08 埋單 ( 上 )

始終是用英文就手D..
What did I do on 2008..? Best to summarise it on the first day of 2009!

I welcomed the arrival of 2008 in Brisbane together with Dorothy, we didn't went out to the streets but instead we bought some snacks and champagne back to the above average backpacker hostel (private toilet and big twin bed). Nothing dramatic but it was a nice, warm beginning of the year. We then went to a big exhibition of Andy Warhol the next day.. amazing that an art exhibition can become a month long attraction for the whole city! We then traveled north and based in Cairns spent a good 6-7 days there. 2 nights we spent on a sailboat called avatar, a semi-luxurious (on the outside) survival (in the inside) boat trip. Pretty challenging like an outward bound trip but was a great memorable experience. Extremely funny that there were lots of jumping fish and one hit Dorothy's back. Really clear nightsky that we could see the milky way..

And so we came back to HK.. and I decided to take a good rest. Originally planned to do so right after leaving yuco around September 2007 but fate led me to join Menfond for 3 months to work on the adidas project 'therook'. So afterwards I have some extra cash in pocket to be lazy for longer. Tried to make my own website but not successful.. then made a few illustrations that I was pretty happy with.. and was so lucky that because I lived a much more regular life at that time so I could discover my grandma's emergency one night around February. Had a hot debate with mom whether we should dial 999 and till now I insisted we should. Mom called the property management that night and have them to call the ambulence. Anyhow my grandma survived the threat that she believed what should have her killed. For many years she claimed there was a vision when she was younger that at some point around the year of 2007 she should die. So somehow I thought I saved her as I promised when I was small.

March.. I was drying up my reserve then I decided to take a few jobs and the bigger one was a HSBC green credit card website. I did most of the flash production.. it was reasonably succesful given the short time, budget and a ridiculous 30s/40s single woman client. However for me it was totally not up to standard so the project was nothing good but paying my bills.

and then it came the opportunity again, Dave said there is headcount in Ogilvy BJ again for hiring so he asked me (more seriously) if I am interested in joining. Been thinking about it.. talked to parents and Dorothy, then the rest were easy.. sending resumes and a few phone calls and I was on the plane to beijing on April28th. It was a weekday that dorothy couldn't go to the airport with me. She stayed in my place helped me to pack up till 3 something.. She cried in my shoulders. That was nice and very sad. Was very grateful that ykc went to the airport with me.