A Sandy Christmas Wonderland

While this was my first Christmas away from home, this was also the most sun-kissed one yet. When Sandy and Kevy J found I wouldn’t be able to take Christmas holiday due to my project, they decided to bring themselves to me by working out of the MullenLowe Profero Office in Singapore.  How many times do we get to say coworkers took 8 hour layovers just to spend some time with us over Christmas?  When we grow to love the ones we spend so much of our every day with, we are gifted the luxury for our work to be so much more enjoyable.  How lucky am I to have found a team I can call my family.  

During our time together, we managed to hop on a ferry last minute to Indonesia to Bintan Lagoon & Resorts [puzzling people when we arrived among the usual families and romantic getaway spot with our trio relationship (Was I their wedding photographer? Was Kevin the odd man out of this lesbian relationship? Were we… RELATED?] Thank you guys, and thank you MullenLowe Profero for making another family for me.      

Pizza Face

My time traveling between Chengdu, Beijing, and now Singapore have left me feeling restless at times.  But while my surroundings have been ever changing since this summer, having those close to my heart always bring me back to a sense of stability.  

I first met Sandra briefly 2 years ago at a Drink & Draw competition. While she posed comfortably on stage with her pizza box, I drew nervously below. I had a rumbling inside my bely that this might be the beginnings of a friend crush, but wasn't sure how to proceed uncreepily. So alas, as I watched her flip through the drawings, mine included, and make judgement, I decided to play it safe and lay low, positively unoffendingly.  A year later, I find myself sitting next to her at work, having raised 3 pet fish together (RIP Sandsy, Dandry, Dandy), and spending our weekends drawing at our favorite cafe.  Many of our favorite memories come from the unplanned friendships, or the subsequent findings or quick thinking on our toes.  For example, when the Beijing Pizza Festival has a 2 hour wait, and you end up stumbling across a 60RMB all you can eat pizza buffet at Gung Ho Pizza with one of your besties, not to mention two for one beers.  

“Life is a journey to be experienced, not a problem to be solved.”

— Winnie the Pooh

Love,
Daze