DGTC

On Friday, Biajee went to the David Glass Technology Center (DGTC) for his interviews. We spent 10 minutes in the morning to help him get his tie right. He hasn't been using his tie for a while.

He met 3 teams and they were all very nice techy people. Biajee really loved them. "The question is whether they love you as well." I said to him after he got back home.

Biajee has an amazing memory. He was able to send out Thank You cards to most of the people he talked with. And of course, they teased him about his outfit. "You should dress up like that every day." One of the guys said. Everyone in DGTC was in jeans on Friday, a typical IT environment.

We also went to the Saturday morning meeting of Walmart. Walmart's comp store sales dropped 2% in Q4. Biajee and I were really disappointed at the news. Someone else stole Walmart's market share. There are all kinds of articles flying around in Wall Street at the moment about "Has Walmart Hit the Wall?"

It is still hard to tell. We want to see how our competitors did in Q4. Target will release their Q4 numbers this week. My gut tells me Walmart didn't do very well at all. Sam's Club had a great Q4 and so did Costco. Retail is an industry that really drives people to work their neck off. And it's so easy for insiders and outsiders to tell whether you've done a good job or not.

The Year of Tiger

We're entering the Year of Tiger. I think good luck will start to flow into our family. After two tough phone interviews, Biajee finally got an onsite interview with Walmart this coming Friday.

We have the suit ready. I'll prepare him for some soft skill questions, but he is the one who has to step up on technical questions. We decided that it was not the best time to have him take Spanish classes or accounting classes at the moment.

My Spanish class started last night and it went so well. The teacher is a linguist and holds a master's degree. Both her daughters are bi-lingual.

I'm also exploring opportunities in taking Six Sigma class in the company. I registered for a Tax Accounting class on line yesterday. Biajee ordered the books for me last night so that I could start learning very soon. We'll have a very busy year in the Year of Tiger, but hopefully it's fruitful, happy and with a lot of good results.