So yesterday, a colleague who has her own market research business called me, and asked me if I would like to do a project for this Japanese client. BUT, the client would like the group discussions to be conducted on Sunday AND they would like to brief the moderator (which is me, if I take the job) on Saturday night! Oh, HELL NO!! Sometimes I ( Read more... )

I was supposed to moderate two groups today but the client cancelled one group. I didn't really mind. I'm not a huge fan of working on weekends - EVEN if weekends don't mean the same to me anymore, since I don't really have regular working hours; still in my mind, Saturday and Sundays are weekends *grin*. Anyway, it doesn't mean that I'm not going ( Read more... )

For the past three days, I was commissioned to do focus grop discussions for a Japanese automotive company. Those were pretty long sessions, two groups a day, and short discussion before and after, and I always arrived home around 9 PM or 9.30 PM. So it was pretty exhausting. BUT, today was the last day of the session. The client told me I did a ( Read more... )

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Suddenly, yesterday, I got sore throat and runny nose (it's already June 14th, 4.40 AM here). That is NEVER a good sign!! So I've been drinking vitamin C in my attempt not to get the cough/flu. Also, yesterday, my attempt to write more of my report went bust because of few hours blackout ( Read more... )

For the past couple of months, I haven't been able to get interested nor charmed by a movie I watch. Of course, the MPAA boycott for my country doesn't help at all. Usually summer movies can entertain (even if the plots are silly). But yesterday, I watched The Adjustment Bureau and OMG, I LOVED IT!! I thought Matt Damon and Emily Blunt was charming ( Read more... )

The upcoming three weeks will be HECTIC ( Read more... )

Went from home at 5.30 A.M. and arrived back at 11 P.M. yesterday because I had three interviews to conduct. Man, I was dead tired. And I only had 3 hours worth sleep today since no matter how LATE I want myself to wake up, my body alarm doesn't allow it. I will always wake up around 4 or 5 AM, and always wake up before the alarm that I set the ( Read more... )

I just want to say that I'm switching legion to Elijah now in The Vampire Diaries (cue to me swooning over Daniel Gilles on my TV scree). Can anyone pinpoint me to any of HIS icon ( Read more... )

I had a pretty productive day, yesterday, compared to Monday. I was able to finish about 70% of my topline report. I expect to finish it today, so I can send it to client in the afternoon. I guess listening to David Cook's newest single, "The Last Goodbye" helps to set my mood to high level *grin*.

Glee returns today and I cannot find myself ( Read more... )