Neglecting….the obivous

July 13th 2010

so  stopped writing for a while, I was working on the following things:

1. Launch a few new campaigns for client

2. Wrote a few PR plan

3. Wrote a bad business development plan – which by the way need to be re-written

4. Produced, wrote a first professional video clip for launching a campaign then continue to work on the campaign after launch.

Meanwhile….had lunch with my friend Anders to rework on a plan to improve and revamp annha.com.  Just like work…everything required strategy soon become stragedy hic hich hic as of my brain dont already have to produce for work!

And lately I’m into illustration and thinking to take up the concept for design of the page. And Hannah, a brilliant mind will hopefully help me to do so.

Here I dig up a few links on personal branding: the 101 stuff is pretty decent and this one is super ancient but still have good principle behind.

Now all I need is to put all my must do in a power point slide and get some cash to get started! It’s about time.

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Asialife food issue –

May 7th 2010

Asialife magazine cover issue June 2010

Ann Ha in AsiaLife

AsiaLife Ann Ha

Thanks TJ.

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Một vài kỷ niệm năm 2008

February 13th 2010

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Tháng 7 năm 2008

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Cũng trong tháng 7, sau đám cưới Liên Chi, tại Q-bar, mình và Shaun ngã ngớn….xỉn lắm rồi nhưng vẫn ngựa như thường.

Và chỉ  một tháng sau…tiệc Dose ấn tượng đầu tiên đầy kỷ niệm, sáng hôm sau thức dậy mặc quần áo tiệc say xỉn hôm trước đi ăn sáng tại Au Parc…gặp ông khách hàng….

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(Chris chụp tấm này)

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Mình và anh Adam

Nhớ lại lúc tháng 2 đi Hội An trước khi Paul về nước

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Còn đây là event đầu tiên của mình, khách hàng Chile

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(Trên lầu của Cepage)

Còn đây là tấm chụp lúc đón đồng nghiệp Manila qua….với 2 sếp

~0805070

Thorsten….đồng nghiệp người Đức, và cũng trở thành bạn khá thân, anh ta có đôi lúc thật bực mình nhưng cũng đáng yêu, cũng khá là điệu

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Hà Nội tháng 11 với Dave

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Germany – what’s left?!

October 20th 2009

If  I visited Bonn/Dusseldolf/Mainz/Frankfurt…and cities binding the Rhein like I did with Berlin, my memory of Germany would forever be a great Berlin in winter around Xmas, being a tourist, being alone getting my winter fix and the pictures I captured on my trip stayed in my mind about the places I walked to, the market I went…all alone. yes I enjoyed it tremendously. But somehow I wish I could go back to Berlin, perhaps with some friends, having a beer or that horrible warm red wine (with mixed nuts and raisin) cup standing outside by the market, laughing our heads off over nothing…that’s the kind of travel I adore.

May was definitely a nice time to visit Germany. I got to see the green, enjoyed the breeze, the drive to places. But mostly I remember the people I met, the smiles and beers, the laughs we shared even when I only knew them for that short period of time.

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Caption: @ Andy house – @ local uni cafe listening to unplugged – Tommy & Christian looking dorky

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Caption: Habiba & Thommy – Me and Martin – Me and Ang

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Caption: The boys having a go at each other – The poses for old friends – The gentle smile of a couple (Kersten)

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Caption: The naughty kiss – Our first beers together we shall meet again Andy. Thanks for letting me crash onto your bed, kind rude I always thought (and yes you dont think so I know).

These are the people who really take me for who I am, no prejudices just frank good times.

Thank you all.

Finally to my Big C who were there with me, took me through the journey. May God bless you!

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The hot stuff

October 12th 2009

My dad said something one day, after everything was done…..’why did you choose the red wall colour? You’re a hot-tempered person, why should you continue to be surrounded by such?’. I  nodded my head.

Maybe he is right.

Yes however, I felt comfortable in it. I would not live elsewhere but my house. Moving back home normally equals living with the parents. But after being away for 8 years and tasted all the fun and trouble of flatting…all sort of stories, I dont mind the ‘elderly’. There’s things I cant do at home, or do with my home but I think I have much more freedom than before.

The project to decorate my space started out last year. It was not well-organised and I still feel guilty at times. I had no time to plan out the look and feel that I wish. My dad called me pretty much everyday and asked what titles I want, what colours of windows and all sort. So after the basic construction done…I did not know what to do.

Ann Ha house

The only thing I was proud of was the window me and my dad put together. I saw the design in one of the architek mag but had a lousy drawing. So my dad did put the holes into equal parts.

The challenge for me was I know what I like and dislike but the practicality and some constraints basically prevent a lot of ‘ideal’ design that could have taken place. I wanted a Spanish feel, warm colours and character.

My designer was a good consultant, yes there’s things that I would like to have changed and not 100% happy about. But it was an experience for me. Working with designer I realised it’s a personal affair. Your designer must understand your vision and the ability to communicate such vision into reality was a challenge.  Plus during the decor time, I realised I did not know exactly what I want. And nobody is a mind reader. For the very first time, I had a private space that I can play around with and I just could not know what the heck it should look like.

So we come up with this look. To me it’s not finish and I want the style to evolve. Or perhaps in a few years time I would change into the milder version, something like French cottage.

But for now, this is where I called home. I might find flaws in it and try to fix things. I live here now, at least nearly a year since it’s done.

(All of the below pix are credited to Christian Berg)

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Bathroom & study (bath is not taken by C.B)

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And this is something more private

Ann bedAnn study

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Me: why not?

September 25th 2009

[a post about something else...] nah….it’s all about me….

Well when it comes to the subject of me….it’s bragging time isn’t it. Come on….everyone loves to talk about themselves….why not? Each of us should be proud of who we are and how unique each of us really is despite the fact that our genetics kinda….similar, well at least we’re all humans. That is for sure.

I thought briefly about what to write…and more about why I have this section on the site because honestly the other topics are from me, or it serves the function of displaying my point of view already. Why bother having a separate page just for meself?

So this is more about my rampant, the kind of messy unorganised materials, thoughts, events, things that dont fit to other categories otherwise.

Here is the first ’about me stuff’.

I did an emergenetics  profile test a few weeks back, part of the 2 full-on training session at work.

Emergenetics MetaphorChart Me: why not?

The test was more or less about my thinking preference: important note – not about who I am, just about how I would think. So How does Ann Ha thinks according to this science?

43% BLUE

40%YELLOW

10%GREEN

7%RED

Also on the behaviour scale (measure against the Asian population):

87% Expressiveness

95% Assertiveness

58%Flexibility

 

Well there you go…apparently the ‘me’ can be interpreted by science with logic. Kinda cool!

Beware though…some of my friends’ reaction toward my humble RED quadrant was kinda like ‘Ann you’re not sociable?!?!?’ Er….not sure…dont think so, may be the EI not so high….So since I ‘dont care so much about other people as some interprete the redness in my brain’….surely it’s obvious about this section and about the entire site….it’s all about me….

And why not? We can’t and don’t live alone, so beware…Ann Ha is just around the corner!

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