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Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:00:00 GMT

A Job that never sleeps. yay!....... !

McCann Erickson

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:19:45 GMT

Got a call from W Kim, the associate creative director of McCann Erickson yesterday.

3pm: Went down for interview today. Starting work on Monday. A new freelance project with McCann Erickson. yay!
but... WOW. !
Everything is so fast...
Didn't even have time to inform DraftFCB. Good thing they are slowing down. Even the designers can handle.
Worse part is...McCann Erickson and DraftFCB is in the same building... I knew everyone in DraftFCB after 8 months of freelance work, it's really gonna get so f*ckin weird this coming Monday morning, when we meet at the elevator, me pressing 6th floor instead of 8th, holding 2 door access cards.

4.15pm: After the interview, I went 'upstair', told them I'm 'booked' for the next 2 months.
Drag a few art directors...for coffee at TCC.

5pm: Head to 'Ice Cold Beer' to meet my good friend who is going back to Paris this weekend. It claimed happy hour. To me. IT IS NOT A HAPPY HOUR, when my pint of hoegaarden still costs me $14 and her Stella Artois $9 bucks. Outdoor smoke area is crowded with Englishmen... all happy and loud. I took on the last round-stooled smoking table. More friends followed... they planned to head for another bar at Vivo City... I'd left 'Ice Cold Beer' at 10.30pm.

11pm: Went back DraftFCB office, pack my shit. Took a cab, headed straight home.

what a day. It's so fast, so scary.
I think it is time that I get used to it.

Alright I'm hungry. had nothing the whole day but fluids...

Pet talk

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:01:15 GMT

I've always like shane's (http://xdingbatx.livejournal.com/profile) rabbit. He makes me happy ... I'm stealing it..... kekekeke

and of course teddy's real rabbit...too. Nepumuk
(but that I can't steal. :)

maybe Live Journal should allow people to keep pets here. (like those of Facebook. People always come in to pet it.)
cos who knows people are writing death notes on Live Journal...
this sounds craZy but... Pet can be a therapy for them.

Another idea is to feed them. By logging in to LJ... you are feeding them.
So technically, for eg. if I do have a pet dragon, it would have died. (Cos the last time I've logged in to LJ was 6 months ago.) Meaning... it is a maintenance to keep, which anyone have a freedom to opt for.

But Mr LJ, pls design a nicer cuter rock looking pets. Customized weird pet, even better.

New Year. New Ink?

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:54:16 GMT

wow... have not come here for a long time. Decide to blog a little and check some of you out...hehehe. You can all continue to talk abt music and business... I write my blog, hopefully to write more often of day to day crapshit and frustrations and of course simple happiness.

It's Eastern new year this week. YAY! more luck and more recognition for work. Less assholes. yeah!
Me and much missed ex-roommate were talking on iChat abt new ink. The thai bamboo of a Tiger. I think it hurts a lot more.. but this shit is cool.

I'm born in the year of Tiger.. so definitely no tiger for me. Too fierce as many chinese believes.
What should I get? Maybe an ocean.

Alright back to work.

Burn in Hell

Sun, 27 May 2007 05:22:17 GMT

Just went thru hell with fever and back.
(first time in 3 years, f*.)

Remedy: Honey and Lime.
It works. (so far.)
Applys only on the first day.

Stranger than Fiction

Sat, 05 May 2007 14:12:46 GMT

He's not crazy. He's just written that way.

What if your life is a character in a upcoming novel?
What if it is written out right here, right now, as you create the book.
What if the author writes only tragedy and you know towards the ending, the hero (which is YOU) always dies.

Fanstastic movie.
Very cool intro. Great casts.
Get to see the less comedian side of Wil.
Love Maggie Gyllenhaal's character too - rebelliously 'sexxxy',
It's something about her that shallow people would not see. I want be her. Period.

