Tag: Reality
The power of my voice.
Since becoming a mother, I thought a lot about what kind of world I’d like my daughter to live in. My mother sacrificed her greater ambition for the family. I grew up with the common perception that women belong to…
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…
The worst decision is not to make one.
“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…
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…
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…
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.…
Fear of missing out.
Nine months away from the corporate world, something that I never thought would exist in my diary is happening today. It’s the fear of missing out that is playing on my mind. Work is a part of life. It’s pointless…
Motherhood changed me.
Just like that, we are now in the last month of the year. It seems like just yesterday I had a baby and today she is seven months old. Looking back, I haven’t stop one bit since my water bag…
A slave to social media?
The explosion of social media has always been a hot discussion among professionals, in terms of opportunities and impacts it can potentially bring. No doubt, the current pandemic has encouraged even more social media usage as a mean of communicating…
