Hip Hip Hooray

The 2008 Board of Directors elections for my unnamed professional organization were today. Congratulations to me: I'm the Director of PR/Marketing for the next two years!

So in a nutshell, I will have a social life in 2008. ;D

The Gala

I've been counting down the past two weeks, and finally, the gala is done and over with. The last two days were crazy, crazy enough to make me take Friday off from work to create auction display tent cards. Then, that night, I was stuck in the BankofAmerica building with E, trying to print them out on thick-ass cardstock that I bought from PaperZone. We eventually had to give up and let the experts (that would be FedExKinko's) do it for us.

Last night was the gala and instead of feeling triumphant, I was just really waiting for it to be over. It was a lot of work and a lot of time (I was in charge of dessert/live/silent auctions). I can never look at spreadsheets ever again. But if it's any consolation, this event made realize that Seattle does have good-looking Asian Americans. I have no idea where they hide, but they all came out last night enough to give me eye-candy and forget the pain in my feet. Who the hell needs to move to California, eh?

The Gift of Giving

I'm now realizing how important it is to network, network, network. Life is so much easier when you know a ton of people who have the power to provide.

I have to solicit raffle prizes and auction items for the gala (that's what a co-chair is for) and do I have a ton of people to ask? No! To add salt to the wound, I come from a government/non-profit background so anyone I know comes from organizations that don't have any money to give out in the first place! Goodness gracious!

So, for those people out there who work for Corporate America (you know who you are!), please help a sister out! Heck, help the whole Asian American community for crying out loud. The Gala is on November 3 and the time is soooo ticking! Let me know if you can lend a hand!