While Jamie is riding tricycles and having barbecue in Mindanao, Simon and I were up for the real work ;-) today, detailing out the process overview even more. I probably have never spent more time on a single PPT slide; the good thing though is that we are circling in more and more (and I don't think it can go more detailed than where we are now). Also, the secondary construction sites (Analytics and File shares) are also still wide open, so lots to do in the remaining two weeks.
Tomorrow will get a bit chocolatty first, with a tsokolate cake and the respective presents for Bambi. Today, only a picture of the wrapping:
Tomorrow will get a bit chocolatty first, with a tsokolate cake and the respective presents for Bambi. Today, only a picture of the wrapping:
Can be purchased in Greenbelt, Makati. In search for the markets, supermarkets, yoga studios and just trying to find a decent route for running, you really get to know your neighborhood. Today's highlights:
1) the staff at Citadines Hotel: they knew our names from the very first day. Probably stayed up all night to memorize our passport pictures. Makes it difficult to smuggle in visitors. Not that anyone is planning to do that - even though some of us have been wondering about what we have our second complimentary breakfast for.... We found a good solution though: all of us order the "Filipino breakfast to go" and leave it with the friendly reception staff to be picked up by the food bank around the corner. From the overall staff, Mario is my favorite, beaming a big "hello miss Kathrin" every morning. And our watchmen with his cute (really not terrifying) dog (called Flan, I think), who seems to be there all the time. Will post pictures.
2) the mercury drug store girls from opposite the street. They looked at my hand, diagnosed "allergy" within seconds, ripped open some prescriptive allergy pills, got some scissors and asked how many pills I wanted. I was a bit perplex so spontaneously went for 6. Watched the girls from the other counter, this seems to be standard practice - you can even have single pills and it would be unusual to go for the whole package (and who reads the prescription notes anyway?!).
3) the watchmen and policemen (dozens of them, openly carrying their machine and shot guns and shotgun bullet belts) and the other people and runners (lots of them, seems to be a sporty district) you have to slalom around like in a steeple chase when trying to run a couple of kilometers. Not to mention the stairs, mosquitos, traffic, holes and steps in the pavement, the fences and all the other obstacles that make running in Makati a real adventure. You could do ca. 1km zickzacking within and around Ayala Triangle Park, but this gets boring pretty quickly. I really admire Vince for managing his 25K on Sunday, going round in circles. And we only ran into 2 or 3 people today, and it's not like in Canada where you'd be apologizing all the time for passing someone too close by.
1) the staff at Citadines Hotel: they knew our names from the very first day. Probably stayed up all night to memorize our passport pictures. Makes it difficult to smuggle in visitors. Not that anyone is planning to do that - even though some of us have been wondering about what we have our second complimentary breakfast for.... We found a good solution though: all of us order the "Filipino breakfast to go" and leave it with the friendly reception staff to be picked up by the food bank around the corner. From the overall staff, Mario is my favorite, beaming a big "hello miss Kathrin" every morning. And our watchmen with his cute (really not terrifying) dog (called Flan, I think), who seems to be there all the time. Will post pictures.
2) the mercury drug store girls from opposite the street. They looked at my hand, diagnosed "allergy" within seconds, ripped open some prescriptive allergy pills, got some scissors and asked how many pills I wanted. I was a bit perplex so spontaneously went for 6. Watched the girls from the other counter, this seems to be standard practice - you can even have single pills and it would be unusual to go for the whole package (and who reads the prescription notes anyway?!).
3) the watchmen and policemen (dozens of them, openly carrying their machine and shot guns and shotgun bullet belts) and the other people and runners (lots of them, seems to be a sporty district) you have to slalom around like in a steeple chase when trying to run a couple of kilometers. Not to mention the stairs, mosquitos, traffic, holes and steps in the pavement, the fences and all the other obstacles that make running in Makati a real adventure. You could do ca. 1km zickzacking within and around Ayala Triangle Park, but this gets boring pretty quickly. I really admire Vince for managing his 25K on Sunday, going round in circles. And we only ran into 2 or 3 people today, and it's not like in Canada where you'd be apologizing all the time for passing someone too close by.
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