Private Property

What a long day today.

5.30am - drag myself out of bed, shower. Glance quickly over shirts and put on least creased one, spend 5 mins straigntening tie (that knot's gotta be right).

6am - wake up brother and convince him that its a great idea to drive me to the train station

7am - Mull over whereis.com map i've printed out. Should i get out at Museum, St James or Town Hall? Screw it, they all are pretty much the same distance

7.15am - rock up to the Sheraton on the Park hotel. Walk through doors confidently, like I belong there.

7.20am - I am like the 10th person to arrive at the Property Industry conference. See Nuggets at the registration booth and catchup.

7.40am - meet random people and make our way to my designated seat

8am - 9am: Listen to Bill Evans - Chief Economist at Westpac, Matt Whitby - Head of Reseach at FKP, Tony Cope - head of GPT.

They spoke about property market trends, rental yields, which property markets where hot (Perth, Brisbane), interest rates (rate rise, then level off, then rate cuts), strong labour market locally and in New York and London going gangbusters. Meet Mr X and Mr J, grab their business cards, say my goodbyes and go.

9.15am - Walk through Martin Place, the center of dollars and slick suits.

9.25am - stop by coffee shop, say hello to colleague who then tells me he was resigned.

9.40am - check voicemails, write down message from London.

10am - return telephone call, finish off previous day's letter

11am - sit down with a manager and discuss his 200+ page report about client's intellectual property and royalties. Forces me to think from an economic and business viewpoint. Write up filenote and skim report.

12pm - craving for Mango smoothie. Must have Mango Smoothie. mmmm yum.

12.30 pm - training is cancelled, but still get to eat training lunch. Stock up on as much free sandwiches and orange juice as humanly possible.

1pm - go on walk with two girls from work around the city.

2pm - back to work, but so sleepy. Watch Dwight Howard slam dunk highlight video from NBA.com. Marvel at this freak of nature.

3pm - Analyst comes over and asks if I know my accounting. Of course DJ Ho knows his stuff. We discuss journal entries for 20mins. DJ Ho is da man.

3.30pm - Another analyst questions me about deductibility of donations. Without hesistation DJ Ho quotes section, grabs legislation, and proves point. DJ Ho is da man x 2.

4pm - Check Fantasy NBA team. Actually i think i checked it 3 times during the day.

4.30pm - Finish that letter off. Call Brisbane office and liase with staff there.

5pm - Communicate progress and timeline for tax return

5.30pm - run through phone call

6pm - Dial London cause its 8am over there. They are not there. Leave message.
6.30pm - update Partner on conference who asks "did you get any business cards?". DJ: "Of course!". DJ Ho is da man x 3.

7.00pm - walk out the door with my mate. Explain how I've been playing telephone tag with London. Suggestion - give them my mobile.

7.05pm - turn around and go back to the office. Write email to London and make sacrifice in the name of superior client service - advise client to call my mobile.

7.30pm - Finally walk out but its raining! Chat to another person on way out.

7.35pm - bump into Fat Chris, chat, hop on train

7.40 - 8.30pm - read over client email and notes and anticipate phonecall.

9pm - have dinner, call gf, check phone again.

11pm - blogging.

12am - Check mobile one last time. No calls. Ahhh i can sleep cause i have training at 8am tomorrow.

Like I said - Long day!

I'm out like long days,

DJ Ho.