Happy Independence Day to America! I heard from radio that Surgeon General Adam encouraged people to wear facing covering…”…if more wear them, we’ll have MORE freedom to go out*…” He is right and I think it’d be even better to add that it’s not only to exercise and promote our own freedom but to respect …
Category Archives: Kindness
Try it
My roommate and I received an angry text from the leasing agent that he didn’t want to share the wifi anymore and asked us to get our own. He said I complained for the bumpy service (interrupted important work meetings) while he couldn’t come to re-boot the server and we didn’t pay. My roommate usually …
Signs of Hope
I saw the display (image) in the neighborhood. It made me smile. What a great idea to spread hope and love. I like the honor system, you choose a sign and put money in the box. 100% profit will go to small businesses that are impacted by Covid-19. I don’t know if the honor system …
Big Name
A (consultant) friend is presenting, along with representatives from 6 other consulting firms, to a well-known university’s* advanced degree students. Each presenter has 8min to share about his/her firm, experience, and projects. The representatives from McKinsey were the first up and to my surprise, had no slides, neither preparation. The guy, a PhD himself and …
Do Well & Good
I watched Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge Global Final College competition. Incredible creativity and energy from students in 30 universities and 17 countries to achieve UN SDG 17 Goals from #BiomilQ to replicate the nutrition of breast milk, #BrailleEazy to support the blinds better communicate, #SunlightU to support rape/ trauma consoling, #Dr.Nanoxa to improve the …
Perception
We all know perception is not fair, neither real yet it’s hard to recognize and reject it. Especially when we’re dealing with perceived-difficult people, it’s hard to ‘really’ listen; yet when we do or reflect later, we’d realize that, no matter how the person is, he/ she has provided valid points or good suggestions, at …
Change it Up
I haven’t taken any day off this year. Due to Covid-19, I’ve cancelled my March trip and have been working from home since March. If not going anywhere, why waste vacation days to stay at home? Yet the good news is that many of the physical events have moved online and become free. I came …
Gift
My roommate gave me a home-made mask. It’s from his friend who volunteers in coordinating mask distribution while others sew and pack. A simple piece of cloth yet full of love and regardless of race, religion or political party. I don’t know her or who made the mask yet I thank ‘angles’ like them to …
Possibility, Accountability
Read the breaking news of Kaohsiung Mayor, Mr. Han’s recall…like every election, some people cheered for the result while others was very upset on the unfairness. Putting politics and judgment aside, Mayor Han’s rise and fall provided lesson for all of us. For Kaohsiung, a city has been ruled by Green (DPP) party for the …
(Good, Bad) Luck?
This week we had a technical incident and I was brought in at last minute to open a P1 ticket to declare it as a critical incident and inform teams/ stakeholders. At that moment, it was nerve-wracking as it’s my 1st time to do so, at the end of US work day (most of my …