SATA Mobile Health Screening Bus

I finally saw the SATA Mobile Health Screening bus in action today and a sense of familiarity swept over me. It was parked right beside the UOB P1aza, awaiting patronage from the busy bank executives. Talk about working on an entire ICM campaign for the organization with De'lites for more than a semester and not having seen the bus at all.

All of a sudden the memories grained in my cortex were triggered and started flashing images in front of my eyes - the good (and not as good) ones, the time and effort, the sweetness of victory, the undeniable happiness, and the surreal feeling of winning. I've probably recalled this here a hundred times now, but hey, my life is not that interesting after all. Hah...

In case anyone's been wondering what SATA stands for, it simply means Singapore Anti-tuberculosis Association, not the SATA disk or drive, you IT people. But as tuberculosis has lost its foothold in claiming health of humans in the recent decades, SATA has moved towards providing one-stop health screening services. The not-for-profit organization also puts helping the poor and needy as its priority in contributing back to the society.

So, what are you waiting for? SATA is your preferred choice for your one-stop health screening services!

BE SATA-fied!

Why does this sound so familiar? Hahaha....

Anyway, work in the bank is quite monotonous, but I was warned when I went for the interview, so although I'm falling asleep from looking at the data, it isn't that bad after all. The people are generally nice too.

Best of all, the moo-lah! If not for the moo-lah, I would gladly laze my one-month vacation away or find some things to do. I'm sure there're many things around for you to do anytime. Example, pack your room(!), revamp your wardrobe, learn or pick up a new skill/language, help your mum clean the house (winter-cleaning), calling and meeting up with old/new friends, surf the net and spend days and nights watching the millions of videos online... the list goes on and on...

That's all folks!

Cheers!~ ;)

The Moon

Taken from my room window

Isn't the moon pretty? It looks big doesn't it? Many people will go "Wow, the moon's big!"

In fact, the moon is not any bigger than it always is. The size of the moon doesn't change, all this is caused by optical illusion, as enlightened by Dr Bryan Farha.

The reason why the moon looks bigger is because your eyes are comparing the building to the moon. When the moon's high up in the sky and there's nothing next to it for you to compare, it naturally looks much smaller.

That's one trivia for ya!~

Cheers!~ ;)

"Forever Love"

Even before I saw the translations of the japanese lyrics for this song, the melody had already captured me. Beautiful...



(Tohoshinki/TVXQ - Forever Love)
credits to Rhythm Zone Japan and Youtube

Cheers!~

Advertising & PR over!~

It seems like we've been fussing around the advertising and PR modules for a long time, all because of some cock-ups and an additional module in between when we were already pulling our hair cuz of the two campaigns that we had to do individually in the mere few weeks. If we didn't fight for the extension of deadlines, we would have been bald by now. Ha..

Anyway, here's the creatives I did for Ambush, the 'client' that I identified for my advertising campaign.

Lift Advertisement


Magazine Advertisement


Loyalty Card


VIP Card


Voucher


Credits: Red flowery background from the ambush official website and food pictures from all over the worldwide web.

And I don't wish to talk much about my PR campaign anymore. Just wana thank dear 12-year-old Stephy and Hot Stuff Jolene for calling me immediately when they found out that SPCA was one of the organizations that we weren't allowed to do - which meant I was left with 1 and a half day from the time I received the girls' call at 4pm to redo an entire campaign. Thank goodness things seem to turn out fine for now, though I had to leave out a few components cuz of time constraint for the new campaign. At least I managed to complete the necessary components and handed it up on time today, although it weighs on me that I chose the route that leaves me some guilt. Oh well...like what John Locke says in Utilitarianism, if it's for the greatest good for the greatest number, it's fine. It's over anyway... I truly hope...

Work at the bank tomorrow (thanks to Anais who is on an adrenalin high) was warned that it would be dry stuff and the work will be monotonuous as compared to my previous jobs in the media industry. But for oh-so-useful money, it's fine for a one-month job. They say money makes the world go round. Well, although everyone knows that the earth orbits around the sun from scientific evidence, money does play a role too.

I'm not thinking well again... Need some good sleep, quite desperately... Money too, I don't wana eat grass too, Sam!

Annyeonghi Kasaeyo!

Cheers!~ ;D

Dinner with Dr. Wheeler at Everest

It's been a year since we last saw Dr. Wheeler, our professor for our Arts & the World module last October.




That's fast! I haven't realised a year had passed since I started on this degree course, and it's probably wake-up time now. Not that I've been getting lousy grades and that I should start studying hard, I've been getting grades that are mainly satisfactory to me and Daddy, but more of straightening my thoughts all jumbled up there and start considering my career path. Man, I'm undecided. I wanted to graduate fast when I first started the course but now when we're about halfway through, a different feeling surges. Urgh...

