Apples and Wine
Got this nice chain mail from a friend. I am not a fan of chain mail, but I liked the metaphor :)
Women are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. Most men don't want to climb up and reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they sometimes take apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy.
The apples at the top may think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they're amazing. They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who is brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.
Now Men.... Men are like a fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.
Do you agree?
Labels: Creative, Musings
MC in Belgium 05/06 - the best year of my life ;)
Here they are, a little bit wasted, smiling, and the last time all together...
Coolest folks ever - Elie, me, Pedro, Kevin, Amritha In our transition pack last year there was a motto - 'welcome to the best year of your life'. Well, it was there also two years ago for the 3 previous MC teams, but it doesn't matter;). It really was the best year of my life. I am sure the coming MC gang is going to say exactly the same after their year!
MC transition party was massive! Soooo many people, all those wonderful people I got to meet and work with throughout my year in Belgium. When 5 of us gathered for the last drink, I realized, that it's never gonna be the same again. We've lived diversity through the whole term, went through good times and the ones more challenging, and all those people will stay with me in my heart. I'm gonna miss you guys, big time, but I'm sure our roads are going to cross again!
We've come a long long way togetherThrough the hard times and the good,I have to celebrate you babyI have to praise you like I should...Labels: AIESEC, Diary, Musings
Update+future plans: Rotterdam, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam?
This is an update about what I was up to recently. It has been exciting during past two weeks and more excitement to come.
12.07.2006: My Birthday. Thank you all again for remembering this special day for me. I will try not to forget any of yours, so expect BirthdayAlarm requests coming soon :)
14-16.07.2006: AI transition weekend in Rotterdam. What can I say - was great! It was a big catch-up event with my best friends in MCs all over, meeting new people, having some super great conversations. Also, the roof-party on Friday night, with never-ending keg of Czech beer and trying to race it, BBQ at the lake and football championship, traditional apple pie in Dudok, Saturday night in very artsy place in R'dam, again amazing talks with people, some gossip, a bit of a house party, stories from incredible life if Oxana, Poffertjes in the morning and good sleep after getting back home. Just very very nice.
21-23.07.2006: Weekend in Paris! Cheap offers of
Thalys trains kick ass. I was not totally anxious about going to Paris for the third time, but after this weekend my opinion is completely different - I started liking this city!! I think it feels more homy for me now, first, coz I understand way more of French than I did the previous times. Second, we got to hang out with the coolest bunch of people living there - Subash (trainee from India, our lovely host), François from France (MCP France, our guide and entertainer for the weekend!), Karim (My ER colleague in French MC), Pedro (MC teammate), Mitja (Slovenian 'freshly baked' intern in Brussels), Audrey (MC France), Maria (trainee from Russia) and a few more. Third, we went night-sightseeing this time, an I just had to go to Buddha Bar, teh one which is famous for it's compilations as well. Very posh bar, but very impressive as well. We went for one-drink strategy, ordering an expensive cocktail and sipping it all evening. My next time in Paris for sure I'm going to try Hotel Costes. Strongly recommended for everyone into lounge music.
I would also like to include my upcoming activities which might be important for different people reading this blog:
24.07.2006-28.07.2006: Last week of MC transition. that means filling all the holes, packing stuff, hectic times, you know. I will be hibernated for the rest of the world.
28.07.2006: MC transition Party!!!! I heard a rummour that not everyone knows it still, also I heard that there will be aiesec'ers from other countries coming,a nd in general, it's going to be an awesome party! You just have to be there to see MC teams 05-07!
03.08.2006: My last Intern Drink in Mezzo, Brussels. For the ones who will nto make it to the transition aprty, for the ones who want to see me again before I leave and for anyone else who feels like dropping by :)
05.08.2006: I go to Amsterdam! My official start date in ING is 7th of August, I'm planning to go there earlier, though.
Labels: AIESEC, Diary
Next stop - ING Group, Amsterdam!!
All you curious people, here is the answer for you...
