Learn From Me
A few days ago I was invited to blog at SAP’s SAPPHIRE event to be held in Vienna, Austria. The invitation was a wonderful opportunity and a cool reward for some hard work over the last while.
However, my joy soon turned to dismay when I realised that my passport had expired and that there was simply no way I was going to be able to organise to get stuff together on time (it is a pretty stringent process, even with a fully valid permanent passport). I’ve tried everything, and it isn’t going to happen. I’m such a tortoise.
If there’s ever a chance you may be asked to speak, blog, visit, work or whatever overseas, go and sort out as much admin as soon as possible so that you don’t land up having to embarrass yourself like me and miss out on an awesome opportunity.
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Mike, I am going through a similar mess at the moment. In my case not a passport, since I noticed earlier this year mine is about to expire and got it renewed, but obtaining a Danish Visa. I was invited to Denmark for some talks and it is now almost a month that I am trying to get my Visa. First they got the dates wrong, how they managed to issue a Visa in the past only they know. Then they got the length wrong, I will still be in Denmark when it expired. Every time I have to postpone the trip, luckily the talks are not bound to a certain date. How frustrating ….
by Marius
on 06. May, 2007
ouch mike. i’ve been patiently waiting for my passport to arrive until reading this, will call the powers that be on monday. miss TED global, i do not want to.
by rafiq
on 06. May, 2007
Jeepers creepers. Sorry to hear that Mikey. Darnit man.
I have to organise my Croatian VISA… goodness gracious, I hope i have better luck than you and Marius!
by Dave Duarte
on 06. May, 2007
Bad luck Mike! Hmm, I’m off to Asia in August, I better get started…
by Ian
on 07. May, 2007
Mike, does this mean you wont be there???
by Thomas Otter
on 11. May, 2007
She calls out tonight. teens gone wild Tash. She went tothe nursery.
by hot
on 27. Aug, 2008