Dear reader, there has not been a post in a while, as my life was so eventful that my head simply did not have the capacity to reflect on what was going on at the same time as putting it down in words for you to read.
Normally German news goes into summer break starting July, there is nothing going on in politics and you read about drowned dogs or dry cornfields in the newspapers. This summer has been different, the world seems different, things change extremely fast and the news are filled with partly horrible news which in return also show how horrible actions from some can bring out the best in others, like the massacre in Norway brought out such a wave of love from the Norwegian people.
Instead of slowing down, my live seems to have accelerated since June. I went to beautiful/morbid/delicious/sunny Palermo to visit my friend Sophia. Even though my Italian is practically non-existent I managed to communicate with people around me. Sicilians are a very interesting group of people, of course they mostly categorize you as tourist and try to keep communication to a minimum but they reward you for returning to them. So if you buy your fruit at the same stall at the marketplace every time, the salesman will trust and like you over time. It was simply great to visit a friend in a foreign country and to see Italy through her eyes; it is much different from lonely exploration with a guidebook. This experience was very vivid and refreshing.
(C) Anna Streiter
AND! I finally had visitors to Berlin. One of my friends, Nora, suggested to me to open a hostel, as she saw how much I enjoyed being a host. It was great to finally see friends again and to show them where I live right now. It was funny to see what expectations visitors have, as I would never go to a restaurant with German cuisine in a city like Berlin, where you can taste so many different cultures. I am very grateful for everyone’s interest in the city and for the love they brought to my house.
And one thing is for sure: I have to visit Copenhagen in October before I start in university.
YES! I will do a Masters Program at Potsdam University and I am totally geeking out about it! I will study foreign language linguistics and part of the program will be to learn a new language. So Spanish speaking people: Pronto voy a ser uno de ustedes! Thank you google translate : )
So yes, life is filled with friends & family, work and figuring out stuff. I hope that I soon will be able to reflect on things and also tell you more deeply how I developed over the past months.
Do you know the feeling you get after a day where you really feel, you have achieved something? To me it is like fuel into my good mood engine and it makes me shine inside, it makes me feel alive. And if you have not noticed yet, I am additionally proud when I did something that generally is not expected from women. This just adds some awesomeness to the good feeling.
My mom heats her house with an oven, so once in a while we go to visit her in order to help out preparing the wood: cut it, pile it up, carry it into the house, etc. Early spring we do the biggest wood day of the year, where we actually go into the forest and get wood we have bought from the ranger. As I lived in Denmark until recently, I was hardly part of any big wood events, but this year it was ON! We even had to cut down a tree on our own. It was a ca. 50-year-old beech tree and as one of our closest friends is a (female) ranger, she cut it down for us.
the landing
After overcoming some start difficulties, Jana performed wonders with her chain saw. She knew exactly how and where to cut in order to let the tree fall where she intended it to: in the middle of the path. I was buzzing with anticipation and then the signal came: “Tree falling!” and like in slow motion the tree touched the earth, blowing dust and leaves in the air that would stand still and then join the slow motion on their way back to the ground. The sky was bright, sun was shining through the trees and we had a tree to take away from the path.
We were three women who had to make the tree disappear until dusk. We took off the branches you could not use for fire wood, we divided the tree in pieces, carried the pieces into our van and drove them to a place where we later can cut them into fitting pieces for the oven.
Better get to work!
It was hard physical labor, but it actually made me feel good. Out in the fresh air, working under time pressure, I had a real feeling of hunger. I generally eat irregularly and unhealthy, but here my stomach told me to eat. We had some bread and some typical German sausage, but no knife, so we broke the bread and ate the sausage separately and it was the most delicious meal I had in a very long time. The work grounded me and cleared my head. Suddenly I was one step closer to an important decision I have to make. I have a tendency to over-think stuff and working with my mom and Jana showed me that happiness really only depends on very few factors. To me doing things on my own, putting some sweat into them is a very fulfilling activity.
So, how much did your Saturday contribute to your own happiness?
As you might know, I have found this nice little apartment in Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin. It was all freshly renovated, except for the floor, which was wooden and painted with a deep red color, very typical for Berlin. It was quite old and you could see that the last owner had taped carpet on the floor, so there was no way around renewing the whole thing.
I had three options:
1. I could put another carpet on top (which would be a bit expensive, but not too much of hard work),
2. I could build in this clickedy clack laminate (which would be expensive and quite some work), or
3. I could grind the entire floor (which would be the cheapest option, but super hard work).
THE machine
So guess, what I did: Off course I went for the cheapest option, so I recruited my mom and rented some machines and off we were to the dirtiest and hardest work on the Banana-planet. There for sure is even harder and dirtier work, but in my sphere this is quite hardcore.
