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Monday, June 14, 2010
day133: a dread
each day is a piece of art on its own.
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disclaimer: the images i use might not be photos of my own.
Monday, March 16, 2009
a series of unfortunate events
1. one of those weekend, i had loads of work to do. so i thought working at starbucks will be a good idea. at least the coffee and not working next to a bed will be helpful. there i go, didnt mind a bit going all the way to a further starbucks because i prefer to work in a more quiet place. happily i bought my iced latte... chose my table near a sit with a plug, changing table making sure it is balance. taking out my laptop... "oh no, i forgotten my mouse and wacom. it is ok. forget all about completing my work. change of plans, i should at least do some research for my project." to find out that i actually forgotten my charger too and so happen my battery was running low. right, i left that place in a short half an hour. went home, guess what i saw my bed and i slept. there goes the sunday i was trying to be efficient.
2. apple invention is really smart. i always believe so. to avoid ppl tripping over my charger wire and dragging my laptop along they had created this magnetic part to my battery wire. i find that really convenient, so most of the time instead of removing the plug head, i removed this magnetic side. because of this convenience, it had coz me many times to forget my charger. despite leaving and having to rush back to this destination to collect it back, im more than thankful to complain. at least i do not need to buy another charger which will probably cost me more than the petrol and time needed.
that day, i was rushing home after class to reply an email and a rush job for my client. i was glad my class finished early. about 5ish just before the the jam hit the area. once i stepped home, i quickly unpacked my laptop and mouse. i reached inside to my bag... "gosh where is my charger." i panicked. "oh no, where is my charger? i must have left it in my college library." i quickly rushed back to my car, rushed back to college, rushed back to the library, not to find anything. i called home to ask my mum to check, she said "your white plug... isnt it on your table next to your laptop." i was speechless. i unpacked so fast, i actually already taken it out. but i dont remember doing it at all. all i did was panicked and search the bag all over again twice. i didnt even bother to look around though it was all within my view. i felt so stupid because by that time i left college the second time, i was trapped in a jam of the peak hour and it was too late to catch my client.
3. it is submission day the next day, so i worked thru the night till probably 4ish in the morning. someone sms me in the morning about 9. i was pleased to reply her, in fact thankful she smsed if not i will be way too late for my class. so i jumped off my bed. packed my things and left for college. it is a 9.30am replacement class. "why is it, i dont see anyone around?" tried to reach out for my phone to call my other classmates but i cant find it in my bag. must be i forgotten my phone in that rush. still no one appears. so i went to the office to look for my lecturer. he said "the class is in the afternoon, not morning." the intended replacement was morning but everyone cant make it so the change of date and time, yes i actually remembered after that i was informed but i mixed it up. im sleepy, i could have sleep a few more hours. but it is ok, i will not go home. i will go to buckie to troubleshoot my flash project. when i payed for my latte, i found my hp. it was there afterall.
4. i keep reminding the new girl in the office, "dont forget to do it in the new size yah" (our magazine have just change their measurements, so we need to redo all the pages template). everything went really well. i was careful to duplicate all the template to the latest size. a day after that i found out that i had done my cover in the wrong size. im so sorry... they redo it because i was in class. they were very forgiving and merciful. they kinda just informed me, didnt even raise a voice.
5. i was a bit late for class so i ended up parking at a spot i normally refuse to park, knowing that this spot is the favourite double parking spot. but u see im late, beggar cant be chooser, right? so i just parked. of course im right, i've got double parked. but what i do not expect is the double parking is so massive that not one but three cars double parked me. so i honked and i waited. no one come. i walked around these three cars and i found out, one kind soul who is probably a student like jelly-used-to-be-and-does wrote "sorry, i have to double park your car. call me at 017 XXX XXX". at this point, i remembered... i left my phone at home. this time for real.
then i went to curve to do some stuff, it was about 6pm so the jam already hit the area. i wanted to go to sunway so i took the bangsar route towards NPE. im not exactly sure how to get to NPE from bangsar but how hard can it get right? but just to be sure, i will make a call to my friend. just right at this point... all three friends i called decided not to pick up. so i passed bangsar, passed maybank... thinking of doing the u-turn when this one particular person that picked up do not exactly know how to lead me from that side, insisting i should go back to towards the mosque side... so i ended up towards the museum... but lucky i saw the damansara sign i turned back to jalan duta. oh no... i've got myself in another heavier jam than nkve. later ppl start calling me back to tell me i was right, i should have make that u-turn. so the smart me... when all the way past damansara, and bangsar again... and maybank, and u-turn and all the rest till i finally reached sunway. the total time is about the same as if i've taken nkve straight in the first place.
