The work onslaught for the past 2 weeks has taken its toll, with me feeling slightly under the weather in the last few days. It’s probably just my body screaming enough is enough, and can no longer take the abuse of continuous late nights and working on weekends without a decent rest.

It was so bad that I have to leave the office in the late afternoons for two continuous days and schumachered home to sleep off the exploding migraines.

I’m realizing that I’m no longer the lithe, young thing who could work for hours on end at one single sitting. Those were my piddly little executive super-underpaid days when I would be working my arse off, pulling in an all-nighter, all weekend if I had to, missing out on social life and family time, work till the wee hours in the morning and doing it for months and months on end. All in the name of work. Looking back, that was insane.

Right now, I don’t think I can hack it anymore. Age is really catching up, and my attention span is only so much. Man, I’m getting old(er). My tiny body just can’t keep up and I’m still keeping unhealthy hours at work. Older but not wiser…

Is it me or is there something fundamentally wrong with this poster?

Granted, I did think the picture was nicely done. However, what jumped out at me was the tag line here. To me, it felt rather condescending. It felt wrong.

Seriously, does this guy actually look like he has a good life? Pardon my ignorance of what it might signify, but apart from his smile, he appears to be rather malnourished.

If this portrays “Good Life”, I’m assuming he’ll have a decent house to live in, a nice car and good clothes the moment he steps out of this sampan. For now, this guy looks like he could do with a new set of clothes and trade his 20 baht flip-flops for a good pair of shoes. A “good life” would also mean that his boat would be much nicer than this.

It’s almost like the advertiser is taking the piss out of this guy. It just doesn’t seem ethically right.