Co mi tu chyba, coho tu mam az moc a co je tu super :)

Co mi tu chyba!

1. ZIMA

• zakutranie sa pod perinu po prichode z vonku
• obliekanie sa do viacerych vrstiev (pri 30 stupnoch toho clovek moc nepotrebuje)
• snurovanie topanok (dufam, ze to nezabudnem do roka :))
• nasazdovanie ciapky a rukavic
• motanie sa do salu tak, aby mi zakryl co najviac hlavy a ochranil tak pred mrazom, ale stale som mohla este dychat, pocut a vidiet :)
• tesenie sa na teply caj a teplu polievku
• smykanie sa na chodniku
• brblanie ostatnych Aka je dnes kosa, ze urcite dnes zamrznem!!!
• Poskakovanie, aby mi bolo teplejsie
• Para, ktora vychadza z ust pri dychani
• a sneh, lyzovanie, mazanie tvare a pier proti mrazu

2. Cisty vzduch

• hlboky nadych a vydych v cistom prostredi
• bicyklovanie vonku, posedavanie na terase alebo balkone
• opekanie si po veceroch vonku

3. Chodenie
– clovek sa tu moc nenachodi – vsade su jeepneys, tricycles, lacne taxiky, autobusy alebo nieco ako nase metro a vytahy. A chodit sa moc neodporuca, jednak vzduch a jednak chodniky tu moc nefrcia :)....a chodenie je tu proste divne a ked mate prejst 100 m, uz sa pytaju, ci nie som unavena.
4. Casopis EVA
– toto pochopi urcite Bea, Mena, Tina, Jarka, Tinky a dalsie babusky :) – proste citanie a listovanie si v SLOVENSKOM casopise – Len tak.
5. Mlieko, jogurt, syry.
Mliecne vyrobky su tu fakt drahe a do jedla ich prilis nepridavaju. Takze kava s mliekom a medom nehrozi :(...tak aspon smotana a hnedy cukor tu su :)
6. Vino
No to by som si nebola pomyslela...ale je to tak. Bud si vyberiete pivo – druhov je tu dostatok – San Miguel, Red Horse, a vsetky ich odnose alebo gin – 1l za 25 Kc je fakt fajn, skoda, ze tonik je uz drahsi...ale vino, tak vino bud nekvalitne a drahe alebo kvalitne a mega drahe, takze chyba.
7. Kecanie v slovencine
– o hocicom! :)...a parby s cechoslovakmi :)
8. Sedem s.r.o., Televizne noviny a obcas serial typu Boston Legal

Ano, internet a DVDs tu sice existuju a este mozno lepsie ako u nas, ale internet je na to trochu pripomaly a dvds – to nie je ono :).

9. Hudba a tanec

Coho tu mam nad mieru (a niekedy az moc)...

1. Pozornosti – Good morning ma’am! Come again ma’am! Beautiful ma’am. How are you ma’am! Beautiful hair ma’am! Wow, you have blue eyes! Super prvy tyzden, ale ked tu ma clovek normalne zit, tak to aby sa stale o seba staral, lebo vacsina ludi tu “na zivo” este blond cloveka v zivote nevidela, no. Proste aj keby som tu bola 100 rokov, tak mi povedia, Hi ma’am (skratene madam ;)), welcome to the Philippines!
2. Whitening creams – tak ako chcu byt u nas byt vsetci opaleni, tak tu je cool byt co najviac biely...takze bieliace kremy, bieliace kapsule, bieliaca masaz...takze aspon som tu in :).
3. Ryza – fakt tu jedia ryzu ku vsetkemu!! A nakupuju po 10 kg baleniach...
4. Red Horse – pivo s vyssimi gradmi – tvari sa to ako pivo, ale po styroch uz radsej piate nepytajte...vtipne, ze neuvadzau % alkoholu...radsej ;)
5. Anglictina – od rana do vecera, furt, vsade, obcas trochu tagalogu zamiesaju,ale inak vedia vsetci, coz je super na jednu stranu,ale na druhu ziadna culture challenge ;).
6. Relax – tu sa proste nikto nikam neponahla, meeting na 4 hodiny je uplne v klude...jemine, taka neefektivita! 8-)...ale je to tu proste sposob zitia, takze sa ucim oddychovat, relaxovat a nebyt az tak moc efektivna :D.
7. A jasne ze horka – horko v izbe, horko vonku, horko v jeepney, proste HORKO!...a este poskakujuce vianocne svetielka na palmach, please...proste vianoce na blate and even worse...
8. ...a klimatizacie!!! – proste nechapem, ze si tu vyturuju klimatizaciu vsade na 16 stupnov!! To aby si clovek nosil cestovnu tasku so zimnym oblecenim na kazdy meeting! Vonku 30, vnutri 16, uf. Takze na office mam pekne deku, papuce, ponozky a 2 svetre, prosim pekne, tak sa mi smeju,ale tak co, hlavne ze je mi fajn:).

