It is sad news and my kids are gutted. The longest reigning British Monarch have sadly passed away today. She was the only ruling British monarch in my lifetime so far. I admire her for the sense of duty she had and navigating through so many challenges from wars to scandals within the royal family […]
Hi, I notice one of the key things since arriving in France is how important it is to have a French mobile number. This has allowed us to drop our kids at the creche in Ikea, register for our official documentations, order our washing machine and many more basic stuff. The quickest way I obtain […]
Bonjour! After several days of unpacking and still many boxes to go, we finally feel settled. The folks that we have met so far are welcoming and we are adjusting well. There are still a long to do list such sorting out the internet, our mobile phones, installation of washing machine and registering with a […]
This is a scheduled post. We will be making preparation to head to the airport with both mixed emotions of sadness and excitement on living in a new country. Who knows what this will lead us to next? This version of the song by Canadian Chantal Kreviazuk was on the Armageddon movie soundtrack. I grew […]
I like business autobiographical books and stories about how businesses were founded, grow, thrive and became what they are today. I picked up this book from the library after several months of hiatus of reading due to my Oxford Strategy course. I stumbled upon the book on the shelves and I was last week old […]
I naturally think that I am not good at anything. I am not good at competitive sports, not good at games and not good at negotiation. However, I tend to remind myself about taking a chance each time. During negotiation, I always remind myself about “If you don’t ask, you don’t get!”. Similarly, the following […]
Finally, we cleared out the house. Everything is packed and heading to Paris and probably already in France by the time you read this post. Can’t imagine we manage to squeeze in all our belongings into the back of the truck. We will get reunited with them in roughly a week’s time. Thanks to all […]
Well, sort of. I just completed my Oxford Executive Strategy Program online through GetSmarter. It is an 8 week program that was gave me a taster on the Oxford approach to strategy. It is not my first online only executive learning I did although as I did an Open University MBA before but it had […]
We finally moved out of our house and into temporary accommodation awaiting our trip to Paris. To celebrate, I think we need a French tune. I don’t know many French songs apart from the occasional ones I hear during Eurovision but here is one catchy tune from Mika (I know he is a Lebanese-born British)! […]
I have started to let my neighbours know that we will be vacating the place in roughly a weeks time. Messages of congratulations poured in. It was such a shame that I didn’t spend more time to get to know everyone on my road rather than the occassional hi and goodbye with small talks. I […]