Hands up if you get writer’s block! Despite some of my readers’ assumptions that I don’t have this problem, I do! Maybe not as often as some might have but every now and then, I do face writer’s block and couldn’t write any further than the first sentence. Sometimes, it is because I am overly…
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How to Be Upwork’s Top Rated Freelancer
I have been a top rated freelancer for more than a year and I thought I should share my secrets with you. As you know, I am on most of the freelancing platforms, but most of the time I hang out at Upwork as most of my clients are from there. Upwork has a program…
Write SEO and Forget About The Most Important Thing
As a freelancing writer, I often get requests to write interesting and engaging content, most of the times to include keywords so enabling the article (hence the website as well) to get indexed on Google Search Engine. If you don’t know what SEO stands for, it is Search Engine Optimization. There are quite a few…
Whisper: I moonlight as an Escort
*As told to Kally from someone who wishes to be anonymous If you think it is the lack of money, that’s not it. I love what I do and I know it is not a conventional career, something that my parents would want me to grow up being and certainly, this job is not something…
7 Signs Your Work is Ruining Your Life
Sigh! This topic is close to my heart. I am still very much a workaholic even though I no longer work in a corporation but on my own now. Sometimes, I think it might be even worse, running my own business that I have given a slip once or twice to allow my work take…
The Day You Cried Wolf
Do you know the story on the boy who cried wolf? Etymology: from the children’s story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” in which a boy who was watching some sheep called for help when there was no wolf (wild animal) attacking them and then got no help when a wolf did attack the sheep because…
Maternity Leave in Asia
As I was carrying my child, I was pondering about the entitled maternity leave that was offered in Malaysia. I know for a fact that Singapore provides 4 months of paid maternity leave for mothers and 2 weeks for the new dad. As for Malaysia, it is 60 consecutive days for the new mums. Some…
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