It's my first day off today and a chance to reflect on past few days. In short they have passed like a whirl wind so much has happened and changed. It's the changes that keep you on your toes, as we all work together to fully understand the exactly what resources we need, where they are and how to reach them working as a team to make things happen. Keeps the mind and body active!
The Village day by day is coming more and more alive as more and more countries arrive creating an ever growing buzz. Also time to note some things I’d meant to note but haven't done so:
Meeting Village Head
I had the great pleasure of bumping into the Village Manager -Tony Sainsbury - he was kind enough to let me have a photo with him and despite being rushed off his feet even had time for a chat. He had the same role at London 2012 where he was equally enthusiastic and committed about the event - a great motivator.
I know this'll sound creepy but I complimented him on how good the food was but it was, and is, good to excellent. Always served fresh at the right temperature, texture and taste , looks good and served with smile. The catering team are doing a great job despite having to serve thousands of meals a day.
The Treiaki chicken with rice and fat choi the other day was brilliant. The sauce was full of flavour, very tasty while the chicken was soft & succulent with the rice just right, fat choy is a vegetable I don't have often it went well with the Teriaki sauce.
The Phone
Each CGA Assistant is issued with a phone, to mange expectations we were advised it would be basic - voice and text only - we weren’t surprised or disappointed!
The Nokia 106 gave me the opportunity to reflect on how much I’d forgotten about texting, how long a battery should really last and how lazy I’d become inputing and finding stuff on the phone.
Theres a full review here
I used to love predictive texting now I found it a chore and confusing so I switched it off.In fact I'd write the text on my iPhone and send it to the 106 to forward it on.
The 106 does what it says on the tin but it does have a very nice radio , a flashlight aka torch and it’ll speak the time - very useful. In fact when my iPhone power failed the 106 was there - I could use its radio to stay in touch - all night AND still have enough power to get me thru the day. Incredible in the age of the iPhone with its half day , if you're lucky.
The106’s battery is simply incredible it lasts forever quite unlike my iPhone battery which lasts half a morning at best hence I carry around a huge 13000A power pack. I've had real problems charging the power pack as there's no power at the campsite. So sadly, my iPad has been off for the past few days as there was no power for it, and so this post has taken forever to complete. But we got there, eventually!
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