Category: Reality
Career after maternity leave.
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…
Human-fever temperature.
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…
All we need is empathy.
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…
Greedy landlord.
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…
Journaling my week.
What a week?! Just as my employer increases from two to three work-days a week this week, the tube went on strike. It was my first ever tube strike experience. On Tuesday, I spent almost 2 hours on a bus…
Two to three-day office work week.
Today is the official day when I’ll be going back to work at office for up to three days per week. I’ve been enjoying the flexibility of working from home in the past months to the extent that it has…
Hero of my blog.
Motivated by Awosika’s recent article, I can’t help but feeling guilty for not punching the damn keys frequent enough. I am with him, agree that I may be suffering from the Hemingway syndrome, someone who has an illusion that he…
Conned by online reviews.
April has been one of the most chaotic month by far. You can tell just by my absence. Settled little one into nursery, it didn’t just end there. Little one was down with a variety of sickness every other week.…
The girl from Klang.
Came from a small town name Klang in Malaysia, it was easy for others to overlook one’s existence especially in larger towns. Opportunities were limited unless one was cash rich. From which school I went to to which part of…
The end of autumn.
“Green calm below, blue quietness above.” John Greenleaf Whittier, ‘The Pennsylvania Pilgrim’
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