A little background on the trip. I accepted a secondment position in New Delhi, India as Head of Finance supporting the India Shared Services Operations for Pearson. Pearson is an education and publishing company, not the candy bar company. I will be covering a maternity leave for the first part of the assignment and then assisting with planning and forecasting for the remainder of the assignment.
I will be working and living in a city just west of New Delhi called Noida. According to Wikipedia it is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. It is becoming the destination for global IT companies.
When I woke up this morning it was in the 40's F. In just a week and a half it will be in 40+ C or about 100+ F. My flight arrangements are to fly out on Wednesday at 3 pm from Minneapolis and arrive in New Delhi at 11 PM on Thursday. It is a 10.5 hour time difference between Minneapolis and New Delhi. The first week could be rough as a result getting use to the jet lag.
I have been creating lists and making sure I have everything in order in MN before I take off. The biggest question is what to pack. I have stocked up on beef jerky since 70% of India are Hindus and most are vegetarians resulting in only chicken and lamb really being available. Plus I have stocked up on the granola bars. I have enough Purrel that I could take a bath in it. Clothing is the big question mark. Even with the extreme heat, shorts cannot be worn in public as showing skin on the legs is a religious taboo. I might be buying some linen clothes over there. That might help in not looking so American.
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