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Stay Active, Don’t Retire

You can have the ultimate joy in life right here, right now. — I used to believe retirement is a life-long goal. I used to think we work hard because we need to earn enough money for retirement at 65. Imagine when we no longer need to go to the office: then we can finally have time to enjoy life — sunbathing on…

Life

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Stay Active, Don’t Retire
Stay Active, Don’t Retire
Life

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Mar 12

Exploring New Worlds: The Thrill of Live-Action Role-Playing

Experience adventure beyond your wildest imagination — Growing up, I was never interested in gaming; Board games and Mafia were never my things, and I didn’t enjoy spending time playing with others, in particular with total strangers. However, last October, my friend invited me to try out LARP (Live-Action Role-Playing). …

Larp

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Exploring New Worlds: The Thrill of Live-Action Role-Playing
Exploring New Worlds: The Thrill of Live-Action Role-Playing
Larp

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Oct 25, 2022

Why You Should Hide Your Birthday on LinkedIn

Protect your identity, minimize noise, and reserve your time with your beloved ones — How many connections do you have on LinkedIn? Digital marketing guru Jeff Bullas mentioned that people have 1K connections on average. …

LinkedIn

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Why You Should Hide Your Birthday on LinkedIn
Why You Should Hide Your Birthday on LinkedIn
LinkedIn

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Oct 6, 2022

How To Deal With a Bent iPad?

My valuable and expensive lesson learned — If you are reading this article, I am pretty sure you are as devastated as I was when I noticed my iPad was bent. Here are the last few photos I took of it.

Apple

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How To Deal With a Bent iPad?
How To Deal With a Bent iPad?
Apple

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Oct 3, 2022

For Small Mistakes in Work, Use “Oops” Instead of “Sorry”

No more sliver-lining your error, and move on with your day — Like many of you, I make small mistakes at work. Typo in an email? For sure. Hitting too fast the send button or accidentally addressing someone as “Mr.” instead of “Miss”? Happens from time to time, and I can give you all the other examples. But one thing I insist…

Work

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For Small Mistakes in Work, Use “Oops” Instead of “Sorry”
For Small Mistakes in Work, Use “Oops” Instead of “Sorry”
Work

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Elephant In Hat

·Aug 10, 2022

Potential fixes for NFC not working in iPhone after iOS upgrade

Recommended solutions by Apple Hotline and Genius from Apple Store. None of them works for me, but no harm in giving it a try. — Last week I updated my iPhone to the latest iOS 15.6, and suddenly the NFC function no longer works. …

IPhone

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Potential fixes for NFC not working in iPhone after iOS upgrade
Potential fixes for NFC not working in iPhone after iOS upgrade
IPhone

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Elephant In Hat

·Mar 20, 2022

Never Be Ashamed of Your Foreign Accent

Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a sign of bravery. — Amy Chua — Like many others, I hated my accent. Growing up in Hong Kong, I studied in a typical school where we used Chinese as the teaching language except for English class. …

Language

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Never Be Ashamed of Your Foreign Accent
Never Be Ashamed of Your Foreign Accent
Language

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Elephant In Hat

·Feb 26, 2022

Feeling Stuck in Life? Learn a New Language.

It sparks joy, improves your memory, and brings a sense of achievement. — When was the last time you tried to memorize something in your work? Not a task, not a new concept, but introducing a new vocabulary and a sentence to express your inner voice. In a digital era like this, we are used to relying on Google to find out the…

Learning

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Feeling Stuck in Life? Learn a New Language.
Feeling Stuck in Life? Learn a New Language.
Learning

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Elephant In Hat

·Feb 24, 2022

How To Introduce Change to Your Team?

New tools, mindset, and culture: You could be the change agent to bring all of them to your company — Being the change agent in your team could be scary at first. Yet once you witness the impact you brought to the team, it becomes an obsession — you will keep exploring new topics for the team to learn. I always remember working on back-end systems as a business analyst…

Change

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How To Introduce Change to Your Team?
How To Introduce Change to Your Team?
Change

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Published in

Elephant In Hat

·Feb 16, 2022

Life? Less Is Always More

And this is why we need to be selective about how we want to spend our scarce energy and time — Where should we start? A month back I attended a wedding of my university friend, and I met some people I hadn’t talked to in two years. …

Life

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Life? Less Is Always More
Life? Less Is Always More
Life

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Julia Tsoi

Julia Tsoi

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Design Strategist @ Ogilvy | Apple Developer Academy Alumni. Bird without legs and I would always fly high. https://juliatsoi.com/

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