Xmas :)

24th Dec itinerary:

Astons Specialties
Sherlock Holmes
Countdown
Supper

:)

Merry Christmas All!

Of being happy for myself and others...and wishing others happiness

In the next few days, many people will bee celebrating Christmas, and be in a joyous mood :) which is good!

Following Christmas, on Boxing Day, i shall see my buddy get engaged in the sandy beaches of Sentosa, which is very good!

On that same day, my one true love and I shall bear witness to that happy occasion and have our own happy hour after the solemnization, which is also very good!

Being on holiday rite means i get to do stuff which i normally wont have the time, such as clearing the house, fixing up stuff, spending time with my one true love, and rotting :P (Its all good!)

Now, no one is perfect, its a given, and people might have done wrong to one another, or simply think it that way when it isn't, or to bear grudges or hatred against someone, whether there was a cause to it in the first place or not..

but as Christmas approaches and the New Year beckons, i onli wish all to let bygones be bygones, for everyone to be contented and lead our happy lives :)

Live happy knowing there is a future to look forward to, not live regretfully because of the past

Of losing and being happy :)

I lost a game of Reversi
I lost a game of Checkers
I lost a game of Hangman
I lost 4 games of words out of words

But i'm happy :)

and i think i'm gonna lose more games tonite :)

Happy times

black label + apple cranberry juice + ruffles original + B&J's chunky monkey + YOU = HEAVEN

Of appreciating and treasuring the one

i love it that we love to spend time together
i love it when u accept my excuses to spend more time together
i love it that u feel comfortable telling mi anything
i love it that i feel that i have nothing to hide from u
i love it that u know what u want in life
i love it that we can't keep our hands away from each other
i love it that we can't keep our lips away from each other
i love it when u pull my face to u so we could kiss
i love it when u gimme affectionate hugs
i love it that we have a to-do-list
i love it that we can maintain silence and juz enjoy each other's company
i love it that u miss mi as much as i miss u
i love it that we just wan to make it work :)

My One True Love gave mi a surprise today, a veri pleasant surprise..even thinking about it now makes mi smile..or perhaps the thought of spending more time with her alone makes mi smile..either way...i like :)

quite a few blessings have come our way since we got together, and every time i hear those blessings, i feel all the more better about us...making it good and all the way :)

COM 443: A Reflection for Advertising #4

And so today finally marks the end of what is a real growing journey for me, and for many of my fellow classmates too i guess. This would arguably be one of the last few modules, if not the last, for me to work with the many people in class with whom I've had the pleasure to know and work with. I would like to mention a few names...



Naz

As appointed director, Naz (whom i like to call "Malay!" for obvious reasons) has never failed his duties as a leader of the group. So while Spatiality has never been tops in almost any of our assignments, but have fought for last place usually instead, he has always been optimistic in making sure the team has not given up...but strive on for the next assignment. My only regret is that I have not had the chance to work with him more, for he is a joy to work with, and more than a friend I could ask for.



Kerri

This would be my first time working with Kerri, our very own Miss SIM-UB. Although i knew her only not too long ago..I only thought of her as someone who would be nice to work with, and true enough, we were drawn to the same team. I'll always enjoy going over to her place to do our assignments, play with her huskies, and her mutated XL-sized sze-tzu which looks more like a pug. Unfortunately i believe this would be the last time I work with her again.



Felicia

Felicia is perhaps the other group member other than naz whom I regret not having the chance to have more chances to work with. Eye bag jokes aside, she really gave her all for Spatiality, and when it comes down to doing serious work, she can deliver. Moreover, she's one of the few individuals whom i feel very comfortable talking to as well, perhaps that contributes to why I would think she's an invaluable member to any team. With her in the team, i felt Spatiality had more life...and thats a good thing.



