I am Thompson Boy

One of the biggest sports event which is also one of the biggest advertising 'event' - SuperBowl just ended a couple of days ago. The usual talk about SuperBowl for us would be the cost for half time ads - a whopping USD4million for 30second. That and also the tradition of producing viral friendly and great ads has always been thing for agencies in the states. Some of these spots run for 2minutes. Go do the calculations. The world outside of US wouldn't be bothered with the games, but much more on the ads and there are a couple of good ones here and there but like it or not, it felt like this year the game has taken a back seat - it's almost like Beyonce's concert supported by a game and not the other way around. What is more suprising is that why people actually love that girl so much? I mean she has talent and she can sing - despite the lip snyc scandal but she's insanely boring. Started the whole show with Crazy in Love which is great but the choreography i...

The freedom to live and life is probably one of the most important thing (and sometimes underated)that this country has awarded to everyone despite all the imperfections and problems that we face and lament each and every other day. At least we have the choice to do whatsoever with our lives, be it throw it away and have fun all the day or be productive and be a milionaire if you can. But as time goes by and age clocks in, it seems like freedom is something that we used to dream about when we had none - remember those days when we were young and think about the future ahead when we can so call do eveything that we've always wanted to. Ah, but the future isn't the future no more and its of present and what are we doing with it? Still wishing things away I presumme. Still thinking about in the so called future when we can retire and do everything that our heart desires. Don't get me wrong, no one can truly be 100% happy but I will damned if I don't at least strive for 11...

So everyone is still not back and the traffic is extremely lovely. All this makes me feel like I am still on holiday - in fact the last 5 days have been nothing short of doing nothing but eat, sleep and spend. I have to say besides being very fat, I am also not feeling up to anything at all. Just missed my running today during lunch and actually went for lunch but sooner or later I need to haul that fat ass over and get things done. But since everyone is not in the mood, I will pretend that I don't need to do the work till next week when everyone is back to work. Here's to the weekend of doing nothing but rubbish. Well, doing nothing is essentially throwing away time, no? Yet another wait for salary to come or wait for another month or wait for another thing kind life. I need to win that damn 36 million lottery soon. Photo credit: Rodolfo Martinez / Homotography

It’s been awhile since I’ve written a longer post – as usual what can I attribute to it other than being busy. But I’ve said this many a times before that it is more of priority and interest and not so much busy. Sure I am busy, but not busy enough to not eat, talk or even see my friends. Hence sometimes I feel that whatever little energy that I have, I would rather do something else. For example, sleeping. And that I did. So now that I’ve slept and feeling slightly refreshed, I can really sit down and write a little more on the updates – nothing new is happening apart from more and more work. So there have been a lot of bad news after bad news, one can just do nothing but to live it through. What else can I say? There’s really nothing in the horizon as far as the eyes can see and even though I am feeling like I am wasting all my youth and energy away, I can do nothing but just flow along. After all, the money is somewhat decent – all I am focused with is to try and save as much ...

People who knows me know that I am quite easily outraged. The fact that I couldn't stand bandwagoning and herd mentality is not really a secret. But as promised, these days I try to be nicer and it doesn't pay to be bitchy about it. Nope, half the times arent about bitching but more like telling the truth, the ugly truth but nobody can handle the truth. And the truth would be, you will be labelled as the bitchy bitter tranny queen, so begs the question as to what's the point? However, this is my blog and sometimes certain things are just asking for it. Take for example, I've been rolling my eyes at the Earth Hour promo that has been making its round with people ACTUALLY CARRYING AND PLAYING WITH CANDLES in replacement of electricity powered lights. I mean like seriously, what is the point? For one hour in a year, we are trying to cut down massive usage of energy and we just replace it with another source of energy (might I add not very clean as well) So why bother havin...

It used to be so easy to just say everything and anything on my mind - after all this country is not only ran but also full of selfish and ugly people that it doesn't take much effort since I like to believe I know better but after awhile, what's the point? You can bitch about traffic, about why people are so stupid to discuss over the accident on the site instead of moving their cars to the side of the road - if it's not for other's sake then at least for your own safety. It is still a road at the end of the day and cars can anytime come running and hit all of you. But that's just us. You can bitch about how things are done, there are so many efficient ways of doing things and yet people never pause to think about how to make things better or the level of service and quality of products here in this country - what you earn doesn't corelate to what you put in and you need to spend alot to really get things in decent quality and even sometimes when you have to pa...

