In Australia we have Slip Slap Slop motto to protect ourselves against the sun, and here in Calabar it is Shake Shake Snap! I have been shaking hands a thousand times with a thousand people and have now mastered the local technique of sliding hands apart and snapping fingers :)
The Internet is back on after a 4-5 day drought … actually it is back on and off but mostly off! I haven’t been really able to keep up with emails as I lose connectivity while I respond to messages. Actually most of this blog is written in Word and posted whenever possible.
Our second workshop was scheduled today with the client management team, we managed to start on time and go through our whole agenda that was a mix of change management education and brainstorming around stakeholder management. Minor hiccup, I found out 20 minutes before the meeting that none of the stationery we needed had been purchased so I got the driver to take me to Marian market to buy them myself! All we needed was whiteboard markers, post-it notes and scotch tape. And we also needed electricity for the projector … minor detail.
Another hiccup for lunch … we were told Driver 1 was going to pick us up so we could grab a bite… it so happened that he was driving someone else at the exact same time so he told us to call Driver 2 who pointed us back to Driver 1. Thankfully the IBM team from Tinapa picked us up on the way into town so we could fill our hungry stomachs.
The team went back to the canteen next door for dinner. They make a great grilled fish for 1,100 naira or about US$7. Reasonably spicy to clear sinuses but not enough to make one drool without knowing :)
The Internet is back on after a 4-5 day drought … actually it is back on and off but mostly off! I haven’t been really able to keep up with emails as I lose connectivity while I respond to messages. Actually most of this blog is written in Word and posted whenever possible.
Our second workshop was scheduled today with the client management team, we managed to start on time and go through our whole agenda that was a mix of change management education and brainstorming around stakeholder management. Minor hiccup, I found out 20 minutes before the meeting that none of the stationery we needed had been purchased so I got the driver to take me to Marian market to buy them myself! All we needed was whiteboard markers, post-it notes and scotch tape. And we also needed electricity for the projector … minor detail.Another hiccup for lunch … we were told Driver 1 was going to pick us up so we could grab a bite… it so happened that he was driving someone else at the exact same time so he told us to call Driver 2 who pointed us back to Driver 1. Thankfully the IBM team from Tinapa picked us up on the way into town so we could fill our hungry stomachs.
The team went back to the canteen next door for dinner. They make a great grilled fish for 1,100 naira or about US$7. Reasonably spicy to clear sinuses but not enough to make one drool without knowing :)
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