Jamie

I knew her since orientation, through the one-and-only Ellyas, but never really got to talk to her until advertising, my loss. The reason i say that is because, underneath that bubbly personality, is a person with a wealth of knowledge, especially in the world of media, and through her, i have learnt tons, really a lot of stuff which I would never have known. Another reason why I liked working with her was because of her willingness to always volunteer her workplace's resources to accomplish Spatiality's assignments :)



Suen Hui

Because this is not my first time working with her, I sort of knew Suen Hui's working style...while she is in no way a difficult person to work with(in fact, i enjoy working with her), she might sometimes express herself in ways which might rub people off the wrong way...Suen Hui would admit that herself, but it is her sincerity to apologize which really makes her a wonderful person, and therefore, a person with whom I am proud to have worked with. :) Oh yeah, she has a freaking creative mind...and helluva good photoshopper (along with Felicia of course :P).



Daphne

Undoubtedly the unsung hero of the team, Daphne has been arguably the hardest worker in the team. She is willing to pick up anyone's slack without complaints, step up to tasks voluntarily, and be the ever resourceful researcher. I believe she has a given talent in being a researcher, because for whatever anyone us are able to research on, she somehow manages to churn out way much more information (I am not exaggerating). It helps that she is also the peace keeper of the team, as things do get heated up at times, and she'll be there to cool things down.



I believe this would be the last time I get to work with any of these brilliant individuals, who have made my journey of advertising a wonderful one. It is through such hardships that we treasure such memories more. I would like to take this final opportunity to thank each and every single member of spatiality, Naz, Kerri, Felicia, Jamie, Suen Hui and Daphne...

thank you :)


Spatiality
Every space, our specialty


PS: Credits to Angie for the pics taken during the group's presentation. Thanks!

Of things happening this way and that

Recently many many things have happened, some good, some not so good, though i would like to think that things have turned out for the better~

I hope that she has moved on as well as i have, and simply look back at the past and think of it as an experience...and leave it that way.

I hope to have improved as a person so that i could be a better man...

I hope to be the best I can for the one whom I'd like to call my one true love now :)

Finally, I hope I can tell her i love her everyday and not get sick of it...mushy...i know...but i like :P


"Things might have moved fast, faster than anyone could have thought, including ourselves...though it don't matter now, because I have you to call my own!"

Of uni bashes, being hit upon...and enjoying some company

So my sch's uni bash was held recently over the weekend...and becuz i missed last year's bash, and becuz 2 good frens were in the pageant, and a certain someone was there, i felt obliged to make a presence...

Becuz its been awhile since i've clubbed, and becuz the theme for the bash is mafia, and becuz i happen to have the rite clothing, i dressed up to being the most elaborate i've ever dressed to look as close to a mafia as possible...guess i failed though...too kid looking...as shall be explained...

during the course of the bash, i was running around the whole place to keep myself entertained, but still one random stranger sneaked up from behind...and tried to talk up to mi...for the first time...i've been hit upon by a gal...woah...dressing elaborately has its benefits :P she tot i was her age though...a whooping 5 yrs diff...

While the event had some hiccups (which events doesnt?), it was an overall success! Kudos to the organising committee~

So much for the bash...the nite realli started for mi when i had the priviledge of having a certain someone for company...we played 5-10 (i ususally lost), we drank, i puked, and we danced the nite away~ i like!

she made the nite enjoyable~

Enjoyable bus ride~

Juz had the most enjoyable bus ride for a veri long time, almost as far as i could remember even...

Becuz its you :)

Of getting lost in MacCritchie and pondering the irony of life...

After countless attempts to arrange for jogging sessions...yesterday, Mr Chua Bing Wei Justin, Cricket Lee Huiwen and myself finally came together for a run...a run dat i would come to think of fondly...for several reasons...

1. running in a group has reminded mi how enjoyable it is to run together.
2. this running session has introduced mi to MacRitchie all over again...esp the Treetop walk...nice walking trail~
3. relived the experience of my cross-country and army days of running in Mac...
4. ran longer than we thought...got lost abit...but nonetheless enjoyed tremendously...

Now if onli i felt that i have lost any weight...which i feel i haven :P

On a side note...history had to repeat itself...irony...oh well, hope she's for the better now...find a better guy...

"Proud to be shy!"

