Category: Reflection
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What I Learned from “The Intelligent Investor” by Benjamin Graham
Most investment books promise to make you rich. The Intelligent Investor promises something rarer and more valuable: to keep you from losing money. Warren Buffett called it “by far the best book on investing ever written.” That’s a decent endorsement. A while back, my partner had sent me a condensed guide on what I should look out…
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How AI has impacted my UI/UX design process
Something I’ve been thinking about as I hear about people in the creative industry getting laid off. It’s a scary reality, and I’m reevaluating my skill sets – what got me to where I am, and what new ways of working will help me move forward. I want to stay relevant – but more than…
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What I Learned from “The Four Laws of Love” by Jimmy Evans
I’m in my marriage preparation era✨ This season of life has been one of the most beautiful and most confrontational I’ve ever walked through. I’m being called to face my weaknesses and fears head-on, and as uncomfortable as that is, I’m grateful for it. I’d rather do that work now than carry unresolved baggage into…
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27 Things I Learned in 27 Years
Today’s my birthday and somewhere between the cake and well wishes, I found myself wanting to do something a little more reflective. I thought it’d be meaningful to take stock of my life and think about various lessons I’ve learned throughout the years. Some of these lessons came easy, some came at a cost. There…
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How do I honour God with my work?
The past few days over the Chinese New Year break have been restful. Between visiting family, eating way too many pineapple tarts, and frolicking from house to house, I also found myself with space to think. One of the things I had been contemplating more about was my work, and where I’m going with my…
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On Love
In light of Valentine’s Day, I’ve found myself in a reflective mood about love. Jesus’ love It would feel incomplete to write about love without first speaking of Jesus. I initially meant to reflect on romantic love, but the more I thought about it, the more I realised that the way I love is shaped…
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1 year of learning Thai (+ Thailand mission trips in 2025)
Why Thailand? “Bangkok, Thailand.” It wasn’t loud in the natural sense, but it was unmistakable. During a university church camp in mid-2023, I experienced what I can only describe as a clear prompting: a vision of various idols accompanied by those two words, spoken so distinctly it felt almost audible beside my ear. That moment…
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What Does It Mean to Be a Proverbs 31 Woman?
With encouragement from friends and colleagues who have been so kind in their comments about my mindful reflections, I’ve decided to create a blog as my little space on the internet to dump my musings and learnings. For a long time, when I thought about the phrase “Proverbs 31 woman”, I associated it with an…