Location: Client Office, Rama III, BKK
Time: 6:30pm
Feeling: very drained
4 hour meeting is too long I've decided. It totally exhausts my mental capacity. Crap another meeting...
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Time: 8pm
Feeling: quite alert actually. but farken freezing.
another 1.5 hour meeting. hmmm. going home... shall finish later...
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Time: 11pm
Feeling: completely wiped and a bit paranoid
Yes... It looks like I am not really going to have an opportunity to ponder. Having finished the above mentioned meetings, on the way to the hotel in the cab managing partner suggests dinner (you just don't say "no"...). So here I am... 1.5 hour dinner later. By far the most intimidating occurence of the day.
It was actually really interesting. We got to hear about his background - it's completely not what I expected. He grew up in Byron Bay in a family of hippies with quite a bit of farked up stuff in the family...
And also hearing a bit about his views on professional appearance, personal grooming, table manners and how drastically those affect your perception in the eyes of the client. Kind of explains why our firm is ultra conservative. Kind of makes sense I guess - I am still not sure whether it makes sense in all situations. However, I guess white shirt + black suit, immaculate grooming and table manners = the most risk averse strategy - much better odds...
So yeah... Vik... Well... I finally replied. I don't think that it's really a good way to have this sort of discussion via email. Such a risk of misunderstanding. I still don't think she understood what I'm trying to say. Which is that I'm not over her decision to have a "break" in the friendship. It hurt and I'm confused as to what has changed now and why she would want to talk about it seeing that she is living the country pretty much within weeks of me getting back from Bangkok (if that indeed does happen).
Aaaaaaanyway. Not a lot of resources left for pondering. In fact, my right eye waters when I try to think too hard.
A bit disappointed that no one shared their views on the ethics of blogging personal matters involving 3rd parties. Very un-enlightening.
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