By and large, light decisions such as ‘latte, please‘ are subconscious and easy to decide with a blink of…
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.” – Saint Augustine I couldn’t agree more. Rewinding back to college years when studying was like a chore. Back then, internship was still in the making and not widely encouraged by institutions in Malaysia. In fact, a 50/50 split of…
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Soren Kierkegaard Photo by chefswifediary
Time is precious. The hour that we spend on something is the hour that we’ve chosen to forgo other priorities. Often we hear, “Oh, time flies. She is growing up too fast.” Not to mention about the current pandemic period when many children are missing out hours of learnings from schools. Maybe parents have been…
Rewinding back to 7 years ago today when I first met my husband, didn’t I forecasted that our first date would transformed into an ‘happily-ever-after’ tag. He wasn’t a chef by profession back then. Well, he was before we met. Not until in 2016 when we tied the knot and immediately our lives took a…
One week into Psychology course conducted by Yale University via Coursera , I was particularly intrigued by Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory whereby he spelled truth that some may find uncomfortable to hear. He shared that our actions are coached by unconscious motivation, reasons, and dynamics. Admittedly, it’s quite common to feel indecisive of important calls…