“Mummy, I really appreciate you making the effort to make interesting breakfasts for me every morning!”, says my 10-year old son. Music to my ears really. While I hardly ever have difficulty coming up with lunch or dinner menus, breakfast eludes me. For some unfathomable reason, many times at breakfast, I am at a loss [...]
My husband gave his a co-worker a ride today. They chatted in the car and when he got back, he shared her story with me. Her name is Rachel*. She and her husband Dan*, are Malaysians working in Singapore. For those of you out there who are not aware, geographically Malaysia and Singapore are close [...]
I negotiate every day – at work and at home. I negotiate with my manager regarding my workload, I negotiate with my team regarding conflicts in datelines, I negotiate with my peers regarding assignments, I negotiate with my clients regarding what is in scope and what is not, I negotiate contracts and pricing. I negotiate [...]
Tags: agreement, conflict, negotiation
The title of this post suggest that I might be very old, have lots of life experiences or just plain contemplative today. I am 36, so hopefully not that old, yes do have some life experiences and definitely very contemplative today. I am on leave from work today and this is something I am not [...]
Tags: getting things done, life, rest
Being a working mother for the last 10 years, there were many things that I learnt either the right way or the hard way. Here are 25 random things that I learnt, perhaps you have your own 25 things? Feel free to share! I don’t need to prove anything to anyone, except myself and the [...]
I love food and thus, cannot remember a time in my adult life when I was thin. I would love to be dramatic and say that I have a love-hate relationship with food; but I don’t. I simply love food. That’s all. I don’t hate food, I am always wanting to taste new food and [...]
Tags: Food, tuna fish sandwiches
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