A Poem for You & Me~

When the relationship has just begun,
You only had little feelings, little doubt,
Cause you care less and bother less...
But when your feeling gets stronger,
You care more, you doubt more,
You begin to doubt about yourself,
You begin to doubt about him,
You begin to doubt about everything,
The more you doubt, the more 'issues' you get,
Maybe even the smallest argument on earth,
You get the effect...
But that's just the beginning of the relationship,
And there's more to bare with!

It wasn't easy for us to get together until today.
Anyway, happy 2 months anniversary to you and me :)

Elephant

Elephants are the largest land mammals. An elephant calf can weigh up to 120 kgs. Even the smallest elephant is about the size of a calf or a large PIG!



I was being told by a guy who-shall-not-be-named,







an ELEPHANT!

Clerk's A Potential Job!

Anyone jobless now?
Try being a clerk but for girls only la...
Don't underestimate clerks for they can continuously being promoted to a very high position!

Clerk --> Secretary --> Personal Assistant --> Very Personal Assistant --> Boss' second wife 'yi lai' --> Boss' 'dai po' (official wife)

If you're more ambitious, then go for a divorce and get a richer boss! You can continuously get promoted by getting richer and richer boss...

Relax.. Just want to share some fun crap to brighten people's day up :)

p.s. sorry if I offended anyone...

The Departure

It was a Japanese movie that won Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2009 Oscars and has earned $61,010,217 in Japan as of April 12, 2009.

This film is about Daigo who mistakenly got this job as an assistant coffinman. At first he thought the job 'Assistant Departure' is to do with travel agency. Not until his interview, he only found out that he is supposed to assist on the 'departed'. His job is basically to prepare the departed for encoffinment by helping the dead to change to new or favorite clothes, clean the dead and helping the dead to make up. After getting used to this job, for Daigo, it is a duty to give the dead a very last best look before moving the dead into the coffin and never be seen again. It is a job of respect and dignity. But to many people, it is a 'dirty profession' including his wife. He insisted in his job even when his wife left him. And until one day when one of his friend's mother passed away. He then only earned respect in front of all presents. Everyone thanked him for making their beloved so beautiful and they have never seen he/she so beautiful. In the end, his wife accepted him and is even proud of her husband and his job.

I really love the stone-letter story. It is about how people in the past used to express their feelings to their loved ones. It was not by writing letter, it was by giving stones. If the stone is smooth, it shows that you're happy; if the stone is rough, it shows that you're worry; the weight of the stone also shows that how much you love the person.

I watched this with Yang. We cried a lot as it is a very touching and meaningful movie. It reminded me a lot of my late grandad. My grandad passed away last year. He was supposed to celebrate his 88th grand birthday that year but couldn't make it. His funeral was held a week at my house because of having so many family members and friends visiting and also of his fame in the society.

I remembered seeing my grandad's closest friend paying his last visit to my grandad. The uncle was around 70 plus years of age, half crying half kneeling when he hardly believed that his best friend had passed away. I hardly see an old man cried so much in my life.

Then, my aunt from Taiwan made this last speech for him that she had the greatest dad on earth and if she is able to choose in future, she will without any doubts, be his daughter once again...

I remembered I was a hyperactive kid, loving to jump and climb here and there. There was once I climbed up the piano hiding away from all other cousins happily. Suddenly, my grandad opened his room's door and the piano was just in opposition of his room. When I knew he saw me, I was stunned, completely lost... I was then lectured by him. Indeed I was often being said as 'the head' and 'dai guai tao' by him. Therefore, he will lecture me the most as he felt I should bare most of the responsibilities being the eldest. To be honest, I hated very much when I was the one to be blamed and all the restrictions he set. Unfortunately, I never have any chances to apologize to him...

Even though he was a strict man, but deep inside he is a lovely and caring man. We all know he loves us even though he is no longer with us, he will still bless us no matter where he is. You will remain in my heart forever, gong gong!


