Coming to a store near you...

Fearing that the instability and volatility (mmmph) of the publishing world would one day leave them destitute and begging for food on the streets, a couple of the editors have ventured into business...

Uncle B is now a farmer, apparently...

Whilst the Captain goes-a-fishin'

Challenging Times

It's the time of the year when Orange folks get the most physical - Company Sports Day! This year, the company, in recognition of the fact that her employees multitask, has decided to conduct some kinda mini biathlon, 3.8km of running followed by 8km of cycling. It proved to be nothing to the staff, who juggle multiple portfolios on a daily basis anyway. Here's how it went....













Training, with some...errr.... 'accessories'.


Behind the banner in front. I mean banner in front of behind. Actually, behinds in front of banner.







Prison Break? Naaah....just the route.

Pweeety Suppworters Woh.....

Not-so-pweety officials, but check out the strategic placement of the two on the extreme left.

Pweety prizes.......the trophies I mean.





































Waiting at the starting line....from the time when photos were black-and-white, till when they came in colour.










It's overrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Look at what multi-tasking does to you!

Sailing on...

The great Markarazzi, having decided to call it a day and spend his days nibbling on cherries, has left this blog in a state of limbo. With people like B.Boo and C.Koh, who despite being Oranges through and through (I mean, c'mon, what does it take to get you to apply for the Black?), refusing and/or being too lazy to make a half-decent post now and then, the responsibility thus falls on one man and one man alone...The Captain.

The Captain, seeing this state of affairs, has decided to take matters into his own hands. This blog has too much history, too much heritage, to let it die just like that. For as long as the Captain has contact with members of the Orange, and for as long as they provide the Captain with gossip news and photos, the Captain will continue to sail his ship in these Orange waters...

"It's no longer a question of black or white, Mr. Michael Jackson...it's a choice between black and orange...and I have chosen to tread the fine line between the two."

Book launch 2007

This year's book launch was apparently a rather hush-hush affair. The lower-levels of the Orange, if one may call it that, had no idea of the location of the book launch until 24 hours beforehand. What purpose that served, the Captain can only guess. Were the top echelon of the Orange fearful that the Pear and the Star would hire Ah Bengs and Ah Lians to come and smash up their exhibition? Or was it the case that Mr. Deep and Sexy Voice aka E.Kang and his henchmen failed to secure a suitable venue for the launch until the eleventh hour? I guess we'll never know...

Anyway, this year's book launch took an interesting detour from the usual party at some posh hotel in downtown Orchard. Instead it was held at a top-secret location in...Plaza Singapura! Also thrown out the window were the professional looking black jackets and white tops for ladies and white shirts and ties for men. In their place was the white polo T-shirt.

A beer advertisement placed strategically behind a booth that sells children's books. Why do I have a feeling that this brilliant idea came from Emperor Kangpatine himself...



Which one is the cardboard cutout and which one is the human - can you tell?

C.Chew poses beside his likeness, Dr. Atom, and the new Asst Managing Ed, promoted from Asst Snr Ed, barely six months after he joined the Orange. Bootlickers of the world, unite!

Dr. K makes her entrance...I tell you, 5 minutes spent talking to Dr K is almost guaranteed to make you appreciate your constantly nagging mother a whole lot more

The great Emperor Kangpatine. I'm not sure what that look is for. What a moment of inspiration from our photographer, and what a 'superb' expression from the badass!

B.Ing, Wicked Witch of the Orange, grabs Dr. Atom's large nose...and looks rather pleased to have done so.

Ah, the ladies. Can't be without 'em for a big book launch like this one...

J.Krishnan and Wonder Woman Linda Carter grab a bite and pose for the camera...I guess that's what you girls call "multi-tasking". Pfft, men can do it too you know...I mean, I'm breathing as I'm typing as I'm seeing the screen...that's 3 things at once so you tell me if that isn't "multi-tasking"! :p

Another gratuitous shot of the ladies posing for the camera...man, their teeth are really white

You tell me if that pose of G.Heng's isn't Ah Beng? Damn Ah Beng lor I tell you...and to be honest I didn't see SZ's head until somebody pointed it out.

Good luck with the package guys! Hope you all get something out of it especially after all the crazy slavery hard work you were put through. Get that damn bonus and migrate to the Black! See you soon!

No prizes for guessing who's who

Too young-looking, too studious and not Ah Beng enough, but you couldn't be an employee of the Orange if you didn't know who this is.

The green dress gives it away, really, but the face looks...too kind. Not that she wasn't kind in real life, but it's hard to make that out through all the shouting and screaming

Would this be what she might have looked like in her younger days? Which, I might add, probably happened sometime before World War II.

New kids on the block

The Orange has the unique, if somewhat questionable, quality of bringing people together. Whether it's because of the numerous late nights, screen checks, team meetings or clandestine get-togethers in a cubicle with arms around each other and moist lips poised to...ok that would be half a step too far, so let's just say...they aren't the first, and they certainly wouldn't be the last. Presenting the latest in the Orange assembly line of fine couplings:

The intrepid photographer (and sometime cherry eater and/or lover) Markarazzi and his latest acquisition muse - Jacq, woman who owns seven cats. Or was it nine?