It's funny. These days I don't really feel like I need to say much or let it out. There is nothing to let out. My mind is still active, thinking about my daily life. Going about it. And most of the time I am too busy being here right now. Living it. Be here now. Literally. So everything else is void. It's not a sad thing but rather a strange thing. I read and I love it. I am good. I have my streaks of anger but I am controlling it. I am said to be more calm. I guess it's a good thing. But yeah. Very nonchalant.

I am really tired (ok so I am done with the pitch and all) of the same shit all over again. Guess things has always been like that but I am tired of people using that damn rally or whatever propaganda that they believe it and make it the same battle cry for their work. So we are doing corporate campaign...this corporation is down to make money and not to be your sword but whatever lar. Just sick of it. This is one presentation that I am washing my hand over and I wouldn't mind it bombing. The origin of the idea was fucking fantastic but I don't know why some people have to make everything about politics these days. Since everyone is convinced that they are right then who am I to say anything? I don't want to say anything. Times like these, just be a pretty face or look at a pretty face to calm down. Now isn't THIS a pretty face?

This is something old which was shared a little while back then, this video by The Onion News Network fictionalize a terrible future in which the cinemas exploded with Katherine Heigl films due to some accident, with her usual selections of shitty rom coms. With titles like There & Back (ala Up In The Air), The Love CEO (pairing with usual suspect Paul Rudd), 30Love, Like Sisters, Holidaze, Venus & Mars (with Bradley Cooper) and other rubbish titles. Fictional it may be, for those who are exposed to hazardous crap like these all the time, you couldn't help but wondered if there is some truth to it. To me, the genre of rom com truly died when I was forced to go through the very ugly Ugly Truth. I managed to guess the set up of the ending before the movies ends and that goes to show how formulaic it has become. Sure, these days it's abit more about being gritty with the likes of Hitch and He's Not That Into You but it doesn't change the fact that the movies has b...

Sometimes it feels like you are the only one in the world and it seems like your problem is the only problem in the world but as you go along, you will notice that other people with the right sensible mind faces what you face as well...as a single late 20something going 30something gay man going about making sense of the world. In general, I found that gay men, most of them fall into this category, quote unquote from another blogger: "that pair of shoes, that I-phone, Grinder, dating this and dating that, going to market place, being noticed in Facebook, and wishing someelse would give me his heart, sex, people gaining more fans, or either somebody wanted some photographer to take their picture and enter the hall of fame, or somebody wanted to get into a chinese hunk contest" I think what's missing from that list would be the gyming, body perfection part which annoys the hell out of me - but then again what can I say? to each is their own isn't it? And then...

So as some of you might be aware, I was or rather still am in the process of helping HIM find a job and something did crop up albeit not the greatest thing on earth but still good. I've never imposed upon HIM to take anything that I helped source but rather asked HIM to choose whats best and right for HIMSELF. But I was quite pissed when a contact asked me why HE didn't reply when HE promised to do. I thought HE would go and negotiate on some of the terms and HE didn't. In the name of BUSY. It's not the first time I heard that excuses before. Took HIS time to send out the resume etc. I mean seriously DUDE, where are your priorities? Busy with what you may ask? Busy with either HIS current crappy job (which btw, HE never needs to work beyond 7.30 and it's crappy so why bother?)or entertaining this or that friend. Don't get me started on the friends or the social life or the gym. Anyway, it's all whatever to me now. I've stuck my neck out for HIM and the ...

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Life is very much a game of chance and luck all thrown in together. It has alot to do with the right timing and plenty of good karmas. And I guess it's the time of the cycle when everyone is thrown into bad karma and all I ever read about is this cringe worthy phrase called credit crunch. Ughh, call it recession or shit cycle but something as nasty as that shouldn't sound so fancy. Holiday is somewhat over for me when I was given an internal circular on how to manage and sell during time of recession and like all idiots out there will tell you, next year will be tough and the first thing they will cut off is A&P since consumers are more likely to spend using their mind and not their heart. But that's a very wrong move and it's up to us to convince client to do otherwise. And here I am thinking about my Christmas present list and what color scheme to use for decos. Management doesnt want to mantain the same billings that we have for this year, as it is only natural a...

Someone told me that there's roughly 35 working days before Christmas and to me it was just mad. That's just the way November works. You work hard from August towards September and rushing out campaigns that spills over to October and by end of the 10th month, you are busy trying to squeeze things out to be launched during the first week of November. Guess in a way that's how time flew for most of us in the industry. And towards the end of the year, it would be all so quiet and just waiting for the burst into the new year and Lunar New Year. That's the business life cycle I guess. But till then, we will all pretend that everything starts to get dark earlier and things are more slow. Imagine the Christmas decorations being hung out with people thinking about what to buy and parties to get drunk over. Lots of old DVD that will be taken out to be watched. Then, it is also the annual depression time for many who thinks that they are lonely and unlucky or miss one boat or a...

