
I am not proud to say this but for so long, up until my early 20s, I was greatly affected by peer pressure. I was always the one to follow the crowd. If my friends said we go left, then left is where Victor went. I still remember the comments my teachers told to my Read more

The word ‘compromise’ is one that carries both positive and negative connotations. Compromise in a positive sense is ‘to reduce your demands or change your opinion in order to reach an agreement with someone.’ This definition yields an outcome of agreement and unity among two parties. I have heard married couples say that marriage is Read more

I’ve had the privilege of running several marathons now (including one that I joined by mistake – you can read about it here). Running a marathon is not just something you wake up one day and decide to do. It takes months of consistent training, diet adjustments, change in sleep patterns and many other things. Read more

Résumés. Most of us have them. You know the documents we come up with to note down our work experience, skills we have gained and the names of people who can vouch for us. I’ve seen brief ones and detailed ones. I’ve seen basic ones and sophisticated ones. Regardless of their appearance, résumés always show Read more

The art of letter writing is one that I perfected whilst in high school. Being in a boarding school, the main form of communication with my friends from other schools was through letters. We didn’t have access to our phones and social media was just becoming a thing (can you imagine a world without Instagram Read more

I’ve had the privilege of going shopping with my niece and my sister. While shopping for me is a mundane experience, for my sister it is a whole situation whenever she does it with my niece. Because, like every other toddler, my niece wants anything and everything in the store. I’m talking about the toys, Read more