Hello, it is Eight you’re looking for

Today was a busy day for our mini Eight office. Thankfully, this year Hong Kong isn’t suffering from another bout of life threatening disease like SARS or Swine Flu or Lang Mo Fever (Lang Mo’s are so 2000s). Due to the clean and disease free air, mild temperatures and some PR floating around the web and newspapers, people were coming and going from our office throughout the day. So without further adieu, I introduce to you the “Random Encounters of Eight”!

Random Encounter #1

Simon. A smart chap with a snap to his step and a southern drawl to his speech waltzed in early in the morning. A tuition centre owner hailing from faraway Tai Po, he stated he wanted to transform his business into the best English education centre in Hong Kong, eventually entering the China market by April 26th, 2011. When we asked him what his progress was so far and how he intended to expand, he declared, “I Simon from Tai Po, do not know how or why. I merely do or die. My centre isn’t open yet. But it will become the biggest I assure you!” This is a man with big dreams, and we like that.

Random Encounter #2

Eric. If we said fishmonger, what would most men think? Well, a fishmonger of sorts solicited our boys at the mini Eight office for business. Actually he’s a fishball monger, but that’s not as funny fishmonger. Anyway, back to the story. The fishmonger presented our boys with a business accord. Let me sell my fishballs at your reception and you’ll be driving in more visitors than you can even imagine. Smells fishy to us.

Random Encounter #3

Remember those commercials where a freaky deaky John Tsang randomly popped up scaring the living crap out of all those who dared to talk about country-level finances? Well it turns out those commercials weren’t the brainchild of some creative slaving away late into the night – John Tsang does actually randomly pop up everywhere around Hong Kong. Today he popped up right next to our mini Eight office.

Random Encounter #4

Joie from the London College of Communication came by to show her portfolio. She has a solid foundation in design and is currently a hair stylist at “Headquarters”. Soon Eight Partnership employees will have the funkiest hairstyles in all of Hong Kong, rad.

Random Encounter #5

Ming Pao came back for seconds. Seems like their lead reporter on the mini Eight story, Fanky, couldn’t get enough of Bennett and Chris. She wanted to dig deeper and is interested in the result of our little stunt. And she wanted numbers.

Random Encounter #6

Tourists. We love tourists. Except Americans. Oh and the British and Australians during Rugby Sevens. Oh and mainlanders. But the two tourists that came up to our reception to ask for a picture, we love them cause they’ve got good taste.

Random Encounter #7

Oriental Daily, ICY and Shing Pao came by to pick up the story that Ming Pao broke today. Looks like the press can’t get enough of us. And clearly, Chris can’t get enough of flirting with female reporters – he loves girls listening to him.

Random Encounter #8

A Ms. Polly Mui and her husband from the “Hong Kong Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Association Limited” dropped by to see what kind of brilliant ideas we could come up with. Their association is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. So we exchanged business cards and got cracking on the case. Sounds pretty cool (pun totally intended!). On a side note, their son just graduated from Central St. Martin School of Arts in London and he’s coming to share his portfolio with us soon. Nothing like a little business incentive to get the hiring machine going.