Oct 14 – Sunday was a full day 9-5:30 in a large conference room of a neighboring hotel to have our CSC orientation. Brandon, the Program Manager from Pyxera and Winnie Song, IBM Citizenship Manager for China hosted us. Fun “Bingo” ice breaker that got #cscchina42 to learn more about one another. Brandon took us through the logistics guide focusing on our goals for each week with our clients. Winnie also shared her perspective on this and how we’re only the second #csc team to have a common theme working with multiple clients where we can create synergy where it doesn’t currently exist. What an amazing opportunity. This is life changing work. Have to thank Lisa Jensen again for pushing me to apply. It’s hard for me to sit all day like this, so I get up and jog in place from time to time. The team has seen me do this on weekly Webex calls, so it’s not so odd, but for me…health first and it’s all IBMers, Pyxera, and our PAs.
I’m anxious about exchanging my USD for RMB and we ran long in the orientation, so couldn’t hit the Bank of China before they closed at 5. I want more RMB in my WeChat wallet. It feels like a security blanket since not all places accept credit cards and I’ve been told to be cautious about potential scams with 100 Yuan bills. Preparing for Murphy’s Law, if I have the RMB in my wallet, I won’t need it. It’s when I don’t have it that Murphy will show his unwelcomed head 🙂
Harriet's CSC China 42 Adventures 