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6 October 05

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I feel like I owe my website...

... a very decent update. So just to scream ‘WELCOME BACK’ to my (much treasured) viewers, I’m back, like, a month ago so I must apologise for the slackness. To cover for my tardiness, it took legitimately two weeks of re-establishing the usual DSE routine – Design, Sleep and Eat. Then another week completely plagued with a phenomenal case of the cold. It left my immune system completely screwed for the first week and then lingered on depressingly for the next week for recovery. No appetite, which threatened not only immune system, but my also my taste buds and the Thai lady who missed my regular visits to her restaurant.

Nevertheless I managed to lose some post-holiday weight, and GUESS WHAT ladies and gentleman? I was granted the PAYRISE!!

For those who don’t remember my very agitated journal entry last month: I had spent a couple of agonising weeks flexing my potential at the Christchurch Star. I pushed my corporate patience up a notch to meet the demands of more than 20 account executives’ advertising proposals, plus accomplished the launch of The Star – a re-branding exercise that caused much sress in the office. In a nutshell in less than 2 months I had redesigned one core brand logo; its 2 family logos; 3 sets of complimentary corporate stationary; in-house marketing campaign series; plus at least 18 of the banners inside the newspaper – all without compromising its quality. To top it all off the procrastination and fear that inhibited me from putting the goddamn overdue proposal made me into a real mess!

Yeah I know was pretty crazy, and slack, a bit stupid, oh did I mention stressed? But deep in the back of my busy lil’ head I came to realize my hard efforts were succeeding and suddenly all I wanted was to get a pay rise. So there I was, dawdling along The Star building corridor a week after my holiday, in a sleep-deprived, resentful and unmotivated state. All I could retaliate in compensating my situation was to seek another job, which would be the last resort! But when my boss suddenly called me from behind the excitement began to unwrap.