http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Njqzj8b-o All I can say from a marketing perspective: this ad is cool, very effective. The kids are just so adorable that I couldnt resist to buy my own fries. -See you attack a deeper layer into the emotions and get people to spend. Bravo. Cute.
As simple as this ad, I somehow remember the basic wants of a girl. Recently there was a catch-up with some friends. One of them was recently married and another was engaged. (It sucks when you reach this age when people around you start talking about wedding and you are still single hehe) It was a relief that there were still several singles in that crowd, I dont feel alone hehe.
Anyway, the topic was about their regrets and worries. One said she felt sad that her nanny passed away before her wedding and wasnt able to be there on her big day. She apparently was close to her nanny and said that if there's someone she wanted so badly to be there, it was her nanny. The engaged one said that she wished her grandmother would be strong enough, to be very much alive and kicking to witness her wedding. Then I asked, 'ay ndi ba parents yun pinakagusto mong andun?'. They were speechless for a while and then laughed, 'ay oo naman, pero yun nga lng yun mga regrets or fears kumbaga' Both of them have parents who are still alive.
I smiled and kept quiet. Onga naman that was a stupid question I blurted out.
Let alone the topic that there's no defined groom for me yet. I dont even have a dad to walk me down the aisle... Do you know how it feels?.......
Similar to the mcdo commercial, french fries lng naman ang gusto ko eh! :))
p.s. I dont really have much to say about this commercial being banned by the bishops. Mukhng wala talagang magawa mga tao. There are more important things to bother.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
One Face Fits All
After photofunia, this is the only time I tinker again with a photo crop application.
I think this look suits me, isnt it? :)
Another laugh trip picture:
Too bad April Fool's Day is over, I'm gonna send this to my sisters and tell them I have secretly married here in a quickie setup. I'm too sleepy to tweak it properly! And yeah I dont know who this groom is until I asked a friend, he's Siwon from a popular Korean band Super Junior (known for the song Sorry Sorry)... Hmm parang bagay ata kami noh? :))
Enjoy and play: http://www.faceinhole.com/us
I think this look suits me, isnt it? :)
Another laugh trip picture:
Too bad April Fool's Day is over, I'm gonna send this to my sisters and tell them I have secretly married here in a quickie setup. I'm too sleepy to tweak it properly! And yeah I dont know who this groom is until I asked a friend, he's Siwon from a popular Korean band Super Junior (known for the song Sorry Sorry)... Hmm parang bagay ata kami noh? :))
Enjoy and play: http://www.faceinhole.com/us
Time na?
Sometimes guys can be quite blunt, too blunt that you know they are not a bit interested in you that they dont think twice lol, no sugar coating.
Below is a narration of a sad fact of life, or rather it's actually a happy ending
I have a guy acquaintance whom I recently discovered to be married from facebook, I was soo surprised that I couldn't stop stalking virtually (read: virtual stalking is basic woman's instinct, or should i say even man's. In this virtual world, facebook knows best.)
I met this guy before coming to SG (probably sometime after I graduated). He's probably one of those extreme naughty guys from outer space, well I dont know if his stories were real though. His typical short encounters with someone he casually met from a bar, from work, from anywhere. In short, he wont 'hesitate' if there's an opportunity (that's the most I can describe in a wholesome post). I cant remember the exact details but seems like he had some bad break-up encounter before, and he did have quite high standards on women's physical appearance too. We lost touch until after I moved here. Out of the blue, he messaged me that he was here. We met up and again the humor popped up whether I wanted to be one of those 'girls'. Aba lakas ng loob. (Perhaps I dont have to tell what the response is, up to you to judge)
Sidenote: women are creatures who are hard to decipher.
If you get asked by someone you dont like, you'd feel nabastos ka.
If you dont get asked by someone you really really like, you'd also feel nabastos ka? It's a damn if you do, damn if you dont thing. Headache!
Anyway so after that, I dont know what happened to him until only recently when I saw his fb status and his wedding pictures. Basic woman's instinct again. The first thing you wanna know about such a naughty guy, so finally who did he end up with? Who is the lucky (or not-so-lucky) girl? :p How does she look like? And to my astonishment, it was such a surprise. For someone like him, I thought he'd end up with some pretty chinita. If I have to describe bluntly using his language, aba mas maganda pa katulong namin, seriously! Note: our househelper looks good because she does look like a kolehiala, much prettier than my other filipina friends). Sorry sometimes I can be cruel to people who are cruel :))
So back to the story, I greeted him over messenger and had a small talk. He strikes my curiousity. I wanted to know, why, why? :) So I told him, 'I didnt expect to see you married so soon. You're not the type of guy who will settle down'. He's in his early 30's btw. And again to my surprise, his response is bluntly 'Time na kasi'...
