first time out with you

You asked me on Friday at work that you will be going to JB alone.

You asked me if I wanted to join you.

I don't know why you asked but I was delighted to have a chance of being out with you just the two of us.

Not for work, but just having each other's company. 

You really didn't have to drive to my house's void deck.

But to a girl, it is a very sweet gesture. 

I really enjoyed the day we spent together yesterday.

Talking about everything and anything.

I shared quite a fair bit about my family and myself.

But from you....I wished you would tell me more.

You have always been a gentleman.

Opening doors for girls, waiting for girls while they shop, sharing food and all.

But do you feed a girl food from the bag if she is just a normal friend?

Honestly, I was very stunned by the gesture. 

First time maybe it's just coincidental, but the second, third time?

I really do not want to over-think it but it makes me all warm and tingly inside.

Even my friends and my brother say that that is not normal and you are crossing the line.

Sigh.

And why aren't you wearing the ring anymore? 

Is there a significance? a reason?

And you say let's go for photography trips. 

While I am interested and wouldn't mind, is there anything more to that?

I am thinking too much, right?

In any case, I like holding on to your passport, holding on to both our money and sharing from the plate and straw.

And I like that you feed me although I am very surprized.
Keep that coming and I will really fall hard for you.

我喜欢你

我喜欢你

我可凭一时冲动为你做好多事 不计较你是否喜欢我

但不敢爱你 因为爱你我会期望你为我做同样的事


我喜欢你

那我可以默默地 偶尔跳出来吓你一跳

但我不敢爱你 因为爱需要一直好好表现 永远拴住你的心


我喜欢你 

才会告诉自己要高贵一些

但我不敢爱你 因为我不想让自己变得卑微

All about work.

It's been 8 months since I started working as an Marketing Communications person in an event company.

It's been interesting, no doubt.
But also stressing, exciting, exasperating and frustrating at the same time.

The colleagues are great people to work with in general. Of course, there are always times when we get onto  one another's nerves because of the difference in how we value our work and service.

There's a dilemma between providing good quality customer service and ending up with more last-minute tasks and problems.
There's a conflict between wanting to go all out for publicity and the struggle to overcome so-called budgetary constraints.

Where is the balance? Well, ultimately, the higher powers decide.

It doesn't help much when the higher powers do not really exemplify a good model to follow.
No SOPs.
No transparency.
No long-term visions and goals.

How do you expect your staff to work hard for you when the rewards seem to be minimal value (regardless monetary or career advancement)?

Office politics do not seem to be a major issue yet there are some tints here and there.
It's really into your face when you realize that you may be one of the targets.
Luckily, I have learnt to deal with it and not make a big fuss out of it.
The dynamics are interesting - how some people flock together and isolate others; how some people just don't see eye-to-eye with others.
But I guess, this is the real world - you can't please everyone without sacrificing your real self, your principles, your values and etc.

The March show was an astounding success, if I may say.
We did not expect the good turnout nor the media coverage.
Thanks to our corporate communications consultants and the team who worked so hard to get all the invitations sent out.
It was a life lesson to be learnt in fact - foreseeing problems, preempting them, being prepared, being observant, understanding the impact and consequences one party brings to the others because of ignorance or negligence.

Now I realize, whatever my professor was trying to instill in me during the post-graduate days when I was his research assistant, was extremely important and crucial. It's always like this - we complain and resent and we only know to appreciate when we are forced to face the real deal.

Sigh. I wished I could have push myself just a little harder back then.
But I am really thankful that the bits and pieces I still retain has helped me to see things from a macro-perspective and understand the importance each and every role play in making the event a success.

Hopefully, the May show will be better, if not, at least as smooth as possible.