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: […]

In our office we use the MindAlign application for internal chat. One of its main differences from Sametime and Microsoft Communicator is that it has channels that one can join in, much like the MIRC of olden days. These channels are usually created for work groups, like our team has one so that we can […]

I was talking to a new friend about books, and she asked me if I had already read The Lovely Bones. I said no, and she proceeded to tell me about how that had been her gift to her mother for one Christmas, but that she had read the book before wrapping it on Christmas […]

My cellphone rang, flashing another yet unknown number. When I answered, some guy started talking to me in what must have been Mandarin. I told him I did not understand and he must have the wrong number. I expected him to put the phone down. Instead, he continued, “Philippine?” I said yes, and he went […]