Thursday, June 7, 2012

Week 3, Day 18 (Last day in Cheongju)

It's incredible how fast 3 weeks have gone by. Today, the SCC Team held a presentation to the Mayor and his staff.
The SCC Team presented 8 key recommendations.
Mayor Han provided feedback after the presentation.
We both exchanged farewell gifts. But, it was like X-mas for the SCC Team as there were many presents in our gift bag that we received.


 Once the Mayor left, we had another photoshoot with the joint core team. I think the core team smiled more now that the presentation was over.
Later in the day, the core team got together for some drinks & food.


I guess this was our Cheongju farewell party. Over the 3 weeks, this Cheongju / IBM joint team worked tirelessly with mutual trust and a common goal. We discussed how the team evolved quickly from an awkward beginning to this tight and close knit team of today. The transportation director pointed out that his personal motto is "flexible mind & positive attitude" which is actually printed on his business card. I truly think that is how this team worked. As we said good-bye to each other, everyone probably wondered if this team will ever meet again...

I will probably come back again and this time it won't take another 36 years, but maybe in 5-10 years. I would like to see how Cheongju changed during that period. With that said, although the city may have changed, I have a feeling that the people of Cheongju will still remain the same who were all very kind and generous.

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