11 Nov: Day of an IR consultant

Morning

8.50am – que for scrambled egg and bacon

9.00am – reach office, read newspaper to check on companies’ results

9.10am – clear emails, send relevant news coverage to clients

9.30am – start working on press release for Client 1

9.30am – 10.00am – interrupted by Client 2 to revise press release written last night

10.00am – 11.00am – continue press release for Client 1

11.00am – discrupted by TNT; to courier out thumdrives for Client 3 to Beijing

11.45am – resume writing of press release for Client 1

12.10pm – buy back lunch

1.30pm – continue with press release for Client 1

2.30pm – complete press release for Client 1

3.30pm – client pass on final amendments of document

3.45pm – internal discussion on changes

4.45pm – make final amendments

6.00pm – send over to Client 1 for approval

Meanwhile, keep on refreshing SGX page to check Client 2’s release of announcement

6.30pm – Client 1 approved press release

NOW: refreshing SGX page to check Client 1 and Client 2’s release of announcement….

Torturous.

 

blogging from House of Eden

One of the very rare moments where I get to blog from office – not that it is something good to start with though, considering that it’s 9.15pm right now.  Yes, of course i’m waiting for the little potato to get off.

Perhaps just to refresh about my last 3 days up at Nanjing. It was a work trip comprising mainly of 2 company visits. Can i just say that the Chinese management really really hosts guests extremely super duper well? I had the famous 大闸蟹 thrice in my entire trip, and the Chairman of one of the management actually gave me his too because he was so used to eating the crabs during this season. The Chairman of another management helped to crack open the shell for me and taught me how to eat the crab. And in line with their generous hospitality, I went home with two bags of gifts – one high quality 普洱茶 and a very traditional decorative china. It’s not just about working with the top management of a company, but also about learning life lessons from these experienced and educated leaders, and having them imparting values to you. If i ever leave my job one day, I reckon the most that i’ll miss about it would be the relationships that I have established and left behind with my clients.

Anyway, during my flight, I had this moment where I missed the potato terribly – and so I penned something really random.

To read, for the puppy with love, for the others but judge:

27Oct, SQ818, 9.30pm

It could be it.

The feeling of togetherness as a form of eternal normalcy:

The drive back home from the city; the panoramic view from the Sheares Bridge – basking the Fullerton Hotel, the Flyer, to the Singapore waters - the music radio from the car.

This perfect picture; this idea of life; this idea of journey.

Baby I see you in this idea.

With me.

 

 

Mid-term Break

It’s good that I wrapped things up on a rather good note before taking my one week break.

It has been one demanding month for me. But because of that, it was a month of breakthrough as well.

Successfully got a sponsorship for our event, pulled some crowd in for another event, bridged useful contacts for my client and made him happy and etc.

Now I can have my vacation in peace, i hope.

It’s good to make a difference for your clients.

High-class dispatch

The weekend is finally here. Though I very much still have to go back to office tomorrow morning, I am nevertheless glad that Friday is upon me.

It was a hectic week. I had to make an impromptu trip up to Xiamen on Tuesday and back on the same day. 8 hours of flight for 3 hours of…pure scenic and idleness…is not funny at all. But all in the name of client servicing and putting their urgent need at our hearts.

Too bored, I wrote a list of things that I observed and documented it on a piece of paper. Wanted to blog them down as I found some insights rather interesting, but I lost the paper while unpacking. So forget it. Let the pictures tell it all. The only consolation is that the weather at Xiamen was pretty good towards the end, very windy and very lazy, so I had a good lone time enjoying the breeze while waiting to catch the flight back with Chen.