I planned the last Saturday to be our grinding day. It was dirty, it was back aching, but at some point you could see some results. Off course I had planned completely naïve and at the end I had to take two days off work to complete what I had started. Yesterday, we gave back the machines and impressed the craftsmen with our work.
My mom preparing the floor for the next round
It is not everyday that you see a girl with an angle grinder, so I somehow feel stronger and independent. My mom always says: a good woman can substitute the best man. And sometimes her feministic talks go on my nerves, but when I have done something like this with my own two hands, I cannot help but feel freaking fantastic. She also said that every time I enter my apartment I am going to be proud of my floor. To that I can just say: Hell yea!
So, to all the ladies, maybe you should try and give it a try yourself the next time you have to fix something on your bike or at home. It feels awesome once you’re done and afterwards you can take a nice long bath as a reward. It feels better than any other expensive beauty program, I promise!
After a nerve wracking trip to Mount Abu, with too much of monsoon rain and a crappy hotel, we arrived in Jaipur. Now we have reached the easy part of the trip, so I thought, as we from now on live with Indian friends of mine. Here in Jaipur, it's Mudit who picks us up from the train station.
When Mudit came to Denmark last year, it was me who taught him all about European culture and behaviour. I was so surprised when he asked me for anti bacterial soap (Dude! Evey soap is anti bacterial!), or did not know how to use a vacuum cleaner. He always took my food and laughed like a girl behind his hand, when something was funny.
Now it's him who knows how the world around works. For the first time we have the chance to see the country from behind a window, as we drive in Mudit's car. All the noise and smell is damped and we drive through the city like through a museum. It suddenly seems somehow ordered and makes some sense. When I'm out on the streets I am too aware of my bag and the traffic, here I get the chance to honk on everyone around.
I was not able to imagine where Mudit comes from. How does the Indian middle class live? Where does it start and where does it end? Mudit lives outside the city in a huge house, with a great staircase and so little furniture in it. His parents are loving, make a lot of food for us and just express their happiness for our visit. They asked, who of us is Anna and when I said it was me, they smiled, finally knowing who the friend was, Mudit told them about last year. It is eye opening to see how much they give for their son and how proud they are about his achievements. It is touching me to see how he takes care of them and how he translates, so we all understand each other. Finally, now that I see where he comes from, I understand Mudit. Friends just share things, that's why he always took my food and they help each other in every way possible.
Mudit is our proud guide showing us the many castles of Jaipur and other sights such as temples and museums. On the way in the car, he does not forget to mention that there is the hotel where he wants to get married and the other place is where men go for porn. The reason for why supermarkets are a failure in India, is that they are just too slow and don't get how to use a cash machine. Recently they prohibited the use of plastic bags in Rajastan, so you have to carry your shopping. It's stupid! Not the bags, the working culture in India!
I love to be here and see Jaipur through Mudits eyes. He is a friend to keep and Jaipur is a city to return to.
Currently Lexi and I are in Udaipur, one of the most beautiful cities we have seen in India so far. We enjoy our stay to the fullest and have even cancelled our trip to Jaisalmer, as we were too exhausted from our previous journey and wanted to relax a bit. So we did some beauty treatments, sight seeing and even made half a day of horseback riding through the nature surrounding Udaipur.
Udaipur’s rulers are said to be decedents from the sun, with the oldest ruling family in the world, ca. 1400 years. Udaipur is also famous for its miniature paintings and there are art schools scattered all around the old city, selling their art. We learned that the horse is the animal representing Udaipur stands for power, the Elephant from Jaipur stands for luck and the camel from Jaisalmer stands for love.
Normally when I travel I seek the hidden places, where locals thrive and I can discover something new. In India, you want to stay in the touristy areas, as everything else is too dangerous and dirty. I would never have thought that I would be so narrow minded, but men starring at me for too long in the streets and the traffic make me nervous.
So Lexi and I enjoy the touristy area of Udaipur with it’s different shops and restaurants. We have our rickshaw driver Jimmy (don’t ask me for his Hindi name) telling us that we bring good luck to the city as it rains regularly since we have arrived here. The rain fills up the lakes and makes the Lake Palace Hotel look like its floating in the water. There, the 80’s James Bond movie “Octopussy” was partly filmed, which everyone around you keeps telling. You can go to any restaurant in the night and watch the movie, which we find kind of funny. We imagine the waiters being able to recite every line of the movie, if they really have to witness it every night.
