The best position on AI - AP director!
I am not profiling my post because AI is gonna open application 06-07 in a few weeks. It is not because I don't have people applying as my successor. I really want to tell the world that - my job is great!
I am in the third country - Sri Lanka, after Philippines and Thailand. My first 2 country visits were great - at least I think so, if it counts! ;-) In Thailand, I realized how motivated and excited I was because I am 'on the ground', doing country visits, influencing members as well as countries one by one. It is such a rewarding feeling when people came to talk to me at a conference, when I receive a lot of sugar cubes and when the MCs expressing how grateful they were since I came to them.
Deep down, I am inspired by the members in the countries seeing how they work, how much they want their own AIESEC countries to be successful and relevant to their societies, how much they want to make big changes in their countries in the near future - they are living the true AIESEC spirit and they are my role models.
Man, I love Philippines in all ways. It felt like out of sudden country visits turn to be a lot easier since Thailand was a bit difficult. Philippino @ers are from rich or very high social classes. Yet they are so keen on the social development and become somebody who can influence their society in a positive way. AIESEC in Philippines are working on issues most relevant to the country as well to the young generation. They have so much passion and ambition to be a progressive country. I was totally touched. I chaired their national presidents meeting - it was great fun from working to parties to morning plenaries.
Philippines is also heaven for shopping and other stuff. I went to a very fancy hair salon and got the best stylist which cost me only 7 euro. Clothes, shoes and other daily products are very cheap. When I was doing my pendicare, I was thinking what are the other 4 directors doing now? ;p Both in Thailand and Philippines, I did so much shopping that I have to dump some of my stuff to the MCP and ask them to take to IPM in next Feb.
And here right now I am in Colombo. I am so grateful that I can come back to this sweet country after 20 months. It looks kinda different from how I remember it. Mosquitos and polution are killing me. Otherwise, I still love it heaps.
I met some trainees here seems like they are working on DT projects related to Tsunami. It is interesting that how wasted they are - they have nothing to do over the weekend apart from drinking and clubbing. As white people, they receive a lot of attention and probably privilege as well like how it is in every other Asian countries - you know what I am talking about. ;-) And some of the traineeships are pretty short - 3 months. I can't help wondering are those traineeships a powerful experience?
I am in the third country - Sri Lanka, after Philippines and Thailand. My first 2 country visits were great - at least I think so, if it counts! ;-) In Thailand, I realized how motivated and excited I was because I am 'on the ground', doing country visits, influencing members as well as countries one by one. It is such a rewarding feeling when people came to talk to me at a conference, when I receive a lot of sugar cubes and when the MCs expressing how grateful they were since I came to them.
Deep down, I am inspired by the members in the countries seeing how they work, how much they want their own AIESEC countries to be successful and relevant to their societies, how much they want to make big changes in their countries in the near future - they are living the true AIESEC spirit and they are my role models.
Man, I love Philippines in all ways. It felt like out of sudden country visits turn to be a lot easier since Thailand was a bit difficult. Philippino @ers are from rich or very high social classes. Yet they are so keen on the social development and become somebody who can influence their society in a positive way. AIESEC in Philippines are working on issues most relevant to the country as well to the young generation. They have so much passion and ambition to be a progressive country. I was totally touched. I chaired their national presidents meeting - it was great fun from working to parties to morning plenaries.
Philippines is also heaven for shopping and other stuff. I went to a very fancy hair salon and got the best stylist which cost me only 7 euro. Clothes, shoes and other daily products are very cheap. When I was doing my pendicare, I was thinking what are the other 4 directors doing now? ;p Both in Thailand and Philippines, I did so much shopping that I have to dump some of my stuff to the MCP and ask them to take to IPM in next Feb.
And here right now I am in Colombo. I am so grateful that I can come back to this sweet country after 20 months. It looks kinda different from how I remember it. Mosquitos and polution are killing me. Otherwise, I still love it heaps.
I met some trainees here seems like they are working on DT projects related to Tsunami. It is interesting that how wasted they are - they have nothing to do over the weekend apart from drinking and clubbing. As white people, they receive a lot of attention and probably privilege as well like how it is in every other Asian countries - you know what I am talking about. ;-) And some of the traineeships are pretty short - 3 months. I can't help wondering are those traineeships a powerful experience?
