You know how sometimes life gives you some surprises right? Mine happened 4 days before the GE day, 5 May. I wasn’t prepared to be a Polling Agent or Counting Agent (or what’s called PACA) this general election. I thought that the most I’d do was turn up early on Sunday and vote and sit …
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This is an article written by a good friend. He chooses to remain anonymous. Feel free to share this if it tugs at your conscience. With a few days to go before the nation goes to the polls in what would be the closest, most keenly fought battle between the the ruling party and the …
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If you read my blog closely, you know I am highly opinionated. I have raised some ire in the past with my strongly worded blog posts. I have been naughty like that. But it isn’t just about being naughty. Or wanting to be controversial. If you know me really well, I am a bit of …
Read MoreHow To Spend A Birthday 5
Yesterday was my birthday. I am officially 39 years old. One year before I turn 40. Yikes. But inside I feel like I am just 30 (OK, OK, we all feel like we’re younger than we really are, right?) though sometimes my energy levels tell me, OK, maybe not. As a Piscean, I am one …
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My paternal grandma passed away on 2 February, a week before Chinese New Year. That’s why this year’s been the lowest-key Chinese New Year I’ve had in a long, long while. Granted, my grandma, Madam Chin Pek Lam, was 95 years old. She was bedridden, had to be bathed and fed mushy, blended porridge. She …
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I wanted to write about so many other (better) things – like the short lil trips I made and the fun weekends I had BUT this bugged me to no end. I refuse to be a food blogger (half of them don’t have an opinion except that it’s tasty or it’s yucky anyway) so I …
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While I try to have a variety of topics in our business blog, I am also that anal sort (yes, slap me) who wants a blog post that is befitting of a business blog, one that’s thoughtful and not written just because I have to spit something out on the blog. That is certainly not …
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I’m a big softie. Actually so’s Nic. Whenever we hear stories of underprivileged kids, we get pensive. I was at House of Hope on Saturday with the gals from my WomenBizSENSE group to do our yearly community project. Each year we pick a home to visit. It so happens that this year, we decided to …
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You know me. Despite my gregarious and oftentimes open personality, I am really shy. I was an excruciatingly shy girl while growing up. The only way I shone was through my academic results. Even so, my pride is often mixed with a kind of shyness. I don’t know how to react when the spotlight is …
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I was at the Buddhist Tzu Chi Recycling Centre at Taman Lumba Kuda (behind Shang Wu Primary School opposite the Penang State Mosque) a few weeks ago. It was a warm Saturday afternoon which made people lazy to go out. Nic and I were there to see for ourselves what a successful recycling centre looked …
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