tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16271496778909065462024-03-06T04:37:47.791+05:30Max in Bangalore for IBM Corporate Service Corps (CSC)Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-3686334540944278252010-05-04T18:42:00.002+05:302010-05-04T18:47:05.650+05:30Julie on foodJulie wrote a few nice posts on the terrific food we´re getting here:<br /><a href="http://www-146.ibm.com/corporateservicecorps/node/5446">1. Spicy</a><br /><a href="http://www-146.ibm.com/corporateservicecorps/node/5447">2. More food</a><br /><a href="http://www-146.ibm.com/corporateservicecorps/node/5448">3. Eating and drinking</a>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-20874346554374244922010-05-04T18:26:00.003+05:302010-05-04T18:33:39.745+05:30Day 23 - Indian cooking classLink to Jonathan´s post on cooking class: <br /><a href=https://www-146.ibm.com/corporateservicecorps/node/5462>Day 23 - Indian cooking class</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-83688983417126914972010-05-02T18:15:00.000+05:302010-05-02T18:15:32.945+05:30The LionHere our teacher does "the Lion"<br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0DleU5AI-6CRlrq48VPkA70QFNXYAS0nbiRWF7e1EYyu48MzntA9SHM45lWl4sr6p7gfwUI_N4ATpedYHxRzL5-zmpO4IaxDi_jnS0hbgIu2EdMNYulic_k3i5R2XbG48GVM5V2JstQ/s1600/DSCN1091.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0DleU5AI-6CRlrq48VPkA70QFNXYAS0nbiRWF7e1EYyu48MzntA9SHM45lWl4sr6p7gfwUI_N4ATpedYHxRzL5-zmpO4IaxDi_jnS0hbgIu2EdMNYulic_k3i5R2XbG48GVM5V2JstQ/s320/DSCN1091.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-43021630333614525072010-05-02T17:29:00.000+05:302010-05-02T17:30:15.749+05:30Rooftop Yoga<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowwjXj5m25NMDbtqNOn7Ihi1HZlJdI437feNGLHFyIC1qi9Eowj2bnKWh0EPyQ5lPL2WnY8PL7uA0iAQPAtiSW2pNyU5_tYeDb-oB3q37y99WokWYQnRay8-SDk_V0eBOq293wpzsM_A/s1600/DSCN1083.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowwjXj5m25NMDbtqNOn7Ihi1HZlJdI437feNGLHFyIC1qi9Eowj2bnKWh0EPyQ5lPL2WnY8PL7uA0iAQPAtiSW2pNyU5_tYeDb-oB3q37y99WokWYQnRay8-SDk_V0eBOq293wpzsM_A/s320/DSCN1083.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynABoQsBNhONMFo8IZT1YLQC93ngBYMazDZ3NDxl1gak2V-yVpacmjCEIrovdxAuRJD5usqz3J7gpYVlR5HmqjSLePYTo_t7AjDQhNuYAyJ6xvffrw2Sq2M1EU9j5SKQE5gY0CLOH-_o/s1600/DSCN1085.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynABoQsBNhONMFo8IZT1YLQC93ngBYMazDZ3NDxl1gak2V-yVpacmjCEIrovdxAuRJD5usqz3J7gpYVlR5HmqjSLePYTo_t7AjDQhNuYAyJ6xvffrw2Sq2M1EU9j5SKQE5gY0CLOH-_o/s320/DSCN1085.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtO6Aa6SkxGNe5k44Dpd36nsfgGy9h8zRVPOlUWeEhjOKbyhtzG0iKE-wLtBlhwqmujUydacjbJTtAl4RZoSHsckPfhlDl_EJpiopp8-goH0IBA1yQmSexCstlM4_BJW_QhMD_1K_w0w/s1600/DSCN1086.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtO6Aa6SkxGNe5k44Dpd36nsfgGy9h8zRVPOlUWeEhjOKbyhtzG0iKE-wLtBlhwqmujUydacjbJTtAl4RZoSHsckPfhlDl_EJpiopp8-goH0IBA1yQmSexCstlM4_BJW_QhMD_1K_w0w/s320/DSCN1086.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjna5qr31HIPvtfuZvk_PMIElxuDGMiiC1H6Y2ATLiZHSItHpILc5thqUy0oc26vnIhqdI9Ym4JjWwd1Dp3R9Lr-x9-e7eNz2CD4Zq2I09uP526PJYAydXADJW2J9_S3Ur93Q2cacUWKtk/s1600/DSCN1087.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjna5qr31HIPvtfuZvk_PMIElxuDGMiiC1H6Y2ATLiZHSItHpILc5thqUy0oc26vnIhqdI9Ym4JjWwd1Dp3R9Lr-x9-e7eNz2CD4Zq2I09uP526PJYAydXADJW2J9_S3Ur93Q2cacUWKtk/s320/DSCN1087.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-9298341063231022362010-04-28T21:40:00.001+05:302010-04-28T21:47:01.001+05:30Birthday at ParikrmaYesterday I celebrated my birthday at Parikrma. Matt got me a very special present; he had a 150 children sing to me, thanks Matt anna!