To the grindhouse I go :) Its been a really nice week, the sun has been out and we have gone out to the patio upstairs almost everyday. We initially get up at 9AM everyday, brew some coffee and read some news , then we head out for a stroll for the afternoon. In the evening I mix a mojito and we head up to the jacuzzi where D tries to tan. The sun sets at 9PM and there is nothing better than watching the sun go down over the skyline. It sounds and feels like I am doing nothing, but I am so relieved that the business is doing alright after a solid two weeks of busting ba**s.
Business tomorrow will be slow though, I can't blame anyone because it has been simply lovely. It will probably start up when it gets overcast.
xx
g
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Lau Wai Heen
Today I am taking D out to the Metropolitan Hotel's chinese restaurant. A singaporean has this providence-given sense of smell , and that 'wong hei' , spirit of the wok, beckons from 4 streets over.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Swanking it out.
Right now , I am waiting for D to arrive at Pearson. Can't sleep :) Its been a month since I have seen him. We are going to have some fun this time. Below is the room we're in for the month at rosemont residences theatre district. Its definitely just because I am 50m away from my old place. I got used to the area, and I am going to be sad to leave toronto.
Disaster is Averted
To fight another day, yes, thats probably what I live for.
Someone told me about the difference between a carrot and a stick. People are motivated by different things of course, but they fall into two classifications. Fear or reward = stick or carrot. I am a stick, I have a huge sign in my brain reading, "Now please, just don't fuck up"
Stick and Carrot; One or the other works, and people do mix them up, but generally a person follows one mode 90% of the time.
EG If you don't study now , you are going to end up poor, derelict and living off the streets. And when you do study, you're going to get an MBA, hook a sexy fiance and have a porsche.
So I have been hustling for the last two weeks and have raised a significant amount of cash to make sure the firm stays afloat until I at least get back to SG. I could say it was one of the toughest periods of my life so far, and no matter how many people back me or love me, in the end its just a game between the world and my ego. Nothing else matters.
Another thing I picked up , 35% of CEOs have the traits of psychopaths, and would be obsessive serial killers or arsonists had they not gone into business.
Meh I am rambling, but its been a long month. The next course : convincing D to trade and that the finance industry isn't more evil than the rest of the businesses out there.
All my love,
G
Embrace : Target
Someone told me about the difference between a carrot and a stick. People are motivated by different things of course, but they fall into two classifications. Fear or reward = stick or carrot. I am a stick, I have a huge sign in my brain reading, "Now please, just don't fuck up"
Stick and Carrot; One or the other works, and people do mix them up, but generally a person follows one mode 90% of the time.
EG If you don't study now , you are going to end up poor, derelict and living off the streets. And when you do study, you're going to get an MBA, hook a sexy fiance and have a porsche.
So I have been hustling for the last two weeks and have raised a significant amount of cash to make sure the firm stays afloat until I at least get back to SG. I could say it was one of the toughest periods of my life so far, and no matter how many people back me or love me, in the end its just a game between the world and my ego. Nothing else matters.
Another thing I picked up , 35% of CEOs have the traits of psychopaths, and would be obsessive serial killers or arsonists had they not gone into business.
Meh I am rambling, but its been a long month. The next course : convincing D to trade and that the finance industry isn't more evil than the rest of the businesses out there.
All my love,
G
Embrace : Target
Sunday, July 8, 2007
07 - 07 -2007
Possibly the luckiest day for the millennium, is what they say. I have to agree.
Guess who is in the pic ??
Bono. Yes, Bono and Edge. From U2. You know, just a pair of stadium rock gods. Long story short, I know the guy who took pictures for Kiss and Led Zepp and another guy who did the filming for Queen at Wembley. So we go down to this bar at king and church, near the hotel i am staying till friday, and basically drink beer with Bono.
He survived a bout of cancer [last 6 months, has a new scar on the left of his neck to show for it] and is now religious. Check out the rosary. Anyway, it was a great night and I sang a few verses from Pride during the gig. Solo. Now see? All that useless musical knowledge and audiosnobbery came out in the end. For the terabyte of music I have, and the $ spent ...
What I wondered about was why there were only 12 people in the bar , and being canadians, do as canadians do and turn their backs on the gig. Really now, Bono isn't an actual god, but you ought never turn your back when someone is performing for you in such an intimate setting.
Its unbelievable. I'd possibly run over someone to get to that gig, and people actually took smoke breaks, and walked out during the set. I wonder if it would be different if the gig wasn't free.
But. Amazing Night. AMAZING.
Guess who is in the pic ??
Bono. Yes, Bono and Edge. From U2. You know, just a pair of stadium rock gods. Long story short, I know the guy who took pictures for Kiss and Led Zepp and another guy who did the filming for Queen at Wembley. So we go down to this bar at king and church, near the hotel i am staying till friday, and basically drink beer with Bono.
He survived a bout of cancer [last 6 months, has a new scar on the left of his neck to show for it] and is now religious. Check out the rosary. Anyway, it was a great night and I sang a few verses from Pride during the gig. Solo. Now see? All that useless musical knowledge and audiosnobbery came out in the end. For the terabyte of music I have, and the $ spent ...
What I wondered about was why there were only 12 people in the bar , and being canadians, do as canadians do and turn their backs on the gig. Really now, Bono isn't an actual god, but you ought never turn your back when someone is performing for you in such an intimate setting.
Its unbelievable. I'd possibly run over someone to get to that gig, and people actually took smoke breaks, and walked out during the set. I wonder if it would be different if the gig wasn't free.
But. Amazing Night. AMAZING.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Upheaval.
Today I moved into the 1 King west suites, and I can honestly say I miss my apartment. I like the idea of just sitting out on the patio, and looking at the grass. I feel at home there. I think I have claimed toronto as mine in a way. I grew up here.
There is currently a lot of business stress and I am hoping I can pull through. I am so tired of depending on myself but I am the only one who can face it anyway. SO I am hustling and making money, giving myself a fighting chance to change my world.
This sounds like a rap song, but I am shoring up on trash tv, because i finally have a tv :) Watching bbc just kills me , because david is back in the uk , it reminds me of him, and my main worry comes from there now. Its not his fault and its not mine, but I feel like I am maimed in some way.
Somehow bleeding out slowly.
There is currently a lot of business stress and I am hoping I can pull through. I am so tired of depending on myself but I am the only one who can face it anyway. SO I am hustling and making money, giving myself a fighting chance to change my world.
This sounds like a rap song, but I am shoring up on trash tv, because i finally have a tv :) Watching bbc just kills me , because david is back in the uk , it reminds me of him, and my main worry comes from there now. Its not his fault and its not mine, but I feel like I am maimed in some way.
Somehow bleeding out slowly.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Piano Man
Toronto is great when you're leaving :)
Right now I am still in the major revival phase, so its billy joel and other easy listening ! whee, I am SO cool. Yah. Funny how i think modern music sucks [excluding electronic and misc] , I am sure there are some greats out there. If I could just find them. I think the most recent I have is .... erm. OH. Alphaville.
Saturday was great, and here is a pic of the three gorgeous chicks I went out with.
Guess which.
Right now I am still in the major revival phase, so its billy joel and other easy listening ! whee, I am SO cool. Yah. Funny how i think modern music sucks [excluding electronic and misc] , I am sure there are some greats out there. If I could just find them. I think the most recent I have is .... erm. OH. Alphaville.
Saturday was great, and here is a pic of the three gorgeous chicks I went out with.
Guess which.
