As a repeated customer of a shop, I came across different types of salespersons in my buying experience. I went to this shop this week and wanted to shop for an item that I planned to buy for a while. When the salesperson saw me walking in, she immediately recommended me to buy an item …
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A client of mine suffers from shopaholism and cannot control her impulsive buying even after being in debts for a sustained period of time. She went shopping nearly everyday at lunch time and frequently surfed onlineshops for new released clothes, handbags or shoes. She needed to buy something each time she was in a shopping …
An American superhero film, Doctor Strange, depicted a “Hero journey” by a wealthy and famous neurosurgeon. Dr. Strange, the arrogant neurosurgeon was severely injured in his hands in a traffic accident. In his journey in searching for the cure for his hands, he went to Kamar-Taj and sought help from the sorcerer. Through his studied …
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One of my clients sufferred from cancer one year ago. She used to be very healthy and had regular routine for exercising before the diagnosis. With healthy life style and stable career without much work stress, it is out of expectation for her to suffer from cancer at late forties. The treatment process was traumatic …
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The use of social media has been part of our lives. It is common for us to see our friends in social media posting their selfies, socialising activities, achievements or anything about oneself to obtain “likes” or positive comments. For a normal user of social media, posting some updates related to one’s positive identity sometimes …
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The recently launched Hong Kong movie, “Drifting”, may have touched many people’s hearts as it is about a stories of a group of homeless people in Sham Shui Po being ostracised and the personal belongings so precious to them were taken away by the government. In the end, the civil litigation filed by this group …
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