The Underestimated Anxiety And Subsequent Relief It was July 2014. We — about 30 of us from the marketing team was having a workshop at a renowned hotel. It’s break time, most of us were carrying a plate filled with finger food, chatting away. Some went for nature’s break. Hotel…

The answer is neither. “Right action, right time.” So true but an advice so hard to follow, especially when we charted into a new territory. We don’t know what we don’t know. It’s very common nowadays that we would give our product or solution a name well before it’s ready…

Having withdrawn EPF recently, which was only made possible after the renunciation of citizenship from Malaysia to Australia, we can’t escape paying tax since withdrawing EPF means the funds were brought in beyond the first 6 months of our arrival. Before we get down to the tax implication, it’s essential…

After your renunciation of Malaysian citizenship For ex-Malaysians (citizens) who want to withdraw our EPF (Employees’ Provident Funds) without presenting ourselves in front of the counters of KWSP, here’s the process where you can withdraw remotely. I’m sharing this withdrawal process since I completed the citizenship renunciation in Malaysia (January…

From corporate life to having a gig — I was a latecomer, both to the working world as well as to Australia. Took a year off after high school and worked as a sales assistant for a mid-range fashion brand located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. …

How do you ask the right questions when you don’t know anything? I was very lucky to have a career that allows me to connect with lots of kind-hearted people, and I never seem to fail to learn something from everyone I met, be it the first interaction or our last video call. I was a ‘young’ Brand Manager within a global…

The COVID-19 exhaustion — For the first time, I think the world reached a consensus that no one is immune from the impact of Covid-19, literally and retrospectively. …

Noticed that readers on Medium platform love content around ‘how-to’, a trend we’ve seen successes elsewhere for some time too. With my humble attempt, my last article on Medium has seen viewers grew by ten folds compared to my second last, much to my amazement. However, it’s not a how-to. …

three years ago… — Shock fused my system when the news first broke by my line manager. She knew it’s a hard news to share and decided to pull me to a quiet corner downstairs the office. That’s one of the afternoons back in 2017. …