Hi. My name is Jamileh. And I’m a technophobe.

I tried. I really really did. I got caffeine in my system, plenty of it, and headed to Corrine’s class for beginners (and I mean BEGINNERS) in web design. I went in with a fresh mind, and willingness to learn. I challeneged myself, comforted myself, and (figuratively) patted myself on the back for the excitement I summoned up for anything to do with technology.

I could tell that Corrine was using her words very wisely. Talking to us beginners very carefully, innunciating every word, making sure each and everyone of us is getting it. And I must say I did get the general concept behind website, (kinda, sorta) but it’s just TOO much. Could it be that I’m just not interested? I mean, I’m a writer, and I’ve been proud to call myself a writer for the past 10 years now, and only last year did I start to blog. I’m a music fanatic and only a month ago did I get my first iPOD. I just can’t be bothered to keep up with everything, when everything is moving soooo fast! By the time I finally threw out my old music tapes and walkman, (and shed quite a few tears) to replace them with a diskman and CDs, everyone started talking about MP3s and how awesome that is. By the time I managed to get a good music library on my computer, everyone was using cute little laptops! When I bought my beautiful mac (God bless my beautiful pink apple) everyone started asking me is it the NEW macbook PRO? did you get the magic MOUSE to go with it? It never ends… I can never be “in” when it comes to technology…

Now that I’ve made my point, I would just like to pay tribute to our awesome techie, Alice Vaughan, for putting the beautiful Temptation Website together… and thank GOD I didn’t have to worry about what goes behind the scenes of making a website, because she’s made it so easy to blindly trust her with everything technology related

What I did this week was focus on more writing material for the website. I went through the website to see what was missing, and also to know what people were viewing the most so that we can put more content of that in there. I worked on several recipes from different cuisines. I also put in my favourite recipe everrrr, dessert to beat the winter blues, and much more! (www.temptationmagazine.co.uk) I’m also preparing for the next theme for Temptation’s website for March; working on recipes for St. Patrick’s day, and things to do on the lovely green occasion. I also wrote a letter for managers of restaurants that we are approaching so state all that we are offering them for our Temptation Experience. I’m also working on a timeline for the next two months for our group. In our group meeting, we discussed our plans/to-do-lists/tasks for the next trade fair, and I won’t say much now but it’s going to be FAB! (More on that next week!)

We also sat down and I asked each of the team members to talk about any issues/concerns that they are facing. I wanted to push ourselves into OPEN COMMUNICATION. And it was good there were a few issues we needed to address in terms of time, and I just want us to accomplish everything we can and MORE in these two months! I basically included what we should do in these two months, week by week, (it’s a rough draft but I’m still working on it) and I want us to surprise ourselves and eachother by doing even MORE than  we had hoped for. Yes, I used the word ‘more’ twice, and capitalized it. And yes, I am aware that I’m being optimistic, a tad too optimistic, but we have to give it our best shot! If not now, then when?! I’m all adrenaline, and ALL IN so let’s do this!

On a final note… a BIG idea is brewing at the moment… Temptation Exposed! It’s going to be BIG! Stay tuned…. watch this space! I CAN’T WAIT!

J

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