Daily becomes Weekly.

I've been cutting short of my entries from an average of 5 to 2 per week. I'm just so dead tired to blog after work. Everyday, I tell myself this: "Once you get home, bathe then rest for the evening." But when I got home, it's in this order: Sit, rest, watch TV, wake up from accidental sleep to realise it's time to bathe. I badly need discipline. Lucky the gramps are back to bring my life in order again. Phew!

On a lighter note, the toughest job is over. YAY! What's the toughest job, you ask? Answer: doing a manual in Chinese. Yes, translating (the translator & typesetter does it) but I need to check against client's changes before giving client the artwork. If you know me well enough, you know I cannot do Chinese for peanuts. Not at all. So completing this job is like a heavy rock off my body. Client & I went to the translator's office yesterday to finish and wrap up the long-overdue job and we finished by 7pm. It's an achievement, I tell you.

As I thought I could sashay home, a call from a production house sent an electric shock to my entire body, freezing it. I forgot about an ad for Recruit Section tomorrow. It has to be sent in earlier. I quickly called the client; we managed to pull through. The BOMB: we have to pay a 10% surcharge. Holy cow dung!!! Client was hopping mad and so was boss. Boss even had to write an appeal letter to publisher to waive off the surcharge.

I admit this is truly my fault. Really, I shouldn't have forgotten. What was on my mind, you ask? Tell you the truth, a million and one things are going on. Late last week and early this week, I had too much on my plate. I really felt like throwing in the towel already but I gritted my teeth and tongue and survived.

I could barely sit at my workstation for 5 minutes before I've to brief designer(s) or go out for meetings. I was in such a mad rush that I screwed up everything. And I mean everything. I sent out artwork without checking and missed some most of the deadlines.

Two rights make a left. How many lefts make a right?

Cons of Living Alone II

Walau, I feel like shouting at the top of my voice, a string of foul words!!! I am so friggin' pissed now. After cleaning the house yesterday night, the washing machine pipe had to burst and break and flooded the kitchen. Worst of all, I had to replace the pipe.

Luckily, shum (my #1 buddy) came to the rescue. She offered to come over to my place and fix it for me. I was so touched. Alas, when she came, we went pipe-searching and were told that we've to call the LG service centre and engage their assistance. WTF!!! I cannot do anything, what more, shum came all the way from Commonwealth, enduring about an hour's bus journey to my place and we cannot get it fixed. Worst of all, the kitchen is now in a mess and my laundry, too!!

What kind of place is this man?! "Leaving me a rotten stall to keep." (Direct translation from a Chinese saying.) Grrr...I'm so angry!!!!!! Like evil twin said, I'm suay, all bad things happen when I'm alone.

And we're so sian that I decide to blog it away and shum's lying on the couch watching a silly show about pregnancy and baby.

ARGH!WHF????!!!!!!!

Friday and Oblivion Day.

Did not attend the poolside party at Goodwood Park because last minute, boss sent an email to the person-in-charge and said we just got a last minute brief from client and might have to burn midnight oil to finish it. Thus, we cannot be present. :( In the end, boss went off at 5.30pm!! Colleague j could go off at 6 so I encouraged her to attend. I, left office at 8 because I was rushing multiple things. Sighs! There goes a chance.

Today was oblivion day. Nice to sleep till 1pm and rotted in bed till 4.30pm. Such unhealthy lifestyle, you say. Yes, with my busy week, my weekend's just burnt without exercise or social gatherings. But I enjoy today very much because I haven't slept so well for a long time (actually one week). Don't know why I'm so tired throughout this week.

I think I'm snapping soon. Good grief the grandparents are coming back next week. Phew!

All's Well Ends Well.

Phew! Finally, the "drama rama" ended. Colleague realized that she was too harsh and sought my apology. All I'd say is that the both parties were in some kinda wrong. So I sought her apology, too. Anyway, we're back to good terms. :) She even remembered I mentioned I wanted a hair cut and gave me vouchers. Haha! *glees*

Tomorrow I'm attending a "poolside party" at Goodwood Park. It's for media agencies and media accredited agencies. Immerse in the "Hi, I'm (name) and I'm from (company name)." and "Oh, really? Do keep in contact." and the likes. Aii...Don't get me wrong. Not that I detest these social functions. On the contrary, I think these functions are a way to get contacts and build up my address book. However, it just hit me on a wrong day because I'm expecting the time-of-the-month.

