Category Archives: Learning

How to successfully get a refund from Lenovo

Posted on January 14, 2021 by stenoodie

If you’ve read my blog post about my experience of contacting Lenovo to receive the refund money of two products I’d returned in July 2020, you’d already know what a nightmare it was (beyond frustrating and time-consuming). I had contacted … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, Product Reviews & Testimonials | Tagged how to get refund from Lenovo, Lenovo customer service, Lenovo not giving back refund, Lenovo's customer service, poor Lenovo service, Worst customer service company, worst tech companies customer service | 5 Comments

Happy 5th Birthday to my Blog!

Posted on March 21, 2018 by stenoodie

It’s not every day that you get to wish your blog a fifth birthday. 😀 I still remember when I had come back from my Asia trip in 2013 and instantly wanted to start a blog to chronicle my travel … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning | Tagged blog master, blogging anniversary, Blogging milestone, half of a decade blogging, I blog every day, wordpress bloggers | 4 Comments

Toastmasters, my second session

Posted on June 18, 2017 by stenoodie

Yesterday, I had my second session of Toastmasters (Youth Leadership Program version) and I was able to do my first speech! Before the one hour-ish session, I prepped at home by writing out what I was going to say through … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, New Experiences | Tagged first speech, Toastmasters experience, Toronto, Youth Leadership Program | 2 Comments

First Time Attending a Toastmasters Session!

Posted on June 14, 2017 by stenoodie

This past Saturday, I attended my first Toastmasters session! Toastmasters is all about public speaking and speaking on the fly! I had heard about Toastmasters a couple of years ago and had already been intrigued but didn’t take the plunge

Posted in Learning, New Experiences | Tagged new experiences, public speaking, Toastmasters, Toastmasters first time, Toronto | 3 Comments

First Time at Paintlounge Markham!

Posted on February 18, 2017 by stenoodie

This was my first time painting at Paintlounge and in particular, their Markham studio! We had wanted to take a painting workshop and I bought this Groupon a couple of months ago. The Paintlounge website shows a selection of ‘easy’, … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, New Experiences | Tagged 118 Main Street Markham North, date ideas, fun activities, Markham, Northern Lights, Northern Lights painting process, Northern Lights Paintlounge, Paintlounge, Paintlounge Markham, Paintlounge Markham drink prices, social painting | 3 Comments

My Network Marketing Journey

Posted on December 23, 2016 by stenoodie

Written in July 2016: I’ve been thinking and brainstorming about how to go about writing this. This is a very personal post and reflects my own experience and perspective of what I went through in the last two and a half … Continue reading →

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What is a Food Blogger?

Posted on September 6, 2016 by stenoodie

“FAME is FAKE and it FADEs and if you don’t know that, then you’re F_ _Ked”. Lol, sorry to use abrasive language, but that’s the quote I heard long ago that cemented to me what “fame” really is. It’s stuck with me all … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning | Tagged blogging about food, commercialism of food instagraming, food instagramers, food instagramers versus food bloggers, getting free food by posting pictures on instagram, how the food scene is changing, instagram fame is fake, oversaturation of food instagramers, people who instagram food, posting about food because you want to be invited for free food, selling out, Toronto food blogger, Toronto food trends, traditional food bloggers | 26 Comments

Thoughts you have when you wake up from a herd mentality

Posted on August 30, 2016 by stenoodie

It’s only after waking up when you realize how stupid these quotes sound when you share it for the sake of being an “entrepreneur”. In my opinion, a real “entrepreneur” doesn’t actually call him or herself an entrepreneur. Someone who … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, Life | Tagged deceptions about network marketing, don't be fooled, internet marketer, lies, network marketing companies, network marketing scams, what your upline tells you is false, you're a distributor not an entrpreneur, you're not a real entrepreneur | Leave a comment

Social Conformity (without realizing it)

Posted on August 14, 2016 by stenoodie

Watch this video: Yikes. This was what I conformed to doing in the past 2.5 years and I didn’t even realize it until lately. I’m waking up. I really am.

Posted in Learning, Life | Tagged Asch conformity experiments, brainwashing, cult thinking, following others without thinking, herd mentality, It's human nature to follow others without thinking, network marketing social conformity, not wanting to feel left out, Social conformity, social psychology | 3 Comments

Reducing Food Waste with Everflux Technologies (Start Up Competition)

Posted on August 3, 2016 by stenoodie

Not many people know this about me but I am a huge advocate of food saving and eliminating food waste as much as possible. What this means is that when I go out to a restaurant, when there are leftovers, … Continue reading →