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am i unlucky? nope, in fact i was very grateful out of most of the incidents. am i complaining and cursing it is a spiritual attack. nah, i dont think the devil is free for me. so why am i listing all these things down. because it suddenly dawn on me these sleeping late, coffee and rush rush is not really helping me. all of a sudden, it reminds me of those ppl that doesnt have a sense of urgency. i used to be very agitated by them. "how can they still move so slowly when they are late." now i think of them wise. the last few days, despite the rush... i packed my bag very slowly and carefully. i told myself going back to get things doesnt help me save time. on a highsight, i think i have master all this nonsense. im not even upset about it anymore. nevertheless, i intend to end this shit. yes, anna... trust me, less coffee... sleep early. dont start getting clumsy like me :)
DISCLAIMER: my life is not that bad, im just compiling my clumsiness. the rest of the hours was fun, like the weddings, the birthdays, even the bit about baby sitting the twins while my mum is away. and yes, i actually enjoyed my assignments, got to know a few fun ppl the last week, and found the soft yogurt ice cream i discovered in spore. life has it fair share of sweet and sour.
2. apple invention is really smart. i always believe so. to avoid ppl tripping over my charger wire and dragging my laptop along they had created this magnetic part to my battery wire. i find that really convenient, so most of the time instead of removing the plug head, i removed this magnetic side. because of this convenience, it had coz me many times to forget my charger. despite leaving and having to rush back to this destination to collect it back, im more than thankful to complain. at least i do not need to buy another charger which will probably cost me more than the petrol and time needed.
that day, i was rushing home after class to reply an email and a rush job for my client. i was glad my class finished early. about 5ish just before the the jam hit the area. once i stepped home, i quickly unpacked my laptop and mouse. i reached inside to my bag... "gosh where is my charger." i panicked. "oh no, where is my charger? i must have left it in my college library." i quickly rushed back to my car, rushed back to college, rushed back to the library, not to find anything. i called home to ask my mum to check, she said "your white plug... isnt it on your table next to your laptop." i was speechless. i unpacked so fast, i actually already taken it out. but i dont remember doing it at all. all i did was panicked and search the bag all over again twice. i didnt even bother to look around though it was all within my view. i felt so stupid because by that time i left college the second time, i was trapped in a jam of the peak hour and it was too late to catch my client.
3. it is submission day the next day, so i worked thru the night till probably 4ish in the morning. someone sms me in the morning about 9. i was pleased to reply her, in fact thankful she smsed if not i will be way too late for my class. so i jumped off my bed. packed my things and left for college. it is a 9.30am replacement class. "why is it, i dont see anyone around?" tried to reach out for my phone to call my other classmates but i cant find it in my bag. must be i forgotten my phone in that rush. still no one appears. so i went to the office to look for my lecturer. he said "the class is in the afternoon, not morning." the intended replacement was morning but everyone cant make it so the change of date and time, yes i actually remembered after that i was informed but i mixed it up. im sleepy, i could have sleep a few more hours. but it is ok, i will not go home. i will go to buckie to troubleshoot my flash project. when i payed for my latte, i found my hp. it was there afterall.
4. i keep reminding the new girl in the office, "dont forget to do it in the new size yah" (our magazine have just change their measurements, so we need to redo all the pages template). everything went really well. i was careful to duplicate all the template to the latest size. a day after that i found out that i had done my cover in the wrong size. im so sorry... they redo it because i was in class. they were very forgiving and merciful. they kinda just informed me, didnt even raise a voice.
5. i was a bit late for class so i ended up parking at a spot i normally refuse to park, knowing that this spot is the favourite double parking spot. but u see im late, beggar cant be chooser, right? so i just parked. of course im right, i've got double parked. but what i do not expect is the double parking is so massive that not one but three cars double parked me. so i honked and i waited. no one come. i walked around these three cars and i found out, one kind soul who is probably a student like jelly-used-to-be-and-does wrote "sorry, i have to double park your car. call me at 017 XXX XXX". at this point, i remembered... i left my phone at home. this time for real.
then i went to curve to do some stuff, it was about 6pm so the jam already hit the area. i wanted to go to sunway so i took the bangsar route towards NPE. im not exactly sure how to get to NPE from bangsar but how hard can it get right? but just to be sure, i will make a call to my friend. just right at this point... all three friends i called decided not to pick up. so i passed bangsar, passed maybank... thinking of doing the u-turn when this one particular person that picked up do not exactly know how to lead me from that side, insisting i should go back to towards the mosque side... so i ended up towards the museum... but lucky i saw the damansara sign i turned back to jalan duta. oh no... i've got myself in another heavier jam than nkve. later ppl start calling me back to tell me i was right, i should have make that u-turn. so the smart me... when all the way past damansara, and bangsar again... and maybank, and u-turn and all the rest till i finally reached sunway. the total time is about the same as if i've taken nkve straight in the first place.
