Woke up early today for a client ocular visit out of town. Not particularly excited and happy-doodle as this trip equals work. The only way am going to call a road trip, well, a trip, is if it involves beaches, friends and happy songs en route. But then, ok, still thankful for this opportunity – for what am not quite sure yet. Right now, it’s about an hour past noon time in a surprisingly cozy dining place in our project complex. Am not quite sure yet why am here, I don’t think I’m even going to break-even or turn a good profit but as all business go, there is always the possibility of more projects as a result of this pitch. Dealing with clients is new to me, and what I’ve learned about corporate politics isn’t much help in this area. Clients do have their peculiarities and what’s even more fun (!) is that they don’t actually come from the same segment! Right now, it’s come one, come all mode and we can’t yet afford to be choosy. Hmm… there is something wrong with this picture. If we want to build gecko as a brand, we cannot be everything to everyone. But as I’ve said, we’re still building the business and we cannot –as yet- afford to be selective. The idea here for now, is to spread the word- by all means necessary.
While I can rough it out with the best of them, vacation-wise, here are signs that I am now officially a certified city mutt who cannot live without the trappings of technology and modern urban vanities-
- I cannot function without my coffee. Kopiko and vendo on average days,
- I itch to go online and check and send messages. My excuse is that I have to log on so I could write. Ha, maybe. But really, life –and work- is so much easier to go about as long as everyone’s online. Hehe.
- The comforts of airconditioning. Seriously, when am working I get to be OC and I want to make sure that everything is all clean and orderly, or else I’ll spend half the time arranging and re-arranging everything to my liking. That’s for when am writing and have to think in my own-world manner- photo shoots are an entirely different story.
Speaking of coffee-
It’s just about after lunch now and I’m seriously hallucinating from caffeine-deprivation. I asked for a cup from this cozy little joint in the middle of nowhere and I was told they didn’t have any…. Whaat?.... I would have just settled for a 3-in-one. But! Alas! In my Mary Poppins bag, I unearth a pack of Kopiko and heavens behold, a sachet of Equal! Waaah I haven’t been this thankful for coffee! Hah- here’s to my friends teasing me for always lugging a big bag!
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