Another headache is I don't think I've nice top to go with. Sighs! I don't even have to upturn my wardrobe (my clothes aren't that many, anyway). This is so infuriating.

A Mixture of Both.

Gathering with cut6 & f4 was nice. It's been a while since both cliques got together. Of course, I strongly felt my cellmate's presence. :)

An "abrasion" with colleague spoiled my day and mood today. On Friday, I merely waved a "Stop" sign to her whilst I was on the phone with my client. Not even a personal phone call!! Wah piang! She took that soooooo personally and decided to boycott me today. Asked her to check figures (for billings purposes) against the media booking, she turned the table back at me: "I'm not free!! You do it yourself!!" FYI, those exclaimation marks were signs of her anger at me. Walau!! On another occasion, she said, "Since you've already booked the ad space, you follow up from there. From today onwards, you'll do the media booking. I'll talk to Boss about it."

Are you crazy? Firstly, my workload is heavy enough and with new projects coming in that I'm overseeing. Secondly, with the busy workload, I might miss some of client's requests for ad space. Thirdly, I'm sometimes out of office, so it's naturally better for someone who's constantly in the office to oversee media booking. Lastly and most importantly, you've always been the one who do media booking! What the heck?

Didn't know that elderly have so much "small, tiny gases" in themselves. Or is it menopause? Angry & pissed over the weekend some more? Wah seh! You've certainly lots of energy to spare huh??

On a lighter note, cellmate called, from Australia!!! Whoa! It was a surprise indeed and it was a lovely 55-minute chat. Cellmate, (shouts) incoming calls are free for me!!! *wink wink* Hehehe. She sounded happy with her life there except some bits & pieces here and there, some odour here and there, etc. :P She has somehow evolved to be a different person. We're awaiting your comeback on Jan 25th! For the makan-ing and CNY and most importantly, $$$. Meanwhile, scringe your nose! Haha.

Oh no! We're still as mean. Oh well, as they say; some things never change and old habits die hard.

Readers, FYI, I just noticed that the time I'm blogging this is Tuesday, Sept 20th. The event(s) above occured on Monday, Sept 19th.

Ah, whatever.

WAH! Surprise.

Wah! Firstly, ping dropped comment on my blog. Haha! It's a surprise seeing her. First time I saw it, my reaction was, "Which ping is this? (I have a auntie by the same name; she couldn't have found my blog!)" Then oh, it struck to me it's ping from alma mater. Hehe.

I'm happy to see her comment. Reminds me how much I miss school. Though I want to go back and try to have lunch with them, my schedule is like mad!

Wah! #2: I decided to go to my school website and browse around. Click here and there and found this. It had my name on it! Wahaha!! I'll print this out some other day.

In case you're wondering, I'm still in office. But why do I have the time to blog, you ask. Because evil twin is late, in fact very late for our meet-up! But I shall forgive her. Hehe. :P

Alrightie, I'm going back to my book.

Power Boost #2.

Billings meeting with the bosses and I received another compliment(s) from them. Client (np 2: these letters are made up by j & I for specific clients) commented that my follow-up is good, superb.

Bosses also commented that I am very aggressive in learning, which is good. "But don't be too hard on yourself; otherwise you'll burn out very fast, especially in this industry."

Yeap, yeap. I will bear that in mind.

Words of encouragement from client spur me and stretches me to the max. :)

Cons of Living Alone.

I wouldn't know the gas ran out if I didn't boil the kettle of water. After some time, the whistle didn't sound. One look and there was no fire on the stove. Then only it dawned to me that the gas ran out.

Great, I don't have to drink water for the rest of tonight. Fark!!

New.

Mozilla auto close by itself twice. After I typed my entry, it bade goodbye. Fuck!! Fedup.

To save my energy, I'll briefly repeat myself:

Colleague j and I were so happy our computer systems is changed to WinXP. Unfortunately, it's running on Celeron. Blek!! Nevertheless, we're happy to get our free speakers. So now, we can blast music in our lil' room. I can download iTunes and load in my (lost count of my song size) numerous songs into my workstation.

On a happier note, I got to leave office at 7.45pm this yesterday evening. Dinner with tracy and a quick shopping landed me with a top and a skirt. I consider that fast. It was followed by Starbucks with shan. We encountered some rude people who could just pull the chair away from our table when we were away. What the.....? Such low-class, rude imbecile!!

