Met someone nice this evening at a friend’s house warming party. He’s a doctor who’s in Taiwan on a holiday. Rocker boy in high school, signed a record deal afterwards, but ended up taking up medicine and is currently practicing in one of the lowliest districts in New York because he likes dealing with “trauma” […]
There was a story of a traveler who sees an old man outside a random town. “What type of town is this?” he asks. The old man asked him what he thinks the townsfolk is like. “Places like these are crowded. When there are lots of people, money has to be made and greed will […]
Am home early on a Friday night because am just so freaking tired. Been overtiming the past couple of days, and at worst, got home at 4:00 am yesterday (or shall we say today?). But that’s the fate we choose. If the deadline is today then we do our best to submit it today. If […]
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” ~Vince Lombardi Some people just have it easy. Without even batting an eyelash, they get top honors in school, win elections […]
My friend tells me that “FilChis are extremely rare here in LA. Most Filipinos (he) meet are pure Filipinos and there are very few of them that (he met) in the workforce. There seems to be a bias that almost all Filipinos end up in nursing or medical field but not as doctors — medical […]
Within 10 minutes, I have a pretty good idea whether I’d like to hire you or not. The fact that you’re in an interview with me means that you’re in the running, and a second interview means that you’re on my short list of possible candidates. Hence, during the interview, impress the socks off me. […]
Which would you prefer if you were an employer? Someone who is dependable, stable and can stay on for a few years, but is so well used to the comfortable lifestyle that she lacks the drive to exceed the limits of her job description and excel? Or the person who promises the stars but you’re […]
It’s my belief that Fate has a hand to play in how our lives flow. Back when I was in university, I vowed to myself not to work in a computer company and a bank, mistakenly assuming that these would be the most boring jobs in history. Fast forward half a decade later, and my […]
I hate HATE referring friends. The last time I referred an acquaintance who happened to be my best friend’s girlfriend to one of the best investment banks in the world, she subsequently stabbed my back. Because she was jealous of my close friendship with her boyfriend, she pulled a fit till he promised to stop […]
Energy — what’s yours like? Everybody’s energy varies. Some radiate positive energy, others negative, while most just give off almost nothing. It’s as if they’re not there. My goal is to radiate as much positive light as I can. You know, the feeling that you get when you see a person you know, and no […]
There are times when you cherish being single. These are some of those days. It’s often times disturbing how many couples come together and break up, and there you are, standing on the side, being this lil’ bystander, observing without judgement. But this is the situation I found myself in… a bystander. Nonetheless, like being […]