...First day at work..

Its 9.30 and Kumar our driver is here to pick us up, we get in to what seems to be a very luxurious rickshaw, nice, clean and very well taken care of, Kumar is a very good driver, doesnt drive to fast, is very respect full, you can clearly see that he has been told to take good care of Susanna and i.. As we travel to our destination, today it is out near the harbour we are going - the HQ of the NGO we are working for, the drive takes us near by the beach where we have been spending a couple of evenings already - it takes us further, it takes us down some side alleys into a complete new district for us, i am excited, we are about to step into our first team meeting with the NGO. So after a bit of conversation with Virgil, we get introduce to the extended team, to sit-through their weekly review, talking through their last week and next week activities, it is exciting to sit in on this meeting, to hear their issues, their excitement sharing their stories.. after roughly an hour or so - the meeting is over, and we get moved into a smaller room where our lunch is served ... unbelievable - the food is soo tasty, the best till now, the chicken is perfect, i have to control myself not to eat to much (which is really difficult - because it truly is very nice).

After lunch we get to sit with the "core team" to discuss the next couple of days and weeks, we get their input on what they thing needs special attention, they give us a better understand of how the organization works, and what it is focusing on, what is the structure etc.. it is such a dynamic conversation .. and at one point i realize that we talked non-stop for 2 hours almost (it seems like it was a couple of min. only).. So now it is time to leave the office to get into the "field", and here starts a new episode of my life ...