January 16th, 2008
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I wanted to post this a long time ago, but until now I didn’t get myself to do it. In the last 26 years, 4 months, 1 day and few hours, my life on this earth, I got to meet a lot of different people. Tall, short, slim, fat, younger, older, friendly, mean, good, bad. From all these people I was lucky enough to connect with some of them, who later became my good friends. I somehow managed to get around the craziest people around.
I went to extreme lengths to get pictures featuring them in some of their craziest moments …
December 22nd, 2007
(7 Votes)
Photo by Donna
Today I want to talk about diversity. In the last 6 years I had the chance to experience it first hand. A trend that I’ve been noticing lately happening around me, is that people take diversity for granted or do not really understand it. For many people diversity lies in the color of the skin, speech, culture or in names of exotic countries they’ve never heard of.
There’s more in embracing diversity than accepting one’s skin color, culture or speech. It’s also about being open to different ideas and ways of thinking. I believe diversity lies in thought, in the way people come up with their ideas, in the way they express themselves, in accepting the fact that no two people are alike.
February 28th, 2006
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I’m not in a very good mood now. I’m always telling myself to take the people around me as they are, not to set expectations, not allow them to let me down.
Last weekend I found out that no matter how hard I try to look at people in this way sometimes it’s just not working. People will let you down, sooner or later. It’s unbelievable how vanity, pride and anger can compromise a person. People you helped develop, you believed in, close friends do sometimes things beyond your comprehension. They can’t even explain their actions to themselves. And in this process they use for target practice people you care about, people guilty only of being close to you. Is it fear, lack of character, pure evil or what? I don’t know. It’s always hard to move on and still be able to interact with these people. I for one cannot hate another. I believe that hate only tears you inside up and noting good can come out of it. Also the person you hate, doesn’t care or doesn’t know about it. Loose-Loose situation.
It still takes some time for the initial feelings to wear off. I’ve been trough this a million times and every time it’s the same as the first time. And every time everything changes. Nothing is the same anymore. You will remember it every time one of these people asks you for a favor or in the strangest moments. I hate the way we remember these things! I’ll move on, as always … the faster you pick yourself up, the faster you get back on track. I want to be there for my friends, the ones I hurt unwillingly. Bellow are beautiful songs that help me a lot in these moments. I’m always listening to the lyrics. They’re everything to me. If you want to listen to them, open “Lion’s Radio” at the top of the page and scroll down.
Cheers,
The Lion.[1]
December 26th, 2005
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I finally pushed myself to write something about one of the coolest experiences from this year. And yes … it’s the NPS (National Preparation Seminar).
First Impressions
I don’t know where to begin. I applied, I got selected. I wasn’t quite sure this will happen. The moment I got selected, pressure started to build up, emotions, days passed, we got to know the faci team, chatted on the community, exchanged files, finalized the agenda. I couldn’t wait to get there, to be there, to start the experience. I was to excited the moment I arrived at the conference site.
I was determined to be the best faci I possibly could be, to keep on smiling, to bring my knowledge and support for the guys in the team. I was somehow disturbed by some of the tired and long faces that greeted me in the pre-meeting. I was thinking (and saying it sometimes), hey guys, you choose this, and you choose to be here, why the long faces? I tried to keep my spirit and attitude up till the end of the conference, I don’t know if I managed, but I tried although it was very, very hard sometimes :D.
October 17th, 2005
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Well well … seems that I have again focused my tired eyes on my blog. Ahem, since you’re reading my blog it would be very nice to post some comments, there are some 64 visits/week, come on guys it gets sometimes boring talking with myself. It’s been really hectic in the last period with AIESEC Conferences, trainings I had to deliver, school work so I’ve neglected my writings. I bet you’ve read this before :) … At least I’m trying, right?
I’m trying lately to squeeze in my friends into my chaotic schedule, with moderate success. In the next period I will try to do it more often.
Some has happened in the last period, I’ve attended 3 conferences, been trough 3 cities, delivered 2 trainings, handed a helping hand to the AIESEC recruitment and wrote 1 application for the IS Strategic Meeting in Rotterdam. I’m very anxious to see if I got selected or not. My Hungarian pal (Gee) convinced me to apply saying saying he’s “kicking my ass” if I don’t :P.
A very good read about our lives and the 9 to 5 job. Tribal Workers: