AIESEC International Congress Malaysia - first impressions!

I have a confession to make. I have never been outside Europe. I have been to the Black Sea in Romania, but that's it. I did not get more far away. Recently, AIESEC gave me the opportunity to visit another continent and I am currently writing from the Palace of the Golden Horses in Malaysia.
Together with my team I made a trip where the adventure already started during the journey as we had visa challenges, traveling through Bangkok and our team faced major frustration about the way things were managed. I realized how privileged I am as a European. I can travel wherever I want and can get a visa for some weeks just because I want.
Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia is one of the few cities I have been to that has a lot of sky scrapers. It is known for the PETRONAS Towers, some of the highest buildings in the world. I have seen them, I took a picture. I have also been to the Bantu Caves a little bit outside of KL. That's when it hit me that I am actually on another continent. The caves are host to temples, monkeys and doves. You recognize it fast by the giant statue of a god with its golden color shining in the burning sun. You climb stairs into the sky and enter the cave with extremely high walls and a glimpse of the sky in the background. Monkeys eat coconuts; monks give you prayers and mark you with dots on your forehead. The temples are Hindi from south Indian culture. And having two Indians in my team, we had extremely good guidance through the experience. Result: I want to go to India! The food, the people, the culture is something that I really want to experience closer.
Right now I am thrown into a melting pot of people from all over the world. The AIESEC International Congress has started yesterday and I am already facing a major sleep deprivation. The thing is that we had a pre-meeting before the actual congress where we prepared for what was going to happen. These 9 days are the most valid days as preparation for our year ahead, as we have the global leadership collected in one place. Here I have the chance to meet AIESEC'ers from truly all over the world. I am currently sitting in a room with over 100 nationalities. The vibrant energy in the room is slapping you in the face at times and it is fascinating to see how many of these people I actually have met before. We are all connected and if we do not know each other directly one of our friends does and that's what makes it so unique. We are all connected by a thing called AIESEC. We had a global village, open to public, where every culture was present, we had a fascinating opening ceremony with taste of Malaysian culture. Today, we started the content delivery and included over 700 virtual delegates joining us from all over the world. Right now we discuss leadership and in what way AIESEC is a leadership organization. For me AIESEC is the people and opportunities it offers. That's what makes it a leadership organization? People continue beyond their AIESEC experience to have a positive impact in society. We actually do something about the issues around us and it is incredible to see how many excellent people are gathered under the same cause.

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