Still part of AIESEC

Remember my last post?
When I was feeling like an alumni?
Well that started to change. I decided to do more things in AIESEC and getting more involved. I attended a project organized by AIESEC TgMures (Learn IT) it's true here I was just a participant but still it was nice. Afterwards I was chair for 2 Big Pictures organized by AIESEC TgMures :) and participant at the third one :)
I also went to Craiova and helped them with the interviews for the new members. It was a great experience to see how other LCs organize their recruitment. Comming back I delivered one presentation and one training for the new members in TgMures, attended the best AIESEC party ever (organized for the new members) and started to work for a great event in AIESEC TgMures, Alumni&Partners Night.
This month is going to be full of AIESEC events and I hope it will be great. There is an LTS waiting for me in Olanesti with AIESEC Craiova where I'm preparing some trainings, then LTS for AIESEC TgMures and AIESEC Cluj where I hope I will be able to go at least for the weekend, Alumni&Partners Night and last but not least NPS (there conference I always wanted to attend and now I'm finally going to be there as facilitator)

There are great moments ahead, everything looks bright for the moment, hope the grey clouds will stay only on the sky and not in my life
Waiting for the future
Hermy

Alumni Feeling

It's recruitment time in AIESEC but I'm not directly involved. It's a strange feeling. After being VP HR 2 years and organizing recruitments it's strange to step back and just watch or give inputs/feedback.

I still attend LC Meetings and go to trainings, but it's different not to organize them, not to be in front and just listen. There are so many things that have changed, they are growing and I'm happy to see them growing. Hope they will achieve all their goals and dreams.

Although I'm still in AIESEC a have an alumni feeling sometimes especially regarding AIESEC TGM because I'm not there every day like I used to. This week there was a really nice alumni meeting. There were a lot of alumni and members that came, it was a meeting of the generations with members starting from 2002. It was really nice to meet them all and talk about our experiences and how was AIESEC before. It was a great night. Hope we will continue having this meetings. Still the thought that I'm becoming an alumni is scary a little bit, I like AIESEC and I still want to get involved.

I want to enjoy every second that I spend in AIESEC, no matter if it's AIESEC TGM, AIESEC Craiova or other LC. I want to enjoy my AIESEC XP :)

ROCK ME a great experience

In my last weekend I attended a really nice conference ROCK ME.
The conference took place in Semenic (quite hard to reach but possible after taking 4 trains and a bus).I attended this kind of conference last year and I had some nice memories (the picture of AIESEC TGM on the community that we took at the seaside on the sand, the profile of the new member, me and Romeo fighting to go to a training, getting to know Bori better on the way to Bucharest and much more) still I had no big expectations regarding the conference this time.

But the conference proved to be great this year (at least for me). Starting with getting there where the first members I've seen were the EB members of AIESEC Craiova which I haven't seen since their LPM, then continuing with meeting old friends, the RCs and getting ready for the sessions because this time I was a facilitator. The whole time spent there was nice.

Still the moments I liked the most where:

Being coach for 2 LCs during the conference: AIESEC Craiova and AIESEC Tg.Mures, spending time with them, helping them set strategies, attending their delegation meetings, sharing impressions (for me this was really nice and I enjoyed every moment)

AIESEC Craiova on the stage, being rewarded for their performance. I was really happy to see them there. I was happy for them and especially for Cris (VP X) because I knew how much they worked this year and I knew how much this meant for them. Hope this award will motivate all the members to work and reach for results.

There were great moments in this conference, and in the end I’ve seen only happy faces and motivated members who went home full of enthusiasm to work harder. Hope we will keep the energy at least until the next conference :)

Happy and full of energy
Hermy

Just 2 more days

There are just 2 more days left until I will finish my internship in Opportunity Microcredit Romania. Looking back it was a nice experience. I had the chance to work with great people. These are the kind of people that it will be nice to work with in the future. Also because OMRO is part of Opportunity International almost every week there was a foreigner comming into town. So it was interesting to stay in the same office with my boss (an american) and with his friend (from England) speaking different english accents, then meeting people from Albania, US and Italy.
Regarding the things I've learned there were a few. Because I did not have a clear job description I had the change to do a little bit of everything (HR & Marketing mostly) and see how a company works and mostly how it tries to transform into a bank. It was a nice environment that I will miss.
I'm glad I had this chance this summer.

