Wednesday January 25, 2006 – Knights of the Round Table

Today I donned a tie to join "C" in the office to do a little pro-bono work for all the free meals I’ve been included in over the past two weeks. Long story short, the firm is trying to develop a comprehensive worldwide training program, and today’s brainstorming session focused on how instructor quality could be enhanced. Just prior to beginning the “Cyreal Life” I taught training for a week, so I was invited to shed some light on the instructing process in the U.S. The day was spent in a “Knights of the Round Table” fashion in a conference room with the cast of characters. After earning my gold star for participation, we were rewarded with another Cypriot attempt at Mexican food at El Pueblo.

My non-statistical study of two restaurants bolsters the theory that nacho cheese Doritos are the mainstay of Cyp-Mex cuisine. However, I do have to admit that the Doritos have grown on me. I ordered the relatively tasty (in relation to NYC Mexican) chimichangas and "C's" veggie fajitas consisted of stir fried squash and onions. Although "C" works with these people all day, our dinners out together in the evenings are always full of laughs and stories.

A new addition to the Cast of Characters joined dinner this evening. Aldriene is a fifty something managing director at the firm here in Cyprus whom has been a part of the project for the past 6months. He is a self proclaimed expert on all topics and literally has an answer for everything to the point of being humorous. However, his stories are fun to listen to regardless of the b.s. tossed in here or there and he is a genuinely nice guy. He has four or five cars and avid smoker of Cuban cigars. He is not the most technically savvy of people and has been known to inadvertently erase files and blame Lotus Notes.