X: do you drink? :O

May: no

X: hmm

…….

May: what’s that hmm means?

X: hmm - ‘I am in deep thought, please wait a few minutes/seconds before you receive a meaningful reply from me. However, if I don’t reply, it is most likely that my short attention span has made me forget about our conversation’

May: excellent reply, i like that.

So, I finally understand the meaning of “Hmm”, from this very meaningful short conversation.

Oh Holly mother! I never thought of that way. I feel like…..I don’t know how to feel at all.
If you think of that way, it’s quite true. haha.

No prior experience necessary
Word of mouth works best
Doing it once a day is good, doing it twice a day is better, doing it three times a day is best but awfully hard to sustain
Learn a few basic tricks and then do them over and over
Getting someone to pimp your business can increase traffic but also has unintended negative consequences
Some days it’s impossible to satisfy the customers

I must add the differences though,
#1. We don’t get paid,
#2. We don’t get laid,
#3. We don’t get STD.

No offences intended, just a merry quote passing along.

Via: Business2 | Blogging Pro

Things are a bit tense here in Suva. People talking about another coup?? There’s gonna be some kind of march tomorrow and also a parliament session going on…or something like that. I don’t know, I don’t care!

Just that I’m so pissed off at the moment with god damn checkboxlist control. The freaking thing took me the whole of last nite till 3:30am to get proper binding and insert working. Now, checked items retrival from database is not binding well. Garrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrh! I just want to trash up the whole laptop!!

Oh and the damn phone at home, it’s not working for two weeks already. Telecom bastards giving too many excuses, like bad weather, too much raining, no technicians blar blar blah! No Phone, No Internet, No Nothing. If I see anyone from telecom rite now, I’m gonna go give a big kick. Arrgghhh!
Anyway, where was I? Oh yah so there is a big fishy fishy going on in Fiji air – the political affair. Some people telling me not to go to work tomorrow and may be on friday too. Good idea, but then I got two scheduled customer meetings tomorrow, so no can do. hmmmmmmmmmmm

PM public addressing on TV tonite at 7pm. Read more on FijiTimes: Fiji PM to address nation, resignation a possibility

A dream is a microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul. -Erich Fromm

The problem is I don’t dream at all. May be a dream is just your unconscious desires that haunt you through your sleep. In that case, I lack desires and nothing can haunt me in my sleep. I think I prefer it that way, realism is better than fantasy and delusion.

Whatever it is, I like the second quote:

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. -Paul Valery

Wants:

# I want to be a 9rules member.

# I want Flickr Professional Account. My free account has been so much filled up already. I want to create many photo sets. Dad, could I borrow your cradit card please?!!??!!?

# I want to watch “battlestar galactica”. There’s been quite alot of good reviews on TV serie “battlestar galactica”. I have no idea what it is about but have a great desire to watch it. hehe. Unfortunately, FijiTV One is definitely behind in every series so I doubt if we could watch it by next year.

# I want a DreamHost account and I also want good, reliable .net hosting.

# I want a new mouse. My mouse scrolling no good. It’s getting dirty, it needs to take a bath.

Needs:

# I need some time.

# I need some help installing sql2005 parallel with sql2000.

# I need a new laptop or rather a new screen. My god damn screen is fully gone white and is so annoying to work without extended desktop.

# I need a hub and a long cable.

# I need better hosting, bigger disk space, better database server.

# I need some new cloths, haven’t shop for long time.

Hmmm…My needs and wants are not too much rite? I guess quite reasonable.

9rules submission will be @ 12am Eastern time…ie. what time in Fiji? Hmm let me figure that out first.

I’m thinking of trying out my luck. I’m not expecting anything as I’m not prepared and not ready yet. Nevertheless it’s always good to try things out beforehand and test your luck. Ofcos you can always submit again in the next rounds.

For those of you who haven’t heard(I doubt that) of 9rules, check them out here. They have this very cool logo.
It’s a great network and I always want to be part of it. Oh well…sure my time will come…just a matter of time. (smile)

Updated:

It’s time and I just submitted my site : Round 5 Opens!

I’m not a freelancer, well not yet but like to be in the future, but these 7 points by Successful Andy Budd are very worth taking note of whether you are a freelancer or not.

