Tuesday, January 30, 2007
about the agency trip to HK
the BBDO agency trip to hong kong was a blast.adventure 1:
one notoriously sleepyhead art director woke up at 5.30am when the united airlines flight's boarding gates close at supposedly 6.15am. he made it on time, with his hair styled too. highly impressive.
adventure 2:
the super gancheong mama traffic director's boots split. she had to superglue it on the spot before boarding the plane and explain to the anal retentive customs why she needs to bring glue on board.
adventure 3:
ms bee almost screamed at the young chick at the boarding gate for being fucking yayapayaya. apparently, UA does not allow stuff like lip glosses (even in lippy pots) to be brought on board the flights. this should've been highlighted when they were checking in the luggages and NOT WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO BOARD THE FUCKING PLANE. she hates being bullied into giving up three of her expensive lip balms to someone who looks unusually excited at confiscating it and perhaps, keeping it for herself. ms bee made quite a ruckus and the chinese senior male custom allowed her to bring it on board as long as she stuffed them into a ziploc carrier. er...what's the point? cos apparently once they've walked through the detector, she was allowed to take her lippies out of the ziploc and carry them on board as per normal. hmmm.
adventure 4:
the second batch of agency people flying cathay pacific arrived MUCH later than anticipated cos one blur art director went AWOL after arriving at the hong kong customs. mr space cadet thought we had to make our own way to the hotel and decided to take a cab without informing his colleague who spent a fucking half hour searching for him. thank God she wasn't on the second flight.
adventure 5:
a senior art director apparently took the WRONG luggage and only discovered it when his performance outfit wasn't in there. the weirdest thing was...it was the exact same luggage, same surname and same keycode!!!! damn! it belonged to some korean businessman who was smart enough not to take the wrong luggage. the art director found his right one after exchanging it at the airport with a hefty cab bill.
adventure 6:
though the united airlines flight was scheduled to take off later than cathay, the UA people had to check in earlier cos of longer custom checks. 7 people on the UA flight missed the bus ride from the hotel to the airport cos they were stuck in a jam at the hong kong island tunnel.
phew.
and the rest?
- found out who the silent drinker is
- found out some people had personal agenda and had to cheek to disappear during D&D and turn up for free post party booze later. not shy huh?
a real adventure it is. haha.
bee wrote this at 8:34 AM
