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Episode #1: The Phone Call That Started It All

08 December 2009

It was not long ago that I found myself working into oblivion. I was desperately trying to get clients in… but it was just like an exercise in futility.

The economy was in a downturn… and everything seemed bleak and murky – like the cup of cold coffee that I kept stirring on my table.

Little did I know that my life was about to change at that moment… Another working of the Powers that be?

(The phone rang.)

ME: Hello?

HER: Good afternoon. I’d like to speak to Peter.

ME: Speaking! ( Uuy! Sana customer!)

HER: My name is Vivien – and your boss told me to talk to you about your club meeting. I need some details.

ME: Oh – okay. (Shucks… istorbo!)

I was met by a barrage of questions… and I could hardly answer properly. I was trying real hard to NOT sound exasperated – or annoyed!

The questions kept coming. I barely managed to give my answers – most of which were fabricated, by the way.

I tried to keep that annoying little voice at bay. (Hrmph… ‘Little?’ Mali yata!)

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BRATINELLA AND ME dares to speak out anytime, anywhere about anything to anyone.

Episode #1: The Phone Call That Started It All

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