Showing posts with label From the toilet of Mattho.... Show all posts
Showing posts with label From the toilet of Mattho.... Show all posts
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Mental Meltdown
Thanks for all the wonderful feedback on the Spritzer series! Don’t worry part 3 will be out soon and I heard rumours that they’re gonna make a movie out of it… apparently the dog from Frasier will be casted as the title role. We’ll see how it goes.
Have been extremely busy the past few weeks, dad and friend started a production house/ad agency and since there aren’t any strong child labour laws in Malaysia, yours truly have been “persuaded” to help out so am now the official copy writer/production assistant/office boy/tukang ta-pau/toilet cleaner/Gurkha security guard and many more that cant be mentioned due to dad’s ISA laws (Ikut Suka Aku).
But I’m not complaining, I love doing copy writing and for the un-initiated, copy writers come up with the words you see/read on the ads be it print ads in the papers or mags and even scripts for tv ads and corporate videos… so its gotta be catchy so people will be interested to read and no, textbooks weren’t written by copy writers hence the boredom.
My last product was a beauty/health product for a leading brand (not gonna mention brand names, not being paid enough to advertise for them!) so in order to write about it one has to try the product and get the feel of it… so one can relate to another in words about how good the product is. Unfortunately for me, I’m allergic to Lavender and the blardy face mask had lavender! Long story short, I had to test all the products and was left with a skin as soft as a baby’s bottom and smelling like those old aunties you meet at the Malaysian Line Dancing Competition sponsored by Magnum 4D.
I’m just glad I’m not writing for products such as sanitary napkins or Nair… although tampons are pretty useful for running-nose, absorbs everything plus you can floss at the same time!
But then I overheard my Creative Director saying we might have to do a corporate video for a line of push-up bras… sigh any volunteers? I’ve got nothing to push! Hey I just thought of an excellent jingle for the ad, how about Josh Groban’s “ You Raise Me Up”?
Why can’t we get products like Tiger Beer or Chivas or Paandi’s Curry House or Hooters?
Joke of the day:
Q: What did thepanty-liner sanitary pad say to the fart?
A: You are the wind beneath my wings
Have been extremely busy the past few weeks, dad and friend started a production house/ad agency and since there aren’t any strong child labour laws in Malaysia, yours truly have been “persuaded” to help out so am now the official copy writer/production assistant/office boy/tukang ta-pau/toilet cleaner/Gurkha security guard and many more that cant be mentioned due to dad’s ISA laws (Ikut Suka Aku).
But I’m not complaining, I love doing copy writing and for the un-initiated, copy writers come up with the words you see/read on the ads be it print ads in the papers or mags and even scripts for tv ads and corporate videos… so its gotta be catchy so people will be interested to read and no, textbooks weren’t written by copy writers hence the boredom.
My last product was a beauty/health product for a leading brand (not gonna mention brand names, not being paid enough to advertise for them!) so in order to write about it one has to try the product and get the feel of it… so one can relate to another in words about how good the product is. Unfortunately for me, I’m allergic to Lavender and the blardy face mask had lavender! Long story short, I had to test all the products and was left with a skin as soft as a baby’s bottom and smelling like those old aunties you meet at the Malaysian Line Dancing Competition sponsored by Magnum 4D.
I’m just glad I’m not writing for products such as sanitary napkins or Nair… although tampons are pretty useful for running-nose, absorbs everything plus you can floss at the same time!
But then I overheard my Creative Director saying we might have to do a corporate video for a line of push-up bras… sigh any volunteers? I’ve got nothing to push! Hey I just thought of an excellent jingle for the ad, how about Josh Groban’s “ You Raise Me Up”?
Why can’t we get products like Tiger Beer or Chivas or Paandi’s Curry House or Hooters?
Joke of the day:
Q: What did the
A: You are the wind beneath my wings
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Happy World Mental Health Day!
I thought it would be appropriate to “launch” my blog on World Mental Health Day but I’m not quite sure why. At first I was planning to launch it on any given day till the voices in my head told me it would be more meaningful to coincide with this capitalist-free holiday. Thank you all for waiting and yes thank you for the many reminders, suggestions, offer to help me write, death threats and the occasional “just-write-something-you-moron” messages, they were all very inspiring! My thrash can loved it!
Now back to my launch, just like any other launches, a celebrity or a power icon is usually needed to cut the ribbon and give speech. So guess who came to mind? Why Samy V of cos! He’s always been my inspiration for comedy so it would be ungrateful of me not to invite him! So I sat down to write him an invitational letter:
To his most esteem
Kepada yang di hormati
Anda dijemput dengan segala hormatnya
Your grace will honor my event
Dear Samy we have beer!
It was harder than I thought so I decided to go online and research for the best invite-format and guess what? I found out my esteem VIP isn’t free after all because it was World Mental Health Day and he had some visiting to do… but at the end of the day I learnt 3 valuable lessons:
1. There is such a thing as World Mental Health Day
2. How to write a formal invite
3. Never to listen to the voices in my head
So without a VIP, I hereby announce my blog… OPEN!
It was a nice and quaint launching, cakes and finger food was served soft soothing music in the background… the only setback was… I was the only guest!
But still nevertheless, even with a poor crowd turn-out the show must still go on. Just like any ordinary launch, a show or performance is always mandatory… so for those who missed it, I present to you,
"Rotating Fools in C Minor"
Now back to my launch, just like any other launches, a celebrity or a power icon is usually needed to cut the ribbon and give speech. So guess who came to mind? Why Samy V of cos! He’s always been my inspiration for comedy so it would be ungrateful of me not to invite him! So I sat down to write him an invitational letter:
Kepada yang di hormati
Anda dijemput dengan segala hormatnya
Your grace will honor my event
Dear Samy we have beer!
It was harder than I thought so I decided to go online and research for the best invite-format and guess what? I found out my esteem VIP isn’t free after all because it was World Mental Health Day and he had some visiting to do… but at the end of the day I learnt 3 valuable lessons:
1. There is such a thing as World Mental Health Day
2. How to write a formal invite
3. Never to listen to the voices in my head
So without a VIP, I hereby announce my blog… OPEN!
It was a nice and quaint launching, cakes and finger food was served soft soothing music in the background… the only setback was… I was the only guest!
But still nevertheless, even with a poor crowd turn-out the show must still go on. Just like any ordinary launch, a show or performance is always mandatory… so for those who missed it, I present to you,
"Rotating Fools in C Minor"
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