Wednesday, July 11, 2007

My first day as Entrepreneur

It was a strange feeling on the morning of 9 July 2007. I didnt know when to get up, when to leave and when to return. WHY? well...after 2 years and 2 days of working as an employee, i was now an Entrepreneur. It was strange feeling that cannot be named, just experienced. Why did i chose this path is a different story altogether. I will come back to that soon. So, I am now an entrepreneur and have lots of things on my mind. Things like,
Meeting the client, Looking for office space, Hiring brilliant and talented people bla bla bla

Not really...actually my first task was to go to Hafeez Center and buy myself a PC for work :). As i was on my way, i realized that i had not activated my credit card and even didnt have it with me. So i stopped at the ATM machine and waloa...it was out of service :). I went to another and same result. Finally i called the bank support and was told that it will take one hour for the service to restore. So i had one hour to wander around in deserted Hafeez Center. (didnt i mention i was early and Hafeez Center was closed?). Anyways, i decide to call up a few friends just to bug them on their jobs and ask for some advice for the PC. So far i found out two things,
1> when something can go wrong, it will go wrong
2> Hafeez Center is really boring when it is closed

I was quite confident that i could just skim through the buying process and get a PC before lunch, but it took a lot of blood, sweat, marching up and down to get my stuff together. When i finally got my PC together, it was 3:30PM and i had a sweaty shirt and aching legs.

But finally, i did it. I got my PC and then i had to carry it all the way to Sharjeel's car, load it in, get my bike and race to the office. The rest of the day i spent getting my shirt dry in the Air Conditioned room and setting up the developing environment.
So, was my day different from usual days? Yes...A LOT...was it enjoyable...A LOT...was it memorable...A LOT...was it fruitful...well, only time will tell...

4 comments:

Jaafer said...

Adil, you didnt tell how u felt the first day at ur work place ;) haha!! what the ..... yaar , come on :P

Mohsin Iqbal, PMP said...

Adil you have become quite a blogger yaar. The tone, the attitude, the words are all very engaging.

Anyways! I pray that time does not only tell you how expensive master it can be but bring good fortunes all along the way. (Amin)

Ahmed Sajjad said...

alla Jb :D

Imran Amjad said...

Adil, Good luck ahead.