I was approached by my manager last week who took me aside, into an unused office, saying with a grim expression, “We need to have a chat.” So I was wondering what I might have done wrong, where I screwed up, what I should have done but didn’t… but it turns out that I did better than I thought!
It seems that the work I’ve done on the client implementation recently, that I went to Christchurch for, has been noticed as being great work by executive management. As a result, they’ve requested my involvement on the client implementation for yet another new, MAJOR client, involving lots and lots of users. It’ll involve me for some months, rather than some days, and will take a lot of my time.
…when George Bush won his first presidential election, I felt what Obi Wan Kenobi might call a “disturbance in the Force.” It was very strange. I had an instant flash, a psychic impression. It was as if the Universe itself was saying, “What just happened? That wasn’t supposed to happen. That’s not what was planned.”
I was inspired to write this due to Chancelucky’s comment here.
There’s a very interesting theory going around, that 6 million Jews died during World War II at the hands of the Nazis. It’s a theory that most people believe in, and which is promoted to great effect by the Jews themselves, particularly the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). If anyone doesn’t believe the theory, or they find evidence to discredit it, they are labelled a ‘Holocaust denier’ and either shunned, or imprisoned. Unfortunately, there are a lot of inconsistencies to the story, particularly officially, that brings into question the original theory of what the Holocaust is all about. If you search around, you can find the evidence for yourself, but I’ll try to do a bit of it for you instead.
You are responsible for your own life and everything in it, including your own happiness. Do not blame your parents, your childhood, society, others or even life events.
2. Be flexible in your thinking Beware of absolutist / all or nothing / black and white / rigid thinking, with an over emphasis on the words ’should’, ‘must’, ‘ought’ and ‘can’t’. Loosen up your thinking, look at alternative views, avoid perfectionism.
3. Confront rather than avoid difficulties and frustrations Treat problems as challenges, as useful in helping you to build up a tolerance and experience. Expect change and challenges and for life to be unfair at times.
Over here I talked about how I talked online to a Nigerian woman who ended up trying to scam some money out of me. I commented that it’s “a sad day when every single contact you have with any person of Nigerian nationality has them trying to scam you of money.”
My cat, Eve, decided to give us a small gift yesterday, around 5pm. Or at least tried to. However, she was banished outside, while her gift, a small bird, was rescued and put into a tissue box on top of some tissues. While Eve was outside complaining about being deprived of her carefully chosen gift, I was inside monitoring the health of the bird.
I think it had a broken leg, and it’s tail had been ripped out. It was also probably suffering various internal injuries. It failed to pull through, however, and expired around 8pm.
I think it’s absolutely hilarious that the Bush Administration, allegedly highly focused on security for the country against Middle Eastern enemies, are allowing a number of ports to be sold to a Middle Eastern country, the UAE…
I find it hard to stop laughing.
How many people are likely to die as a result of Middle Eastern interests being allowed to pass into the US by the Middle Eastern owners?
Updated: I found this timeline of events regarding the Muslim cartoon outrage. As more events occur, I’ll add them to this timeline (latest events will be at the top of the list). It’ll be interesting to see how things turn out as time goes by. 2006
19 February: Police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators who stage protest in defiance of ban, in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Tens of thousands of protestors chanting slogans against Denmark, Israel and the United States, rally in Istanbul, Turkey.
18 February: Sixteen people are killed in attacks against Christian targets in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri.
Here I am, sitting in Wellington airport again, but this time on the way to Christchurch for work purposes, instead of to or from Australia for enjoyment purposes. But it’s ok, as I love travelling regardless of whether it’s for work or for pleasure. I love sitting in the airport, watching the people go by. I love sitting down and relaxing, knowing that I’m ‘working’ and that a big part of it is travelling.
I was approached by my manager last week who took me aside, into an unused office, saying with a grim expression, “We need to have a chat.” So I was wondering what I might have done wrong, where I screwed up, what I should have done but didn’t… but it turns out that I did better than I thought!
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