Here is a little info on another superstar who just departed us. He is...
Michael Joseph Jackson (1958-2009)
HE was borned a talented entertainer. The seventh son in Jackson was unique enough to become a world's icon with his famous high-pitched voice, squealing and his dance moves (crotch-grabbing, moon walk, anti gravitation 45 degrees sliding aside...). He started singing at the age of 8, and being a regular member in Jackson 5 at 11. He went solo with his debut album "Got to be There". Later on when he had his sixth album "Thriller", it was the peak of his career, selling more than a million copies a week worldwide, a total of 109 million copies, making the best selling album of all time, winning record breaking of 8 grammy awards and the album remained in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for 80 consecutive weeks. Despite of being so rich and famous, he did a lot of charity including setting up 'Heal the World Foundation' which sent millions of dollars to help children who suffered from war and diseases.


The father of 3 (2 from his second wife who used to be his nurse and 1 from unidentified mother through artificial insemination) had a strong impact in popular culture, music industry, artistes such as Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Usher, Justin Timberlake etc, and also MTV. MTV was popularized by Michael Jackson's music videos which mostly have complicated dance routine and story line. Unfortunately, he was being badly criticized as a freak from mars as he had weird sense of clothing, half manly half girlish voice, his nose, his skin color, his hair, his eccentric character (having a chimpanzee named Bubbles as his companion)... and the fall toward his career was when he was being accused of child molestation with one of the children in his 17 million Neverland ranch. But the truth remain untold even though the king of pop is no longer with us. After a few searching, there are things that you might be doubting about MJ.

1. Skin pigmentation- he did it because he suffered from vitiligo (skin disease which will make part of the skin with lighter tone).
2. Rhinoplastic surgeries- He broke his nose in a complex dance routine in 1979 and had his first rhinoplastic surgery but caused him difficulty in breathing. He had altogether 3 rhinoplastice surgeries after the first unsuccesful surgery.
3. Chin lift- to make himself looked more manly
4. Diet- Wanting a dancer's body
5. Drugs- Besides having health problems (vitiligo, breathing problem...), he was under intensed pressure from being accused with child molestation and many other rumours, he ended up taking pain killers etc to release pain and stress

His death is still remain unknown. Some said because of drugs, some said cardiac arrest... But he was sure of coming back with his concert tour 'This Is It' which is just another month's time. The whole world was shock with this news and everywhere is paying tribute for him- radio, television, newspapers etc. Some were debating of the topic 'Is he better to be dead or alive'. Not long after the world icon demise, his album Thriller was sold out everywhere, earning profits worldwide.


Having seen what MJ has gone through (also being abused by his father when he was still a child), no one might understand how he felt... and indeed it is the greatest lost, the greatest blow in the music industry...
RIP, MJ.

References: Thanks to wikipedia.org and thestar.com.my

The Minorities

Tiff named Yang and I the minorities in office. It is not really an appropriate term but somehow accurate.

I talk to my computer (chat online) and no one else,
I eat with myself and no one else,
I have working hours like the kakak who makes sandwich everyday,
and the receptionist who sprays the purifier every morning,
Other than that no one else,
I am so free that I can view every possible shit in Facebook like no one else...

So am I the minority in the office?

Kaden's result

My aunt warned the teacher at the very first day when Kaden went to school that no one can scold him or cane him if he did wrong or did bad in his test. Even if he only gets 1 mark, the teacher should encourage him by saying, "It's ok. At least better than getting 0."

And here goes his results...










Isn't he a genius? No wonder he's my cute little baby cousin...
But I wonder why my aunt didn't buy him a ruler... hmmmmm...

And I'm so gonna support him at his sport's day. Apparently my aunt said he will be dancing... sounds interesting...

