If you are moaning at the piling work on your desk and it just seems that you can never go home at the strike of 6pm, you might like to ask yourself if you are being productive at work. Advertisements
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The Misconception Of Being An Expatriate
Yes, we are considered as an expatriate family. Just because we relocated to a different country for work, with relocation compensation, we are labelled as expatriates.
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Skype No Longer Accept Facebook Logins And The Crap Its Impacting Me
As of 10 January 2018, Skype by Microsoft doesn’t accept Facebook logins and poses a problem for me. You see, when they launched the collaboration between Skype and Facebook, the unique selling point is that you can use one login for both the accounts and for someone like me, it is convenient not to have…
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A Letter To A Stay-At-Home Mom
Dear Stay-at-home mommy, Thank you for all the sacrifices you made when you thought nobody is looking. You put your career and dreams on hold so that you can nurture your little one so that he or she can be a better person.
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SMM – Can You Make Me Viral?
SMM – in short of Social Media Management. I do manage social media for some of my clients. While I manage to boost their exposure successfully, I find it hard to do the same for MiddleMe.
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Guest Post: 5 Business Podcasts for Start-Ups
Browsing for something to read while waiting for my Uber driver to arrive, I came across an interesting article that benefits me. Recently, I have been listening to podcasts and found that some channels are really beneficial and educational.
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Whisper: I Am An Office Diva
*As told to Kally by someone who wishes to be anonymous Or you can call me the office bitch. I’ve been in my company for 10 years and I’m loving every single minute of my work. In fact, I relish my working hours and I always miss my company when I’m on a long holiday.…
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LBGTQ In Workplace
There is so much discrimination in this world, let’s not add another in our workplace. A place where we work 9 hours a day, where equality should exist and promotions and opportunities should be presented to anyone because of his capabilities, not skin colour, not gender and definitely not sexual preference.
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Why You Should Personal Brand Yourself
I am currently doing an online course on Personal Branding and I strongly recommend you to do it if you have the time. It is a free course and takes about 5 weeks, about an hour each week to complete the week’s lessons. But before you jump blindly into enrolling a course because of my…
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Whisper: I’m A Fraudster
*As told to Kally by someone who wishes to be anonymous Every single moment I lived in fear. I hate it whenever I received an email from HR and I wouldn’t open it until days later. What do I have to fear so much? I lied in my application to get this job.
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Guest Post: WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE ENTREPRENEURS
I stumbled upon an interesting blog recently while I was in the middle of baby’s nap and doing laundry. The structure of writing and the interesting title caught my eye and though to share with you all here. If you love the writing as much as I do, pop by Venture Your Mind’s website for…
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My Child, My Decision. My Career, My Choice.
Sometimes back, when I was back in Singapore (my homeland) for a visit with my baby girl, a close friend of mine questioned me on the choices I’ve made. In case you are wondering, this is how it went: Friend: Are you back in Singapore for good? Me: Nah, I’m enjoying my life in Kuala…
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A Word Of Advice: Juggling Career and Baby
Hello Kally, Like yourself, I’m a new mother. In the US, the maternity package isn’t that awesome as other countries. I worked as a typist in a homegrown company and while their benefits ain’t that great, they made it up by paying our salary slightly better than the market rates. That being said, I have…
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How To Support Your Other Half Doing Freelancing Work
Whether it is by choice or circumstances that your partner picks up freelancing as a form of occupation, it is not necessary a bad thing.
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How To Beat Backstabbers At Their Own Game
Hate the backstabbers but they are everywhere, almost found at every of your job, whether you like it or not. One thing good about being a freelancer is that I don’t deal with backstabbers or office politics no more. However, as I hear stories from my friends as they poured their frustrations on these evil…
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My Freelancing Weapons
When I was a manager, I like to give my all and my best to the task at hand so it isn’t unusual to expect the same when I became a freelancer. Being a freelancer to me is rather like a boss marketing my own services to my clients and each client I treat them…
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A Word of Advice: Scamming Company
Hi Kally, I have been a silent follower of yours since last year and I always admire how well you provide your advice to others. Now let me throw you a curveball on the territory that you are familiar with. I’ve been in the real estate as a sales manager for 7 years and I…
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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…
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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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What will your Eulogy says
Today, I had a passing thought on how my eulogy will sound like and the speakers at my funeral. It was just curiosity that made my mind wander rather than negativity dwelling. Have you ever wonder what will yours sound like? On the personal side of things, I know I will have great friends who…
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