Remember that I had sent an invitation out to everyone here for a guest post? My dearest friend jumped at the request and I am proud to present her work to you. Patty is an excellent coach with her generous and positive nature, please do drop by her website to understand her work better. Feeling…
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One of my regular reader, Pat has contributed an amazing and beautifully penned poem about the pains of job hunting. We’ve all been there, charting the unknown waters and feeling despondent. Pat has perfectly put those emotions into words. I hope you enjoy it and drop by https://equipsblog.wordpress.com/. If the sky is the limit, Then…
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This piece is going out to all co-workers, bosses and of course, those around me. As much as we love to give our 100% every single day, it is just not possible. We can try out best to push our limits and be giving our best performance but there are days (not many) that you…
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I was a habitual gambler. I racked up plenty of debts from the banks and turned to illegal sources like loan sharks when I was desperate. I was spiralling downhill. I have no family or friends to speak of. Everyone abandoned me. They despised me, hated me even. I couldn’t hold a job for more…
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Dear Kally, I don’t know what to do. I’m so desperate for your advice. Any advice you can give me right now and I will take it. Please share my story on MiddleMe so someone can advise me as well. I’m going through a rough time now. My Mother recently passed on from cancer. We…
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Dear Kally, Good day to you. I have a problem. To be frank, I am scared and lost at this moment. I’m a first-year student at my university, studying engineering. My family isn’t well-to-do so it takes a lot of my parents’ savings and borrowing from relatives to get me to go overseas to study…
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I’m not a racist. But I must admit I used to be a country-ist. And what’s that? According to the urban dictionary: A countryist is someone who hates people from a certain country or countries.
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I am a mother, daughter, wife, writer, freelancer, career counselor, volunteer all roll into one little me. That’s many hats to wear on one little head!
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I am sharing another one of my favourite reads with you today. Addison or better known as A Better Man writes fluidly and brilliantly in his posts, triggering emotions and thoughts. I do hope you will enjoy what I am about to share with you below.
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I am a teacher. I love my job. I see myself passing on the knowledge to young children and knowing that I nurture our next generation makes me feel happy and purposeful. But my father hates my job. Please allow me to rant here because I have nowhere else to burst out.
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Work depression can hit anyone at any given moment. Recently, one of my friends was diagnosed with depression derived from work-related stress. Fortunately for him, his employers were alerted to his displayed signs of depression and managed to convince him to seek help immediately.
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Usually, I have a nose to sniff out special people and Rachel is one of those people that I would love to meet in real life. She is full of positive passion (so hard not to be infected by her!) and you can tell from the interview below, she loves what she is doing and…
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It is not uncommon to find yourself hoping to discover what you love in order to escape the monotony of your daily life.
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This is the continuation of conquering my dislike for driving and the need to overcome it because I refuse to be stuck at home with my child.
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The complexity and number of projects that have to be completed in a day can many times prove to be overwhelming. Many of us experience lots of stress when they get a sense of not being able to control the events happening in their lives.
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One day you are on a high note with pouring projects that you couldn’t keep up replying, let alone rejecting. On another day, you are faced with nobody wants your service, your existing clients think the work you have submitted is crap, you just had an argument with one of your biggest clients because of…
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Recently, my husband panicked over the rising cost of university education in Singapore. Partly because he has been reading unsolicited advice by insurance companies, trying to scare him into parting a portion of his salary to invest in some kind of long-term investment plan. Partly because he loves our 1-year-old daughter and want to be…
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Everything you see in society started out as an idea; a concept. Nelson Mandela introduced new ideas to the world in order to promote a positive change. His enlightened perspective and wisdom are engraved in the world and his words remain evergreen. How important is it to have positivity in your work/life balance? What are…
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Many of us voice out that female employees are often paid lesser, offer lesser promotions than our male counterparts. We fight and voice out on gender inequality in the workforce. In Ted talks, in social media, in the news but what I feel that we should start off with is gender education for our young…
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*As told to Kally from someone who wishes to be anonymous I came from nothing. My father is a failed farmer and a drunkard. My mother passed away after giving birth to my third sister. We were lucky enough to have a rich relative that saw through all of our education but I was the…
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