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I am in two minds about reflecting 2022. In the end, I gave up indecisiveness and decided to reflect anyway. Besides, how many chances do we have to write something meaningful in the first week of 2023? First week of 2023 is not here to stay. 2023 is a new beginning just as every other…
Is it time for self reflection yet? Initially, I am so over about doing self-reflection. Motherhood got me stuck in a daily set of routine that I turned self-reflection into thoughts that touch and go from my mind. Honestly, I have a lot to say. Just couldn’t find the time to write them all. Oh,…
Two months since my last post. To track how often I write these days is more dreadful than measuring the gap in between posts. Indeed, I am trying my very best to regain my career momentum amidst juggling motherhood. Career after maternity leave, here’s the ugly truth. I re-joined workforce in March this year after…
With little devil in my head, these phrases: “you are not good enough“, “no one is going to read your work“, and “maybe you should just stop writing for good” constantly haunt me. So frequent that I really want to quit and shut my blog down. Less of a hassle, I would then be set…
Increasingly, mergers and acquisitions are becoming more common in this part of the world, especially post pandemic. Small companies got swallowed, big companies are merging to raise more equity in the long run. What does it mean for people within those companies? People like me, does an employee’s perspective matter? We first heard the news…
Heatwave started yesterday in the UK. Today is probably the hottest day of the week. One degree to 40, human-fever temperature. This is my third experience going through feverish weather. First was back in 2004 when Adelaide’s summer was at 42 degrees. I cannot imagine how Australia can pull through feverish Christmas end of this…
Someone asked me today “What do you aspire to be?” At an instant, I wanted to say director. Instead, I said strategist. Ambitious, I dream big since left university life. Took part time jobs, landed on unsought jobs and challenging hours, I was sick and tired of running around under others’ order. Often I wonder,…
“Japan ex-PM Shinzo Abe dies after being shot during speech” a shocking top headline to see on a Friday morning. What other crazy thing we have not seen? After being the longest serving Prime Minister in Japan history, his contribution does not deserve such verdict. After 8 years of serving his nation, 67 is when…
Here we are in the month of July. Best news of last month? We’ve won the battle against our ex-landlord and their management company too. Two big companies, Dorrington and Savills would rather go against working class family over a tenancy deposit held. Some would say it’s just business. I would say, it’s more of…
Vince Lombardi once said, “Winning is not everything but making the effort to win is”. This quote resonates with me for the very first time after winning a tenancy battle today against my greedy landlord. Three months ago, my partner and I moved out from our previous apartment at the end of tenancy term. We…