23
July
2013
by Yi Lin
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Levelling Up
It’s close to 1 a.m. I’ve just finished typing a work email and shut down my office laptop. Then, I powered up my personal computer to write this long overdue blog entry. Amazingly, I’m still wide awake. Lucid too. This isn’t due to any energetic…
8
August
2012
by Yi Lin
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Working This Work Thing Out
The Straits Times ran two features on the Work-vs-Total Motherhood debate last week. Finally, FINALLY, there are women out there who make sense. On Sat 5 Aug, “Motherhood, jobs and the different kinds of wrong” by Lucy Kellaway (which first ran in the Financial Times),…
31
January
2012
by Yi Lin
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Work + Life = Balance?
I returned to fulltime work on 1 December last year. Today marks the completion of my first two months as a working mum. Since I know of a few mothers-to-be who would be planning how to utilise their maternity leave entitlement, thought I’d share how…
15
December
2011
by Yi Lin
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Back To Work
Happy holidays, everyone! While the rest of the office logs out of their user accounts and heads home for the December holiday season, I go back to work! Not that I mind terribly or have been dreading my return to life at the desk. On the…
11
July
2011
by Jaime Teo
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Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
When I heard this line in the past, I’d think what if it’s “Out of Sight, Out Of Mind”? After all, there are two sides to everything. I’ll confess to worrying thinking that Renee would pick the latter if I were out to work. What…