Atmosphere was tense for dinner last night. My attempt to loosen up the team was not working. It is like drinking coke with no fizz or bubbles. One girl was upset as I tighten up her ability to spend. It was possible to cut the atmosphere with a knife. Old Town Kopitiam is like Ah Kun in Singapore except it offers meals. The menu is simple - curry mee, ipoh hor fun, nasi lemak and chicken rice. The food is simple and good. The coffee was very good albeit calories laden.
We adjorned to Starbucks in Borders. We orders caramel macchiato - 2 each cold for the girls and hot for me. Sitting quietly, everyone just read or browse through magazine. Later, temperature kind of cool and everyone opens up and talk. Silence has turnaround the atmosphere. We chatted about reading habits of Malaysia. It is hard to get an empty chair or seat in Borders Singapore. In KL, there were plenty. Malaysians on average read only two pages per year. Sad statistics.
One of the girl's boyfriend is in website hosting and is doing well in his career. He is running the operation with two other colleagues. At the same time, he has an idea that he is working on with another partner. Side business! The Way of the Future. The young ones are creating work of the future. The paradigm of working for an organization and subjugating our individuality will be obsolete.
The conversation become enthusiatic. They are game to do book review again. I suggested we should idea generation to get side incomes and the group becomes excited. I may develop this idea further and test it out in my next quarterly meeting.
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