Today was an enjoyable mix of both work and play. We went to the Northern Ireland Bureau for a luncheon where four of my fellow "Wippers" enjoyed their "leadership" moment. The lunch was a huge success which was a real credit to Rebecca Davis who had the primary responsibility for organisng it all. Elaine, Sarah, Gary and Andrew set the standard high with their speeches outlining their thoughts and feelings on Northern Ireland. It was brave of them to go first and speak in a professional manner to a room full of complete and semi complete strangers, a room full of exerts from the fields of politics, business, law; And of course a roomful of their fellow "Wippers" who were so proud that their fellow "ducklings" as Elaine put it, had done such an amazing job.
Tonight we all went to the home of host Mom Lenor who showed so much kindness opening up her home to a bunch of fancy dressed ( in my case cross dressed) foreign kids and their host families. It was a great night for us all to rewind and relax after a busy week. It was also an opportunity for us all on the team to get to know each other better beneath our blue body paint, tiger stripes, sparkles and feather boas..I of course was elated at winning "best dressed", check out the next edition of Hello magazine for all the shots!!!!
