All in SEVEN Days...

Having been summoned to an HR Meeting / Performance Management Training, I left serene and rainy Addis to a hot and chaotic Cairo..... and thus starting the first journey on my itinery for the month.....

It was great to be back in Cairo and do the things I used to do.....

Catch the train to Alex for a breathe of sea air (first thing i did as soon as i got there)
Late night chats with Kenny and Purvi
Gossip with Dina
Revisite my old work place in Alex
Shopping!!!!
Live with Kotteiba
Fear my life while riding the crazy cabs in Cairo
Walk along the Nile
Suffocate and sweat in the dense Cairo air
Catch the excitement of Ramadan
Get caught in the insanely dense traffic of Cairo
Drink fresh strawberry juice and lemon juice
Chill out with Tamer
Laugh with Luli
Smoke Sheesha in a cafe
Speak Arabic
Watch a Movie at the Cinema (No decent Cinemas in Ethiopia)
Get the usual annoying stares and disgusting comments
Get proposals for marriage
Sending SMSs... (SMSs are banned in Ethiopia)
Eat a felafel sandwich and a big packet of Cook D'or's amazing Friskies!!!
Drink Schwepps Lemon (my new craze!)

On top of that I also got to:

Crave Mohammed Ahmed and not eat it due to terrible stomach spasm attacks
Admire the new AIESEC office Makeover
Discuss corporate HR issues and action plans
Meet all my fellow HR team mates

and last but not least

feel the tingle of nostalgia while recalling past memories.....


The next month is going to be crazy and hectic..... I have two weeks in Ethiopia to finish all the work I have left and run the proper trainings for the managers..... and last but not least to visit Bahar Dar and the infamous Blue Nile Falls, and Gonder and its Majestic Castles.....

After that the Ethiopia book will close and a new book is about to open....... more about that in the next posting.....