Every Sunday you can check out my Technology page in the (English Version of course) and well I’m proud of it, I love doing it. Picking out the awesome stories that you see, choosing the (it’s based on what I think would trend or something you guys miss out on not necessarily based on anything else).
This week I just loved how the page looked and thought I’d share it with you! With an . You know you guys should pick up this newspaper whether online via the website or physically it is cool. During the week I prepare the Entertainment news and I instill as many TV newsbits as I can! [Check out the online ]
So don’t miss out. Seriously don’t or else!
I’m not kidding.
No seriously I’m not!
Bon nuit :D
Lately, at work () I was given the task of revamping the “Technology” page and well I’ve given it a geeky aspect to it, I’ve been trying desperately to avoid becoming too “Apple-centric” and this is something I hope I have achieved.
I introduced the “App of the Week” segment and I love writing about my favorite apps even if its just a few lines, its enough to get you out there reading it. What I would love is your feedback and comments on the page, I wanna hear from you on whether I’m doing something awesome and great? Or I need to put more work into it. I wanna hear from you!
Also, note that the page is in the newspaper once a week, in Sunday‘s edition! I have attached a couple of pages I have loved working on and would love any feedback, I know some of you give it to me via twitter but I’d still love to hear from the silent readers out there.
Technology Pages Archives:
Aug. 7, 2011: My very first try []
Aug. 14, 2011: My solo page without much help []
Aug. 21, 2011: Still finding my foot-hold in the Newspaper domain []
Aug. 28, 2011: One of my favorites, you may figure out why as soon as you see it []
Sept. 4, 2011: One of those days []
Sept. 11, 2011: Still one of those days []
Sept. 18, 2011: I liked this page it had a lot of good news []
Sept. 25, 2011: Not one of my faves but almost there []
Oct. 2, 2011: Now this one was one of the cool ones! []
Oct. 9, 2011: The beginning of the change yet “App of the Week” wasn’t in, still figuring it out []
Oct. 16, 2011: The day “App of the Week” debuts but the layout was still being worked on []
Oct. 23, 2011: The one with the design I’m proud of! It’s almost there! []
Oct. 30, 2011: Almost getting there! []
Nov. 6, 2011: My favorite issue in terms of putting a lot of content and pictures! []
Nov. 13, 2011: Last week’s issue and one I love as well! []
Recap: I, in charge of Technology page (PG 14) in Alwatan Daily Newspaper (English) and it comes out every Sunday, give me feedback please!
I am officially what you can call a “writer”! I know I know you might say the sentence doesn’t make sense or that I need to work on my grammar but nonetheless I am a happy person today!
I woke up and headed to work at 1:30PM (yes Dudette my job rocks! :P Waking up at 12 having a late breakfast taking my time then going out is the shizzle!) and I immediately grabbed today’s copy of the newspaper to see my name in print. In that beautiful inky print on a snazzy-looking cool newspaper!
I will now be contributing to the Newspaper in terms of “Fall TV Previews” giving you glimpses of new shows or running shows and recommending what’s hot and what’s not! It’s so cool and I am proud of it! If I was back in school now instead of collecting the Arab Times Newspapers as I did before simply for the awesome comic strip pages and the Entertainment pages I would ditch that and grab the and check out the cool TV News that I introduced as well as the TV Show Previews!
No more feeling bored while reading news that can be found anywhere; you will find a new TV Preview in the newspaper every other day or so! Depends on how fast I can churn them out! But in short I’d like to say to myself that I am very proud of myself!
Al Watan Daily Newspaper; September 13 2011; Entertainment Page 21
Yes I am one snazzy cool hipster cat! Chill on J!
P.S. Be sure to head over to the Article’s page [] and leave a comment I’d love to read it on the official newspaper website as well as here! And thanks to everyone for your awesome support! Rest assured more awesomeness will be on it’s way!
P.P.S. There is nothing like seeing your name in a printed newspaper it just has that awesome-y lengend-wait for it -ary feeling!
Ever since I was in that Job depression mode I was in these past what 5 years? Well a short while back I got an awesome opportunity to do something that I never thought I would enjoy this much!
Working at a Newspaper!
