This blog will be on temporary hiatus while I work on some back end stuff.
I’ll be back in March. Very soon. After I edit out a few posts that have been festering inside for awhile.
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I’ll be back
2010
02.17
02.17
(Not so) Sunny Singapore…and I like it like that
2009
12.17
12.17
I’m in Singapore, and the weather’s been cloudy, which is great, because it’s cool! It’s humid and a little warmer than Kuching (or maybe my memory is just deluding me), but my stay has been good so far. Mainly because it feels like home, and there are many familiar things here.
This is a holiday, and Lord knows my boyfriend and I need one.
It has been an eventful year. Life isn’t always fair. Massive upheavals have happened recently that need to be mulled over and decided how to act on. Until then, this is going to be a real and well deserved holiday.
(While we work on some things and prepare for the coming year.)
Evildoers beware! – Daisy, from Neil Gaiman’s “Anansi Boys”.
Branding wha…?
2009
11.25
11.25
Branding? Social media? All awesome.
But this is my site, and what it should really be is reflect MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! And because I’m human, there are too many aspects to me to categorise and classify.
Wheeeee!!!!
Henceforth it shall be rebranded as “the online repository of all things useful and useless”!
All part of The Journey!
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Not compromised
2009
11.02
11.02
:p
The blog was never compromised at all. It was just the theme I was using. Apparently it just links to the online service Websnapr that just shows a popup of snapshot of the link in your pingbacks. I mistook it for a popup because the service was down when I hovered my mouse over it, and saw a different site.
Meh. At least it’s a learning experience!
Blog wipe and reinstall
2009
10.31
10.31
Hi everyone,
If the blog looks weird, that’s because I did a complete wipe and reinstall. I spotted popups when I hovered over my pingback links yesterday, and got worried that the blog might have been compromised, and decided to do a fresh reinstall.
Most of the blog content is back up and running anyway, except for the pictures. But everything is back up and good to go. 
I’ve got to send Leia to the vet now, so I’ll sort it out over the weekend. She’s got malocculsion (misaligned teeth), so we’re gonna go get that sorted out before it gets worse. Please keep her in your thoughts.
No cadetship for me
2009
10.26
10.26
I didn’t get into the next round for The West’s cadetship.
Oh well. I’m disappointed, of course, but at least now I know where I’m headed.
That and I AM having quite a bit of fun at my current job. =) So maybe it’s meant to be after all.
And there is always another time, another test.
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How it's going so far
2009
10.23
10.23
I haven’t updated here for awhile. Been hit by a cold early this week, and then work happened, like it always happens. That’s not good, especially since I set a target to update at least once a week.
Therefore, I’ve started collecting ideas for posts, and putting down drafts, so that I don’t run out of ideas and topics.
I’ve also canvassed some friends regarding this blog, and the feedback I got was to keep posting the “how-to” posts, because they’re useful. And useful information is always good.
Also, I need to start writing for the web. Meaning I have to start thinking about shortening my posts to short sweet snippets if it suits the topic. I keep telling clients to keep things short and sweet, but sometimes, when it comes to blogging, I’m so used to reading text heavy posts from some of the blogs I follow that I tend to forget that people DO glaze over large chunks of text online.
Better practice what you preach, Char!
Also, I’ve started shortening down my categories, and have started using tags more. Basically, “categories” on blogs are usually used to class your content, while “tags” are the keywords that identify your post. Right now, I’m still tweaking my “categories” and “tags” list so that it suits the content a lot more.
And as for the previous post, some of you might have noticed that the post title has changed about three to four times. At first, I titled it “Host a website and save the world!” because I thought it had a nice ring to it, and would grab some attention.
Then a friend pointed out that carbon neutral just meant that you would not add to climate change, instead of actively saving the world. So I changed it to “Host a website and NOT destroy the world.”
And then Jon went o_0, so I changed it to the most standard, safest thing evar. Yes, I need to improve on my headline/title writing skills, very much. One day I will be able to churn out something witty and to-the-point like the really good headline writers out there. Until then, I guess practice makes perfect!
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What do I do?
2009
10.12
10.12
If you’re curious as to what I do for a living at the moment, it’s okay. What I’m doing is still currently being defined at my current job. As you can see on my “About Me” page, I do take on various roles at my job that include being a trainee manager and consultant. I also do a lot of project management, social media marketing and consulting. Other than that, my current company is also starting up a Creative Services division, and I’m part of the team working on it.
All that aside, what does it all mean? And why is it still being currently defined?
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Bai bai cadetship this time round, probably
2009
10.12
10.12
Apologies for the long absence from this blog. I’ve been pretty swamped in the past week with work as well as with studying for the West Australian cadetship test that I sat for this afternoon.
I didn’t want to mention it to too many people in case I jinxed my chances, but now that it’s over and done with, I don’t mind blogging about it.
Hitting the ground running… almost
2009
09.08
09.08
Windswept Tree
Thanks everyone, for dropping by my brand new spanking site! I know I’m a little late in joining the Wordpress and self-hosted site bandwagon, but it’s still pretty exciting for me anyway. And it’s a massive learning experience for me as well!
Anyway, I intend for this site to be a place where I can practice my writing, consolidate and put out ideas and research, and also to just entertain and inform anyone who might drop by and read.
My schedule has been a little hectic lately, becase I’m working two jobs. One at the newsagency, and the other as a trainee manager/consultant at a knowledge brokerage/consultancy firm.
My newsagency job provided me a steady income, but I felt that it was time I moved on and took the leap. I had a feeling that the winds would be changing soon, so I gave my boss a few weeks’ notice, and bought this site to prepare for what would come next.
And the winds of change did come indeed.
We’re starting up a Creative Services department in the company, and I was given an opportunity to be a part of it. But it also means that we’re basically starting a brand new wing of the firm from the ground up. But to me, that’s the most exciting part.
Next week will be my last week at the newsagency. It has been a fantastic working experience there, mainly because of the location and the people around. But it’s time to move on. After this, I intend to devote my time to my other job.
Because I do need income, and the other job can’t pay as much at the moment, I’m also going to use whatever free time that crops up to try my hand at freelance writing.
I’ve also been reading more, and trying to learn as much as I can about business, technology and media. My early morning routine involves sitting front of the computer with a cup of coffee and just reading the news and updates on my feed reader. During my lunch break I read magazines. After work I read. And when I don’t read, my brain is switched off so I don’t burn out.
That’s also why I wanted to start a new, proper blog. I need to put down all that information, and repackage it into something I can use, and this blog will act as my packaging tool.
Whatever happens next with the economy, or with my career, I fully intend to be as prepared as I can, and to bring a lot of value to the table.
No guts, no glory!
In the meantime, you can subscribe to the feed of this blog here to get updates.
You can also follow me on Twitter, where I post when I can’t be stuffed dedicating more than 140 characters to any topic.
And over the course of the next week or two, I’ll slowly be updating the sidebar and pages of this blog.
Until then…