Sometimes, I am grateful I’m depressed. In fact, I write the best when I’m feeling down in the dumps. The effervescence of words bubbles out uncontrollably. I dare say, I rediscovered my creativity in the most unlikely way – through depression.
Although 2 years old, Jonah Lehrer has a point in his New York Times article, ”Depression&#…
Despite having worked for 7 years in an industry where numbers are used everyday, I must confess I’m not very good with numbers. Some friends used to joke that they should start selling shares in the company when I first joined, for how can someone who can’t do 1+1 without a calculator be a manager there?!
Well, somehow I managed. But yes, the company’s sh…
I’m not a hater. I do not loathe having had a corporate job. I don’t intend to turn everyone against the idea of a corporate job, which many define as a pointless pursuit of nothing and little reward. In fact, I might return to one myself sooner or later—but definitely with a clearer vision of why I am there.
Many of us were brought up with the framewor…
Tell me, when does anything go according to plan?…
I came across this article by Paul Keegan in the 13 Jun 11 issue of the Fortune magazine. I am on a spurt of needing coaches to help me get my life in order, well at least reassure me that I am recovering, so the title caught my eye. But I thought: “are you seriously joking? Retiring needs coaching?”…
Some time ago I visited a rural school on the outskirts of Beijing, China. It was more of a community centre, for children of migrant workers in Beijing. I had just attempted suicide perhaps a week prior to that excursion, and being with these children and adolescent girls made me re-evaluate my condition of major depression – if only these girls had the oppo…
I used to get so excited flying around the world for work or for pleasure – “jet-setting” they call it. I thought it was the “high life”, so to speak, and I thrived on having my passport stamped with as many different countries’ engravings as possible. Yesterday, I felt proud and superior to those who have never travelled. Today, I am bearing the co…
Do you think there would be a difference if we asked the young preschoolers “what do you want to do?” instead of “what do you want to be” when you grow up?
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A good friend of mine introduced me to this author a few months ago. Controversy surrounds her because she has never appeared in the flesh; and yet her honest accounts and short stories resonate with many in Hong Kong, particularly those in the legal and banking industries. This author is an epitome of someone just being who she is – whether she is a real perso…
When I was in school, I was always excited about all these things I would do and see on a trip: the museums, local culture, shops, people. After I started working, the idea of a holiday was to lie around on the beach in a nice resort and have nothing else to do, except perhaps read a book. And of course, scroll through the blackberry……
Noch Noch is born and raised in Hong Kong and Australia. She has also studied / worked / lived in the US, France, UK, Japan, The Netherlands, China, and has travelled to more than 40 countries. Noch Noch loves travelling and her curiosity in foreign cultures and languages has led her to enjoy her life as an international executive for the last 7 years in the banking & finance industry. However, she was forced to take time off work in 2011 due to her illnesses and now spends her time in recovery, cooking, practising Chinese calligraphy, reading and writing – in short, learning to take care of herself and letting out the residual work stress.
