Music Matters Live 2015

2nd time doing Music Matters Live as the Assistant Stage Manager for Fountain Stage. I get to work with the same group of people. It was freaking awesome. Discovered a lot of new bands with really great music. 

The 1st night as usual, my job was pretty much bar / club hopping to ensure that all bands performing at the respective bars / clubs are doing fine and happy with the set-ups. It was kind of nice to realize that you are still working but more like chilling while listening to great music from bands from all around the world. Pretty much by 12.30am, I was done for the night.

On the 2nd night, had to report at Clarke Quay by 12pm because the Kpop artistes wanted to do sound check at 2pm. So we had to be there early to oversee everything. In the end, their sound check & line check took up 4 and half hours instead of the allocated 3 hours. On schedule of the day was delayed by 30 minutes because of them. All in all, Morgan Bain was the best act of the night. I completely love his music and vocals. 

As for the 3rd night, let's just say most of the bands were freaking awesome. I was in my own world at stage right dancing to their own music. Bastian Baker, Coin Banks, Manceau, Mama's Gun, Jeremy Loops, Goodluck and Gush were really great. Halfway through the show, we realized that we were 15 minutes ahead of schedule. Because of that, we allowed some bands additional time for them to play an extra one or two songs. We did end the show on time, though.

During the last night, let's just say I was really impressed by how efficient all 10 bands were. I don't even need to call any of them at all. All of them reported on time, started setting up accordingly and everything was on on schedule. The last night of the event was officially the best night. The Never Ever, Buckman Coe, Hey Geronimo, Our Man in Berlin, Gentle Bones, Cloud Maze and Time Giant were really great. Their songs were crazy good. 

We had a wrap-up party at The Timbre @ Substation. Well, I came for the free food and to watch Teen Sensations perform live, not really watch the band, I was more obsessed with watching Jeremy Neale perform. I have a huge crush on him since he came over Singapore last year for Music Matters Live. I really did not expect to see him ever again. Now, I officially know how it feels to be an official fan girl. I was so freaking ecstatic that I got to meet him, took a few pictures with him, hugged him a few times and even talked to him. I am so in love with him and I'm still smiling because of last night.

Apparently, Teo told me that I would most probably be the Stage Manager for next year's Music Matters Live since Za won't be able to do it for next year's event. As much as I am grateful, I am freaking out at the same time but at least, I got a year to prepare for it. It was nice to see familiar faces dropping by for the event from Sheena, Patrick, Michelle, Sarina, Melissa, Razil, Lira, Nazirah, Grace, Tricia and Nips. Here's to hoping that I will get to do Music Matters Live again for next year. In Shaa' Allah.

In Shaa' Allah, I will graduate with First Class Honours and get the Best Graduate Award. Amin.

Job hunt

So I'm done with school. Results will be out online by the first week of June. NAFA will only mail out the results around mid of June. And graduation will be on the 26th of September, Saturday, which both of my parents are going to come down for. It's cute to see my mom getting super excited for my graduation. 

Truth be told, never in a million years would I have thought that I will get a Degree at all. I actually paid for my own Diploma and my own Degree. If anybody had told me this piece of news when I was 18, I will definitely have not believe them at all. I'm proud of myself for getting this far in life having the support of both my parents, siblings, close friends and relatives. Syukur Alhamdulillah.

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List of jobs that I have applied for this past week.

1. Production Coordinator @ School of The Arts Singapore
2. Administrative Associate @ Singapore University of Technology & Design
3. Executive Assistant @ Singapore University of Technology & Design
4. Office Administrator @ Esplanade
5. Management Support Officer, Compulsory Education @ Ministry of Education
6. Foreign Service Administration Specialist @ Ministry of Foreign Affairs
7. Operations Officer @ Monetary Authority of Singapore
8. Associate I/II (Arts & Culture) @ National Library Board
9. Executive (Community Engagement), Overseas Singapore Unit @ National Population & Talent Division
10. Overseas Singaporean Liaison @ National Population & Talent Division
11. Project Executive (Events & Exhibitions) @ E X Pte. Ltd.
12. Events / Administrative Executive @ A.B. Maximus & Co. Pte. Ltd.
13. Events / Project Executive @ CreativeMbassy Pte. Ltd.
14. Administrative Executive (SAS) @ Raffles Design Institute Pte. Ltd.
15. Career Executive, Centre of Professional Development @ Raffles Design Institute Pte. Ltd.
16. Administrative Executive, Entertainment @ Resort World at Sentosa Pte. Ltd.
17. Assistant Stage Manager, Entertainment @ Resort World at Sentosa Pte. Ltd.
18. Production Assistant, Entertainment @ Resort World at Sentosa Pte. Ltd.
19. Staffing Services Coordinator, Staffing Services @ Google Singapore

19 jobs applied so far. I guess after I have gotten a degree, I realized that I need to be really careful with the type of job that I am searching for. I am about to build a career for myself. I can no longer afford to just grab any random jobs and be content with it. I did paid for my own studies, I have to find a job that is relevant to my area of studies. It's going to be hard but I'm hopeful about it. I have to be hopeful about it. I need to be hopeful about it. I will be hopeful about it.

