June 2004 Archives

I really enjoyed reading Jackie's http://www.moeyyo.com/MT/archives/000046.html - the one with the questions, so I'm going to take some time to answer them right now-

1. If you could choose the very last thing you would see before you die, what would it be?

My whole family talking, laughing TOGETHER at the Ngapali beach in Burma or at the Shwedagone pagoda.

2. If you had to be represented by an object in your home, what would it be?

My vintage red 4 inch stiletto heels. I'm loud, sexy as hell (rolling on the floor laughing) and lethal.
Just kidding- I don't know- I'm like the internet? smart but just really full of useless knowledge and can't find what i'm looking for the first time.

3. If you could free yourself from one burden in your life, what would it be?

- My guilt complex --> and I'm wayyy too empathetic.

4. If you could put anyone in prision, who would you lock up?

- Why can't I put more than one? I would put the Burmese Secretary General Khin Nyunt. And I would put him in that kind of prison that Riddick was sent to.

5. If you were to be killed by an animal what would it be?

- a snake

6. If you could read the mind of someone famous, who would it be?

- Aung San Suu Kyi - where does she get alll that strength?

7. If you could arrange a jam session with any three musicians in history, who would you include?

-Shirley Manson, Tori Amos and Jim Morrison (this was a hard pick)
and we'd probably either just end up writing massively depressive shit and jsut be downers.

8. If you won the lotto what is the first thing you would do with the $?

- I would , most definitely, buy myself a Business, so I can stay in this country.
(this was a surprise answer- it just came out- I would have normally said something more trivial like a house or something)

9. If you had to die in one of history's disasters, which one would you pick?

- hmmm.. I always survive, no matter how much i feel otherwise so i'd probbaly be the onedeserted on an island or lost in a jungle but everyone thinks i'm dead

10. If you had to fight a duel tommorow at dawn, and you could determine the type of weapon you both would use, what would they be?

- can the weapon be a skill? I'd want to know martial arts like Pei Mei!

11. If you were to have two baby sons, what would you name them?

I have never thought of this. I figure I have some time but I am so old now-- hmmm- They would definitely have Burmese names- I'll get back to you on that.

12. If you could remove someone's vocal cords for a year, whose would they be?

Britney Spears (sorry, Matt)

13. If you had to sell your soul for one thing, what would it be for?

- To be able to live with my family in happiness (but if i have no soul, can i be happy? )

14. If you could have written one song from this century yourself, which would it be?

- There are honestly so many- I can relate to most female singer song writers.

15. If you could cause one person to change their mind about one thing or on one topic, who would you pick?

Secretary General Khin Nyunt- don't you see, the Burmese people are suffering- they need freedom!

16. If you could rid the world of one thing, what would it be?

- Living in fear

17. If you were given a racehorse what would you name it?

- Myin Chaw (beautiful horse in Burmese)

18. If you had to choose the worst song ever composed, which one would you pick?

- Hit me baby one more time!

19. If you could eliminate one habit that you have, what would it be?

- I am so afraid of things that are good for me

20. If you were to perform in the circus, what would you do?

- I would swing like the acrobats would no nets to catch me.

Wow, that's it? lol
thanks, Jackie, I had fun.

P.S: no, I didn't forget about the earrings, they are coming-- I'm just having a hard time right now..

Job Hunting has always been seriously hard for me. It's not because I don't have any skills or because I am afraid of hard work. It's neither. It's becaue I am petrified of instability and I loathe, just loathe having to live entirely off of someone else's money (thanks mom).

Sometimes, I feel as though I've grown but most of me is still that little 10 year-old girl who felt all alone in the brand new world she's just been thrown into: Singapore. Starting life from scratch is hard. But trying to start 4 lives entirely from scratch in a strange new world is worse and I don't know how my parents did it, but we rarely went hungry and always had nice clothes to wear, even during that initial period.

But the change and transitions have since then petrified me. I've always been like my father in the sense that I'm a people person and I can talk to most people. However, that first moment of change where nothing in your life is certain(not that anythign in life is certain) and you don't have any knowledge of anything that might happen to you tomorrow is the worst for me. I'm the kind of person that needs to know a little bit of the future.

Who would have thought that would be true, considering I keep moving myself to unfamiliar places. You ask: why doesn't she just stay in one place and just know what's going to happen everyday for the rest of her life?

Because compared to me, a cat is not considered curious at all and because I could not stand the rules and the discrimination in SIngapore and I couldn't stand to just live in Northern California and think of what my life might be like if I moved to LA and worked for a great big Public Relations or Advertising Agency. I had to find out.

So HERE I am, without a job.
I AM applying for jobs like a madwoman and I am not getting any calls back, no one even wants to interview me.

WHy is that?

I am a kick ass Public Relations Coordinator!
WHen I worked for Cosmic Debris Etc., Ince last semester, I managed to research and gather about 40 appropriate television and press contacts for them. All new.
and I managed to place products in at least 4 magazines, 2 television shows, 1 movie and I helped out with about 5 articles about the company and their fashion lines. All in less than 4 months..

Not to mention the producing of business proposals for rock stars like Kelly Osbourne and The Donnas so they might sponsor the new EMily the Strange Guitar! I did it all at Cosmic Debris: I even manage to send clothes to about 4 other celebrities to they might wear them and spread the joys of owning Cosmic Debris clothes and accessories and I kept track of all the promotional deals and accounts the the company had.

Me. I did all of that while goign to school full time and competing in the American Advertising Federation. i am not bragging at all. I just need the Public Relations Agencies who won't hire fresh graduates to know that I am capable and I can hit the ground running.
Running.
Not trotting, running.

So, Hill and Knowlton, Ketchum, Ogilvy, WeberShandwick, Saatchi & Saatchi, please, please, just grant me an interview to tell you how much of a great asset you would be gaining by employing me.

I do it all.

Song Currently stuck in my head, causing me to start singing at random places, thus causing people to stare at me: Alicia Key's If I Ain't Got You

P.S: Watch out this weekend for the launch of Moe Y Yo earrings by Yours Truly.