<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Hqe4Orpv1Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Hqe4Orpv1Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-22710743363554998962010-04-28T21:30:00.001+05:302010-04-28T21:34:20.284+05:30What is culture?Today at Parikrma, a boy came into the office and he had to explain to us what culture was. It was brought up because he had his ears pierced and he was wearing earrings, which in his village is believed to bring good luck. After he was taught the lesson of culture, the next topic was about respect.<br />In the preparation of our in country experience, we had several courses one of which was about culture and cultural differences. It actually explained to us IBM´ers what culture was, defined as ´the way of life of a group´. Two levels of culture were distinguished; the things we can and the things we cannot experience by using our five senses. During our assignment I got plenty exposure to both levels from the people of Bangalore, my clients, the children and my team mates. Good examples are the food that they like to introduce us to, the religion that is always around and the cricket that is one of the biggest things in India. <br />What is more difficult to understand is the things you don’t see, especially the way Indian people feel is hard to get because they do not express it in the same way as we (or I) do. Reading peoples emotions is hard enough as it is, but together with a lack of cultural understanding it becomes even more challenging. One way of overcoming this barrier is to expose yourself to the other culture with an open mind and without being prejudice. Because this is not very easy, they start teaching this valuable lesson at Parikrma early in life.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-1305755593580311972010-04-28T20:43:00.003+05:302010-04-28T21:07:10.685+05:30Day 16 Week End Trip to Kabini and MysoreMy team mate Ke Ke made a video on out weekend trip:<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I1G7Kv4ZPcM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I1G7Kv4ZPcM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="https://www-146.ibm.com/corporateservicecorps/node/5429">Day 16 Week End Trip to Kabini and Mysore</a>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-71838163723597461712010-04-26T23:02:00.000+05:302010-04-26T23:04:00.691+05:30Kabini<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-51655395350572697342010-04-26T22:46:00.000+05:302010-04-26T22:48:57.406+05:30Puja - indian housewarming<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9s5b5UTM7CNAfwCibfEUHKoINSA7K8VynJUKVQV9fqSQb7wdpkXdKvakiaJx9brfGiTQTlvaMGzVynVEmz8pDmXbh9TK3djMZmeVq6patxyjU72lGlcnBkS88SL1XNNoxTrilIs7N_U/s1600/DSCN0974.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9s5b5UTM7CNAfwCibfEUHKoINSA7K8VynJUKVQV9fqSQb7wdpkXdKvakiaJx9brfGiTQTlvaMGzVynVEmz8pDmXbh9TK3djMZmeVq6patxyjU72lGlcnBkS88SL1XNNoxTrilIs7N_U/s320/DSCN0974.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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He likes technology and is always looking for opportunities to play with computers (sounds familiar),<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-92192306935453945122010-04-18T18:25:00.001+05:302010-04-18T18:26:40.387+05:30Cricket - Royal Challengers Bangalore<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIgO6fiM_M7fufqQwdmBALtBcUUMM_nNzGUumMH4N2qMRNi-aK9nRcaQ5MPSl9lTQPTGATqIm5Q0KgcOL9gobUDShkM0yEAQa7FXArudybWzp_esugcot6vY9b5W1oknSCIpEx1GQjMg/s1600/DSCN0932.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIgO6fiM_M7fufqQwdmBALtBcUUMM_nNzGUumMH4N2qMRNi-aK9nRcaQ5MPSl9lTQPTGATqIm5Q0KgcOL9gobUDShkM0yEAQa7FXArudybWzp_esugcot6vY9b5W1oknSCIpEx1GQjMg/s320/DSCN0932.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-52FfvW3Tw9Ic_uA5zfmTdq3DhxzREYSJ8ckeYASy23GvqHF31kh7PAO1cQzwN8-M7sBHg-ob3WivJCvFwSE5aP4riDFe7n-pIGKw9w8ABfY_UNxDOt9PgqIgOle9n_PejGK4pkvOjEE/s1600/DSCN0946.