COM 443: A Reflection for Advertising #3

I just caught the movie "Julie and Julia" about a week back, and have to say, I enjoyed it. This is not the usual blockbuster kind of action movie that lack real substance but attracts crowds. It is more of a movie which after viewing...provides food for thought for the viewer.

On one hand, the movie portrays of the famous Julia Child(aptly played by the maginificent Meryl Streep), her trials and tribulations to getting her book published. On the other hand, the story of Julie Powell is played by the lovable Amy Adams, whose character decides to cook all 524 dishes in 365 days, and blog her progress in the process.

I believe the relevant aspect of how advertising could be applied in this movie is of how the character of Julie Powell had unknowingly advertised herself as a blogging phenomenon whom people looked forward to reading. Because of the attention she got as each blog post was uploaded, Julie knew that she had to watch what she typed in order not to get herself into trouble. For instance, there was a day when she did not have time to preapare the day's recipe unless she skipped work. Hence, she called in sick and reflected it on her blog that she was not feeling well. This perhaps in a way reflects advertising in the real world, where puffery and lies are told to capture the audiences' attention and impress them.

How another form of advertising (or lackthereof in this case) that could be found in the movie was when Julia Child and her co-writers had difficulty finding publishers who would publish their cook book. Perhaps it might have been a much easier and faster process should Julia had promoted herself and her cook book more appropriately to the publishers so as to impress them as much as possible. In this case perhaps, the lack of promoting and advertising skills were proven to be sorely lacking.

One aspect of the movie which i would like to focus on and still have no real answer to it is if the whole idea of publishing the cook book was because there was no such cook books in the market then, or because it so happened to be a novel idea at that point in time and a eagle-eyed publisher found her by sheer luck. While I would have liked to think that it was the former, the possibiity for the later seems higher, as research for such academic work seemed irrelevant at that time. As such, I would like to stress that in order to make a product work, we should look at the market and identify issues that cause trouble or can be improved, and then work towards creating a product which would help solve the matter.

All in all, I really enjoyed the movie, not only because of the perhaps subtle hints of advertising found in the movie, but also for the many other factors that make the movie such a joy to watch, such as the hardships and happiness of the different characters, how things were then and now, and the importance and cherishment of the people around you.

Something's wrong...

Somehow or rather...i've been bothered lately...something might or might not be happening...but it just doesnt feel rite, and i've gotta admit i dun exactly have the guts to speak my mind sometimes...despite how some might think otherwise...

shall try to put my smile back on...though being an facially expressive person means i cant hide things and emotions well..oh well..we'll see how it goes...



"Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived. "

William Parrish from "Meet Joe Black"

COM 443: A Reflection for Advertising #2

Despite being through only half of the semester, I can honestly say that I have had a taste of what it is like to work in an advertising firm (even if its an very amateurish one at that...). The process of coming up with an advertisement, from the research, to the idea development and finally execution have taught me much, even if my group did not do as well as we could have...people have been dissappointed, people have been discouraged, but we'll learn to pick ourselves up...

On another note, our last advertising class had a guest speaker who used to work at one of the big advertising companies...one word...enlightening! He lectured on how the advertising world, or how the corporate world works for that matter, and cleared some misconceptions about advertising, especially about how an advertisement or advertising campaign comes about. Very enlightening, enjoyed it thoroughly...

After the short respite, we at Spatiality have gotten our next assignment. Let's hope this time we will not mess it up...lets do it well guys!

COM 443: A Reflection for Advertising #1

Of all times when I decide to update my blog again, it coincides with the timing that I have to blog about my thoughts with regards to my current advertising class. So here goes...

Well, first I have to say that this is definately one of the toughest courses i have taken since studying in UB, but its good because then i get actual hands-on experience on what the world of advertising (and perhaps the corporate world for that matter) holds for me.

Good fortune has shined on me so far with group members who are not only intelligent, but are complimentary in ways that make the group whole, and most importantly, good group dynamics. This is important i guess in making a team successful, a good and balanced cohesive team. Although my professor has said something enlightening...that a group that is too agreeable is not exactly a good thing...Anyway, my advertising group and I would like to present to you...Spatiality! Every space is our specialty!

