The weeks just BOOMZ

Many things happened within the weeks. So much to update but am damn lazy to do so. November and December are months which causes big holes in my pockets. Not only do I have a total of 5 weddings to attend, Pee's birthday also falls on the same month, friends' birthdays and then Xmas will come. Also, I've actually gave away quite a bit of sum for some charities, both humans and animals. =p

14 November was the wedding of Esther and Adrian. Adrian being so sweet as ever planned everything around the bride. 14 November was the bride's birthday and he even started the ROM at 11.14am, not to mention his car plate is also 1114. =) so sweet rite? A couple meant to be together, a couple perfected by God's love. They are both very active in church and I can feel that they are very much in love even after 5 years of courtship. The speech that Adrian made on stage was so mushy but I guessed Esther must have been grinning inside her =D Their wedding were of some high socialites for Esther's parents were quite somebody and the wedding dinner consists of many foreigners flying in. Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong, Americas, Japanese... You name it, they could have been there. As such, yup, the overall feel was pretty grand. Not only did they have deejays as MC, they even have these two superstar singers singing through the nite. Was told that Adrian loved the singers so Esther had secretly brought them in for the night at $1400! Gosh~~ But I guess it was a pleasant surprise. On the other hand, Adrian surprised her by making a birthday video for her. Sounds like some fairy tale? Hehe... At work, Adrian has always been caring towards frens close to him so imagine how well he would treat his wife. Anyway, the cost per table is not cheap at all so you know my ang bao has to be something too. So, my first red bomb... Oh anyway, Congratulations to you brother! =)

The second one was Ivy's. Equally expensive tables. Haha... Ivy and Issac took their wedding photos in Hong Kong and they were really pretty. Most of my ex-colleagues said about the wonders of photoshop too. I guess it's really true to some extent that 一分钱一分货, if you pay more, you will get quality goods/services. Ivy and Issac were more shy because their speeches were really general. They basically just thanked everyone. Haha. Wishing them a blissful marriage too =)

The next one will be Pei Ling and Teck Heng on the 6 December, followed by Zhen Yuan on the 21 December and it will end off with Eddy and Yvonne's. Phew~~ It's pretty scary actually to get red bombs every now and then. But I guess it's parts and parcel of life for after which, I believed the next phase will be baby showers from these people...

Anyway, was not able to celebrate his birthday on his actual day due to the wedding. Had to prepare everything in advance. Did nothing spectacular, simple meal, simple walk, simple present and he was already so contented. Not even a birthday cake. Just an ice cream dessert. Haha. Wanted to get tickets for GV Grand but everytime it's so fully booked and they do not open days in advance for reservations. Front rows are left but to pay about $75 for front rows, I rather give it a miss. So he said he wanted to eat Japanese food and was so looking forward to order unagi. Went to Liang Court and saw this Ta Po Po Japanese restaurant with long queues and lots of paper cuttings. I've heard about it but am not sure how it tasted. However, I saw the menu and saw that sushi can cost up to $20 per plate (2 pcs only hor). We decided to go to another Japanese restaurant as we are super lazy to queue. He wanted to opt for Sakae Sushi to save my pocket but I declined. Anyway, I forgot the name of the restaurant we went to but there were no unagi in there! Haha. So sad! We took a long walk around Clarke Quay to the car park and started to talk about 'what if'.

I guess in life, we should not even look at 'what if' cos it means regrets, but at times, it could be due to good reasons. We were wondering, what if we were not together, will we be holding the hands of other people and walking pass each other now? What if we were still with our ex, will we be this happy too? Going through all these made me wanna treasure things around me more because in life, we cannot afford to have too many "what ifs" and whatever I am having now, it is God's arrangement, it is fate. I should be thankful that I'm not holding the hands of a jealous or habitual smoker/drinker. I should be thankful that I'm no longer with my ex (for those who sort of know what happen will agree).

Btw, this is my 6th week at FX. Still as free. Perhaps a little more things to do but is not able to keep my whole day busy at all. Still waiting... waiting for work to drop... I dunno how long can I tahan such life though. Many felt that it's a perfect job, get paid and do nothing. But they dun understand how difficult it is for time to pass...

Time Flys

I can't believe it but 4 weeks of my life just zoom by and I'm already 1 month old at Fuji Xerox. The past two weeks was easier to pass because I finally have something to do.

Anyway, was super duper pissed with the Events Company. It's one of the worst I ever seen or dealt with thus far. I honestly do not like the boss in the first place when I first saw him. Looks aloof and seems that he only talked to people of higher authority. Just another ah beng... I sure hope I am wrong though but his staff or the way he is handling things, one phrase, cannot make it!

The creative done were amateur. And guess what, when a budget of $100K was given, they can come back with a proposal of $200K. So what is the budget for in the first place huh?

In my whole marketing life (although it's short la), I do not have to copy write. They actually have the cheek to ask me to copy write my old direct mailer. I felt as if I'm the advertising agency myself. Why do we pay you to just do the layout? Doesn't make sense. They should be professional when it comes to copy writing and they just pluck everything I write into the direct mailer! Then my boss told me... why did you copy write for them? They should do it themselves. Faintz....

Today was bad. All credibility lost! I told them that my budget for door gift is about $1.80 per piece. And they came back with $2 telling me that they have check with many suppliers and this was the best price. Having done all these at Tan Chong, I realized it is not that expensive so I called my old contacts and managed to get it at $1.65. I told them to use my contact instead and another email came telling me that they are still using their own supplier but for goodwill purposes, they will lower it to $1.65 too. The point is, I'm the client... Why did they make decision without asking me? I felt so pai seh towards the old contact I had. Then the price war begins.... Old contact giving me $1.30!!! See how much they mark up!!! I said $1.80 budget didn't I? Knowing that we have burst the budget terribly, why mark up like 50%!???!! Anyway, the one that gained most was me since no matter how the price war ended, I'm the fisherman and will surely benefit. So the events company was not happy obviously, thinking why this new girl (me) tried to lower their margin and wrote me a long email telling me that their cost is higher because they will mark up 8% as a service charge. $1.30 to $2 is 8%? Think I'm dumb? I went ahead with my old contacts. Pissed...

In the past at Tan Chong, events companies that I dealt with are so transparent. They will show me the quotations form other people and after we decided on one, they will mark up 10% of it only. That's all. This time, the current one do not show us any quotation and tell us point blank that the price is blah blah blah... I find it weird seriously but they have been working with my boss for 3 years so it's hard to break the news to my boss that they suck. I will tell her about this incident on Monday. Talking about honesty...

Anyway, just few days ago, dad was so angry with me that he slammed my call and complained to my mum about me because of a stupid SCV box. It is the first time he is doing this to me and I was so sad about it. Anyway, it's a small issue and it's settled. Perhaps my laziness and taking my loved ones for granted have caused me to procrastinate the things I'm suppose to fulfill for him. He was angry that I am able to help others but kept delaying his request.

Anyway, weekend is here. Peeps, enjoy~~!! Before we get into the rat race again on Monday... all except one person will not... You know who you are!! :p