India - Tuesday

Woke up early and was ready for breakfast quite quickly. I made a error, I used the tap water for brushing my teeth, which was a no-no....one toothbrush down, good thing I brought 2 more.

I was in the lobby about 15 minutes early, so I started to read the core team book...I got carried away and it was 10 minutes past our scheduled meeting time. I got nervous, I was too early or late. I found out that I was on time, everyone finally strolled in. I didn't mind as I was eating one of my favorite Indian dishes, Idle and Samba. It was delicious. Don't let Mark know I am arriving early to work...as he will have the same expectation for my at work....but I would require some idli's and it might work.

We had some time so I watch some TV. Last week my co-worker asked what my ice breaker would be and I said I don't or won't have one, just get to business but have fun. I say a Hindi music video. "just chill" , then it hit me this is my theme throughout my visit. So that was my ice breaker for all my session, but it later came back to haunt me...stay tuned.

We had a 3 hour session, where I talked about some 2007 accomplishments and 2008 projects...I was a great session, lots of feedback. Lunch was again served and it was good Indian food again. I really like the fresh breads.

Afterwards I held a eDelivery/Infrastructure session, again lots of interest and feedback. Then I was done to wrap up email and visit the NIIT consultants.

Dheeraj, kindly volunteered to talk three of us out shopping in the afternoon. The kind of volunteering you do when everyone takes a step back and you are stuck. He took us to Connaught Place. I was a mile long circle of shops, street vendor and tons of shoppers. We walked the circle, there were many fast food shops, McDonald's and TGI Fridays. Interesting. We stopped by a craft shop and all bought some souvenirs. DJ took aim at the salesman and bargained away...at a period of time I thought I was going to get paid to take the crafts. My co-workers said we should take DJ to our company negotiations with our vendors to get the best deal. I think we got a 60% discount at the end, Thanks DJ!

We were also told about tomorrows coming attractions. There will be a team outing called the 3D party.....Drinking, Dancing and Diner. Not a bad combo.

We ate dinner at the hotel, and Italian restaurant. I got four small ravioli, not that filling, but I was fading fast. I almost fell asleep at the table I hit a wall. I managed to finish the meal and retired to my room. That's why no updates to the blog. I know I got lots of emails commented on that....and a late night phone call..... I slept like a baby until the next morning.