Destiny spinning a parachute flower to seed

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Marketing 101

A professor was explaining marketing concepts to the students:

1. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" - That's Direct Marketing.

2. You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says: "He's very rich. Marry him." - That's Advertising.

3. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day, you call and say: "Hi, I'm very rich. Marry me." - That's Telemarketing.

4. You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your tie, you walk up to her and pour her a drink, you open the door (of the car) for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her ride and then say: By the way, I'm rich. Will you marry me?" -That's Public Relations.

5. You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says: You are very rich! Can you marry me?" - That's Brand Recognition.

6. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: I am very rich. Marry me!" She gives you a nice hard slap on your face. - That's Customer Feedback.

7. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" And she introduces you to her husband. - That's demand and supply gap.

8. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say anything, another person come and tell her: "I'm rich. Will you marry me?" and she goes with him - That's competition eating into your market share.

9. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say: "I'm rich, Marry me!" your wife arrives. - That's restriction for entering new markets.

Heh. Pretty lame huh. My marketing grp mate just sent that to me. perhaps i would have found it more amusing if i didnt have a marketing paper coming up. oh if only it were that simple.
anyway 1 down threeee more to go! Cant wait..although im hardly prepared for the rest of the papers..

Pris: yes! room partyyyy (:

.|. dreamed.at .|. 5:41 AM

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

"A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!'

'However,' replied the universe. 'The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.'

Boo you cruel indifferent universe.
i guess thats the problem.. we all take ourselves and everything else too seriously. its like that wee plankton in spongebob sq pants proclaiming, ' BY TMR I WILL RULE THE WORLD!'

we're teeny little things that worry about almost everything & try to control almost everything.. i can imagine the Universe surveying us fr up there with eyebrows raised.

Why stress ourselves out over stuff like (not so) Simple Linear Regression models, why worry about so many things? There will always be things in life we cant control.. something will slip in somehow, through little flanks we've overlooked and left uncovered no matter how we're planned, plotted and calibrated everything.

The way i see it, we should do what we can and give our best now without looking at everything as if it were a life or death matter.. and not worry so much about the future. after all, in the long run we would all be dead.

heh. this coming from the girl who almost threw her stats bk out of the window in frustration.

.|. dreamed.at .|. 10:23 PM

Monday, April 02, 2007

here&now

its been a tough few weeks. severe lack of sleep, running to and fro different proj meetings, trying to cramp in work and keep up w tuts. but with most of the presentations and quizes done save for one presentation and one creative assignment.. all we have to do is start revision for exams. which are approaching in TWO WEEKS time. hurray. whoever said university would be a walk in the park as compared to JC obviously lied. downright exhausting would be an understatement. it seems, the average sleeping time of an ntu nbs student who wants to keep up, just keep up not stay ahead, is to sleep at 3am. raaaah. excuse my current crankiness and insensitivity. this is what applying for a three year direct honours course does to u. and this is what my friend had to say:
'wah lan eh the stats test how fucking hard... die china bitch!' hahah. i concur. its so so frustrating.

ok i'll stop whining now.

pictures from our v time consuming marketing project:

our group collage!

Orange drops in purple rain. lavender ice cream with orange and lavender bits (:

we served them the icecream in this pretty cone holder thingy

and our product packaging complete w stickers & loyalty cards we printed :D

oh and we passed our golf test! hahah. after 8 wks of dragging ourselves down to keppel club after sch w all our heavy bags. yay i can hit the ball air borne till the red flag wo injuring anyone or myself. heh. Miracle i'll say.

ok its time for the last leg of the semester. whats done is done. everyday is fresh w no mistakes in it. i'll do well to remember that.

.|. dreamed.at .|. 9:33 PM