From MindValley to FUNemployment: Lessons Learned & What’s Next.
Today marks the end of my first week as a funemployed (word credit: Gabby) individual. I’ve been swamped with systemizing my life and catching in the past few days, that I hadn’t really stopped to take a breather and reflect on everything over the past 22 months.
Leaving MindValley has been bittersweet. I’ve learned a lot...
In The Age of Google, Accountability Reigns
I was browsing through TheStar today as usual, reading my daily dose of news. Why I still bother with mainstream newspapers, I wonder, but I have to admit, I persevere & digest as much as I can anyhow. I came across a really interestingly headlined article. PM: Govt Breaking Quota System to Encourage High Calibre...
My First Marketing & Media Presentation At MindValley: Public Relations & Your Testimonials
I’m sure by now you know that I’m working full time at MindValley – and have been for the past 8 months. Every Thursday, we have a marketing meeting with the entire marketing & media team to share ideas and train the rest of the team. If you know how much I fear / loathe...
Things Bee Sim Says That Crack Me Up
If you know Bee Sim like I do, she’s full of critical nonsense. She just sent me the video of “We Are The World 25″ for Haiti It’s a really good song, mind you, and I love that Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie placed all the strong vocalists in the beginning, where I feel more...
The 5 Most Impacting Books I’ve Read To Date
There are only two words that I can think of that I feel aptly describes my reading habits – voracious… and obnoxious. If you know me at all, the former shouldn’t be much of a surprise. But “obnoxious”, you ask? Let’s just say that while I have indulged, in “light reads” and “guilty pleasures” such...
“I would be a very dull person if you could tell who I was simply by looking up my race”
Obtained from Ronnie Khoo via Facebook, the following is taken from the Malaysiakini article here: Race: Time for a new beginning Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Aug 9, 09 The opportunity to study abroad is gift. I remember my days as a student in Belfast so long ago. Now as then, overseas study gives us the chance...
Photo-Whoring
I’m insatiable. When I’m swamped with work, all I want is a little peace and quiet. When I actually get my peace and quiet, all I want to do is work. How very humanly of me. I’ve been here on my laptop for a few hours already, surfing everything from YouTube music videos and short...
Speaking of Change..
It’s been slightly more than 3 years since I’ve moved to KL from Penang to pursue my degree in Psychology, and I’m a different person today. Compared to three years ago, I’ve experimented with diverse hairstyles, the music I listen to has changed, the circles I run around with have shifted… and many more. But...
Thank God
Thank God. It’s what we normally say when we avert some crisis, major or not, or encounter something that relieves us of worry, burden.. mostly any negative emotion. When we manage to brake just in the nick of time so as to not crash into the bus or truck in front of us, we go...
1988-2008
Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints. Psalms 116:15 I started the year with death. I will end the year with another one. It’s crazy because you’re my oldest friend. You’re probably the first friend I ever had. Yes, we’ve lost contact since you migrated. But, a part of...
Regardless.
It’s 3.30 in the morning and I’ve spent 6 hours discussing my Assessment and Profiling group project with my group mates. Simply put, I’ve wasted 4-5 hours on it. 4-5 hours I could have spent completing another dreadful assignment and 4-5 I could have spent studying for my coming midterms. But we do what we...
Letters to My Grandfather
Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future. Gail Lumet Buckley Kong Kong, Remember this photo? That was 17 years ago. Look at where we are now? It’s been a long way from that photo. We’ve gained some, we’ve lost some. With everyone scattered,...
