I was looking for a new home for the past few weeks. I visited one apartment, good location, modern interior, and decent rent. The only problem was a ‘male’ roommate. I had several roommates in the past but all female. Would it work and be safe? I decided to get to know him, S and …
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Career Change
Several people (friends and strangers on Linkedin) asked me about how to change career across industries. So far I’ve spent 16+ years around the globe working in 5 industries (consumer, tech/ software, personal care, consulting, education) with 3 startups and 3 multi-national companies. Here are 3 suggestions… 1) To find what’s relevant experiences and transferable …
My Favorite Quotes
2 of my favorite quotes are ‘Be the cause, not because’ and ‘Everything will be good in the end. If it’s not good, it’s not the end’. Instead of having excuses or blaming others for what happened or not, it’s more productive to make things happen. If you don’t like the situation, there are only …
Surprise
I came across Boston Writers of Color & Write Down the Street August Writing Retreat on Meetup. Interesting so I went…CrubStreet, a cozy space of rooms dubbed different ‘themes’, e.g. quiet, music, light talk, family, plus free-style sofa. Diverse, friendly, and respectful people (quiet, brief talk and no cell phone ring or texting). I chatted …
Difference?
My cousin took his sister, sister-in-law, and I to his partner’s cottage on an island, a beautiful place and community of 70 houses, surrounded by a bay; sunny, breezy, and green. Even better, a summer island party brought neighbors together at a back yard of a big house by the harbor, plenty of food, drinks, …
Open Mind
7/21 I had dim sum (tea with small plates, Chinese style tapas) with my roommate. She ordered奶黃包 (steam custard buns) and榴槤酥 (durian cake). The steam custard buns is unique, instead of typical ‘sweet’ taste of milk and egg, it uses ‘salted duck egg’, when I bite into it, slightly salty sweet juice comes out, it …
Networking
Everybody says “networking” is important yet no class in school teaches us “how” to network, not even in business school even though there are plenty of “networking” events. We show up with a drink in hand, business cards in the pocket, and try to “figure it out” as we go. You look around to see …
Improv
I came across the Cambridge Improv Incubator on Meetup. I’m curious and decided to check it out. I thought it’d be “teach ‘n learn” but it’s actually “learning by doing”. We started with adjective + name + action + sound, e.g. jumping Jane jump (action) shut! (sound), one-by-one in circle and everybody repeated. We then …
Just Start
I targeted to start blogging in 7/15/19. I started registering the domain and hosting service at 10PM after finally settling all other things. I didn’t have a blog design, neither had content; there is no way I can complete all on-time. I was “annoyed” about myself why I started so late then questioned if I …