Anyway, it was a nice dinner, with good company and good food(even though we've gone there a million times now - kidding!)


Like our amiable Granny


I didn't take too many pictures of the food cuz the humans were starving and dug into the meats almost immediately once they landed on the dinner table.


The next time we meet Dr. Wheeler will be next April when we fly over to Oklahoma. We're so looking forward to it, to the month's stay there, graduation ceremony, and of course, extension of the trip. Afterall, having flown twenty over hours over the oceans, it doesn't make sense not to make use of the chance to travel to other places as well, unless circumstances do not permit. If it does, I want to go to the Disneyland, I hadn't had enough fun there when I went there 11 years ago; one day simply isn't sufficient. Visiting my Uncle and cousins in Vancouver sounds good too, but he'll probably be too busy with his business to bring me around. Gee..

If touring around USA isn't an option, then I would very gladly hope to transit at Japan and stay for a few days there. I don't mind travelling alone, it would be extremely exciting, considering my knowledge of the native language - not much, even though I attempted to pick up the language by buying a purple-colored-covered book teaching it (or is it a Japanese-English dictionary? I can't remember.) Of course, I welcome with my open arms, someone who wishes to go touring Japan with me. If this hope realizes, I guess I will be contacting Clarice every now and then to ask her about Japan and its language. Haha... And maybe I might bump into one of TVXQ's events in Japan! (Allow me to dream, can?) Probably I could fly over to Korea too, and practise the little korean I'm learning, again, on my own and through free online lessons. Budget!

Urgh, now isn't the time to let my beautiful thoughts of travelling roam, but who doesn't want to?

Gee... "Money, money, money, please come to me!" Celest, you wana hire me as your Mandarin translator for your Xiaozhu forum? haha...


Random 1:
I've got a lot of random thoughts, especially these days. Some of which I dwell too much on, and some I simply push to the back of the mind. I might be cooping myself at home too much, with the examinations and assignments hoovering around and never really getting to doing it, that I'm getting some mood swings. I cry easily when I watch shows, dramas, or even clips of people crying. I get emotional, but I recover fast. Or maybe, it's just PMS. Bleargh...

Random 2:
It's October 3, 2007, 5:10AM now. I'm feeling slightly sleepy but cannot fall asleep. I'm enjoying the peace of the night too much that it does my body no good here in Singapore. However, I guess it helps when we go over to the US, I think I can adapt to the jetlag faster. Oh well...

Random 3:
For the whole day (October 2, 2007) up to this moment (October 3, 2007), I've been listening to just one song. Repeating and repeating endlessly, and I'm still not sick of it. I have the habit of sticking to one song and listening to just that song if it really captures me. After about a month or two, I would then get really sick of it and not even click on it for the next month. My highest record to date is three months. Wahahahaha... By the way, this current song that got me is the second video in my previous post. The melody speaks melancholy and the lyrics, beautiful. Of course, the vocals play a big part too. ;)

Random 4:
I'm trying to learn how to play the piano recently, by myself. Lack of funds to go for classes. Free teaching, anyone? Any kind souls? Oh, and I did mention I was "trying to learn," one toddler step at a time. I can play Ode to Joy and My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean with some chords now. *Applause, please* Thank You! Practise for the simpler version of Canon is ongoing but making slow progress. Him-ne-sae-yo! Gam-ba-li-mas!

Random 5:
I think I'm talking nonsense now. My fingers just keep going, typing whatever comes to mind. Fine, I shall go to sleep and allow my body to replenish whatever it needs. The Moon is chasing me off to Dreamland before it changes shift with the Sun so that Chang-e has a companion to search for the bunny that had gone hunting. See, I'm full of rubbish now. Bleargh...

That's all folks! Fighting! Jal ja yo!~

Cheers to anything that's worth a cheer! ;D

Lovely...

I enjoy listening to acapella a lot, I love how it harmonizes and touches the audience with it. It's simply amazing isn't it?

Acapella always reminds me of my choir days in secondary school. I miss it, I really do, and it's a whole lot. Those competitive days, weekly rehearsals, performances, anxiety, happiness, joy, and not forgetting the fun-loving, and sometimes a little crazy, seniors... It's a pity our school choir disappeared in my third year of secondary school life, due to the lack of new blood. But the love for singing has never left me, ever. My brother thinks my singing irritates him, my neighbours probably think so too, but I can't help it. ;)

TVXQ singing Gospellers's "Towa ni"


TVXQ singing "Towa ni" together with the original singers - Gospellers