If there is one thing I learned today, across all platforms of life (this includes social, economical, political arenas), marketing and branding is fundamental. Hey that's two things. No, it really is ONE big category of PERCEPTION.
Before I started this post, I had spoken to people I had the opportunity to come into contact with at work, birthday parties, social get-togethers, family gatherings, and casual meet-ups about my upcoming future plans. They all ended up with the same conclusion: Start Now. And on this path towards writing for magazines, the general consensus was that I had to build up a profile for myself. And I agree. I was just hoping for an easier, less conspicuous way of doing so. However at 24 and 4 months of age, I should have known that all good things come to those who work hard. (Asian-back-breaking-sweat-shop mentality right here.) It seems that results only show when you work for it. So here I will begin. On what was once known as Children's Day. (If you haven't gotten the memo, they decided to change Children's Day to the first Friday of October instead of 1st October.)
You must be wondering what all that bulls*** has to do with perception. What I just did there was create an impression (hopefully positive) of where I am coming from. Prior to this, I had read an article on how to get people to read what I write and there were two things that stood out:
1. Market your product in a way that people want to read
2. Number 1 is done by titling the post targeted at YOU
Everything is about how you market a product. Everything is about how you perceive the product. Nothing else matters except what the receiver believes.
10/02/2014
9/24/2014
Long time no write
Basically, I cannot wait for the Japan trip in November.
It's been a bit over a year since I started flying, and you are probably thinking I am so difficult to please what with my jet-setting lifestyle already. One thing I learned if nothing else, is that company is all that matters. Do nothing with good friends vs. do everything with acquaintances, the former it is for me. Every. Single. Time.
Have I mentioned how useless I feel while I'm in SG? Some days I just cannot wait to come back home, step on familiar soil, be in familiar arms. But when I'm back, I sometimes cannot wait to be away. At least when I'm away, I'm earning money. What do I get in SG? Freedom of time. Invaluable, but also incredibly boring. Not earning money at that too.
Sure, do something productive with all that free time! Easier said people. So many ideas, so lost on where to start. And I could really do with more spare cash. I mean SPARE cash, who doesn't want disposable money? HDB, basic upkeeping, downpayments, bills, financially secure bedrock of emergency money...being an adult kind of sucks when it comes to money.
Being in Japan, will momentarily take us away from the translucent membrane that SG wraps us in (some may argue that the translucence comes from the haze). Doesn't matter a weekday or weekend, there is no relaxation. When the weekend starts, it is the countdown to its end. And it slips away so much easier than the weekdays, don't you agree? On a holiday however, for that few days, everyday is a weekend! Of course, it is too the countdown to its end. But the end seems further, because we are that much further literally. Denial is how we distance ourselves from depression. Denial Distances Depression. Distance Denies Depression. Ah, cynical wisdom is a running trope these days.
Think happy days...happy days.
It's been a bit over a year since I started flying, and you are probably thinking I am so difficult to please what with my jet-setting lifestyle already. One thing I learned if nothing else, is that company is all that matters. Do nothing with good friends vs. do everything with acquaintances, the former it is for me. Every. Single. Time.
Have I mentioned how useless I feel while I'm in SG? Some days I just cannot wait to come back home, step on familiar soil, be in familiar arms. But when I'm back, I sometimes cannot wait to be away. At least when I'm away, I'm earning money. What do I get in SG? Freedom of time. Invaluable, but also incredibly boring. Not earning money at that too.
Sure, do something productive with all that free time! Easier said people. So many ideas, so lost on where to start. And I could really do with more spare cash. I mean SPARE cash, who doesn't want disposable money? HDB, basic upkeeping, downpayments, bills, financially secure bedrock of emergency money...being an adult kind of sucks when it comes to money.
Being in Japan, will momentarily take us away from the translucent membrane that SG wraps us in (some may argue that the translucence comes from the haze). Doesn't matter a weekday or weekend, there is no relaxation. When the weekend starts, it is the countdown to its end. And it slips away so much easier than the weekdays, don't you agree? On a holiday however, for that few days, everyday is a weekend! Of course, it is too the countdown to its end. But the end seems further, because we are that much further literally. Denial is how we distance ourselves from depression. Denial Distances Depression. Distance Denies Depression. Ah, cynical wisdom is a running trope these days.
Think happy days...happy days.
4/16/2013
Salt and pepper are enough
Having a diary is an organized habit. Flip..flip...flip. Flip..flip. Flip. One week to the end of school, forever.
Mindless thinking:
Should I have forged on to achieve my honors? I would have 1 more year in school; occupation: student. Was I right in settling for less?
All's done. I've made up my mind, and pursued other interests, which were awaiting my embarkation. Onward together.
Diary, let's flip.