“You have something to show me ?” he queried after a brief introduction. It has been aeons since I went into a boardroom with three four elderly professional men in their respective fields of expertise, all eager to know what I have in store for them. Hours earlier, my T42 broke down {after years of TLC} - thanks to some file Microsoft kept on sending as updates. After it rebooted itself a dozen of times, I knew something was not right. Thank gawd, my files were burnt on a DVD and the rest in my pendrive.
For the second time in the T42’s lifetime, it got re..”covered“. I was sad, and annoyed. The first time it happened, was when those fraudsters in Dubai put me in house-arrest and confiscated my laptop thinking I’m Malaysia’s Special Branch operative. I know Malaysian spies aren’t priviledge to ThinkPads. At best they’d use Dell, or Compaq.
Gosh, I’m such a tart! and Nicolas will be meeting Abdallaah AbdulAziz AsSaud today! and I should be in Foreign Service! but I’m so not good at pillow fighting!
Already the journey down to Singapore was un-planned - despite the fact that I can be unpredictable, I wouldn’t leave for another country unless its deemed an urgency. In this case, I was seriously unprepared. After the meeting which lasted not even an hour, I rushed to my suite. The South is HOT!! And I’m not talking about the dashing in-animates.
I had earlier-on prayed for a thunderstorm.
During the meeting it poured, but I was delivering the presentation. I could have just scooted off and drench myself in the rain. But I was being a “responsible” girl. For once, I felt like an adult not wanting anything from this part of the world, but I was cornered - someone is adamant that I’d stay put in the country. If Malaysia started pouring snow, I might consider. I dislike the heat - I seriously dislike the heat. I can’t work in this weather, or work with people whose minds are just in reverse gear.
I had to present my paper - for a business partnership. I hate to have to do it - I hate asking for money.
He asked me four questions. How long was I in France.. How long will it take to setup the infra, whether I’ll return home to France once its undertaken, and if the funds I’m seeking was enough. I guess most people ask for a quadrillion dollars, but I’m asking the most minimal. I could ask for a hundred million or two, but what would I do with the extras? Its not like what I’m asking is granted FOC {Free of charge} - I’d still have to ensure fund injection in the idea gets ROI pronto.
I dislike the idea of failing, and making use of people’s money - business can be such a pain! I’d rather shop
Gosh, life in Malaysia is tough! You’d either have to play balls with adults not knowing when to pass it, or die convincing people that do but rather do something more enticing - like construction in an almost dead civilization. I’d say ‘dead’ since most minds are limited and when you expound a certain given topic, they just drop their jaws as if you’re from outer space.
Thank gawd this guy knows what I’m talking about.
Hopefully, the next meeting will even be more fruitful - I have to present another paper before the panel makes a final decision. Seeing that Microsoft Word got trashed, I couldn’t finish the translation I’m doing for a social network based in Germany. I have to re-do everything when I get back. Its like something is stopping me on this flow - this morning, when I switched on the ThinkCentre, the VDU went blank white.
I can’t go on like this - everything is falling apart around me again. Then Nokia called and said they’ll send the E90 for my review. At least I’ll be happy {I had hoped} but toys don’t make me happy unless I get to keep em. I know what would make me terribly happy, but when you’re in Malaysia, you can only hope that your thoughts become reality faster than the rising of the Sun. When Iraq had its first snow, I sent a prayer - “Hey, not there… over here..” But the Lord knows who needs it more than I.
Did you know there’s a free stand alone calendar application that allows you to assign events and tasks just like Microsoft Outlook Calendar? Well, seeing that I can’t find where my Microsoft Office Suite’s CDs are, I had no choice but to look for freewares that perform. You could easily download that here, and an alternative for Office, here. Whilst looking for Trillian, I found Pidgin which works equally well I’ve heard from some dev friends {although I’ve yet to test it out but you so don’t want to do it on your laptop!! - well, at least I don’t!}. Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once - woohoo! I dislike the idea of having to setup my system again, it takes too much of my energy. Well Pidgin, can be downloaded here, and this other alternative to Office here.
Let’s hope things go well.
I will be collaborating with a panel of experts - so if you’re into social networks, SEOs, Content creation, knowledge management, Communications Design, PR, Security Intel, Telephony, and would like to pass on your resumes or CVs for potential long-term collaboration, drop me a note.
I could do with some intel. heads instead of just spin-dryers.
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