Monthly Archives: May 2013

Days 20 and 21: Work, work, work!

We have been here for 21 days?! Crazy!! The last two days have been very focused on work. We have three main pieces to our project that we must complete before leaving next week! The first is, management training. We … Continue reading

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Day 19: Teamwork

This evening, we held our first management training session for our client on Teamwork – how to build a team, the characteristics of an effective team, and how to deal with conflict. We introduced two original team building activities that … Continue reading

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Day 18: Who cut the cheese? Oh wait, no one!

We are now at the start of Week 3 of our month in Vietnam, just a little more than halfway, and I think it is safe to say that over the last few days, most (if not all) of us … Continue reading

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Day 16 and 17: Hoi An

Over the weekend (Day 16 and 17) we rode back to Danang and visited the quaint town of Hoi An for some more site-seeing and shopping! First stop – Paradise in Danang. On the way to Hoi An, we stopped … Continue reading

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Day 15: Playing with adorable children

Day 15 So today, after a decent work day, we spent some time at a center for disabled children here in Hue. The kids performed two amazing songs/dances for us, we gave them presents + donations, and had the opportunity … Continue reading

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Day 12,13, and 14: Dinner with a Wonderful Vietnamese Family and Buddha’s Birthday

Sorry I haven’t been able to write in a few days! I have combined the last three days in this post. During the daytime, we have been having very productive work days (feeling redundant saying this every day, but I … Continue reading

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Day 10 and 11: Woes of Translation

Day 10 and 11 were productive work days. We had a presentation on day 11 (Tuesday) highlighting our preliminary recommendations for Hue Frit. I am happy to report that the presentation was well received and the client was interested in … Continue reading

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Day 9: When it rains, it pours

After the all-day tour yesterday, most of us decided to take it a little easy today and recharge for the long work week ahead. We started the morning with a massage at the local institute for the blind. Unfortunately, I … Continue reading

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Day 8: A Tour of Hue

Day 8 – posting this a little late, but for the amount of the things we did and saw on our tour – this day still deserves its own post! The team took a full-day trip around Hue today. We … Continue reading

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Day 6 and 7: A few snapshots of the locals

Hello all! I went to bed pretty early on Thursday night, so I figured it would make more sense to combine these last two days for you. Of course the day I didn’t actually write a post, I found out … Continue reading

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