DAY 110

UPDATE: Friday, 24-Jun-2005 9:55 AM

Well, that too got "axed". I ended up working 'til 6 AM and then got 2 hours of sleep. I am having a problem with one programmer, who has consistentantly delivered work late, and now is trying to "work out of what he said he would do".

Basically, work has not been finished, and now nearly 2 months late. Pay has been made, timely and fully. Although, when such work is done, it's hard to calculate an honest pay. However, IF I say "I cannot pay your until the work is delivered", then I don't get the work done period. So, for several weeks, since I got to know the "state of affairs", I have walked a fine line.

In the end, there is NO escape for the Associate. Why? Becasue he said "I'll do the tasks". Then (this was back in March 05) I counted on what he'd do, for the success of everyone, and now to tell me that it cannot be done. Well, better not say it to me. I am not that type of person to confront with such words.

The bottom line is this: Better get it done. Otherwise, life will get ugly. I will work with anyone, under any circumstance, but IF you don't deal with me "squarly" and "ethically" then life will not be good.

So, I "drew the line in the sand" and held it at 6:AM and made sure that the position was understood. There is ONLY ONE resolution to the issue: Finish the work.

Now I have to follow thru and make sure what was said now will get done. I pointed out that once I was told a false statement. A second time again, a false statement, and now I have to believe the individual once again.

So, I took some defensive measures to make sure that I got the point across and now I am going to make sure that the work gets done, and is done right and will keep working until it's done right.

Time to move on... Many updates here. Such is life. I still hope to have a great Friday. And I am going to do my best to make sure that I go back to normal working hours.

What to do here? Gotta do what you've gotta do -Otherwise, life get ugly!!! OK, out for now. Sam.

Update: Friday, 24-Jun-2005 1:34 AM

Today I am taking a walk. That's all for my update. Hope you'll have a great weekend. Later, Sam.

Above was what I wrote earlier. A bit of change in plans. I'll bike. I don't have the time that I thought I'd have and family will be at home all day.

My entire work routine, from the staff that I work with to the way I am working has gotten out of hand. I seem to be working around the clock and nearly every day.

Something has to stop, and tonight I decided this would be it. I just finished reading a nice book. So, I am up late.

But, for work, I'll have to stop the routine and find another way to do things. I'll talk about this over the coming days as I go to more "normal" hours and spend more time with my family.

That is it for today... Hope you have a good weekend. Sam out.

The rest of this update is from earlier yesterday..

Update: Thursday, 23-Jun-2005 1:37 PM

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I also setup the OPT IN MAX site which is here via a new window. There was a problem again with the setup, but it will be updated shortly.

UPDATE: Thursday, 23-Jun-2005 2:47 PM

It's been a rough and tough week, mostly because the programming work is running behind.

But nothing can be done about it other than to press on... with myself and the programmers who I need to make sure at every step are doing the right thing.

It's not easy, but making sure now and testing later avoids a lot of problems.

UPDATE: Thursday, 23-Jun-2005 10:11 PM

One of the items that I have forgotten to update here was the stock items.

I have been "out of the market" most of the year, except for some options.

The latest options were purchase on Apple, and they went down. The lot was very small and expires in October. So, I held it. Then it bottomed out at $1.55 and now it's back. I have purchased a lot more in the range of $2.00 and +/- $0.25 cents. And now I have stopped, as the options are going up. Today, in spite of the oil-based sell off Apple is up. I see it going up.

That also leads me to LNG options that I sold, actually the day I left on my last trip. They were sold automatically while I was flying. However, that too had a problem. Not all the options were sold as there was a liquidity problem as the options I purchased did not have enough buyers and not all the options were "closed out" --however, in the end there was a very nice return.

Now I am looking for other options and will keep doing so until mid to the end of July when I see the market going up again.

I'll keep you posted, as always.

That's all now. Short post tomorrow, as I will be out on a walk. Sam out.

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