Every team member is an individual, bringing different experiences, different talents, different gifts to the whole. I learned today that each person has felt trepidation that what he or she has or does or knows is not going to be as valuable to the team as the next person's, and how wrong we all are. We all will have a way of uniting to bring a package to our client in Casa and to this country. As my grandmother used to say, it will unfold.
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Saturday, April 26, 2014
Friday, April 25, 2014
First day in Casablanca ...
My colleague, Sue, and I arrived at 7:30am in Casablanca after flying all night from JFK. It was actually only a 6 1/2 hour flight that was quite bumpy so I didn't get as much sleep as I'd have liked, but I had a nap once my room was ready and then went out for a nice long walk.
The city reminds me a lot of Cyprus - parts of town are very nice and kept up, and other parts are a bit seedy. I walked through the medina - the outdoor market - and saw all kinds of stuff. Of course my eyes were drawn to the scrawny cats that inhabit the area but people were feeding them and they were lying in the sun, enjoying themselves, so it wasn't horrible. Sure makes my guys look fat though!
Other teammates arrived throughout the day and 11 of the 15 of us had a very nice traditional Moroccan dinner just a 2 minute walk from the hotel. I had a beef tagine with almonds and figs - it was delicious!
The city reminds me a lot of Cyprus - parts of town are very nice and kept up, and other parts are a bit seedy. I walked through the medina - the outdoor market - and saw all kinds of stuff. Of course my eyes were drawn to the scrawny cats that inhabit the area but people were feeding them and they were lying in the sun, enjoying themselves, so it wasn't horrible. Sure makes my guys look fat though!
Other teammates arrived throughout the day and 11 of the 15 of us had a very nice traditional Moroccan dinner just a 2 minute walk from the hotel. I had a beef tagine with almonds and figs - it was delicious!
8:30 yoga tomorrow morning will come soon. Off to bed!
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
two days to go ... packing done. now what?
My big suitcase was at 48.6 lbs. And the leather IBM folder I wanted to bring, to give away once in Morocco, was 2.4 lbs. I thought it would put me 'right on the money.' But when I packed it, the scale said 52 lbs. I took the folder out. Suitcase: 48.6 lbs. Folder alone: 2.4 lbs. Both together - 52 lbs. ARGH. I looked up the baggage weight limit on Royal Air Maroc - 23kg. That's 50.6 lbs. I'm just going to hope that the scale at the airline check-in counter is generous.
So I'm packed, the last load of laundry is in the dryer, all the e-learning is done, and now it's time to do some last-minute downloading of 'stuff' onto the computer. At least that doesn't weigh anything!
And look what my friend Karyn found!
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So I'm packed, the last load of laundry is in the dryer, all the e-learning is done, and now it's time to do some last-minute downloading of 'stuff' onto the computer. At least that doesn't weigh anything!
And look what my friend Karyn found!
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