Fly or Die?

fly or die

Thursday, January 29, 2004
Tom and Matt 7.30pm and I am at the cinema. I scan the crowd to make sure that no one I know is around. Phew! Safe in the cover of the crowd. I felt a tap on my shoulder and I turn around. "Hi!" says Matt the Egomaniac. I returned the greeting. "I've got the tickets for 9.30pm. Thought we could have dinner first." "Yeah, sure. Food court?" I suggested the least romantic place possible. We ended up at an awfully quiet Indian restaurant. So that I won't miss a word he says, I thought. How am I going to survive 2 hours of him bragging? I steeled myself. You can do this, gurl! Just think of it as one of your client briefing sessions. Maybe caffeine does crazy things to him but he seemed to have come down a little from his high horse. He actually asked questions about me. "What is your latest campaign?" "What makes this ad good?" "What books are you reading?" "How do you like your eggs?" (as if he'll get to make me breakfast anytime soon) I think he really wants to know me. And in a strange way, that scares me. The movie was beautiful. Ken Watanabe is one cool samurai. Ooooh. I was gushing and talking about my favourite parts of the movie, while we were inching out of the cinema hall. "How about a drink?" he asked. I so badly wanted to talk about the movie, I agreed. And I spent another 2 hours talking to this man I thought I never wanted to spend another minute with. Am I in trouble? Pencil chewed at 11:42:00 am //
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people mentioned in this blog

I realised that it is increasingly difficult for you to identify who's who in this blog. So here's a rundown. Will try to categorise entries to names but that will take some time, cause I still haven't figured out how to do it.
In the agency
Big Billy - Boss, my Creative Director
Donna - beautiful bimbo Account Executive
Heng - the art director I used to work with
Hoe, Mr - my favourite client
Jenna - the art director I'm working with now
Susan - street smart Group Account Director
Tina - my Traffic Manager
Tomas - fellow copywriter, confidante

Beyond the agency
June & Mila - my best gal pals
Matt - the guy dating me
Minnie & Moe - my guppies
Trish - the friend who set me up with Matt

*all names have been changed.

my zany portfolio

I'll paste work here periodically. But none of them will be real client work - just my own initiates and doodling.

awesome ad of the week

G-Day Coffee TVC. Scene opens on guy trying to slide down a dry water slide. He gets stuck. He finally manages to squeak all the way down. TVC ends with him savouring a mug of G-Day coffee and the tag "Save water for G-Day coffee". A bit unreal but I love the humour. And the talent, the Each Other actor (I forgot his name), is super. He makes it work.

wished i wrote that

We tell our prospects. When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. - Leo Burnett

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