an award winning story

An award-winning story.

When was the last time you did something that scared you? I did it last week. The Chartered Management Institute announced that the application for Chartered Manager of the Year is now open. My first thought was to apply. Then,…
all is well

All is well.

Here we are at the beginning of February. How is it like for you so far? I started the year with ‘all is well‘ motto. After all, this is what we strive to achieve everyday. With Chinese New Year celebration…
2023

First week of 2023.

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…

An employee’s perspective.

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…
heatwave, temperature

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…

How it’s like being a boss?

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…
the worst decision is not to make one

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…
empathy

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…
passion

Where do I begin?

Apart from working full time in the corporate world and settling into new motherhood life, I’m still thinking about running my own business. In fact, I’ve been thinking about it for a long time now —- to pursue something I…

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…