Thursday, February 28, 2008
A very long post
This will be a post with many overdue photos and updates.
Despite this week being a recess week,
it is still awfully busy.
What with accounting quiz,
projects deadline just round the corner,
and many others.
Of all the projects,
Markstrat is by far the one that demands the most time.
We worked till 11pm @ Glenda's house on Tuesday.
Markstrat is this online stimulation game,
whereby my team takes on the role of product manager.
So every week we have to look after our ROI, stock price, market share etc.
Whatever the results of our 'company',
will be reflected upon our actual school grades.
Every week we're subjected to this competition among 5 'companies',
which are in fact just 5 groups in our seminar class.
The results are released every wed afternoon.
Just this wed,
I received a msg from Esther stating:
"OMG girls, we've to work hard to stop others from taking over us!"
My heart almost drop out.
I thought we had lost.
Called Esther immediately,
turned out she was just pulling our legs.
Gosh.
A competitive game like this just brings out the desire to win.
That's the clever bit by our lecturer.
Make anything competitive,
and you've got the students' full efforts.
Oh, and I managed to get the internship at BBDO advertising agency,
came as quite a shock,
the Planning director initially told me he'll get back to me 2 days after the phone interview,
but I didn't receive anything from him for the whole week.
Thought all was gone,
till I received a call yesterday at 7+pm.
Hope the school approves the internship.
One of the top 4 agencies in the world,
a chance that is rare to come by.
Pray for the best.
Some long long long overdue photos from Chin Hao's birthday.
Celebrated his birthday over steamboat.
Yum yum I heart steamboat.
But they make you incredibly full.
Up till the point of bursting.
Not a good sign for me as I burn calories at the rate of snails crawling.
Happy birthday Chin Hao!
Valentine's day!
Sean surprised me with a sweet balloon in school.
by pretending to ask me down to Canteen B for breakfast,
then coming up from behind with the balloon.
Sweet :)
In the end I brought the balloon along to shop with Esther,
and everybody probably thought we're a lesbian couple.
Lol.
Had dinner at Sun with Moon Japanese restaurant over @ Clarke Quey.
Their portions were so incredibly small!
The scallops and prawns I ordered were barely enough to fill 1/4 of my stomach :(
When we went back to Central,
I received a call from Song Yu,
of him asking us not to go upstairs.
Turned my head up and saw him and his gf just right along the corridor on the 2nd floor.
S'pore is just so small. Haha.
After dinner and slacking around,
we went to meet his friends at Clinic bar,
had a lychee martini.
That drink is heavenly.
Pardon my superstitions,
but I just thought the wheelchairs that Clinic bar had in place of real chairs,
were rather pantang to sit on.
Finally, last event of today's entry.
My very first networking night.
Handshakes, exchange of name cards, making small polite conversations,
all part of a glimpse into the corporate world.
Can't say I'm looking forward to it,
but its not something I can avoid either.
Especially not if I'm venturing into business marketing as a career.
Before going for the networking night,
we were at our product and pricing seminar class.
Our incredibly cluttered table with left overs from lunch.
Us engaging in some self entertainment,
Fun came after the event itself,
where we took some real silly pictures at the top of york hotel.
Time is still the best when you let your hair down.
That's all for my very long post.
Bye!
Despite this week being a recess week,
it is still awfully busy.
What with accounting quiz,
projects deadline just round the corner,
and many others.
Of all the projects,
Markstrat is by far the one that demands the most time.
We worked till 11pm @ Glenda's house on Tuesday.
Markstrat is this online stimulation game,
whereby my team takes on the role of product manager.
So every week we have to look after our ROI, stock price, market share etc.
Whatever the results of our 'company',
will be reflected upon our actual school grades.
Every week we're subjected to this competition among 5 'companies',
which are in fact just 5 groups in our seminar class.
The results are released every wed afternoon.
Just this wed,
I received a msg from Esther stating:
"OMG girls, we've to work hard to stop others from taking over us!"
My heart almost drop out.
I thought we had lost.
Called Esther immediately,
turned out she was just pulling our legs.
Gosh.
A competitive game like this just brings out the desire to win.
That's the clever bit by our lecturer.
Make anything competitive,
and you've got the students' full efforts.
Oh, and I managed to get the internship at BBDO advertising agency,
came as quite a shock,
the Planning director initially told me he'll get back to me 2 days after the phone interview,
but I didn't receive anything from him for the whole week.
Thought all was gone,
till I received a call yesterday at 7+pm.
Hope the school approves the internship.
One of the top 4 agencies in the world,
a chance that is rare to come by.
Pray for the best.
Some long long long overdue photos from Chin Hao's birthday.
Celebrated his birthday over steamboat.
Yum yum I heart steamboat.
But they make you incredibly full.
Up till the point of bursting.
Not a good sign for me as I burn calories at the rate of snails crawling.
Happy birthday Chin Hao!
Valentine's day!
Sean surprised me with a sweet balloon in school.
by pretending to ask me down to Canteen B for breakfast,
then coming up from behind with the balloon.
Sweet :)
In the end I brought the balloon along to shop with Esther,
and everybody probably thought we're a lesbian couple.
Lol.
Had dinner at Sun with Moon Japanese restaurant over @ Clarke Quey.
Their portions were so incredibly small!
The scallops and prawns I ordered were barely enough to fill 1/4 of my stomach :(
When we went back to Central,
I received a call from Song Yu,
of him asking us not to go upstairs.
Turned my head up and saw him and his gf just right along the corridor on the 2nd floor.
S'pore is just so small. Haha.
After dinner and slacking around,
we went to meet his friends at Clinic bar,
had a lychee martini.
That drink is heavenly.
Pardon my superstitions,
but I just thought the wheelchairs that Clinic bar had in place of real chairs,
were rather pantang to sit on.
Finally, last event of today's entry.
My very first networking night.
Handshakes, exchange of name cards, making small polite conversations,
all part of a glimpse into the corporate world.
Can't say I'm looking forward to it,
but its not something I can avoid either.
Especially not if I'm venturing into business marketing as a career.
Before going for the networking night,
we were at our product and pricing seminar class.
Our incredibly cluttered table with left overs from lunch.
Us engaging in some self entertainment,
Fun came after the event itself,
where we took some real silly pictures at the top of york hotel.
Time is still the best when you let your hair down.
That's all for my very long post.
Bye!
Clare [9:12 PM]
