One of the chief – in fact, THE chief – delights of Singapore was catching up with Good Friend in PR. The Confucian East has done him the power of good, as has his new partner, and he is now a calmer, happier, more content man – although he has lost none of his energy, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Singapore’
Good Friend in PR
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Father, Good Friend in PR, Singapore on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Freakshow Workshop
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, Singapore, Workshop on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fuck me: we have got some FREAKS working at our agency. I was reminded of this when having dinner with Women Employed to Work in London But Moved To Singapore By Travesty Of All Things Gay. She reminded me of the day that we held an Asia-specific workshop with attendees from all our agencies in [...]
Singapore, Florida
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Rasa Sentosa, Singapore on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are thinking of a trip to Singapore (business OR pleasure) and you are anxious to find an utter shit-hole in which to stay, may I recommend the Rasa Sentosa as MORE than adequate for all your shit accommodation needs? As if a second-rate family hotel had been transplanted from Miami in 1986, and [...]
Food Snobbery
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Good Friend in PR, Singapore, Thoughtful Financier on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Trapped in Singapore between two “workshops”, I spent most of the weekend with Good Friend in PR and Thoughtful Financier (as his boyfriend is to be referred to henceforth), and had a great time. I even had a great time when walking around IKEA – a particularly surreal experience in Singapore – and observing the [...]
Green Things
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Good Friend in PR, Singapore on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Absolutely extraordinary. I have just come back from Singapore (which is, in itself, quite a green thing), where I had (amongst other things) two remarkable green things: the first was the finest Green Apple Martini in the world (wincingly sour, as it should be – and yours to enjoy in The Cigar Bar at the [...]
Creativity and Collaboration
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Agency, Advertising Planning, Creativity, Singapore, Woody Allen in Robert de Niro's Body Creative Director on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am at the start of what I think is going to be a very long process of writing a book on the above idea. I’m looking at collaborations between partners in diverse fields, hoping to identify a series of common principles or even practices that can be imported into any situation where creativity is [...]
“Thank You, Singapore! Good Night!”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Axe, Good Friend in PR, Halifax, Lynx, Noitulove, Singapore on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a feature of some very good, and some very bad advertising to tell the story backwards. I won’t name the bad ones (they are too numerous – and even I am not that vindictive), but the good ones include “Noitulove” and “Getting Dressed”, for Guinness and Lynx/Axe respectively. On the same principle as “If [...]
Bargain Weather
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Singapore on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You get a lot of weather for your money in Singapore. Anyone looking to squeeze maximum weather variety enjoyment solutions out of one location could do no better than Singapore (presuming that Ireland is on half-day closing). We had radiant sunshine with a humidity topping during the day, a storm last night (lots of windy [...]
Turns out, I’m in Singapore
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bottom, Gary Wilmot, Morris Dancing, Singapore on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I thought I was going to be in Bangkok, but it turns out that I am actually in Singapore – and very nice it is too. Accompanied by Fearless Leader, Woody Allen in Robert de Niro’s Body Creative Director and Sofa Gonk, we flew in a couple of hours ago, and are at somewhere positively [...]
Fearless Leader – At Home
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bangkok, Fearless Leader, Singapore on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday saw Wife and I; Mr. and Mrs. Global Client; Mr. and Mrs. Sofa Gonk; and Mrs. and Mr. Fearless Leader dining together at Fearless Leader’s home. What could have very easily turned into either an unremarkable episode of “Terry and June” (a series in which The Boss seemed to be expected for dinner on [...]
