TMU key phrase

Today is officially my 4th month of AIESEC life in Latvia. But I am at the moment in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Talent Management Unit (TMU) , one of the Global Support Teams in AIESEC, is having a physical meeting from Dec 7-11, 2009 in AIESEC International (AI) HQ. This year TMU consists of 34 people representing every world region from Venezuela to Australia; we are running projects in 4 areas, i.e. Competency Lab that works on revising Competency Model and adjusting it to the current needs; Innovation Inc that will works around AIESEC eXPerience to strengthen it; Leadership Academy that run lots of Leadership Audit at the moment, reviewing leadership development programmes we have in AIESEC as well as coming up with a new one soon; and Live Support, which I am a team member of, that directs its focus and actions on coaching the countries on Talent Management processes, supporting the network 24/7, etc, etc.

So, today a few of us have arrived, and we had our 1st "hang out" time together, where the key phrase was discovered. It is OMG!!! It has become a virus during the evening; even the waiters coming to us and taking orders were saying , "Oh my God! Let me pass." or "Oh My God! Will you order anything else?" :) So now every person in TMU knows our password - OMG! :D

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Getting to AI office, and then getting to the student building where we are staying was another funny chapter in my life :) And Rotterdam looks so much peaceful. Need to discover it this week. The funniest thing was that I miss Brussels sooooo much. Probably those 2 days were very much emotional for me as well as very much significant. Best days ever that I had recently!

2 .be in Brugge

Who has ever fallen in love at first sight?

Not with a woman or man

but with a city, scenery, food, etc?

Today I opened a new bottle full of bubbling LOVE sparks. Its name is Brugge, a medieval fairy tale city in the western Belgium.

Brugge cannot be described- you must see it! It is cozy, astonishing, lively, touristic, helpful, friendly, middle crowded, diverse and it is my LOVE!

Delicious waffles with chocolate flavour, cherry flavoured Belgian beer on the bank of the river together with Central America guys, chilly wind messing up my hair and my soul is enormously content, happy and relaxed.

One of my best days this year was today in Brugge!
Merci!

What it feels like for a girl

118 th day in Latvia.

1st day in the capital of Europe.

1st feelings of being home in Brussels, Belgium.

Don't care if the feelings are true only the first seconds. They will last forever.

I am being true to myself, and I am being immensely happy a whole day: first, early morning till noon in Riga with AIESEC Riga members, who have organised Lotus Conference on Digital Marketing. Though I have attended only one lecture in the morning, I can say that it was a good introduction for the project. Minutes I spent during coffee break with Organising Committee team- our beloved autumn members- were full of jokes, good mood and excitement that bubbled in me. Then I headed off to the Riga airport for my Riga-Brussels flight, and of course I had "adventures" - I usually do not travel with some slight problematic situations that make me being stressed, nervous that I will be late for the flight. On one hand, it is boring if I do not create these "problems" for myself, and add some adrenaline. On the other hand, what is the point to be stressed? Count the minutes for being happy, even if you are afraid to be late. (Sounds very weird. But it sometimes works for me :)

Fortunately, I managed quickly and a bit risky to solve my "problems" on the way, and at 2.30pm the plane took off, I waved to Latvian land Bye for 10 days, and said Hi! Welcome to Brussels! in 2 hours after.

I am having the sweetest time here today. I met for 100th time AIESEC Belgium of 1970s Alumni, AIESEC Ukraine 2000s Alumni. Interesting conversations during our dinner alltogether. Then, Sasha, AIESEC in Ukraine Alumni introduced to me the European capital. Probably here I need to stress on the importance of this "introduction". It was not a typical sightseeing outdoor event that I previously did myself for others in Kazakhstan - AIESEC interns, internationals, colleagues- or had received from others in India, in Romania, in Lithuania, in Latvia, in Estonia, in Russia, in Ukraine. It has been haunting, captivating, hillarious, amazing, informative, friendly, encouraging, authentic!

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the places and moments that take our breath away.

P.S. The pictures will be soon uploaded and link will provided here :)

And thank you Sasha for 1st Brussels evening!

A dancing star

Confession.

Integrity is one of the significant traits I barely find in people. Yet, it is one the most valuable traits I seek in human creatures.

Am I sincere with others then? Or do I necessarily have to be sincere?

Hovewer, if I expect people being frank in conversations, actions, beliefs why don't I expect it from myself? Or do I demand some extraordinary things from relations I have with my network? :)

I truly believe in people. No matter what happens in human relationships, how bad and painful break-ups can be, the time you have spent with each other is your history, is your memories that warm you in cold evenings, that give you strength to move forward and not to give up.

I am thankful for all those past moments that made me stronger, visionary, flexible, optimistic.

Transformation.

I am feeling something I cannot hide at the moment, which I also cannot truly describe even to myself. But it feels like evolution. A dancing star within myself. A chaotic star that leads me to something I haven't thought of or fully experienced before. Mystery. And I am deeply in love with this condition.

< I wonder how just "new" mothers feel when they see their babies born. Somehow I compare their emotions to what I am feeling now these days. What is it? A birth of new Assel or influence of pictures/books/conversations/articles/trips/food/music/smells/senses... What? >