Updates again..

Time of the week to do some update for my blog..

Tuesday
Was spending doing RSVP for journalists to attend the Photo Exhibition on Wednesday. Called and called...Most are not able to attend..well, abit disappointing..But then, everyone got their job to do...Can't say that the event is exciting.. Thanks goodness, to CNA...they able to make it...will be sending down their crew to film it. Lucky..Otherwise I don't know how to answer to Boss and Client.

Of course, beside doing RSVP, I still doing my usual stuffs in the office..A bit tiring lar..

Wednesday
Morning, Big quarrel between my 'so-called' colleague and my colleagues.. This guy is so stingy...and so arrogant..For $8+, he also not prepared to fork up...Keep saying and stressing that point...Fuck Man! Can't understand how come this guy got such bad personality....Hate him to the core...Still got cheek to complain to Boss..when he was in the wrong.

So later, 11am..rush down to NLB to meet the journalist..So nice of her to come..The whole session took around 2 hours...Have to stand so long...legs also tired...

Go back office, first time meet with Boss's kids...so playful...

Thursday
Busy day...Radio monitoring..Its like every half hour, sure got some coverage or news...making me pace up and down in the office...Damn shag..Especially you have to be multi-tasked...beside doing this radio monitoring..still got my own personal stuffs to settle..I don't want to pile up my work at the end of the day...

Lucky I do not need to go with Boss to meet client for pitching...because he also not confident whether it will be successful a not..So don't want to trouble me.."Just stay in the office, and complete your stuffs."

Friday
More relax...but still doing stuffs...

That 'so-called' colleague...had decided not to WORK on the project he is handling..So IRRESPONSIBLE! Boss told me, "You will handle it.." Thanks leh...

Stay around till 8pm...to finish scanning and translating the articles..If I don't that, Monday work will be alot...including saturday and sunday work to be completed.

Weekends
Saturday, Happy...Cos the news that I been waiting for, appeared on the TV. Finally, can answer to Boss about it. He had been chasing and chasing me for it.

Radio monitoring again..Blood pressure went up..Getting frustrated over it. Why they don't keep to their timing...to give us news report...Suppose to have one news report at 1.53pm...but wait till 2pm...then it reports...Damn it..MY schedule went hay-wired. There's another news report at 2pm by another station!!! How to split myself man...

Basically..I have no life...for 2 weekends liao...Thanks..I'm still able to chat with a good friend during these 2 past weeks...Talked so much about everything...Haahaa

Finally, later got a spare time to meet Noi and Guan for dinner...I think I haven't seen them for about a month...

Update..Stay tune, next week. Hopefully, I got more time to spend time with my friend. Promise him to meet up... Sorry ah...Too busy.. Hope you can understand.

Tata,
SkyRed.

Another Event Tomorrow..

The interview on Monday was fun..especially talking to the older generation people..somehow you gained valuable experiences of life when you talk to them. Nice, cheerful people...Well, the interview lasted around 2 hours...that's long...basically..I'm supposed to act as the role of translator to the journalist..Not bad lah..Hahaa

Got a sneak preview of the event, saw many photographs...he can really capture the moment of people at work, our historical buildings, the different landscapes, the changes from the past to present..every pieces tell a story behind it..and most of them won awards..Guys..should go and see...Anyway its free of charge...

Tomorrow will be the same event..but opened to media and public. Got a feeling, that I will 'fall' miserably..and might get scoldings from Boss at the end of the event. No confidence..because me and this 'so-called' colleague are totally inexperienced..and we were tasked to do this publicity...I just came to join the company one week ago..and facing this..I really don't know what to do. Today, I keep worrying..stressing myself...not knowing what to expect..hoping my 2 other colleagues will help me with it..give me advices...Not much advices..But still thanks to them. I guess, being an intern..a newcomer, I should experience the 'fall'..just like my colleagues, when they first came join the company..I'm sure they also experience hundreds of shit..and at that time, who help them? Nobody. So, if tomorrow..should I 'fall', I will need to stand up and face those mistakes I made, and learnt them through the hard way..Yah..getting scoldings from Boss. It's all part and parcel of this job. Who never get scolded?

