Chasing a childhood dream.

An old fashioned hi-fi radio player sat in the hallway next to a pile of expired newspapers. Dad played it every weekday at 7 pm as soon as he returned from work in his beige uniform. It was the Mandarin…

Reigniting cultural values.

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…

I forgot how it was like.

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…

The good old days.

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…

Cherishing rainbow after rain.

Since February, we were put into the unknown. For the very first time, we discussed about back-up plans for “what if…” with loved ones. Uncertainty, anxiety, and concerns were easily spelled on faces. Paranoid over worst case scenarios we could…

Perseverance in us.

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…

How we got here?

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…

Reflection of life.

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Soren Kierkegaard Photo by chefswifediary
say what you mean

Say what you mean.

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…
May

1st of May

Spring came and soon to go. 1st of May it is today tweet reminds so. Perhaps labour day, perhaps a new day. Perhaps a new chapter, for us to create. . . We’ve lost count on numbers of days. We’ve…