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Facebooked

So, once again Nicole has found me on yet another social networking site, and like previous instances, my profile is devoid of any information, photos or any content whatsoever.  My facebook membership had shamefully come about like so many of my other social network memberships: I'd signed up so I could check out the photos of certain chicks, in this case, Barbara Bush.  Alas it was in vain. That was over a year ago.  Now, caught, I decided to see if Facebook held anybody else I knew - surprises, it did.  I was under the impression it was mainly an American thing.  I snooped a few profiles - "Jess joined the group I Wish I Were Your Derivative So I Could Lie Tangent To Your Curves!", started my own group "Jason Hoon Fan Club" (I expect all of you to join), and looked for more old friends.  I also tested the poke function.  I don't quite know what it does though.

It wasn't all for laughs.  A couple weeks ago I went with Dom to a going away gathering for an ex colleague of his.  I'd met a few of them before so I had been expecting the usual group of DoIR grads congratulating Abby (the girl leaving) for leaving her job mixed in with plentiful moaning on how much they hated their own jobs.  So, if any of you are considering it, don't join a DoIR grad program.  Anyway, upon arriving I found myself amazed at how many people I knew there.  Old UWA classmates, people from work, and people who knew a guy-that-worked-at-a-place-that-knew-this guy-who-worked-with-me-in-Action.  It struck me how small this town really is. I had a great time catching up with those I hadn't seen for awhile, meeting people from all areas of WA business (pricing, audit, economics), and it occured to me how important it can be to build and maintain social networks.  I've always been aware of how important social networks are in Perth Chinese circles (Guanxi is crucial here in Perth if you're Asian and you want to do business), but that night really opened my eyes to that concept outside of traditional circles.  Don't mistake what I say for some kind of "Dial-a-friend" relationships of convenience - but instead, as an encouragement to open up and mix when you normally don't - because you never know how much you really have in common with the strangers next to you.

UNSEXY UPDATE: Denied by Jess :'(

posted by jaseypoo! @ 4:44 PM