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Dar’s been listening to a lot of Queen lately… It’s our homework before we catch the “We Will Rock You” musical in April… And he found a song just for me…

It isn’t the most flattering song… Lyd will tell you that… but Dar still managed to convince me that it’s rather cute… Even has it on his msn nick…

And to my amusement, that song was featured on today’s strip of QC!!

Sven sings Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls” to Faye

yes, my own dar calls me a… yeah.

To my boss who doesn’t stalk this blog but somehow knew the blog address anyway:
(You can read this when you accidentally/on purpose stumble upon my blog)

Thanks for attempting to give me a treat for my birthday!!
Really appreciate it.
Even though I ended up paying instead.

Heh.

Today, I grieve at the passing of a loved one.

He gave all his years and dedication to our company. Working tirelessly, day after day, resting only when the rest of us did. He was never fazed by the constant changes in the editorial team, and the changes in partners. He worked without a word of complaint, only giving his best

He was a dear friend to me. A great partner at work. Although I had to admit we had our differences at the start, exchanged several vulgar words, we managed to work through that, and then he was an indispensable part of my working life.

Some people said I became biased towards him after awhile, preferring to consult his expertise on my personal work over anyone else’s. But I couldn’t help it. I had become so familiar with him that it was almost second nature to have him around to help me. 

On the first of February this year, at 12.15pm, he finally decided it was time for him to depart. Without any warning, he gave up his last breath. There were no signs of sickness or weakness, or any signs of aging. He was strong till the very last assignment. And I was there with him.

He was greatly loved, and he shall be greatly missed.

Rest in peace, my dear Canon EOS D60.

Work is never gonna be the same without you.

I’ve been at the new job for about 4 months now… and this has never happened before.

The photo request pocket is empty!

We’ve had days of no assignments before. But the pocket is usually packed with requests for the next few days or the next week even.

Today, nothing at all.

We’re really wrapping up for the holidays… Either that or I’m speaking too soon and the last minute requests are just waiting to flood the pocket, and drown me, as soon as I’m done writing this post.

Hmmm…

The title explains exactly why I can afford the time to blog… I mean, besides the fact that my boss stepped out for a while…

Re-read my old post about my previous office and it made me think…

I used to get very depressed and miserable at work… I would keep snacking to keep myself feeling uplifted and motivated… I would spend every bit of my spare time (outside of office hours) blogging and shopping and surfing and doing photo-related stuff (even in the mornings before work started)… Because I had to do what I didn’t like doing at work, I had to make up for it with a vengence… And I reasoned it was a very natural response because a job is just a job, and jobs are just a necessary evil to have income to do things you really liked. It doesn’t matter what you are dealing with, and my previous job dealt with very interesting subject matter…

Then I got a job doing something I really liked.

Suddenly my life got less hectic… I was no longer clamoring for personal time to do my photos because I was already handling photos at work… I could spend my free time just relaxing, and not having to make up for time wasted at the office… I didn’t mind being one of the first in office because I would be doing photo-related things… I would look forward to my assignments and the discussions with my boss afterward… I didn’t even mind being scolded for my bad pictures ’cause he’d teach me how to improve and tell me stuff about fashion shoots that I wouldn’t have learnt otherwise… And late nights are fun ’cause I’d be spending the time touching up my own work…

I think I like it here.

It doesn’t make waking up early in the morning any easier ’cause I’m still very sleepy in the mornings. But at least I don’t have to get dragged into the office kicking and screaming… Which is exactly how it felt going to the old office…

Good afternoon, readers…

I now speak with you as a different person.

I am no longer who I was before…

I am a penguin of the corporate world, wearing white shirts with black pants.

I cultivate blisters on my heels wearing proper shoes.

I go from assignment to assignment a bundle of nerves.

I shoot off my camera more than I do with my mouth.

I annoy VIPs with my flash and they have no reason to complain.

I no longer blog at the office, because the boss can see my screen 9-6 everyday.

I have no online privacy, because the boss has both my instant messaging accounts.

But I’m not complaining…

I read up on camera stuff and view photos as part of training.

I watch Gwen Stefani live in concert for free.

I get lunch at hotels on the job.

And my boss is a nice guy.

Alright!

I am the dumbest dumb person in the world!!!

Okay. Moment over.

…The little KLOVE widget on my desktop… Making positive and encouraging music available at the click of the mouse… Right in the middle of the workday…

I’m still waiting for it to be available for yahoo or something for my XP laptop. 

Got a half day off in the morning to make up for working on a public holiday…

It might seem like a waste cos it’s on a Thursday and the morning half of the day… But I think I really needed that recharging… For some reason, I was feeling very drained throughout the work days…

Today, the weather was cool, got to sleep in, had a good fresh cup of brewed coffee to perk me up, enjoyed a meatball subway lunch, and had time to walk around the shops before heading down to office…

I feel a lot more prepped up for the evening recording now… =P

Recorded for almost 12hrs straight today.
Head was spinning by the end of it.
Deadlines are no fun at all.
Sigh…

It was the last day for our interns @ work and one of them drew a picture of all of us (or rather, most of us, the ones she knew anyway.)

It was really cute so I scanned it and put it here. I cleaned off all the names (except for my own) for privacy sake.

Don’t you just love the way she drew me? So tall and pretty and cool.

Now, if only it were anything like the real person…