Archive for November 2010

Reading about growing old gracefully

Nov 26th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

Whilst waiting for an appointment with my dental hygienist earlier in the week I took the opportunity of reading through some female orientated magazines. I was intrigued by the eye wrinkle cream reviews. I’m almost tempted to try out some of the creams that were reviewed! Well I am starting to show […]



Eavesdropping? Not I! That would be rude…

Nov 26th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

I overheard a conversation between two of the interns at work earlier where one asked the other ‘so does nutrisystem work?’ Immediately I was intrigued so I had to make an excuse to be hanging around all the while trying to be inconspicuous. Easier said than done I can assure you! I […]



Cleaning my insides from the outside

Nov 26th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

I’ve always been intrigued by colon cleansing but I’ve never been brave enough to consider one. My sister was unfortunate enough to draw me for her Secret Santa last night and asked me for a list of presents that she could choose from. For the laugh, I decided to put down a colon […]



When your hired help needs more help than you do

Nov 26th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

There’s a new junior working in our office for the past week and for the most part he’s very keen to learn, sometimes a little too eager in the sense that rather than using his initiative, he wants constant instruction. It kind of defeats the purpose sometimes because you need time to show these […]



The kind of competition where we’re all winners

Nov 20th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

Competition is healthy! I was really interested to hear about a new competitor for iPad in the guise of the blackberry playbook. It’s great to see competition coming into the markets rather than one company having a monopoly on both price and product. I think competition is always more prevalent at this […]



It costs more to decorate outdoors than indoors!

Nov 17th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

What with Christmas only round the corner, I was looking for some outdoor Christmas decorations for my parents place. They live out of town and have a great big porch and a nice sized garden area. Every year they almost compete with the neighbours with their display of Christmas paraphernalia. There’s a […]



Time flies when you’re having fun

Nov 16th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

Every winter I promise that I’m going to take up an evening course for myself and most years I break that promise. However, this year was different and a few weeks ago I signed up for an evening course in electronics. It wasn’t what I thought it’d be but I’ve really enjoyed the […]



Watching what you eat

Nov 15th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

Just bought myself a new 42” tv and the biggest decision I had during my purchase was which of the tv stands I was going to choose to accompany my purchase. We went out to dinner after making our purchase and I had a steak that would rival the size of my steak. […]



Getting out of a tight spot

Nov 15th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

One of my colleagues has a really gross habit that he loves to discuss at the most inopportune times – like when we’re eating or when someone new starts working with us. He just loves to see the expression on people’s faces when he tells them how he loves getting rid of blackheads. He’s […]



How can I believe a word that comes out of his mouth

Nov 15th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

My boss has recently lost weight and told us that he’d been on a health buzz and exercise regime after getting a personal trainer. He should know that telling lies always come back to bite you on the ass. He had a dinner party a couple of weeks ago and made the mistake […]