Posing and smiling. Simple enough tasks but for some reason, I had some difficulty with those when the photographer was instructing me. Photo shoots sure are stressful. That said, it was kinda fun trying to disturb my other colleagues when they were having their shoots and breaking their concentration. I'm generally quite happy with my set of photos too.
It was my two-year anniversary with Tulchan and I celebrated it with... a pitch! Unlike the previous one which was a complete disaster, we nailed it! Of course, that came on the back of hard work and rehearsals. This was a unique pitch as we were doing a joint-pitch together with another agency.
Anyway, looks like December will be a busy one with the crisis and various interesting developments. There goes my dream of a quiet Christmas / New Year. I have six days of leave that I can't seem to slot into the diary, and it seems almost certain that I will not be able to clear them this year. Still hoping for that break. Anyway, for that client crisis, I actually had to do something which made me doubt my very existence! A talkback radio programme was playing on 93.8FM and the various comments were kinda negative towards our client. A phone call from the client came in and I was arrowed to dial-in to weigh in on the discussion! I dialled in, trying to disguise my agenda and subtly steered the conversation. I have never felt so pretentious in my life. So this is PR! 骗人!
Anyway, because of this crisis, we are now liaising with the top management, which makes things rather awkward when dealing with the internal communications team. With do much distrust and politics play going around, it is difficult to get things done. Sometimes, we are instructed to withhold information or even deny things to the internal team. So this is PR! 骗人!
The office went for an early buffet Christmas lunch time back, and it was a pity that there was a time-limit imposed. By my count, I only had 3 plates of pasta, 38 prawns, some crab, a few slices of beef, a few slices of turkey, and some dessert. Definitely could have kept going.
Anyway, after the lunch we had our Secret Santa Gift Exchange. I was super duper happy with my present! They were actually rock climbing roof mounts which I had previously jokingly mentioned that I wanted. My Secret Santa actually got four of those for me; when I unwrapped the present, I almost jumped for joy! Four mounts definitely aren't enough, but they will do for a start. The only problem now, is to figure out how to drill the holes and mount them up on my ceiling. I need a large drill.
Speaking of Christmas gift exchanges, there is another upcoming one with my University mates soon. This year doesn't seem that much challenging with the help of Elfster. Got my gift settled rather quickly. A certain someone was trying to ask me who I was buying for. I'm pretty sure I gave no hints at all, but I'm not sure why that certain someone got to a certain conclusion on his or her own. I'm getting better at spouting nonsense to throw people off track it seems. So this is PR! 骗人!
Of colleagues, we have a new consultant, ERM, who has just joined us for over a month, who I feel is fantastic. It shows when you are trying to fit in to the team, instead of putting on the "do not disturb" aura. It seems that we're also having two guy join us from London next year. These additions from London don't always work out well so I suppose it's a wait and see on them. With morale as low as it is, we certainly don't need more people that we can't get along with.
C and I went JB a few weeks ago to do some shopping and had the usual massage and seafood. We can be said to be veterans in terms of our frequency of visits to JB, but clumsiness also emerge. I forgot my passport so we wasted 2 hours. When we were at the checkpoint and about to return to Singapore, C realised that he left his shopping bags at the dinner place, so additional time and ringgit was spent cabbing back and forth. Hopefully, the ringgit stays at such low levels for some time.
[Quotes]
"My brain has no heart, and my heart has no brain. That's why when I speak my mind, I appear heartless, and when I do what's in my heart, I appear thoughtless." - Unattributed
"Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than better behaving themselves." - Thomas Szasz
"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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