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-52FfvW3Tw9Ic_uA5zfmTdq3DhxzREYSJ8ckeYASy23GvqHF31kh7PAO1cQzwN8-M7sBHg-ob3WivJCvFwSE5aP4riDFe7n-pIGKw9w8ABfY_UNxDOt9PgqIgOle9n_PejGK4pkvOjEE/s320/DSCN0946.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-6646384468785517842010-04-18T18:25:00.000+05:302010-04-18T18:25:02.219+05:30Royal Challengers Bangalore - Cricket<object style="background-image: url("http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/ONAKMPkYsCw/hqdefault.jpg");" height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ONAKMPkYsCw&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ONAKMPkYsCw&hl=en_US&fs=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-53926167225981488122010-04-18T18:17:00.000+05:302010-04-18T18:17:49.440+05:30Storm<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/reB9c-N3--E&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/reB9c-N3--E&hl=en_US&fs=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-88841468876491252602010-04-15T19:57:00.001+05:302010-04-15T20:01:22.568+05:30School visits<div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;">Boys at <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('school_saha.html','','width=580,height=460')" href="http://www.parikrmafoundation.org/html/parikrma_centres_learning.html#">Levi Strauss Parikrma Centre for Learning, Sahakaranagar</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOy6idbNP28L9RQ0yU_lK75au2trrz__0GdbjKTufMVJByj7AC3-OJ4EIxpfN0jFOQw0LbEcMxUfhW0tHn8lwAUt-21klIaX5Q5jACDbESXQqoXJy3qSAUzoIHzK-69AX5WIlWcPqEO68/s1600/DSCN0903.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOy6idbNP28L9RQ0yU_lK75au2trrz__0GdbjKTufMVJByj7AC3-OJ4EIxpfN0jFOQw0LbEcMxUfhW0tHn8lwAUt-21klIaX5Q5jACDbESXQqoXJy3qSAUzoIHzK-69AX5WIlWcPqEO68/s320/DSCN0903.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqac6lI_-pKd9btLC41HqvdJNHpl5f5QQ8UpX6ueoE9uezqWAzAMHLQ4wioqPAAlyv8-Ma7t1n2-D0wu12DGif5R2hNl-QI9HY9UTf74DZWpQCO0w45cRTQwciifXhWE4idspgCMCE8NE/s1600/DSCN0905.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqac6lI_-pKd9btLC41HqvdJNHpl5f5QQ8UpX6ueoE9uezqWAzAMHLQ4wioqPAAlyv8-Ma7t1n2-D0wu12DGif5R2hNl-QI9HY9UTf74DZWpQCO0w45cRTQwciifXhWE4idspgCMCE8NE/s320/DSCN0905.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNS5TA4-9cQSyqg4Gby7CeRdcgu4LzZwAg74COIN1CgQJ-0S0yL96oDj_3TSzm5EcLAC-r-qqpN20W7yry0zSKSurc06NbE5dj80siTwB_FCwpWPKq_X2M9ZdIRoB5F0pvqBods2zMNw/s1600/DSCN0909.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNS5TA4-9cQSyqg4Gby7CeRdcgu4LzZwAg74COIN1CgQJ-0S0yL96oDj_3TSzm5EcLAC-r-qqpN20W7yry0zSKSurc06NbE5dj80siTwB_FCwpWPKq_X2M9ZdIRoB5F0pvqBods2zMNw/s320/DSCN0909.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJZpsK_Ki4eKWOfCK8QRnwgG7ru0r_gwy8wc7Eeu9Zry3K_B2tbD9UKfMx6BgqmJo2uWe_kZYvlkd7XBXdZYg_nS3YMrV1e9InOtVcwYNQdTk5QIviEk53MSMf259wxcqhjLwRQpL-DA/s1600/DSCN0907.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJZpsK_Ki4eKWOfCK8QRnwgG7ru0r_gwy8wc7Eeu9Zry3K_B2tbD9UKfMx6BgqmJo2uWe_kZYvlkd7XBXdZYg_nS3YMrV1e9InOtVcwYNQdTk5QIviEk53MSMf259wxcqhjLwRQpL-DA/s320/DSCN0907.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Rohini, part of the Parikrma Marketing Team, showed us around.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"> </div>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-82704801978143956332010-04-12T16:32:00.005+05:302010-04-13T00:09:18.730+05:30Parikrma<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.parikrmafoundation.org/images/pari_logo.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 101px;" src="http://www.parikrmafoundation.org/images/pari_logo.