In Udaipur we are sourrounded by other foreigners. This is nice for a change, as we then are not like animals in the zoo with everyone staring too much at us. But two girls traveling alone is quite a bit to cope with for the men, even in Udaipur. Guys on bikes drive by and make cheesy compliments and the hotel owner is in love with Lexi whom he compares to Angelina Jolie. We managed to buy some clothes that cover us well, with long baggy pants and kurtis on top.
We both had our share of experience with the typical India diseases. After the diarrhea was gone, Lexi could enjoy all the food, while I am stuck with stomach pain every time I eat something not fluid. So on my menu are all kinds of Lassies and soups. At the same time I have to look at Lexi on the other side of the table eating delicious sandwiches, pancakes and Indian masalas.
Tomorrow we will continue to Mount Abu, the typical spot for people on a honey moon, so it’s perfect for Lexi and me :-)
Sometimes you have to tell people to back off. In Copenhagen, just before I left, we had some cultural sessions with the new team and we talked about how Danes always need their personal space. In India, this concept is completely unknown. You have to push people away, tell the beggars "chelle djao!" (Go away!), and make space on your bed in the train for families with their entire breed. That's just how it works. At times it makes me mad, especially without too much of rest. When I am in a good mood, I let people take as many pictures as they want, but after a night in the sleeper class without A\C, I am less keen on it. Today at the Taj Mahal, a young guy wanted a picture with us, we declined saying "We already got 1000 pictures taken today!". His answer: "OK Madam! 1001 for me!" Sorry dude, not gonna happen. So chelle djao everyone! After another night in sleeper we will be in Udaipur tomorrow and stay there a bit longer. After I had a shower, you can invade my personal space again.
Travel route so far: Dehli > Amritsar > Haridwar & Rishikesh > Agra. This country is so beautiful. We really loved the North!!
When I first travelled to Asia last year, I was expecting crowded streets, a lot of noise, poor people sleeping in the street and generally that poverty will be rubbed into your face, while shopping, while going to the museum, or just at a restaurant. Entering Kuala Lumpur, I was surprised by the clean streets and the western style of the city.
Now Delhi has completely fulfilled last year’s expectations. It’s dirty, it’s poor, it’s loud and full of people. My friend Mudit told me: “In India, everything is possible and nothing is possible!” That is the basic principle of the country. As soon as you can afford a fancy car, you can also afford a driver. If you’re a bicycle rickshaw driver, you’ll most probably sleep on it in the night.
So here are some impressions from my stay in Delhi: It’s like the city is planned by Europeans, there are big roads with markings, traffic lights, you can even rent a bike and drive around on it through the city. So on paper, everything looks fine. What the planners forgot over all the planning are the people and their heritage. The markings on the street are worth nothing, when you’re stuck in traffic in a motor rickshaw and have to make your way to the city center. Crossing the street even while the traffic light is green, can kill you, if you don’t look out. And the renting a bike thing must have been imported by a blind man. YOU CANNOT CROSS THE STREET!
I went here to see a complete different reality. I wanted to be shocked, so to say. In that way I am happy. It is like I expected and thus I cry out several times a day: “We’re in India Lexi!”, while Lexi just rolls her eyes and remarks “Really? Thank you for telling me.” We love exploring everything around us. We love the food (no diarrhea yet!), and all the friendly people. We try to laugh at those who want to take pictures of us and we carry a little towel with us to wipe off our sweat (if I don’t accidentally drop it in front of a public toilet!). Lexi can make a sweet human heart with her arms above her head, which looks great on pictures, and it is a personal highlight on our friendship discovery adventure. She can still see every mood written in my face, I can’t seem to hide myself from her, which is a good thing. So things worked out as planned. We landed in the shithole of Delhi, managed to discover some beauty in the chaos and are excited to continue our trip.
Some other highlights: meeting Tabs again – he is still damn funny and smart! There are not only cows on the street, but even more dogs, and also pigs. Poverty is like you see it on the pictures, just that you can also see behind the frame, and you can smell it as well. It’s hard for me to tackle, I have a slight tendency to panic.
Hope to be able to write more about our adventure. Tomorrow we will take a train (!) to Amritsar. I say good bye with a big woop woop! Hope you’re looking forward to our adventures as much as we are.
P.S.: On the picture: Indians love to take pictures with white people, here Lexi and I with a sweet couple we met at the place we stay.
