It is friday again, I enjoy fridays pretty much.

Over the weekend I took a one day break at home and the next day I spent it at Jason's place, where we watchd Goodfellas and Juno with his sister. I remember how everyone would persuade me that Juno is a good movie but I found it way overhyped, the girl is cute but the songs are annoying, or perhaps we watched Goodfellas first and it had so much more depth. I've been dying to finish Revolutionary Road so... let's do it this week.

In the office, Grace and I settled into Kelly's cubicle after she flew off to London, and W.Kim brought the interns for Lunch on Thursday. He is really interesting and well-travelled, and on Wedesday he brought music and wine into the office and proposed a Friday clean up. Oh and I spilled an entire cup of Milo in the pantry, all over a black twill skirt, on the floor and the cupboards. Afterwhich I spent 15 mins cleaning up with mop napkins cloths and wondered if I should record it in my colorful paletted checklist.

I learnt, or rather experienced, this week that opinions can lead to conflict, but it's pretty amazing how Jason always manages to keep his cool, actually he just finds it funny that I get angry, if I shout he laughs, and that is so ridiculous that I find it stupid to be angry, so I guess arguments are kind of difficult to escalate to. I'm also slightly apologetic for having 'broken' part of his nose, but the act was applied out of a pure desire and instinct to help, sorry sorry! Anyway, I really like our chemistry. :)

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Omg sounds lame but I have no idea where to begin. A good week!

In office I spent a few days sitting at Yvonne's desk on her chair while Grace sat opposite me and Fookin was squeezed into the teeny space behind me ( he gave up eventually ).It's really weird because, since when do you sit in your boss's chair?? Basically our usual room was taken up by the SAP trainers and we were reduced to such awkward circumstances. On Friday, 2 Taiwanese Burberry staff came to occupy Yvonne's room so I scurried off to Kelly's desk and squeezed rather comfortably beside her, which was really alot of fun because I got exposed to interesting office gossip and I could sashay to the pantry in a less deliberate manner which means more frequent visits for Milo refills.

It was also really exciting because W Kim, the VP from Korea came, and true to hearsay he looks sooo young, although I felt embarassed because all the furious tapping at the laptop made me have sweaty palms when I shoke his hand ( I accidentally typed shook his head -.-). I hope it went unnoticed. The PR director from HK was also in office and with the Taiwanese girls and SAP staff, the place was very noisy and busy, with various accents, not to mention Kelly conversing in Indonesian (Malay?) and Korean and Chinese.

Workplace aside, I managed to catch Yipeng for a lunch before he flew off to Anfield. and he turned up half inebriated, taking 15 minutes to flip through the menu before deciding on... instant noodles and soya bean. On friday I walked out of Burberry at 7pm only to find Jason and his friends Clarissa and Carrie waiting at the 10th floor lift. :) We tried Smashed Chicken with VERYSPICYCHILLY and a suspicious looking blueberry concoction before trooping to a secret lounge and played a Picture Drawing Game ( I am frustrated, what isit called?Pictorian? ). Which I won! Btw I usually lose games which involve boards and cards. At 930 we redeemed free popcorn and watched State of Play, I like Russell Crowe I find him convincing and I think Rachel McAdams is cute, but Ben Affleck has become a bore, I remember he was hot in Pearl Harbour when he was needled in the butt. The movie was good, I really think the films this year are pretty enjoyable! Finally we had bachormee for supper and I fell asleep at 3 am.

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Week 2 has commenced.

In short, I am in Asia Travel Retail, I report to the GM Yvonne, who has curled hair and wears lots of black, enjoys reading and has 2 daughters. I work closely with KellyPark who is from Korea, ( she studied Art in a female-only university ). My jaw dropped today when Yvonne told me she would be flying to Taiwan and London and would only be back in July; Kelly would be off to London for 2 wks as well, which means, I work ALONE ( because Grace and Fookin are under different dpts). It is also worth mentioning that the office is really cold, meaning you wouldn't want to risk having a cardigan out of reach. One highlight was to watch a Webcast where Christopher Bailey showed clips of Emma Watson as the new Burberry model.

That's about it for now, it's been great so far, I really enjoy this even though I feel a little detached sometimes, when the darkness of the night and the humid air greets me, I get slightly confused of reality to be free from the office, where everything seems hurried and important admist customary exchanges of niceties. As always, the process of making new friends thrills me but correlates to missing my comfort zone and the people who are the closest to me. It makes me curious if there are loved ones I can fall back on, who will offer a listening ear and with whom I can share my stories as a way to partake in my day. I now opt to appear available on MSN, I read my friends blogs regularly with avidity, I sms and chat them with more passion, and little things make my heart warm in an exaggerated blown up fashion.

I haven't started to dread work yet, although on Sunday nights I miss the weekend already. I want slow, lazy yet meaningful weekends. The first workweek Saturday I went to Queensway, making my way through heaps of shoes and FBTs and Drifits. On Sunday morning I had tuition before heading over to Jason's for a perfect chilling session. I attempted to read Can Man Be Rational while he leafed through a heavy yellow book thickened with articles. After dinner we went opposite for lovely Hot Chocolate on red couches, had a nice talk before I trudged home, a little worn out. Monday came and it was intense, I left office at 8, got a headache and slipped into languidness, came home and was revived by the trusty Panadol, and tucked in heartily to buttery salmon and miso soup while watching a smacking new Shinhwa DVD. Finally I snuggle into bed, grateful to have the aircon on, drinking cold milk and taking my breakfast as supper, the pleasing warmth of the laptop against my thighs. At the same time i feel lost and vulerable, I find myself wanting, I sense a need for protection. I cannot explain why for lack of a good understanding of myself, but I know that sleep purges such emotional tugs.

I shall sleep now!

Hello from Burberryy office! =D

This place is pretty small and cosy, and I got quite a culture shock from the amount of Cantonese spoken. Today my supervisor came in still carrying her red luggage straight back from a 14 day London trip, and each of the 3 interns are assigned to a different supervisor. We sat in for a meeting which was really funny, and everyone's nice to us. Anyway the other interns are Grace and Fookin, I remember Grace from my Asia Pacific tutorial class. I've been told I can wear jeans to work, which is exciting; DBS was pretty strict. I've seen the preview of SS 2010, it's totally cool.

Sidetrack: The past 3 days were FANTASTIC. :)

Bye for now!