Starting August 7th, I am going to spend exciting 6 months in Amsterdam, on internship for ING Group! I will be working in Global Graduate Recruitment department, working with internal communications as well as a global partnership between AIESEC and ING!
I am exteremely excited about the role, the city I will be living in and finally having a clear answer to the question 'What's next?' :)
Labels: AIESEC, Diary, ING
Happy Birthday to ME!
it's still 7 minutes left until midnight, so I am sttill in my birthday mood.
Yes, today is my birthday.
Yes, i'm officially one year older. And also, what is even more important, one year WISER! :D
I didn't have a party until the very morning, but yes, I did have great fun and a great day. And also some cute presents. We had chocolate cake. We had drinks. Fun. And A LOT of nicest greetings in I think 11 languages in total (thanks to Johnathan from LLN, he has covered 7 of them:) ).
Amritha, Jen, Kevin, Elie, Chrisi, Pedro, Makis, Tijs, Dan, Mitja, Ieva, Oxana, Elena, Matthias, Arnas, Vilma, my whole family with their families (miss you much!), Robin, Johnathan, Jornt, Paula, Bee, Rahul, Romas, Henrique, Gijs, Robin from Lugano, Goda, Vaida, Gutte, Kaste, Simone... i hope I didn't forget anyone, thank you guys so much for all those greetings!
happy happy =)
Labels: Diary, Friends
100th post: PHOTOmarathon
With great pleasure let me introduce you to the 100th post in my blog :) I have started it almost a year ago, that means on average I've been updating you about my life every 3 days :)
This time I wanna share something that came up to me quite accidentally. It's related to arts - one of my greatest passions, and I did not get to write a lot about it, so now it's a good opportunity! I've been in the mailing list of a Lithuanian organisation
MENE, which was founded by some great people that I got to know in my University's Photography club.
I was accidentally inscribed into one of their events, called FOTOmaratonas (PHOTOmarathon), which took place in Vilnius (so I couldn't be there, obviously) last Saturday. The concept was going to an assigned point in Vilnius, receiving a topic and taking a picture on it. Every participant had only one shot per topic, so you cannot just shoot 10 pics and pick the right one (and it's quite impossible, as you can use only non-digital cameras). Now the pictures are online, ready for judgement of the public. You can check the out
here.The website is all in Lithuanian, but the visual matters the most. You can find some very nice shots there. Just for the better reference, I will translate the topics for you:
'Autoportretas' - 'autoportrait'
'keistas' - 'strange'
'sveciuose' - 'coming for a visit'
'profesija' - 'profession'
'svajone' - 'dream'
'siuzetas' - 'sequence'
'koncepcija' - concept
'Neformato kategorija' - NON-format category
Enjoy!
Labels: Art, Creative, Lithuania, Photography
And...
... in addition to all the stuff that is happening here, I am also busy with applying for internships. So if I am not writing too often in this blog, I hope I will be understood :)
Labels: Diary
Past weekend
For the informal part - last weekend was Daniela's farewell picnic with football and ultimate frisbie matches, FREE concert of Apocalyptica and a crazy partey at a bar where everybody dances on the tables :) Was super cool time, with the coolest bunch of Brussels people ever!
Sunday - chillout, runaway, relax. Finally saw 'The Inside Man' - awesome movie.
Labels: Diary
Kickstart of a Kickass transition
So today with a traditional Belgian chocolate breakfast we have started a one-month 'conference' called MC transition.
We have almost all new team - Elie, Pedro, Dan (from Romania), Chrisi and Tijs in the office, Makis is on his way from Greece - arriving tomorrow.
I have one person to transition my knowledge and experience of one year and the past years - it's Chrisi, extremely smart and proactive girl. Today we have outlined a great transition plan, and we manged to fit everything in, so it seems like a good project and very realistic :)
For me it's also a nice way to reflect on my year experience and look it from the other angle. So I am looking forward to the upcoming 30 days!
Labels: AIESEC, Diary