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am i unlucky? nope, in fact i was very grateful out of most of the incidents. am i complaining and cursing it is a spiritual attack. nah, i dont think the devil is free for me. so why am i listing all these things down. because it suddenly dawn on me these sleeping late, coffee and rush rush is not really helping me. all of a sudden, it reminds me of those ppl that doesnt have a sense of urgency. i used to be very agitated by them. "how can they still move so slowly when they are late." now i think of them wise. the last few days, despite the rush... i packed my bag very slowly and carefully. i told myself going back to get things doesnt help me save time. on a highsight, i think i have master all this nonsense. im not even upset about it anymore. nevertheless, i intend to end this shit. yes, anna... trust me, less coffee... sleep early. dont start getting clumsy like me :)
DISCLAIMER: my life is not that bad, im just compiling my clumsiness. the rest of the hours was fun, like the weddings, the birthdays, even the bit about baby sitting the twins while my mum is away. and yes, i actually enjoyed my assignments, got to know a few fun ppl the last week, and found the soft yogurt ice cream i discovered in spore. life has it fair share of sweet and sour.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
when busy get crazy
from today till next weekend:
4 WEDDINGS AND HAPPENINGS
1. i have two weddings to attend
2. guide two couples thru their wedding planning/program
3. design a wedding invite and lots of prep for another wedding
COLLEGE
4. webpage design: convert at least 3 pages of my artwork to dreamweaver
5. 1 minute flash video: suppose to complete all my frames. 20 frame per second means 1200 frames (faint!)
WORK
6. half a magazine to do
7. proposal for a coffee table book
8. 3 other small jobs to follow up
FRIENDS
9. 2 different friends from singapore that i really want to meet up
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sorry, there are just so many thing... i need to list it down to decide which to do first. the funny thing is, none of it is a chore. i am looking forward to do all of it, i only wish i have more than a week to do all this. now BREATHE.
4 WEDDINGS AND HAPPENINGS
1. i have two weddings to attend
2. guide two couples thru their wedding planning/program
3. design a wedding invite and lots of prep for another wedding
COLLEGE
4. webpage design: convert at least 3 pages of my artwork to dreamweaver
5. 1 minute flash video: suppose to complete all my frames. 20 frame per second means 1200 frames (faint!)
WORK
6. half a magazine to do
7. proposal for a coffee table book
8. 3 other small jobs to follow up
FRIENDS
9. 2 different friends from singapore that i really want to meet up
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sorry, there are just so many thing... i need to list it down to decide which to do first. the funny thing is, none of it is a chore. i am looking forward to do all of it, i only wish i have more than a week to do all this. now BREATHE.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
make the logo bigger
im not sure if this video is a mockery to clients or designers. but i cannot stop laughing. the actual website video is here. but i think the youtube version loads better.
those designers out there must be darn stress to even come out with a song for it. hysterical.
maybe i should start playing the video at the background, when irritating client call. and make that song my call waiting music. wahahahahha....
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* insiders joke for designers and ppl who liase with ridiculous (no-design-sense) clients. had been doing loads of research for college work. what i didnt know is it can be so fun.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
i have a guest
BUSY told me he is coming to stay with me in september. he had not visited for a long while. im not exactly sure how long he will stay this time round but i really hope he doesnt overstay his welcome. all the preparation i can do had already been done, may he learn not to intrude too much into my personal time.
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will be having a food road trip tomorrow. excited :)
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will be having a food road trip tomorrow. excited :)
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
the price of my medical fee
not that i am more hard working nowadays but i had been doing more and more lifestyle magazines, which requires me to path out like hundreds over products ranging from perfumes, heels, dresses, models and the list goes on. that resulted with what they call a mouse elbow. basically my whole right hand could not move and it hurts when i try to even click the mouse. inflammation on my elbow onwards.
that is the end of my career.
so i decided to rest as adviced. thankfully, i dont have much work this week so im declaring a week off because im freaking out and not ready to lose my right hand.
so i started thinking what alternative i have. instead of seeing a doctor, i got myself this. not the best in the market but i guessed enough for a beginner. yessss white to match my macbook. vanity :)
here is my first piece. of course so much more can be done, in fact most ppl can do this with their mouse but somehow i cant cordinate my right hand to do this kind of simple things.
just in case you wonder how this help since my hand is still injured. im a left handed, so i can now utilise my left hand. dont ask me how come i can use the mouse with my right hand. i cant remember how i started off with that. but basically now i can spread the work between the two hands. 'bamboo' on my left and 'apple' on my right. take your time to recover while i practice using my bamboo pen.
most satisfied medical fee i ever paid. happy.
that is the end of my career.
so i decided to rest as adviced. thankfully, i dont have much work this week so im declaring a week off because im freaking out and not ready to lose my right hand.
so i started thinking what alternative i have. instead of seeing a doctor, i got myself this. not the best in the market but i guessed enough for a beginner. yessss white to match my macbook. vanity :)
here is my first piece. of course so much more can be done, in fact most ppl can do this with their mouse but somehow i cant cordinate my right hand to do this kind of simple things.
just in case you wonder how this help since my hand is still injured. im a left handed, so i can now utilise my left hand. dont ask me how come i can use the mouse with my right hand. i cant remember how i started off with that. but basically now i can spread the work between the two hands. 'bamboo' on my left and 'apple' on my right. take your time to recover while i practice using my bamboo pen.
