all the simple things

I just emerged from one of the worst results week ever. End-February is usually not a good month to pursue anything at all, not even sleep, because that's when almost 100% of companies under one's coverage choose to release their full year '10 results.

And the way those companies approach this is akin to a horde of bargain-hungry old aunties making a concerted beeline for that cheap bag in Chatuchak market.

The last day of the week was finished off with 3 companies reporting and all I did Friday was stay on an adrenaline high pushing out note after note after note. I thank the cheeses that 2 were in line and only one resulted me in having to scurry panickedly to their head office in KL Sentral in a thunderstorm on PUBLIC TRANSPORT to listen to why their earnings were 65% above my forecasts.

By the time all the notes were finished and I handed over to my assistant in India to do the housekeeping and standardizing and formatting, it was 230am. I'd been working for 19 hours.

Then tomorrow I fly out for a week on the road to Singapore and Hong Kong, with my reports and game face in tow.

After an excruciating time, you know what's the only thing I want? A hairwash. Visit a furniture shop. Sleep.

The phrase 'all the simple things' is really underrated.