Extremely Excited

I, for one, am extremely excited! For my portfolio interview is in two days' time!

But there must be so many other people who are NOT extremely excited like me because the launch of 'I'm Not A Plastic Bag' by Anya Hindmarch HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

The On Pedder stores in like Beijing and Jarkarta also had theirs cancelled. They're really damned scared of the human stampedes lah! The Hong Kong and Taiwan launches kinda churned out quite a number of casualties. Talk about being kiasu...

I think everyone is to some degree kiasu lor. Just that we as SGeans coined the term in Singlish. But seriously, will SGeans cause a stampede? I seriously do not think so. We may be kiasu, but it doesn't mean we're uncivilised.

Remember the Hello Kitty craze? Long queues at like 6.30AM! Those people are freaking outta their minds lah! But at least they queued up right?

Was there a stampede?

If you cannot remember, then to hell with you. I quote another example:

THE DONUT FACTORY!

Reminds me of those fucking ant trails, which, by the way, ARE STILL THERE! The ant bait thingy is a total failure. I'll figure out something else.

SO, the queues at Donut Factory instantly remind me of ant trails. Cos those donuts are so damned sweet, ants will love them to bits! I was just thinking:

I place a Donut Factory donut on the kitchen floor. The ants will instantly come. They form a trail within minutes.

BUT THEIR TRAIL STILL DOESN'T BEAT OUR HUMAN QUEUE!

The first time I saw the queue at Raffles City, I immediately burst out laughing. Cos I think it's so ridiculous that people are wasting their time for donuts. I was incredulous that there were queue poles to split the queue so it doesn't obstruct traffic flow. I thought it was so kua zhang, but it was happening anyways.

You see, once again, a tamed and civilised (but ridiculous) queue. Stampede? Please lah! SGeans so scared gahmen, where got dare to stampede???

So if the Anya Hindmarch bag were to launch here, I'll be there to check out the civilised queue lor.

Let's go on to my main idea, which is my portfolio interview.

Over the last couple of days, I've been digging out all my documented works. Not that there's a lot; in fact there's quite little, so I had to dig into my photo archives to find stuff that were eligible to be in the portfolio.

I have also been designing the page layout, inserting all the images and adding captions. It's tough work, I tell you. But I think it's well worth it if it gets me into LaSalle.

It's been so long since I toughed it out for things that WERE WORTH IT. I feel gratified. I haven't felt gratified for a very long time too. I realised that whatever I do, it's important to always have the gratification at the end.

This interview will be my first ever interview WITH PORTFOLIO. I've never really had an official portfolio presentation. The one I had at NYP was so rushed and I didn't really get anything in the end (not gratifying).

This time round, I'm really putting my heart and soul in it. I NEED the spot in LaSalle. I realised that I haven't had much good work done over last year. I have mostly digital works, which I totally sucked at. But not to forget that I have some collages that are superb too!

They require at least 10 pieces of work. Somehow I'll churn out ten pieces.

But either way, THEY ARE GOING TO LOVE ME!