Showing posts with label unit 43. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unit 43. Show all posts

Sunday, April 12, 2009

My shop

I'm going to open a shop. It's no definite yet but I would talk about it as if it is going to happen tomorrow.
It's a souvenir shop, just a small one but it's would be very pretty.
There will be various kinds of small stuff like cups, pens, decorating things, spoons, notebooks, and so on. They are carved with some funny, sweetie, creative slogans. For example, on a tea cup, I will write: "love me, love my tea"; or on the pen, I will write; "I have no brain but I can write". In poker, all the numbers are replaced by famous,& beautiful characters and places. There are some small gaming devices like dominoes, lottery with funny shapes & music. Almost all the things would be hand-made to make them unique...
The shop would be located in Vietnam - my homeland, quite near the center but not very crowded areas. Ideally, it would be near the foreigners' area as it is green & clean.
An idea is just an idea. There are a lot of difficulties waiting for me if I really want to turn it to real.
First of all, I need to have a quite big equity for space renting, buying devices, decorating, and so on...
Second, a good place is not easy to find with a suitable price.
Last but not least, I need skillful people. They can help me to make beautiful, attractive toys & gifts.
C'est la vie. It's always difficult at the beginning. But, I believe on myself. Nothing can prevent me to do my hobby when I've had my decision.

Friday, April 10, 2009

My first presentation

Last week, I had to give a presentation about BizTalk 2009 to SingTel IT department. I went there at about 9:30 in the morming. There were around 10 people in the meeting room. I had to introduce the capabilities of the software to them, the advantage of the approach compares to the others.
Then I gave them a visual demonstration of the software so they could have a look at the program working.. After  that, I spent my time answering their questions, I gave them some suggestions for their specific situation.
At the beginning, I felt nervous but only after a while, I got my confidence back. I tried to keep in mind: speak slowly, clearly, stay calm & patient; listening carefully to what they want.
I think that I can do even better in the next time.