Life of Thadii.

Of love and friendship...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

So you have a really good friend that you used to hang out with all the time. Spend hours at dinner and coffee, drive around to crazy places at night to chat and chill, and basically confide in one another...and then...that friend gets attached...

Voila! Now you find it difficult to get you friend out. Your friend is perpetually tired or drained when alone, and if not, he either has work, family or other friends to slot into a busy schedule. And the last time you actually met was when it became a weird, compromised "one-and-a-half date".

What's that you ask? Oh that's when it's a supposed double date except that you don't have a +1 to bring along while your good friend hauls the significant other over...

So hands up people, those of you who have experienced this. I think I see some hands...

Now I've always told myself I would never be one of those guys who would abandon my pals for my gal...because gals come and go, while friends are forever....but then, why do some guys put their gal over their pals?

I look towards myself and think. Why would I abandon friends...and my personal take on it, based on personal experience is...convenience.

I myself have been in a fair bit of relationships to ask this question introspectively. When is it that I end up spending more time with my other half and regrettably, ignore my friends?

It's when there's a place to go after the dinner and movie, a car to ride around, a room and bed to lie in and hold your loved ones in the arms...at any hour and anytime...

Face it, but who doesn't like to indulge in the warm embrace of a loved one? If you could stay in the arms of a loved one for an entire day, wouldn't you? If I had the right person, the right time, and the right place...why not?

When it becomes too convenient for couples to meet and stick, something else gives.

And in this case its friends.

And no, I don't think my good friend is any less of a good friend...and neither do I think there's anything wrong.

He's just in love, and blessed with convenience.

And I, am a hypocrite, for actually trying to believe that I would put my friends first before my love, when the truth is that I probably wouldn't, if given the chance to...

On a side note, Germany just raped England in FIFA WC2010. Blitzkrieg.

One of the Thadii blogged at 10:37 PM.
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Pastor Kong Hee is noble for not drawing salary? Hmm...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Wow my friend just called Kong Hee noble for "not drawing salary from the church". And went on to defend the stance by saying "anybody who gives up their salary although they are entitled to it is certainly noble, because it's a noble act.

Gosh...PR is amazing. Now I know why I kinda enjoy the work i do.

I hope people realize that Kong Hee is earning a lot from his businesses to live comfortably, and by giving up his church salary he actually isn't making his life any less difficult, but in fact is buying positive PR for himself.

I don't think he is noble...context people, context. Situations make a BIG difference. I agree that the act is noble. I disagree that because the act is noble, Kong Hee is.

Biggest irony? My friend is in the PR industry. Scary isn't it? How when we are supposedly media trained, but can still fall into the very same strategies that we are well-versed in?

Feel free to disagree.

One of the Thadii blogged at 11:20 AM.
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Quick update!
Monday, January 25, 2010

It's been 3 weeks at the job and I can say I'm officially loving it.

Not so much the job per se, but the fact that having no readings and nothing to study officially beats the crap out of anything. Maybe I've been studying too much and too hard, for too long. Yes I like what I'm learning and doing here, and I have to thank my fellow interns for entertaining me greatly at office.

Much of the stuff that I learn in school has appeared along the way, much of what was not taught has been shown to me as well. The fine art of PR is indeed a tricky one, but working from the bottom up is a tiring and tedious process indeed. But I'll persevere and rise up!

1 month is almost here and the compulsory PI monthly logbook has to be done soon. THinking back, the one thing that I learn about that was most meaningful in this first month?

Honestly, it has to be TGIF. Brought a whole new meaning to it for me. The Friday feeling is absolutely something that a student can never comprehend compared to an office worker. I wonder if that actually counts in my PI logbook haha...

In other news, I applied for the Citi Associate Program...hopefully my application gets shortlisted, then I'll worry about how to settle clashes in timing.

For now, it's 9 to 6 till June peeps!