I'm really hoping, wishing and praying that I will get an interview for the position of Overseas Singaporean Liaison with the National Population & Talent Division Board, which will be base in New York City. The job is pretty much liaising with Singaporeans who are living, working, studying or visiting New York, to instill the patriotic feeling of being a Singaporeans to these group of people. To celebrate Singapore holidays with these people in NYC. It pretty much a middle man job to liaise with these people with the officials in Singapore should anything happen to them while they are in NYC. It looks challenging and it feels like it's going to be a huge challenge but I feel that I really need this job. A fresh start overseas, working in a new environment, learning to be independent and more discipline. I will get to expand my network overseas and start to slowly save up for my Masters.

In Shaa' Allah, I will graduate with First Class Honours and get the Best Graduate Award. Amin.

Final Run

I have watched "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" 3 times and all 3 times were freaking awesome. I have always been a huge fan of Marvel and Joss Whedon, I totally have such huge respect for him. Each character was put together just nice without overdoing it even when all of them were in a scene together.

As usual, Chris Evans as Captain America is perfect. His face, his body, his eyes, his hair, everything about him is just so perfect. I thought I strongly dislike Captain America in the comics for being too righteous. Well, I dislike him as well in the movies but that just goes to show that Chris Evans is a great actor.

Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man is pure perfection. He's fucked up, but in a good sort of way. You got to love the man for being a pure genius in his acting skills.

Chris Hemsworth as Thor is a true blue Norse God. Even though I find his acting a bit stiff as compared to previously or maybe its supposed to be that way. He is still freaking hot though.

Mark Ruffalo is ultimately the perfect actor to be casted as Dr. Bruce Banner a.k.a. The Hulk. His vulnerability and insights as Bruce is achingly perfect as the character in the comics. He is so good.

Jeremy Renner is a good actor but half the time, you realize that he just looks really tired as Hawkeye, like he can't be bothered to even be there. He's good but at the same time, he is boring.

Now, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow is freaking great. I love her. I want to be her. I would be so good as her within my clique of friends.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is so sexy as Quicksilver even though his accent was weird. And I really find it stupid that they kill him off. He should just be part of the new avengers team. 

Elizabeth Olsen is good as Scarlet Witch. I'm so looking forward on how they will be expanding her character in the franchise. She is one of the strongest character in the comics, it will be really interesting to see her future fighting scenes with other characters.

Paul Bethany is perfectly charming as Vision. He looks so freaking sexy in his costume and it totally helps that he has a sexy British accent. 

And lastly, James Spader as Ultron is orgasmic. I love James Spader. He is one of the best actor I have ever seen and he is an excellent voice actor too.

Overall, the movie is really awesome other than minor issues in between. The love life of Black Widow and Hulk is completely irrelevant. Ultron should have been more psychotic as in the comics. Ultron's minions should have been much more stronger instead of being so easily destructible. They shouldn't have killed Quicksilver at all. 

Their final battle scene at the Church was by far my favorite scene. I could watch it over and over again. The coordination of all 9 superheroes was beautifully choreograph. It was just so breathtakingly beautiful.

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Module: Strategic Management for Creative Industry

Title: Books Kinokuniya Singapore, Expanding their Market Share within the Retail Book Industry

Final: 3,115 words, 29 pages, 8 tables, 2 figures, 1 graph & 1 chart

Deadline: 08th May 2015

My final assignment. I'm done with it, now I'm just waiting for my lecturer to proofread it before I print it out and submit it. Truth be told, I really have no idea what I did for this paper but I filled up all the necessary requisite. I filled up the template with thorough research and include 4 business strategies with all the necessary tactics. I'm confident of my analysis. Let's just say that I'm confident of getting an A as compared to the rest of my classmates knowing fully well that their topic or rather research was quite lacking during their presentation.

In Shaa' Allah, I will graduate with First Class Honours and get the Best Graduate Award.