Singapore Web Designer2006, ORD, Work, Stress » AEN—Designer & Consultant

It’s 2006, i have completed my National Service. Within 2 weeks, I’m already working with no time to relax. It’s already 1 month ever since I started work and this time, i felt really serious about resuming this blog which I initially started 2 years ago.

20st of May was the day I ORD’d. The Day of Freedom. It represents the end of 2 years of utter time wasting and the beginning of a new path which I must take. I immediately started to look for a job because I was in dire need of cash. My 3-member family was using up more than what my mom’s (foster moom) salary + my NS Allowance can cope. Sent out a dozen Resumes and went for aout 3 interviews before finally settling in E-Contech Management Pte Ltd / Fjagosu as a Media Designer. The Directors there were my old business contacts whom I knew when I was freelancing back then.

Some new faces. Besides the 2 Brother Directors, Carl and Cachino and the Marketing Lady Mika Fujii (Carl’s wife) whom i already knew, there’s this Caucasian guy, the Creative Director who interviewed me, Eff Taeger. I don’t really care about those in the accounting department. It is a new office, but not as good as the previous space near town.

My role as a Media Designer in the company is to with the rest of the Creative Team (just me and Eff + Mika doing Marketing), create and manage Advertising Materials for all of the company’s products, e.g. Slimming Pills, Anti-Ageing Skincare products from Japan, etc. Crappy as it might sound, some of these things are actually pretty cool and ad-worthy. Currently I’m working some Newspaper Ads and their, erm�� our comprehensive (not so comprehensive yet) Beauty Portal named BeautySutra.com, a redesign.

Getting back to work isn’t as easy as I thought. As i had been slacking really hard during NS days I find it really hard to wake up early and commit to my work schedule, being previously a nocturnal person. But then I’m slowly adjusting. I used to handle lots of pressure and stress, but now it seems I lost much of that ability. I feel more tired and sleepy whenever I’m on a long and tedious project.

So much so for this post. I’m goign to post some of my Ads for TODAY Newspaper in the �Work�� category. Feel free to check them out.