Fly or Die?

fly or die

Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Tomas trouble Tomas is in a sullen mood again. When I'm not scurrying around like a headless chicken trying to put the pitch together, I've noticed him looking at me. Almost begging. For 5 minutes. So I did what any woman with a conscience would - I stopped scurrying. "Hey, Tomas," I said. He does his blur-sotong, "What?" and continues to fiddle with his keyboard. "Wanna talk?" I ask. I catch a flicker of indecision in his eyes. He looks up at me. I look back, consciously fixing my eye on him. Unflinching. He breaks the stare and mumbles "Alright!" Grabs him Marlboro and we're off to another kill-my-lungs session. He rambles ... I cry. That's pretty much how our sessions go. I don't know why I'm such an softie. Anyone peeking into the emergency stairway will think that I'm the problematic one. "Why do you cry?" he asks, with a little laugh, when we're through. That caught me. And for the first time, I became embarrassingly conscious of my deluge. That is true. Why this show of emotions - he is after all just a colleague. Our paths are confined to those hours in the office. We never hang out together. He doesn't know I have 2 pet guppies. Why the tears? "I don't know," I said, suddenly feeling very stupid. Not at all like the counsellor I've positioned myself to be. I looked at him and blinked the last of my tears away. He hugs me. I thank God I don't wear mascara. Pencil chewed at 9:28:00 pm //
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A neurotic, nail biting, slightly schizo, caffeine crazed copywriter who doesn't know better than waste her life in the pursuit of the golden pencil a.k.a The One Show. To console me, click here.

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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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