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(1) FALSE: Your goal must be to know everyone in the room. Wrong. Networking is not really about the number of business cards you’ve collected in the evening. Instead, it’s about the names you can actually remember four hours afterwards. It’s about the topic that you still dwell on as you take the hot warm […]
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Almost three months — that’s the time I’ve been in Hongkong. Seems that I’ve survived the first quarter of write-downs, lay-offs and workaholic tendencies. And am so darn miserable and lonely. Enough is enough. Where was that fun woman who would always get gazillions of invites to parties in Taipei in the weekend? Or the […]
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Gosh, this week has been quite exhausting! Fortunately, someone gave me a good jolt of reality to bring me back to my balance. Is this woman unbalanced? Absolutely. My mind’s stressed out. My body’s screaming and aching. My stress levels are high. I need to balance, right now before I go out of my mind. […]
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There are three most common industies people in Hong Kong work in: 1) Banking and finance 2) Consultancy, and 3) Law Yesterday, I had this fortunate opportunity to talk to a banker. “I love Taipei. Women in Hong Kong are either way too bitchy, or way too nice,” he said. “It’s hard to get that […]
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Guys, take out your wallets so women can women bask in the company of overpriced dinners, dark candlelights and 99 gazillion blood-red roses so that you can get hot and heavy tumbles in the sheet later that evening. Thank your lucky stars if no gifts are expected, which means that you can at least narrowly […]
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Don’t get me wrong. I love my job. Over and over, I’ve always said that I put in the hours not just because of the money, but rather because of the pursuit of excellence. Hence, it makes me high after a huge career achievement despite the exhausting days of non-stop work. However, I’ve not been […]
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Q: So why are you still single? A: Because most of the guys think I’m too tall… Q: (shocked) You’re not THAT tall! How tall are you? A: 166 cms? Q: That’s just the average for women ya… A: Have you ever seen how tall guys here in general (excluding the guilos)?! Q: Maybe it’s […]
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by January 2010. Oh my gosh, as if things cannot get any worse. My landlord sold my apartment without even consulting me! I accidentally bumped into the brand-new owner today in the elevators. “My parents bought it for me because I wanted to move out and they’d rather have me upstairs (they lived on the […]
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Let me be honest here, the scenario here stinks. People on the street are blaming those in Wallstreet for their problems. They think we must have sprouted horns or something. “It’s not our fault that the economy is sinking! It’s those $*#(@*#)@ bankers that’s at fault and they’ve gotten (*#@*&#@#@ millions of dollars in bonuses! Let […]
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My friend tells me that I have a strong personality. From his voice, it seemed to me that having a stronger character is like a disease. I asked him if my condition was hopeless. “It’s not my fault la,” I moaned. “And besides, I can be extremely sweet and docile.” And I proceeded to bow […]
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