Diary of a CEO

The story in Weekend

Let's started from Friday night, that's the beginning of a weekend. had a business lunch with all the new faces, introduce my wife to them, and she will then start to communicate with each of them, for the company I established and now administrated by her.

She send 2 kids out in order to have a no-interuption evening, it gave me chance to invite her for dinner, we decided to go to the French / Italian restauant located in our neigherhood, the restaruant " Mama Gina " had been there for more than 5 years, we always look from the outside and wondering how long it can survive? to open an elegent French restaurant in the residential area with middle-level of civiten ? it's quite risky, but as it stayed for more than 5 years, we decided to take our ventur and having dinner there, it was good, so to speak, compare with those famours French restaurant downtown, if there were 5 stars, I will rate this one 3.5, the atmosphere and service are relatively good, we had a good dinner. my wife and I seldom talk while eating outside, our job is to clean the dish and go home, we love to eat, but the atmosphere was never the choice to our selection of restaurant, but on Friday night, we did talk and we cross a few conversation, it's nice to have western food, people can really enjoy the food and exchange ideas.

Saturday morning, as normal, the sport morning, afterward I skip the lunch, as I reserved the Thai restarunt for Saturday night, the weekend before Fruit move to dometary and begin her first junior high school life; I was planned to be 2 places for company event : The PC show and Cosplay exhibition, I am not sure how busy the show will be, so I decided to go to NTU stadium first, I guess it will take me less than one hour to finish the mission and moving forward to th PC show, when get off the taxi at the Cosplay venue, I was totally wrong, it was crowded and outside the venue, young people line up for ticket, by observation, I guess it will took me 40 minuts for the ticket, so, I give up the idea of getting in, but to look around the venue, another surprise, a lot of Cosplay young person dress up and post everywhere for professional and amerture photografer; I happend to bring my DSC with me, no hesitating, I took a few photos from thoese talent ( to me, it more like weired ), the crowd make me belive that the generation gap do existing, to see this spectacular in face , the impression is much stronger than cable news. I was there for 30 minutes, and give up the idea to see PC show, I decided to move to Eslite book store - the Flagship shop in Nun Hwan South Rd, I am expecting to shower by the lecture scheduled on 2:30 pm, the schochar who they invited to the " Reading Festival " is acclaimed to be the best knowledgable person in Taiwan and who is also a thinker who managed to integrated western and eastern wisdom into his structure of knowledge, as I had a plan to take his private lession on every Friday evening, unfortunately, the constrain of my scheduling keep me broke my promise, now I do have a chance to listen to him the first time one a public house, free of charge lecture.

I checked in the auditorium by 2:20 pm, in order to take a better seat. he rush in the venue and started to talk, I am disappointed after 10 minutes of his speech, he was not prepared, disorganized and loss focus.. the same situation happend to me when visit Shanghai last time. the seats were taken by 60 %, I think most of them share with me same mind, hoping to show with a man of wisdom, but feel disappointed, I felt in asleep by 3:00 pm and woke by 3:30 pm, I am not the only person who falling asleep, to his courtesy, I see no one run out of the door during his speech, and.... when the Q and A session openned, no one raised his hand, you can see how the audience response to him, it was really bad.

C. send a message about the Formoza concert, I couldn't make it as the earlier promise to the dinner, this might be the first time I fail to change my schedule for her, I don't know how her feeling was, but it's complex to me, even though the nature of this appointment is business, but I always mix it up, she knows and I knows.

During the speech, I receive Yang's SMS, a sad one, she told me the cancer cell had 80% of the chance contaminate to bones, she asked if I may obtain some information from K.L - our primary school classmat who is a doctor now. I feel sad and bad, I can only reply with I will do my best and seeking KL's opinion, but I know this message is an early goodbye, just like the postcard she wrote for good friends, the ceremony taken place earlier already, I am thinking what to do and I wish to do something about it.

KL's response is mild, he said if the cancer transfer to bone, then this is the terminal stage, she may asking for comfort instead of alternative treatment? I don't know, I must do as She request before conducntion my action follows.

The dinner at Thai and Thai is good, I visit there twice in a week and plan to do the third time early next week, My mon didn't attend our family dinner for a yeat at least -- because I didn't invite them, we didn't talk during the dinner, as this is a farewell to Fruit, I order all kind of food which I know she will feel content and happy. good time for her and a compensation to my trouble mind in the afternoon - Yang's situation worried me.

Decided to leave the business apart from my weekend, in the morning of Sunday,. when Fruit asked me to bring her to the Eggplant Curry House, she want to have it before Monday, then I decided to bring 2 kids for a casual Sunday, and leave my wife for her day of free. we had the good lunch and I took them to Mirimar Shopping Center for the Japanese animation movie : Konun, then play at the Tom's world, eating at the food court for dinner; we had a great day and my wife get an unsual day of her own on weekend, I think I love to do it every 2 months, I enjoy doing this.

Flipping the book " Naked at work " today and really in fond of reading, I am thinking to buy more of Hellman's book, it's fun and it's wisdome there.

Night movie with wife, we went to " The Island " love Michael Bay - especially the special efect in action film, this one is no excepting, maybe my wife took the cold medicine, she fall into sleep at the movie, this is the first time I saw her falling asleep during the show. she must be very tired.

This is a long weekend story.

posted by Roger @ 7/31/2005 10:03:00 下午