Orange blues

Does anyone remember this?

I miss the blue.

Yes, it was dirty. Yes, it was ugly.

But it was also inconspicuous.

At least it was easier to ignore the building if you were passing by PL in a bus without a jumpy friend yelling, "Hey, isn't that your office???"

Changing Times

Ex and Present Eds @ Lau Pa Sat

Taken post-dinner and mid-gossiping

found this hiding in a thumbdrive

funny how things may change but when you see a picture like this you sometimes remember exactly how you felt that day

New Recruit ad

Tired of having a career?

Join us. We have just the path for you!

We're hiring for the following positions!

Editing Editor (EE)
Pre-requisites: Uhhh... nothing actually. Oh wait! Ability to be suckered into the orange building
Jobscope: Uhhh... try to edit?

Absolutely Pitiable Editor (APE)
Pre-requisites: Ability to stay quiet about a severe degree of designation-related confusion
Jobscope: Pray for the day when the 'absolutely' will be knocked off your title, and you won't be referred to as an ape anymore

Pitiable Editor (PE)
Pre-requisites: Ability to keep the absolutely pitiable editors alive
Jobscope: Uhhh.. edit?

Almost Screwed Editor (ASE)
Pre-requisites: Blindness, particularly to potholes in your career
Jobscope: Errr... edit... (we think)

Screwed Editor (SE)
Pre-requisites: Stupidity beyond hope, and ability to give false hope to those under you
Jobscope: Uhhh... Edit... we suppose?

Assistant Moronic Editor (AME)
Pre-requisites: Complete blurness about your existence and the reason for it
Jobscope: Learning the ropes of extremely moronic acts

Moronic Editor (ME)
Pre-requisites: Thick skin, ability to stay in the orange building for long periods of time, especially overnight, over many years
Jobscope: Errr... We'll get back to you on that in a few months.

Office trivia

What was the shortest cab ride ever taken by an MCIS editor?
Warehouse to Times Centre (YH and others cos they were stuck in the rain and it was already 1:30 pm)

Who took off her shoe and killed a cockroach in the ladies' toilet without batting an eyelid?
SS

Who found a paper-thin flat dead lizard in one of the science reference books in the cupboards near the round tables?
JW

What was JW's theory about the lizard?
That in the old days STR used to use it as a bookmark.

Why did freelance designer P slap her own forehead multiple times when working with ex-ed KP?
Instead of marking up on the 1st proofs, he made the amendments in soft copy on the edited ms, and emailed it to her to lay into 2nd proofs, justifying his action with a "This is a more efficient way of doing it."

Which designer was so utterly stressed just before the Launch that she forgot who her boss was and made a statement like "Who is II?"
YH

Whose author had a character called 'Pei Pei The Persistence' in her ms?
TH

Which editor got a call from an angry parent saying "My son did not write anything in the answer space and the teacher gave him zero!!", leaving her speechless?
MN

What did the company doc say when MN went to see him with pretty bad cramps?
But are you sure you're having cramps?

Which editor's author called her mobile at 4 am and burst into tears?
JL

Which editor's author tore up his own manuscript in fury during a meeting in his office?
BB

Any more to add?

GONE!

Macritchie trek - 2004
















GONE! -> 3/3 -> 100%
















GONE! -> 4/5 -> 80%
















GONE! -> 3/3 -> 100%
















GONE! -> 1/2 -> 50%





















GONE! -> 2/2 -> 100%
















GONE! -> 3/3 -> 100%
















GONE! -> 1/2 -> 50%
















GONE! -> 2/5 -> 40%
















GONE! -> 2/3 -> 66.66%
















GONE! -> 8/11 -> 72.73%

I Van(t) a Bride!

Spending motivational moolah at Marriot

The orange bosses

Note: No SEs shall not be made fun of in this post. For reasons best left undisclosed (the prominent one being that the writer of this post is an SE).

Boss #1
Please edit this book, but by my rules
You may find them a bit strange
Whatever you change, I'll stet it back
So don't you dare make any change!

Boss #2
I've got my eye on the printer
if you don't pick up your printouts
I'll recycle whatever you print
Without apologies or doubts

Boss #3
I've called this meeting to tell you
something that you don't know
I've call this meeting to tell you
"I'm not stupid, you know!"

Boss #4
I can't give you good bonuses
I can't give you lots of wealth
But there's something I can say
"Best wishes for good health!"