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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

Work

  • Excuses to underdeliver

    Isn’t it easy to commit to things that are not yet happening? Say, for example, blocking a schedule in the future. When people ask you if you’re willing to commit to X amount of time 6 months from now, you could quickly respond with a yes, especially when your planner says you’re still free by… Read more

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  • Doing research and what it means to create an impact

    Working behind desks and lit screens feels productive, mainly when you’ve accomplished the tasks you’ve set for the day. And when the research project is finally done, and the results are public, what comes after for a researcher? What does a researcher do anyway? Being one, I’d say that a researcher looks for answers to… Read more

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  • Getting to know each other at the dining table

    Many things could happen when you are sharing a meal with a person, much more with a group of people you only met that day. Can you please pass the soy sauce? And a witty remark from the song playing in the background could make the entire group laugh. As the mood lightens up when… Read more

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  • Finding a resto and first impressions

    When you are somewhere else for the first time, I think that where you eat first could make a lot of your first impression about the place. And if you have tried local cuisine and are satisfied with what you paid for, you’d feel at home even if you just got there. I’m amazed by… Read more

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  • What work?

    It’s time to flip back the switch again! Toggle back to work mode, yes? And what’s impressive is how we can mentally put ourselves into work mode again just because the calendar said so. No more excuses not to work today. So, here we are, back to all the tasks we put on hold last… Read more

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  • Screaming deadlines

    When I have to explain to people the kind of work I do, I can see in their eyes how it makes them bored, do you know what I mean? What do you do for a living? But I think when I talk about deadlines, they’d understand. Because most of us have been dealing with… Read more

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  • Brain on vacation mode

    It’s that last day of work before vacation, and you’re probably feeling like on vacation mode already. But if you’re like me, with nothing to look forward to over the long weekend, you tend to even work overtime. Because we feel like if we don’t cover as much ground before vacation, we might lose the… Read more

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