Reflections #1: Facing Things One by One
Source: Dzo from Unsplash My baby daughter clings to my leg. Bored, she looks up to me, looking for my attention. I stared down, fingers still on the keyboard, and I lifted her up. She gave me a wry smile, seemingly satisfied that she got my attention. I held her with my right hand, while…
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Crossing the Gap by C.J.Koch (Book Review)
I am not a big fiction reader. When I picked up “Crossing the Gap” by C.J.Koch, I was helping out at a Swinburne University event where I relived my youthful student days. The Book Club was having a book giveaway, donating books to anyone who wanted to take them on. And I picked this book…
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How Doing Nothing Helped Me to Do Things Better
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. You know that feeling when you try to work, but your mind goes brrrrrrr…. I had that in the past few months. A lot of noise. A lot of unwanted distractions. And my mind goes brrrrr. 40 times speed, thinking. Not voluntarily.…
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Tim Denning Whoop My A*s With His Writing. Now, I Want To Improve
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. I write like a madman. Like Mad Max racing down the desert, all roided up, screaming “Valhalla”. I have an unhealthy habit. I get too technical with my writing. Sometimes, my wife looks at me and says “What the hell are you…
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“I Learned How to Fire Guns and Make Bombs in School” – A Reflection on Growing Up in Peace Times
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. We sat down quietly in the back seat, listening to our taxi driver. “Yes, Killing Fields. My uncle and auntie’s families were killed.” “We all had to fight a civil war for 4 to 5 years. Officers came every day to my…
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A Quiet Moment In Bed in the Afternoon
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. I had an epiphany in bed with my wife at 3 pm. Never have I felt so at peace. And I felt like I was the luckiest person in the world. I would describe it as a spiritual experience or being closer…
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In the World of Stroke, We are All Equal
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. Mr. Lim gestured and smiled to my father. His lips closed tight on one side while he laughs with my father. My father, holding on to his disabled right hand with his left, chuckles together too. Chandra, on the opposite side, shows…
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A Traffic Light with 15 Seconds Left, and A Car Racing Towards It
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. The act of a driver coming to a traffic light with 15 seconds left says a lot about how he or she approaches life. Some look at it, and speed up, hoping to beat the timer and traffic to get over to…
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We Can Always Visit Anytime
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. “We Can Always Visit Anytime. We are Nearby” But we don’t. How many times have we heard this and say to our relatives and friends? The reality is that we think that we can always talk, care and visit sometime in the…
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What We Can Learn About Love from Tarahumara’s Running
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. To be honest, I don’t recall whether I have done something purely because I loved it. Whenever I do something, I always think about how this will further my career or myself or what kind of monetary benefits or achievements I am…
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The Power of Salary Transparency and Breaking Taboo
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. Image | Source: jcomp Money is considered a taboo subject by many in Asian culture, especially when it comes to discussing salaries. A lot of us feel uncomfortable talking about our earnings, fearing judgment or potential awkwardness. However, shying away from conversations…
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My advice for staying consistent with exercise
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. Image | Source: jcomp Exercising is very important for our overall health and can improve brain health, weight management, reduce the risk of disease, strengthen bones and muscles, and also improve your everyday ability. Even just twenty minutes of moderate exercise a…
Keep readingReddit, Beginners Guide to Malaysian Market, And “We Can Always Visit”
Hello, everyone! Hope you had a good week. I am so pleased to bring you the last week’s content for you to take a look at. 7 Things to Know About Reddit’s Initial Public Offering This week, ribbit, ribbit, Reddit is going for an IPO in the market! And I have listed down 7 things that…
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We Can Always Visit Anytime
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. “We Can Always Visit Anytime. We are Nearby” But we don’t. How many times have we heard this and say to our relatives and friends? The reality is that we think that we can always talk, care and visit sometime in the…
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The Mekong, Beginner’s Guide to Malaysia Market and Working at a Coffee Shop
Konbanwa! Welcome back to Slice of P.I.E’s content for this week. To all our readers, thank you so much for reading. Every one of your support counts, and we appreciate it. Let’s Raise Awareness on the Mekong River and Its Economic Impact This week, we are doing our part in raising awareness for the Mekong River.…
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I Work at a Chinese Coffee Shop Regularly, and Why You Should Too
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. “Ah Seng!” bellowed one of the uncles. He was dressed in a chequered shirt, short-sleeved, and black slack pants. A belt straps itself around the waist of this beer-bellied uncle. He was tanned, exposing his long working hours under the sun even…
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The U.S. and China Case, and Why We Are Wrong About Progress
All Signs Point to a Strong U.S. Economy The U.S. has been on a tear through the global markets. It defies expectations of a recession at every corner, avoiding the boogeyman like Neo from the Matrix series. But can it still do so in 2024 with the recent string of results in February 2024? China Remains…
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What We Get Wrong About Progress
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. It was dead at night. A cold one. A cloudy one. I lie awake, meditating on the anxieties of modern life, and our pursuit of progress. To me, progress was a concept introduced since young, since I started schooling. And back then,…
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Predicting S&P500, Companies Laying Off People, And Why We Feel Like Imposters
Hellooo, everyone! This week’s content will surely tickle your fancy. Firstly, we tried to project the S&P500 market with some indicators. The results were indeed surprising. Then, we talk about why CEOs, top management, and shareholders lay off employees en masse. Finally, have you ever felt like an imposter in your life? Me too! I…
Keep readingWhy We Feel Like Imposters Even if We Are Moving Forward
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. There was something that was at the back of my mind. “You are an imposter. Why are you doing this?” I was writing. I was thinking about what to improve on. I was wondering about the future. And these thoughts pervade in…
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