Alone together

On love, power, sex, self-esteem and independence.

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I signed up for Tinder in Jan-2015 and unexpectedly, also met the Monsieur through Tinder. Like many other tools, how useful the platform is depending on how we use it. My experience on…

About Broken Heart

“Why did you choose what you do?” asked the Monsieur. I was surfing on my computer while he was folding his work shirts and cleaned his wardrobe.

I looked at him. “You meant why I chose which job to apply for when I had no clue?”

What would I do if I weren’t afraid?

I remembered the years of the 1990s when I grew up in a small village in Vietnam. In those years, one of our childhood’s trophies were Coca-cola — the soft drink. The soft drink was considered a “treat” to kids, reserved only for special occasions such as weddings…

100 Bullet Points For An Investment Banking Analyst

In 2013, when I first interned at GS, I was given the below list as a hand-out, titled “100 Things I Learnt as An Investment Banking Analyst”. This article was written by another former GS analyst, containing the concise advice for the…

My Personal Finance System

Last month, I pondered over the idea of writing about the various systems I have in place in my life to automate and reduce its mundanity as much as possible; since some readers seem to be interested in the practical steps of how I manage different compartments of my life. I…

$100,000 and the price of freedom

A long while ago, when I was on the first date with my boyfriend, I was admittedly quite tipsy because I had been in my boss’ BBQ gathering for the whole day earlier. His wife was an excellent and charming host who kept pouring us more and more wine throughout the day…

11 cold hard truths about helping others

Some brief thoughts came to my min over the last few months about helping others that I…

The Self-Declared Expert

The Señor tagged me in one of the posts of someone selling their recruitment advice — let’s call him Mr. [X]

I became an investment banking associate

It was in the middle of a busy afternoon last November when I had back-to-back calls on a live transaction. After I just hung up on a colleague, my dealer board rung of an internal number from Paris.

Earn vs. Make

The vivid memories come back to me of a winter night in the Alps when I was skiing with a group of friends in finance and banking a…