So the time for take off is getting very close now.
Everybody on the IBM CSC team is very exited and looking so much forward to be traveling to our working adventure in Xi'an.
Currently we have received the actual assignments including which organization that we will be working with during the 4 weeks. We have been split up in 3 sub teams and will work independently of each other with each our 'own' organization.
I am so fortunate to be teaming up with Donna from IBM Atlanta and Andy from IBM Australia. Fantastic people with various competences that will prove to be very useful for both our project as well as for my own continuous learning. The dream team :-)
Other than continuing to get prepared with the rest of the team and VSO (the independent international development organization who has arranged the assignments together with IBM Corporate Service Corps. I have spent the last couple of week trying to get the logistics ready. There are so many things that I need to take with me to China, yet it is literally impossible to pack everything that I would like to bring with me, so I must settle for the basics (and you know what that means for a woman!)
As the time for my departure approaches a lot of things are going through my mind - how to best hand over my 'day job' to my colleagues, how my family will do without me (they will of course!), how will I do without them, how will I manage such a big change in everyday life with such a large difference in culture, ways of working and so forth. Basically I am there where I cannot prepare more mentally - it is time to go!
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