Hahaa..Good luck to myself. >.<

I think..tonight...I might..most probably..likely..to be tossing on my bed..Can't sleep.

anyone misses my updates?

Finally..after a week of working..I got the chance to pen down on my entry this afternoon...

Remember, I was saying that I was doing nothing much on Tuesday? Well, after that day, I got some work piling up...doing translations for Chinese mainstream papers..That's one difficult task...it isn't easy to translate Chinese into English..Anyway, up till now, I had done several translations....I can imagine how stress my only Chinese colleague will be..besides doing her daily task..she needs to do this translations..when I have not come to join the company..sure take up alot of her times. Now..I guess I'm there to replace that job task of her's...

Media pitching was one toughest job too..OMG..everything also difficult..might as well don't work? Right..Haix. Suddenly ask me to talk to strangers..I was like abit nervous and uncomfortable. Don't know whether should I continue to work in PR..Dilemma. Talking to Chinese paper even more jialat..I'm suppose to speak to them in MANDARIN! You might think is an easy task, just like talking to friends..Hahaa..NO! Feels so embarrassed when I mixed mandarin and english together...until the person on the other side, says "I guess it will be better for you to speak to me in English." Lolx..find it so hard to replace English words to Chinese words. I was telling my colleague..why I suddenly I talked so sucky in my Mandarin..My the other friend, who teaches some courses in the school in Mandarin, also agree that it is not easy to speak when it involves some technical terms and jargons. Haahaa. I know they are friendly people lah..well, it takes time for me to brush up..be more confident..

Don't ask me to do radio transcript mannnn.....I think for I can go deaf with that earphones stuck in my ears for hours..A 5 min interview...can get me headaches and vomit blood..I keep rewinding and playing the tape for hundreds of times...trying to make head and toes of what they are saying..Damn it..in the end, the document got few highlighted words (those that I can't make up what they saying, speak so fast, English so chim, etc) Oh..did lecturers say that 1 min = 100 words? So 5 mins = 500 words right...BOO, I typed roughly close to 1000 words !!

Luckily, easy task was sending invites...copy and paste...Hahaa..At least no need to use much brain cells. But then after that, is the depressing part..because if they are not going to your event, you need to answer why..Scoldings not from Boss, but client..I've seen it..Well, if they are going, then congrats lah..means they might do coverage on your event at their newspaper.

Boss got 2 or 3 or 4 projects for me to handle? One is coming this wednesday...some photo exhibition. For those interested...Go NLB to take a look at 6pm..3rd and 4th are not confirmed one...cos he haven't got their business yet...so will need me to do company portfolio for him to see..Oh my..How to do?!! I need help man...
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Wednesday

Went for class after work...the class was okie and fun..got to see a few of my friends despite this module wasn't part of my offered modules in my degree. Audrey, Athena, Diana..some other familiar faces (don't know names one)..and the big ego guy..PETER! Tiring...now I can understand working and doing part time study...No FUN. Almost wanted to fall asleep..But thanks to Mickey, our lecturer..his voice is so loud..and walking up and down the room...distracted my attention..and of course, my colleague..we were busy gossiping?bitching? Haahaa...

Friday

Again another full day at work..I mean till 11+pm leh..Went with my colleague to the airport to do a send-off (please read news). As usual, with her around..bitching and gossiping starts. Haahaa No offence lah..Don't take it to heart..Okie? Was introduced to a few persons like Roger, Anthony and Wendy..Quite a batch of funny people...Can't believe it...We were laughing and laughing....Someone tries to be 'tactical'...Change her name to 'E...' All kinds of jokes within that 2 hours..Nice knowing them...

Saturday

Big event!(So called..) Woke up around 5+, then take cab to Bishan...Went with my other colleague to get morning newspaper, she was saying the vendor is racist...cos the Tamil Murasu was kept behind a pile of other newspapers..so we only managed to get it after asking the vendor whether she has the paper a not. Haahaa.