most satisfied medical fee i ever paid. happy.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
not so gloomy for me
it is a gloomy day today, these are days i wake up and thank God im a freelancer. swedish balls for brunch and a long afternoon nap. heading to the gym now. life is a bliss.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
the omniscient one
i was pondering how to keep up to my savings plan and do all the things i want to do. then there were hiccups in my income with one of my client. but before i can pray about it (or maybe i did but i obviously had not put much though into it), it resolved. i have new client calling me which will keep me going for one or two months. so that took the worry off my head since i have more time to look out for new client.
i was thinking a little maybe i should go find back some clients that do something more funky like my previous ishmag. so that got me quite excited but before i know it my earlier client arrange back another package for me which comes back to the same figure. so i kinda have some bonus financially in the end. that's not it what they repackaged for me includes some other work which allows me to have some fun. the last few nights, i was just working on those artworks and it brought back all those sweet memories -- flipping books for inspiration, trying out colours and being mess-ly creative.
one thing i cant help but think about the whole week is i dont feel like im working on my own. you know normally a person that work on their own have to find their own client, fight for their own time and keep a balance of what they like to do and finance. i consider myself lucky that i taste a little of that in my first year but thereafter had been smooth sailing.
i can understand how many boast about how God provides, i can identify with that. but seriously im overwhelmed when i see HIM moves around my clients' plans to fulfill this area call passion for me. yes, maybe after i tell HIM about it but remember i havent even start praying. i cannot get how HE can be so quick to change things when i just start to think about it. i havent even put much thought into it. it was as if the conception of that thoughts was also given by HIM.
that must be it, so that today i can just sit here in awe of HIM all over again. do you think God had been speaking to me a lot recently? i think so too. for the record, im not less sinful now compare to yesterday. have to be grace and mercy.
i was thinking a little maybe i should go find back some clients that do something more funky like my previous ishmag. so that got me quite excited but before i know it my earlier client arrange back another package for me which comes back to the same figure. so i kinda have some bonus financially in the end. that's not it what they repackaged for me includes some other work which allows me to have some fun. the last few nights, i was just working on those artworks and it brought back all those sweet memories -- flipping books for inspiration, trying out colours and being mess-ly creative.
one thing i cant help but think about the whole week is i dont feel like im working on my own. you know normally a person that work on their own have to find their own client, fight for their own time and keep a balance of what they like to do and finance. i consider myself lucky that i taste a little of that in my first year but thereafter had been smooth sailing.
i can understand how many boast about how God provides, i can identify with that. but seriously im overwhelmed when i see HIM moves around my clients' plans to fulfill this area call passion for me. yes, maybe after i tell HIM about it but remember i havent even start praying. i cannot get how HE can be so quick to change things when i just start to think about it. i havent even put much thought into it. it was as if the conception of that thoughts was also given by HIM.
that must be it, so that today i can just sit here in awe of HIM all over again. do you think God had been speaking to me a lot recently? i think so too. for the record, im not less sinful now compare to yesterday. have to be grace and mercy.
Monday, July 07, 2008
order
this year, i try to bring order back into every area of my life. i started keying in all my daily expenses here. it has surely helped me save my targeted amount by using within the budget i set. i went holiday last week and it did interrupt my saving plan quite a bit. nevertheless im still determine to save the amount i had set.
lately i started keeping a time chart to calculate my value per hour which looks like this.
i do not have sufficient data to calculate that yet so that's not the point of this entry. im sure it will not surprise anyone that im a nocturnal person. yes, that explains the non shaded columns in the day (middle). the two colours represent my two clients. i was taken aback that not only i dont work on most weekends. i actually dont work for more than 8 hours on most days. seriously i do know i have more free time this year, i just didnt know that much. had also cut down on my napping hours, replacing them with reading and work out. since the trip im trying to go to bed early too. it definitely feels good to put order back into my life.
life is bliss for now.
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after putting those two areas of my life in order, im surely ready to take in more challenges in my life. im doing my prep, decision time seems to be coming closer to an end.
lately i started keeping a time chart to calculate my value per hour which looks like this.
i do not have sufficient data to calculate that yet so that's not the point of this entry. im sure it will not surprise anyone that im a nocturnal person. yes, that explains the non shaded columns in the day (middle). the two colours represent my two clients. i was taken aback that not only i dont work on most weekends. i actually dont work for more than 8 hours on most days. seriously i do know i have more free time this year, i just didnt know that much. had also cut down on my napping hours, replacing them with reading and work out. since the trip im trying to go to bed early too. it definitely feels good to put order back into my life.
life is bliss for now.
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after putting those two areas of my life in order, im surely ready to take in more challenges in my life. im doing my prep, decision time seems to be coming closer to an end.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
pretty things in life
sinage that i work out with my designer
photos i took time and sweat to art direct and choose. photos that i cut and fit into these heavy-weird sizes ikea frames the very mid night before the wedding. putting it all together sounds like one of the longest progress.