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>The client we´re going to serve is <a href="http://www.parikrmafoundation.org/">Parikrma</a>. They are a great organization with very professional people running them. Today we sat down with Vivek, their head of marketing, and talked with him about the foundation, our Statement of Work and the approach. Vivek explained that Parikrma is approaching education from a new angle, where the starting point is the way they would have liked to have had their own education. It resulted in a comprehensive model where they educate kids from kindergarten through to college and even arrange jobs for them (they call this the end 2 end model (e2e)). They try to prepare the kids for live in our complex world not only by education, but also by teaching them arts, science and sports. Moreover, Parikrma takes care of pillars that each contribute to the child´s welfare: Health care, Nutrition, Community (Family) and of course Education.<br />To understand more about the foundation, see this inspiring <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/shukla_bose_teaching_one_child_at_a_time.html">TED speech of Shukla</a>.<br />Shukla, the founder, told us that as of now Matt and I are part of the Parikrma family, which felt really good. Tomorrow we´re going to get ´immersed´ in Parikrma, starting of with 2 days of playing with and talking to the kids.<br /><br />Here´s a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4bOvUtnX-A">movie</a> I shot of there Annual day.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-44249532665928396492010-04-11T10:00:00.004+05:302010-04-11T10:48:41.789+05:30The play<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhz_AdU3rd2blViga7b9tskvD4RJMuloZqbTjp1upVXIu56Iox0fx2cKjkzbx1GzsiauwjdxkAssKL3vtmA22_9j4vxQmfvq7bIc8bWPy3d8NValTNE3F6SAnrY6lntvj2thxMdLur7A4/s1600/DSCN0879.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhz_AdU3rd2blViga7b9tskvD4RJMuloZqbTjp1upVXIu56Iox0fx2cKjkzbx1GzsiauwjdxkAssKL3vtmA22_9j4vxQmfvq7bIc8bWPy3d8NValTNE3F6SAnrY6lntvj2thxMdLur7A4/s200/DSCN0879.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458735891107291746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Annual Day</span><br />Yesterday we had a great evening. The foundation´s annual day was very complete. There were lots of children and parents, sponsors and celebrities. They gave us very nice seats and we even got to meet a Bollywood Celebrity (forgot her name)!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dinner and cricket</span><br />Afterwords we had a great meal in Tamarind restaurant, conveniently located above a bar and close by our Login residence. When we walked into the bar it was like there was a big party going on and everybody was dancing. We later found out that the Royal Bangalore Challengers had just defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders. Next weekend we have tickets to go to the Royal Bangalore Challengers against the Mumbai Indians!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Feet on the street</span><br />This Sunday morning Fiona somehow found out about a 5km run in the park named<a href="http://www.feetonthestreet.in/">´Feet on the street´</a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> . </span>I decided to be a good team mate and join the Ozzie's (John also went) and got up early. It was very nice to be in the Cubbon Park in the morning. We saw people doing laughter yoga, cricket and badminton. and the park had lovely big bamboo and old trees. It was too bad we later found out that the new metro line is going to go through the park, for which they will be cutting over 350 trees.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-88257076309129182632010-04-10T02:23:00.001+05:302010-04-10T02:25:33.856+05:30Bright Lights, Big City<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bangalore, we´re here!</span><br />Some of our 8 team members have been traveling for 2 days to get here, so my 12 hour journey is only modest. On my transfer in Frankfurt I joined up with my team members Julie and Matt from Canada.