Today I went barefoot from Jena to Berlin. It’s different to walk through a city without your shoes on, because you can actually feel where you are walking. The senses become sharper, you notice the details. Jena is the city with second most sunshine in Germany, right after Freiburg. I went there for the first time in my life to chair the elections of AIESEC in Jena, which was a big pleasure with bright people and a memorable party in the end. Even though I fell asleep on Ariane’s futon at 5 in the morning and got up only five hours later I was filled with energy and the feeling of excitement of the day to come. Today I met my friend Siegfried, who studies in Jena. We were sitting in the shadow of a tree in a nice pub and just cached up with each others stories. We drank some Radler and had fries in the heat that made everyone move slowly. The heat followed me to Berlin and home. It’s summer in Germany and I feel incredibly home in this country. Everything tastes like childhood and I see sense and beauty all around. I can actually imagine living here. I mean today, at this point of time, I could imagine to live here, who knows what will happen a year from now.
This return home has been the best decision made in a very long time. I had the chance to arrive at myself.
I thought I was done. I really thought I should stop living the life I was living so far. I wanted to stop, give up and sit in a therapy chair three times a week, for 3 years. Luckily I had the chance to have conversations with new and old friends not about myself or my problems, but about life and dreams. That’s when I saw that I cannot stop the life I have built the last few years. I gave a lot of myself in the process, that’s true, but I gained so much. I just did not have the chance to collect all the impressions and make sense of them. I needed some distance from all the fuss, all the pressure and expectations in order to find out that it’s me who decides whether I’m happy or not.
So I started to play the guitar. My mum is horribly happy, as I’m the only one in the family who never learned how to play an instrument. She and my sister teach me and I can already play three songs and am learning a new one now. I also spent 130€ on running shoes. I have to write how much they were, as I have never spent that much on anything to wear. It’s crazy! But it’s for me and I am earning the shoes by running 4,5 kilometers every second day. I read the 7th Harry Potter book in German and was surprised by the simplicity and non-magic of the book. I spent time with my sister and my mum, I ate ice cream and a Döner. And if we go to the cinema to watch a dubbed blockbuster, I’ll be happy to return to Copenhagen.
Next year will be as planned: no plans! Well now I have some small ones, I will move to Berlin after my return from India and find a job. Just to earn money. And then I will go on an internship in some crazy country. I like it.
So Nithya, my new friend, asked me to update my blog. I can see that I trashed my blog a bit, posting videos, cause it was fast. I need some consulting regarding blogs, because I don’t dare to be completely honest, keeping the audience too much in mind and not revealing what I really feel. Why have I started to blog, because I thought that it was important to report what I do, because I knew I would travel and have some exciting experiences. But then I started this journey and did not take time to reflect, I did not take time to breath and I did not take time to tell you my story. So let’s forget the filter and just start telling what’s going on in my life. What happened in the last nine months that made me the person I am today?
Picture: me, recently. Outside has not changed that much.
Malta
We’re in Malta, bitch! You should listen to that song and you’d know how my experience on Malta was: truly AWESOME!
Before I went I was nervous and excited, I didn’t think I would be able to live the experience of being able to facilitate on an international AIESEC conference. One of the coolest thing I did in AIESEC is being a trainer and working together with people who want to learn and develop. Why was I nervous? Because this year has shown me one big thing: my strengths and weaknesses. Wanna know my strengths? I am creative, innovative, inquiring, curious, organized, and open. My weakness? I lose interest very easily, I do not believe in myself, I can be messy, and I have mood swings. What I hate most right now is my insecurity. So I was nervous, about working with a new group of people. I am always afraid to be the odd one, the one not being part of the group. I arrived in Malta and that feeling did not slip. It was a hard time to get through the pre-meeting of the conference, but it was good and important, cause I learned so much about myself. I felt a bit like an outsider, but in the long round I found out that most of that feeling was created by myself and my self doubt. This is Malta (and my current desk top background):
So how could you not be happy on that island? The conference itself was one of the best experiences I ever had in AIESEC. It was like the perfect circle closing: my first international conference was in Belgium in 2006. There, I realized, I wanted to do certain leadership positions on a local level, do at least one national leadership role, be a facilitator and then facilitate at an international conference. Today I can say that I achieved all these goals! Also, this conference had precisely the same profile as the one I attended in Belgium 4 years ago. This fact gave me huge inspiration and motivation to perform 110%. The result was an awesome group experience with the group I coached for two entire days. Each individual made the experience crazy unique for all of us and every member of the group inspired me to strive for something real. I was also able to connect with much more people that I usually do. I was really out there, a real part of the conference and that made me very proud.
