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Only the previous post where I spoke and asked some existential questions on why I am not proactive and driven to drive the products that we can launch anytime with the right brand name and packaging cause we have the products ready, just needed some work on some ground works to get things started. All of a sudden today, sort of out of nowhere that my sister asked if she can bring in her friend to help with the ground works i.e., brand logo and label designs including social media posts designs which I think is my weak point cause I have no idea , no background in designing and obviously I need a huge help in this area. Also cause my sister is a student and designing is a passion project, not a module that she has taken or taking in university, hence the speed with the designs and perhaps coming up with the concept and theme may not be on the right track cause obviously none of us has any background in marketing and advertising right.  Now, she has brought in her friend that is looking

 Wow, it has been a long time since I have blogged! And just the other day that my BF has asked me or reminded me in a way that I have not been blogging. Yes, indeed I have not and I kinda miss it. How everything now is so visual and digitise and our social media is all about pictures and videos that we don't spend much time reading anymore, at least not online. Perhaps not everyone but it's definitely me. I have been spending so much time in a day scrolling instagram, looking at what? Just to get updated I guess. I know there's nothing important there but somehow, it's a habit know. I think the fact that I acknowledge it is a bad habit and being aware of it, means I do have a certain level of mindfulness there to want to control and to limit the social media usage which I really should.  I have been working and then ended my day with some YouTube videos. After watching 1/2 videos, I got bored of it and this annoying constant thought in me saying these people document t

Year 2020 so far has not been treating us that well with the pandemic going on and Malaysia has announced Movement Control Order (MCO) since 18th March. That would mean, we have been working from home for 2 months now. I am going back to office next week, only for a week then 2 weeks working from home. Slowly transitioning back to office. We all know that things are not going to be normal anymore. The normal now is to wear mask wherever we go, always and always sanitise our hands, to always get our temperature checked before entering a store and to always record wherever we go. Seems like this is the best time for the government to track our movements and all the citizens voluntarily does it without any questions asked. Of course, there has been several ups and downs with my role being a headhunter, where there were hiring freeze where it directly impacted one of my candidates where his offer was being retracted. But there are still hirings for the urgent roles out there. Obviously t

So for the past weekend, my BF and I decided to spend our 3rd year anniversary there as we liked our first Perhentian vacation last year. Last year, we went to Perhentian Kecil and we liked the snorkelling session that we had at Turtle Point, Shark Point, romantic beach and we even tried diving for the first time in our lives! but too bad, we didn't like that diving as our ears were hurting quite a bit and we were feeling a little paranoid at the possibility of our eardrum being damaged from diving. lol. Anyhow, at the end of the trip, we have come to 3 conclusions: 1st - we can't do sea diving, as we became paranoid af after. 2nd- we still prefer plain old snorkelling, watching colourful fishes and corals and 3rd - we want to go back Perhentian, every year if possible. Hence, this year, we've decided to go Perhentian Besar this time for the 2nd and 3rd. Yes, we did snorkel but this time we went Pulau Rawa, Tokong Burung, Lighthouse. Well, the reason why we chose these fe

It is now my break time. I think I have been quite busy doing this and that for many weekends now and today, finally, I am having some me time. BF is out with his basketball match which is a first one that I am not attending. well, because one, it's outdoors and two, there are no seats for viewers. I don't really know basketball but after have attended a few, I am slowly getting it. Though some movements are too fast to catch like why the referee called a foul or some of them gets a free throw. wow, I actually understand a little now about basketball games haha. Other than that, I am finally deciding to commit full time to yoga. I was going to and fro with that idea for a few months now and I think it is time for me to commit to it. I think I finally made that decision when I had a long chat with the yoga teacher. She is truly passionate about yoga. She cares about the alignments and proper teachings of yoga, unlike many Insta-famous studios where many only does beginners'

Hello hello. It has been a long while, again, since I have sat down to write down my thoughts. Let me share a little of a recruiter's life. Just a little background of myself, I've started my career in investment banking for 2 years then moved to being a recruiter. From a desk bound role to a people management role. Not easy. I've rode many emotional roller coaster where I could be super excited for something, then hit by a bad news. I have learned many, many life lessons from being a recruiter. It is not as easy as it seems. We are not just the connecter of clients to candidates and otherwise. We do more than that. We manage people's expectations, we consult, we advise on market trends and movements, we ought to know what's out there, what are the current demanding jobs there are across the industry. Again, we are not just the person to view CVs and send to clients. We filter, we assess the candidates from the body language and at the same time understanding their