Co tu milujem:

1. Moznost plavat kazde rano – bazen hned v prizemi a z tych 1000 obyvatelov, co tam byvaju, fakt nikto cez tyzden nechodi plavat. Cez vikend sa tam iba nasackuju male tlste filipinske decka,takze to si dam pauzu a obcas skocim zahrat badminton.
2. Nakupovanie – obrovsky vyber vsetkeho a vsade a za lacno (pre baby: kozenne Zara BOZI topanky za nasu 1000, pre chlapov: co ja viem, nemam cas este kukat pre chlapov ;D
3. Jedlo – ryby a ovocie, jedlo moje kazdodenne – ananas a tuniak na rozne sposoby na dennom poradku, k tomu mango, bananove chipsy, banany roznych druhov a velkosti...
4. Ladovy caj s medom a skoricou – ktory nam robia v praci, uplne bozi chut
5. Usmievavych ludi – aj pri takych socialnych rozdieloch tu ludia nereptaju, nestazuju sa, nemracia sa..proste su spokojni s tym, co maju a su vdacni za kazdu malickost.
6. Ze si mozem ponadavat v slovencine a nikto mi tu nerozumie...teda, asi vedia, ze nadavam a uz ma aj obcas volaju “sakra vole” a podobne, ale velmi to pomaha.
7. Kazdodenne prekvapenia – ako ziju ludia na ulici, ze Filipinci nepouzivaju nozik, ked jedia, ale vidlicku a lyzicu, ze ludia skor, ako si kupia pracku, si kupia radsej karaoke maschinu a vsetci si tu pospevuju, ze smska typu: Hey, what`s up je uplne normalna a smskuju si tu ako sialeni...,ze tu fakt nemaju blond a kuceravych ludi, ze moje cislo topanky je uz radene do “big sizes” (c.39), ze cele Cesko-Slovensko ma tolko ludi ako samotna Manila...a tak :).

Tak to ma tak teraz ponapadavalo, nabuduce este napisem, ze co som o sebe doteraz tusila, ale az tu sa to uplne prejavilo :).

Inak fotky: hore - ja na nasom pracovnom planning weekende, potom ja s Dorotou v tricykli - Akie - kamos si len tak vystupil, ze dockaj kamos, odfotim ich :), potom dalsi "taxik", co este celkom frci v Cinskom meste, potom ja s Lily - cinskou priatelkou dalsieho Cecha,co tu pracuje na vecierku Ceskej ambasady na 90. vyrocie vzniku Ceskoslovenska (si stale ambasada mysli, ze som Ceska, sak nevadilo mi to :))...a posledna fotka moj tym na planningu.

"Education is a choice" vs. "Education is a possibility"

Last week on Saturday I did teambuilding for HBS - Shared Services - part of our holding company. I prepared some exercises for communication and better understanding as in this department are working people with different education backgrounds, tagalog (filipino language) and English differences and different roles in the group (HR, accountant, admin staff, kitchen staff).

In the morning before we were supposed to start, Noli - our manager came to me and asked: Eva, do you have there some exercises where people have to write and read? I said yes, I have one. Do you want to put more like that so you can see how they write in English, I asked. She said, No, I just wanted to tell you one guy in the group can not read, neither write...

BUM! so shock for me...you know when you are preparing some exercises you think about if people won't be tired or if they have enough pens to write, if they understand directions or so...but this...it went ok afterwards, Noli helped the guy to write and read and we had really fun that morning...I think for the first time in my life I truly understood what is difference between "education is a choice" or "education is a possibility just for somebody"...since then I am really close to people in Shared Services.

Me and Dorota decided to help them even more, as we saw that Saturday they really would like to develop more, so we prepare every week some lesson for them - time management, communication skills, English lessons, basic PC skills or how to take care about guests (one girl served tea spoon instead of normal spoon for soup while we were having client meeting - some things which is so natural for us you just have to forget and do not assume other people will know)...so I am really happy about this sessions happening and excited to start!