1) She Can Tell It, Right Away “New Taiwan dollar two hundred forty thousand.” The foot massage specialist who was at around her late 20s was able to quote the price of a branded handbag a female customer was carried along. “What?” Her colleague asked. “That handbag that she carries is about 240 thousand dollars (NTD).” […]
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“Marianne… I made a mistake again in the meeting.” “What happens?” Half way photocopying her document, Marianne looked at Joyce who hunched her back with her head down. “Just now… In the meeting, I wasn’t able to catch the whole sentence of the question asked by the director. I asked him to repeat, two times…
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“There’s no more secret anymore.” Johnny added to Thomas’s comment. On this Friday noon time, Lily joined her colleagues (or co-workers) having lunch at a restaurant near the yacht port. Thomas helped six of them to place their meal orders through the QR code that was tagged on their dining table. While waiting for their
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“I don’t know what I am paying for.” Pamela said to her landlord, Mrs. Lim. They were having this conversation at the dining table, on Sunday evening. It was time where Pamela’s rental agreement was about to expire. As usual, Mrs. Lim would ask if Pamela would still want to continue renting the room and
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(Oh yeah, the Out-of-Office messages!) Lina quickly re-launched the office email apps and set a short auto-reply messages to both internal and external email recipient, respectively. [… I need a short break, for mind and body.] This was what Lina wrote for her internal email recipient; in another word, her colleagues. (Is that okay for
1) The Ceiling… (Oh… There’s a fly on the ceiling today.) Grandpa Lee said, to himself. It was just another day where he can only stare at the ceiling view above his bed. No one heard what he just said, as he said it in his mind, ever since he has been in paraplegia condition
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Notes from the author : If you would like to read from the beginning of the story (i. e. Part 1), just click on the [CLICK HERE] button. Enjoy your reading! Click here Part 2 of the story begins… After Jana heard from her superior, Tom, about Candice (i. e. the HR colleague)’s ‘accusation’ that her
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“What?!? ME? What have I done?” “What have I done?” Jana tried to understand further. What factors for having such conclusion? And how this judgement was based upon? The level of impact to hear such accusation was beyond Jana’s comprehensive zone. She was ready to hear what Tom would going to share with her next.
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Hmm~ Hmm~ hmm… (Hmm… What song is this? Sounds so soothing… Its rhythm as well.) Betha lifted her gaze from her laptop screen and let it loose focus in the space, perhaps 45degree above from her eye level. She was enjoying her Saturday afternoon at a café. This café has been her favourite, not only
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i) Work Delivery “Can you both tell me, why isn’t there any actions taken until now?” Both of her subordinates stayed silence when they were questioned by Betty, over the video conference call. It was team meeting scheduled on 10 a.m. Thursday. Betty’s voice wasn’t the light and easy tone as any other team meetings
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