It's Friday. abou 12:15pm. I've been feeling hungry for the last half hour or so. my secretary sent me a link to "yummy places for 2005." went through the first page - looks really good, and feeling more hungry. thinking of taking bb there. here's the link - in case I can't find it again: yummy places.

did a draft reply and circulated it to my boss. got his comments back on the introduction part a moment ago. He has effectively crossed everything out and re-casted the whole thing. I read his amendment. there's no change in substance. in terms of style, I prefer mine - yes, I may sound eagle -istic, but if you read it, I think my opinion is justified. And he did a covering email to send his comments in attachment. in that email, he said " thanks for the good work you have put in and I've been looking at it etc etc." what stupid thing to say. that's basically saying that I know you worked hard on it, thanks very much, but it's rubbish! - nevermind.

met with an ex-colleague for a drink last night at Chamber Lourge, Ritz Carlton. enjoyed that very much. their snacks are good. told him that people here are all very nice, and the partners are making an effort to push me forward, but I would like to do something intellectually stimulating, but there's none here. I'm thinking if I should see if say CC is recruiting or might consider me. but there's conflict of interest on a huge case they do that's why I didn't knock on their door at the time. I suppose the question is: do I want $$ or want jobsatisfaction? if I make partner, $$ should be better and therefore I should stay here. If I want job satisfaction, may be I should look elsewhere. the support here is not great either.

I don't know if this is part of the cycle when one joins a new company. I hope it is.

may be I'll seek bb's advice when we meet again - later today - yeah!