::perks::
Ah ha, time to take stock and round up the events of my past few weeks:
1) Watched Madagascar with Liz at the Nokia starlight Cinema, bascially an open area when you spread your mat and enjoy the movie over popcorn chicken, evian and Malties (fabulously tasty chocolates from Down Under). Movie was disappointingly cliche but otherwise fantastic ambience.
2) Visited the swanky new Singapore National Library thrice- probably worthy to be hailed as a tourist attraction. Because it is made entirely of glass (or almost) you get a breath-taking view of the city at the upper floors. The library is also very state- of- art- just plug in your wireless laptops and you can use the Internet- free of charge. At the first floor, sits the Hans Cafe, which also supports wireless networking.
3) Took our client, from Finland, to Katong to taste some of the best, savory local delights. we had- some of the best seafood that Singapore has to offer. Think black pepper crab and fresh 'drunken' prawns. One of the greatest perks of my job is that I get to eat at some very good places whenever we take clients out. And to see the wide smile on the client's face- priceless.
4) Attended the Yellow Ribbons conference- an initiative by the government to integrate ex-offenders into the society. The conference was held in a hotel, where a very, very charming Minister, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan graced the event. Unfortunately, we arrived in the afternoon and missed him. My boss made a pressentation and apparently, our company was mentioned over the news.
5) Shopped relentlestly with the little pockets of time I had- in between meal and after work hours. I wrongly thought that I owed it to myself to indulge having worked consequetively for (gasp!) four weekends! Shopping is a great distraction from work. They do not coined the term ' retail therapy' for nothing.
6) On top of all that, I did a report and spent countless hours fine-tuning the longest and toughest questionaire I'll ever have to do. This questionaire is 280 pages long and takes the respondent an average of 4 hours to complete. Oh by the way, 1200 respondents sat for the survey. It is still on-going.
Oh the life of a market researcher... so full of challenges, demands and variety. It is stressful but I thrive on that a little bit...though admitedly, I sometimes want to call it quits. I'm glad I did not because I'm now reaping the fine rewards of seeing it all come together.
1) Watched Madagascar with Liz at the Nokia starlight Cinema, bascially an open area when you spread your mat and enjoy the movie over popcorn chicken, evian and Malties (fabulously tasty chocolates from Down Under). Movie was disappointingly cliche but otherwise fantastic ambience.
2) Visited the swanky new Singapore National Library thrice- probably worthy to be hailed as a tourist attraction. Because it is made entirely of glass (or almost) you get a breath-taking view of the city at the upper floors. The library is also very state- of- art- just plug in your wireless laptops and you can use the Internet- free of charge. At the first floor, sits the Hans Cafe, which also supports wireless networking.
3) Took our client, from Finland, to Katong to taste some of the best, savory local delights. we had- some of the best seafood that Singapore has to offer. Think black pepper crab and fresh 'drunken' prawns. One of the greatest perks of my job is that I get to eat at some very good places whenever we take clients out. And to see the wide smile on the client's face- priceless.
4) Attended the Yellow Ribbons conference- an initiative by the government to integrate ex-offenders into the society. The conference was held in a hotel, where a very, very charming Minister, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan graced the event. Unfortunately, we arrived in the afternoon and missed him. My boss made a pressentation and apparently, our company was mentioned over the news.
5) Shopped relentlestly with the little pockets of time I had- in between meal and after work hours. I wrongly thought that I owed it to myself to indulge having worked consequetively for (gasp!) four weekends! Shopping is a great distraction from work. They do not coined the term ' retail therapy' for nothing.
6) On top of all that, I did a report and spent countless hours fine-tuning the longest and toughest questionaire I'll ever have to do. This questionaire is 280 pages long and takes the respondent an average of 4 hours to complete. Oh by the way, 1200 respondents sat for the survey. It is still on-going.
Oh the life of a market researcher... so full of challenges, demands and variety. It is stressful but I thrive on that a little bit...though admitedly, I sometimes want to call it quits. I'm glad I did not because I'm now reaping the fine rewards of seeing it all come together.
posted by compassioNAT at 10:37 AM
8 Comments:
Get out you two anonymous marketeers!
Take your business somewhere else...you're not welcomed here.
Ray, or whoever you are, this is not the way to raise funds for victims of Katrina.
Both of your copy and paste comments reeks of insincerity.
It truly felt good to read your blog, subtle comments on a vivacious city( so much for all that i heard abt it)...
Cheers.
Alex.
psst.. nat! need ur help! check out muh blog for more :-)
Hey nat, its good to hear everything is going well on your end, busy but well. Don't these anonymous spam commenters just drive you crazy?!
Hi Chris,
sorry to reply so late. Especially for you chris, because the Nokia Starlight Cinema ends today with an airing for Harry Potter- Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter- Prisoner of Azkaban. It is held at the Padang area and ends late-2am or so.
S.C, how are you? yes these spammers are annoying.
Have a great weekend, all of ya!
Hello Nat, how are you? I'm done with my first 2 weeks of confinement. Anyway, seems like you're getting real passionate about this job. Well, take care, have fun and stay STRESS-FREE! chillx!
TRISTAN!
How are you? Hazel said you contacted her. Wanted so much to call you...a bit too caught up with work. But now finally, the pressure is off. So i'm very happy at work now.
How was the army? I hope you havent lose even more weight:)
Come and vist us soon ok? Cheers
Market researcher? Yum, yum. Do tell more:-)
You might want to set up a spam filter through the dashboard on blogger...
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