It is of my nature to document every event I am a part of so to get happier when I list them in my soul.
St Pete chapter:
Being in Russia for 10 days was a quick feeling of being home. It has felt so not only of being surrounded by the spoken and written Russian language everywhere, but also the specific atmoshpere I was in. I am hundred times thankful to my friend Sasha who created the best warming reminder of how it looks like to live with your parents and still being independent! As well as I am grateful to Sasha's parents who treated me as their daughter and took care of every single minute I was to spend in St Pete!
A stunning architecture of the city fulfilled me with different emotions: I was living for 10 days in the place that was a beginning of Russian history. I spent days in Pavlovsk and in St Pete where Russian Tsars and Queens had taken significant decisions that affected greatly not only Russia but the rest of the world as well. I have visited the first house of Peter I, and read his correspondence with an English Queen. He was right saying "Russian people will benefit from my initiative of building The Window to Europe. But it is up to them to decide how they hold the balance between being authentic and modernised". Another matter I admire Peter I for is how farsighted he was. He mentioned that construction that the city was under should positively reflect its development and maintain a strong image of Russia minimum for 3 centuries. I reckon his long term plans have brought its fruits so far. Last but not the least why I admire Peter I is for my hometown. It was built in 1720 by Peter I order after Russians and Germans investigated our land was rich of natural resources, gold mainly. I don't want to go into details and approve who should be chanted in this case: our people that possess this land or foreigners that researched it. What is important is that Ust Kamennyi fort had become a home for many people since 1720, and is the dearest town for me.
At last, an important explanation of my visit to a fabulous city is an AIESEC conference, aka REC for WEST region. I should say only one thing: I love AIESEC conferences in Russia. Because they are like conferences in my Local Committee AIESEC Almaty. It is culture of excellence, it is give-and-take energy 24/7, it is striving for more and less blaming, it is being a part of solution not of a problem. Let's assume it has not always been so, but what I've lived through was definitely striving for more and being open and honest about one's own aspirations and motives. I am so much sure of an immense growth in AIESEC Russia next years due to its leaders- new and current members who have just got their minds shifted about spanless opportunities the world is having.
Moreover, some particular people have made my REC experience an unforgettable one: Dinar and Nikita, I truly enjoyed working with you in one team for Leaders track- I still adore your working styles, and love your jokes. As Dinar said, По Чесноку! :) Thank you to our Pleasant Things team- Dinar and Yigit, you have made me do pleasant things I have never done at conferences! :) The Duck team- Delya, Katya and Lida- huge thanks to all of you for taking us on the roof at cold night and giving us a warm welcome and a round of appreciation. Thank you to Organising team and AIESEC in Russia team for making this conference happen they way you needed it to be. And big private thank you goes to Tanya, the conference manager and Richard, the Chair. I can't say more.
Baltic chapter:
Though it was a bit hard physically in the begining of my arrival to Sialuai to concentrate on other tasks of the conference, and I thought I would not discover a lot of new things for myself, I have reached new peaks of self effectiveness and self importance. It is a long story, so I would rather give you an insight of my sequent loud and wild AIESEC Baltic conference. I am of an opinion that if something attracts you - jump into it! So I jumped into my new role as a Newies Track Manager, and am still loving people I have closely worked with: the FACIlitators team of 4 young minds from 3 different countries in Central Europe with their ideas worth trying and succeeding in all their efforts they put into making the very first conference for 40 new members of AIESEC in Estonia and Latvia! Petras, Giedre, Filip and Kerli, the days and nights we spent discussing and debating are the best memories of Synergy! Random laugh, warm hugs, pleasant tears, and dear people are the treasures one can find at AIESEC conferences. I have found mine, and I am silently happy. A special thank you goes to my old friends I have spent minutes with. You know what an important event Synergy has been for me.
Want to say that being physically exhausted, emotionally poor but irressistibly happy is a priceless gift one can live in his lifetime.
On a windy cold changeable day in St Pete Sasha's friends and I having fun in Pavlovsk
My REC team
Newies FACI Olympic TeaM Synergy FACI team (partially)
1 comment:
Those were really good picture. But which one is you?? I think you should mark yourself so we can identify you dear.
Poor Cedit Loans
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