Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:32 PM

Labels: a woman's work is never done, if love wasnt so atrocious I would have stayed blind, whoever invented fashion committed an atrocious crime

Labels: a woman's work is never done, growing up

Today i went to a TVC cum photography shoot for one of my-to-be client, it was quite an eye-opener, for I have never been to one of these real shoots before

However much of the time we were pretty much waiting for the crew to get ready and prepare these and that, before the real shoot. It was a shoot for one of the fast-food brands that I am sure all of us have had eaten before, at one point of our lives – but its definitely not my favourite nor often-patronised fast-food restaurants, I guessed it could be because in secondary school, I once felt nauseous after eating at this particular fast-food restaurant and from then on, I think I never (never willingly, at least) ate there again, also cuz I don’t fancy their menu that much. Those who know me well will know that this fast-food brand (FFB, in short) is not MOS burger, haha, cuz God knows how much I love MOS burger.

One hint is that this fast-food brand serves different type of food from Mac, and BK. Hah. But anyway, the MD of this FFB was also there personally, I was quite stunned cuz usually I thoughtthat these kinda ‘small’ marketing efforts will be handled by just the rep or sth.. but apparently, the client is quite particular (or meticulous, whichever way u like to see it) about the food shots. All the food were prepared there by this food stylist (haha just like fashion stylish) and then styled (duh) according to our brief/client’s wants. I was told again and again that this food stylish is the best in sg, and indeed she was really patient and professional about it. prior to today, I never really thought that people put in so much thought or effort into ‘arranging’ the food so that they look damn appealing and tasty for the TVC haha, and I din really know that there was such a job called food stylist. I think her pay should be quite high sincethere probably isn’t that many such experts ard.

So anyway we were at the studio from like 11am to 4plus? And then returned to the office… and now I am just waiting for our AE (account executive) team meeting at 7pm. Boohoo..If there was like proper work for me to do at least I don’t feel so hungry and draggy now, but oh well I guess it takes time for me to learn the ropes before my nice colleagues can hand over the accounts to me. Yep, so far the colleagues that I met are really nice and down-to-earth, even the guy whom i-thk-is-some-big-shot, so its great. I din get the chance to like bio the entire office cuz our AE team is pretty much secluded haha, and separated from the designers by this big bookshelve cum packaging storeroom, but the look & feel so far is similar to Design Bridge, but much less atas lah. And from what I have observed for my job scope, its pretty similar to DB, except that IMG does much more marketing stuff, like ads and promotions, whereas DB’s focus was really just packaging. i m thankful for the internship I had before, cuz at least I don’t feel totally lost when my colleague mentions those industry terms like FA (final artwork), proofing etc.. and I think the work process here is a little more fuss-free than DB, in terms of the so-called admin/work templates for each new job. The differences I have seen so far are minor, like different names for the same thing.

it feels really surreal - the day i was so looking forward to, the day that i finally start working full-time permanently, it feels like, someone has just robbed me. :( (my first day today, and i left at 8 PM!!) i feel excited in a way, yet i feel like i lost all the freedom, time and slack that i took for granted for the past 4 years as a undergrad, esp the last sem, with just one module and FYP.. looking back, even FYP probably wont have taken up that much man-hours as i forsee my job will. firstly, i am not an intern/part-timer/temp staff anymore, i have heavy responsibilities, roles to fulfill, results to obtain and prove myself... also, i will no longer enjoy free-to-do-as-i-wish weekdays, and have to sleep by 12am every night, and wake at an ungodly 7am for 5 days a week. ah... suddenly hall life seemed to be a bed of roses.. i miss staying in hall and all its perks, staying late, supper with friends, blah.. the freedom to choose not to go to lectures, or being able to nap in the evening after classes.. ahhh.... it is so true, that humans are walking contradictions, and yes, i admit now i think student life is a bliss, but at the same time, i feel good about 'growing up' and finally no more saying 'im a student', cuz sometimes that just gets u dirty looks, and little respect, or like 'oh u are still a child' mentality. so yeah, i shall have to work hard hard from now on, its time to embrace change - as it is an opportunity for growth - one of my company's 'principles' haha..

i even have a new 'identity' at work, i go by my alias valerie, so that its easier for everyone to rmb haha... so yeah, WELCOME TO MY NEXT STAGE OF LIFE........ which i hope, will be at least exciting, and explorative, to make up for the losses.

lastly, a very very happy birthday to my darling =) u can join me to be forever (sweet)16. hehe. lets aim to buy the chanel bag ourselves, haha...

goodbye or see you,
I'll be your best kept secret or your biggest mistake.

