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About Valerie Leung

I ♥ Sydney Swans. Square-eyed from too much television. I don't read enough. You can find me blogging at LibraGirlRules.com, writing about TV, films and books at ArmchairParadise.wordpress.com and occasionally traveloguing at ThursdayHasAView.wordpress.com. I have been known to write fanfic at fanfiction.net (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2660477/) and you can follow me on Twitter and Instagram @valshopaholic.

Team Building and all that Ra-ra

Corporate bonding sessions. Gotta love those. Also known as “Off-sites”; “Team building”; “Staff retreats”.  Whatever you want to call these gatherings, most people hate them and rarely do they deliver to their purpose.

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Are You a Hoarder Too?

hoard

http://oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_gb0380900#m_en_gb0380900

noun

  • a stock or store of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded
  • an ancient store of coins or other valuable artifacts
  • an amassed store of useful information, retained for future use

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What’s in a Name?

Once I decided I wanted to write a blog, the next big question was what to call it. I wanted something cool and funky and unusual but not so strange as to have people scratching their heads. So I started writing down a number of ideas on a piece of paper, thinking I was such a clever girl. But then when I tried to sign up to WordPress to create my very first website, every domain name I typed it was returned with a “this domain name is not available”! Seriously?! So in the end I came up with a dreary name – libragirlrules…because my star sign is Libra and I’m a girl and well, I’m setting my own rules in this blog. Original or what? Ha!

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Where you Tweet, I will Follow

“So what do you say on Twitter?” I’ve been asked this question a lot lately.  Or, how about this one: “Why do you twitter?”.

There’s no one way to answer questions like these.  To be honest, over 3,300 tweets later, I cannot remember exactly what I started tweeting about back in March 2009.  Continue reading

Vocations & Those Who Commit

I was working in Martin Place today in Sydney’s CBD.  There was a “Vocations Expo” in the amphitheatre area.  The Expo was dedicated to religious vocations but it prompted me to ponder the vocational paths that each of us pursue in our lives. (I’ll warn you now: if you are doing some soul-searching, you won’t find any answers here!)

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