One of the Thadii blogged at 9:50 PM.
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First Day at the Big O
Monday, January 4, 2010

So today's the first day of my first real and proper job. First in my WHOLE life. Yes, I kid you not. I've never really worked before.

I've got to say that corporate life might be for me. I felt great. I felt smart. I enjoyed walking down the CBD. I like the smart and crisp look that I wore, and that everyone was wearing around me. If there was a complain I had to make, it would be about squeezing on the train to get to work.

Nevermind, I'll aim to get a car as my first item once I graduate so I'd have my own personal space. I'd rather kept stuck in traffic than get stuck between 6 other people!

That aside, the Ogilvy PR office colleagues seem rather nice, the culture is friendly, and there's an inhouse "cafe" with a barista-aunty to serve us coffee and tea on demand, all on the house. Seems like a pretty conducive work space.

Meh, perhaps some downsides would be the tedious bureaucratic procedures that a large firm like Ogilvy has, such as detailed timesheets and billing accountability to clients. Every fax, print, copy, and scan has to be carefully noted and recorded to each client. Every hour spent on doing something for a client has to be recorded as well.

I guess some clients appreciate such accountability when being billed, or perhaps this is just how large PR firms like Ogilvy earn their big bucks! Everything also charge! Scan charge. Print charge. Fax also charge ahahahaha...

Looking forward to the future. I'm sure it'll be a heavy job with the many accounts that I'll have to help out with. Let's hope this positive spin on corporate life stays!

One of the Thadii blogged at 10:42 PM.
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爱情秘诀...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

最近突然悟了个道理, 其实成功美满的一段要好感情是有秘诀的. 而秘诀非常简单, 就是 "知足" 两个字.

我知足是因为: 我不要求英俊的样貌, 只在意个人的整洁. 我不要求模特的身材, 只在意个人的健康. 我不要求荣华富贵, 只在意个人的上进心.

而以上的这三点你各个齐全, 所以我愿意选择与跟随你陪伴度过这一人生.

这么简单的秘诀, 你怎能否认呢?

One of the Thadii blogged at 2:33 PM.
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You finished us...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

It was simple, clean, but I can't say it's short...

Nonethless, you finished me, us, everything...

But we'll live life with a new perspective, I'm looking forward to it!

One of the Thadii blogged at 6:03 PM.
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爱我还是他...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

突然间又想起了你.

你说你了解, 但你了解却少了体谅, 又有何用?

你问我为什么情绪突然那么消沉.

你又要我怎么回答呢? 明知故问, 答案我好难说出口.

说了也不过只是敷衍彼此罢了...

就让歌来代表我心里的无奈, 心里的确默哀...

黑暗中的我们都没有说话

你只想回家

不想你回家

寂寞深的像海太让人害怕

温柔你的手

轻轻揉着我的发

你的眉眼说

你好渴望我拥抱

你身体却在拼命逃

但欲望在燃烧

你爱我还是他

是不是真的他要比我好

你为谁在挣扎

爱我还是他

就说出你想说的真心话

你到底要跟我还是他

爱爱爱......

这是不是命运对我的惩罚

爱你也没办法

恨你也没办法

陷在这个漩涡只想挣脱它

拉住你的手

却让我也被拖下

你的眉眼说

你不渴望我拥抱

每当爱变成了煎熬

你就开始要逃

你爱我还是他

是不是我可以做他的好

你不再挣扎

爱我还是他

我宁愿听到残忍的回答

也不要再被耍

你爱我还是他

我为你找了一百个理由

我就是那么傻

爱我还是他

是否沉默代替你的回答

我应该明白吗

爱我是他噢

你都已看不到我们的好

我还会心牵挂

你爱我还是他

是否沉默就是你的回答

我们都别挣扎

去爱他

我好累...不再渴望完美结局了...

你也别再道歉了...我听闷了...这种道歉起不了任何作用. 这点你也非常明白.

只有了结才能结束这一切心酸痛苦.

但这点, 你办得到吗?

One of the Thadii blogged at 11:19 PM.
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