DM fever

Fri, 04 May 2007 08:10:45 GMT

Can't find 101..
guess I have to settle with

The Singles DM 86>98

Disc: 1
1. Stripped
2. A Question Of Lust
3. A Question Of Time
4. Strangelove
5. Never Let Me Down Again
6. Behind The Wheel
7. Personal Jesus
8. Enjoy The Silence
9. Policy Of Truth
10. World In My Eyes

Disc: 2
1. I Feel You
2. Walking In My Shoes
3. Condemnation
4. In Your Room
5. Barrel Of A Gun
6. It's No Good
7. Home
8. Useless
9. Only When I Lose Myself
10. Little 15

doped!

ps. erm.. (to S.T.) no Black Celebration.

It's funny that...
I'm not even sure where this DM fever come about,
maybe I'm back home, maybe it's J.B., maybe it's one of those nostalgic moments, maybe...

I'm losing myself soon...

Every 40 days I acclaimed: Happy Woman's Day !!

Wed, 02 May 2007 15:45:35 GMT

This day truly needs to be lighten up.

... cos you get all bloated up...
zits knocking
a washing machine abdomen
mood swing as if a young monkey trying to reach for a banana up in the sky
cold beers are forbidden

yea sure full of surprises
it makes you special
makes woman special
makes woman cry for sex
it arouses you in it's own way
Bonus: breast enhancement by 2%

and the fav part... this day arrives (of all week) when you are wearing a f*G. always!! always
not exactly the kinda of surprise you wanna get....

Happy Woman's Day. !!

Primitive better?

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:39:10 GMT

A story describing primitive community where the people cannot read or write and where only bare subsistence can be obtained by hard work in the fields.

Different point of view (various):
- Comfort as a matter of what one was used to.

- If one was used to simple things and could obtain simple things perhaps this was better than expecting complex things and being dissatisfied when one could not obtain them.

- Perhaps reading and writing make people more dissatisfied.

- More people are usually working hard for something....
perhaps hard work in the field is more rewarding since one can see something growing
and one is actually going to eat what one grows.

(p85, L.T)

Little rascal.

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:33:29 GMT

Here's little terror at home.
Even our dog have to give in to her.

In our previous 5th storey high apt, she fell off from the window ledge - suffered a broken mouth and a broken spine. She was send to ER, thank god... she live... !!
Today.. though she may not run as fast as she used to be...
yea... she's our little shit, right there.

That's miu.

Asia home - on the 21st storey.

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:05:00 GMT

Ah..long awaited for... fav Breakfast

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:16:57 GMT

vegetarian noodle. Price: $2.00SIN, 1.31USD, 0.98EUR, 0.67GBP

Plus a walk to "change alley" where I get rid of all my US currency.

view from top floor

Unlike amsterdam, we have escalator everywhere.
Now you know why I said Singapore is too comfortable to live in !!

get your shit

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:48:09 GMT

pack up pack up....

I hate moving every quarterly.
I hate farewell.
I hate goodbye.
I hate to cry.
I hate that 20hrs flight.
I hate the fact that my roomie went to Vegas for Nascar and I'm still here.
I hate what I'm hating.

The only good thing. Dj is coming.
orh... another goodbye. argh!

+ and -

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:27:43 GMT

Cranky mode's ON... body ache from working out
Feel like doing something unusual.
I start approving all the requests on myspace. Well, almost all.
Around 55 out of 73 requests.

It will be so wrong when I start axe'ing...

u suxs!!

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:13:09 GMT

I know you guys eat, shit, fart, drink, play music.
I also know I have only 3 musketeers...
*sigh*

Most Journal I read are all work related!! Not the hell lotta that I understand...
nor the events I can attend....urgh
oh well...
Do you guys have something else beside work?!?!? Like perhaps the color of your stool today?!?!?
Or the amount of shit accumulated in your nose?!?
(ha ha ha...)

oh snap, i'm bitchin...sorry. I'm too lazy to go make new friends...
I'll just contd to write my own private Journal.
I know u guys got too many eyes around to write anything that is personal.

Aight...See you guys on myspace.

Possible New Sport

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:21:58 GMT

thank god, the rock climbing shit is not in the morning...
It was quite a thrill to climb the walls while you can still smell alcohol on your breath, leftover from yesterday's party... ha ha ha
But I felt great, for the most part, I was excited... It was my first climb.I think I've fell in love with rock climbing... :))

the only thing to overcome is the friggin height...

