Happy 3-Year Old to Me in CG!!!

So fast 3 years liao... Kindda amazed that I 'outlived' so many ex-colleagues haha..

Been having a damn bz period for I-lost-track-of-how-long already; with my current campaigns and upcoming Singapore Food Festival, which will be our 4th year of participation. Am having quite a fair bit of sense of achievement lately too - my company website, increased public exposure - bus and train ads, more news and radio ads, bigger-scale roadshows, etc., though they might not be as frequent or even-bigger-scale as what other companies can afford. Went to view my train @ Bt Batok Depot yesterday and I felt so damn proud! Waited for 3 years before we can have this scale of advertising.

Sometimes I don't like to explain to people what I do... coz it'll be like 'I have this this and that that campaign, event, roadshow, etc.' and it'll just sound so 'like that ONLY ar?', which doesn't do any justification to my busy-ness at all, coz they don't see the amount of nitty-gritty-and-time-consuming-details I have to go through. Anyhow, I seem to be going off-track. Can't think straight, damn tired after going around to 4 hawker centres (all the way to Boon Lay) to visit customers...

Guess I'll end with what I mentioned for my 2nd anniversary... 'Wonder how many more anniversaries to come? Hmmm....'.

No 'GOAL!!!' please

Was having dinner @ a kopitiam @ Bt Batok last week when I saw this..

If this works, maybe should propose to libraries to telecast matches as well?

敏感话语 一之懂与不懂

(要)懂, 为了学问, 为了好奇心; 为了生活, 为了做事; 为了了解, 为了学习.

不(要)懂, 因为无知, 因为幼稚, 因为天真; 因为害怕, 因为逃避; 因为无需, 因为懒得理.

懂太多, 就想得多, 不安, 不开心.

若是不懂, 又一大堆问号, 不安, 不开心.

有些事不懂得好, 有些事则懂比较好.

有些事不是不让你懂 , 而是天时地利和人都不合.

有些事让你懂了, 又一大堆问号, 不安, 不开心, 不忿, 愤怒, 等.

当然, 有些事让你懂了, 也带来了兴奋, 开心, 答案.

到底懂还是不懂好? Ignorance is Bliss, 你同意吗?

P.S.

• 以上观点纯属有感而发; 敏感话语是指敏(本小姐我)的感想, 感触.
  
• 以上观点指的是"有些事". 置于什么事, 见仁见智.
• 你听得懂吗?

The Tidiest Desk in CG Goes To...

Me. Used to. Now...

This is the messiest and untidiest desk I've ever had in CG...Newspaper ads, quotations, drafts, letters, magazines, brochures, etc. Photo doesn't do justice, coz it's way messier in real-life. Irritated but no time (or can't be bothered at current bz period) to do filing, next load coming in real soon and I'm gonna be well buried.

- Boliao break ended -

职业病

1 sleepy morning while waiting for train, I was listlessly reading the wordings on the poster which features a starlet holding a beverage when something caught my eye: "... dazzlting everyday." Got me awake instantly ha... got such a word meh? Reach office, checked, no such word. God... wat a big cockup... Today, I was at the same station in the same sleepy (if not, sleepier) state again, and saw that they've revised the copy to 'dazzling'.

Such a mistake is really horrendous... somemore so many posters and so big too. In the A&P field, 'everyone makes mistake' is totally unacceptable. Every single word, grammar, spelling, phrasing, etc counts, since it is published to the whole world to see. Damn stressed when I have to proof-read all my ads, website content, advertorials and even internal emails... Gotta read over and over again and irritatingly some errors just like to hide up... Doesn't help when I have bosseS who can't seem to differentiate between commerce and commence, apologies and apologizes, former and formal, weird sentence phrasing, and many more. Get the idea? Of coz, I made a few boo boos before too.. e.g. For my email subject title which I sent to all colleagues, I forgot to delete 'For your approval pls'. My colleague actually replied me 'Approved.' (-_-)" Another one was when I sent an email to all colleagues again, this time I forgot to delete the rest of the corresponding messages between me & my boss... heng nothing fiery in it! And heng its all internal emails too... but I was embarrassed enough man...

So, it's become my habit to mentally scan through and edit the copy of anything that I see/read. Applies for conversations too... so... too bad if i caught you lah hee...

Lunch @ Peony Jade 14 May 08

Been to this restaurant @ Clarke Quay quite a few times already. Ambience is nice and food is yummy! They serve their self-brewed lager too... taste good, similar to my fave hoegaarden.

They have All You Can Eat A-La-Carte Buffet of 40 dishes... can have a one-time order of Shark's Fin, Scallop, Peking Duck, etc. Prices are quite reasonable too... though so far I haven't paid for any of my meals there yet heh heh!