Not just any job at the Newspaper but mainly on the Entertainment & Technology sections! That’s like a dream job for me! Getting to watch endless shows and getting paid for it! Granted that’s not exactly the same thing but seriously who knew that this was cool! (Well it could be that the Newspaper I’m at is small and not that famous) but still it’s awesome and I am liking it! Plus going in to work in the afternoon is so much better than going in the morning! I can actually live like a vampire and enjoy having a job. Unfortunately it’s not a full time thing (I’m not sure if I wanna continue doing it full time) but right now as part time I am having the time of my lifeeeee (remembers a scene from the Pilot episode of “New Girl” a new show coming to FOX will tell you all about it later on!).
Anyways so last Monday I was able to get my name published for the first time in the newspaper for a September TV Calendar of Finales & Season Premieres! It was so cool I was excited and raved all about it! Now what’s cool today is that in a few short hours tomorrow’s newspaper will be out and you will be able to grab my first ever “Fall TV Preview” article in which I gave you a glimpse of “Happy Endings” my favorite show from the last mid-season, they’re coming back this September and it’s going to be AWESOME!
Now I am not sure how long I will be doing this but I haven’t gotten rid of that honeymoon-y feeling and I wish I never get rid of it! I get to be creative, choose awesome things, learn how newspapers are made and so much more! I don’t think I regret any of my previous jobs because so far I feel like I’m getting tons of experience in different aspects of life and you know what they say! Knowledge is power!
To read anything I would be putting in the newspaper be sure to check out !
P.S. For those of you who haven’t seen the show! Read my preview and catch up on the first 13 episodes it’s an awesome show and I absolutely loveeee MAX & PENNY!
It’s crazy that the whole country is out there celebrating Eid and all Banks as well as most of the Investment sector have got to show up Wednesday and Thursday at work. The sad part is not that we have to go to work, the sad part is that they tried to enforce that no one should take those two days off, and that you have no permission to take it as part of your annual leave nor a sick leave and if it’s done then a Warning Letter will be issued whereas management and almost ALL of the other departments are out.
Seriously, try getting some work done at a bank that practically has no one there in those important departments, and if you’re part of an organization where one person has all the knowledge about one thing, i.e. Mr. Y is the only person in the entire organization that can do one job and when he is on his annual leave or even on a sick leave no one can step up because no one knows how to do his job, then you are literally screwed. Seriously there are organizations out there that do that, and it’s a shame because Mr. Y thinks that he’s giving himself job protection or something by being the only one with that knowledge whereas the organization is being screwed over because if said Mr. Y does something bad and has to get fired then you’re out on your stinking ass and have no one with the knowledge of how to do things. So what do you do? Erase everything that was done before and set up a new set of rules :)
Oh well, my vacation was fun while it lasted I seriously enjoyed my time away from Kuwait like A LOT! I was free from all the worries in the world whereas first day back at work I am stressed already but I think that this time I am not going to take any crap from anyone and to hell with it I will be my own person within my respectable limits. I will not be so rude that I will be labelled as a witch but I will do what is needful to get my rights established and there will be no more Ms. Nice Girl. No seriously there won’t.
Anywho it’s bedtime my little furry friends, toodle-lo :)
I love that song and I don’t know why but it’s awesome LOL! Lately it’s my Alarm Ringtone LOL! When I’m reaching the end of my time, you know I have basically set 2 Alarms, one to wake me up and one to tell me when I only have 5 mins and then I would have to leave.. So this is the second alarm.
What’s up peeeps? It’s been such a long time since I unwound in my blog.. I miss it… I am trying to limit the about-work posts in order not to bore you guys but I don’t know… I miss talking about what happens in my daily life.
Twittering has been keeping me connected with the world basically, it’s the next best thing. I twitter when I’m out, when I wanna tell the entire universe something and well it’s such a great mini-blogging tool that sometimes I wish I could have it as my actual blog but then again it’s not that great of an idea.
I’ve been offered another position at the same work place I’m at recently but in a different dept, went in for an interview, was loved, and well waiting to see the actual offer package in order to decide what to do next. However, today I also got another department offer but this time from Private Banking and well, I immediately declined even going into an interview for that. I want to leave the customer service base and just move into something else, I’ve had enough white hairs already sprouting in my head.