A Day for Papa in the World

Well, that was what the 3 of us prepared for our beloved papa...
Though we gave a bad service yesterday, serving the dishes late (sis still preparing at 7.45pm...), and the food was too much, he did not complain but ate all dishes with great satisfaction. Especially my mom... I guessed she was over hungry that she kept praising all the food... but in fact, I did do a little online research on how to cook better :)

Not only that we gave him a aluminium Liverpool cup that can keep his coffee warm everyday and also a 'Liverpool supporter' sticker...
and a little prayer from me to him, hoping that he will be the happiest man on earth on this very special day.

Of course, may all the dads in the world get to enjoy this wonderful day too! :)

I Know Nuts About Marketing Communications!!!

I finally get to eat with SOMEBODY today during lunch break. But little did I know the happy feeling turned into the guilt and doubtful feeling...

'Evon, what do you learn in your college?' Good question!
'Have you ever taken Strategy & Planning this subject?' Pardon?
This was the colleague who asked me to be initiative and ask people out for lunch and today I ate with her. A total of 1 hour and 15 minutes of pressure.

Me: "Who's Omar?"
Her: "You don't know who is Omar?" With surprised tone.
Me: "No..."
Her: "I know you're new, but this is not an excuse for you not to know the people around you. If you were in another company not knowing who your CEO is, you will be scolded, and I'm serious about this. You should start asking people around you more about this company..."
Me: "OH...................................................."

Her: "Do you know there's someone who even asked Omar what is Dentsu's working hours? Do you know who the person is?"
Me: (thinking deep inside... this question is so familiar. I asked this during the first meeting with my supervisor) "NO!"
Her: "There's someone who asked him... I can't remember..."
Me: (Is she testing me? Can she not think who that person is?)
Her: "You know, it's a funny question to ask. In advertising field, we don't have a so-called 'working hours'"
Me: *nodding my head thoughtfully* Did she know something...
Speaking of working hours, so I stupidly asked...

Me: "So, usually all of you work OT until what time?" Seeing that most of them work till night time.
Her: "We don't OT. We just work. There's no working hours in advertising. Do you know that, Evon?" I hate when she asked, do I know this, know that. Obviously I know nuts!!!
Me: "Oh, I mean, what time do you usually go back?"
Her: "It's just like events, there isn't a specific time for you to work... you get what I mean?" She knows I'm into events.
Me: "Yea..............................."
To avoid awkward silence, I stupidly asked again...

Me: "So, where did you work previously?" Knowing that she is also new.
Her: "I've worked for Sachi for 4 years before coming here. I had an account handled by myself and some Account Execs working under me. Dentsu all knows about it. And Dentsu is my 4th company..." She does have some high portfolio I must say. Seeing the way she sees things, her experiences in advertising agencies.
Her: "I used to work for Astro, but I rejected... with personal reason." and the way she talks to my supervisor. It's like, "Not now..." or "I can't handle this now..." or "I have something else to handle..." without further entertainment. "I got to go to the loo. Do you need to?" If my English is slightly bad, I wouldn't have understand her English. I guess she has the quality to behave the way she is.
Me: "Oh... Where is Sachi?" I honestly know Sachi. I heard Yang saying it before but just didn't know where Sachi is located.
Her: "You don't really know about Advertising Agency, don't you?"
Me: *shook my head slowly*
Her: "You see, even if you're into events, you need to know all this. It's really important. Probably next time when you're having an event, you need to know which agency that you can work with. There's something you can start doing right now. Is to do more research. Research about advertising agencies, event companies..."
Me: *stare at her blankly* I was really speechless.
Her: "Don't be afraid... I'm not scaring you. That's work! You need to be prepared."
Me: *nodding my head as if I was listening to some rock music*

Her: "Just to let you know, there's favoritism in advertising. Ashraf has good PR skill which he can deal well with the clients... but I'm different. I don't like PR and I don't need them."
Me: "As in he will do according to clients' requests?" Evon, can you ask something smarter? You know what is S.M.A.R.T?
Her: "Evon, do you know what PR is?"
Me: *Eyes big* (Do I know what PR is??!! This is an insult!!!) "Errr... yes? He has good relation with clients?"
Her: "Ya. That doesn't mean he has to do whatever the clients want. That is dumb. I wouldn't do that."
Me: "OH............................................"

