Eyes Wide Open

Just peed, caught my breath, downed 1 litre of cold water and took another couple deep breaths. Was at ah ma's house earlier on doing clearing. Manz.... it was so f***-ing MESSY!!! Imagine shitload after shitload, garbage bag after garbage bag, plastic bag after plastic bag of old toys or display knickknacks. Her things were just endless. I don't even wanna get started on the dust and rust and what-nots in the 4-room apartment. After clearing, we brought the bags out to the living room. They formed one mini everest, towering over us all. No, I'm not exaggerating.. even took photos of the mountain (shall post it here once Uncle emails them to me).

Later tonight they're gonna go over again to supervise the foreign workers. We paid them money to help move the cupboards, cabinets, shelves etc that are too run down to be re-used. The kitchen cabinet even had one leg missing (she used a brick to stablize the whole unit, which happens to contain crockery n glass stuff. Imagine the weight.....)

Wanted to go office today to clear some work but had to scrape it coz of the spring cleaning. Tomorrow sure stressed like mad. Last night caught Exorcism of Emily Rose with Des and gang, pretty cool show that had us re-thinking about waking up at 3am in the morning to pee......

Oh ya, saw my design materialize once again! This time it's the new namecard for my company. Quite happy with it, and the printing company actually commented "the designer's got taste". When HR told me about it, it didn't register coz I was too busy with other things. Only remembered Kev retorting to HR, "of cos got taste la.. you think everybody like you meh?" Well, apparently most of us think that woman has a bit of a bad taste........ I shan't go into that. Karma, karma...haha

Today's 13th, coming Sunday 20th I'm gonna be at Fort Canning Park for the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Annual Family Day 2005. It's the last and biggest project that I clinched for my ex company, Cheers Events. Quite a high budget proposal I did for them - a cool 70k Sing in total. Apparently they liked my concept, which is refreshing, yet retains their values of tradition and culture preservation. I had proposed a modernized Chinoiserie theme, making use of space and a little less conventional activites to inculcate Chinese beliefs and practices.

Imagine being greeted by an aesthetic sensory treat of live zither music, mesmerising Chinese dances by languid dancers, and street vendors peddling Hokkien snacks as you arrive. Watch the tea master as he demonstrates the art of tea-brewing, or the acrobats and their balancing acts over at the other corner.. Have your fortune read and kids can enjoy themselves with ancient Chinese games like Tangram, character guessing etc. The day continues with games for the whole family to enjoy and performances like cross-talk shows. There'll be opera make-up competitions, family popiah-making challenges, and wushu displays by some of the finest pugilists in Singapore. After which you're invited to light giant Kong Ming lanterns, and set the lanterns up into the starry skies...... How's that sound?

I'm gonna see for myself this coming Sunday on how my concept comes to live. Must be an uber pulsating event, I'm sure. :) They better don't disappoint me..