NEWS FLASH: Nanalo si Lou dela Pena of TBWA/Tequila Singapore as Asia Business Devt person of the Year ng MEDIA mag sa HK
Balita po ay nung nagkita si _o_g P_ _o at Lou more than a year ago sa isang regional meeting minata ni blank si Lou. Sabi ay may-ari siya ng ahensiya at si Lou hamak na empleyado lang. Nasaan na pala ang TBWA manila ngayon?
Ay ang gulong ng palad.
Patikim lang muna...
Proclamation 1105
Nung kamakailang lunes ng hapon ay ipinatawag ng boss ang buong department para sa isang meeting (ito ay pagkatapos i-announce ng presidente noong umaga na mukhang walang bonus ang ahensya ngayong taon, kaya medyo matamlay ang pakiramdam ng lahat).
Pagpasok ng boss ay may hawak na papel. akala nila ay kung anu-anong papeles lang yun. Nguni't nagulat sila nang nagumpisang basahin ng boss ang nakasulat sa papel.
Aba, may script ang kanyang pagse-sermon (o pagbu-bula ika nga ng mga bading). Natulala ang mga tao. Hindi sila makapaniwala. Hindi nila alam kung matatawa sila o makikinig (siguro hindi nga siya katoliko dahil hindi niya alam na, sa pilipinas, pari lang ang nagbabasa ng sermon).
Nagagalit daw siya dahil nakakita daw siya ng taong naga-ahit sa banyo sa umaga. Naiirita daw siyang makakakita ng nag-gy-gym. At kung anu-ano pang mga nakakalokang hirit na siningitan niya ng mga murang may "fuck" o "fucking" (siguro akala niya ay dadagdag ito sa dramatic effect ng kanyang script)
Base sa kanyang mga obersbasyon sa mga nakaraang buwan, mayroon daw siyang mga bagong patakaran na binansagan kong proclamation 1105 (alang-alang sa yumaong presidente, na tila gusto niyang sundan)
1) bawal ang magahit sa banyo pagkatapos ng 9am
2) bawal ang magsipilyo pagkatapos ng 9am at 1:30pm
3) bawal manood ng mga tv show sa computer
4) lahat ng mga tao ay dapat nasa opisina ng 9am, ang mala-late ay kakaltasan ng half-day leave
Kung hindi ito masunod, iqu-quote ko ang sinabi niya
"I will tear another fucking asshole in you"
Higit kumulang ng 7 ang mga kanyang binitiwang mga mura. nguni't sa huli ay lumabas din ang pakay ng kanyang "sermon" ng sinabi niyang
"I have a two year contract with the agency ... part of the evaluation of my performance includes winning awards"
Sa madaling salita, kayo ang magta-trabaho para sa akin para sumikat ako.
Wanna read more? Point your browsers to http://clayoawards.blogspot.com/. Wala akong masabe.
Read the Adobo Magazine feature. What got me interested was what was quoted, him saying "I don't even know who these people are..." and immediately I thought oh oh. Will there be a martial rule at LOWE? O nagsimula na ba? Baka mag-impose siya ng 12am-5am curfew so probably that is a good thing. ;>
Made me also think of the incoming head of Ace Saatchi & Saatchi - Matt Seddon. A good friend texted me this about him:
"He keeps his cards close. Likes awards and profit. Pleasant but hard to read..."
The ever-reliable Charles Tan has posted tons of goodies on his blog for us:
From the Ad Congress:
Audio Recording — Imagination and Creativity in the Contemporary World (50:27, 24 MB)
Q&A (26:59 13 MB)
From “A Gathering of Dreamlings and Nightmares”:
Audio Recordings:
The Graveyard Book Reading (51:35, 24 MB)
Talk and Q&A (58:06, 27 MB)
Transcript: click click!
Excerpt: Good morning!
This microphone… there are elves!
Right. In spite of the fact that some of you were here 1230 and probably asleep quietly in the background somewhat, one of the reasons I became a writer was to not get up early in the morning. And this qualifies as early and I did really well at the Advertising Congress the other day because that started at 930 and I was still on jet lag American time. My soul was still halfway across the Pacific and my theory is that souls travel at 60 miles an hour, about as fast as the fastest car. This morning it’s finally caught up with me so instead of beginning by giving another talk, I will begin by reading it to you and we’ll see if my writing actually arrived with my entry.
Thanks much, Charles!
