new school of international biznasss (619 hits)
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Submitted by citizenabovesuspicion (View user info) at 2004-02-15 16:06:40 EST
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Traveling around like I am, one tends to form new perspectives on "International Business". The term "business" is in itself very important and serious: the root 'busi' or "busy" attached with the suffix 'ness' can only mean one thing: the very act of staying busy. Busy-ness. "International" broken down essentially means "between nations". Paired, these terms form a concept which we cannot take lightly: the act of staying busy between nations.
When I look around Kuala Lumpur (an "international" city in relation to my own), I see so many individuals engaged in the act of staying busy, be it the mustached Arab with the briefcase and sweatstains, the transvestite hooker who bummed a light from me outside the ill-named "Reggae Bar" last night, or even the legless "pedestrian" who held a coinless coffee cup in his left hand while pulling himself through a busy intersection with his right. It seems everyone is staying busy these days.
Looking at the above examples of busy individuals, however, it appears many people have very different "workplaces". The term "work" is practically synoymous with "business", and "place" simply defined means 'location'. One's "workplace" then is the location where one stays busy, and as I previously stated, it can differ greatly from person to person. The aforementioned Arab 'businessman' probably works in an office, perhaps a bank, whereas the hooker who was blatantly a transvestite is more or less confined to dark alleys and the front of bars without actually going inside. As for the homeless, legless, wheelchairless 'pedestrian', hes just always extremely busy.
Formulating my theories and definitions re: international business, it did occur to me that i dont actually have a "job" or any means of income, even an empty coffee cup. Could it be that Im completely out of the loop re: international business? Look at the facts: I definately dont have a workplace, and furthermore, Im not real sure where the hell Im going to sleep tonight.
So then, what exactly am I doing in the middle of the largest city in Malaysia with a depleted manpurse and a malfunctioning ATM card? Learning about international business, thats what.
Don't touch my mustache,
Gordon Gecko
murders and executions div.
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Submitted by NotApologizing (user info) at 2004-02-16 13:10:44 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
whatever it is that you're learning over there, I suggest you stick it up your international business end.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2004-02-16 13:03:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
more, please
Submitted by AlwaysAnEagle (user info) at 2004-02-15 21:52:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Plus two because Kuala Lumpur is now irreversibly linked in my mind with that "Scampi" thing (from the people who brought you the badgers), and plays a little sound a light show in my mind featuring a map of Kuala Lumpur with the name crossed out and "France" written in.
Submitted by fingerbang (user info) at 2004-02-15 17:30:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
get me unbanned and i'll give you a job