Interpretation of Dreams

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:53:22 GMT

wow... I have not dreamed for a damn long time.
The first thing I woke up is to find out what in the world my dreams means...

"
To dream that you are planning your own wedding to someone you never met, is a metaphor symbolizing the union of your masculine and feminine side. It represents a transitional phase where you are seeking some sort of balance between your aggressive side and emotional side. "
~ http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/

I'm slowing down baby....but marriage...NO! (not yet)

COMMON DREAM & SYMBOLS
Many times, the events in our dreams that we believe to be negative are actually quite positive.
http://www.iloveulove.com/spirituality/kabbalah/kabbadreams.htm

Recurring Dream
When a specific dream is not interpreted, it is like a fax machine on redial. If the message is not accepted, the message is sent again.
Recurring dreams mean there is an aspect of your behavior that is negative and is being repeated over and over again. If the dream repeats itself, but there are some changes in it, this means you've changed some aspect of your behavior.

Experiencing Fear
You are being told to be more concentrated in attempting to understand what the dream is about.

Bad Spirits & Ghosts
A person should not speak about a dream involving frightening entities. It means there is negative energy in the bedroom. Check the room for cleanliness. Burn sage. Carry the sage around the room, directing the smoke towards each of the four corners. As you scent the room with sage, you can meditate upon the following letters:

A Child's Nightmare
If a child has a nightmare, or if they see "scary things" without much of a story, check the room for cleanliness. Ask the child if anything is bothering him. Burn sage, following the procedure above.

People who have passed away give you something:
This is a positive sign. It means they are giving you something that they were able to accomplish in their lives.

Elderly Dying:
If an old person is dying or dies, this could be a message to you that that person may soon leave this world.

Blood:
It's generally a good sign, meaning sustenance and blessing. However, it might not be positive if any part of the body is bleeding.

Violence:
This could mean that you are surrounded by enemies, or that you are also violent and need to transform your behavior.

Grapes:
(a) If white or green: This is a positive sign of success.
(b) If black or purple: This can be a negative sign (if the dream takes place when grapes are not in season) concerning judgment, a warning of something going wrong, especially if birds are eating the grapes.

Pomegranate:
This means you will gain much wisdom, or perform many positive and good deeds.

Colors:
(a) Most colors are positive.
(b) Light blue is not positive. This is an indication of evil eye, or judgment being directed your way. Evil eye refers to those not-so-friendly glances we receive from others who are envious. According to Kabbalah, these negative stares have an adverse affect on our life.

Snakes:
This is a positive sign. It indicates money, prosperity, and success. If the snake bites you, this means you will get double what was originally promised to you. If the snake is killed, then this opportunity for success or for receiving money is removed.

Remarrying an ex-spouse:
It means that the same failing you had in your previous marriage is repeating itself in your new relationship. This failing concerns basic traits that you came to this world to correct and transcend such as: impatience, lying, cheating, intolerance, abusiveness, coldness, sexism, insensitivity etc. This dream is not a sign for you to remarry your ex-spouse, but rather to self-reflect, check for mistakes, and make sure you stop repeating the same negative behavioral actions. You are now receiving a new opportunity to correct them.

Camel:
This means that the person was supposed to die but was saved. It could also mean that the person might loose his possessions.

Elephant:
This means a miracle happened, is happening or will happen. Often, when miracles occur in our life, we are unaware of them. Many elephants mean many miracles have occurred.

Cat:
A decree of judgment upon you was changed or lifted.

Body of Water:
This is positive if the river or sea is calm; also good if the color is clear or turquoise. If it's turbulent, blackish, or dirty, it's not positive.

The Zohar states that a river seen in a dream is a presage of peace.

Swimming:
If the water is not dirty, this is very positive. It means good and positive people surround you.

Haircut (your own):
Depending on the dream's context, and what the person is doing with his life, it can mean that you are going to have an opening for growth. If it's also your beard, the same will take place for the close people around you.

Seeing Intercourse with Family Member:
The Talmud writes that there are three things that can give us a taste of heaven. These are: being in the sun; delighting in the Sabbath day; and sexual intercourse, which can be the highest spiritual connection and unity between husband and wife.
The people seen in the dream are not really the people themselves, but rather representatives. For example, a father represents the energy of wisdom, a mother represents the energy of understanding. So the dream means a tremendous energy will be brought to your life.

Intercourse with a Friend's Wife:
This is a tricky one. If you harbored sexual thoughts about her before, this is obviously negative. If you did not have such thoughts, it indicates that you will be elevated to a higher level of consciousness. However, you should not dwell on the dream, and be clear in your mind that it has nothing to do with the potential of an actual physical relationship!

Being Naked:
(a) The Talmud says that if you are naked in the land of Israel, it means you are naked and free from negativity-a very good thing.
(b) If you are outside the land of Israel, you are naked from positivity-not a good thing.
Someone being with you while you were naked has no importance and is considered a meaningless detail. The action that you were doing is important. If you were doing something positive, it's a positive dream. If you were engaging in negative activity, the dream is obviously not positive.

Drinking Oil:
If a man dreams about drinking oil, it could mean that his wife is cheating on him.

Drunk:
If you dream someone is drunk, it is a sign that you could receive money. If you yourself are drunk, it means you will be rescued from your troubles.

Bible drops:
If a book of the Bible (Torah) drops on the floor, this is a very serious matter. Amongst other things, it could mean that if your wife is pregnant, she could loose the pregnancy.

Eyes or Fish:
They both are warnings of the evil eye-the channel for the destructive force of envy.
You are either:
(a) The victim: Someone around you hates you, is jealous, or doesn't agree with your actions and wants to disturb or destroy what you are doing;
or
(b) You are the envious carrier of the evil eye: This is still destructive, even to yourself. Those you envy are hurt by your glances. Moreover, the negative energy rebounds and hurts you. A no-win scenario.

NOTE: Fish can also be a very good sign of blessing. This depends upon the rest of the dream (the whole picture), as well as what is going on in the person's life-whether he's working on becoming a better person and developing himself spiritually.

Breathing Underwater:
This indicates that you are not being dominated by the limitations of the five senses-a very positive indication.

Egg:
This means your request or desire is heard and will be fulfilled. A broken egg means that the wish has already been fulfilled.

Shoes:
Shoes represent mates; soul-mate, or any other close partnership. If you are looking for your shoes, you are looking for your mate.

Previous Lifetime:
This is a message warning you not repeat mistakes made in prior lives. You need to change something in your behavior and outlook on life.

Falling:
Falling indicates a downward cycle in your life. This is not positive. Corrective measures should be taken concerning your consciousness and conduct in life.

Going Up:
Rising upwards signifies that an upward trend will take place in your life, a positive sign.

Flying:
The Zohar states that we all have the innate ability to fly, but as long as we are trapped by the illusions of physical existence, this ability remains as an unfulfilled potential. Flying represents being free of limitations. Whatever you are involved with or whatever you asked for, it's the right thing.

Feeling Good:
You had what seemed like a negative dream, but when you got up in the morning, you felt good. This means that the dream was actually positive.

So have you dream lately?

Growing Up

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:23:53 GMT

Traveling makes a person good, at least it allow you to change your perspective.
I conclude that in it's simplest form of saying.

Photo taken in Miami Beach, model: ex :)

You starts to appreciate things.
things that you complain all the time
things that you have no clue... what it is like when it is not there.
things that you whine abt all the f*ckin time
things that you don't eat.
things that you find abundance
things that you see the way it is and refuse to change it
things that you used to fight for, now it is no longer worth fighting.
people around you
people that makes you mad
people that pissed you off
people that is fake (but not evil)
people that is so self-conscious
people that is nice which turn out not to be nice
people that is stranger
people that is a bum
people with no real identity or whatever
people who bares with your shit
people who try to change you
people who you don't look back
people who lend their shoulder even though you don't like that person
people who unstubborn you
people who makes you think otherwise
people who sugar coated you
people who are dicks
people who are pussy
people who you think it will be your best friend, can turn out to be your worst nightmare
people who have no high education, but a lot happier than those who have
people who work so hard, but what do they get in return?
people who says things for the f*ck sake of saying
people who makes irrelevant comments just to make their existence
people who wants to be close to you, but your door is shut
people who believes in fun and party only
people that are simple minded
people that reminds you of someone
people who you love and hate
A friend that you want to keep in touch with, but you hated her for all the damages she have caused in the past
A friend who call himself/herself friend
an ex that is always there for you
an ex who feels that he is unappreciated
an ex who get exhausted for sharing your burden
an ex who waited for you for a long time
an ex who now finally understands .... yea everything is over
an ex whom you find guilt
an ex whom you think you owe him
an ex whom is now a dear friend
an ex whom you gonna make effort and make him feels appreciate
an ex whom you sleep in the same bed though he is your EX
an ex that is beyond the friendship.
an ex will always be an ex

woa... this above piece of shit that I've written just came out of nowhere in 5 seconds!!
Did I just grow up? or did I just witness a politic on myspace that tells me Reality Bites?
Who right, who's wrong - only they know.

Tick out

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:21:26 GMT

Today, I finally bought a tick out this morning. An air ticket to fly back to Singapore. I've not been home for 2-3 years. I have no figgin idea how my new home even look like. I'm curious if there is any new 'additions' to this recent newly-purchase apartment besides the usual suspect that would consist of my mum, bro, sister-in-law, 2 dogs and 2 cats...

After I broke the news to my roomie that I am going back this sunday and I will be packing my shit this week, the 'tension' between her and I is kinda of odd. weird! can't explain.

At 11am, we went to McDonald and ate my fav fries, then headed to Denver (sorry, teddy, I didn't manage to go down to Vendetta Music to say hi...) to grab her cosmetics stuff... we made the wrong turn, went extra mile... we grab the cosmetic shit, we left, I accompanied her to go buy some shoes, she bought 2 pairs, we left Flatiron, we came back. In the car, I played her fav. CD - Justin Timberlake (which I really hated it initially), she said: "You will think of me the next time you heard Jus's track elsewhere."

She made dinner, a 'surprise' dinner (she forbids me to look what she is cooking) - meatball pasta... really good stuff. Beers and wine over our little square table, Coconut creme pie for dessert. Watched Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) followed by the Academy Awards show. A penguin commercial came on, she said: "The penguins will remind me of you...."

hmm.... I guess we gonna miss each other's company as housemates...
(In the living room, we have a beige (hers) and a black (mine) couch perpendicular to the TV, facing opposite each other, with a square table in the middle, between us. What we do on weekend, we'll drag our blanket and pillow, find a good movie, and lay on our 'own' couches, watch TV, till we fall asleep till dawn. At times, we will crave for something in the middle of the night – we'll drive out even just to get either a pie, an ice-cream, a pizza or even just a pack of cheetos. Bottom line, we 'hang' out till dawn in the living room.)
Yes, I will missed her dearly.

Hopefully we'll feel better tomorrow, well, at least be normal enough to pick on each other.

From a man who treated advertising as if it were radioactive waste.

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:40:21 GMT

HOW TO GET YOUR HUSBAND
TO FASTEN HIS
ROVER 2000
SAFETY HARNESS:

TELL HIM IT'S A SAM BROWNE BELT AND HE LOOKS
LIKE A WORLD WAR I AVIATOR.

Years before seat belts were mandatory, Howard Gossage thought safety should be fashionable in car advertising.
He even saved his clients a modeling fee. What a guy!!

ps. Have anyone try counting sheeps to sleep ?
Has this shit ever work? How does it make sense? When u are counting, aren't you concentrating!?!??
How abt coming up with a sheep 'folk' music or classical or EVEN an opera sheep tune.?!?! might work. meehh....

Dirty Filthy Bastard

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:16:33 GMT

Nice out.
I'm washing the damn 4x4 car. :))
It's a mission of the day. heheh.

The Law of ADDraction

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:55:48 GMT

Yesterday, me and my roommate, Kat was watching this DVD. It's called "The Secret" - (www.thesecret.tv)
It's the secret laws and principles of the universe. The laws of attraction.
The Law of Attraction simply says that you attract into your life whatever you think about.
Your dominant thoughts will find a way to manifest.
Kinda of hokey, believe it a not, it's entirely up to you.

