July 8th, 2007
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The return to Amsterdam was planned a week ago. I wanted to see the city again … see how much my perspective has changed. We got at the train station 2 hours later than we agreed up-on :). Typically! I think I got somewhat lazy in this 1,5 months. Waking up at 9, reaching the office at 10. I will have real problems re-accommodating once I get back home as Romania is also one hour ahead.
Well we got there eventually but the other party was also late. We enjoyed a smooth ride to Amsterdam Centraal mostly glancing out the windows and chatting. The city has pretty much unchanged in my eyes, except maybe for the huge number of people (mostly tourists) walking down the streets. I felt like in Bucharest … simply too crowded and too noisy. I wished I could visit some of the museums there, but our crowd was so undecided … I learned my lesson: having more than 4 people around when traveling is not a very good choice. Everyone wants to go somewhere else, everyone wants to eat something else, everyone has different ideas on how to achieve these and in the end nobody gets what he wants.
June 29th, 2007
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I love water, this is one of the reasons I like The Netherlands so much. Everywhere you look is a canal, a lake or the open sea. I choose to see Kinderdijk this weekend … mainly because it because it involved a 35 minutes boat ride.
Saturday it poured down all day and the sky cleared just 20 minutes before our departure. Nothing unusual in The Netherlands. Weather here changes from sunshine to heavy rain and vice-versa in just a few minutes.
June 29th, 2007
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It’s been 2 weeks … Its fine, I’m accommodating gradually with the new life style, cultures, work style, food and time zone. It’s going to be a b*tch coming back and doing this all over again :)
Last week I was convinced to have a long walk around the city to a Jazz Club. I’ve seen some parts of Rotterdam I didn’t know existed. It’s been fun … a 70 year old guy at the drums was the heart of the show. We “enjoyed” a 0,2 l beer at 2,5 EUR, and talked a lot.
I got a new roommate, which is quite cool as I’m not alone anymore, and have someone to share my thoughts. I think I’m beginning to enjoy his presence, mostly because he’s genuinely interested in everything you do. I believe he needs to clarify all aspects of what you’re doing and therefore puts a lot of questions. Having a technical background like myself, helps a lot ;).
Another thing we were up to is “Unreal Tournament”. He he he … one of the directors, which happens to be my flat mate, gathered all the needed software and people. We kicked a**. It’s been a while since I last had so much fun playing … imagine 6-7 grown-ups screaming like crazy, calling each other using nicknames in the AI Office: “Ha! Pathetic”, “I got the flag, I got the flag …”, “Killing spree!!!”, “Duck!!! Shoot, shoot … aaah darn!”, etc.
Won some, lost some, had loads of fun, will do it again soon :)
That’s it for now,
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June 18th, 2007
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Memories
I never thought I would be back here for another CEED. It’s been two years since. I remember the last days, as if it were today. I was so broken up, wanted to leave, wanted to stay … I knew that I would probably not see most of those amazing people again, that I will miss this way of life a lot. Rotterdam, Sweningen Lake, Utrecht, The Hague, The Tulip Garden in Leiden and some other places are still vivid in my memory. I miss Pixi a lot. He’s given me the experience of my lifetime … I’ll never forget that.
Before
I tried to see all of my close friends before leaving … didn’t manage. I got tough in the last evening home some very nice surprises from the friends in AIESEC.
Sunday at 5 AM, Lumi was waiting for me in the Bus Station. I was taking the bus to Bucharest to catch my flight. She’s going away in Kirghizstan (MC) for a year and I’m not going to be back in time to see her leave. It was hard, I hate goodbyes … why do we always take friends for granted and realize how important they are just when we’re about to lose them? From my EB teams most of the people are gone, scattered around the world or in other cities. It’s hard, I really hate change … but then again this is how life is.
June 17th, 2007
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A lot has been going on lately and I haven’t had the chance to update my blog. I’m gonna write now about the most recent developments and come back later with some nice moments from the past month :).
On the road again … this time back to The Netherlands, a place forever in my heart.
Some time ago while I was working, an e-mail caught my attention. It was about an application for the Brand Principles Meeting in Rotterdam held by AIESEC International. Branding is a dear topic to me, as I’ve worked for one year together with Paul, for the creation and implementation of the AIESEC Romania Brand. I’ve also been a support entity for the implementation of the Global AIESEC Brand. During that year I’ve traveled a lot around the country and also had some of the most awesome experiences of my life.
So in not so many words, I decided in the last 2 hours that I must be there, just to contribute and see how the AIESEC Brand will develop.
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