Now I'm preparing for a new experience, this time in AIESEC, I'm preparing for a great conference ROCK ME. Can't wait to get there.

Planning Meeting and internship

Recently I went to Craiova. It was my first trip there. Craiova is a nice place, I really liked it except for the heat, but at this time is hot almost everywhere in Romania. It was nice seeing again the EB members of AIESEC Craiova, meeting some of the members and their trainees from England.
After staying in Craiova for 3 days we went to Cozia where they had the Local Planning Meeting. For me LPM is my favorite conference in AIESEC because there are all the members planning activities, creating new projects, sharing their ideas and having fun. This year for me it was a little bit different because I've experienced the conference form a different position, as coach, and my involvement was basically in coming up with feedback, ideas and support. But still it was nice and I liked it.
When the summer started I had no idea what I will be doing this summer but as the time passes by things are getting more clear. I had my first visit in Craiova and I'm keeping in contact with them on emails, and I started an internship at OMRO, a company in Tg.Mures. I just ended my first week there. I had the chance to see a little bit how is it to run a business and to work a little bit on HR because my supervisor was out of town. So far it was nice and interesting.

Can't wait to see what will happen next.

Traveling

This month seams to be great, so far at least. I traveled a little bit and it seams I will travel some more until the end of summer, it's true that only in Romania but it's ok because everywhere I go I meet great people and have a great time.
I started the month by going to Bucharest for the Regional Coaches preparation. There where two hot days but it was nice because with the Development team we planned our activities for this year, we meet with the old regional coaches that shared a little bit of their experience. There were two interesting things that happened that confirmed once again that the world is small. While I was in Bucharest 2 guys from Holland came, with the Ambassadors program, they knew the two girls from Holland that were in Mures last year at Peninsula.
Probably so far nothing interesting because in AIESEC things like this happen all the time (that's why it's an international organization and people from different countries know each other). On the way back from Bucharest in the maxi taxi there was a person that at first I thought I will never see again. It was a teacher of mine from the 9th grade. He lives now in Canada and came to Romania to spend his holiday. It was really nice seeing him again but also strange, because who would have thought I will see my teacher in that maxi taxi.
This week I went with my parents to my favorite place in Romania, to Fagaras Mountains. I was really nice driving on the Transfagarasan, seeing some snow, climbing the mountain and reaching its top. From there we went to Sambata, a monastery nearby. When we arrived there I was really surprised to see some familiar faces, the MC team of AIESEC RO where there having their teambuilding. Who would thought I will meet them there. One again the world is small (or at least Romania). Afterwards we went to Sinaia where we spend to nice days, far away from the heat.
Now I am preparing for a new "trip" to Craiova, where I will spend a week with a great team, working and planning stuff for AIESEC. Can't wait to get there to see them all.
Preparing for the way, hope it won't be that hot

Ending a chapter

There has been a while since I opened my account to post a new message on this blog. Why? I don’t know.

Anyway there have been many things that happened lately. I ended some chapters of my life, started new things. I just ended the 3^rd year of university and started my summer holiday. I’m so happy that finally it’s here. I don't know for sure, for the first time in the last to years, what I will do this summer but I'm sure it will be great.

In May I said goodbye to my EB team from 06-07 at the Take Over Gala in Sovata. It was a nice moment to be in from of AIESEC Tirgu Mures for the last time as an EB team, to share our feelings, to see what this experience meant for each one of us. I liked that moment a lot because it was full of emotion and really touchy. I will never forget my colleagues, the moments we shared together for one year, this great experience that made me the person I am today.

Now I’m working with another team, it's a little bit different because there are many kilometers between us and we communicate mainly using the internet. This month I will spend one week with them and I’m really excited about that. I can’t wait to go in Craiova and see them.

I plan also to go to the mountains for a few days, relax, have fun and find something interesting to do after I get back in Mures.

Until then I’m preparing for 2 days of preparation in Bucharest that will help me this year make a great job as Regional Coach.

