Jun
27
Retrospectively, I found many of the events I experienced so .. normal. Breaking boundaries and going further gave me more insight into the way things work. The reality is, everything is so simple and so normal. It is our own expectations that made them extraordinary.
Jun
27
mY ScReens!
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Yesterday, two little boys (7-9 years old) knocked at my door, they came in and asked me to repair their Wifi. They live in the next building. They told me that they saw my screens that is why they came. It seems that these screens are my real signature. I spent 25 minutes to fix the Wifi, it was stuck in the inactive secure mode. I also showed them how to connect to the internet using the Ethernet cable.
It’s cool to be young. All they wanted was this Wifi to be fixed and they knew where to ask for help instinctively. I saw the picture of the kids and their single mom on the laptop.
Jun
25
I went to the hospital to get my last blood tests results. There was a problem with the machine that delivers tickets. Everyone was annoyed until someone came and fixed it. But the machine failed again after the guy left. Everyone was horrified and tried to look for that dude.
I walked straight to the machine, I opened it and I tried to understand its mechanism. I had to struggle with it for 5 min. In the end, I understood the way it worked and I fixed it once and for all. Everyone was impressed. They waited for me to get my ticket first and happily get their tickets with a huge smile on their face. I was standing next to the machine to make sure that it would not fail again.
One old woman had her number called and instead of looking for the location, she went straight to me and asked where it was. I told her that it was just behind her. Everyone in the room had a gentle laugh because that old woman came straight to me for an answer as if I was the man in charge and I helped her right away.
Jun
23
eXceLlent!
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I posted few weeks ago this video, it is really useful in my every day life:
I applied all the examples in the video to my life… Geez it is so true.
I started to remember all the “visible” signs:
1. the eyes: avoiding direct eye contact during the lie
2. the denial signs: “there is no secret”, “what I am telling you is true”
3. The nervous laughs at inappropriate times
4. The condescending smirk: run away when you see that one, it’s the death sign in any normal conversation. I have spotted this one 2 times and I immediately left.
Jun
22
Hum … hypnotical:
Ugly boy by Die Antwoord
Jun
21
I bought my very first lamb leg (small piece) today. It was very fresh and very clean. I immediately noticed the white color (no blood). Since it is Ramadan, many Arabic food is on sale in my small store. It tastes the same but much cleaner I found. When I was young I thought they treated it with some chemicals :).
Jun
21
Nice tune:
Listen to the man by George Ezra
Jun
14
I did not get the free smartwatch Samsung :-(. Another time!
I did get another nice deal with Groupon and Fortuneo online banking: 80 Euros cash + 80 Euros credits on Groupon. Let’s see how this deal goes. I would like to get the Gold Mastercard as well because there is a lot of insurances linked to that type of cards and it has no restrictions on withdrawals.
Jun
13
I got the “freebies” bug. Here are my freebies this week:
Jun
7
hArsh WorLd!
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I wanted to fix so many little things in the building. I sent out very angry emails and I set up deadlines to everyone. In the end, I got what I wanted of course and I realized how harsh I was with everyone.
My conditions were so simple:
1. Mow the lawn on Saturday or sooner and get rid of weeds.
2. Leave the bushes and try to let them grow higher
and the full year contract would be granted.
I met 7 companies and they just made me wait. The only company that did what I wanted did it for free on Saturday. They got the contract and it will be a long time contract.
I was a bit sad because one dude sent me his contract today and he tried to cut the price by half. He would have got the contract right away if he had the time to send me the contract. It was not the price but the time that was precious to me.
So he lost the small contract of 3495 euros for a full year just because he did not have time to come and fix the lawn for 140 euros!
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