all by my lonesome

yup ... at least for now. my insomnia is at it again and sleep is somewhere out there ... it just missed my doorstep - and here i am ... waiting. it's way past midnight and i'm undoubtedly perky and very much awake ... but thanks to cyberworld that never sleeps, i have some company!

i know i haven't written much the last couple of weeks - i've been busy, you know - VERY, VERY BUSY. both work and the homefront's been eating up most of my precious time. i can't even find a suitable date to pamper myself with my girl friends for a spa weekend! **sigh** things had been crazy lately - not that it's any of a surprise ... autumn and spring are normally the busiest time of the year for me. the school term has just started and my son's new schedule in both school and extra curricular activities are on the roll and mind you, working our schedule around his activities is one of our key tasks at every single school term. sometimes, it's not at all that easy - especially when i am travelling and being away for a straight week! thank goodness for my hubby who's been very supportive and understanding. the combination of being a wife, a mother and maintaining a career is truly one balancing act - you'd go down the drain if you miss your step along the way. workwise, i feel like drowning with the mountain of work i have to do, but soneone's got to do it - and that would be moi!

i'm in the middle of the preparatory works for our planned product launch in europe. being in charge of the smallest of details concerning the conference workshop, you can just imagine the amount of work, and stress, i have to deal with. the weird thing about me is that, i work even better under pressure - i am more focused and have this attention to details. but, however organised i had been during summer preparing the work briefs and script for this activity, it came as no surprise to me that my initial work had to go through major revisions to adapt them to some new ideas my colleagues had thought of during the holidays - typical eh? but revised the plan, i did. already the first week i had returned from my 10-days-summer-holiday, i was sent to do a "site inspection" to the location of our conference - in Amsterdam! i thought right there and then: "here we go!" - the mad chase for a perfect product launch has begun!

to go on a "site inspection" is like having been sent to a battlefield - at such, i was armed with Amsterdam's street maps, the hotel's meeting room layouts as well as its room accommodations, restaurant and conference specifications and a long list of "requests" for the event planner to cover into its smallest detail. the visit to the hotel was a challenge in itself ... there are a lot of things to do there as it needs a lot of "facelift" in terms of lighting. you see, as most hotels in Europe are old buildings, there's very little room for renovations and refurbishments since these buildings are treasured landmarks and are restricted for major changes on its exterior and interior structure. it's always been a challenge for me to make sure that all our specifications be met - it's vital to the success of each conference. in our field in the world of marketing, we think big ... we think outside of the box ... we maximise the use available to our freedom box - ughh! forgive my marketing speech as i tend to get too fired up. anyway, i made mental note of how things should look like, made a list and started making plans on what to do next. i was exhausted when i came home from my day visit from Amsterdam.

tomorrow's another day ... do catch up with me.