So the event started, people start coming asking us for information, this and that..Oh please, we are not Information Booth...have to keep re-directing to the Registration place, answering some enquiries...That's not our job loh. Alot of aunties, uncles, babes? hunks? Don't have..Got lah..unless you say celebraties lor...Cynthia, Alan and Joanne. (Cannot further say bad thing about the event...Sensitive.)

Event ended around 10+am...went back office...my colleagues go do their job..and I go do my translation again..Boss called..scolded me.."Dumb or deaf.." regarding something..Couldn't make up what he say mah..he asked for date, so i give him 14th Mar loh..then he scolded..I said day..give him Tuesday loh..like that then he happy. Please lor..I really deaf lah..that stupid radio transcript...My colleagues left early and shut off their desktop..So when I finished my translations, I tried to save into our network folders...IT HANGED! Yeah that goes my day's effort..its a big article..I almost wanted to cry mannn...Nevermind..decided to go home too..

Weekend leh, I cannot go out enjoy wor...because I'm suppose to listen and tape down radio news..Sat and Sun burnt..kekeke..Bleah!!! Many more weekends to be burnt..('I'm looking forward to it') Cross-fingers. No complaint..my colleagues said...1st week only..I have no right to complain as compared to the one who burnt 4 weekends continously..

Coming Monday will be definitely be a busy day for me...need to go to NLB to be present for an interview..do a number of followups...

Oh did I mention that, I had began start taking breakfast lately..but then...I skipped my lunch..6 working days...I only ate 3 lunches...the others are small snacks like curry puffs..At this rate...I going to slim down...Haahaa. When I went for my class that wednesday, one friend commented I looked thinner as compared to one year ago! Waahaahaa..

I wouldn't have much time to blog le...so maybe will do a weekly update..so till then, hope my friends will continue to read my 'stories'...I'm sorry to those who had tried to ask me out during these few days...accompany them eat dinner or go shopping...Hope you guys understand..I also wished to come out..but then there are times, I'm abit tired...Please forgive me ah..

What a long post...

Love you all... >.<
jeff..

Blogging in the office

Finally get to blog about the past few days at work..

Yesterday was my first day of work...Hmm..Not really...

As mentioned in my previous entry, I went to the roadshow with my colleague at Plaza Singapura. First time, in contact with the organizer, and other co-organizers..Interesting..Took photos..not for myself..but as stories to the media..Participation rates wasn't very good...Maybe due to there is another event in the PS, which attracts more crowds than ours..More i mean...really alot..there is long queue outside..

Later, accompanied my colleague back to office..to follow up on what to do with the pictures..and sending captioned photos to the media..Tata..we worked for roughly 4 hours on a Saturday..Great experience for the day..hahaa

Yesterday was my official first day of work..Did nothing much except for scanning for some stuff in the morning, trying 'very hard' to do media pitching to the chinese papers..I'm supposed to talk in mandarin to them..but end up speaking english...Faintx..My first try...wonder will they reply back..haven't got the chance to read my mailbox yet..Need to follow up with them.

Later at lunch...we went shopping for groceries...hahaa..They bought alot of things..foods..junk foods! Haahaa..

Was assigned to assist another colleague in another account..so I did my first documentation for them..just some tables lah..

Thats how i spent my first day at work...doing nothing..Boss haven't got a chance to talk to me yet...

Up till now, my day was spend on doing scanning stuffs again..and translation of chinese newspapers..Aww...a bit bored...Boss not in again..Other colleagues are busy with their work..

Maybe later go read some stuffs on my account i'm assisting...3 of them..or 4 ?! BLEAH!
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Yesterday was talking to this friend of mine at night...talked about alot of things...and reminded me about some other things too...And just now..he did some crazy thing..asking my the other friend about the things I told him last night..Haahaa..Well..its okie lah..nothing important..

Got my 1st job..