The idiot imbecile monkey guy who is with us, the trainee dude, who calls himself a new “employee” even though he’s been in branches since August and that he is still learning is annoying the hell out of me but I have learned to deal with him now. It’s with major attitude and the words “I don’t know” and “I’m busy now try again later”… He asks the same question 10 times a day, every day of the week, every month, every year even…. And it gets annoying after a while I just can’t deal with it anymore. He’s also rude when talking to us as staff, expects us to work for him and not him working beneath us… He wants us to come to him and feed him the information everytime.. A key quote he said a while back was “It’s okay it’s okay Jacqui, I’ll constantly forget, you just remind me everytime of what to do” and I just stared dumbfoundly hehehe… I work as his reminder machine don’t I?
I am DYING to get a new TECHNOLOGICAL GADGET! I swear the Sony Vaio P is calling out my name but there are so many reviews that it’s too slow and all that for me to jump on board completely, and with the rumor that Windows 7 is coming in April, and even the rumor of Apple working on their own netbook. Then there was the iPod Shuffle which I might end up getting just to curb my hunger… Then there is the Blackberry phase which I won’t, I repeat won’t jump in on, but it’s still tempting me, but my iPhone is more beautifullllll… I need help.. I was asked how do I deal with stress and it’s basically with buy tech toys. I want me a new Tech Toy please, pretty please, pretty pretty please with a cherry on top..
Okay, I’m getting a headache from this keyboard so I think I will call it a night and publish this little sucker… I miss you guys reading me, I miss having alot of comments to comment back on.. Please come back to me my lovers :P
It was a week from hell, full and hectic at work and outside of work, I’ll try to be brief about it but I am not sure it’s possible so I’ll summarize everyday in a few short sentences.
Sunday: Beginning of the week, it looked promising I felt it might be an okay week not too crowded nor too loose, so nothing much happened then.
Monday: The day that the crowd began, it got crazy after my old manager came by to visit a bit, I blamed him for bringing the crowds hehe but it was still fun nonetheless I got to see him and hang out a tiny bit before he left. He’s an awesome guy and I adore him! That afternoon things also got insane it was unbelieveable really. So work was a pain. Note: we started the week with only 5 Staff since 1 was on Annual Leave.
Tuesday: The day where things were beginning to go downhill, our Asst. Manager got sick and was on leave, we were functioning on 4 staff only, and things were getting hectic. I wasn’t able to scratch my head at all and starting to panic. It was a day where I was not supposed to work an afternoon shift but instead of leaving at 3:30 I ended up leaving 2 hours later just after the doors opened up for customers. It was shit crazy!
Wednesday: The day where all hell broke loose! We were down by 1 more staff who got sick and decided to take it off, I was screwed, instead of being only a Service Officer I was now a Service Officer, Relationship Officer, and Head Teller all in one. Both morning and afternoon shifts, and I did not end up going home since I had a ton of work left as well! It was hell, I mean really!
Thursday: Last day of the week, we were anticipating the 2 who were on sick leave to come back but none did and so we were functioning on 3 staff on the busiest day of the week, during salaries time so you can only imagine. I was doing the Teller job, the relationship officer job, and the services officer job. I got complaints from customers, I actually got mad at one who had the nerve to say “Where are the other two, why do you have 2 empty desks, just to show us that you have desks?!” I replied “You have no right ask where the other two staff, you noticed the branch is functioning on 3 people and you will have to wait your turn.” He then went on saying that he was a “VIP Customer” and that this was not the tone to be spoken to, he then started saying junk stuff and I had the nerve to reply and say “Basically what you are insinuating is that I am sitting here and playing right?” Then he shuts up and I insist and reply “No go ahead and say it, I’m sitting and playing?” He goes on and says other junk stuff but I shut him up eventually since he ticked me off completely! Granted I could’ve done it in a better manner but I reached a point where I was pressured by idiot customers, each complaining, each giving me insane requests and now this guy comes and tells me that I am not doing my job. So he deserved it no matter what anyone says. Anyways the day ended for me at 6pm rather than 3:30!
Next would be the weekend, and that requires a different post, therefore enjoy this one while the next is being prepared. But you tell me what would you do if you were in my position? Jump off the building or just drown yourself?