Did I hear correctly? I have the habit of asking the same questions consecutively when I dont get a satisfactory answer :)) Or actually sometimes when you keep asking, you dont get consistent answer. (Hmm sometimes it works for me like that hehe)
Then he added 'I still want to see my grandchildren'.
Wow how blunt is that. Deep inside, I am amused and laughing. See when guys are not interested in you, they dont really care to pick the right words. They just answer you bluntly.
Ok I am not expecting glamorous answers like 'I found the love of my life', or 'yeah we are so compatible, she's the one I'm waiting for'. But 'time na kasi'? Ouch. If I am the wife, double ouch. Ano yun, napilitan ka ata hehe just murmuring those in my head, I stopped asking before he finds me annoying.
Perhaps it is indeed true. Marriage is a state of mind. People who want to settle down will find a way to settle down. In the same way, people who dont want to settle down yet, will find a 100 excuses why not to. Anyway, I'm happy for him and wish him luck. I guess he's tired of playing too and wanted some serious stuff.
p.s. I still dont know who my prince is. I hope he knows where to find me.
Photo courtesy of faceinahole. Does princess style fit me? :)
Below is a narration of a sad fact of life, or rather it's actually a happy ending
I have a guy acquaintance whom I recently discovered to be married from facebook, I was soo surprised that I couldn't stop stalking virtually (read: virtual stalking is basic woman's instinct, or should i say even man's. In this virtual world, facebook knows best.)
I met this guy before coming to SG (probably sometime after I graduated). He's probably one of those extreme naughty guys from outer space, well I dont know if his stories were real though. His typical short encounters with someone he casually met from a bar, from work, from anywhere. In short, he wont 'hesitate' if there's an opportunity (that's the most I can describe in a wholesome post). I cant remember the exact details but seems like he had some bad break-up encounter before, and he did have quite high standards on women's physical appearance too. We lost touch until after I moved here. Out of the blue, he messaged me that he was here. We met up and again the humor popped up whether I wanted to be one of those 'girls'. Aba lakas ng loob. (Perhaps I dont have to tell what the response is, up to you to judge)
Sidenote: women are creatures who are hard to decipher.
If you get asked by someone you dont like, you'd feel nabastos ka.
If you dont get asked by someone you really really like, you'd also feel nabastos ka? It's a damn if you do, damn if you dont thing. Headache!
Anyway so after that, I dont know what happened to him until only recently when I saw his fb status and his wedding pictures. Basic woman's instinct again. The first thing you wanna know about such a naughty guy, so finally who did he end up with? Who is the lucky (or not-so-lucky) girl? :p How does she look like? And to my astonishment, it was such a surprise. For someone like him, I thought he'd end up with some pretty chinita. If I have to describe bluntly using his language, aba mas maganda pa katulong namin, seriously! Note: our househelper looks good because she does look like a kolehiala, much prettier than my other filipina friends). Sorry sometimes I can be cruel to people who are cruel :))
So back to the story, I greeted him over messenger and had a small talk. He strikes my curiousity. I wanted to know, why, why? :) So I told him, 'I didnt expect to see you married so soon. You're not the type of guy who will settle down'. He's in his early 30's btw. And again to my surprise, his response is bluntly 'Time na kasi'...
Did I hear correctly? I have the habit of asking the same questions consecutively when I dont get a satisfactory answer :)) Or actually sometimes when you keep asking, you dont get consistent answer. (Hmm sometimes it works for me like that hehe)
Then he added 'I still want to see my grandchildren'.
Wow how blunt is that. Deep inside, I am amused and laughing. See when guys are not interested in you, they dont really care to pick the right words. They just answer you bluntly.
Ok I am not expecting glamorous answers like 'I found the love of my life', or 'yeah we are so compatible, she's the one I'm waiting for'. But 'time na kasi'? Ouch. If I am the wife, double ouch. Ano yun, napilitan ka ata hehe just murmuring those in my head, I stopped asking before he finds me annoying.
Perhaps it is indeed true. Marriage is a state of mind. People who want to settle down will find a way to settle down. In the same way, people who dont want to settle down yet, will find a 100 excuses why not to. Anyway, I'm happy for him and wish him luck. I guess he's tired of playing too and wanted some serious stuff.
p.s. I still dont know who my prince is. I hope he knows where to find me.
