The role of communications
In the last couple of months, I have come to realise that one of the toughest job in the government sector is the communications department. It is a position where policy decisions triumphs over, operational ...
Career
Various grouses about working life
Entering the Global Arena
A turn of the eye and one quarter of 2014 is almost over. I met with my gynaecologist last week to confirm the pregnancy and experienced a sudden realisation about this ever growing bump before me. ...
5 things I admire about my bosses
Work has been ridiculous and I haven’t had time to update my blog in a long while. Neither had I felt inspired to do so. However I am making the extra effort to do so ...
How to form a strategy
My new director joined us in early May and since then she’s been on a tight deadline of 3 months to gather her troops together and formulate a coherent strategy for the newly formed Communications Division. ...
Identity Crisis
Since the day the bomb dropped on me exactly one month ago, I, who was always sure of who I am, am not so sure anymore. After much prayer and affirmation, I decided to take up ...
Why This? Not That?
Life is so ironic. Just two months ago, I made a conscious decision to choose life over career. I courageously signed away my promotion by telling my boss that I wanted to set up my ...
Between This and That
Life is all about making choices and today I had to make one of those potentially life changing ones. I made a choice between career and life. 2013 will mark my third year in my current ...
Getting what you wished for
It has been one really long year. Despite going on part time, my work commitments were not lightened and coupled with managing Joel’s school work, I was ready for a long break. However I didn’t ...
Comparing the Singapore and SPR mentality
Today I gave the last talk of the year, my fourth this year. The target audience of my talk had typically been a mixture of 50-50 Singaporeans and Singapore Permanent Residents. I enjoy giving this ...
The Power of Speech
For the last two days I was enrolled into an Advanced Public Speaking workshop by a renown consultant. I hate giving presentations and yet this skill becomes ever more ubiquitous in my job as an ...