12 days have passed since March
but it was somehow quite memorable
so it shouldn’t be much of a problem
to recount what have taken place
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the month started slow, as usual
then stable and i was secretly praying that
i can keep the same pace
until end of the month
which is unlikely
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a few days before
our trip to Chongqing
received a tough one
100+ pages of slides
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managed to get an extension
but somehow pushed myself to
finish it all before the trip
in 3-4 days
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the week at Chongqing
was surprisingly smooth
and i would say ideal for
a freelancer
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got myself a serviced apartment
which was huge and super cosy
so i got a work desk and a sofa
and a riverview “balcony” to lean on
while working
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efficiency was super duper low
during the “peak-hour” from 7-10 PM
as i was either busy cooking dinner
or doing laundry
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and most importantly watching my favorite boy on TV
yummsssss
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i am actually so flexible with work hours
that I can wake up at 11PM, 1AM or 3AM
this time round it was less of a hassle
as workload was manageable
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so i actually woke up at 4 AM, 5 AM and 6AM
depending on submission load
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the blue stepped in
when the weekend approached
on top of vacation-ending-soon
kind of blue
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amendment required for the file
and a few petty tasks flooded in
on a Friday evening
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nevertheless was glad that
the overall quality is okay
just that there were careless mistakes
like missing translations for footnote
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and was given heads-up that
reports for another 8 countries
were actually on they way
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i flew on a Saturday night
touched down on a Sunday morning
which wasn’t really as bad
because you know you have some
buffer time to kick start
and i slept through the flight
to replenish before a busy week ahead
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so the whole Sunday was spent
on this particular project
another round of amendment
came in 11 PM on Sunday
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so i actually gathered the momentum
to work all the way until 2 AM
to get the 2nd report done
on top of amendment for the 1st
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so throughout the weeks
until early this week
i was working on the reports
one after another
and finally done with all 9
plus a summary report
submitted yesterday
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there were almost 1000 slides
days and nights
under pressure for
almost a month
as this is actually
one of my fav brands
and I have recently KIV-ed
one of their latest launch
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something else happened in between
during the Friday that
tasks flooded in
one of them was due in subsequent Wednesday
so i wasn’t really paying attention
and it wasn’t something tough
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thank goodness it wasn’t
because i totally forgot about it
i think this is the first time in history
until i received email on Wednesday
asking if the file is ready for delivery
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thank goodness managed to finish
not exactly on time but
within the day itself
well… thank goodness
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thank you Chongqing
for giving me the opportunity
to imagine life as a freelancer
in a small SOHO unit
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