Ahhh,  just one more day to the weekends. It has been slightly more than 6 weeks since I entered the corporate world and I must say it has been one hell of a ride (in a good way). As I continued searching for a permanent job in the last 6 weeks, I have attended countless job interviews and needless to say, they have amounted to nothing. I'm not particularly discouraged because I believe everything happens for a reason but I suppose my mom is feeling more jittery than I am. I had the  most unpleasant job interview yesterday and it really left a mark. In fact, it left me wondering whether I deserved such unjustified treatment from whom seemed like a self-entitled high-handed hiring manager. They say you get better with each job interview and I cannot agree more. So after months of job-hunting, I decided to pen down a couple of lessons learned. 1   Be you No one should go into a job interview pretending to be someone else. Of course, we wished we were the perfect ...

" Whoever has (gratitude) will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have (gratitude), even what they have will be taken from them. " I've been meaning to talk about this for a while now and even though I've drafted this post a number of times, I never seem to be able to find the right coherence to structure my thoughts smoothly. Still , I'm going to attempt to shed light on the new perspective of life I've taken up. I began the post with a very meaningful quote; a quote I took a long time to come across and the same quote changed my life some months ago. Believe it or not, I was pretty much a passive kid as I was growing up. I played along with my friends' opinions and rarely went against the flow. Apart from being a passive kid, I was also rather pessimistic. It's definitely not the best combination but I was pessimistic for as long as I remember, right up till I was about 18. Some nights I go to bed feeling bad...

Take your treasures dreams out of that crowded old closet, dust them off with loving care, and give each not a long, hard look. Forget that they're too far out. Forget that they're hopeless or too unthinkable. Forget that someone will think you've lost it. Forget that you might be called selfish. Forget those things! Wanting is not only your right, it is an absolue prerequisite for a happy life. (An excerpt from my cuurent read Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting by Lynn Grabhorn)

" If you compare yourself with others, you may become bitter or vain, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. " - Max Ehrmann Just days ago, I was on the way to school when I suddenly thought: just how easy yet hard it is to be truly happy for someone . This quote made a timely appearance and I cannot thank God enough for responding to my thoughts in ways as subtle yet meaningful as this. I hope I don't sound too hypocritical or too realistic but I honestly did feel that I was at a point where I just did not know anymore how to sincerely congratulate someone on his/her achievements or celebrate his/her accomplishments with him/her. In fact, it is not an understatement to say I actually did not know how to share his/her joy when he/she shared his/her good news with me. Like a habit, I congratulated him/her in words and smiles and tried to be as humble as possible but I could feel another reaction deep down. And that wasn't anything al...

Half past midnigt and I'm having trouble falling asleep so I decided to update this site. A couple of days ago, a friend asked me if I was interested in contributing to her online magazine's next round of articles themed All the little things , which is the title of this post. I said yes but I haven't been given any further information so I don't know what exactly is going on. In any case, I would love to write for an online magazine . I'm interested in topics like fashion, lifestyle, animal welfare, family, entertainment; basically everything that falls under soft news. Anyway! A lot comes to mind when we talk about the little things in life. We probably won't be able to instantly recall one now but sometimes when we witness/experience it, it often gives us a warm, fuzzy feeling inside (and temporarily restores my faith in humanity). Really, the little things in life could be as simple as watching someone on the train give up his/her seat or having the bus driv...

" Why don't you take a loan? " " Is it worth it? " " I don't know but I know you wanna go. " ---------- Today, the bestf introduced me to one of Murphy's Laws. (I just Googled it and realize he has many laws.) Anyway, the one most relevant to my life right now is the one that states anything that can go wrong, will go wrong  and I guess the bestf had all the reasons to share Murphy's Law with me. The sister and I brought Shelty to see his doctor today. We were half-sure his doctor would suggest surgery so we tried our best to mentally prepare ourselves for the blow. Nothing too unexpected except the cost . Of course, I'd say $2-2.5k for a surgery of that scale is considerably reasonable. After all, Shelty's got dislocated hips (hence the disjoined joints). But, nonetheless, $2-2.5k is something we never imagined. Not before and definitely not now with all the debts we've to pay off. We had a long day. Both the ...

And yes, I am back again. (-: Maybe I've gotten better at organizing my thoughts and feelings that I'm able to blog more fluently now. When I took such a long break from blogging, it was initially difficult to get back into the habit of expressing myself through words. During my absence from this space, I was often on Twitter, summarizing everything I wanted to say to 140 characters, or on  Instagram , which wasn't very much for reflections. Okay, so the point is, I'm glad I'm back . ت So! Like the post title suggests, yes, I took the first step again . Some 3 years ago, I had a friend, whose name did frequently appear on this site in previous posts when this space was still private, but we eventually stopped talking due to circumstances as well as the decisions I made. Truth is, for a long while, I wondered whether I made the right decision or not. It seemed I had forcefully shut this friend out of my life because I was convinced (by the people around me wh...