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Three months after she died, I finally opened the cabinet under the bathroom sink. I had been avoiding it because I knew what was inside. Forty-seven bottles of lotion, lined up in uneven rows. Each one bought with hope. Each one tried once or twice and abandoned when it didn’
micro memoir
To bird keepers, it sounds like beautiful music drifting from a cage. To me, it feels like sitting in the audience while a singer cries for help from a prison cell.
Satire
I hear it’s for efficiency. No more long queues. No more waiting. No more chaos. Which is funny, because chaos is how I learned most of my life skills. Here’s what I’ll miss. 1. The cai png auntie’s silent judgment She never says anything. She just
business tips
If you’re getting zero or very few book sales and secretly feel like an imposter, this is for you. Low sales don’t mean your book failed. Most of the time, they simply mean very few people have seen it. Promoting yourself feels wrong only when it feels like
micro memoir
If you invite me for kopi, I am most comfortable here. Excuse the dressing. This is who I am when I am not pretending. PS I write books too. They live here: https://payhip.com/samchoo
Satire
We don’t make love anymore. Not because we don’t love each other. But because life has filed a formal complaint against sex and won. At first, the reasons were normal. “I’m tired.” Fair. I’m tired too. From thinking about being tired. Then it became medical. “My
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When I was young, my mother told me something that stayed with me for years. If I failed my school exams, my future would be bleak. Only people with good academic results would have a chance in life. I believed her. I hated school. My eldest brother once told me,
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Making Sense of Unemployment When Nothing Makes Sense Here is a true story. It could be your story. He was laid off after 13 years in the same company. Not because he failed. Not because of performance. Just restructuring. “When I apply for jobs, some say I’m overqualified. The
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Over the years, I’ve learned something uncomfortable about the workplace. Some managers are protected species. They don’t survive because they are good. They survive because they are attached to the right sponsor at the right time. They are very visible to people above them, and strangely invisible to
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Dear LinkedIn newbies, When in Rome, speak like the Romans. When in Malaysia, speak Manglish. In Singapore, speak Singlish. And when you’re on LinkedIn, you speak LinkedInese. Every platform has its own culture. LinkedIn is like fine dining. People speak formally and politely. Facebook is the kopitiam gossip table.
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I believe one reason some people are vulnerable to being scammed is not because they are foolish, but because they are too nice. When you are too nice and do not draw clear boundaries, people take advantage of your kindness. When someone borrows money, you find it hard to say
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Although Singapore is a wealthy country, there are still people among us who struggle with food. The good news is that help exists, and no one has to go hungry in silence. I’ve put together a simple ebook listing places in Singapore where you can get free meals. It
