180 in 2021

I always knew I’d come back to this. My digital safe space. I haven’t forgotten about this blog. Really. I’m a writer at heart but I knew that somehow I had to prioritize other things in my life and put this on hold. As they say, everything happens for a reason, a season or a lesson. I feel I had all three these past few years.

And yes, I’m well aware that it has been YEARS since I last updated my lil’ corner of the web. Too many things that had happened. BUT this is not about rehashing the past. It’s about looking into the future.

Not in a fortune-teller-read-your-palms kind of way.

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Another Birthday

I just turned 29 exactly 12 days ago. Yeah it hasn’t sunk in yet. I’m in the last leg of officially being called a twenty-something.

But before you roll your eyes and tell me to wait until I get to my thirties, I’d like to reflect on  Year 28. Besides, it’s my blog, I can type what I want to… 😉

Calling it a roller coaster ride is one hell of an understatement. Not that it beat 2008 in the level of sucky-ness. But it is indeed a class of its own.

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5 Things I Learned about Client Relations

Most of my professional life had been in marketing and advertising agencies so I’ve been handling clients for a quite a bit now. Account management and client relations are not for the faint of heart. While most of my clients have been great to work with (or reasonable to say the least), I’ve seen different facets of human nature that most people don’t see in their lifetime.

Needless to say, I’ve grown a lot the past couple of months and I’d like to share it with people who are also in the same line of work. If you have more to share, it would be awesome to put your comment in the box below. Maybe we can all learn a thing or two.
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On Missed Opportunities

Clutching my friend’s instructions in my hand, I proceeded to the S-Bahn train station and looked for the train that was supposed to take me to the Berlin Schoenfeld airport. Two stroller luggage (one big and one small carry-on) is a little too much for this tiny girl. The announcer tells the platform my train is coming. With the help of an elderly German gentleman, I was able to bring them in.

An hour later, I find myself struggling to bring the luggages out of the train and into the platform. I looked around for the elevator so I can be on my way. Fifteen minutes later, I was dismayed to find none. You’ve got to be kidding me…

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