It has been such a pleasure of late with a week of holidays that basically make up the entire week seeing that so many people took extra days off and all. Not just the traffic was fabulous, I was feeling much better after 3 weeks of hiatus into sickland. Can you imagine those time without a wee of alcohol and ciggie? I can't but I have learnt to take it easy this time around and know my limits. I can say all these things now but when I was at my sickest summit, all I could thought of was for someone to come and end it all for me. But that was then and now that I am much better off, it's all back to work and business as usual for me. Just can't believe that there's two more months or so before Christmas and last Christmas was just like yesterday. I am just wrapping up a campaign which was just launched a couple of weeks ago and in between getting sick and problems with it, I really have no time or mood for anything else at all. After this I am looking forward to some res...

There is something that has been bothering me for sometime now and I have yet to really open up to girls about it and I think it’s about time to fess up once and for all. This goes back to a few months ago where I had a privilege of getting to know this nice fella and it was only a few weeks ago that we actually met up for a drink thing. Of course we promised to go on an actual date some day and till now, it has yet to materialize. I mean after dating or nearly getting for a few years now has taught me that this some day date thing if not pursued, will eventually turn into a never thing. However instead of being hot on the heels going after him, I took my time and well, I call him once in awhile, we exchange text messages and so on and so forth but nothing really took off. I guess I didn’t do enough and I know I didn’t. I have been complaining for the longest time that you cannot find a nice decent average looking guy in the city with a few brain cells and can speak alright English and...

I was a lucky participant on one of those weekends where you feel like doing nothing but eventually ended up fulfilling some family obligation by attending someone’s wedding. Lucky because I actually made it out of the house considering the stupid not feeling card that I was holding over the week, there will be more of that later I promise you. Anyway, I only made it for the tea ceremony and upon going into the house I felt as though half of Europe loyalty was there, the usual Vuitton, Burberry, Gucci and Fendi graced the occasion on the arms of these women whom I suspect couldn’t half pronounce the names of the bag that they are carrying let alone know the story and craftsmanship behind them. I couldn’t swing my arm without hitting at least two woman with Vuitton’s Speedy and another few with monogram bags. Usually, it would be quite a spectacle and jolly good time for me to be in the rooms of designer babies that I can feast my eyes upon instead of looking bored and uninspired. Howe...

When a gal like me has everything going for me and nothing else is at wants, what more can I rant or write? Perhaps it’s true that you would have the most opinions and angers when you are younger but at a certain age and time of your life, things are going on so rosy that you have no major complains but to sit down and sip everything in like a wonderful afternoon tea by the porch. Sure there is always the government to complain about but then you have plenty of opinions and blogs flying around screwing this party or that party. All I know is that we are all screwed with whichever party that takes over and the only party that we can all trust is party. I’ve never been at any time of my life so satisfied with everything as I am now and couldn’t help but to wonder if there’s anything more. Of course there will always be this bag or that jacket or this accessory to buy but that’s just by passing and not some soul shattering and life changing event or things that is worth pondering life ove...

Me says: I just got an sms update Fei Mui says: omg? Me says: home ministry apologize for the jam today Fei Mui says: what an idiot Me says: and said it was for our own good? Me says: what the fuck? Me says: getting us late to work is for our own good? Fei Mui says: such an IDIOT! Fei Mui says: why is the country being run by idiots Me says: like totally? Me says: cause the smart ones refused to be in politics Just another typical day for us Malaysian. Bah!

At risk of being a weekly publication, I have a feeling that I am exactly falling into the trap of becoming one and even though it’s stale I have yet to come out with a better excuse than busy to many people. Yes, I still have my drinks thing that go on (so what’s the excuse eh?) but I reckon that I am so busy working, that I ended up working just hard to compensate for it either in drinks or retail. So who is to blame? Management had a directive to get us all to cut down working hours by 30%. It seems that in the past without computers and the internet, the advertising industry’s working hour was much more shorter and now with all the technological advances, we should be able to cut down the hours even more (because let’s face it, technology is supposed to help us move faster) but no, it seems that Client has grew more demanding over the years. Take for example planning a schedule for newspaper ads. In the past, you have no choice but to produce films that require time in order for th...