Her: "Well, let me buy you lunch since it's your first week."
Me: "Second." Just somehow feel like answering back.
Her: "Oh. Anything." And I paid the lunch because she has forgotten her purse.
Her: "Feel free to ask me anything!" And she smiled sincerely at me. That freaks me out! I swear I will not ask her stupid stuff again... that makes me a total idiot. And finally, lunch is OVER!

That lunch left me empty. Left me wondering the biggest question of all times: What have I learned throughout my 4 years' course? What do I know about advertising? What do I know about events? I guess I know nothing... I know nuts about Marketing Communications! Yes, I know nuts. Ask me about nuts. I know all kinds of nuts... peanuts, hazelnuts, walnut, coconut... you name it...

Not only she left me empty. She paid me back a RM5 notes and left FOURTEEN 50 cents on my table without saying a word and also left my wallet dead heavy... And after today's lunch, I've decide to eat lunch with me, myself and I ONLY :)

p.s. I realized there's really a lot of things that I should know by now. I don't want to be a 'noob'. So, I started doing research on events companies. But still feeling useless :(

Definition of Internship

Internship= work
work= no life
no life= dead boring
dead boring= sien
sien= feel like dying
That's my working condition at Dentsu Utama for now... I hope...

My to-do-list:
1. Shahrin (my supervisor) will teach me more about my job- he's currently very busy
2. 9.30am internal meeting- cancel (I was really looking forward to this meeting so that I can get closer with my colleagues and also get to know their work progress...)
3. Send materials- done
4. Get Account Exec copy from Angie- Angie says later cause she's busy
5. Remind Nawwar of the color proof biling- Nawwar won't be in for today

So, what am I left to do?
1. Read news at www.thestar.com.my- done, long time ago
2. Check both my yahoo and hotmails- considered done, checked the important ones
3. After checking mails, forward mails- considered done, getting bored forwarding mails
4. Facebook, reply and post comments- done
5. Play Word Challenge in Facebook which I got addicted to recently- cannot play cause need to install the Javascript, tried to install, CANNOT, cause need permission from the admin... so smart!
6. Blog- 2nd blog already, might blog more later if I finish doing all the things on earth
7. Chat- since morning, non-stop!

Basically, I'm now very healthy, every morning sure 'pang sai' in office,
very knowlegable and updated, everyday sure read a lot of news,
very quiet, haven't been so quiet (for a week already) in my life,
very anti social, eat alone everyday (my colleague suggested me to start asking people out for lunch... I will take this challenge asap!)
and last but not least, very very boring person... never been such a 'lifeless' person before T.T

by the way, I found another person who is now as bored as me...
she's jlo, she's now viewing back her own photos, 'zi high' and also doing some 'renovation' over her friendster pictures...
Ok, I should stop facing the computer and start doing my Japanese revision and my co-op report. My conclusion here would be, work= hell :)

Well-trained Tortoises

Kuala Lumpur: Well-trained tortoises are tortoises that take good care of your pond. If any intruders go into the pond and introduce any disharmony, shall pay the price. Mr Frog, from XXX, went into 'the' pond to set up a choir, croaking all the way, was punished by the tortoises in charged, pulling its hind legs and injuring it until it was found dead a few hours later. 'Well done!', praised the tortoises' owner, 'I am indeed proud of them!'

Yes, my house's tortoises kill frogs and not only that, they eat them and left only the skin. So if I happened to see small white skin floating on the pond, I know what happened... May Mr Frog rest in peace...

p.s. I did not train them to be so evil! I'm innocent...

Breakfast Everyday!!

My breakfast menu this week:

Tuesday- Tuna sandwich
Wednesday- Egg with bread, something like French toast
Thursday- Noodle and sausages
Friday- Chappati

Because of these breakfast, my cook rather eat less and save money, and rather sleep less and wake up early to prepare...
By the way, my cook is also my driver to work everyday.

