making my day

It was an activity filled Saturday with me shuttling between 3-4 places and meeting many, and I mean MANY ppl cos I was covering the Singapore Hit Awards. BUT the saddest thing is I did not manage to take any photo at all cos while the artistes were in the Media Centre, my main concern is getting soundbites from them and I had no extra pair of hands to be taking photos.

And I did not even get to watch any of the performances by the singers, except the opening performance, cos we were all stuck in at backstage, in the Media Centre, afraid that we might miss out when any of the singers pop by.

While my first reaction when I knew that I was going to cover SHA was "yeah!".. now I'd rather be in the audience seat, enjoying the performances and not worrying about what to be filing back to the station from the backstage. Luckily there were journalist frens that I met which made the wait backstage a lot less boring and also gave me a peace of mind cos at least I know someone else will be helping me keep a lookout, or giving me a helping hand while I'm busy running in and out.

Still, there was something that made my day that day. It had nothing to do with SHA. It was my contact lenses purchasing experience. All about good service.

It started out with me having some discount coupons to buy contact lenses at specific optical outlets. And cos the coupons were going to expire soon, I decided to make my way to the Suntec outlet and expected an ordinary contact lens buying trip.

But the moment I stepped into the store, the staff greeted me with a great smile and asked what I wanted. After I expressed my wish to buy contact lenses, she immediately ushered me to the machine and offer to test my eyes for me. (I remember previous buying trips only asking me what lens I want to buy and did not offer eye testing service unless you ask for it).

And I thought that was it, and she was going to sell me lenses already, but no, she ushered me into the room for more accurate consultation on my eyesight, to determine if I need astig corrective contact lenses since I'm not currently using them altho I do have astig.

After consultation, she told me I'm doing fine without having to wear lenses with astig and proceeded to sell me lenses. She even told me something no one ever told me before - that due to the curvature of my eyeballs, I'm more suited to use smaller lenses, but they do not stock them, so I'll have to wait for them to make the order, which of cos I said ok. (Wow.. I've been wearing and buying contact lenses for 4 years now and no optician had told me that before!)

And cos I decided to change the brand of contact lenses I'm currently using, she decided to throw in a trial pair, which also made me quite happy. (I think they were all supposed to do that when u change brands but not all opticians I go to voluntarily gives me that)

I know it does not seem like anything out of the ordinary or great but it just felt like a really good shopping experience for me. I felt the sincerity in her service attitude and it's been a looong time since I encountered that in shops in Singapore.

IDFA!!!!!

Still can't believe I'm going to be heading to Amsterdam in a month. Well that is if everything goes as planned.

Still can't believe our documentary got accepted in IDFA. It's the best World Premiere we could hope for.

Sooo looking forward to attending the festival. It's really a huge thing for me, for us all.

Happy, excited, disbelief.

Now there's still a lot of planning to do.

Amsterdam beckons...

随想

常常都觉得应该多在部落格上写些什么，但是每天工作时都在打字了，回到家也觉得懒得动脑筋。但想想，部落格应该是不用动脑筋就能写出来的东西。

职业病。总觉得写出来的东西都要有条不紊，都得引起某个思索范围。

最近去了双年展，拍了不少自认不错的照片。但是每次碰到照片就很懒。因为要从记忆卡上载到电脑里。筛选后还要再从电脑上载到网路上。好繁琐哦。过两天放假时再上载好了。

这个周末要和朋友们好好的聚一聚。好期待。开始工作以后长期待和朋友相聚。因为我知道只有常常叙旧才不会同朋友疏远。

期待周末。

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知道我在电台工作的朋友常要我通知他们什么时候可以在电台上听到我的声音。很不幸的，这非常困难，因为身为记者，采访的项目时间不固定，不到新闻播出时也很难肯定新闻播出的时间。不过，我们也会做feature, 也就是比较深入，也比较长篇的新闻报道，这节目叫《步步追踪》。每天播出由记者或DJ制作的节目。随着播客 podcast的普及，我们也开始赶上潮流，把节目放上网。

要听我之前制作的节目可以到这里搜寻。 其实目前只有一个在网上。9月24号，探讨本地公众是否因为中国毒奶粉事件，已经对中国制造的食品却步。