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Never bow down to kleptocrats Just thought I should share this experience... Its wasn't the first time, but it hit a nerve as already times are bad during a pandemic. An aquaintance asked for a quotation for a PR job recently. The brief was that it was for a new company. Not surprisingly, he asked that I consider giving a low rate. Reasons given: It's his friend, they have other businesses and etc. Blah, blah, blah... When I eventually emailed the quotation which was a reasonable RM10k for what was required from the brief. Not even a "Thanks for your quotation, we will let you know if you get the job" reply. Is this how people in their 30's operate nowadays? Whatever happened to professionalism or common courtesy? Don't get me wrong, I ain't mad. I suspect he wanted to make his own profit margin and the client probably said the PR services were too high. Is it the client's fault, or was my contact looking to exploit? I guess I will never know, and if t

Observations of Daily Life In The Pandemic BY PATRICK HO By now, Malaysians and their families would have been used to a "forced" groove of life during the Covid-19 pandemic. Donning masks, hand-carried sanitizers in the pocket, scanning QR codes at restaurants and markets, endless cooking and online home schooling has become a new way of life. Of course, the latter is made more difficult due to the fact that it is an abnormal way for teachers to teach. Imagine yourself as a primary school teacher today... you've never been trained or had to teach by looking into a laptop camera. I have received many tales of teachers getting so frustrated and angry that they had to message the parents because either the kids were not paying attention, or went missing during the online classes. Most kids don't even register themselves during the online classes. Behavioral science anyone? For the kids well, many parents have told me that it is a stressful experience to say the least. B