Preparing for the summer

Hermy

Changes in my life

Once I wrote on my blog I have to take some decisions in my life. One of them was to apply for Regional Coach in AIESEC Romania. Well I did, and after a presentation in front of the LCPs of @ RO, after a long interview on the phone I was selected and now I am regional coach for AIESEC Craiova :)
Recently I was at the National Congress and I had the chance to meet the EB from AIESEC Craiova, the EB that I will work with this year. They are all great people and I hope we will have a great year together. I hope I will adjust myself to their way of work and we will make great things for the LC.
It was an interesting experience to be at NC for the third time but this time to be in a different position, to be a facilitator and help others take decisions not taking them for your area, for your LC. Even though I miss those times I know the EB took the best decisions for the LC and we will grow a lot this year, we will work hard and reach all our objectives.

Confident that this year will be a great one

Thankful

Today it’s Easter and I am really happy because Jesus, my redeemer is alive after He had died for me and for my sins. I am thankful for all the things He had done in my life, for all the opportunities that life has given me, for His protection over my life.

I know for sure that for Him nothing is impossible and He will do what's best for me and for my life.

Just happy

Yesterday my status on messenger was "Just happy" and many friends were asking me why am I happy. Well because life in beautiful, hard indeed but beautiful and because my last few day have been great.
- Last week I finished one of my exam sessions and I've passed them all :)
- On Saturday I've meet two great friends (Roxy & Cristina) and had a great time talking with them
- Brian from USA is back in Romania, after more than 2 years, for a short visit and on Sunday I had the chance to see him and talk with him
- We started working more on our @ project (Personal Training Camp) and the girls are really excited about this
- Spring is coming !!!
These are just a few things that happened lately but I know there are still many things to come for this year and I have the trust they will be great (or at least nice) :)

Time goes by so fast

It is strange how time goes by so fast, I am sitting here and is 20th of January already. Almost one month ago we had Christmas and now we started a new year, a new year that I hope will be full of joy and happiness for everyone.
The exam session started and I'm not in the mood of studying at all. I am thinking about AIESEC, about my friends, about how many things happened last year about what will I do this year. There are so many things that happened in AIESEC in my last EB term,so many memories, now we are only one month away 'till the new EB will be selected. One period of my life is going to end and all of my feelings are mixed together,I'm happy I had the chance to work with so great people: Roxy, Marius, Emese, Bori, Romeo but I'm also sad because is the end (not of my life in AIESEC :) ) but of a great period. And because we have just a few months of working together I want to take the maximum out of them.
Also one thing that made me sad is the fact Vivi went back to Brazil. She will turn back to Europe but not in Romania :( We promised each other one day we will meet again and we will do our best to make this happen. The world is small and we can make it happen.

Now I'll go plan some things for next meetings in AIESEC and for this year, because there are many decisions that I have to take and I want to take the right ones.

Thinking, feeling, taking decisions
Hermy

My last 2 months

Time goes by so fast, it's Decemeber and the end of year is coming. There are so many things that happened this year, and in the last 2 months. After members recruitment in AIESEC we had LTS a great conference with people from CJ and SB. We spend 6 great days in Sovata, working a lot but also having fun.
Then it was NPS, the national conference. Since I've joined AIESEC I wanted to attend this conference and this year more because it was so close. But things don't go exactly as we plann and I couldn't go. Some decisions are not always up to us. I managed to go for just one day, to pay them a visit, but this day was a memorable one, the day when our LC was rewarded for Most Progressive LC.

It was a great evening, I fell great just thinking about it, thinking about the moment when we were holding our hands and waiting for the announcement, thinking about the moment when we were in front and 500 people were looking at us, thinking about the delegation meeting when we are all happy and we were sharing our impressions, thinking about our work in the last year and about all the moments I had in AIESEC.

Coming home we had some interesting projects in the LC, that I really liked. I fellt great to see the new members working at the projects, in order for everything to be right. I remembered the moment I've joined @ and the my first project, when I was just like them, excited because I have tasks and stressed because I wanted everything to be perfect.

Beside AIESEC in this months I've meet some great people, with whom I have a lot of things in common. I managed to make some free time to go out with them and share my feelings, receive advices.

Because the new year is coming I am analysing my last year and I am trying to plan some things for the future. The are many things that are going to happen next year and I have to decide which opportunities I would take, where I would feel more confortable and what are the best things for me. I know we don't have full control on our lives and anything can happen but I want to take some decisions. Hope they would be the good ones.

Thinking about the future

Changes

It has been a while since I stayed in front of the computer just reading and writing things that are not for school or for @. But is important to forget about them because they are part of my life. Last week at school it was great. I had to present a project at school and even if at first it seamed hard it turned out to be interesting.

In AIESEC things have changed, but in the good sense. We have new members and I am really happy. It is nice to see new faces coming and asking things about @, saying that they want to be part of the organization. After months of work and planning I can see some results and it feels great.

I also feel great because I took some decisions regarding my life and I decided to make some changes. I am sure I will succed in making them because I have great people by my side, and more than that I have friends that believe in the same things I do.

It is strange

It is strange to see how things work. All the summer I have been planning to do to Bucharest for an internship but some problems appeared and I couldn't go any more, at least this autumn. Instead I took another opportunity that life was offering me, going to a conference. It was a great experience, it was nice to see so many familiar faces, to meet new people. The seesions were also interesting and I have some things really clear in my mind about the things I have to implement this year.

One thing that I liked was the fact that it was at the seaside. I'm not a big fan of the seaside but I like it in autumn. It was nice to walk on the beach and see the sea near me.
All in all it strange what life reserves for us. We want one thing but we don't know if it is the right for us. We just take opportunities that appear and that seem to be good.

A nice weekend

I think I just had the first weekend this summer in which I did not have to work for school or for @. It was my first weekend this summer in which I did not open my agenda to see what I have to do. I went to the mountains to relax and visit some friends. It was a nice going out with my parents and some friends I really like. Even if there where only two days they were great, a nice place, good food, interesting discussion and the most beautiful thing me driving all the way there and back.
Hope the next weekends will be as much fun as this one

Treasure Hunt

I have an obsesion with this game. Since the first time I've played it, 3 years ago I wanted to do it again. It so much fun and captivating that I want other to play it with me. Since I joined AIESEC I wanted to organize it but everytime there were thing interfeering and I couldn't. On friday I went to an organization and played it there. It was really fun and I enjoyed it a lot. Now I have new ideas about this game and the new members that will join AIESEC in October won't get away. It's a comitment.

A great week

It is strange how a week of hard work and stress can be so nice and can motivate someone so much. I just attended two conference and even if I am a little bit tired I am full of energy and fell ready to do so many things. The planning confrence was great, we discussed so many things. All we have to do is put them in practice, but I am confident that we will do a great job. The second conference was also great, it was so nice to see people from all LCs, to see them working hard for a new recruitment.
There are so many things and so many ideas going through my mind right now that I don't know which one is the most important. Only one thing is for sure: with hard work and trust we can do everything and reach the mountain we want.

Where the sky is closer

On Sunday, I went to my favorite place in Romania, to Fagaras Mountains. It was nice to be there after so many years. I really enjoyed my short trip there because I went with my family, I had the chance to drive on the way, and I really like that, because I love mountains and this is my favorite place.
The weather was really nice and the mountains…I’m speechless. I felt good climbing the rocks and seeing the snow, be close to the clouds and have the impression I can almost touch them. It was a nice feeling to be there. In those moments I could only think how lucky we are to have such a beautiful place but more than that how lucky we are when we have the opportunity to get there. It’s amazing to see how perfect the nature is and how small we are compared to it.
Still it’s nice and I hope I will see this place again this year.

One of the best conferences

This weekend I attended a great conference, Train the Trainers. Before going there many people from my LC told me that TTT was for them a great experience. Since I joined AIESEC I attended a few and I thought it will be just like the other ones. But it turned out to be different, starting from the knowledge and the things I found there and getting to the wonderful people I meet.
I had the opportunity to facilitate and be trainer in my LC but back then I didn't know very much about this. In this conference I found out a lot of things, tips&tricks that I want to apply and improve. Also it was a great networking experience, because we were not so many people and we had to share the room, the bathroom and the food.
There have been 4 great days and I am sorry they are over but I know I've learned a lot and all these things will help on my way to the top. Regarding the people I won 30 new friends which I hope I will see again, if not at least keep in touch on the internet.

In reaching the mountain top

I just finished my exam, finally the exam session is over and 3 month of summer are waiting for me. The are 3 months in which I plan to do many things.
My biggest dream in life is reaching the mountain top in everything I do. And because dreams don't work withouth action I decided not to waist time any more and in these months do something everyday for me, for my professional life, for the things I like. The way to reach the top is long and hard but I have the faith I will succed and all my efforts will be rewarded.

Now, I'm going to take some more steps on my path.