My boss either thinks I’m very capable or she hasn’t noticed I only have a pair of hands, one brain and one body. She wants me to do three interviews, on top of writing the majority of the articles for our two magazines to be published this month, coordinating with the advertisers and freelance writers, and dealing [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Warning… Lots of Whining Ahead
Posted in work on July 26, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (No spoilers. Only what I think)
Posted in books on July 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on the second day I got the book. No I’m not going to say anything much about it. Suffice to say, it was a disappointing ending for me. It was like some badly written “everybody lives happily-ever-after” Hongkong serial. In one word? Typical.
Harry Potter Was…
Posted in movies on July 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I watched Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix yesterday. It was definitely not as exciting as the book, and they changed certain parts, but oh well, can’t expect the movie to be as good as the book. I loved the graphics and everything though.
Next up, I’m going to catch Transformers. Can’t stand all the raving people [...]
Temptation Succeeded
Posted in work on July 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I just sent in my resume for the journalist position. A couple of push-factors led to that.
1. No harm trying syndrome.
2. The draw of news reporting.
3. The boss came out of her “office” to discuss with us the future of the magazine. Let’s just say, she’s not a focused person, and in my very humble [...]
Tempting
Posted in job search, work on July 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I should not have been checking my personal e-mail account during work. No, I didn’t get caught, but I looked through the job ads for fun (read: I was bored), and there’s one that caught my eye.
The position of Journalist for MediaConnect Asia Pte Ltd. It’s a media company that maintains and protects media standards [...]
Anatomy Of A Children’s Magazine
Posted in work on July 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
1. Pepper with lots of exclamation points, because apparently, everything is a shock to kids.
2. Educate, educate, educate.
3. Sprinkle freely with lots of statistics that nobody IN THE REAL WORLD even cares about or even remembers. For e.g. Did you know that there are about 364 species of birds in Singapore? You don’t care, right?
4. Hide [...]
The Pros And Cons Of My Job
Posted in work on July 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It seems like a really long time since I last blogged, but actually it has been less than a week.
So, I have been working for three days now, and I guess I am due for a post on the pros and cons of my job. So here goes.
The Pros
1. I don’t have to dress up [...]
Juan Carlos Is Through!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Juan Carlos Ferrero did it! He beat Tipsaveric 3 sets to none. Yea! He’s through to the quarter-finals. He’s facing Federer though. How can they be so cruel?! Don’t make me choose. Please don’t!
Employed
Posted in job search on July 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So I’ve been employed as a Writer for a kid’s magazine. The starting pay is really low. $1,500 for the first three months, after which there’ll be an evaluation and adjustment of pay based on performance. Someone said I should request for higher starting pay. I wonder why it didn’t occur to me, when I [...]
Uncommon Favour, Uncommon Results
Posted in Christianity, school on July 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You know that assignment? The one where I was short 1300 words? The one where I did it the day before? Yes. That one. Well, I got a High Distinction for the assignment. And the lecturer said I obviously have a very good understanding of the topic and I had obviously done a lot of [...]
