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		<title>Jogging Experiences in Casablanca</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2014 20:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, this evening I finally managed to take my sportswear (representing my sports association TV Obersiggenthal!) and went for jogging! I was a little bit skeptic about it, I didn’t know how a western guy in running outfit in the middle of this busy Moroccan city would be perceived. Also, I didn’t want to get [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/casa_park_overview_1024.jpg"><img class="alignleft wp-image-224 size-thumbnail" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/casa_park_overview_1024-150x150.jpg" alt="Parc de la Ligue Arabe from above" width="150" height="150" /></a>Yes, this evening I finally managed to take my sportswear (representing my sports association <a title="www.tvobersiggenthal.ch - my sports association" href="http://www.tvobersiggenthal.ch" target="_blank">TV Obersiggenthal</a>!) and went for jogging! <img src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" />  I was a little bit skeptic about it, I didn’t know how a western guy in running outfit in the middle of this busy Moroccan city would be perceived. Also, I didn’t want to get lost, so I decided to head for the big park near the hotel (Parc de la Ligue Arabe) and do some laps there.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-223" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/casa_park_inside_600.jpg" alt="Parc de la Ligue Arabe" width="600" height="193" /></p>
<p><a href="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/casa_jogging_768.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-222" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/casa_jogging_768-225x300.jpg" alt="TV Obersiggenthal in Casablanca" width="225" height="300" /></a>It turned out to be a nice experience. The park itself is well maintained, even though some playground installations from the sixties are locked away (at least it looked like). I saw couples walking hand-in-hand or sitting on a bench, young boys playing football, families with their dogs and old men playing <a title="Pétanque (Wikipedia)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9tanque" target="_blank">Pétanque</a>. I was the only jogger, but I still didn’t feel like an alien from outer space. A young guy with Rasta hair smiled at me and gave a thumbs-up. Such gestures and a sound mix of <a title="Linkin Park (official website)" href="www.linkinpark.com" target="_blank">Linkin Park</a>, <a title="Sunrise Avenue (official website)" href="http://www.sunriseave.com" target="_blank">Sunrise Avenue</a>, <a title="Die Toten Hosen - official website" href="http://www.dietotenhosen.de" target="_blank">Toten Hosen</a> and <a title="QL (official website)" href="http://www.funpunk.ch" target="_blank">QL</a> in my ears gave an additional boost for my exercise. <img src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<p style="text-align: right; font-size: x-small; color: #808080;">#ibmcsc morocco</p>
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		<title>Country Navigator &#8211; or why I could be Swede</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[gerry.broennimann]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a well-structured 3-months learning plan as preparation to our on-site assignment. The good thing is, many exercises are also fun. Part of the cultural awareness sessions was to complete our personal profile in Country Navigator. Try it out for yourself, it&#8217;s free and interesting! By indicating how to act, think and communicate in [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-69" src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-content/uploads/articles/countrynavigator_topten_322-288x300.png" alt="Country Navigator Top 10" width="288" height="300" />We have a well-structured 3-months learning plan as preparation to our on-site assignment. The good thing is, many exercises are also fun. Part of the cultural awareness sessions was to complete our personal profile in <a title="Country Navigator - Cross-cultural understanding" href="http://www.countrynavigator.com" target="_blank">Country Navigator</a>. Try it out for yourself, it&#8217;s free and interesting!</p>
<p>By indicating how to act, think and communicate in several situations the system creates a visual profile which can then be compared with your friend&#8217;s profiles&#8230; or with a specific country. As it turned out, Switzerland was not within the top 10 matching countries to my profile &#8211; closest match was Sweden! <img src="http://morocco.chickenfactory.ch/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
<p>What to do with it? In my point of view such results can never be 100% accurate &#8211; but that&#8217;s also not the aim. It helps however to reflect about your way of collaboration and where you might be careful in another cultural environment.</p>
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