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Saturday, April 03, 2004 | |
Poxing day
The evening after the pitch, I discovered a little watery bump on my belly. I groaned "oh no," and dreaded the worst. I went to the doctor and she confirmed it, "Wah! So old only get chicken pox ah?" Thanks a lot. Gives you the bad news and rubs it in too. She also gives me 2 weeks MC. Yipee! Alas, a silver lining in all this 'suffering'. "Drink lots of water, take good rest." "Yes, mom," I said as I exit. The thing about chicken pox is that it makes me ugly. I won't die from it. But I could die looking at the mirror. I've heard of my friends who hid all the mirrors in their home when they had chicken pox. Now I understand. How do you face the problem when the problem is your face? By the next morning, I found the answer. I no longer had a face. I had bubble wrap. I called Mila to help pick up a few groceries for me. Mila is another old fogey who hasn't had the pox. "What if I get it? Got scar, how?" she whined. "Just leave it at the door. You don't have to come in." "You sure it's safe?" "Are you going to help me or are you going to let me starve to death?" "Okaylah. I'll bring them over today after work." Sure enough, she does. I peer out of my peephole. She leaves a few big bags from Tesco, enough to feed the entire Lord of the Ring film crew in New Zealand. Rings the bell and scurries back to the lift. Guess I won't be seeing her for a while. Did I mention she signed "Friends Forever" in my college yearbook? | |
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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.
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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. |
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I'll paste work here periodically. But none of them will be real client work - just my own initiates and doodling.
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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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