Work -> facebook -> WordPresser !
May 6, 2007
Title: Everyone knows everyone
Scene I
Venu: my quiet little office at work
Time: sometime yesterday just a bit before end of work
PPL: Me & HE
*Ring Ring*
*Ring Ring*
Me: Hello
HE: Hello, may I speak to DiiGMaa please.
Me: This is she.
HE: Oh I didn’t realize it’s a direct line.
Me: Well it’s not but I picked up the line randomly, how may I help you ?
HE: My name is So Al-So and I’m calling from Company Y.
Me: I’m sorry I didn’t catch your name.
HE: So Al-So.
Me: Wilni3im (thinking to myself I’ve come across that name)
Me: and what was the Company, my apologies your voice is distant ? (genuinely I couldn’t hear)
HE: Y
Me: aaahh yes I think I’ve approached you guys before for a project I had. (I had but it was with another person)
HE: Yeah most likely, but this is the first time I call you and just wanted to let you know about our services and I shall be sending you an email with more details.
Me: That’s great, thank you.
HE: Hope we can help you further with what you require and let me know if you are interested in any of the services.
Me: Will do, Thank you.
HE: Good Bye.
Me: Bye.
Scene II
- DiiGMaa thinking to herself:
Jeez I know that name.. how ? I’m sure I know that name !!
Scene III
- Facebooking later that day:
Went to a friends profile to leave a comment on his wall.. and lo and behold there he was.. So Al-So !! he had commented on my friends wall too.. I think to myself “ahaa there you go DiiGMaa !! I knew I had read/heard that name before”
Scene IV
- Is it or isn’t it HE ?
I figure, what are the odds that I just spoke to this person and now he’s commenting on my friends profile the same time I wanted to comment.. maybe it’s not him.. maybe same name.. so I click on his profile (HE if you’re reading this I swear I wasn’t trying to dig up on your info.. I was just reassuring myself that you’re the same HE).. and HE had listed the same Company Y so I am certain it’s him.
I smile and continue facebooking.
Scene V:
- I know you know who I know we know I don’t know !
After replying msges and commenting on walls and poking ppl to annoyance.. I decide it’s past bedtime and start closing the tabs and shutting down.. when I got to HE’s page, just before I closed the tab, my eye caught a glimpse of friends we have in common.. and there were quite a few.. and some were high-school friends, some were friends I met through friends and some were bloggers.. yep it turns out HE is also a blogger..
Curtains
And that my friends..
is how small this world is.. and Kuwait is a DiiGMaa too :P
HE: I don’t know your blog.. I just know you are a blogger.. so if you come across this post.. it was nice talking to you and you displayed excellent professionalism.. all the best :)
6 degrees of separation ?
More like 1 here in kuwait :)
Back From Hell !!
December 21, 2006
I’ve been Back form Hell a few days now but was dealing with work, family, friends and many disappointments so didn’t have the chance to post earlier.. As you can tell from the title.. I didn’t exactly have an enjoyable trip.. but business is business and there is no place for slacking or complaining.
No place for slacking or complaining ?
hmmm can you hear yourself DiiGMaa ??
I wish you’d treat all your life issues with that attitude DiiGMaa..
Why is it that some people can be so mature and composed at professional life, yet when put in personal situations the guard is let down and the sensitivity radar is busted from over detection..
I know why..
coz kids aren’t allowed at the work place and that means our inner child has to be left home from 9-5 everyday..
Well anyways, I’m back from Hell.. And in a nutshell, not including all the gruesome details, until the last minute at the airport I hated the place.. I have always been the optimistic type, and I was the first day I was there.. after day one everything went down hill.. I decided to stay in my hotel room (5 stars my @$$.. motel by my standards) after my work was done every night til it was time to go to the airport so to avoid any unavoidable trouble.. but lo and behold trouble was waiting for me at the airport the day I was due to travel to my second destination.. (typical DiiGMaa and her Murphyism)
Now I’ve seen quite a bit when traveling.. I mean I’ve been Deported, missed flights, called on the speakers, last one to board, refused to board due to expired passport and so much more…
but never have I ever been threatened and shouted at in such a way !!
“You will not travel”
“You will not board this or any flight”
“and you will be stuck in this airport”
(all that went through my mind was: I’m gonna be the next living Tom Hanks “The Terminal” character)
all for a measly bribe and a few dollars !!
I paid gladly.. and was willing to sell my soul to the devil as long as my body was outta that damn country.. I mean Hell !!
Don’t worry.. when I reached my destination, a family friend asked me how my flight was.. and when I told him the issue he told me he had a meeting with the CEO of that airline the day before and will be meeting again the next day.. he made sure to take details and officially make a complaint..
Justice served !
So how have all of you been ??
Missed you all ;*