Other than the new computer system & monitor in office; I've bought a top in S size. First time, can! Muahaha.

Self Reflection.

Somebody out there needs to do some thinking. I love nanotech. I love Apple.

Destruction.

I nearly burnt down the office today. Boss got us muffins from I-forgot-the-name-of-the-bakery; only because client came down to our office to vet through the final artwork. Phew! Alas, we made it. For some time, I thought we couldn't make it on time.

Anyway, we were heating up the muffins in the microwave in our room. Client heated theirs and it was smelling heavenly. When it came to my muffin, I put it in, turn the timer to 2 minutes whilst I serve the client tes water. Thinking to myself, "Hmm, my muffin smells nice! Make great dinner."

Another sniff, I smelt something burning. One look, the microwave was emitting smoke!!!! Oh my God! The 2 clients were in my room whilst I said "Eh, my muffin burnt ah?"

One of them, the younger one quickly flapped her hands and yelled, "Ah! Auntie, quick! Quick! It's burning!" And off she ran out of the room. (Auntie refers to the elder of the 2 female clients, sb.)

The scene was so hilarious, I tell you! The younger female client, j and I were laughing our hearts out when sb ran into hiding behind my cupboard. Hahaha!!

The entire office then smelled of burnt muffin and the joke was passed around office: "Someone burnt her muffin ah." and "Wah, smells so nice! What is that?"

There goes my dinner, ok!!

A Happy Girl.

I'm a happy girl, also a happy owner of an agnés b pouch. Though it's just a pouch, it cost $90. Of course, courtesy of aunt sp. :)

Dinner with her at Anatolia Kitchen, Far East. One word: shiok!!! Haven't been there for ages and it taste the same as before. It was shopping after that. She got her Origins serum gel. Oh, their ginger range smells so good! I was so tempted to buy but when I overturned the products to check the price, I put them back nicely.

After that, she got the bag. Boy, I'm amazed at the service of the sales personnel. She was in her sporty wear, I was in my jeans; both of us happily stroll into the boutique. Instead of standing or sitting on corner, one of them came and served us. Efficiently. Now, that's what I call good service!

Aunt sp was rather pleased by their service and to get the umbrella (with every min. purchase of $400) she die die look for other stuffs to make up the shortage of $170. So the pouch and her new wallet and the pouch found its way to me. :)

All in all, I'm a happy happy girl lah though I'm beginning to get impatient, waiting for my laundry to complete.

Alas!

Ladies & Gentlemen,
I present to you the fruit of our hard labour. This was the artwork that we were slogging and working out our bones for. It's quite a relief that we see our work printed out. This account is handled by my colleague (who went on 8-day long MC) and yours truly here, took over.

I wanted to go shopping there this week but after the never-ending rounds of changes the client got back to me, I decided against it. Gets sickening.

Anyway, time for digress:
I just sent the gramps to airport. They're on the jetplane to Melbourne. That also means I'm home alone (part 1). Alone. Lonely.

I've told 3 (white) lies this week. I cannot reveal what they are and for what occasion for this concerns those around me. Gets kind of frusfrated. Kids, don't tell lies, not even white ones, alright? Coz one lie leads to another.

The Aftermath.

(Edited)

Boss said I'd be able to sleep well this weekend and feel very motivated on Monday. All because the client (same one that I screwed up) sent a compliment email. I really tried giving them their things on time so as to avoid last minute changes and stuffs.

So I completed my "promises" to them for this week. To end my her day, she sent me an email thanking me for rushing and the hard work. The email was CC-ed to my boss(es) and hers. The bonus thing is she's known to be the MOST difficult person to deal with in our clientele. In return, my boss emailed me and asked me to keep it up because complains are more than compliments like that. It's worth more than a thousand dollars worr....

I'm yawning so many times that I can hardly type this with my eyes open. So, I'd like to take my leave now and prepare for the weekend.

I am brilliant.

"On a personal note, I think you've done a brilliant job." Hah! That made my evening even more enduring. *smug laugh*

Client said despite losing temper at me because things were at their max. level, she said the above sentence.

Now, what more can I say? Hehe. BUT I must say it was really my oversight over the job. So, I apologize sincerely. Because of what you say, I'll work harder and better for your jobs from now on.

I LOVE MY JOB. :))