Photo courtesy of faceinahole. Does princess style fit me? :)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Supermodel Dream
My previous post seems to have some sad undertones which I would like to take back. Today I woke up at the right side of the bed, started my day in good mood. :) In general, I just want to appreciate whatever comes my way and dont want to take the past 4 years worth of blessings for granted. Here's an entry to offset the vibes :)
2006 Shanghai, the first time I was approached randomly in the streets whether I wanted to join some modelling agency. (It should be among my very first few blog entries). I was on business trip then, didnt have much time to tinker with the idea to attend an interview. (I was partially afraid someone might ask me to strip off :p, well yeah in a place like China, I dont know)
So after 4 years, I was approached again randomly in SG by some agent, handed a namecard in the streets. She asked me for my age in Mandarin, I said 二十九. She clarified, 十九? I said no, 二十九. She was shocked and told me I didnt look like it. I was too shocked to be happy, come on, it was too much, I wanted to cry. :) Translation: she took off 10 years from my actual age.
p.s. I dont wear make-ups and I dress lousily when I'm strolling alone, and people my age here would normally dress up prim & proper, complete with make-up and false eyelashes - so probably that's why the confusion, the fortunate misleading confusion
It was Dec 18 Sat (the day when most of my friends are rushing home a week before Christmas, I was there rushing to go to this so-called agency). Before going, I've already researched online that this agency exists and they have wholesome clients from telco, food chain, insurance, banks, schools, etc, but there were reviews that they are quite notorious in their marketing schemes, or some call it modus operandi -and that is to make their candidates pay for their own training and pictorial fee which is an amount of like 1.2k (approx 36k). In a safe place like this, I am almost 101% sure that nothing really can happen to me, sa liwanag ng araw. Curiousity kills the cat. Ok I can kill an hour's time to hear what they have to say to me.
I was there, and then a lady in her 40's came up to me and did the usual business-as-usual money talks, I have to stress that it's in a 'cold' way. You know people here are so good in selling anything. They explained that I have to invest in myself as they invest on me. I have to pay this 1.2k to have them take photos of me, of which will be used by them when they advertise me to their clients who source models from them for print ads. I'm really awed how good this business is, they earn 1.2k from their models and then again another few hundreds or thousands from their prospective clients
Ok here's the fun part. I wounldnt go there without 'bala' right. I brought those glam shots that I have. I showed them a few samples and told them, cant these be counted as your portfolio pics? This lady finally stood up, adjusted her eyeglasses, and became very warm and friendly. She told me 'hey you have very nice shots'. - Her expression is worth a million, hah! Pagkatpos mo akong taasan ng kilay ha. Wow kahit papano, barely pasado ako for her consideration. :)
In general, I dont like it when people are too sigurista! Well it's supposed to be a mutual trust and collective effort of teamwork and taking risk together. Nothing is certain, so it's a bit strange to be put at the loose ends from the beginning.
Still she did some convincing powers to persuade me to sign but she didnt waive off this 1.2k. She said that I could earn that back anyway if I get picked for any ads.
Maybe if I am extremely bored, papatulan ko lol, I'm not. But then again, I dont want to be tied everyday hoping some company would pick me so I could recover my investment. Pano na mga weekends ko, matutulog pa ako, maglalakwasta. So goodbye to you.
http://www.createtalentsandmodels.com/
Here ends this fun dream of being a supermodel. Even if its totally insane, nobody dies from trying. :)
p.s. Ganon na ba kalayo in person and from the pictures! Ok ok I concede. It's not me. Fine. :)
2006 Shanghai, the first time I was approached randomly in the streets whether I wanted to join some modelling agency. (It should be among my very first few blog entries). I was on business trip then, didnt have much time to tinker with the idea to attend an interview. (I was partially afraid someone might ask me to strip off :p, well yeah in a place like China, I dont know)
So after 4 years, I was approached again randomly in SG by some agent, handed a namecard in the streets. She asked me for my age in Mandarin, I said 二十九. She clarified, 十九? I said no, 二十九. She was shocked and told me I didnt look like it. I was too shocked to be happy, come on, it was too much, I wanted to cry. :) Translation: she took off 10 years from my actual age.
p.s. I dont wear make-ups and I dress lousily when I'm strolling alone, and people my age here would normally dress up prim & proper, complete with make-up and false eyelashes - so probably that's why the confusion, the fortunate misleading confusion
It was Dec 18 Sat (the day when most of my friends are rushing home a week before Christmas, I was there rushing to go to this so-called agency). Before going, I've already researched online that this agency exists and they have wholesome clients from telco, food chain, insurance, banks, schools, etc, but there were reviews that they are quite notorious in their marketing schemes, or some call it modus operandi -and that is to make their candidates pay for their own training and pictorial fee which is an amount of like 1.2k (approx 36k). In a safe place like this, I am almost 101% sure that nothing really can happen to me, sa liwanag ng araw. Curiousity kills the cat. Ok I can kill an hour's time to hear what they have to say to me.