As the days go by, I tend to shock the customers more and more, I have this small gift well not really a gift, but I can remember some customers by names. I can even remember some of their latest transactions, therefore there are some that I seem to shock when they come into the branch. Naturally once they enter, I would greet them by their name and welcome them in, asking them how we could be of service to them, and they would sometimes stare at me unbelieving that I know all that. Some would shrug it off, others would ask me “How do you know our names, is it that your customer base is so small or do you have a secret?” I reply by saying “It’s just that there are some customers that are special and are easily remembered” thereby flattering them and making them blush.
One recent event happened was when a customer was passing by to settle some bills, once I saw her I immediately remembered that she always comes to settle the bills and especially her VISA card, so I greeted her and told her that you have a renewed VISA card waiting for you, her friend who was not one of our customers was shocked and said “How did you know all that without taking any of her information?” I just replied by saying my usual reply of how some faces are easily remembered. The customer then moved onto the relationship officer after I got her cards and I went back to her friend and offered her something to drink, it was then she said the one thing that made my entire WEEK! She told me “Oh my god! The Customer service here is phenomenal!” And here I blushed, I got her something to drink and went back to my desk to serve the next customer. It makes my day when I get someone to smile or shock them in a nice way, but it also puts me down to meet those whiny, nagging, ungrateful customers!
That is basically my story with the customer service world.
… Makes Jack a dull little boy.
That’s how I am feeling, I’ve been so stressed out at work, got a lot of things going on. People often tell me that I’m sort of spoiled and that I exaggerate things. But I’ve been pulling myself from all the different angles and I believe I might’ve stretched myself out too thin. This weekend is going to be non-existant because I have a training course on Saturday all morning, and Sunday – Monday evenings after work. Then Tuesday – Wednesday back to afternoon shifts. Ugh It’s like the cycle will just never end or stop.
I’m dying to go out shopping but I have no time. Dying to write a new post but I have no time, I was tagged by and for the Quirks tag but I still don’t have time to do it yet. And I was awarded the Arte Y Pico Award by and had a nice mention by through an award she gave to Purg. I still don’t have time for that. Not to mention I don’t have time to sleep. Why am I putting up through all this I don’t know. Although one thing I am looking forward to which is the months of July – Sept. I might be taking time off and heading back to the States with Daddy for some medical check ups. And I told him I wanted to apply for a part time job at there. I really feel that I might love working part-time there or something just to test it out.
Anyways, I’m working on a redesign which is not yet complete, because I can’t find some time to sit and do it but oh well it’ll be ready when it is. One cool thing however was the mention I got in the “Yabeela Blogs” where I was the ONLY female in between all those male blogs :) I felt so cool! []
Wanting to feel a bit better about myself I decided to dress up nicely and in a skirt suit. I just love skirt suits because they change how I look completely. However little did I know that I will be faced with a dilemma today at work from Ms. A-hole (that will be the name I will use to refer to her from now on).
The suit sort of looked like the above, it was black however with a 3/4 sleeve jacket and underneath was a jade color top to contrast the blackness. Anyways, I walked in confidently this morning and greeted my colleagues with the usual hello. I passed by Ms. A-hole’s desk and she immediately starts saying:
” Oh wow Jacqui, you look absolutely different in a skirt it is so beautiful on you mashalla, oh my god it just looks good on you”
I smiled at her and said thanks and went to my desk to start my work. Every few minutes I hear her repeating how it looks great on me. My job requires me to be everywhere in the branch so I walk around alot, and I visit my friends at their desks so I was asking one of my friends for something and standing next to her desk. Later I found out that Ms. A-hole went to my other friend in the branch and told her “OMG Jacqui looks absolutely amazing, skirts are nicer on her more than pants.” and she kept on repeating it every time she saw me. So I had a suggestion from my friend that since this creature has evil eyes, that I should at least use some incense (bokhoor) to ward off her evil eye because she is known to be evil.
Who knew wearing a skirt would be dangerous, I mean I even think she started lusting after me or something. :shock:
P.S. Papa is now home, he is a bit better but inshalla things will work out soon.
a 28 year old Kuwaiti Gadget Freak who is obsessively in love with Apple Products so much that she probably has everything made by Apple. Currently she's being a lazy bum and putting off writing and everything else but when she does this is her space where she likes to vent and release everything, so welcome to it.
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