COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT & FREELANCE WRITER
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A remarkable young man working at Chilli’s restaurant inspired me to write this article on conversational skills. I was all prepared for a boring lunch on my own but this friendly, respectful and intelligent guy made my day with his light chatter.
Why did he impress me?
He did his job well. He took my order efficiently, [...]
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“WOULD you be free for an interview next week?”
Congratulations if you have just received such a phone call. For the job-seeker or the student applying for a scholarship, this is an important stage towards achieving your goal.
Now that you’ve got your foot in the door to the application process, your next step would be to [...]
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Writing my recent article on “Effective Emails”, I’m struck by this quote from Plato:
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.”
In today’s click-happy, high-tech world where anyone and everyone has something to say (or blog or Tweet), it’s easy to send out too many messages…and have those [...]
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This article appeared in The Star’s “Mind Our English” column yesterday, which was the last issue edited by Kee Thuan Chye, who “manned” the column for the past eight years. (Read his farewell note ‘Goodbye and thank you‘.)
It has been a pleasure working with Mr. Kee and I know we won’t be seeing the last [...]
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Working as a freelance writer now, I’m reminded of the “writing anxiety” or “writing apprehension” my college students faced when they got their assignments (engineering, business or IT).
Many of them had no idea where to start or what to do with the information they had gathered.
In most cases, the average student bungled their way [...]
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As I’m finishing up a feature article on HIV/AIDS, following up on some French translations, a multimedia DVD and website updates, I’m also coping with food aversions
In the midst of all this hustle and bustle, seeing another published article brings a smile to my face and adds a spring to my step! I wonder [...]
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Original article in (The Star, “Mind Your English”, 18 July2008).
ONE day, a colleague turned to me and asked, “What’s FYI?”
“For your information.”
“What’s FYA?”
“For your action.”
“What’s WRT?”
“With reference to…”
Before the conversation dragged on any further, I quickly looked up a website on acronyms used in business communications and sent it to him via e-mail.
This conversation made [...]
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I’m on a Bookathon!