At the RE:UNION conference in KL last month, I heard a message about the difference between a roster worker and a vision worker. • A roster worker is always tired, but a vision worker is always inspired. • A roster worker waits to be told, but a vision worker initiates. • A roster worker isContinue reading “What kind of worker are you?”
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On rushing in a finite world
One morning on my usual walk to work in Raffles Place, the central business district of Singapore, I spotted these two ads by Chevron Building. The first ad by Bumitama Agri Ltd says: “Mum was wrong. Slow and steady doesn’t win the race.” Its supporting line says it is a young and fast-growing oil palmContinue reading “On rushing in a finite world”
My Insights personality
Recently at work, our Human Resources department conducted an Insights personality profiling for all employees. Based on 50 short questions we had to answer, the result was a 16-page booklet summarising your working style, key strengths, weaknesses and more. I’ve done many of these personality tests before and they are generally accurate and describe meContinue reading “My Insights personality”
The List
“Truth is, there’s no one that can do what I do. Including her. Any of the other choices would have found that job impossible and the magazine would have suffered. Especially because of the list. The list of designers, photographers, editors, writers, models, all of whom were found by me, nurtured by me and haveContinue reading “The List”
A dress a day
A dress a day makes five days in the office: Monday New Look £25, bought circa 2007 Tuesday BCBG Max Azria, hand-me-down Wednesday Flowery dress, hand-me-down Thursday Forever21, RM 190 (£38) Friday Ribbon dress, gift from Bangkok
Under pressure
God’s word is alive, perfect and timely; it is speaking to me again at a time when I need to hear him most. A time when I feel under pressure, when I feel unhappy, when I feel like quitting because things are difficult. The answers I needed were in the book of James: 1:2 ConsiderContinue reading “Under pressure”
Stop it sour grapes
Despite sulking all week about life in Singapore, I have decided to be thankful for all the good things that have been lavished upon me: 1. Won a beautiful lady’s watch in the red colour I’ve always wanted! 2. Accompanied by G on Friday evening to Marché Mövenpick 3. Blessed by J’s family on SundayContinue reading “Stop it sour grapes”
‘I asked for clean, athletic, smiling. She sent me dirty, tired and paunchy’
These are the infamous words uttered by the notorious Miranda Priestley, editor of Runway magazine in The Devil Wears Prada (2006). And that’s exactly how I felt today with the agency I work with. Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestley in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) “Tell Simone I’m not going to approve that girl thatContinue reading “‘I asked for clean, athletic, smiling. She sent me dirty, tired and paunchy’”
Wan Phing Lim 