4 min read I didn’t always like my accounting courses. In fact, business combination in fifth year literally caused me nightmares. My blockmates slash former dormmates can attest to that. But there was one subject I felt I was particularly good at – accounting for investments. It was part of the BA 114 series in third year. I…
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New Dawn, New Day, New Life. And I’m Feeling Good.
4 min read Did you hear that? Yes that’s the sound of the collective sigh of relief breathed and heard all over the world as the wrathful year that was 2020 came to a close. One way or another, we are survivors of a dark chapter of this world’s history and we will have stories to tell when…
An Important Piece of Real Property
< 1 min read Last Saturday, my ever pragmatic Tita Lucil who’s always on the lookout for hot and cheap deals in the local real estate market has excitedly conveyed to me her interest in a prime piece of real property – a memorial lot. The development is only in the pre-selling stage therefore prices are still quite low….
Apologies For The Radio Silence
3 min read A one-liner I have used on multiple occasions to express regret over my less than timely response to a query or request. The degree as to which I feel truly sorry for is, most likely, not at all. This is therefore a non-apology apology. My radio silence can only unabashedly be attributed to a redirection…
On Restored Basic Human Decency and Shattered Glass Ceilings
2 min read Just because the length of your hair ain’t longAnd they often criticize you for your skin toneWanna hold your head highCause you’re a pretty woman The world has woken up to a new day. Millions, if not billions, of people like me all over the world have tuned into their smart phones, tv screens, and…
How To Keep Up With The Time Passing!
4 min read It’s November. It’s been a tumultuous 10 months for the great majority of the human population and with only two months left to the end of the year, I can’t help but wonder what other tricks 2020 has got up its sleeve. I’m hoping that we get treats instead but as of this writing, my…
Excuse Me Mwah and Other Things Parisian
6 min read A couple of weekends ago, I watched Emily in Paris on Netflix in one sitting. The show is terrible. The show’s creator, Darren Star, masterminded one of my all time favourite TV shows, Sex and the City, so I don’t know why this series completely missed the mark. Anyway, beside the point. If you want…
A Teacher’s Resilience in the Time of COVID
3 min read For the past few months, my Tita Wen, a public high school teacher, would occasionally call me to ask for help in initiating online meetings via Zoom, Microsoft Teams and most recently, Google Meets. These weren’t the most pleasurable of times. More often than not, my patience would already run out five minutes into the…
Première Octobre: Ça va?
4 min read Voila. And just like that, we’re in Q4. The pandemic has not shown signs of slowing but it’s encouraging to see somehow that there are countries that are faring better than others in their COVID response. Where I live, cases of community transmission are down to single digits day on day for the past few…
Mahjong
3 min read While casually talking about weekend plans over lunch the other day, one of my new colleagues said she was going to her friend’s house to play Mahjong. She’s 26. I was surprised. I’ve always thought of Mahjong as a game old people play. It reminded me of my late grandfather who used to frequent the…