Post Labour Blues

Sibei sian... no mood to work... Did not take leave today coz there was supposed to be an internal meeting at 930am ... WAS. Come to work then got informed its cancelled... Bloody Hell...

Had a mahjong session @ my place on Wed nite with Xin, Zns, Mr Anything, Qiang, ZY and Stv... ZY said he long time no play but in the end won the most... No more for you liao ZY... coz I'm a sore loser haha! =p

Had a lazy May Day... went to eat the not-so-nice-already wonton mee @ Selegie then Rochor you tiao and tao hway... then lazed all the way...

No.10 came to my office to pass me liang teh on Wed... coz I was too HOT; Had high fever, cold and cough. Prob due to my crazy feasting spree... but doc also said might be inflammation of my wound, so have to monitor... Y is my wisdom so much more troublesome?!! Anywayz here's a snapshot of my personalized liang teh:

He said not to display it on my desk.

哦.

JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge 23 April 2008

This is the 2nd time I participated in the run.. We had more runners this year - 60, as compared to the miserable 12 last year haha.. Our jersey same as a certain bank alamak... But nvm lah, our company names start with the same word, so same same haha... Sky was really gloomy before we began, heng it didn't rain at all. Same route, same human jam. My timing was 43.59 mins, faster by 1 min this year... not bad for someone who didn't train liao hee...

See my bib no... Huat ar!!!

Little snippet: A total of 12,748 participants from 351 companies took part.

Will join again next year... if I can... =)

大开吃皆!!!!

Woah... been on a major feasting spree these 3 days... now can bite liao but still have to grind the food very gingerly... so very 'you4 xiu3' lately... so not me haha! Now I can understand how come people can go crazy as a result of starvation, though mine is a considered a milder case lah... hee.. Anyhowz, 七月came early for me this year =p

Officially began on Friday, had the famous cooked-using-charcoal pork porridge @ Tiong Bahru for breakfast, then mee goreng and the yummy indian rojak @ West Coast 530 hawker centre for lunch. In the evening, went to Fish & Co for dinner with No.10 and his frens... due to certain circumstances, let's just say we had A LOT of food... You named it, We had it; You don't name it, We also had it.

Saturday, woke up at 2pm, then had KFC for brunch... went to a restaurant @ PSA Building for dinner, then met up with Xin, Zns and Mr Anything @ Mr Bean... had a chocolate brownie with ice-cream... Adjourned to Rochor Tao Hway next, the you tiao was v nice! Had it with soya bean and tao hway as well... so nice to meet up with one another again after quite some time.. hope to see the rest soon too =)

Sunday, went to Beach Road with No.10 for lunch... ate the one-and-only char kway teow that Yours Truly approved (coz its so not oily and with boiled veg), hokkien mee and chilli noodles. Then No.10 brought me to Te@ Party along Bt Timah Road for scones... DAMN NICE!!! The place was pretty cozy and as the cafe's name suggests, it serves many diff types of tea, as well as pasta, pizza, etc. Really lurrrve the scones... got cranberry, blueberry, citrus, etc... I had the chocolate chip one... devour it along with the strawberry cream cheese... YUMS!!! Am craving for more already... slurpz! My weekend feasting spree ended with Mac's for dinner... still can afford for some more feasting for now hee =p

Good Riddance to Wisdom

Plucked out my wisdom tooth surgically last Monday coz it was getting unbearable... Colleague recommended this dental @ Kembangan and I was quite heng as I managed to grab a cancelled slot. All others I called could only give me an appointment the following night or so. Then again, the dentist asked if I wana do it that nite, I okay-ed it immediately, since appointments for surgeries would be at least 2 weeks later... might have died of pain then, so heck, might as well.

The dental initially said its gonna be a 2-minute job... put me on anesthetic for damn long while she finished up another patient.. so long that when she began, I was able to feel a bit of pain! Squeaked to her with my open mouth that it hurts, then she injected more anesthetic. The drilling and yanking that followed was so-you-wouldn't-wana-noe... gum was totally numbed but I could still feel the actions... In the end the 2-minute job became at least 30 minutes... Dentist said her arm ached when my stubborn tooth was finally extracted.

Yes, that's my gum-bits stucked on the tooth... The roots were not the usual 2-legged ones but a whole chunk... Really painful after the anesthetic worn off... couldn't even swallow saliva, gotta pui it out the whole nite. Could only drink milk (which I super hate), cold water and cold porridge using a straw. 痛苦.

Removed the stitch last nite, now not so pain already but can still feel the strain now n then, like when I sneeze, yawn or even bending down. I'm so so so so CRAVING for solid food!

Absoultely STARVING!!!! Dieting is definitely not gonna be in my vocabulary for some time...