My homegroup and my faci team:
And after the conference? I saw Malta! Such a beautiful island. It has a very rich cultural heritage raging from the crusades and the knights to several occupations. Most importantly I was able to spend time with some beautiful individuals. I spent a lot of my last day with Ana from Colombia. She knew everything about the island, the history and the buildings. We had real eye opening conversations, because we are so different and so much the same at the same time. She helped me see what it is I want to do next and helped me believe in my idea. In the end of the trip I also had the chance to connect to Nithya. My insecure side made me believe that she did not like me in the beginning, but our conversations during the last night really made me change my opinion. It’s crazy how people can be so positive and lively even when life tests them. I love the kind of conversations I had with her and I hope I’ll meet you again someday dear Nithya! Other people that greatly inspired me were the Danish delegation who kept a great spirit throughout the whole conference. Thank you so much for all the energy you all gave me!
Prague
This trip was meant as team days for the national board of AIESEC Denmark. Going to Prague is always great, because after London it is one of the cities I want to return to. The city was beautiful, the sky was blue, the food was great. In order to write about the whole experience, I need to come home, really home. I will leave home to my mum tomorrow and rest for the first time in a really long period. There, I will be able to tell how Prague was. But I have a pretty picture:
So make me write and remind me to write and maybe one day I will do it without someone asking me to.
I am done with my studies. Let me think… yes, I have attended institutions of education for 17 years. I am 24 today, so I have spent more than two thirds – almost three quarters of my life studying. Maybe you can imagine the feeling I have now that I know that I am most probably done with it. I enjoyed the ride, it was exciting and fun, but I am ready to try out a new rollercoaster. Every time people ask me how I am lately I have to say: “I am good! I am free!”
I started my new job as Member Committee Vice President of External Relations for AIESEC Denmark. A title that fills a whole line of my entry and is not sexy to use in bed. Trust me, it’s not! I work with sales and external communication of our organizations’ activities. People expect me to get national partnerships, have cool companies attend our national conferences, train the sales people in the local offices and a lot of other things. I was scared a lot before I started to work and wondered about all the worst case scenarios which suddenly popped up in my head. Now I am here, doing the job, learning a lot from my predecessor and calling companies to book meetings. I have a sweet boss, which is great. In my last position in AIESEC, I was the boss and it is nice to have someone above you for a change.
For my new job I moved to Copenhagen, the biggest city in Denmark, but honestly, when you are here, it seems like a collection of a bunch of smaller typical Danish cities with a couple of highways in between. On my way to work, I pass cows, hosted by some kind of scientific institute and I barely bike on the bigger streets, as there is a fine system of bicycle paths. I bike everywhere, and I also use my creepy helmet, after all I am biking in a bigger city.
There is but a few things I am not satisfied with, yet. I dreamed of coming to Copenhagen and be the best version of me. I always make these plans when I start something new. I am not eating healthy and way too much out of the house. I do not prepare lunch packages and eat instant noodles instead. My membership in Fitness World is still paid for, I just do not go there. And last but not least, my room is a mess. I need to focus a little bit more on my personal health, I can feel that I get tired fast and my energy level is low at times and sleep doesn’t really help right now. I got to move it – move it a bit more often and eat something with real vitamins. I have to spend some quality time with myself. And drink more water!
In general life is great! I am free!
Pictures: 1. crossing the Big Belt Bridge on our way from Funen to Sealand when I moved. 2. The Play Doh man I created during transition. 3. A sqare in Copenhagen City.
In two weeks, I'll start my term as Member Committee Vice President of External Relations. The past twoo weeks, I have struggled to finish my Bachelor degree more or less successfull and now all I have to do is wait for the results of my final exams. But fortunately I do not really have time to think of all this, as everything is kind of culminating right now. It seems like a wave of four years in Odense is dashing over me and all I can feel in my stomach are a million butterflies, because everybody, EVERYBODY!, I meet is happy and friendly and somehow the city of Odense says "Goodbye! It was cool having you here. Please come back some day and enjoy your time inbetween!". And I say thank you, Odense and "Hello Copenhagen!". This weekend I have to pack and sort out what I want to take with me to that tiny room in Frederiksberg, where my dearest friend Alenxandra will live just a room away and we'll support each other, have fun and talk all night, like we used to. Next week, my mom will come and help me move, she will also be there for my birthday. I really do not know when to say goodbye to anyone, when to thank all the nice people for all the things they have done. I really feel blessed with everything happening right now and I hope this feeling will last for a while. I know, the next year will show me yet unknown challenges, but it'll all be good, because I will go out stronger than before. And, last but not least, I can hope for going to Malaysia for the AIESEC International Congress, the biggest conference a year, with people from the whole world, really! Life is exciting. I hope to be able to share as much as possible.