DISCLAIMER: i did not art direct this set of photos. if im free i will upload the set i art directed. but i thought this cards are quite interesting.
menu
napkins deco that i designed. all 800 pieces of it put together by my family, bride's friends and hotel staff. we never thought it will come to an end.
im afraid i will not plan another wedding so i kiasu-ly have 2 weddings favours for alternate tables. on the cupcakes are customised names of the bride and groom.
i got the VIP table light from ikea too. want to guess how many trips i make to ikea :) you better like the mini gazebo on the stage too. that cost a bomb.
yah i would like to think my lights made a difference on the above two photos.
not to forget the little girl. that's pretty lovely.
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i created or art directed all the above items but it is put together by the efforts of many. a bit long overdue. but need to post this up to show my hard work. these are just some pretty things from the first official wedding planning job of mine. if you like what i do, you can start paying me for it too hehehe
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
sleep
yes go to sleep wong chaiyen.
and you bother to read this long article.
oh no... you are actually going to sign in to blog this. gosh....
enough is enough go to sleep.
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without me realising it, im beginning to take pride about sleeping less. in fact i really think that sleeping more than 6 hours is a total waste of time. repent... wong chaiyen. sleep early, fight wrickles.
and you bother to read this long article.
oh no... you are actually going to sign in to blog this. gosh....
enough is enough go to sleep.
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without me realising it, im beginning to take pride about sleeping less. in fact i really think that sleeping more than 6 hours is a total waste of time. repent... wong chaiyen. sleep early, fight wrickles.
i love to sleep. but sometimes you are deprived so much of it, you forget how you used to love it. maybe it is true with everything else in life.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
need to get back a life
i shouldnt complain really, at least i slept from 1-5am right? with loads of deadline all clashed together is not bad. on top of that to commit to cell, lunches, friends art gallery, weddings, bridal shower, pick-up-the-bride ceremony, going in to all 3-4 offices to please all my clients is quite a thing. i promise you i wasnt even watching grey's. so glad this is my last astro issue. i like the design part of it because i do have a bit of freedom to design there, i also like the part of spending time with my friend again but i think i should just stick with HELLO! and FHM. stop taking BluInc jobs cause all their good well planned senior designers are gone. stop trashing new grounds with planning weddings and law firm rebranding. enough. i shall focus on sleeping, keeping myself young, go pak toh-ing... if not really i will be left up the shelf, though it sounds like a trend not to be in a relationship now. it seems like all my friend has given up hope on it.
bottom line, i just need to get back to the time i enjoy my work. now i dont have the time to do so. holiday... can't wait.
bottom line, i just need to get back to the time i enjoy my work. now i dont have the time to do so. holiday... can't wait.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
i confess im finally feeling stress
1. one of my client which i believe doesnt exactly know what she wants just made me redo all her 14 pages. on top of that i have new pages for her.
2. my other client do not have images attach to all his text. the worst bit is he claimed he finished giving me all his text. i guessed he passed the buck to me.
3. one of the pages just disappeared and i have to redo the 3 pages, i suspect i accidentally trash it. and you hate yourself for making stupif mistake like this. then in everyway you wish that you have this.
4. my external harddisk fell and it stopped functioning immediately. i have stuff inside which i need to finish tonight. but at least i tranferred the bulk of it to my laptop yesterday.
5. im not going to have sleep tonight i suppose. i mean, if i can finish all my work even without sleep that would be a consolation.
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it is a terrible way to start off the week. and i feel like standing on top of the mountain to screammm... but a lesson i learn yesterday when i went to purelife home with some of my church friends. i just need to walk one step at time, like this kids who doesnt even know which college is open to them.
i went with fullness of self, to see them made me realised how empty i am. they were a whole bunch of kids with emptiness but to have some ppl visit them brought them fullness of joy.
2. my other client do not have images attach to all his text. the worst bit is he claimed he finished giving me all his text. i guessed he passed the buck to me.
3. one of the pages just disappeared and i have to redo the 3 pages, i suspect i accidentally trash it. and you hate yourself for making stupif mistake like this. then in everyway you wish that you have this.
4. my external harddisk fell and it stopped functioning immediately. i have stuff inside which i need to finish tonight. but at least i tranferred the bulk of it to my laptop yesterday.
5. im not going to have sleep tonight i suppose. i mean, if i can finish all my work even without sleep that would be a consolation.
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it is a terrible way to start off the week. and i feel like standing on top of the mountain to screammm... but a lesson i learn yesterday when i went to purelife home with some of my church friends. i just need to walk one step at time, like this kids who doesnt even know which college is open to them.
i went with fullness of self, to see them made me realised how empty i am. they were a whole bunch of kids with emptiness but to have some ppl visit them brought them fullness of joy.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
much too much
"How do you know how much is too much? Too much too soon. Too much information. Too much fun. Too much love, or too much to ask of someone? When is it all just too much for us to bear?" grey's
there is a whole long list of things due next week. so much so i don't know which to start first. i have 6 projects in hand; 3 to close this coming week and the rest under urgent category. i really don't know which to focus on and start closing. but i shall. i need another miracle God :)
"When you're a kid, it's Halloween candy. You hide it from your parents and you eat it until you get sick. In college, it's the heavy combo of youth, tequila and well... you know... good things aren't always what they seem. Too much of anything, even love, is not always a good thing." grey's
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as you notice, despite my busy schedule im not giving up on my leisure time. movies at 9.30pm tonight, ok better start with some work. signing off.