#1. Love what you do
To be a successful freelancer, you need to have a passion for what you do…

I love what I do. Yes, I really do. I never thought I’ll be doing what I’m doing when I was in high school as I didn’t even like looking at the computers. But once I start digging into this profession, I beginning to like it and yes I’m loving what I do.

I do have a passion. Right now I have a deep passion to eat one good “Kyar-San-Chat”. hehe Ok sorry, just a bit hungry at the moment.

#2. Never stop learning
Every day new ideas or techniques are discovered and sometimes it’s hard to keep pace…the best web designers are endlessly inquisitive and always want to keep abreast of the latest trends and technologies…

Sometimes, I wonder what will be like when I don’t want to learn anymore. IT and Computer profession is very different from any others. IT industry is very rapid and fast growing, every minute, everyday. If you cannot keep up with the speed you are rather useless in a few months time. Having a degree in IT field is nothing like having a degree in other fields like Accounting, Medicine, Nurseing. In those, you can make use of what you learn in school for a long time, unless ofcos, there is a new disease to cure/study or a new program is introduced to calculate accounts.

In IT, a degree is just a piece of paper to frame and is rather useless if you cannot keep up/don’t know what it’s like out there in the real world. Sometimes, it’s so tiring to find out how far behind you are with the latest technology. While you’re learning one thing and not even specialize on that yet, many other new things pop up and the thing you learning becomes usless. I wonder many times, how do I even keep up with this rate. But you know what, the most important thing is as long as you have a passion for learning new thing, you’ll be just fine.

#3. Specialise
Some skills are more in demand than others, but if you’re the top of your field in a particular language or skill, you’ll always be in demand.

Very true, as long as you’re the best in one field, you’re sure to make a living out of it. Lets’ see what I’m specialise at…

#4. Get a killer portfolio
The best way to do this is to contact friends and family and offer to build them a website. I’m not suggesting you do this for FREE as this is potentially damaging to the industry and can also leave you in the difficult situation where your work isn’t valued….create your own personal project or sandbox where you can demonstrate your ideas. I’ve hired freelancers in the past based solely on the basis of their personal work…

This is something I lack. I don’t have any portfolio of my own. Well, you can’t show off what you done for your company since it might be somewhat illegal? or they might not want you to since you are working under their terms and conditions. But if you are to be freelancer then you seriously need your own portfolio. Atleast have a website/blog of your own where you publish your latest informative muses, so people know you are still alive and up-to-date.

Lets’ see…I wanna build up my portfolio, who wanna hire me? Mom? Dad? Bro?? No free job, KFC would do.

#5. Network like crazy
As the old saying goes, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”. This couldn’t be more true as a freelance web designer. The best way to get work is to use your contacts and network like crazy.

I’m really bad with networking. Actully I suck at it. I don’t know, I’m just not a people kind of person. I seriously need to work on this skill. Yes, a good point to note.

#6. Manage your time
As well as doing the work you get paid for, you also need to market yourself, manage your projects, do your accounts and everything else that’s involved in running a small business…One of the benefits of being a freelancer is being your own boss, so make sure you’re both strict and fair…

Freelancing is flexable yet very dangerous if your time management skills are weak. The article explains it well, so better read on it.

#7. Build your reputation
One of the best ways of becoming a successful freelancer is to become the person people want to do business with. You can also build your reputation by sharing your experiences and knowledge through writing articles, blogging and speaking at local events. By building your reputation as an expert, people will be happy using your services and recommending you to others. Blogging is a particularly good way of doing this and is something I highly recommend.

Whoa! In this case, I’m on the right track (kind of). I just build up my reputation as a jack-ass a few days ago. Hey still, I’m building up my reputation rite? ha` ha`. Yep, it’s way better to check out your blog to determine your personalities + many other things than checking your beautiful resume. You blog talks about who you really are and has a greater impact on people than reading a few pages of your resume.

I have a blog, I rock! I have a reputation, I kick arse!
Now, am I a potential successful freelancer or am I a potential successful freelancer?!? (wink*)
Read the article in detail here. Very resourceful and great notes there. Must read!