It is still freezing at 9.35 in the bright morning of Thursday. I walked into the office and felt the chilled even at the first step. It is quiet annoying, that we helplessly can’t do a thing about it. The bloody whole building is ice cold especially from 9 to 6pm.
And apparently, it has been this way for many many years. Crazy!

So, as they say if you can’t beat them, join them. To keep myself warm, I had to be cover myself as if I am in Siberia. Looking like a black penguin, I wear a huge thick black sweater, which happens to be my hubby’s, to cover my entire upper body. I even have to wear boots to work everyday, and if I wear sandals my little toes will go pale and if I am unlucky it will go blue-black. Typing my thoughts at this moment, I have to struggle pressing the keyboards as I want to protect my fingers from terrible “icy whether”. God, I feel like an Eskimo already!

Now, it is 3.30 pm, and I just had a structural product briefing, presented by Smith Barney, represented by an intellectual gentleman from the Asia Pacific Equity Derivatives division from the United States. He is quiet a remarkable chap, with his expertise in options and structured products. However, the downside of his presentation was his inability to capture the audiences like myself. I was half awake until the tea lady whispered to me. Your regular, Nizie?

A few minutes later, oomph, the intricate inner feeling of that touch of power, unexplained yet real, that comes in my cuppa filled with hot plain jet black coffee. It’s Aaahhhh! Try being my shoe, in a huge gigantic freezer, desperately looking for a warm focal point. My satisfying no sugar-no cream-just plain black coffee!

Trying not to show my inner expression of my thoughts, I looked around pheeww, everyone still looked as blur as I last knocked out for a few seconds. As time goes by while sipping my cup, I finally understood what the presentation was all about. Being part of the Citigroup, I would say how remarkable Smith Barney’s presentation was and how well they deliver their brand promise. Special thanks to the power in my cuppa coffee!