Reflecting upon one week of working
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12 Oktober 2007 | Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Mambo!
A week has passed and I have had many experiences. In the chaos of Dar Es Salaam I am starting to recognise some order and I have started up working. Dar is quite OK. People selling on the street are everywhere, but not really annoying. The traffic is one big mess. People walking on the streets are no problem when you are driving a car; it is common practice to just ignore them and continue your direction. And eventhough Dar may be a city, we have been able to spot some interseting wildlife. I would like to refer to this week's episode of the series 'Freak, that's a huge...!'.
Of course I first had to meet some actors in the solar field. Furthermore, I joined job interviews for a local representative in business development. It is fun to experience it from the other way around and ask questions yourself. We found a capable girl with the right background, so we invited her for a second meeting, which will take place in half an hour. Work is not as efficient as in the Netherlands of course; people do not call when they promised, the electrical grid fails daily (and now for two days in a row I had to stop working since my computer's battery was dead), and you may have to wait for an hour after having ordered your lunch. Still, after the thesis this may be perfect for me.
In a week Ronald and I will go upcountry to give Marketing and Sales training to local solar dealers. This means that there is quite a deadline for me to finish marketing materials. After that I will go upcountry by myself for weeks for the training efforts and some research.
Apart from working there was free-time (which easily co-mingles as a result of the low efficiency. In fact sometimes we work somewhat in the evening); we had dinners and drinks at the beach and yesterday we went sporting in a luxureous hotel (but it appeard that running on a running machine in high humidity is rather lethal and velocity should be adjusted to circumstances) with swimming pool and sauna.
Probably tonight we'll have a beer and tomorrow we may work a little before going to a beach up-north. I spotted a rifle range there and made attempts to make Ronald enthusiastic about shooting so maybe we'll find a nice AK-47.
OK, I need to get back to work now as our internet time is scarce and I need to do some things before the job interview.
Enjoy the weekend!
Peter
A week has passed and I have had many experiences. In the chaos of Dar Es Salaam I am starting to recognise some order and I have started up working. Dar is quite OK. People selling on the street are everywhere, but not really annoying. The traffic is one big mess. People walking on the streets are no problem when you are driving a car; it is common practice to just ignore them and continue your direction. And eventhough Dar may be a city, we have been able to spot some interseting wildlife. I would like to refer to this week's episode of the series 'Freak, that's a huge...!'.
Of course I first had to meet some actors in the solar field. Furthermore, I joined job interviews for a local representative in business development. It is fun to experience it from the other way around and ask questions yourself. We found a capable girl with the right background, so we invited her for a second meeting, which will take place in half an hour. Work is not as efficient as in the Netherlands of course; people do not call when they promised, the electrical grid fails daily (and now for two days in a row I had to stop working since my computer's battery was dead), and you may have to wait for an hour after having ordered your lunch. Still, after the thesis this may be perfect for me.
In a week Ronald and I will go upcountry to give Marketing and Sales training to local solar dealers. This means that there is quite a deadline for me to finish marketing materials. After that I will go upcountry by myself for weeks for the training efforts and some research.
Apart from working there was free-time (which easily co-mingles as a result of the low efficiency. In fact sometimes we work somewhat in the evening); we had dinners and drinks at the beach and yesterday we went sporting in a luxureous hotel (but it appeard that running on a running machine in high humidity is rather lethal and velocity should be adjusted to circumstances) with swimming pool and sauna.
Probably tonight we'll have a beer and tomorrow we may work a little before going to a beach up-north. I spotted a rifle range there and made attempts to make Ronald enthusiastic about shooting so maybe we'll find a nice AK-47.
OK, I need to get back to work now as our internet time is scarce and I need to do some things before the job interview.
Enjoy the weekend!
Peter
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12 Oktober 2007 - 14:47
Danny:
het lijkt erop dat je er al helemaal gewend bent, fijn is dat! Je moet alleen even via de mail alten weten wanneer er een nieuw bericht op je weblog staat (net als je in NL wel deed). Jij ook een heel fijn weekend! Ik ga ook up north;)
Danny -
14 Oktober 2007 - 15:25
Danny:
Vette spin ja, en mooie palmen klim fotos (komt bekend voor;)). En die schoenen ook trouwens, tuurlijk mag je ze lenen. Eens kijken wat ik uit jouw kast haal;)
Have fun! Danny -
15 Oktober 2007 - 09:59
Ali:
schrijf gewoon 's nederlands, jongen. -
15 Oktober 2007 - 09:59
Ali Nog Een Keer:
en o ja je moet dat vinkje aanvinken om ons te laten zien als je een nieuw bericht hebt getypt. -
17 Oktober 2007 - 09:04
Rick:
mooie spin - kon wel eens een broertje zijn van degene die ik in Hongkong tegenkwam haha. Succes met integreren de komende tijd! -
22 Oktober 2007 - 07:32
Ina:
Hey Peter! Klinkt hartstikke goed daarzo. Geniet er maar van, tijd gaat echt sneller dan je denkt (ervaar ik zelf namelijk momenteel). En echt super goed van je 9! Maar je hebt er ook echt heel hard voor gewerkt. Heel veel plezier nog!
Groetjes, Ina -
22 Oktober 2007 - 08:16
Michiel:
Ook al is zo'n beest niet giftig dan nog legt hij je om, wat een uberspin.. Succes daar! -
23 Oktober 2007 - 10:52
Danny:
Hoest nou?! -
23 Oktober 2007 - 13:29
Irene:
Hey Peter,
Zo te lezen is het goed uit te houden daar, alhoewel met zulke spinnen...Op de LeBo is het stressen, maar op het moment even rustig. Net mijn concept ingeleverd en nu even een paar daagjes relaxen voordat het misschien wel weer volledig wordt afgekraakt ;)
He, veel plezier daar nog!
Groetjes,
Irene
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