Tuesday, February 03, 2004
ooh!! comments!
i have decided to delete my message board, and replace it with comments after every post that i make. the logic is simple, actually, and it didn't occur to me until i saw it in actual practice: message boards are better suited to high-traffic sites. this is not to say that comments are for cobwebbed pages, but the traffic here is such that Shelob could weave a web here and no one'd notice. and it really looked weird to see a message board entry that refers to a post... in the archives. so there. i don't expect too much traffic coming my way anytime soon, so comments are just right for this site.
sales con!
last week i joined my first sales convention, and being one of the 'newbies', we had to present a (thoroughly humiliating) dance number. let me not get into the details. but it was 3 days of free food and drinks, albeit boring presentations, and a lot of laughs.
what surprised me, though, was the amount of second-hand smoke i got during the convention. for some strange reaosn, my former company didn't have too many smokers on board, whic suited me just fine. i told people that if i had a culture shock with my new company, it would be with the amount of smokers in the firm. it was pretty bad because you had 60-square foot (i'm just guessing) lobby filled with around 20 smokers. yipes.
last week, i was holding an all-expense paid 3-day package to miniloc and didn't go.
but before you berate me, might i say that i did spend the weekend (all expenses paid, too) at a house facing the shore (of course it was next to the beach, duh?!). and, somehow, even if i had to make the same choice again a million times over, it'd still be a no-brainer. i was in a (decidedly) quieter place, the water was just as fresh and clear (though i admit palawan sand is a lot better), and i was with a long-standing group of friends whose company could never be surpassed by those at work. i now know the following things:
1) sunsets are really fast
2) bamboo windchimes are the greatest
3) and so is a seaside siesta on a hammock
4) you REALLY should watch your steps wherever you go
look closer!
5) you don't need to go far to make an ansel adams photo
6) and you do quite silly things when you're with a bunch of like-minded people
disclaimer: we found the bottle on the shore and properly disposed of it afterwards. and no animals were harmed in the making of this photo ( though they were quite uncomfortable for a few seconds, i admit)
i also admit, however, that i missed this:
arrrrgh!!!
i have decided to delete my message board, and replace it with comments after every post that i make. the logic is simple, actually, and it didn't occur to me until i saw it in actual practice: message boards are better suited to high-traffic sites. this is not to say that comments are for cobwebbed pages, but the traffic here is such that Shelob could weave a web here and no one'd notice. and it really looked weird to see a message board entry that refers to a post... in the archives. so there. i don't expect too much traffic coming my way anytime soon, so comments are just right for this site.
sales con!
last week i joined my first sales convention, and being one of the 'newbies', we had to present a (thoroughly humiliating) dance number. let me not get into the details. but it was 3 days of free food and drinks, albeit boring presentations, and a lot of laughs.
what surprised me, though, was the amount of second-hand smoke i got during the convention. for some strange reaosn, my former company didn't have too many smokers on board, whic suited me just fine. i told people that if i had a culture shock with my new company, it would be with the amount of smokers in the firm. it was pretty bad because you had 60-square foot (i'm just guessing) lobby filled with around 20 smokers. yipes.
last week, i was holding an all-expense paid 3-day package to miniloc and didn't go.
but before you berate me, might i say that i did spend the weekend (all expenses paid, too) at a house facing the shore (of course it was next to the beach, duh?!). and, somehow, even if i had to make the same choice again a million times over, it'd still be a no-brainer. i was in a (decidedly) quieter place, the water was just as fresh and clear (though i admit palawan sand is a lot better), and i was with a long-standing group of friends whose company could never be surpassed by those at work. i now know the following things:
1) sunsets are really fast
2) bamboo windchimes are the greatest
3) and so is a seaside siesta on a hammock
4) you REALLY should watch your steps wherever you go
look closer!
5) you don't need to go far to make an ansel adams photo
6) and you do quite silly things when you're with a bunch of like-minded people
disclaimer: we found the bottle on the shore and properly disposed of it afterwards. and no animals were harmed in the making of this photo ( though they were quite uncomfortable for a few seconds, i admit)
i also admit, however, that i missed this:
arrrrgh!!!
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