Changed By Faith
Reading time: 6 minutes I find life to be consistently inconsistent. Change is the norm. Look outside your window, take a stroll down the street, you’ll witness that nature is always transitioning. Whether you have extreme or stable seasons, they still experience their own cycles of birth, growth, development,…
Dear Boss, Thank You For Declining My Leave Request
Reading time: 6 minutes Everything has started to become a blur as I try to recall the day I left Malaysia, my life and the rat race I so wanted to be part of. I tried fixing my eyes to the freshly bloomed tulips in front of me but…
My Hunger For Crazy Led Me To Iceland
Reading time: 5 minutes There I was, on the plane to Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland. An island of fire and ice with endless tales and myths waiting for me to discover. I went to Iceland for my internship, because a lecturer introduced Iceland as crazy, cold and…
Change The Story You Tell Yourself, And You Change Your Life
Reading time: 5 minutes “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale Yesterday, I saw this quote by accident in a bookstore near where I live. As I was walking to a bus station, a nostalgic feeling popped up from when I used…
An Aimless Road To Entrepreneurship
Reading time: 5 minutes “All this time I was searching for answers on how I could improve my business. But what got me back on track was a random person asking me the question: What is your goal in life?” — Virgil Wongsokario In my earlier writing…
Finding Reality In An Abstract World
Reading time: 5 minutes “I couldn’t see the shape of my vision anymore.” Last week, on a sunny but cold Monday, I had a coffee with Orville Schenkers. He was born in Suriname, raised in Saint Martin, and now lives in the Netherlands since the age of…
One Anchor Moment
Reading time: 5 minutes “The concept of marriage was new to me.” One year ago, I got to meet Virgil Wongsokario, an entrepreneur based in the Netherlands with a passion for online video education and production called ‘Online Video Power’. Back then, we didn’t get the chance to…
Skills I Underestimated At My First Startup
Reading time: 4 minutes Knowing well of the risks and challenges that involves having a start-up, got me excited to face risks head on and overcome challenges. I’m sure every would-be entrepreneur and many actual entrepreneurs have this one question: “Do I have what it takes to be an…