Yes, Tuan King, this blog is dedicated to you and to thank you for being my one and only special one :)

p.s. I'm getting fatter and healthier all thanks to this uncle ^^

Things you can do when you feel bored in office

Here's what you can do when you feel bored in office...





I'm trying to get a Malay victim but seems like I only see Chinese around me now and so happen all my team's colleagues who are all Malays went out for meeting... left me here doing crap stuff...

NINE SCARY WORDS WOMEN USE

I found this through an email and it is really interesting, really true, and I totally agree with it...
have a good laugh then!

(1) Fine
This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

(2) Five Minutes
If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

(3) Nothing
This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.
p.s. I will add '...' after nothing to hint that there is something to be continued

(4) Go Ahead
This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
p.s. mine is more of 'u go la...'

(5) Loud Sigh
This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 f or the meaning of nothing.)
p.s. mine is more of a long sigh, not so loud

(6) That's Okay
This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
p.s. I use 'its' ok...'

(7) Thanks
A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome' . that will bring on a 'whatever').

(8) Whatever
Is a woman's way of saying F**K YOU!
p.s. my definition is F**K OFF!! nah, just kidding... my definition is 'Stop it! U're annoying!' plus rolling my eyes

(9) Don't worry about it, I got it
Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.
p.s. for me, don't worry includes 'nothing', 'i'm fine', 'eat shit', and 'go die' :)

Tiffany's feedback: When I read this I was laughing! Am I laughing at myself?
Well, I was laughing at myself too... and yes, I did use all 9 words against 'stupid' guys... don't you?

Work @ hell?

One of my colleagues welcomed me by saying, "Welcome to... hell!"
It isn't exactly that 'hell' in Dentsu... it's just boring to HELL!!

While working,
I face the computer most of the time, facebooking and chatting...
I finally get to read my over thousand of unread mails...
I finally get to read news everyday, so now very up-to-date...
I finally get to sleep and wake up early, healthy lifetsyle...
Just that I don't talk much, and nobody does to me either,
I eat alone, walk alone, everything also alone...

Whether it will be like hell or not,
that I leave it until the time comes,
then only decide whether hell or not...

so far, that's my life @ work :)

Cheapest Dimsum

Had siew mai, prawn dumplings, fishballs, spare ribs etc altogher 5 crates,
and additional of porridge, zhu cheong fan etc with my dad and sister (working temporarily at a dimsum company's office),
The total price should be around RM30 plus, close to RM40.
But we ended up eating the cheapest dimsum ever.
I guess we had a 70% discount for whatever food we ate. Didn't know food also have discounts like clothes...
My dad took out a RM10 note with eyes wide open and kept saying, 'this must be a joke!'
Yes, the lunch costs only RM9.60. Some more got changes back to my dad.

It wasn't because the cashier miscalculated and it wasn't a joke,
it was because of my sister working there...
felt so lucky to have her as my sister...hahaha

Dentsu Here I Come!!

Dentsu is a Japanese company and Dentsu decided to invest one in Malaysia which is called Dentsu Utama (number one in Malay) in 2005. Its clients are mainly Japanese companies such as Toyota's 6 models (Honda, Accord, City, Civic etc). Dentsu Utama is located at Damansara Heights which means I would have to travel 30 minutes just to get there.

Yesterday's meet up with Dentsu's senior account director wasn't an interview,
it was a briefing on what the company is about,
what I will be doing throughout the 2 months and some chit chatting...

I will officially become a Dentsu member next Monday, wearing full formal attire, working from 9am-6pm daily as a coordinator that deals between clients and creative team. Hopefully I will get to learn a lot about advertising (though not really my interest, but somehow wish to give it a try).

1 advertising company 1 internship job,
Finally, no longer JOBLESS for at least 2 months...

p.s: Yang, don't be jealous ;) wish me luck! By the way, I might get to speak Japanese cause there are 2 Japanese colleagues :)