15/02 2k6*
I’ve decided to copy Mike’s post and tell the world one of my days. So, here it is
7.30am
Woke up, updated myself on national and international news and turned on both computers. Grabbed my breakfast and sat for one hour checking email, reading space related news and planning the rest of my day.
8.30am
Water, soap and clothes.
9.00am
Drove to the city center. I had to pick up a couple of seals and order some invoices for La Vicca (my family chocolate company). While waiting for my invoice, talked to a publishing company. I asked them if they were interested in publishing JL’s and my SF stories. The salesman wasn’t very sure about it. Finally he accorded to talk to someone who had the authority to decide. I left them my cel phone number.
11.00am
Went home, picked up my debit card and went to the Jockey Plaza Mall (you can find all the banks there). Payed two bills and returned home to leave my debit card (I don’t want to be kidnapped with my debit card. As you can see, you have to think about those things when you live in the third world)
12.00pm
Went into Indecopi’s webpage to grab some information (http://www.indecopi.gob.pe/). If you want to register your brand inPeru, that’s the place to go. Printed the required form and filled all the spaces. Unfortunately I still needed the original logo of La Vicca, so I sent an email to Elizabeth asking for it.
12.30pm
Wrote an email to the X-Book project members. I can’t go into the details about the X-Book, but I can say that we have formed a group of 8 Peruvian writers for publishing a SF book with one of the biggest editorial houses in Spain. We are still in the evaluation process so we have a lot of work to do.
12.45pm
Started proof writing one of the X-Book stories, but left it unfinished, had to eat.
1.15pm
Food: Chicken & potato, with lots of aji (the real aji, not that tasteless stuff that you find in US Supermarkets)
2.00pm
Went to ADEX (http://www.adexperu.org.pe/), the foreign trade association of Peru. Finished my subscription process and went to talk to the office of the Swiss Import Promotion Program. Alas, I don’t qualify since I don’t have the machines installed yet. Pity.
3.30pm
Came back, chatted with Elizabeth about the logo and received a call from a friend regarding the weekend plans. Hey, even I need to have a break!
4.00pm
Grabbed an orange juice, a packet of cookies and a big glass of water, damn it’s so hot down here! I am decided to finish writing my story for the X-Book. After one hour, I wrote like 1000 words and left it there.
5.00pm
Two hour physical training while hearing ‘03 programs of The Space Show.
7.00pm
Soap, water & clothes
7.30pm
Food: Peruvian tuna with chopped aji, and a big salad.
8.00pm
More writing. Sent one email to Seth regarding the web translation and continued with my story (named “Programming Copernicus”). After one hour I concluded that I didn’t like the direction that the story was taking, so I erased like 1000 words and started again.
9.30pm
I took two dozen chocolates and went to German’s house to make a previously accorded delivery. His conclusion: exquisite!
11.00pm
Arrived home and posted this entry while hearing Astor Piazzolla.
11.15pm
Zzzzzz…..
*This entry was originally posted in Liftport’s blog.