Fly or Die?

fly or die

Saturday, March 06, 2004
Chaos control I've always said Matt had bad timing. But not tonight. "I've just been ditched," I said, when I answered his call. "Huh?" he asked, tentatively. "My Art Director, Heng, he walked out!" "What?" "Gosh," I said, a thousand 'what-ifs' running through my mind. What if Heng never comes back? What if I have to handle this alone? What if he gets into an accident? What if he runs amok and slashes Susan and me up? "Urgh! What am I to do?" "Can you call him?" "He turned off his phone. He's so pissed. The presentation is next Wednesday. Oh God, take me now." "He'll turn up on Monday. He just needs some time to think things through, cool off. Work off the steam." "I hope so," I said feebly, wanting to believe. "That man is demon possessed. I've never seen him so ... so broken. It's the proverbial straw - broke his bloody back." "What about you? You ok?" I sighed, "I dunno." I had not thought about myself. "As alright as I can be, I guess. I'm ... I'm just tired." "You want to call it a day?" "I can't," I sighed, while squeezing my temples, "I have to think about the new proposition ... whether it works, I have headlines to work on ... urgh, what the heck! You thirsty?" "Always," he said. Anywhere was better than being in the office. I was drained - mentally, emotionally. How strange, the day had started out as usual but towards the end, we saw ourselves like we never had. Heng the Stoic was emotional. Susan the Strategic was silly. Me, the Paragon of Peace was chaos. And Matt the EgoManiac was sensitive. Even kind. He didn't talk too much. Thank God for small mercies. Pencil chewed at 1:29:00 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.

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