there is a whole long list of things due next week. so much so i don't know which to start first. i have 6 projects in hand; 3 to close this coming week and the rest under urgent category. i really don't know which to focus on and start closing. but i shall. i need another miracle God :)
"When you're a kid, it's Halloween candy. You hide it from your parents and you eat it until you get sick. In college, it's the heavy combo of youth, tequila and well... you know... good things aren't always what they seem. Too much of anything, even love, is not always a good thing." grey's
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as you notice, despite my busy schedule im not giving up on my leisure time. movies at 9.30pm tonight, ok better start with some work. signing off.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
coffee: way to go
you know you drink too much coffee when:
1. you know the girl is from carrefour starbucks doing relieve shift for the ss15 branch
2. you can negotiate for 3 mins parking with the pyramid security when they usually dont even allow car to wait there.
3. the carrefour girl know your regular order.
4. and you know how to bluff your way thru the one way road at ss15 instead of making a big round. that of course comes with the magic of small car like mine.
5. you know how to make full use of your time while waiting for your drink for eg withdraw money from the atm machine right at the back of buckie at jaya shopping centre.
6. you payexact amount rm12.08 for your iced venti latte before they tell you the price.
7. you actually remember venti is large and tall is not.
8. you pack home latte with the cup half full because you want to put the ice in only when you drink it at night.
9. you know it is more worth it to buy grande instead venti because they have the same amount of double expresso shot.
10. you know that the line on the cup is for the portion of milk and not just design. now this is what we can functional design.
if i only need 10 stickers for the free organiser, i will surely have darn a lot of it. who want one? it looks pretty nice. i already got my 2008 organiser so you can have them if you give me your name.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
if
if only is when you are trap in the past.
what if is when you are trap by the future.
i guess all if kills.
looping:
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this morning i joined the FHM team for our december GND (girls next door) photoshoot. all 12 girls, of course only some were stunning. sometimes i think guys envied me. but maybe it is not that great. cause see what the writer told me
cy: so how is life treating you meeting pretty girls all the time.
w: not as great as i thought it would be.
cy: too many pretty girls make your expectations unreachable. or after talking to them you wished you had stick with just looking at them.
w: yahhh hahaha... should had stick to just looking at them.
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super tired... and i dont care, once i got the money im going to thank that guy for bringing me into this shit. quick think about where to go dude? shang's buffet, starhill or jap? sorry, i just need something to look forward to.
what if is when you are trap by the future.
i guess all if kills.
looping:
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this morning i joined the FHM team for our december GND (girls next door) photoshoot. all 12 girls, of course only some were stunning. sometimes i think guys envied me. but maybe it is not that great. cause see what the writer told me
cy: so how is life treating you meeting pretty girls all the time.
w: not as great as i thought it would be.
cy: too many pretty girls make your expectations unreachable. or after talking to them you wished you had stick with just looking at them.
w: yahhh hahaha... should had stick to just looking at them.
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super tired... and i dont care, once i got the money im going to thank that guy for bringing me into this shit. quick think about where to go dude? shang's buffet, starhill or jap? sorry, i just need something to look forward to.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
workaholic
noun
one who has a compulsive and unrelenting need to work.
actually. i don't really understand that word. i always claim that im not because i don't love work. i love my life more. it is more like if im force to do a job then i love my freelance design job. but if given a choice, i rather watch dvds (having said that i had not do my grey's and prison break3, sleep, journal and read.
but im just thinking maybe the urge and the compulsion to finish my work. if that sense of responsibility is it, then i am. that qualifies me in the category of workaholic. usually i am but now im not only that but im overworked.
signs im officially overwork:
1. i dont even have 4 hours of sleep some days. i wake up at 5am almost everyday regardless of what time i sleep
2. my whole extended family wanted to celebrate my birthday for me. so they all left me to finish my work and gathered at mid valley to shop first. that is definitely not a brilliant idea because i was dealing with my printer till pass 2pm so they all end up having a party without the birthday girl. i felt terrible and bought all of them lunch the next day.
3. i rush out of my house everyday
4. i go to at least two to three offices a day
5. i skip lunch and dinner like nobody business, given the time i rather sleep
6. i feel like im drunk when i drive (floating). i can't even think which junction to take, yes even familiar roads. so now i practice thinking aloud. and... i kiss the car in front of me. really slowly... my car rolled and touched her car. the fanatic woman came out and screamed at me behind my window. yes before even looking at her own car. but anyway it was so soft, no damage done to both our cars. but i guess that is a warning!
