Archive for November 2010

His ship has sailed – he just doesn’t know it yet

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

One of my colleagues is getting married next year and his job is to sort out the honeymoon. He’s spending more time checking out hawaii cruise deals than he is actually doing any work. Of course, the boss hasn’t noticed this and is in fact, congratulating him on all his hard work […]



Presently the ideas are absent

Nov 11th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

It’s that time of year again and so we’re looking at token gifts for the staff. We’re complicating things for ourselves though by looking at every department individually. The sports and social club are getting football gifts. We’re still trying to come up with ideas for the other departments and its proving […]



The weather outside is frightful

Nov 11th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

Winter is my least favorite season because I hate the cold. I even wonder if I suffer from seasonal affective disorder! Seriously! As soon as the temperatures start to decrease, I get my electric blanket out of the closet and wish the hours away until its bed time. So you can imagine how […]



As the song said, we’re all going on a summer holiday

Nov 5th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

I know it’s a bit early to be looking at summer vacations already but with the way work is right now and the change in the
weather, I need something to distract me. A friend recommended Outer Banks vacation
rentals and so they’re on my list of possibilities for our summer vacation. Of […]



Even the chairs got dressed up!

Nov 5th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

We were at a wedding recently and the thing that really caught my eye about the function room was the chair slipcovers. They made the room look so
plush and expensive, really classy. I was surprised to hear that that the hotel supplied them as standard. Back in our day
we had […]



Better safe than sorry

Nov 3rd, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

Why is it that you don’t miss something until you don’t have it? I was having coffee this morning and rather clumsily spilt it over my laptop. Do you think I have laptop insurance? No! Luckily I don’t think too much damage has been done but it’s got me thinking that I’m going to […]