The Nunnery

What a party!!
3 emails from myself, Boges and Andre leads to 250 people "nunning it up" at Republic Bar on Saturday 12th July.
Hope you guys had a great time, cause I certainly did! There's some pictures of people at the place at h3nri.com. Dunno how that dude heard about the party!

Top Ten:

1. Me wearing Chester's tight-ass white sleeveless-T
2. Chicks wearing backless tops
3. The pumping R'n'B classic hits, and "Ignition" by R. Kelly (twice!)
4. The reverse psychology of the "Nunnery"...everyone was in for some of dat!
5. Making the $3500 bar tab with ease
6. Friends coming out to party and having a great time, and random people I've never seen also having a great time
7. Waay too many Malibu & Cokes
8. Stu and his chicky!
9. Andre and his encounter with a ball-grabbing maiden :P
10. Me finding someone nice to drive me home :)

Damn! seven cheap calls already:

so was pic 44 the girl that drove you home? Nice work son, should've stayed round to see some of 'dat! bhoooo yeah!
wassup! - 22 July '03 - 23:20

hehe, yes, the same one :) It's all fo sheez calls. Bloody Gobbo and his random spam of everyone!
Jookboy - 23 July '03 - 17:34

ah! The beauty of the internet :)
So was it night club hook up or have you progressed to Stage 2 - coffees, lunches and furniture shopping?
Des - 24 July '03 - 10:12

hehe, go the furniture shopping...you know it's gold!!
Still getting to know each other. It's fairly much on, but whether I want it to be really on or not....yet to be determined
Jookboy - 24 July '03 - 17:24

and that, my friend, is the question - it's the bind - it's wether YOU want it or not! I sense some de ja vu baby :) It's like some weird recurring dream - "every night a different girl, every night stuck in the same pattern" - maybe not every night ;p
Des - 27 July '03 - 21:26

If only it was every night :)
She bought me a Playstation 2 game last night...go Virtua Tennis!
Jookboy - 28 July '03 - 09:03

Friendly Network Gaming

The future of this business could be decided in the next few days. OK, first a re-cap of events:

1. We get approached by Westfield Hornsby to look into the possibility of starting a new operation on the top floor of the shopping centre.
2. Over the course of negotiations, we are able to score a substantial discount to the current Westfield lease prices to go into that centre.
3. We are approached by another group of people who are interested in opening a internet gaming store. They offer to go into partnership with us to open that new Hornsby store.
4. Dad rejects the offer to partner with them, citing , quite rightly, the lack of experience that these two people bring to the table
5. Another option is discussed, namely the selling of the whole business to them, and for Jo and myself to stay on (probably short term) to help with the set-up of the cafe.

So we come to now. It's a matter of deciding what's best for myself as well as for Gap. It has been a hard slog of 1.5 years, and there are days (like last Sunday) when you feel it really just isn't worth going on....your sales are down, computers are dying all around me.

On the flip side though, you see the potential that Gap has in Westfields. Basically the vision of bringing gaming to the mainstream public will be realised with Westfields (the pinnacle of mainstream shopping) having Gap Games in their shopping centre.

Every time I think about this, there's so many positives and so many negatives...it really has been tough to make some of the decisions ie first to take the 3 year lease with Westfields, and now, deciding at what price I am willing to leave Gap behind.

There will be other opportunities, no doubt, but one can't help wondering if this is the change that will take Gap Games to the next level.
Or, by leaving the store, we free ourselves up to look for those opportunities which we've been ignoring due to a lack of time.

Decisions decsions decisions.......

Damn! two cheap calls already:

Very tough call - I think it's always one oft hose things when you look to sell off "YOUR BABY" - cause that's what GAp is right? - It's yours ....

What could be round the corner, you just dunno - I guess is it worth it? You'd still have to re-establish clientele, but it'd be in Westfield and that'd be the bomb, but is it going to fix the current problems now? Is it cheaper than where you are now? does it cost to leave Timezone?

Would the financial side of it be the biggest decision? Or is it a matter of cutting losses and moving onto different "business" (in all senses :p)

I'm sure you've weighed all these factors up - just be confident that you have good advice coming from your dad and that you'll make an intelligent decisioin. hmmmm.... my business knowledge sucks!

hey - congrats on being offered that business opportunity by Westfields and those new boys! Gap must have some connections!!
Dessy - 10 July '03 - 10:09

Yes, cheaper than Timezone.
Yes, more people.

The biggest decision is whether Jo and myself have the "heart" to keep going. That's when you look 3 years forward....can you still see yourself struggling to get this thing off the ground?

These boys are working us over with the deal....it keeps changing, see how it goes tonight, have another meeting with them. Deep down, I think I'm still willing to make a good go out of this thing. So much more potential.....
Jookboy - 16 July '03 - 17:30