OK, I've been to London, which probably also has a quite big share of feeling alive, mentioned in my post before. It was an amazingly motivating trip. London is THE place to go alone, I can only recommend it to the rest of the world, as there is something to see and be for every type of person. There are only a few people I want to share this amazing city with (Henni!) and they have to be able to stay away from some shop-aholical behaviors. Instead they should wear good walking shoes and be ready to visit museums, theaters, and bookstores. Of course I had to do a bit of work, but I still managed to see a couple of nice places. Like Portobello Road, where I have not been since I was 14. Before I had to leave I rushed to my favorite place in London, the National Gally and spent some minutes looking at Van Gogh and Degas, especially "La Coiffure", which I would love to have as a poster in my room. The atmosphere of the city was great and I hope to remember the small boy I saw, running around in Hide Park dressed in some kind of animal suit, as well as the cute pizza place, where I had a great lunch. And I regret not to have given some money to the disgusting, smelling soldier, who was wearing bandages on his feet and had burn marks all over his face. Why couldn't I jump over my own shadow? And next time I visit London, I have to see a play at "The Globe", a reconstruction of the theatre Shakespeare used to launch his plays. Next to the more tourist parts of the city, I had to attend the AIESEC Western Europe and Northern American External Relations Summit, shortly the WENA ER summit, which sounds quite fancy, but was actually very informative and interesting, and I learned a lot. We were about 20 people from all over Europe who discussed the direction of our sales strategy next year and who tried to prepare for the next term and learned from the current Vice Presidents how to create results in our area. The people I met were amazing and the thing I am most happy about is the network we are building up, it looks like we are going to stay in contact during our term and help each other with problems only we can really understand. I have to admit: I am so looking forward to getting started. Thank you for the inspiration and encouragement!
So I am in Odense, finally, after a long period of busy participation in family and AIESEC activities. In fact, last night was the first night in several weeks that I've slept in my bed. I used the past two days to recharge my energy, tidy up my room (what a mess!), meet my friends and think about myself for once. That was great! That was neccessary! I bought new clothes, all on sale of course and I drank beers with Mette. Besides that I did some work, that was waiting for me and started to eat normal food again. I had the tendency to grap some fast food during my busy time away from Odense and that vane I really want to keep away from.
In fact I have made a promise to myself. When I move to Copenhagen and start my new position in AIESEC, I want to exercise regularly and do something for my body. I have learned, that body and soul are close together, so for me regular, healthy food, tidy sourroundings and physical exercise are the keys to happiness. So my brain has realized all this, but I am not acting on it. And why the hell should I wait for Cph to beginn with it? There is no reasonable answer which is why I started Tuesday. Yes! I went out for a run. I sucked. For real. Alexandra, my best friend calls me thin-fed: I am thin on the outside and fed on the inside. And she is right. But I am going to change all this. So today I continued and worked out - BEFORE BREAKFAST! I went on youtube for some advice video inspiration and rocked the floor! You can imagine me going up and down the stairs of my apartment? With this look of surpressed pain on my face? Yea, my ass, my stomach and my legs hurt, but I am going to continue.
Please find below the activities I enjoyed since January, just to keep you on track :-) In January I got elected into the National Board of AIESEC Denmark to work with External Relations from July 09 to June 10, which will be pretty exiting.
In March I have been to EuroXpro in Romania, an international AIESEC conference, where I met people from 38 countries. Together we talked about strategies for 09.10 and evaluated the current state of our organisation.
For Easter I went home to my mum's new house. My sister came, too, and the three of us had a really good and sunny time. Here you see the two, while we are out eating in an African restaurant in Berlin.
Last weekend it was my third time to facilitate at a national AIESEC conference. It was an amazing experience and I am looking forward to be a part of planning the conferences for AIESEC in Denmark next year, well the external part ;-)
On the picture you see the incredible delegation from SDU (Southern University of Denmark).
...was für eine Sache du unterstützt. Denk nach, bevor du dein Geld zum Fenster rausschmeisst und fang an, wieder selbst Dinge zu machen. Das ist überhaupt nicht schwer. Echt!
