I am here in this beautiful island of Cebu with representatives of 49 airlines.
The journey from Kuala Lumpur was a long one - from KL to Singapore to Manila to Cebu but what a place. Hospitality is excellent.
I will be speaking on the subject Creating Your Own Rainbow and Talent Management- B players.
Some interesting statistics:
2.2 billion air travellers last year - this contributed to 35% of global trade.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
After 29 years
I was in Chennai India for a day on Oct 2nd.
Life is strange and God works in unusual ways. As I landed in Chennai I called Mustafa Badsah to wish him Happy Id only for him to invite me to my Alma mater as it was the Alumni day - Oct 2nd. Mustafa, a dynamic young man (29 years ago), a year junior to me and my colleague Dr. Nat's classmate is now the President of the Madras School of Social work alumni. He still has all the fire in him.
I land up in the School Campus after 29 years and felt so good. Little did I realise all these 29 years what I had missed. It was great seeing all the alumni, many of them doing great work - Rainbow Creators, my classmates Bina Samuels - as beautiful as ever and her husband Thomas as handsome as ever.
The most poignant moment of the evening for me was to deliver the citation for Professor George, a Rainbow Creator who gave me the opportunity to gain a Masters degree. I was totally unprepared but what I spoke was all from my heart. Professor George's dedication to the cause of education at the Madras School of Social Work is without parallel. I had to rush back to the airport to catch a flight back.
Well I have been rushing for 29 years and I felt I had missed so much and I was rushing again this evening but the difference was I felt good about the evening.
Stop and enjoy the moment. Do not lose the being in the process of becoming - a phrase I heard long ago impacted me today.
Life is strange and God works in unusual ways. As I landed in Chennai I called Mustafa Badsah to wish him Happy Id only for him to invite me to my Alma mater as it was the Alumni day - Oct 2nd. Mustafa, a dynamic young man (29 years ago), a year junior to me and my colleague Dr. Nat's classmate is now the President of the Madras School of Social work alumni. He still has all the fire in him.
I land up in the School Campus after 29 years and felt so good. Little did I realise all these 29 years what I had missed. It was great seeing all the alumni, many of them doing great work - Rainbow Creators, my classmates Bina Samuels - as beautiful as ever and her husband Thomas as handsome as ever.
The most poignant moment of the evening for me was to deliver the citation for Professor George, a Rainbow Creator who gave me the opportunity to gain a Masters degree. I was totally unprepared but what I spoke was all from my heart. Professor George's dedication to the cause of education at the Madras School of Social Work is without parallel. I had to rush back to the airport to catch a flight back.
Well I have been rushing for 29 years and I felt I had missed so much and I was rushing again this evening but the difference was I felt good about the evening.
Stop and enjoy the moment. Do not lose the being in the process of becoming - a phrase I heard long ago impacted me today.
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