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Network Infrastructure and Rollout. Fancy climbing this ladder!

Friday, July 14, 2006

Time to stop and recharge for 10 minutes.....

We signed a framed contract this morning with the leading Ghana network operator...it took 6 consecutive meetings, but we got there...and this afternoon I just needed a 10 minute "all stop" recharge....the view from the 1st floor of the office balcony is one that in this afternoons cool breeze allowed me for a moment to unwind and think of how fast life has past me by this week..
  • Monday was this agreement work and negotiations we have just signed
  • Tuesday - up at dawn to fly. Then raced around Abidjan in the Ivory Coast
  • Wednesday - Back into negotiations on prices again...with todays client
  • Thursday - We were short listed on another Operator bid we are working on and had the first round of questions and answers session.
  • Friday - atlast! Signed the contract with handshakes all around.... time to take stock & review things. Opened my email... another bid request just landed in the "inbox" needs to be ready in 2 weeks.......

....the breeze today that blew across the balcony made the 10 minutes refreshing, as the bussle of traffic in the distance hummed and the KLM flight landed through the pillar and between the trees at Ghana's capital Kotoka Airport...it struck me how far from home I am, I'm in Africa... after all this time, another project, another project office, another set of outcomes to chase..... the secret is not to let the chase take over and keep control....just breath out!

posted by Andrew at 3:45 pm

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Andrew mate, very impressed with all that you are doing. This is the first chance I have had to look in since finishing the course. I thought that I was suffering from the heat but it looks like you are in the cauldron. Looked at Nae's blog too, really good. Spoke with Karen this morning, seems good but I will keep checking in with her.
Already come up against some strong opposition in the new job,seems to follow me around(do you think it's me,i do seem to be the common denominator- on second thoughts dont answer that).
It looks like you come back for a day then fly out again so if we miss one another take care and may God Bless you until we meet again, which could be sooner rather than later and in Heaven given whats occuring in the Middle East.

See ya

KK

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