7. i still receive calls for job and im finally learn to decline. i can't handle any more
8. i start to feel like i dont want to work anymore. im not enjoying my design work like i did few months ago
9. i took forever to upload my japan photos
10. im left my master keys at the door and when to bed
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despite all that, everday i never fail:
1. to drink a cup of starbucks latte
2. join my different colleagues for meals
3. to leave my house with foundation to cover my dark circles
4. to laugh and talk to ppl
5. to eat my chocolate, cruchie (and yes even vitamin B complex cannot help me stop mouth ulser)
call me crazy but thus far at least ppl still like me, that's probably the very reason im still in it
one who has a compulsive and unrelenting need to work.
actually. i don't really understand that word. i always claim that im not because i don't love work. i love my life more. it is more like if im force to do a job then i love my freelance design job. but if given a choice, i rather watch dvds (having said that i had not do my grey's and prison break3, sleep, journal and read.
but im just thinking maybe the urge and the compulsion to finish my work. if that sense of responsibility is it, then i am. that qualifies me in the category of workaholic. usually i am but now im not only that but im overworked.
signs im officially overwork:
1. i dont even have 4 hours of sleep some days. i wake up at 5am almost everyday regardless of what time i sleep
2. my whole extended family wanted to celebrate my birthday for me. so they all left me to finish my work and gathered at mid valley to shop first. that is definitely not a brilliant idea because i was dealing with my printer till pass 2pm so they all end up having a party without the birthday girl. i felt terrible and bought all of them lunch the next day.
3. i rush out of my house everyday
4. i go to at least two to three offices a day
5. i skip lunch and dinner like nobody business, given the time i rather sleep
6. i feel like im drunk when i drive (floating). i can't even think which junction to take, yes even familiar roads. so now i practice thinking aloud. and... i kiss the car in front of me. really slowly... my car rolled and touched her car. the fanatic woman came out and screamed at me behind my window. yes before even looking at her own car. but anyway it was so soft, no damage done to both our cars. but i guess that is a warning!
7. i still receive calls for job and im finally learn to decline. i can't handle any more
8. i start to feel like i dont want to work anymore. im not enjoying my design work like i did few months ago
9. i took forever to upload my japan photos
10. im left my master keys at the door and when to bed
---
despite all that, everday i never fail:
1. to drink a cup of starbucks latte
2. join my different colleagues for meals
3. to leave my house with foundation to cover my dark circles
4. to laugh and talk to ppl
5. to eat my chocolate, cruchie (and yes even vitamin B complex cannot help me stop mouth ulser)
call me crazy but thus far at least ppl still like me, that's probably the very reason im still in it
Saturday, September 01, 2007
mr bean says: time flies when you enjoy yourself
why 3 weeks seem like forever. when i just can't wait to go for my holiday...
i wrote this, a few weeks ago. time flies and now i can verify that. because yesterday i caught myself panicked and excited at the same time. gosh, 5 more days. im totally not ready to go for my holiday. i had been a sleeping partner all throughout. taking for granted steph that totally plan the whole itinerary, accommodations and did all the research. yes literally sleeping partner. because i still can't pronounce any names on the JR route. i cant remember where im going on which day... but who cares, im sure i will enjoy myself. looking at some photos and links she sent me, im already so thrilled.
now a great list of things to do:
1. finish my FHM oct issue
2. finish my parkson pavilion booklet
3. see my chiropractor
4. download all my work stuff for HELLO! (right, im going to TRY to work there, yes if not i might be fired hehe)
5. backup all the stuff on my laptop
6. tidy my cabinet so that i can get my clothings sorted out to pack
7. print out my itinerary and plan my daily budget and plan my what-to-wear
8. prepare my currency convertion chart, easier for me to shop hehe... (my only homework, i better do it well)
9. pack, did i say pack... goodness im stress because all my clients will be in panic and desperately seeking for my attention the next few days since they know im leaving. better start packing. for all i know, i dont even have time at home from mon to wed.
10. be excited, i guess. lalalallallaallaalall... honestly, i never believe i will ever go to japan. the part i was most excited is, i never try really hard. then it makes you wonder why sometimes what you plan doesnt happen and what you do not just happen.
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"So don't be afraid to make mistakes, to stumble and fall, because most of the time the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most. Maybe you'll get everything you wish for. Maybe you'll get more than you ever could have imagined. Who knows where life will take you. The road is long and in the end, the journey is the destination." Whitey's time capsule message, OTH
i wrote this, a few weeks ago. time flies and now i can verify that. because yesterday i caught myself panicked and excited at the same time. gosh, 5 more days. im totally not ready to go for my holiday. i had been a sleeping partner all throughout. taking for granted steph that totally plan the whole itinerary, accommodations and did all the research. yes literally sleeping partner. because i still can't pronounce any names on the JR route. i cant remember where im going on which day... but who cares, im sure i will enjoy myself. looking at some photos and links she sent me, im already so thrilled.
now a great list of things to do:
1. finish my FHM oct issue
2. finish my parkson pavilion booklet
3. see my chiropractor
4. download all my work stuff for HELLO! (right, im going to TRY to work there, yes if not i might be fired hehe)
5. backup all the stuff on my laptop
6. tidy my cabinet so that i can get my clothings sorted out to pack
7. print out my itinerary and plan my daily budget and plan my what-to-wear
8. prepare my currency convertion chart, easier for me to shop hehe... (my only homework, i better do it well)
9. pack, did i say pack... goodness im stress because all my clients will be in panic and desperately seeking for my attention the next few days since they know im leaving. better start packing. for all i know, i dont even have time at home from mon to wed.
