“I need to have a quick word with you.” These words are seemingly harmless enough and should not have sliced into my heart and caused me to send off this text message to my friend Cate with trembling hands: “My boss wants to talk to me. I’m nervous about this.” My fears were not unfounded, […]
Archives for May 7, 2009
Pai Ser
My team is was composed of people from four different races – Singaporean, Malay, Indian, Filipino. So you can imagine how language (and accents) can be a barrier sometimes. Most of the time we understand each other, though. Or at least, think we do. I could not help but laugh at this conversation this morning: […]