Here are some of the sum-up contents in that DVD as far as I can remember.

Anything you want, Ask for it in the universe. You'll attract the nature of law.

>>> The Secret?
ASK
BELIEVE
RECEIVE (the feel good frequency of what you want.)

- What will help you to generate the feelings, literally attracts.
(pay attention to what attracts you, then Act on it.)

>>> The process?
- Gratitude. Start of by being grateful of what's around you, what you have. (create that kind of positivity.)
(for eg. you are mad at your spouse. You can start this gratitude by writing down on a paper all the good points he/she have. OR you can leave a note on the table - "I'm having good times with my girlfriends tonight.".)
- Visualize: If you yearn of something, visualize it (dream and fantasize driving a corvette), paint/draw it (walking out of Lowe's building), do a clippings of it (cut-out of a loft/paint gallery in NYC).
- release it to the universe by writing a list. (literally writes. Put your wish out on a paper as if u are talking to the genie in the bottle, making that wish)
- trust the universe and IT WILL manifest.

- "What a mind can conceive it will achieve." ~W.Clement Stone

>>> How this work?
- What you think, is what you get.
Focus on what you want - it create a add energy.
-Everything in the universe is energy. (You think a hand is solid? Try putting it under a microscope and you find it's vibrating.) You're the energy field > You are the source of energy > an infinite field.

Attention that you wish to experience (eg. I'm hungry, I want to eat a pizza), follow the flow with the universe.
(Mother Teresa understand this.)

Life is meant to be abundant.
-If you see it > believe it (pizza is there) > act from it (you have to work towards to align with the universe) > when it's there. (recognize it)

>>> Designer of your own destiny (jamiebandit: hokey!!)
The power lies under your control. (jamiebandit: i wish there is a better way of saying this..)
What you want now, choose now. Be the author of your own life.

Generate it - the law will respond.
The power within you is greater.
We are unlimited beings.
Your purpose > your mission in life (the mission is your mission you create yourself.)
Intention of what you want ----->> IT WILL MANIFEST. (jamiebandit: could be cool)

Everything that feels good - it draws it.
Resonate with your heart
& if it doesn't makes you feel good, then let it go.

The last frontier is the mind, unbounded by possibilities.
The junction of life : You deserve to be happy ... (jamiebandit: ha ha)

Do the moment. (jamiebandit: kinky... )
Seize the moment. (jamiebandit: puppy power! )

Say you start your morning bad by complaining, grumble.. etc etc.
You will draws the bad energy and you can forget about having good day at work.

Always start your (friggin) morning good - FEEL GOOD > It naturally draws the energy - that's the law of attractions.

Jamiebandit: So, do you guys know what the hell I'm talking abt?!!? hur ? hur?
ps. forgive my lazy construction of english. me ain't any author or copywriter, I'm just a bandit.

The best thing that happened in weeks.

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:10:53 GMT

I've got an email today....

From : Zeldin, Gail (NYC-MRM Worldwide)
Sent : Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:48 PM
Subject : MRM Opportunity

| | | Inbox
Hi Amy,

I received your resume thru an internal referral and wanted to know if you would be interested in meeting our creative director here at MRM. He has reviewed your work and thinks you might be a good fit here.

Let me know when you can come in.

Thanks-Gail

WOW.!!!!
Aight, I'm gonna book a flight to NYC.
Is there anyone kind enough to lent me their couch?!!? (No psycho, pls)

Looking for a Psycho Killer .

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:00:16 GMT

Buzz me. I would love to write you a letter.

Aight, my first Journal

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:58:15 GMT

type design for Jahba SnakeCharmer Album

My Quotes on a random day.
- We all have a crooked nose and a foul mouth.
- I want my name in Wikipedia.
- The only reason we died is becos we accept the inevitable.
- Give all your money and I'll help you get rid the roots to all evil.
- Junk mail vs Unemployment.
- To be a good advertiser, you need a good story teller aka bullshiter.
- Watch more TV cos there is nothing there. It could be art.
- You're famous, that doesn't mean I have to like you.
- Opportunity is created only if you act.
- Valentine's Day could break you or overwhelmed you.
I'd say keep it normal. Be extraordinary on normal days.