10. be excited, i guess. lalalallallaallaalall... honestly, i never believe i will ever go to japan. the part i was most excited is, i never try really hard. then it makes you wonder why sometimes what you plan doesnt happen and what you do not just happen.
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"So don't be afraid to make mistakes, to stumble and fall, because most of the time the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most. Maybe you'll get everything you wish for. Maybe you'll get more than you ever could have imagined. Who knows where life will take you. The road is long and in the end, the journey is the destination." Whitey's time capsule message, OTH
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
people before papers
why i tend to be overpassionate over what i care about. when i so often forget how to rest...
i think im always busy. and it all depends on what im passionate about in that season. work, ministry, friends, bf...
i only realised that when my phone start ringing again. there were a season of time when my phone never really ring except for calls from my bf. yes pathetic, i never believe in relationship on top of friends. but somehow i dont know where everyone else was.
but the thing is, if to meet ppl once a day should be the norm. then im abnormal. cause in average now i meet at least one friend a day. yes i said at least, if not 2-3. so much so dinesh ask me "why do you have so many yam cha sessions? you are a yam cha queen" i go for birthdays, lunch, dinner, farewell, new born, movies. on top of that, i cannot help but be there for the broken hearted -- break up, agonising complicated relationship victim and got rejected fella.
so i work really late, woken up by a call that rush me into the office. sometimes from one client office to the other. from morning till the sun goes down. i could barely keep both my eyes open. then my phone ring. yam cha? at the sound of the voice, my heart melts. so off for one session. before my foot could barely step into the house, my phone ring again. a little update of the horrible situation he is going through... awww better company this person, if not sitting alone at home will kill him. before i know it, it is 2am. take my shower, sit in front of the laptop. then i go through the list of my things-to-do. which is urgent? everything is. pray a short prayer to do the impossible –- to stay awake. and then the cycle repeats itself.
i am not complaining about ppl calling me. im really enjoying it. though sometimes i think im quite crazy to still go out after work. but im glad i did. people before papers. definitely.
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everything i wanted i took – i never said no to myself. i gave in to every impulse, held back nothing. i sucked the marrow of pleasure out of every task my reward to myself for a hard day's work! then i took a good look at everything i'd done. looked at all the sweat and hard work. but when i looked, i saw nothing but smoke. smoke and spitting into the wind. there was nothing to any of it. nothing. solomon, ecclesiastes my favourite book from the bible
if im just enjoying work, it is meaningless. therefore i need to spent time with living souls. i have no regrets even though i do not have enough sleep. i only pray that God will see my sweet heart and spare me from having wrinkles. having said that im enjoying my work too.
i think im always busy. and it all depends on what im passionate about in that season. work, ministry, friends, bf...
i only realised that when my phone start ringing again. there were a season of time when my phone never really ring except for calls from my bf. yes pathetic, i never believe in relationship on top of friends. but somehow i dont know where everyone else was.
but the thing is, if to meet ppl once a day should be the norm. then im abnormal. cause in average now i meet at least one friend a day. yes i said at least, if not 2-3. so much so dinesh ask me "why do you have so many yam cha sessions? you are a yam cha queen" i go for birthdays, lunch, dinner, farewell, new born, movies. on top of that, i cannot help but be there for the broken hearted -- break up, agonising complicated relationship victim and got rejected fella.
so i work really late, woken up by a call that rush me into the office. sometimes from one client office to the other. from morning till the sun goes down. i could barely keep both my eyes open. then my phone ring. yam cha? at the sound of the voice, my heart melts. so off for one session. before my foot could barely step into the house, my phone ring again. a little update of the horrible situation he is going through... awww better company this person, if not sitting alone at home will kill him. before i know it, it is 2am. take my shower, sit in front of the laptop. then i go through the list of my things-to-do. which is urgent? everything is. pray a short prayer to do the impossible –- to stay awake. and then the cycle repeats itself.
i am not complaining about ppl calling me. im really enjoying it. though sometimes i think im quite crazy to still go out after work. but im glad i did. people before papers. definitely.
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everything i wanted i took – i never said no to myself. i gave in to every impulse, held back nothing. i sucked the marrow of pleasure out of every task my reward to myself for a hard day's work! then i took a good look at everything i'd done. looked at all the sweat and hard work. but when i looked, i saw nothing but smoke. smoke and spitting into the wind. there was nothing to any of it. nothing. solomon, ecclesiastes my favourite book from the bible
if im just enjoying work, it is meaningless. therefore i need to spent time with living souls. i have no regrets even though i do not have enough sleep. i only pray that God will see my sweet heart and spare me from having wrinkles. having said that im enjoying my work too.
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