where do i start?? i’ve been so busy of late i haven’t had time to update. or sleep much for that matter. so randomly…
a friend of mine has been traveling the past couple months and returned to melb this afternoon. he left me a message at 1pm and at 3pm when i was walking down the street i ran into him on the street. no, melbourne isn’t small.
the exchange rate sucks!! freaking 69cents today! argh!
i was just watching this comedy show that’s 2 morning radio guys sitting chatting and taking questions from the audience. these folks from austria asked what they could do to become more australian. the answers were… get on the dole (ie unemployment) and get a stubby holder. i thought it was quite funny.
for my ebiz class, we’re working on a project on CRM in the banking industry and i said something about having mini branches in retail spots like grocery stores. i noticed they had these in cali when i was there a few months ago. i also said something about drive-in @ the branches. that’s when i suddenly felt like i was in a time zone. my team mates informed me that drive-in windows at banks doent exist here. they thought i was joking. joked about fast food drive-ins. wow. a place like this that has such a car culture DOESNT have a drive thru window at the bank? that seems really odd. later we were talking about contacting customer service and i mentioned having a phone next to the ATM. again, time zone. ‘what if the machine eats my card at 3am?” well then you’d just have to go home and call the bank on monday am. somehow i doubt it’s that bad but this was the attitude. surprising.
in the morning i have my ebiz paper & presentation due. team dynamics in the evening. and a meeting at 230am my time with folks in london re e-mint’s future. that should go thru probably 6am. 8am friday i’m having a finance meeting. working 12-3 and then again at 6p. monday is my finance test (which i’m intensely worried about. must get 50% to pass class).
bush is coming to australia. seems he’s said he’s heard au is like texas. great.