This month-long experience will be incomplete without sharing few other noteworthy visits and mentioning a few names.
Strathmore University:
As part of a social initiative, we took out some time to to interact with the final year technology and management students of the Strathmore University. We were also accompanied by the IBM East African recruitment officer and what ensued was very interesting conversation and then we broke into groups for a more personal guidance.
IBM presentation:
It was great to pay a visit to the IBM East Africa Regional Headquarters office once at the beginning of our assignment to deliver our Statement of Works (for the four separate projects by the four sub-teams) and then at the end to share our recommendations and tangibles. The General Manager and the other attendees were very interested to learn about our experience and very serious to understand how our recommendations were to be materialized.
Joseph - a fine cabby:
CSC Kenya team-9 had the services of Jim cabs (approved of by IBM security) and available to us. Our sub-team needed to commute to the Amref Health Africa Clinical & Diagnostics office on all working days and Joseph made quite an impression. Defying all stereotypes, he was always 5mins early to pick us up and the same while dropping us off. While the Kenyan time is hilariously purported to be 30mins late than promised - Joseph really stood out as a man of word. He not only took pride in doing his job but also struck great conversations with us ranging many a subject. He truly made a connection with us three :-)
Ruth - the cook with a smile:
Ruth took care of us and cooked for us in our common dining area. She laid the breakfast table for our sub-team by 6:30am since we used to leave early (to beat the Kenyan traffic). She also used to cook our dinners unless we planned to go out or cook ourselves. Thanks to Ruth for taking care of us :-)
Farewell dinner:
On 26Sep/Friday, we had dinner at the Emerald Garden (a classy Thai restaurant). This was to be our farewell get together. Although we had heavy hearts, we did have a great time.
Few moments from the dinner -
All good things must come to an end:
We could not believe that our month long stint at Kenya was drawing to a close; that we will leave for our native countries and regular jobs the very next day. Joseph from China was the first among us to start for his home town - Dalian. During our farewell dinner, he made an emotional speech and we exchanged big hugs - just a testimony to how close we 14 had become as friends. Joseph a.k.a. JoJo, apart from being 'the handsome' and 'single' was also a creative genius with his camera. He took some of the best shots for us to cherish forever -
#ibmcsc kenya
Strathmore University:
As part of a social initiative, we took out some time to to interact with the final year technology and management students of the Strathmore University. We were also accompanied by the IBM East African recruitment officer and what ensued was very interesting conversation and then we broke into groups for a more personal guidance.
IBM presentation:
It was great to pay a visit to the IBM East Africa Regional Headquarters office once at the beginning of our assignment to deliver our Statement of Works (for the four separate projects by the four sub-teams) and then at the end to share our recommendations and tangibles. The General Manager and the other attendees were very interested to learn about our experience and very serious to understand how our recommendations were to be materialized.
Joseph - a fine cabby:
CSC Kenya team-9 had the services of Jim cabs (approved of by IBM security) and available to us. Our sub-team needed to commute to the Amref Health Africa Clinical & Diagnostics office on all working days and Joseph made quite an impression. Defying all stereotypes, he was always 5mins early to pick us up and the same while dropping us off. While the Kenyan time is hilariously purported to be 30mins late than promised - Joseph really stood out as a man of word. He not only took pride in doing his job but also struck great conversations with us ranging many a subject. He truly made a connection with us three :-)
Ruth - the cook with a smile:
Ruth took care of us and cooked for us in our common dining area. She laid the breakfast table for our sub-team by 6:30am since we used to leave early (to beat the Kenyan traffic). She also used to cook our dinners unless we planned to go out or cook ourselves. Thanks to Ruth for taking care of us :-)
Farewell dinner:
On 26Sep/Friday, we had dinner at the Emerald Garden (a classy Thai restaurant). This was to be our farewell get together. Although we had heavy hearts, we did have a great time.
Few moments from the dinner -
We could not believe that our month long stint at Kenya was drawing to a close; that we will leave for our native countries and regular jobs the very next day. Joseph from China was the first among us to start for his home town - Dalian. During our farewell dinner, he made an emotional speech and we exchanged big hugs - just a testimony to how close we 14 had become as friends. Joseph a.k.a. JoJo, apart from being 'the handsome' and 'single' was also a creative genius with his camera. He took some of the best shots for us to cherish forever -
#ibmcsc kenya
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