Unfortunately,with the good, comes the bad. And so in order to ensure that we have a comprehensive theoretical knowledge, my dear professor has thrown us with 3 exams, with the first one juz a couple of hours away...and 7 chps at that...good luck to us all..

Perhaps it's because i am now in this course, I am looking out more for interesting ads that might prove to be an inspiration or idea(I will be careful not to plagarise...), and there are really some good ads around, as well as some flops. Looking forward to comparing some of the ads which we students have submitted earlier last week, I really want to see for myself if my evaluation skills for ads is anywhere near decent...

Until the next reflection...

Sean aka Stinko

Of many happenings..

I am too lazy for my own good...i'll admit that...but when i am on the ball...i still cant do much... :P

anyway...so i decided to be an OGL for the last short holiday...and...things happened...

i slacked throughout the preparations prior to freshmen orientation, to balance out the damn enthu OGLS...but i turned on the heat when it mattered...i mingled w/ my freshies, i shouted til i sounded 50 years older...bottomline...i was more proactive...so it turned out well...

and so then sch has started...again...and of all classes...i have to attend "Introduction to Chinese"....aka CHI 101...wat the............hell...

To MJ

Little known facts abt MJ and mi...

1) He was one of my very first idols when i was still a real young punk...dad bought the "Dangerous" album MTV LD (the now defunct laser disc, for those who dont know...dats how long ago it was...). I practically played his MVs after sch...

2) Because i was so blindly mesmerised by him, and because my maid at dat time was a fan too and urged mi to go ahead (maybe she wanted mi to lose my face...), i actually went to get myself into my pri sch's dancing competition...goodness...

3) I think i still have his LD now...

4) Dear MJ nearly got to collaborate with Prince for this "I'm Bad" album...if not for creative and artistic differences...what might have been...

5) "Black and white" is still my all time fav...the same song i danced to during the pri sch thingie...

6) MJ was realli realli realli realli realli realli realli realli realli sad when Lisa Marie Presley left him...therefore came the song "she's out of my life"...and he couldnt finish singing the song for his MV despite several takes...go listen...its a real good song...

R.I.P. Micheal, from one of millions of fans

Of Bangkok and others~

My My, its been a month since i blogged...either it shows i'm too lazy or cuz i'm juz too busy with sch work...or was for that matter...since its holidays for mi now...juz came back from Bangkok...had good fun, saw interesting stuff, bought good stuff, ate disgusting stuff, among a whole lot of other stuff...

bday's coming...will do a bbq for my Uni mates, and gonna make arrangements to catch up with my fellow sec sch and poly mates as well...hope things turn out well...anyone wanna volunteer ur services for the bbq???

My sleeping beauty bought mi some pretty cool and ex stuff for my bday! Thanks girlfren!!!

i'm vomitting all the random stuff i can think of rite now...so pardon the randomness...

Something my dear sleeping beauty did for mi during this time of stress on my part..

Thank you dear! realli appreciate it! Love Ya!

overdue pics~

i forgot if i promised my sleeping beauty to upload our vday pics to blog or facebook, cuz i've done facebook long ago...but blog if its blog is long overdue~ :P my bad~













~smiles~

This was how i looked like for the past week...bad...two mid terms, 1 lab work, i research proposal...oh the horror!

next thing to focus on now is my fitness...gotta clear my IPPT le...gotta train...gotta be disciplined!!!

Of running...and running....and running...

While the house is relatively cleared up...i have not fulfilled my other imp holiday resolution...which is to lose weight...and i realli look like a beach whale rite now...a fair beach whale...sob....

and because i felt so guilty...i decided to go for a longer run...in fact...i decided to try my 10km route for the first time in a long long time...and to change things a little...i ran in the opposite direction...(its amazing how the same route's scenary can change juz cuz ur in a different direction)

nevertheless...becuz i was so unfit...and i was running much shorter distances b4 dat...naturally at the end of my run i felt like juz collapsing on the footpath...i kid u not...

holidays r ending...my IPPT is coming...i need to start training...!!!!!!

"Oh yeah, Merry Belated Christmas to all, and a Happy New Year :)"