When things go downhill, they really go down the hill....

My best friend, J and I are tired of having other people boss us around - so what better idea than to be our own bosses?! Hence, Absolutz Concepts was born on May Day!!!

Absolutz Concepts specializes in events (exhibitions, conferences, roadshows, etc) and of course communications (copy writing, design, production, etc). We managed to get our first job almost immediately, thank heavens, but now having some problems. First, Client just approached us about the job on 5 May - it's for the construction of an outdoor display in Orchard Road. Second, she wants design, license applications, production and set up to be ready by 12 May. That's exactly 1 week. What she think we are? Miracle workers?

Anyway, J is the gungho one between the two of us - so we accepted the job. So this past four days had been really hectic. We had to call in favors from vendors and get them to "bend backwards and under their legs" (quoting J) and made our two designers' lives living hell! (I am so sorry Yazid and Lin) With barely four hours of sleep per day, we managed to produce two designs for Client to choose from and when we thought that everything will get better, the landlord (of the venue for the display) said that our design is not approved cos they felt that it blocked their shopfront! Puhleez.... Who cares about the side of your shopfront?! Nobody sees it anyway - it's a shadowy corner!

The frustrating thing was that we considered that initially and provided our client with design that did not block the shopfront but Client wanted the display to be huge and enclosed. So you see, we had to go back to the drawing boards for almost a million times before Client agreed to this design and now, the Landlord doesn't approve! So looks like my designers cant sleep again tonight.. Poor angels..

Then there's yet another problem. We need the approval letter from Landlord before we can apply the respective licenses from the Govt agencies. And now we cant do that today. Do you know that application for licenses from Govt agencies generally take about a week? So you can see how challenged we are. We cant have anybody "dropping the ball in his court" (quoting my ex-boss). Now it seems BALLS are being dropped everywhere....


OK I feel so much better having ranted here so I am going back to do my work - Mission Impossible 4...

*Reposted from my Friendster blog (8 May 06)