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It is National Author's Day
Books that reminisce about childhood are very important. My book is one of them. I am beyond excited that I am a published author of a childhood book! Thank you to family members who were supporting me from the inception.
My book:
Growing Up In The Town of Linden
https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Up-Town-Linden-Fahmi/dp/1837948542
Go to https://fahmeenaodetta.com/category/firstpublishedbook/ to view more about the book.
I received training on project management at UMBC. The course was very good. It required working on a team to prepare deliverables. My team did good work. I liked how we prepared the deliverables. We split up the work and got things done. There were some issues (with certain MS Project features, someone left for a wedding, and so on) but everything worked out. We all learned a lot. The project management course was similar to my Systems Analysis and Design course in a lot of ways. For the other course, I also worked as part of a team to prepare deliverables. We did really good work. There were all sort of issues during the course. Internet connectivity was an issue. I remember that I left my condo to go to my sister's place so I could have a working internet connection. I just did not want to let my team down. It was good teamwork (also mentioned in this post that provides information on my IT background: https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/2026/04/it-professional.html). I can't believe I didn't think of how similar the two courses are before.
EXTRA: The email address of a team member caught my eye. It included 'kiki' which reminded me of a friend from high school. That was a weird coincidence.
I had a productive week. I actually planned to skip a few days, but things worked out differently. I found some interesting things on the internet that led to posts.
My book on my high school experience is going well. Strategy is important. I am making decisions carefully. I still do believe it was a good decision to focus on my days in Linden prior to PC in a separate book.
Have a good weekend!
I am making progress with the book on my high school experience. I worked from my bedroom again today (in bed). I worked on showing how good a fit the school was. It expanded my horizons too, as a school should. When I think of it, it is a weird coincidence that the school was such an incredible match for a student from Watooka Day School.
I discovered that Richie Etwaru (alum of PC) has a profile on several websites so that people/organizations could find and book him for speaking engagements online. I bet the sites help him to "find work." Quite impressive! I should be doing something similar. I am available as a speaker to talk on special topics such as Making Lemonade from Lemons, Taking on Special Projects, and Finding Your Calling. I am happy that we are not competing in the same categories!
Some of the sites:
https://www.speakerbookingagency.com/talent/richie-etwaru
https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakers/421991/Richie-Etwaru
https://www.celebritytalent.net/sampletalent/34767/richie-etwaru/
I was also impressed by some other profiles on those sites. An example:
https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakers/446235/Mutale-Nkonde
Guyana is a CARICOM member. Guyana has a lot of things in common with some of the other CARICOM/Caribbean countries. I noted a lot of similarities when working on my Pinterest profile. (I lived in Gainesville, Florida at the time). See:
https://www.pinterest.com/fahmeenaodetta/caricom-caribbean-community-guyana-other-caribbean/
