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Consulting and Touring Abroad

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The first and foremost Change Management Services Contract in Trinidad & Tobago Murray’s Question:  Did you enjoy your trips and your project work? My long answer: Travelling for work has a different motivation. There is this level of concentration. Then there is this sense of urgency to finish the job as fast as possible, because it feels like you only have limited time in one place. The stress and pressure are coming from the kind of Project Manager (within FreeBalance), its management style and personality,  and the cultural peculiarity of the client-government. It is hard to please and the role playing is quite challenging, like being a team player (or a controlled staff for micro-managers) while being a consultant. In short, every individual is unique, has different backgrounds and culture, so tension is always present, especially because you only meet them at work for a limited time. This was my first consultancy in foreign countries; Brazil  and Sierra Leone ar...

Real Spanish Scenarios for 8 Months

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Supposedly Haiti I was assisting in the project implementation for the Government of Haiti when the call to travel to Honduras arrived. If only the ground situation in Haiti, primarily the capital city of Port-au-Prince, was peaceful and secured, I would be in the country the soonest. But following the assassination of their President, there was civil unrest in the country and the security especially for foreigners was  compromised since July 2021.  So my original itinerary to pass through the US as a transit visitor was Port au Prince because we Filipinos do not require visa to enter Haiti. I cannot declare Honduras as my final destination yet because I need a pre-approved entry visa. That would be my first task while in Miami -- process my application for a business visa to Honduras. Honduras, Actually El Picacho First Entry: August 24 - November 21, 2021 I only heard of Honduras in beauty pageants, like Miss Universe. And before this travel, I did not know its capital city,...