Jia*Factory: October 2008

Friday, October 31

JUST FLEW BACK FROM HK!

Yes I went HK once again! Went shopping, eating & just having fun's' in life! This time I travelled on Business Class to HK. It was really an unforgettable experience. I entered the gantry for the first check point and there was no queue, so everything was really fast. After walking for awhile, we went to the Krisflyer Lounge while waiting for the boarding time. The lounge was really spacious! There are lots of magazines & newspapers for selection and most excitedly was that there were lots of food for selection and it's all complimentary for all Business Class travelers. I drank orange juice & watercress soup, ate peanuts and chips. The seats are very comfortable. I realized 70% of the Business Class travelers in the lounge were the caucasians, they seems to be pretty well-off huh.

It's boarding time now. There was a shorter route for biz class so we don't need to queue to enter the plane. We got to our seats and I was impressed by the spacious seat! Once seated, I am asked what drink I wanted. Before the plane took off, I was asked again what drink I wanted after the plane took off. Then I was given some nuts to nibble. The pillow is made of feathers and silk covering- super comfortable. I wore the slipper in the plane and put on the blanket. Food was served shortly. I ordered Seared Salmon as my dinner choice. The fish was really fresh! After dinner, I was asked what deserts I wanted then what fruits I'd like to have. The whole flight journey was really worth the money. Eating & drinking fine food. I watched 'Get Smart' on the plane. Sad to say, the show really falls beyond my expectation.

The second day, we met up with our ex-colleague in Shenzhen- Gao Fan! He was really a nice man. Knew him for 1year+ when I was at Synet still. He came back to Shenzhen to work in this really big organization. We went for 1hr foot massage and I fell asleep the moment I sat on the chair. 1hr of massage only cost RMB30=SGD6!!! If I stay there, I will surely go every alternate day. He treated us dinner at Ding Tai Fung & shared with us all the things that are going on in Shenzhen. Really hope to catch up with him again.

Returning to HK, I started my shopping spree. I bought lots of shirts, working top and jeans. Oh I also went to Asia 1st True Religion flagship store at Central. I got this pair of jeans at HKD3,900=SGD$700. Heart pain but worth it la cause I will wear it very frequently and the jeans material is really good. I bought this True Religion 'Gina Super T' Dark Drifter which is the new arrival in the store. Specs: True Religion's 5 pocket lowrise 'Gina Super T' boot cut in our stretch denim made of 99% cotton and 1% elastin. Signature Natural Super T thread combination. 7 1/2" front rise, 12 1/2" back rise with a 18" leg opening.

Good Trip! I shall share what bee bought for me as bdae present next ;-)

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WITH MY TEAM- 24TH OCTOBER, FRIDAY

My team treated me to dim sum @ Zhou restaurant at Far East Square. My team are the nicest people. They will always help me and have the patience in the world to teach me things if I am unsure. We went Zhou restaurant and ordered alot of food. And we have a great time eating and chatting. I took my camera with me and little did I know that are so spontaneous when it comes to photo-taking. Very good!

The longest popiah I ever seen!

This is my team. They all have got mroe experience than I do. I really need to make sure I will learn as much as I can from them! Jia You! Birthday New Resolution!

MY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION @ OPTIMEDIA- 23RD OCTOBER, THURSDAY

My colleagues surprised me with the pre-bdae celebration. My manager wanted to borrow my camera from me to take 'group photo' well its actually for the bdae. 23rd oct is Made's bdae! She is a really sweet & smart lady. As my birthday is on the 25th, we have the honor to celebrate together. They bought a dark squarish chocolate cake!

Made & Me

Group Photo

INTERESTING GIFT FROM THE ECONOMIST- EYEBALLS!

Advertising is really an interesting affair. It kept u wanting for more. It surprises you in the most unthinkable manner. That's why people are drawn to it. That's why people spent the big dollars to advertise to get back bigger dollars.

