a thankful evening.

i'm so heartened at the way things have turned out this evening.

1) to jonathan especially for helping out with the attendance. my, i can't thank you more man. without you, i guess the whole attendance taking will be a disaster. thanks for your photographic memory in recognising the guests e.g. those from paragon. thanks for working throughout without dinner. thanks for holding the fort when i was absent.

2) to all bravo dudes that came and my ajc fac buddies. i'm so sorry if i'm a poor host but as much as i wished i could split myself, i couldn't. thanks for coming anyhow. despite promising you hot chicks and great booze - of which, neither materialised, i hope you enjoyed the performances that we've planned for the evening. sorry for the bland coke, haha next time open my own club, i'll ensure QC okay.

and maybe i'll do a run-through of my schedule too, as per usual. went with smu earlier in the day for a NS men jamboree. i think the whole jamboree is a farce man at least before the breakout session for our school talks. like girls wearing mini skirts, female dancers gyrating and what not. i do understand it's a sausage party but yah, we can do with less of the visual "distractions" or maybe as i've said, i'm like desensitised to such sights already.

at the smu talk, i had the great opportunity to talk with a 4th year smu student who was previously from 163sqn as an officer. talked with him about the challenges of even qualifying for an investment banking intern and then subsequently doing more than what was expected of an intern. frankly, he really demystify the preconceptions i had about investment banking and all. the imminent fate of landing at most in middle office, m&a, p&l, trading and derivates and all. i'd really like to be in thick of the moment. and it was wonderful that he got me started to think how i should pave my way ahead.

then at the pre launch, it was plain hectic. luckily, i stole time to ta bao some dinner with the "淑女". and not forgetting the suggestive eye signals aunt shanz was making at me when i met the gang along the way. it was nonetheless interesting talking with "淑女" about her change and all, since jc times. which leads me to wonder - why didnt i realise i needed to step out of my shell and change, like so much earlier? then i also caught up with jingwen (from sph) for like 20mins or so. imo, she's one of the nicest sponsors i've met. we chatted from zouk to journalism slants to the nuances in whole chain of pr/mar comm/a & p to even concluding that we have a common penchant for watching movies alone. she even kindly offered to help me if i had difficulties for my pr intern next year.

all in all, the creative home journey in itself has been taxing but nonetheless - rewarding (tangibly, intangibly, psychologically and emotionally). =)