Fly or Die?

fly or die

Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Speed it up "Please, please do me a favour," June starts as soon as I plunk myself on the chair at the mamak* stall. "What's up?" I ask. "Come with me next Saturday night to this ... er ... event." "What event?" "Well, I signed up for ...," she glances around and lowers her voice, "speed dating." My eyes widen. " "June! Wow! I never ..." "If you let Mila know, I'll rip out your uterus with my bare hands." "Calm down, calm down. Er ... but Matt ..." "You moron, you don't have to go through the dating. I just need you to accompany me. I dunno ... might just chicken out. This is the scariest shit I've done in a long time." "Yeah, worst than the bungee jump you did last year, right?" "So you coming or not?" "Yeah, won't miss it for the world." The idea of 15 men and women, meeting each other for the first time for 5 minutes, is intriguing. Well, okay, it is manufactured and it isn't exactly 'our eyes met across the room' but who's to say where and how Cupid chooses to strike? But then what can you say in 5 minutes? Or what can you surmise of the other person in 5? After all, when I first met Matt, I thought he was an utterly lost cause. I would have put a big X next to his name. Bye-bye. Ciao. Sayonara. Mainly, I'm glad to see June take a gutsy step and try to make it happen for herself. I mean, I have heard her complain about the dire lack of men for the last 3 years since her break-up, but this is the first time she's actually doing something to try to meet eligible men. Woo! If the roles were reversed, I don't think I would have been as brave. I hope she meets someone. I can't wait. *Indian Muslim roadside stall. Gosh, does anyone have a better description of a mamak stall? Pencil chewed at 11:54:00 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

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