Last I used Microsoft Outlook was in my last year with Ng Khai Development Corp. in Cebu. Back then it was Outlook 97.

Ten years later it is now MS Outlook 2007, and I had all but forgotten how powerful it can be for companies running on an Exchange Server. I had all but forgotten my Exchange stuff as well, because the company I moved to in 1999 and still work for now runs on a Domino Server and Lotus Notes.

But we do have clients for whom we set up and configure Exchange servers, and we support hundreds of users on Microsoft Outlook. The changing times demanded that someone know how to use it, and well enough to each other people to use it as well.

And that’s why I, little green person in red cap and pants, am here at MISNet on Valero St. Makati, learning the rudiments of this much updated version of Microsoft’s email client. The seminar goes on for two days (been here since yesterday) and is arming me with enough information to pass on to our clients in a few days.

I don’t want to ask Ron, my instructor, how old he is. I just might find out he’s my eldest son’s age. But he appears expert in his field, MOS Certified and he happens to be a lomography buff as well.