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Everyday Stories, Lived

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This is a collection of stories and daily musings.

  • On being late in meetings

    “What happens when you have a scheduled meeting but some of the participants don’t show up on time? (In a cross-cultural world, with different habits, practices, and preferences with regard to time, coordinating our work—especially our global work—will become increasingly complex.) Those who are on time are left to make awkward conversation, while tardy members… Read more

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  • Moving on, forward

    When you are still starting at work, you are open to anything; open to people, ideas and manners, and work ethics. But then, as time wears on and you begin to know more about them, their peculiarities, and shortcomings, you start to reassess your values against theirs. And when you discover a mismatch, you begin… Read more

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  • The rise of digital libraries

    When I was in preschool, my sister brought me to her grade school library. I thought it was magical to be in a room filled with books–old books, dusty books, mangled books, neglected books. It felt like traveling through time. Maybe, the story Beauty and the Beast romanticized the idea of a library, and as a child,… Read more

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  • The pitch

    The pitch

    If you’ve visited the vicinity of the Petronas Twin Towers, most probably, you’ve exchanged a few words with a marketer or two. They are the ones who offer to take your photo at a price, or better yet, to buy from them phone camera lenses like the ones they are using. These marketers will try… Read more

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  • Success comes from the Lord

    Psalm 90:16-17 AMP16 Let Your work [the signs of Your power] be revealed to Your servantsAnd Your [glorious] majesty to their children.17 And let the [gracious] favor of the Lord our God be on us;Confirm for us the work of our hands—Yes, confirm the work of our hands. Read more

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  • Action, inaction

    A leader’s action affects other people. In some ways, they can even destroy the fire in people’s hearts—the same works for their inaction. The thing is, it’s easy to point fingers at leaders because they are already the easy target. Standing on the pedestal for all the people to see. For us who are here… Read more

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  • Workplace culture

    You must know what your values and beliefs are. Because knowing these things help you identify what kind of workplace culture you are willing to put up with. Say you value spending time with your family. Working under a boss who keeps on working overtime and at the same time wants you to adapt the… Read more

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