Labels: a woman's work is never done, dreams, if love wasnt so atrocious I would have stayed blind

Labels: growing up, i have atrocious friends, if love wasnt so atrocious I would have stayed blind

well, i have been away for the longest! so sorry if you clicked to read faithfully everyday but you see the same paragraph of words staring back at you. i have been, honestly, too lazy + partly too busy over the last 1.5 months to blog. in the quickest blink of an eye, my fyp event is over. but i wont forget the late nights, trying to pack 600 goodie bags in 1 night with only 2 people and then an additional unfortunate helper aka my bf, and the crazy mad moving of cartons and cartons of goodie bags, water, and loads of God knows what, and the anxiety the night before..the loads of registration forms, the setting up and clearing up, the heavy run that crashed upon us 30 mins after the flag-off... and how we ended up shivering under the tentage (thank God we had them!), all afraid of being struck by the treacherous lightning that struck a nearby lamp-post moments ago and caused the downfall of a tree infront of Sheng Siong supermarket. it was a good turn-out, we had almost 600 signed up, and thankfully we did not cause SCWO to suffer any loses by organising our crazy idea of an IWD run.. I do think that, a run is really useful in introducing the masses to the idea of celebrating IWD every year.. the appeal of a run is greater than a Power Lunch in my opinion... esp when we are talking about trying to get everyone, men inclusive, and whether literate or not.

and then of course after the IWD run, we had to rest and then struggled to complete our report, which we failed to hand up on time, so probably will get 5 marks deducted. As long as they pass us, i am happy. the last lap, which i think might be the worst, is the presentation in 2 weeks time. i think the Q&A part might trip us all into a tangled mess. how do we justify our calling our project a campaign when there's zero message, and zero media coverage. we sound more like event organiser. hopefully they can give us some sympathy points for organising such a massive event. like the chinese saying goes, 没有功劳，也有苦劳。haha...

the next thing that is worth a mention is the fact that i have moved out of hall, for good... :( i still remember the 1st day i was there... and then that day, my last night... it was the hall appreciation night. my very last hall 12 event. i put my 'Friends don't let friends talk to ugly guys' shirt into the time capsule.. haa... this shirt has fond memories.. of those year 2 days with CSBS.. i always disturb roland by telling the rest not to talk to him... :D then he always give me this 'want-to-kill' look. and then after going back to hall, and watching them play some MJ, shujing, shuwan, me, and roland decided to go on our hall 12 phototaking session... we went to all the places that we could possibly think of... starting with our fav, super memorable, 60 benches, and then the 60 tv lounge where we mugged and sloughed, and the pantry, laundry room where we tried to promote the washing machines, and also the amphitheatre.. ignorant (or choosing to ignore) the curious stares from other passerbys, we did stupid things!! like pose alphabets with our body.. there were 4 of us.. so we did YMCA, LOVE, CSBS, F*CK, and then NITE. haha.. i did them into GIFs, its super funny... will try to pose some of the photos here...

i think we wandered like 2 hours around hall taking those photoso lor.. haha... i think that some of my best memories in life really came from staying in hall 12.. and the best year was definitely in year 2, when we had CSBS, and later on, BC club.. going to JB to eat seafood, drinking watermelon juice and loads of laughter over dinner every night, tickling and scheming each other, ponding other people (i was very lucky not to kenna throughout my 4 years hehe), and those insane drinking bday sessions... those were the days... we were damn close... and of course not forgetting the times i served in various positions in FOC comm... the most fun one was the time i was Vice chair with Kyon and ruifang being the chair.. it was tiring, arguesome, tedious but a memorable and close experience... i still rmb the time 3 of us were meeting in RF's room and i was feeling unwell, then i said i felt nauseous and want to go toilet vomit, then kyon said this 'aiyoooh, why u never borrow (condom) from me?' LOL.. it was damn hilarious... roll eyes...well, i will always remember the times in hall 12, even though i will nv be staying there again... from my cheerleading days, my social sub comm days, my acp days, my csbs days, to being a 'hotel-stayer', and watching 24 in his room with darling... and the last day when he helped me move out... and of course i am most sad cannot be roomie with wenxin le! something that i took for granted for 4 years.. the fact that she was just behind me/beside me every night... i think she cld be my sister le.. haha.. cuz even me and my sister cannot room together one... it was like staying in a permanent chalet tog... can talk to her as and when i want... but i know our friendship will not change despite us not being roomies le.. we are best friends 1st, roomies 2nd :D

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Labels: growing up, i have atrocious friends, The more we study the more we discover our ignorance. but ignorance is bliss so we should study more.