I was there, and then a lady in her 40's came up to me and did the usual business-as-usual money talks, I have to stress that it's in a 'cold' way. You know people here are so good in selling anything. They explained that I have to invest in myself as they invest on me. I have to pay this 1.2k to have them take photos of me, of which will be used by them when they advertise me to their clients who source models from them for print ads. I'm really awed how good this business is, they earn 1.2k from their models and then again another few hundreds or thousands from their prospective clients
Ok here's the fun part. I wounldnt go there without 'bala' right. I brought those glam shots that I have. I showed them a few samples and told them, cant these be counted as your portfolio pics? This lady finally stood up, adjusted her eyeglasses, and became very warm and friendly. She told me 'hey you have very nice shots'. - Her expression is worth a million, hah! Pagkatpos mo akong taasan ng kilay ha. Wow kahit papano, barely pasado ako for her consideration. :)
In general, I dont like it when people are too sigurista! Well it's supposed to be a mutual trust and collective effort of teamwork and taking risk together. Nothing is certain, so it's a bit strange to be put at the loose ends from the beginning.
Still she did some convincing powers to persuade me to sign but she didnt waive off this 1.2k. She said that I could earn that back anyway if I get picked for any ads.
Maybe if I am extremely bored, papatulan ko lol, I'm not. But then again, I dont want to be tied everyday hoping some company would pick me so I could recover my investment. Pano na mga weekends ko, matutulog pa ako, maglalakwasta. So goodbye to you.
http://www.createtalentsandmodels.com/
Here ends this fun dream of being a supermodel. Even if its totally insane, nobody dies from trying. :)
p.s. Ganon na ba kalayo in person and from the pictures! Ok ok I concede. It's not me. Fine. :)
Monday, April 4, 2011
Happy 4th
It's been 4 years since I moved here. Where did the time go?
As this number keeps increasing, I dont know whether it's a good or bad thing. I guess there are always 2 sides of a coin. At work, perhaps I dont have the right to rant about anything with what I'm paid. It's not really a lot, but for the lacking knowledge that I have, hell it's the first time you'd hear me saying 'ang hirap, d ko maintindihan, hndi kaya ng utak ko'. Would you believe I just worked on options trading. I blogged about options 3 years back, didnt expect to be working on it. The harsh atmosphere that I used to deal with has been replaced with a bearable/friendly one after more new hires came in. They probably felt I was too nice that they collectively gave me an Ipod nano as Christmas gift. :) Superb, never expected anything like it. I will just blog about these options and nano separately when I have the time.
My grammar has been seriously injured, so with the English accent. Almost 90% of the time, everything is present tense, plural form of a verb. My sister tells me I have no cure.
It's the first time when holiday is indeed a holiday, no one bugs me on holidays. Went to a few nearby countries, with Korea as my recent fave. Got mistaken for a Korean by local Koreans several times. I would love and choose to think it's a compliment.
Dont ask me about lovelife, because if I wont tell unless ... anyway common sense should probably tell you that if i have a deliriously happy one, I wont even have time to blog something worthless like this. Worst, I came to know my preferences. I am still who I am, so either you find me stunningly amazing or annoyingly stubborn.
---to be continued
p.s. couldnt help but to feel down today.. the only thing that cheered me up is the free take-home leftover goodie bag of creamy butter crabs by a flatmate.
As this number keeps increasing, I dont know whether it's a good or bad thing. I guess there are always 2 sides of a coin. At work, perhaps I dont have the right to rant about anything with what I'm paid. It's not really a lot, but for the lacking knowledge that I have, hell it's the first time you'd hear me saying 'ang hirap, d ko maintindihan, hndi kaya ng utak ko'. Would you believe I just worked on options trading. I blogged about options 3 years back, didnt expect to be working on it. The harsh atmosphere that I used to deal with has been replaced with a bearable/friendly one after more new hires came in. They probably felt I was too nice that they collectively gave me an Ipod nano as Christmas gift. :) Superb, never expected anything like it. I will just blog about these options and nano separately when I have the time.
My grammar has been seriously injured, so with the English accent. Almost 90% of the time, everything is present tense, plural form of a verb. My sister tells me I have no cure.
It's the first time when holiday is indeed a holiday, no one bugs me on holidays. Went to a few nearby countries, with Korea as my recent fave. Got mistaken for a Korean by local Koreans several times. I would love and choose to think it's a compliment.
Dont ask me about lovelife, because if I wont tell unless ... anyway common sense should probably tell you that if i have a deliriously happy one, I wont even have time to blog something worthless like this. Worst, I came to know my preferences. I am still who I am, so either you find me stunningly amazing or annoyingly stubborn.
---to be continued
p.s. couldnt help but to feel down today.. the only thing that cheered me up is the free take-home leftover goodie bag of creamy butter crabs by a flatmate.
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