Because I’m either in the library, the spot, the lab or cafe looking at management or marketing, i try to apply what i have read to understand my behaviors and others.
Motivational theories say that people are more likely to feel more satisfied and hence, happy when their belonging needs are fulfill. The way I [...]
October 28, 2009
Categories: family, life, people, personal . Tags: belonging needs, friends, jiemeis, life, love, motivation, personal . Author: Alicia . Comments: Leave a Comment
sunset at airport
photo by street 45
There is a pane of glass in Singapore’s Changi International airport. It divides the travelers from the people who are left behind. It is so transparent, clear and polished that sometimes, if you cropped away the image of those guards standing at the departure gates, you may feel like there [...]
August 20, 2008
Categories: family, life, people . Tags: airport, daughter, family, farewell, goodbye, independence, letting go, love, mother, traveling . Author: Alicia . Comments: Leave a Comment
My sister cries hard these days.
She is having an exam.
She feels she is not ready for it.
The stress is too much for her to bear.
They say that when you put yourself out there, you expect return.
As finance calls it, ‘higher risk equals higher return’. That’s human nature.
Does effort naturally equal success?
I think perfection is not [...]
June 9, 2008
Categories: family, life, people, personal . Tags: effort, exam, intangibles, passion, return, sister, stress, study . Author: Alicia . Comments: 1 Comment
April 21, 2008
Categories: democracy, family, life, malaysia, people, social . Tags: advertisement, chinese, colourblind, malay, malaysia, merdeka, petronas, race, racial harmony, society, youtube . Author: Alicia . Comments: 3 Comments
Nothing beats the smile and laughter of children.
Babies have the ability to make people happy.
Their honesty, their purity, their smiles, their reactions, their carefree, their freshness…
each of their personalities are irreplaceable.
Each of their smiles can warmth people’s heart. They may be small, but their heart can be purer and bigger than any adults.
They don’t play [...]
March 6, 2008
Categories: family, life, people, personal, social . Tags: bliss, childhood, children, children smile, cute, fresh, happiness, kids, mother, parents, pure, smiles . Author: Alicia . Comments: Leave a Comment
The Star: Ang Pows for the needy
JOHOR BARU: Over the past few months, bus driver Lai Fook Siang had been feeling miserable, wondering how he could brighten the Chinese New Year celebrations for his three children.
A motorcycle accident five months ago forced doctors to cut off his left leg and he was rendered unable to [...]
February 24, 2008
Categories: democracy, family, life, malaysia, people, social . Tags: ang pow, charity, chinese new year, democracy, donation, economy, help, johor baru, JUITA, malaysia, needy, social, social welfare, thoughts . Author: Alicia . Comments: Leave a Comment
22nd of February is my father birthday…
Cuddle us like a child, my father is.
He moves us like his precious chess,
thinking of the perfect plan to make us into royalties.
Fighting and striving, strategic planning and breaking boundaries;
My father endeavor to move beyond ordinary.
Paving a path of extraordinary,
not for himself, but for his family. [...]
February 23, 2008
Categories: family, photos, social . Tags: birthday, dad blowing candles, family, father, love, social . Author: Alicia . Comments: 1 Comment