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The Squirrel Who Taught Magic: My HRDC Train-the-Trainer Experience

MISA TTT, Class of May 4-8th 2006

I have spent my entire life hoarding random knowledge the way a squirrel hoards acorns for a Game of Thrones winter. 

This sounds more deliberately methodical than it is. The truth is the habit formed when I was a bored kid with nothing better to do than thumb through every page of my Junior Britannica Encyclopaedia. Not because of some noble aspiration to be a top student but because there were only two TV channels growing up.

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What AI Agents Can’t Do (And Why I Still Miss The Office)

Maxis Customer Management Team, circa 2017

There’s a Zus outlet near my girls’ school in Subang Bestari that I’ve quietly adopted as my unofficial second office. I pull in some mornings when I have to do the drop-off, order an Americano, open my laptop and wait for the traffic outside to clear. 

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Why New Year’s Resolutions Are Overrated

This is the time of year when we resolutely resolve to finally do the things we have always wanted to do. Nothing encapsulates this peculiar ritual more than the act of making New Year’s resolutions.

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Forest City x The Network School

Recently, I took a trip with colleagues to Forest City. Like many who spend too much time doomscrolling, I had already absorbed a steady diet of articles painting it as a desolate ‘Ghost City.’ In my head, it was the kind of place where tumbleweeds roll down spotless sidewalks– if Malaysia had tumbleweeds. If it weren’t for work, it would’ve been nowhere near my weekend plans. Spoiler: I was spectacularly wrong.

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The Return of Feel-Good Superheroes

Superman and The Fantastic Four in Action

If you’re a superhero fan who loves movies, like I am, you’ve probably been pretty disappointed these past few years. The MCU and DCEU just haven’t been hitting the mark. Sure, there’ve been a few standouts—Deadpool vs. Wolverine comes to mind—but even that relied heavily on nostalgia and fan service. Thunderbolts* showed flickers of the old MCU magic, but let’s be honest, it didn’t exactly set the box office ablaze.

Which is why it brings me great joy—bordering on relief—that not one, but two superhero films released in the past month reminded me why I fell in love with the genre in the first place: they brought back that wondrous, joyful escapism that lets us forget reality for a while.

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To write, watch or play?

Time. One could never have enough of it.

It’s funny how abundantly time flows all around us, yet we can never seem to find the right moments to do the things we claim to love. Recently, I’ve been juggling new projects while moonlighting as my daughter’s personal chauffeur during her IGCSE exams (the real one this time and not the mocks). The result? My writing– an activity I’ve cherished since escaping corporate life– has been relegated to the “when I get around to it” pile.

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