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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Marketing vs Sales... FIGHT!

Entering the 4th week at work... I conclude that Marketing and Sales people are always loggerheads... One goes for the long-term brand equity... the other goes for short-term sales... Very different altogether... and when u have no powers... u're sandwiched in between... which makes u v tired... and that is why... i need to zzz now... ha

*yawnz*

Saturday, May 26, 2007

ThinkLab... Think... Lenovo

hurray... finally one project that I was point for...... is over!!!

It's the Lenovo-NUS ThinkLab. In short, it's a revamp of the previous PC Cluster at the computer centre, into one entirely endorsed by Lenovo. Flooded with the ThinkCentre A60 desktops, some workstations at the side even comes with webcam and headphones for a whole new multimedia experience!
Well, basically my job was very executional. In fact, I only came aboard 3 weeks ago, the period of ramp-up for this project. Had to liaise with the different vendors... Ensure the renovation works are according to branding guidelines of both Lenovo and AMD (never realised there are so many branding guidelines before I embark on this)... Make sure the designs are good... The layout is fine... And to create the hype, we had the official opening ceremony yesterday... Had to rush out bus stop ads and pvc banners in less than a week... cater for the lunch reception (which was pretty gd)... arrange for emcee, sound system and confetti cannon (which literally was a blast!)... simple things like door stoppers, projectors, red ribbons (plus scissors)... I also had to ensure they were properly in place... And there was the packing of the goodie bags... so nostalgic when I thought about packing goodie bags for mediacorp publishing's events...

What I believe was the most hectic though... believe it or not... is the sending out of the invites to all the VIPs and guests... It was tough because it had to first go through the PR company... then get Lenovo to approve... changes made.... PR redraft... Lenovo approve... then get NUS to approve... changes made... informed PR (but over the weekend, cannot reach them)... so Lenovo internally take things into hand.... redraft... let NUS approve... and finally... I had to print it at 10+pm at dan's place to get them ready for sending on monday morning 9am... yes... thanks dan so much for the help! But oh well, the turn out was pretty okay... the following are some of the pictures I took...


The PVC banner that was done up very last minute. All thanks to Eric, who was very patient with us and accommodated all our last minute changes and requests. LOL...

The ThinkLab... Nice har...

The three multimedia stations with the big kapaline behind.

me, fengjuan and lydia... taking pictures just before the event starts...

The "Lenovo Girls" at the reception area...

Fang Min doing his presentation to the VVIPs and guests... Turn out wasn't too bad...

The food we catered from Kriston... Pretty decent looking...

The VVIPs...

Yeah... am glad this project is over... will have to continue working on other projects... interning at Lenovo has been quite an experience... so thankful I am given the chance... with good managers/mentors as well.. yipez...

Oh and I just received my results yday... one step closer to my goal... haha... but that means i'd have to work doubly hard next semester!!!


Wednesday, May 02, 2007

er... woohoot?

well exams are over... quite some time ago tho.. haha.. but i haven't been doing anything constructing yet...

just rotting at home... watch shows... oh btw, i recommend chu3 han4 jiao1 xiong2... a hk drama abt the fight between the chu (xiangyu) and the han (liu bang)... interesting... witty... exciting... etc... can also pick up some chi phrases... ha...

anyway... i concluded that my life is pretty black and white... and thus... i shall literally add colours to it... have a colourful wardrobe of clothes... colourful accessories, stationery, watever.... ok yes, that doesn't quite balance out tho... oh guess what.. since my exams ended last week... i haven't been out with anyone else besides.. my sis.. and my family... lol... i'm such a loner... haha.. and i haven't lived up to what i intended to... EXERCISE... gosh... i'm a flab of fat growing larger each day...

and what's been making me upset in the past couple of weeks... it's my bad habit really... of comparing myself with others... how i so paled in comparison all the time... others have friends to hang out with all the time... leadership roles in clubs and societies... taking part in many activities... going for parties and celebrations... travelling overseas... chilling at the beach... etc etc... exciting, funfilled life... me leh me leh... nth.. nil.. zero...

BUT... ok... snap snap... get outta that comparing thing... i've got my own life to live... i do what i like... even if that means slping in 16hrs a day simply cos u got nothing to do... HAHAHA... omg.. did i really do that? i dunno... lol... but i just wanna stop letting others 'tell' me what a fun and exciting life is... i don't need that... really... my life... live it my way...

boo.. i'm a loner... LONER LONER LONER...

shy and introvert loner...


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