Wednesday, October 22

RANDOM BLOGGING

Haven't been blogging for weeks... Well have been busy at work these days... Many people have asked me what is my job about. Hmmm well, my designation is Media Planner. In professional terms, a Media Planner is someone who assist their client in achieving business objectives through their advertising budgets by recommending the best possible use of various media platforms available to advertisers. Daily roles include analyzing target audiences, keeping abreast of media developments in Singapore & worldwide, reading market trends (there are lotsa of research tools that I need to use everyday for work?!) and understanding the motivation of consumers (which also cover knowing your competitors in the same industry). Media Planner can also be known as communications planner, brand planner or a strategist. In lame man term, a Media Planner is someone who invest their client's money to achieve advertising goals.

As many knows, I studied and graduated with a Diploma in Biomedical Sciences. So my direct career path would be a pharmacist or a lab assistant. Seriously, I have considered taking these 2 direct career path but I know it will not be a career I like and have passion in. So putting down all my concerns, I daringly took my first advertising job as a Media Executive after being a admin assistant for 1.5yrs. The days at my 1st advertising job were really not easy. There were good & bad experiences. There were times you'd cry over your job too. But I realized I found satisfaction whenever I see my client happy with my recommendation and comes back again. Perhaps this is something called passion.

After my 1.5yrs at my 1st advertising job, I got a really good offer for my second/current job. I loved my company, colleagues & job.

To those out there who do not know what you want for your long-term career, I will advice you to be courageous to try anything to come into your mind. You will never know which one will be your destined job.

An encouraging quote: Dream Big, but be willing to start small.

P.S. Took this pic from Joan's blog. I dunno how she managed to design the pic so nice!! So I 'kapo' from her! hee ;-)

Wednesday, October 15

My Small Factory Makeover!

As all of you can see, I have changed my blog template. Well as my previous blog template have been giving me some HTML problems causing my profile on the right hand to be relocated by itself to the bottom of the page and so I have to change it.

Looking for a new template is so .. not easy. It's worse than thinking what to eat for lunch or what to wear to work. Well at the moment, I will have to make do with this template while I find a better one or knows how to design one by myself...

Hope u like it too!

Monday, October 13

I FINALLY GOT MY PINK IC - 12 OCTOBER 2008, SUNDAY!

I am a completely Singaporean now! I felt relieved after all the hours of quene and waiting at the different embassy in the past months.

I am to report to Yew Tee CC at 12 noon for the ceremony. As it is a solomn event, males were asked to wear shirts & tie while the ladies to wear smart casual. I am impressed by the staffs there as some males came without their ties and the staffs have got a box of ties in their hands that comes in different colors to match their shirt! There I was slept at 5.30am morning, struggled to wake up for the ceremony at 11am. After putting some light makeup, I took a cab to Yew Tee and it cost me $6. Upon reaching there, I was early by 15 minutes before the registration began. So I took some photos of the surrounding. I looked weird as I attended the ceremony alone and I kept taking photos here and there.

Registration Booth

Yew Tee CC

Ceremony Hall (thank God it's air-conditioned!)

The Stage!

This shot looks ugly!

My Cloth Sticker name tag!

Forms

10 october 2008 (My early birthday celebration - feat. my secondary school friends)

Having known each other for 10 years le! Wow that was really long! Keeping a good relationship is really important. Only when you put in effort to a relationship, will then it be stronger and stable. You can imagine the efforts put in by every single one of us to grow our 10 years long friendship. I still remember the days whereby we do all sorts of funny things in our secondary school days. From being student leaders of the toilet (yea, you got that right! it's true!) to being called to the principal office as the principal thought we were involved in a toilet fight! faint! Why was everything revolving around toilet??!

Shaun (same day bdae as me), Anthony & James (he's the MOST well-dressed guy for the night!)

Joan, Me & Chee Lum (his dress code looked like an insurance agent!)

FEATURING THE LATEST FASHION - MODEL ELAINE WONG

Our dinner for the night at Bugis NYDC

They bought a cake for me from 4 Seasons. We settled at Mos Burger to eat the cake and to sing bdae song. In order to let outsiders perceived that we were customers of Mos Burger, we took cups that drinks were finished by the previous customers to smoke through.

Elaine seems to be 'drunk' in her lame jokes on Friday. She even used this Mos Burger cup to sing song?!

My Birthday present designed by Elaine. She is really good at designing personalized gifts! I really appreciate all the efforts she puts into this gift! My house have got several personalized gifts made by Elaine over the years...