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Team and Goal</span><br />Our team of 8 is split up into 4 subgroups of 2 and each subgroup is assigned to a different client. Matt and I form a subgroup together (M&M´s) and our client is a nonprofit organization providing education to underprivileged children. The goal of our assignment is to develop a marketing strategy focused on fundraising and communication for the US and European markets. We used the time on the flight to exchange some ideas, thoughts and insights and do some more reading on fundraising strategies, education in India and other client materials.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Introduction to India</span><br />It happens to be that our client organizes an annual day, which is today on April 9th! On this day they invite all the parents to come to school and they arranged the children to perform a play. Our whole team is invited and we´re all looking forward to this great introduction to the country.<br /><br />MaxMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-70694376629833854602010-03-06T17:55:00.001+05:302010-03-06T17:56:32.147+05:30ClientsHello,<br /><br />We got some information about our 4 projects. They will be:<br /><br />1. Nonprofit organization providing education to underprivileged children<br />2. An organization that assist poor and marginalized households with an emphasis on women and children through training and economic development.<br />3. An academic institution that is funded jointly by the Government of Karnataka and the IT industry. The Institute is focused on education and research, entrepreneurship and innovation.<br />4. A Non Governmental Organization managing various types of rural development programs in 3 States of South India.Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-19297940729220537062010-02-24T20:51:00.000+05:302010-02-24T20:52:14.406+05:30Koramangala, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaThis is where we're going!<br /><br /><a href="http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=nl&geocode=&q=koramangala,+bangalore&sll=12.927774,77.614288&sspn=0.09269,0.180244&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Koramangala,+Bangalore,+Bengaluru,+Karnataka,+India&ll=12.932522,77.624288&spn=0.012109,0.030663&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A">Koramangala, Bangalore, Karnataka, India</a>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-66560404387797327082010-02-12T02:24:00.008+05:302010-02-12T02:51:26.113+05:30What is the CSC?Here are a few articles that explain<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/10/19/story1.html">Big Blue takes world view to groom team leaders</a></li><li><a href="http://ub-news.com/news/ibm-india-declared-the-triumphant-completion-of-first-two-phases-of-csc/6655.html">IBM India declared the triumphant completion of first two phases of CSC</a></li><li><a href="https://www-146.ibm.com/corporateservicecorps/evaluation">Corporate Service Corps external evaluation by Prof. Chris Marquis of Harvard Business School</a></li><li><a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23743.wss">IBM CSC Year one press anouncement<br /></a></li></ul>Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627149677890906546.post-1585468823739660762010-02-10T15:14:00.003+05:302010-02-12T02:31:22.135+05:30WelcomeHi,<br /><br />Welcome to my blog. Here you can follow me on my adventure in Bangalore India, where I will be staying from the 9th of April 2010 until the 8th of may 2010 to participate in the <a href="https://www-146.ibm.com/corporateservicecorps/">IBM Corporate Service Corps program. </a><br /><br />bye bye for now,<br />MaxMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705795153307891835noreply@blogger.com0