Today, had an job interview and it took almost 2 hours..Haahaa. Future boss got alot to talk about..Ask this and that..Share his experience..Oh..and his expectations..So finally...came to the most important part of the interview.."How much allowance do you want?" I thought I try to be a bit humble lah..so I say $450 (I'm a intern because of the need to find a company for attachment). In my mind, I know I should ask for $500...because previous colleagues (ex-interns) ask for this allowance..Sigh..Abit regretting now. Damn it..$50 difference!!!! Argh..I need to eat less liao..spend less too..

The best thing in the company is that I do not need to wear formal everyday..unless I got meetings and important stuffs. I like being in casual clothings, tees and jeans..WhOO!! That means I wouldn't need to spend too much on shirts..Maybe like 2 or 3 month...get new shirts..Hehe.

Start work on monday. Looking forward to it..Hope I wouldn't get any scoldings on my 1st day..Haahaa. Tomorrow got an event at Town..a roadshow..So..will be accompanying one of my colleague to take a look...

I haven't told my mummy yet.. =P

Words that convey different messages

Someone just commented on my blog. There's something I shouldn't talk about it too often. Otherwise, I'm going to face a situation which I might find it rather hard to handle, and explain things to some people.

Okie, I'm going to tone down my 'speech'...and be very careful with the choice of words that I used in my entries.

Bleah!! Thanks ah..Will take more notice of my own entries..

A long entry for the day

Went to watch The Fog with a friend at Plaza Singapura..despite having known that my other friends who watched the show..give this 'horror show' a poor rating of only 2. Well, being the easy going guy..so I accompany him to watch lor..Ya, he wanted to watch it..not me. But before the show, he told me that another friend will be joining us..Erm..was quite surprise to see his friend lah..because I know him. Actually I don't know him well, was introduced in the late December last year..by another friend..We only met once..this was the second time..Goodness..my circle of friends already quite small..and its such a coincidence that we can meet at this situation. So complicated network...I'm linked to this friend and that friend..so messy..

Anyway..back to the movie..it was one of those typical horror show which you can figure out its next scare tactics' approaches, 5 ghosts coming back for revenge because they were murdered, so powerful that no one..not even the main characters can stop them. The priest died..so we all thought the show will end with no survivors..The show ended with an unexpected result..the female lead (look alike to one of the ghosts) kissed one of the ghost..and all the ghosts vanished!!! She saved everyone (she vanished too)..What a lousy ending...Argh..Was it that I didn't catch the whole storyline? Are they talking about love can ease the hatred in the ghosts? Lame plot.. The director and scriptwriter ought to be shot! My friend was like laughing all the way..damn it..I think the others might be thinking was he crazy or what..He gave the show..a rating of 1..Hahahaa..Told him not to see...he still want..waste money only..

Friends out there..please don't go and see this show..Unless you want to prove me wrong that the show worth a rating of more than 2..or 1...^_6
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Finally..I have sent my resume to my lecturer asking for internship. Have been delaying it, just hoping that everything is in order before I send it out. Hope it will be successful. Wish me good luck..friends! Heehee. So excited..
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My mum decided to cancel our subscription to SCV..so that means we will only watch Mediacorps shows in the near future..Its okie..can save some $ off..And since, I will be going to work...I wouldn't be at my usual rotting corner, switching channels to watch shows. But bad point is that we'll be going to miss some of the Taiwanese shows..mainly those variety programmes. Sighz..
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To a friend out there...Hope you will be fine...I've been reading your blog and will still continue to read. Though, I couldn't view some of the entries...I could still pick up bits and pieces that you are going through some difficulties.

I wouldn't console you because I believe that your close friends have already done that and will help you in any ways they can. Most probably, you wouldn't need my cheap and useless words.. Be strong..and Move on..Please do take care of yourself..

Maybe..I'm just wasting this space, dedicating this portion to an 'invisible person'...You might not be reading my blog anymore..Oh..If you do..I appreciate it..HUGS >.<
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36 posts for January..
27 posts for Febuary..

That's all for the day..