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Memories, Black Holes, and the Path to Happiness
I remember the day when she told me she was leaving. It was not a particularly different cold and windy night as any weeknight in the final months of the year. There may have been a drizzle, but I was...
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Run(A)way Thoughts
While I was clearing out my desk, I found a few old notebooks I used to carry with me when I traveled. I would usually use these notebooks to document market research findings and to take down notes...
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Bossing and Mentoring
A few months ago, I was able to help develop a study regarding job satisfaction. As it turns out, job satisfaction is highly complex, as it involves a mix and balance of several factors, such as pay,...
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A Tale of Two Celebrations
It was the middle of a lazy Saturday afternoon, and the same was emitting a soft glow, signalling that the day was almost done. As the rest of the world got ready to party the night away, there I was,...
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A Crash Course on Power
The concept of Power, or the possession of control, authority, or influence over others, whether directly or indirectly, has rarely been looked in to, as even the word has been unofficially made...
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The Bright Red Paint
I spent my whole college life far away from my hometown in a rented space. For the initial part of it, I stayed in a half-century-old dormitory that had its many horror stories associated with it. To...
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A Serendifficulty
I was in a heavy discussion once with a friend on the issue on serendipity. You see, in my view, I argued that serendipity does not change lives. In fact, mere serendipity does nothing at all in...
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A Sudden Dose of Adrenaline
Inspiration is like a spike of adrenaline in your system. It makes you feel alive, like the wind on your face on a motorcycle ride or the bass line of some Hiphop song in the club. It makes you move,...
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Being Great: The Fighting Spirit of OLLH
Usually, the greatest lessons can be learned from the most unlikely places.Just this weekend, I was given the opportunity to witness the 2nd MVP Olympics, a gathering of 17 sister companies sharing...
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Advice to the Human Asset
It has been almost a year since I have been working after getting my MBA degree, and despite the very short period, I have experienced a good deal of how the real world can treat an ignorant employee....
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Moving Up
Graduations. This has been synonymous with long hours of waiting in usually a humid room with your formals on waiting for a few minutes to witness one person go up the stage. Yes, despite all its...
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Removing the Block
Somehow, I couldn't find anything (interesting) to write about. I remember promising myself that I would write at least one post every week for this year. It seems resolutions aren't really followed...
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Murphy's Doll
The little girl drops her token in the slot. Slowly, the robotic arm starts to move, jolting at every shake of her wrist as she grasps the joystick. She moves it to a direction, carefully eying the...
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2010's 30 Lessons
As every year passes, we tend to come up with promises to ourselves on what we should and should not do as the new year comes in. I do not disagree with the idea, but I would prefer that instead of...
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Antonymic Confusion
43. To work is the opposite of:(a) to study(b) to play(c) to sleep(d) to restI hate IQ tests. No, I really do. It is a necessary hassle one gets into when they run through the exercise of employment...
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Excess Baggage
It's strange: when you start packing, you notice that everything you brought to certain place just never seem to fit again on the same bag when you leave. Sure, there are things you get along the way:...
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Extra Soft and Fluffy
If I try to remember all the silly things I did in my life, I would always remember this particular event in my childhood. The year was around 1996, and it was roughly on this month. It was an event...
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Of Friendships and Absence
Familiarity breeds contempt.A common statement, yet very few really know it. Although it is included in my list of mental quotes for everyday discussion, I have not heard it or variations of it being...
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Let Her Know
I miss letters. And no, these aren’t just the consonants and vowels in the alphabet. And definitely no, these aren’t the formal pieces of writing you expect your boss or your customer or your...
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What Wakes You Up
Damn, it didn't ring again. It's been almost a week and my alarm just missed almost every deadline it was supposed to ring. It's either something is keeping me from going to work on time (or is it...
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